Data Analysis - Population Pulse Report

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030.

The UNFPA Data & Analytics Branch is leading the development of the Population Pulse Report, a new flagship data monitoring publication that provides a comprehensive overview of global and regional demographic and development trends across UNFPA's mandate. The report will synthesize data and analysis on key thematic areas, including population dynamics, sexual and reproductive health and rights, family planning, maternal health, gender equality, harmful practices, adolescents and youth, ageing, humanitarian settings, climate change, and leaving no one behind. The report will draw upon a wide range of internationally recognized data sources to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other global commitments. It aims to present timely, evidence-based insights through high-quality data analysis, visualizations, and concise narrative summaries. To support the preparation of the report, the UNFPA Data & Analytics Branch is seeking Online Volunteers with strong quantitative analysis skills to assist with indicator review, data compilation, quality assurance, and preliminary analysis.

UNFPA is seeking Online Volunteers with experience in statistical analysis and international development data to support the development of the Population Pulse Report. Working closely with the Data & Analytics team, volunteers will review thematic indicator lists, identify and retrieve data from international statistical databases, prepare harmonized datasets, and conduct high-level descriptive analyses that will inform the report's key findings. The assignment offers an opportunity to contribute to one of UNFPA's flagship analytical products while working with globally recognized demographic, health, and socioeconomic datasets. Task description: The Online Volunteers will support the Data & Analytics team by: - Reviewing thematic indicator lists and providing feedback on indicator definitions, availability, metadata, and reporting methodologies. - Identifying appropriate data sources and compiling data for approved indicators. - Retrieving, cleaning, harmonizing, and organizing datasets from international databases. - Supporting data quality assurance by identifying inconsistencies, missing values, methodological differences, and potential data limitations. - Preparing reproducible data extraction and processing workflows using R and Microsoft Excel. - Conducting high-level descriptive analysis of global, regional, and country-level trends. - Producing summary statistics, analytical tables, data visualizations, and charts to support evidence-based analysis and report narratives. - Documenting data sources, methodologies, assumptions, and processing steps to ensure transparency and reproducibility.