Research and Data Analyst

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UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. 

Functions:

Technical support to the implementation of the Women Count and data component of EU for Gender Equality II project:

• Lead the technical support and expert advice to implementing partners and key stakeholders on specific issues related to the gender data work in line with projects implementation work plan to ensure the achievement of the expected outputs;
• Oversee the design and production of research and data products on relevant gender equality and empowerment of women thematic areas.
• Coordinate and provide technical support to the development of a national gender equality priority indicators to track progress and report on national and international commitments on gender equality and women’s empowerment at the central and local level.
• Coordinate and provide technical support to selected central and local institutions to conduct the assessment of administrative data for enhancing gender data governance and use of data to inform decisions and policy making.
• Support the work on exploring and testing non-conventional data sources to fill in specific data gaps and generate new data and evidence on cross-cutting gender issues.
• Prepare presentations, briefs and short reports including participation in relevant meetings.  
• Provide programmatic and technical support to UN Women in Albania as deemed necessary. 
• Support partners in strengthening gender data dissemination and communication strategies and building national capacity to enhance user-producer dialogue, to analyse and use data to inform actions and interventions.

Planning, results-based monitoring, reporting and communications:

• Prepare a detailed work plan and performance monitoring plan to implement proposed activities in coordination with the Project Management Specialist and Regional Gender Data Specialist ensure links with UN Women’s commitment under United Nations’ Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and UN Women Albania’s Strategic Note (2022-2026);
• Contribute to the development of technical documents on gender data, including those needed to initiate and generate momentum, such as implementation/action plans for project activities; prepare terms of reference, etc.
• Support regular monitoring and reporting as well as for timely submission of quality progress reports and agreed-upon monitoring deliverables for Women Count and EU GEII projects;
• Manage project files for the data component and support information collection and dissemination;
• Provide evidence-based advocacy inputs to inform UN Women and the project’s advocacy efforts, as well as its communications and partnership strategies for the empowerment of rural women;
• Contribute to UN Women bi-annual monitoring reporting and annual reporting, including donor reporting if needed;
• Hold consultations with the project partners and other stakeholders in order to ensure timely information about the project implementation
• Maintain close communication with national authorities, development actors, civil society organizations and other key stakeholders working on research and gender statistics;
• Represent UN Women in inter-agency working groups and fora on research and data, as necessary;
• Serve as UN Women Albania CO Data and Statistics Knowledge Management focal point;

Strategic partnerships with stakeholders, regional/international actors and development partners:

• Develop and maintain effective networks and partnerships with INSTAT, ministries and agencies, and other national stakeholders to build a robust gender data ecosystem; Foster partnerships with development partners, UN Agencies, government institutions, private sector, academia, media and civil society, etc., on gender data to enhance collaboration, resource mobilization and policy agenda setting;
• Maintain close contact with relevant staff in UN Women HQ and the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
• Contribute to  resource mobilization efforts at the country level in coordination with the Project Management Specialist, Head of Programmes and the Country Representative;

Education:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in statistics, human rights, gender equality, social sciences, demography or population studies or other related areas is required.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in supporting programmes/initiatives in the field of official statistics, preferably on gender statistics.
• At least 3 years of previous experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and research on gender and development is required.
• Experience in data analysis using statistical software packages (e.g., Stata, SPSS) is required.
• Demonstrated work experience in conducting needs assessment and in developing and/or building capacities on gender statistics and indicators for policy development.
• Prior experience in supporting the design or implementation of EU programmes would be an advantage. 
• Previous experience or familiarity with the UN system or other international organizations would be an asset.

Language Requirement:

• Fluency in English and Albanian are required.

Source: https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/requisitions/job/21961

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