Lead Technical Expert

Job Purpose
The Technical Expert on Gender statistics provides senior technical expertise across ICFs gender equality portfolio with a primary focus on gender statistics and gender-equality measurement including GBV-related statistical work.
The role combines deep subject-matter expertise in gender statistics with technical leadership and influence ensuring the quality credibility and methodological robustness of ICFs gender equality work. The postholder leads complex technical components across assignments advises project teams and clients on gender statistics and measurement approaches and contributes to portfolio development and capture activities that strengthen ICFs gender equality offer including opportunities related to data systems indicators monitoring frameworks evaluation and specialised gender data fields such as GBV addition the scope of work may also extend to other grounds of discrimination such as disability gender identity sexual orientation ethnicity or age as well as exploring the intersections between these areas to ensure a comprehensive approach to equality measurement in ICFs work for EU institutions.

Key Responsibilities
Technical Contribution (gender statistics)

• Act as ICFs technical expert on gender statistics including gender-equality indicators data systems measurement frameworks and methodological innovation.
• Provide technical leadership across assignments requiring advanced quantitative analysis gender data integration indicator development including GBV-related indicators and administrative data where relevant.
• Shape ICFs technical approach to gender statistics ensuring alignment with EU and international standards (EIGE Eurostat UN Women OECD UNECE).
• Ensure methodological rigour data quality policy relevance and ethical data management across all statistical tasks.
• Framework Delivery EIGE FWCs
• Lead and oversee delivery of complex research data and analytical tasks under EIGE frameworks including development of indicators data collection methodologies and analytical products.
• Provide technical input to:

o Study design and methodological frameworks
o Indicator definition refinement and validation
o Quantitative data collection harmonisation and quality assurance
o Analysis of equality gaps time-series trends and cross-country comparisons
o Evaluation frameworks integrating gender statistics
Act as a technical escalation point for complex or sensitive methodological issues.
Ensure consistency comparability and quality across framework deliverables in line with EIGE requirements.
Quality Assurance & Methodological Oversight
Provide technical quality assurance of statistical outputs analytical products and methodological tools.
Review and approve research designs data-processing methods and analytical models.
Ensure comparability and coherence of evidence across countries time periods and assignments.
Drive continuous improvement of ICFs statistical standards and internal guidelines for gender-related measurement.
Portfolio Development & Business Growth
In line with ICFs expectations the role contributes to organisational growth by:
Leading and/or contributing to business development and capture activities related to gender statistics gender equality and related thematic areas.

Providing senior technical input to bids proposals and capture strategies.
Using evidence and learning from the EIGE framework to strengthen ICFs market positioning as a leader in gender statistics.
Advising on opportunities to expand ICFs work in gender data ecosystem and the wider antidiscrimination framework strengthening data innovation and evidence-based policymaking.
Thought Leadership & External Engagement
Represent ICF as a technical expert in gender statistics with clients partners and external stakeholders.
Contribute to thought leadership outputs learning products and policy-relevant publications.

Maintain awareness of emerging developments in equality data indicators measurement techniques data sources and international standards.
Build and sustain professional networks relevant to gender statistics gender and equality data systems.
Technical Stewardship & Knowledge Sharing
Provide mentorship and technical guidance to researchers analysts and consultants working on gender-equality data and statistics.
Support internal capacity strengthening on gender statistics measurement frameworks and quantitative methods.
Contribute to internal communities of practice and cross-team collaboration.
Share learning and best practice across projects and teams.
Decision-Making & Autonomy
Operate with significant autonomy setting technical direction within agreed strategic objectives.
Exercise judgement on complex methodological ethical and strategic issues.
Be accountable for the technical credibility and reputation of ICFs gender statistics work.
Inform senior leadership decisions through expert insight on gender data evidence trends and market opportunities.

Required Qualifications & Experience
Advanced postgraduate qualification (Masters or PhD preferred) in statistics gender studies social sciences public policy public health or a related field.
Extensive senior-level experience (typically 1215 years) in gender statistics gender indicators quantitative research evaluation and policy analysis ideally including experience with GBV-related data and indicators.
Demonstrated leadership of complex multi-country research or evaluation programmes.
Strong familiarity with EU institutions and gender statistics framework (including EIGE Eurostat UN Women OECD UNECE or comparable bodies).
Proven ability to influence policy strategy and programme design through high-quality evidence.

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