Job Summary
UNICEF Brazil, in partnership with the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family, and Fight Against Hunger, is looking for a social protection consultant who will develop additional analysis regarding social deprotection and gaps in public policies concerning the Bolsa Familia beneficiaries at municipal level, with a focus on families with children and adolescents. Under the supervision of the Chief of Social Policy, the consultant will work to subsidize the technical partnership between UNICEF and the National Secretary of Citizenship Income (SENARC).
Key Duties And Responsibities
1.1. Deliverables/Outputs
Research report including, detailed methodologies and analytical models developed or improved, detailed data analysis, conclusions, and recommendations for policymakers at the federal and municipal levels.
This deliverable should also include the databases created by the consultant, analytic files (tables and graphs) and codes/scripts used for the analyses.
1.2. Deadline 60 days
1.3. Estimate Budget 100%
Qualification, Skills And Experience
• Advanced degree in social sciences, statistics, economics, or related fields.
• 5 years of relevant experience in poverty studies, multidimensional poverty and/or deprivation analysis.
• Proven experience conducting quantitative research related to child rights.
• Proven experience with statistical software and/or programming languages for research (R, SPSS, Stata or Python).
• Fluency in Portuguese.
Desirable:
• PhD in social sciences, statistics, economics, social work or related fields.
• Previous work writing studies, assessments, or evaluation reports for UN agencies.
• Previous work with governmental research institutes or research-oriented departments.
• Fluency in English.
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY Fluency in portuguese
Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60