Position: Data Analyst

Organization: The Institute of Public Health Sciences Hyderabad (IPHSH)

Location: Hyderabad 

Project Brief

The Disability Data Initiative is an observatory of global disability rights. Achieving rights for persons with disabilities as stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires quality, policy-relevant disability data. The long-term goal is to close this disability data gap by making internationally comparable data on disability publicly available and accessible, and with this data to inform debates and facilitate policy studies.

Deliverables:

• Each report should (i) describe and discuss key findings of the microdata analysis for selected countries on the prevalence of functional difficulties and disaggregation of well-being supporting memos that explain how the codes were developed and need to be used; and  links to cleaned datasets
• Conducting the dataset questionnaire review for South Asia: identify surveys and censuses, reviews questionnaires and analyse questions related to disability.
• Should conduct extensive microdata management, analysis, submit project reports as required
• Should handle all data related queries, documentation and report related activities.
• Scientific manuscript writing, mainly from data management and analysis focus.
• Any other tasks assigned by Supervisor/PI.

Qualification:

Essential:

Bachelors in Biostatistics/Statistics

Desirable: Masters in Biostatistics

Experience:

Essential:  1-2 years in public health/ disability/ development projects

Desirable:

Command of data analysis using R/ Stata. Demonstrable skills and experience handling large datasets in Public health projects/ research, Evidence of reports/ publications with contribution to data analysis