Individual Consultant - Quality in Official Statistics Expert

Individual Consultant - Quality in Official Statistics Expert

Location :
Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA

Application Deadline :
‎10-Jul-‎22 (Midnight New York, USA)

Time left :
18d 7h 53m

Additional Category :
Management

Type of Contract :
Individual Contract

Post Level :
International Consultant

Languages Required :
English

Starting Date :
(date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
‎17-Jul-‎2022

Duration of Initial Contract :
‎3 months

Expected Duration of Assignment :
The expected duration of the work is up to ‎3 months

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender,
nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups
and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All
applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of
harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected
candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background
checks.

Background

Project Title
‎100619 - Institutional Support to Statistics

Project Description
Saudi Arabia has realized and sustained, for the last four decades, remarkable
progress along the socio-economic development path. As a result of this, the
Kingdom has been able to move to a high-income country. The ongoing
transformation of Saudi Arabia beneath the Vision ‎2030 plan is unlocking new
possibilities at an extraordinary pace. Quality concerns organizations,
processes and products. The main goal of quality management within the
statistical business process is to understand and manage the quality of the
statistical products.
Means all activities that are done according to the cycle of "Plan Do Check
Act (PDCA)". To be specific, a goal is set and implemented in a reasonable and
economical way in order to provide a certain quality that customers want and
maintain it. To provide high quality, timely and independent statistical
information by assuring the quality of our statistical data outputs and
production processes and help integrate quality management into the business
of the GASTAT.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work
* The Statistical Quality Expert will provide technical assistance related to producing indicators and statistics. Eexpected to work onsite to drive continuous process improvement through the implementation of Statistical Techniques throughout the business. To act as a site expert in Core Quality Tools with a strong emphasis on Statistical Techniques. Encouraging and educating personnel in the proactive use of statistical techniques as a preventative quality tool. Ensure compliance with customer and supplier standards, including audits as required. To drive continuous process improvement through the implementation of appropriate Statistical Techniques throughout the business. To act as a site expert in Core Quality Tools with a strong emphasis on Statistical Techniques and Measurement capability.

The Statistical Quality Expert will also implement capacity strengthening
activities, including training and mentoring, for GASTAT staff. He/ She will
work under the supervision of the Director of Quality Management.
Duties and responsibilities:
* To develop a quality methodology to strengthening the internal capabilities of the General Authority for Statistics performance in the field
* To develop quality assurance/ quality control tools for field operations and data collection as per the international standards and data quality) (consistency, completeness, accuracy, modernity, comparability, etc.)
* Preparing and implementing a training course on quality for room staff.
* Holding workshops that include existing surveys
* Training on sampling techniques and procedures to check data quality
* To develop standard templates for quality tests
* Analyze and decipher data using statistical techniques
* Perform data analytics, evaluate the quality of the data, and identify and interpret trends or patterns in data sets. Act as an agent of change to help drive data best practices and the concept of data as an asset
* Perform any other relevant tasks requested by the supervisor.
* Experience in GSBPM (International Version)
* Experience with statistical metadata reference and standard metadata reports
* Experience with statistical methodology for all statistical products
* Ability to build self-assessment checklist for statistical products

Competencies

Competencies:
* Expertise in data profiling tools and analytical methods (Informatica IDQ)
* Experience with SQL.
* Good knowledge of SAS.
* Critical thinker who can optimally identify, fix and solve problems
* Proficiency with Business Intelligence platforms and visualization tools (i.e. Power BI) a plus
* Excellent data analysis skills, collecting business requirements, including the ability to work with and profile large data sets
* Experience working within waterfall and agile project management frameworks
* Understanding of master data management/data processing and data governance practices
* Ability to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team and to work under pressure.
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish strong cooperative relationships with senior government officials.
* Good understanding and practice of capacity development.
* Statistical packages R/python/ Stata17
* Knowledge & experience of working with constituents in the Arab States, particularly in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), ESCWA/ UN agencies
* Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling UN values and ethical standards.
* Demonstrates professional competence and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results.
* Display cultural, gender, religious and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications of the Successful Individual Contractor:
Education:
* A master's degree in mathematics, computer science, information management, statistics or other similar fields. Preferably PhD level.
* Certification of Training courses /workshops related to the field of Data Quality/ Statistical Quality.
* Knowledge of Sampling /quality testing

Experience:
* A Proofed of ‎8 years of direct professional experience with national statistics offices, international organizations, or governments in applying statistical Quality methodologies and techniques.

