Data Analysis and Reporting Consultant - Beirut - FOR NATIONAL CANDIDATES ONLY

Introduction

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

In July 2012, IRC conducted an emergency assessment in Lebanon that revealed increased risks of violence among women and girls due to the Syrian conflict. Since November 2012, the IRC Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) program has established several static Women and Girls Community Centres (WGCCs) and mobile safe spaces in the North and Bekaa Valley.  Within the safe spaces and community centres, the WPE Program aims at increasing access of women and girls to psychosocial and Gender based violence (GBV) case management services and enable communities to identify and mitigate safety and security risks faced by women and girls. All programming is implemented using survivor-centred approaches that prioritize confidentiality, dignity, safety, and respect.

Purpose of the consultancy

Through the past few years, the Women’s Protection and Empowerment Programme has built a solid M&E system that has generated multi-layered set of data, involving both quantitative and qualitative data. The purpose of this consultancy is to support the WPE team in analyzing this qualitative data and properly linking it to the quantitative data that is gathered on a monthly basis. As a result of this process, the consultant will support WPE team with quality analysis that will be compiled in reports.

The Data Analyst will work closely with different internal stakeholders including the M&E team and the WPE field teams to conduct higher-level in-depth statistical analysis for internally led outcome monitoring studies, baselines and evaluations. The purpose of this position is to ensure that WPE is producing useful and high-quality evidence and learning on topics of interest.

Responsibilities:

Consultant

• Filter and “clean” data by reviewing data reports, and performance indicators. Locate and define new process improvement opportunities.
• Transform, validate, and model data with the purpose of understanding the data best suited to address given questions.
• Apply appropriate statistical principles, identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex datasets.
• Correlate data sets based on findings identified by WPE field team.
• Explore and apply new data visualization techniques to increase insight and visibility to data trends and associated policy-related opportunities, challenges and priorities.
• Develop comparatives graphs, reports and trend analysis.
• Provide technical support to WPE team through training or on the job coaching to acquire advanced data analysis and reporting skills.

IRC WPE Team:

• Provide the consultant with background materials and reports.
• Provide the consultant with clear guidance on the specific outputs. WPE will assign a focal point who will be responsible for supervising the consultancy work, which will require the validation of WPE Coordinator.
• Provide the consultant with information needed to arrange meetings and interviews related to the scope of the consultancy.
• Provide the consultant with logistic support as needed.
• Validate the final products submitted by the consultant

Timeframe:

3 months – 1 September – 30 November 2020

Deliverables:

• Data analysis relevant spreadsheets
• Quality reports on thematic focuses (such as GBV safety Audit Reports)
• Trends analysis supporting WPE Programming and other IRC sectors
• Capacity building sessions for WPE Staff

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to: M&E Manager/WPE Coordinator
• Position works with: M&E Team, Senior WPE Manager, and WPE Field teams.

Requirements:

• Graduate Degree in Social Science, Public Health, Human Rights or other fields that are relevant to the scope of the consultancy.

• Minimum three years of relevant experience in conducting previous data analysis and research in refugee contexts in MENA region.
• Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques.
• Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Adhere & sign a confidentiality agreement to protect data of clients served by the IRC. This includes adhering to principles of do no harm, best interests and confidentiality throughout service provision
• Previous professional experience in Protection or gender/GBV programming.
• Ability to deliver training and provide coaching to support others’ growth
• Fluency in Arabic and English.
• Strong interpersonal, intercultural and communication skills.