Individual Consultant to Undertake Capacity Building on STATA in Five (5) SADC Member States
The SADC Secretariat, through the SADC Regional Statistics Project (RSP, P175731) financed by a World Bank IDA grant, invites individual consultants to deliver national training on STATA in five (5) SADC Member States (1 position). The project aims to strengthen SADC's institutional capacity to produce, disseminate and use quality statistics and to increase regional harmonisation. The consultant will report to the Senior Officer, Research and Statistics, for a 12-month assignment duration (not the number of working days).
Objectives: enhance the capacity of National Statistics Offices to collect, process and analyse census, survey and administrative data using STATA; strengthen staff skills in advanced statistical analysis for Official Statistics; promote do-files and automation to improve efficiency, traceability and standardisation; and assess existing STATA practices across NSO departments to encourage common methodologies and statistical comparability.
Expected results: strengthened technical capacity of NSOs in managing and processing census and survey data with STATA, and identification of gaps in STATA use across departments, with timelines and tasks to close them.
Qualifications: Master's degree in statistics, economics, IT or a related field; fluency in English (French and/or Portuguese an advantage); excellent communication, analytical, presentation and report-writing skills; strong time management. Experience: at least 10 years using STATA in Official Statistics; proven experience in data processing, analysis, spatial analysis, modelling and visualisation with STATA on at least 3 major national surveys; experience designing training materials; and experience delivering at least 3 national-level STATA trainings using household and census data.
The assignment involves travel to five SADC Member States; the Contracting Authority will facilitate visas if required. Selection follows the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (September 2023), Individual Consultant Selection method, including conflict-of-interest provisions.
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit an Expression of Interest with an updated detailed CV and copies of professional certificates through the SADC drag-and-drop electronic tender box (https://collab.sadc.int/s/Gjobqm3gorKpAii) by Thursday, 5 November 2026, 00:00 hours Botswana local time. No public opening will be held. Additional information requests: Head of Procurement Unit, SADC Secretariat, mmikuwa@sadc.int (copy zruth@sadc.int or tchabwera@sadc.int). Reference: SADC/5/2/466 / BW-SADC-563171-CS-INDV.