Language:
* Proficiency in spoken and written English. Arabic is an asset.

Institutional Arrangement
The expert will be reporting to GSTAT and UNDP. A detailed work plan for the
expert 's duties and responsibilities will be formulated by GSTAT.

Duration of the Work
The expected duration of the assignment is to be up to ‎3 months with a
possibility of extension subject to the availability of funding and
performance.

Duty Station
This assignment will be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Travel
* This assignment will be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
* UNDP will cover the around ticket to/from duty station
* If unforeseen travel outside the consultant 's duty station city is requested by UNDP and not required by the Terms of References (ToR), such travel shall be covered by UNDP in line with applicable rules and regulations and upon prior written agreement. In such cases, the consultant shall receive living allowances not exceeding the United Nations (UN) Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) rate for such other location(s).
* *Note: A written approval from UNDP and relevant authorities will be required to facilitate the consultant's travel to any locations than stated on this TOR on official missions where necessary.

Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments:*

All proposals must be expressed in a lump sum amount. This amount must be
"all-inclusive". Please note that the term "all-inclusive" implies that all
costs (professional fees, living allowances, communications, consumables,
etc.) that could possibly be incurred are already factored into the final
amounts submitted in the Proposal.
Payments shall be made to the individual contractor upon successful completion
and certification by UNDP that services have been satisfactorily performed,
based upon the actual number of working days.
Payment shall be made as a deliverables-based lump upon the receipt of the
deliverables and certification of satisfactory performance by CTA on a monthly
basis.

Recommended Presentation of Offer
For purposes of generating Offers whose contents are uniformly presented and
to facilitate their comparative analysis, it is best to recommend the
preferred contents and presentation of the Offer to be submitted, as well as
the format/sequencing of their presentation. The following documents may be
requested:
* Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;
* Personal CV or P11 , indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (‎3) professional references;
* Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a methodology, if applicable, on how they will approach and complete the assignment. A methodology is recommended for intellectual services, but maybe omitted for support services [Note: this is optional for support services ];
* Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per the template provided. The terms "all-inclusive" implies that all costs (professional fees, travel costs, living allowances, communications, consumables, etc.) that could possibly be incurred are already factored into the final amounts submitted in the Proposal. If an Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under the Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial Proposal submitted to UNDP.

B. Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies:
Step I: Screening and desk review:
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology.
Technical Criteria (CV review and Desk Review/Interview optional) - maximum
‎70 points. Only candidates who obtained at least ‎70% of points from the CV
desk review (who will score at least ‎49 points) will be considered for the
next evaluation stage, i.e., financial evaluation.
Applications will be first screened, and only candidates meeting the following
minimum criteria will progress to the pool for shortlisting:
*
A master's degree in mathematics, computer science, information management,
statistics or other similar fields. preferably PhD level
* A Proofed of ‎8 years of direct professional experience with national statistics offices, international organizations, or governments in applying statistical Quality methodologies and techniques.
* Proficiency in spoken and written English. Arabic is an asset.
* Expertise in data profiling tools and analytical methods (Informatica IDQ)
* Experience with SQL.
* Good knowledge of SAS.
* Critical thinker who can optimally identify, fix and solve problems
* Proficiency with Business Intelligence platforms and visualization tools (i.e. Power BI) a plus
* Excellent data analysis skills, collecting business requirements, including the ability to work with and profile large data sets
* Experience working within waterfall and agile project management frameworks
* Understanding of master data management/data processing and data governance practices
* Ability to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team and to work under pressure.
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish strong cooperative relationships with senior government officials.
* Good understanding and practice of capacity development.
* Statistical packages R/python/ Stata17
* Knowledge & experience of working with constituents in the Arab States, particularly in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), ESCWA/ UN agencies
* Demonstrates professional competence and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results.

