Data Analyst

Job Description - Data Analyst (2604045)

Data Analyst - ( 2604045 )

Grade : P3

Contractual Arrangement :
Temporary appointment under Staff Rule 420.4

Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : 1 year

Oct 5, 2026, 7:10:45 AM

Oct 26, 2026, 10:59:00 PM

Full-time

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The strategic objective of the Department of Polio Eradication Initiative is to achieve certification of the eradication of polio viruses worldwide by providing support to national governments via the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Partnership. The two goals of the current GPEI Strategy are to permanently interrupt transmission of all polio viruses in endemic countries and to stop vaccine-derived polio virus transmission and prevent outbreaks in non-endemic countries.

The five objectives within the GPEI Strategy are to create urgency and accountability to generate greater political will, generate vaccine acceptance through context-adapted community engagement, expedite progress through expanded integration efforts with broader partners, improve frontline success through evaluating and adapting campaign operations and outbreak response, and enhance detection and response through sensitive surveillance activities. Additionally, the strategy includes implementing the four objectives in the GPEI Gender Equality Strategy for Polio Eradication.

The immediate strategic objective is to achieve and sustain polio‑free status in all regions, thereby eliminating the disease and preventing its resurgence. The Polio Data and Information Systems (DIS) team is responsible for the management, organization, analysis and dissemination of polio related data including immunization data, program monitoring and polio virus surveillance information while promoting and maintaining global polio information systems such as Polio Information System (POLIS), WebIFA and geodatabases.

• Support Global Polio Eradication program by cleaning, verifying, entering and uploading AFP, Env, Lab, SIA and other datasets received from regional and country offices.
• Contribute to carrying out PSL's periodical data analysis and produce regular/standardize reports for outbreak and high-risk countries.
• Contribute to improving data quality by regularly running data quality and consistency checks.
• Contribute to POLIS development by regularly auditing the POLIS reports and output.
• Work with Regional office and lab team to accurately track and analysis status polio virus type 2 lab results.
• Contribute to risk analysis for Event Briefing Meeting by producing relevant analysis on short notice.
• Coordinate with global and regional partners, sharing insights and recommendations from data analysis to inform broader polio eradication strategies and policies.
• Provide training and guidance to regional and country office staff on data entry, and analytical techniques to strengthen local data management capacities and data quality.
• Provide other technical support as needed.

Essential
:
First university degree in information management, geographic sciences or other related degree that involves data analytics, computing, science, statistics, mathematics, epidemiology or other science.
Desirable
:
Formal training (certificate or course) in data management.

• At least 5 years' experience in health information systems, statistical analysis, and data management services.
• Experience in managing and analyzing public health databases using computer-based applications including databases required by geographic information systems and mapping…