Data and Analytics Consultant

The Data and Analytics Consultant will provide technical support for targeted data collection, data management, analysis, and reporting-related analytics to support the Partnership for Lead-Free Futures. The role involves designing and implementing a streamlined data cycle to map projects and financial flows, produce analytical products, and support annual reporting processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for targeted data collection, data management, analysis, and reporting-related analytics.
• Design and implement a streamlined and fit-for-purpose data cycle that maps PLF-relevant country projects and financial flows.
• Produce periodic, decision-ready analytical products to support coordination and resource mobilization efforts.
• Provide technical support to the PLF Annual Report process through indicator tracking, data collection and validation, analysis, visualizations, and compilation of reporting inputs for Secretariat-led reporting products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, Public Health, Development Studies, Information/Data Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in data management, monitoring and evaluation, research, analytics, knowledge management, or related fields within global health, environmental health, international development, or humanitarian contexts.
• Demonstrated experience supporting multi-country programmes, partnerships, or initiatives in global health, environmental health, international development, humanitarian, or related sectors.
• Proven experience managing large and complex datasets and producing high-quality analytical outputs, reports, and evidence products for decision-making.
• Experience designing and implementing data collection methodologies, tools, templates, surveys, and reporting systems.
• Experience coordinating partner reporting processes and ensuring data quality, consistency, and completeness across multiple countries or organizations.
• Demonstrated experience translating complex quantitative and qualitative data into clear, actionable insights, visualizations, dashboards, and analytical products for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience delivering consultancy assignments or technical support services within agreed timeline and quality standards.
• Strong experience in multi country data collection, analysis, and synthesis in global health, environmental health, or development contexts.
• Experience working with multi‑country datasets and partner reporting processes.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, decision‑ready analytical products, including simple visuals.
• Strong database management skills, including experience in organizing, cleaning, validating, integrating, and maintaining large multi-country datasets from multiple sources.
• Experience analyzing financial data and funding flows, including tracking who is funding what, validating and mapping funding information, creating visualization and comparison and interpreting data to identify funding trends, gaps, concentrations and opportunities.
• Experience designing and managing end-to-end data collection processes, including tool rollout, tracking, and follow-up across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience developing practical data collection tools (e.g. surveys, templates, dashboards) and accompanying guidance for non-technical users.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver against tight timelines.
• Excellent communication skills and sensitivity in engaging partners at different levels.
• Fluency in English is required
• Experience working with UN agencies, multilateral organizations, global partnerships, or international NGOs (desirable).
• Experience supporting annual reporting processes, results frameworks, indicator reporting, or donor reporting requirements (desirable).
• Experience in environmental health, climate and health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), air pollution, child health, or related thematic areas (desirable).
• Experience supporting skills mapping, partner landscape analyses, financial flow analyses, or project mapping exercises (desirable).
• Experience working with countries, government counterparts, academic institutions, and civil society partners across diverse geographic regions (desirable).

Skills

• Data Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Data Analysis
• Knowledge Management
• Research
• Multi-country Data Collection
• Data Collection Methodologies
• Survey Design
• Reporting Systems
• Partner Reporting Coordination
• Data Quality Assurance
• Data Visualization
• Dashboard Development
• Analytical Reporting
• Database Management
• Data Cleaning
• Data Validation
• Data Integration
• Financial Data Analysis
• Funding Flow Analysis
• Project Management
• Technical Consultations
• Stakeholder Engagement

Languages

English