Result of Service

The Individual Contractor will be expected to deliver the following results:

1) Research activities, preparation of various written outputs, and analysis of datasets related to the Social Justice project;
2) Organization of meetings, seminars and training workshops on social justice and other issues addressed by the team;
3) Additional ad hoc deliverables as required.

Work Location

UN-House ESCWA

Expected duration

6 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

The Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development cluster at ESCWA is seeking the services of an Individual Contractor (IC) in the function of a research assistant, to work with the social justice project team. The Research Assistant will be working with the Social Justice Team on Research activities and preparation of various written outputs related to the Social Justice project.

The incumbent’s main tasks are to:

– Provide substantive research support on subjects related to the work of the Social Justice Team: this includes reviewing existing literature; assisting in formulating research questions; conducting desk research; collecting quantitative and qualitative data from secondary sources, summarizing and presenting data in different formats.
– Compile, tabulate and and analyze different types of survey results and data sets on various socioeconomic issues taken from a variety of sources.
– Examine statistical material to ensure accuracy, clarity and validity and make appropriate adjustments.
– Generate a variety of statistical reports and prepare presentations, tables, lists, charts, data sets, and/or diagrams for reporting and presentation purposes.
– Support the deployment of online surveys and other tools and the collection, validation and tabulation of related data to facilitate analysis.
– Assist in the preparation and review of written outputs published by the social justice team e.g. background papers, technical papers, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
– Participate in and co-facilitate capacity building workshops.
– Draft inputs to presentations, speeches, policy briefs and research papers.
– Assist in the organization of expert group meetings, conferences or workshops related to the work of the team.
– Prepare minutes of meetings.
– Draft final reports of workshops and meetings as requested.
– Perform other duties as requested.

Qualifications/special skills

A Master’s degree or equivalent in a social science related field such as sociology, economics, development studies, political sciences, or public administration, or any other related field is required.

All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
A minimum of five years of work experience in socio-economic research and in dataset and survey analysis is required.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA.

For this position, fluency in Arabic and English are required.

Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.

Additional Information

Recruitment for this position is on a local basis. The incumbent is required to have the legal right to live and work in the specified working location.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.