Lowongan Kerja Jakarta Raya Posisi National Consultant: Data Analysis Management And M&e Infodemic, Jakarta, Indonesia di United Nations

As per the request from the Government of Indonesia, UNICEF has been supporting risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) for COVID-19 response since the onset of the pandemic. The RCCE response to COVID-19 is vital to generating demand for COVID-19 vaccinations and the adoption of preventive behaviours. UNICEF works closely with the Government of Indonesia (GOI), faith-based institutions, youth networks, civil society organizations (CSOs), academia, mass media, development partners and other United Nations (UN) agencies in the country to strengthen the ongoing national efforts to address the immediate and longer-term effects of COVID-19 in Indonesia.

However, a recent UNICEF-Nielsen omnibus survey conducted in the last quarter of 2021 indicates comprehensive knowledge on transmission is still low, handwashing with soap practice is decreasing and the proportion of people who cannot identify hoaxes and misinformation remains high. The data from the Ministry of Information, Communication, and Technology (KOMINFO) suggests that 2,217 COVID-19-related hoaxes have been circulated over 6K times on social media and 528 hoaxes on COVID-19 vaccination have been circulated over 3K times since January 2020. Hoaxes and misinformation have become one of the main challenges for COVID-19 response in Indonesia.

A two-day inception workshop which aimed to understand challenges and identify priority areas for IM response in Indonesia was held in June 2022, bringing together government line ministries, including the Ministry of Health, CSOs, faith-based institutions, young people, media/journalists, UNICEF’s field office teams, and the CDC. The discussions and planning sessions highlighted the need for collaboration, community engagement, evidence generation and establishing a working group to improve coordination and facilitate collaboration at the national and sub-national levels.

Under overall guidance from the Indonesia Country Office (ICO) SBC Specialist, the consultant will:

• Lead the development of the M&E plan for the overall Infodemic management project.
• Lead the implementation of M&E activities for the project.
• Compile different data sources for data integration.
• Lead the development/adaptation of a data dashboard for IM and support its implementation.
• Lead the data integration and analytic process.
• Analyze data and translate it into easy-to-understand information to inform the project team and IM working group (weekly basis).
• Participate in personnel orientation sessions.
• Provide M&E support and guidance to implementing partners.
• Participate in action planning activities at the national and sub-national levels.
• Participate in an IM working group in Indonesia.
• Coordinate the social listening and fact-checking operations
• Provide M&E support to the International IM expert, National IM Officer, and government counterparts in project activities.
• Lead the data collection process for monitoring and reporting.
• Provide weekly, monthly, and final reports.
• Coordinate the evidence-generation activities i.e., Nielsen survey, KAP survey, evaluation (both quantitative and qualitative).

• Advanced university degree* in related disciplines, with proven experience of at least eight (8) years in monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience in data integration and analytic is a must.
• Experience in infodemic management i.e., social listening, big data and analysis.
• Experience in health and social development programmes i.e., RCCE, COVID-19 response, routine immunization is an advantage.
• Excellent communication, writing, analytical, inter-personal and facilitation skills.
• Experience in reviewing and summarizing monitoring and evaluation, health program, and research documents.
• Sensitivity to cultural diversity and team works.
• Proficiency in standard office ICT (information, communication, and technology) applications.
• Experience in terms of leading monitoring and evaluation programmes/projects will be an advantage.
• Previous work experience in Indonesia with government, UN and CSOs is an advantage.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors.

Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.