Technical Skills:
The qualified candidate should be fully autonomous in preparing policy papers
and presentations, mastering office tools and strong project management skills
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of ‎49 points (‎70% of the total technical
points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Weight Per Technical Competence**

‎5 (outstanding): ‎96% - ‎100%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated an OUTSTANDING capacity
for the analyzed competence.

‎4 (Very good): ‎86% - ‎95%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a VERY GOOD capacity for
the analyzed competence.

‎3 (Good): ‎76% - ‎85%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a GOOD capacity for the
analyzed competence.

‎2 (Satisfactory): ‎70% - ‎75%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a SATISFACTORY capacity
for the analyzed competence.

‎1 (Weak): Below ‎70%

The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a WEAK capacity for the
analyzed competence.

Step II: Financial Assessment:
Financial Proposal - Maximum ‎30 points
* Duly accomplished Confirmation of Interest and Submission of Financial Proposal Template using the template provided by UNDP (Annex II)
PRICE PROPOSAL AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS
The contractor shall submit a price proposal as below:
The total professional fee shall be converted into a lump-sum contract and
payments under the contract shall be made on submission and acceptance of
deliverables under the contract in accordance with the schedule of payment
linked with deliverables. The financial Proposal should include all relevant
costs (consultancy fees, all envisaged travel costs, living allowances, etc.).

UNDP applies the " Best value for money approach" - the final selection
will be based on the combination of the applicants' qualification and
Financial Proposal.
Financial Proposal - Maximum ‎30 points
* Duly accomplished Confirmation of Interest and Submission of Financial Proposal Template using the template provided by UNDP (Annex II)
PRICE PROPOSAL AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS
The contractor shall submit a price proposal as below:
The total professional fee shall be converted into a lump-sum contract and
payments under the contract shall be made on submission and acceptance of
deliverables under the contract in accordance with the schedule of payment
linked with deliverables. The financial Proposal should include all relevant
costs (consultancy fees, all envisaged travel costs, living allowances, etc.).

Financial evaluation - Total ‎30% (‎30 points)
The following formula will be used to evaluate the financial Proposal:
p = y ( µ/z), where
p = points for the financial Proposal being evaluated
y = maximum number of points for the financial Proposal
µ = price of the lowest-priced Proposal
z = price of the Proposal being evaluated

Instructions for online submissions
Step ‎1: Please prepare all required documents electronically;
Step ‎2: Combine all documents in ONE SINGLE FILE (preferably in PDF
however, Word format can also be accepted) and upload to the UNDP Jobs links
Step ‎3: After that you will receive an auto-reply from the UNDP jobs if your
offer is received successfully.

Interested applicants are advised to carefully review this advertisement and
ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described.
Interested applicants are advised to carefully review this advertisement
and ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described.
Given the volume of applications that UNDP receives, only shortlisted
offerors will be notified.
UNDP reserves the right to reject any incomplete applications.
Please be informed that we don 't accept applications submitted via
email.
Interested Offerors are required to submit an application via UNDP Jobsite
system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP
Jobsite system. Please note that UNDP Jobsite system allows only one uploading
of application documents, so please make sure that you merge all your
documents into a single file. Your online application submission will be
acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive
an email acknowledgement within ‎24 hours of submission, your application may
not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application if
necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (‎1) single PDF document
as the system only allows to upload a maximum one document.
Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement
notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email
[email protected] with a copy to [email protected] While the
Procurement Unit would endeavour to provide information expeditiously, only
requests receiving at least ‎3 working days prior to the submission deadline
will be entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be
considered as a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's
response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the
source of inquiry) will be posted in the Individual Consultant (IC)
Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors
are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain update related to this
Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender,
nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups
and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All
applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of
harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected
candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background
checks.

Interested applicants are advised to carefully review this advertisement and
ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described.

The interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement
Notice, which can be viewed at
https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=‎92533
for more detailed information about terms of references, instructions to the
offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer online.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender,
nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups
and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All
applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of
harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected
candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background
checks.