Statistician for SIMVA

Consultant type: Riparian or International Consultant (Individual)

Contract Type:Special Service Agreement

Duration of service:43 Working Days from August 2013 to February 2014

Work Location:Home base and Office of the MRC Secretariat in Vientiane, Lao PDR with possible travel to other Member Countries: Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam.

Division/Section: Environment Programme, Environment Division

Key Responsibilities:  

Preparation stage:

• Reviews related documents including existing draft SIMVA guidelines with the emphasis on survey and research design, monitoring indicators, sampling method and questionnaire;
• Prepares and submits a brief preliminary thought on study design and sampling method for SIMVA survey and case study 2013;
• Works with International Expert to provide inputs for the development of a draft SIMVA guidelines 2013 including, sampling method, monitoring indicator, questionnaire, fieldwork preparation and arrangement, budgeting, data collection, method for data analysis and reporting;
• Participates in 1st technical meeting with national SIMVA survey team and relevant programmes of MRCS to discuss the pre-draft SIMVA guidelines 2013;
• Provides inputs as required by International Expert to revise the pre-draft SIMVA guidelines 2013 based on results of the 1st technical meeting;
• Participates in the 1st Regional Consultation Workshop with the Member Countries to get comments, advice and agreement on the 1st draft SIMVA guidelines 2013;
• Provides inputs as required by International Expert to revise and finalize the draft SIMVA guidelines 2013 based on the 1st Regional Consultation Workshop;
• Together with International Expert, conducts training for the national expert team on technique for field data collection, data analysis and reporting.

Fieldwork:

• Contributes to the supervision of the field survey and case study (home based).

Post fieldwork:

• Assists International Expert to supervise the data entry, processing, and guidance for the writing up the national reports;
• Checks and combines primary data into a regional database, and cleans the database to be ready for data analysis. Ensure quality assurance of field data from national teams;
• Assists International Expert to perform data analysis and provides inputs for writing up a pre-draft regional report on finding of the survey and case study 2013;
• Participates in the 2nd technical meeting to present and discuss the pre-draft regional report on finding of the survey and case study 2013;
• Provides inputs as required by International Expert to revise the pre-draft regional report based on results of the 1st technical meeting;
• Participates in the 2nd Regional Consultation Workshop with the Member Countries to present and discuss the survey and case study results and obtain comments;
• Provides inputs as required by International Expert to revise and finalize the draft regional report based on the 2nd Regional Consultation Workshop.

Qualifications/Requirements: 

• Master or higher degree in statistics or related fields;
• More than 10 years of relevant work experience on statistical information related to socio-economics, livelihoods, food security and poverty;
• Strong and advanced statistical techniques including probability, sampling, surveying, statistical packages, and managing large databases;
• Good understanding of Mekong water and related resources is an asset;
• Familiar with data and information in LMB;
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

Application procedures:

The application should include (i) a cover letter outlining clearly how the candidate meets the requirements of the position, (ii) a detailed CV, and (iii) MRC Personal History Form and (iv) Financial Proposal. The position title must be indicated in the cover letter.

Closing date for applications:

12 July 2013

The Term of Reference can be downloaded from the download section below. Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.

The application should be sent to:

Mekong River Commission
Office of the Secretariat in Vientiane (OSV)
P.O. Box 6101, 184 Fa Ngoum Road
Ban Sithane Neua, Sikhottabong District,
Vientiane 01000, Lao PDR.
Tel: (856) 21 263 263
Email: mrcs@mrcmekong.org