Consultant to support household survey data processing and SDG educational indicators

Overview

Consultant to support the processing, harmonization, and analytical use of household survey microdata for the production of education-related SDG indicators, with a focus on SDG 4 indicators.

Key Responsibilities

• Compile, organize and document household survey databases, questionnaires, manuals and metadata.
• Clean, recode and harmonize variables across survey files.
• Prepare reproducible processing scripts in statistical software (R, Stata or Python).
• Apply survey design parameters and estimation procedures.
• Produce structured databases and intermediate analytical files.
• Support the preparation of methodological notes.
• Contribute to the validation of results.
• Prepare tables, graphs and concise technical summaries.
• Maintain orderly version control of scripts, input files, outputs and metadata.

Required Experience

Academic experience in quantitative data analysis; handling microdata in R, Stata or Python; cleaning and organizing databases; and preparing tables or statistical outputs is required. Experience working with household surveys, survey weights, education statistics, SDG indicators, metadata preparation, or official statistics processes is desirable. No minimum years of professional experience are required. Relevant university research assistance, internships, thesis work or comparable practical experience may be considered.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics, data science, mathematics, sociology, public policy or a related quantitative field is required. Additional coursework in survey statistics, econometrics, official statistics or data management is desirable.

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