UN Women National Consultant - Data Statistics, Women Empower India- Home Based, India Home Based Posting Date06/25/2026 BE THE FIRST TO APPLY

Organizational Context

UN Women's Country Office in New Delhi, India, focuses on accelerating gender equality and women's empowerment through strategic partnerships and policy advisory services. The 'Women Empower India' project, funded by the EU, aims to advance women's economic empowerment by promoting decent employment, entrepreneurship, and policy advocacy, while addressing discriminatory social norms.

Job Purpose

This consultancy aims to provide high-quality analytical, technical, and coordination support to UN Women India's engagement with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). The role will focus on strengthening gender data analysis, statistical publications, and capacity building in gender statistics. The consultant will contribute to developing analytical products and knowledge resources to enhance the understanding of gender equality trends and their implications for India's development trajectory, supporting evidence-based policymaking.

Responsibilities

Develop analytical gender bulletins on SDG-NIF Gender Indicators and Gender and Macroeconomic indicators, including data analysis, synthesis, and drafting content. Conduct detailed gender analysis of MoSPI's 'Women and Men in India' publication and provide technical inputs for the 'Elderly in India' publication, integrating gender perspectives. Support the planning and implementation of national dissemination workshops. Coordinate consultations, facilitate review meetings, and manage repositories of datasets and analytical outputs. Ensure all publications are gender-responsive, accessible, and aligned with statistical standards.

Work Experience

Requires a minimum of 7 years of experience in gender statistics, socio-economic analysis, public policy research, or official statistics. Demonstrated experience with large-scale national datasets and preparing analytical reports or publications is essential. Familiarity with India's statistical system and UN agencies is desirable.

Skills

Gender statistics, socio-economic analysis, data analysis, quantitative and qualitative research, report writing, data visualization, stakeholder engagement, policy analysis, knowledge management.

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