Statistician Consultant (Environmental Health – Lead exposure), GPD, CoE, Bangkok, (Remote),#: 592440 Individual Consultant Long-term contract

Statistician Consultant (Environmental Health – Lead exposure), GPD, CoE, Bangkok, (Remote),#: 592440

Job no: 592440

Contract type: Consultant

Duty Station: Bangkok

Level: Consultancy

Location: Thailand

Categories: Programme Management

Contract Duration : 31 months

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

Purpose of Assignment:

The purpose of the consultancy is to support country offices and partners to identify and assess relationships between sources of environmental lead exposure and blood lead levels.

The UNICEF Strategic Plan has elevated action on climate change and environmental degradation as an organizational priority, to be integrated throughout UNICEF programmes. To concretize this, UNICEF HQ is implementing its global Healthy Environments for Healthy Children (HEHC) programme framework in over 20 countries.  To mobilize collection action, UNICEF and partners have founded a Children’s Environmental Health Collaborative to protect child health and development from the impact of climate change and environmental degradation.

UNICEF is currently starting activities in an additional 20 low- and middle-income countries to support the prioritization of the issue in the national agenda. This investment is critical because of the lack of understanding of the issue. The resources will be used for a local children’s environmental health assessment (e.g., with an academic institution), building local awareness and institutional leadership on the issue and positioning UNICEF as a credible actor in this new space by rolling out global assets on lead and children’s environmental health.

This 31-month consultancy will provide support and technical assistance to low-and-middle income countries on the statistical analysis of lead exposure data within the context of children’s environmental health. The consultancy will be managed by the Senior Adviser, Environment. The consultant will work in close collaboration with the HEHC team at HQ, and other offices working on the issue of lead poisoning.

The scope of work:

Lead the development of training material: 

Assist in project design: 

Conduct statistical analyses: 

Provide technical assistance: 

Develop database: 

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:    Statist Conscy ToR for Child Envl Health.pdf

Minimum requirements: (Qualifications/Experience/Expertise)

Education : Master’s or Ph.D. in Business Administration with a focus on Corporate Sustainability or a Master’s Degree with significant relevant experience.

Work Experience/expertise :

Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible and relevant work experience in lead programming in low- and middle-income countries.

Technical expertise in statistical analysis.

Demonstrated ability to conduct rigorous research, analyze complex data, and synthesize information into clear, actionable guidance.

Excellent ability to produce high-quality technical notes, protocols, reports, and presentations for diverse audiences (technical experts, policymakers, country-level teams).

Demonstrated past experience in design of studies and assessments, and conducting research related to the environment, environmental health, climate x health, child’s health, pollutants and/or toxic metals

Previous experience of working with UNICEF and the UN is desirable.

Previous work on metals exposure is desirable.

Experience developing databases is desirable

Knowledge and Skills:

Knowledge of research, monitoring, and evaluation methods, both quantitative and qualitative, and statistical methods and software

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required; knowledge of another UN language (e.g. Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children.  The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone , irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the results

Advertised: 15 Apr 2026 SE Asia Standard Time
Deadline: 29 Apr 2026 SE Asia Standard Time

Tagged as: Climate Change, Environment, Environment Climate Change, Health

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