[Hiring] National Data, Monitoring and Reporting Consultant @UNDP

Role Description

The National Consultant will be reporting to the Programme Management Consultant, with a matrix coordination line to the Gender Statistics Specialist in the Women’s Economic Empowerment Section at the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. The consultant will assist with conducting a diagnostic assessment of data ecosystems, including data governance, for the production of business statistics in official statistics in Thailand.

The work will support the development of an evidence-informed assessment of:

• Institutional and governance arrangements for the production of business statistics and related administrative data management.
• Administrative workflows and current processes for business registration, including complexity, duplication of steps/documentation, and resulting burdens on MSMEs.
• Interoperability and data exchange between business registration and adjacent systems (e.g., tax, licensing, statistics, SME support platforms, and procurement systems).
• Identification of current data sources for business statistics and the feasibility for sex-disaggregation, disability-disaggregation, and intersectionality analysis.
• Practical reform pathways aligned with global guidance and national priorities (e.g., GRP, SME development, digital government).

The mapping is intended as a diagnostic (not a full IT system redesign), producing actionable recommendations and country-level options to inform subsequent capacity development and guidance development under the WRT programme.

Further to that, UN Women in Thailand is planning to hold three workshops, and the assignment may require support and contributions to these workshops, including technical and statistical inputs, preparation and follow-up, where relevant to the Thailand workplan.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree in Economics, Statistics, Finance or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Requirements

• At least two years of progressively responsible professional experience at the national and/or international level in statistics, data analysis, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, or other related fields.
• Experience in working with national statistical systems and/or generating and using evidence to inform policy development and programme implementation is an advantage.
• Experience in business statistics, administrative data, business registries, data linkage, or other national or regional data systems is desirable.
• Familiarity with Thailand country context i.e. legal frameworks, stakeholders related to women economic empowerment is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of women’s economic empowerment or procurement system is desirable.
• Familiarity with international frameworks (e.g., CEDAW, CRPD, SDGs) is desirable.
• A strong understanding of a rights-based approach to disability and experience in working in partnership with persons with disabilities and facilitating accessible and inclusive consultations is desirable.
• Familiarity with the UN system is an asset.

Benefits

• This is a home-based consultancy. As part of this assignment, travel to Lao PDR may be required.
• Travel will be managed following UN Women travel policy.

Company Description

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact.

• UN Women merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.
• At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect.
• UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.