Joint Data Analyst

**Job Title**:Joint Data analyst

**Type of Contract**:Consultancy

**Division**:Joint UNHCR and WFP Programme Excellence and Targeting Hub

**Duty Station (City, Country)**: Rome, Italy

**Duration**:6 months

**BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT**:
In line with global commitments, agreements, strategies and principles on increased interagency collaboration, UNHCR and WFP have launched the Joint Programme Excellence and Targeting Hub in April 2020. The established framework for collaboration provides a strong basis for the two agencies to provide strategic and operational support at country-level, with the objective of improving outcomes for refugees and other forcibly displaced people. This will be achieved through a new way of working, ensuring effective use of limited resources by targeting the right people with the right assistance, including support towards longer-term self-reliance.
Through a joint team of roving experts, the hub will provide support to country offices throughout the programme cycle: i) Joint situation and context analysis; ii) Integrated programme design, iii) Targeting strategy, iv) Implementation, and v) Monitoring, learning and feedback. Experts will be recruited and ready to provide remote and/or in-country support, building on existing structures and capacities.
The Joint Programme Excellence and Targeting Hub is currently supporting twelve countries (Niger, Rwanda, Cameroon, Jordan, Mauritania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Djibouti and Zambia) covering selected phases of the programme cycle. The Hub will consider providing support to additional countries capacity allowing. The Hub will be led by a Joint Coordinator, reporting to the project leads governed by the Strategic Advisory Group (StAG), consisting of senior UNHCR and WFP staff from relevant units.
To support the activities under the Joint Programme Excellence and Targeting Hub, UNHCR and WFP is jointly recruiting a data analyst.

**ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Under the supervision of the Joint Targeting Advisor and in close collaboration with other members of the Hub (Assessment Officer, data system officer, etc.) and technical counterparts in UNHCR and WFP, the data analyst will be responsible for undertaking statistical analysis needed to understand the needs and vulnerabilities among affected populations that will inform programme design and targeting decisions. The data analyst will focus on analysis and reporting for targeting activities and prioritization on refugees’ food security, essential needs and protection related aspects.
S/he will be responsible for the following activities:

- Undertake relevant statistical analysis required for designing targeting strategies, identify and validate targeting criteria, and support accurate profiling of people in need.
- Conduct statistical analysis on basic needs (including food security and protection), present results in technical reports, bulletins, presentations, webinars, and other communication materials.
- Conduct desk reviews and re-analyze existing country data to identify availability and quality of existing data in support of the Hub’s work.
- Where relevant, coach and strengthen analytical capacity of CO-level staff and Hub team members.
- Ensure the analysis of relevant qualitative data in support of joint assessment exercises to inform joint programme design and targeting.
- Analyse secondary and primary data to inform Joint Assessment Missions (JAMs) and similar field assessments as required in collaboration with the Hub assessment officer (including the analysis of outcome data among assisted and non-assisted refugee populations).
- Support analysis of protection related issues in collaboration of the Hub Accountability to Affected Population Officer.
- Support the reporting and presentation of analytical results using digital visualization (e.g. dashboards).
- Support data standardization processes and data archiving in coordination with the Data System/Interoperability Officer.
- Facilitate analysis related capacity strengthening workshops/learning events as required.
- Support the documentation and packaging of best practices and lessons learned related to analysis on targeting and assessments that facilitates improved in-country capacity and Hub practices and reporting.
- Liaise with UNHCR and WFP HQ and Regional statistics/VAM teams to coordinate and ensure appropriate linkages of Hub activities and analysis conducted.
- Where necessary, support the design of joint assessment tools (e.g TORs, questionnaires and sampling) to collect primary quantitative data, lead training of enumerators, and establish mechanisms for data collection monitoring and quality control in line with existing UNHCR and WFP assessment guidance1 to assess food security and other essential needs.
- Lead analytical work and dissemination activities in French as required, including where necessary support to training of