PAHO Consultant - Regional Assessment of SOGI Data Availability and Quality, Off Site

This is a requisition for employment at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Contractual Agreement:
Non-Staff - International PAHO Consultant Job Posting:
September 8, 2026 Closing Date:
October 7, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern Time Primary

Location:

Off Site Organization: DHE Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity

Schedule:

Part time

Objectives of the consultancy

• a) Assess the availability of regional health data disaggregated by sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, and gender identity in official statistics, including health-relevant surveys and health administrative records, such as individual medical records, immunization and hospital discharge records, and epidemiological surveillance systems.
• b) Assess the level of readiness of the data ecosystem reviewed, to generate health indicators that contribute to the future calculation of the LGBTQI Inclusion index proposed by UNDP as well as to the analysis of social inequalities in health in LGBTQI+ populations.
• c) Make recommendations for good practices to strengthen the incorporation, processing, and use of variables of sex assigned at birth, gender identity, and sexual orientation in health systems at the regional level.

Conduct the regional assessment of data quality and availability of variables related to sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, and gender identity in statistical and health data sources; coordinate with national counterparts and partner organizations on the development of evidence-based recommendations to strengthen SOGI disaggregation in health data systems and prepare technical reports, presentations, and other knowledge products to strengthen the use of disaggregated information across the Americas.

The consultant's responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Review project and technical documents, and conceptual and methodological frameworks relevant to the measurement of sex assigned at birth, gender identity and sexual orientation in the countries participating in the project
• Develop and apply a regional methodological protocol to assess, as appropriate, the availability, coverage, completeness, validity, consistency, comparability, timeliness, accessibility, documentation, and usefulness of SOGI data, as well as their governance, privacy, confidentiality, and ethical use mechanisms in official statistical sources including population and health surveys, administrative health records, medical records, vaccination records, hospital discharges, and other sources prioritized with national counterparts.
• Coordinate the collection and validation of information with the focal points from the PAHO/WHO country offices, health authorities, national statistical offices.
• Analyze findings by country and comparatively at the regional level, identifying good practices, gaps, risks, strengthening needs, and opportunities to improve the production, interoperability, analysis, dissemination, and use of data disaggregated by sexual orientation and gender identity.
• In collaboration and coordination with the ECLAC-CELADE consultant counterpart, formulate regional recommendations to strengthen official sources, as well as to promote collaboration between authorities, statistical offices and civil society in the production, interpretation, use and responsible dissemination of evidence.
• Identify, in collaboration with the Social Determinants of Health Advisor, the variables and indicators available within the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) monitoring system that are required for the development of the LGBTQ+ Index, including variables from both the health…