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FASTR IMMUNISATION ANALYTICS RESEARCH ASSISTANT
The Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents GFF, in partnership with Gavi, is seeking a qualified consultant to support immunisation-specific analytics under the Frequent Assessment Systems and Tools for Resiliency FASTR initiative.
CONSULTANCY TITLE
FASTR Immunisation Analytics Research Assistant
ORGANIZATION
Results for Development R4D
PROGRAMME
Global Financing Facility GFF FASTR Initiative
CONSULTANCY TYPE
Short-Term Consultancy
START DATE
1 November 2026
END DATE
30 March 2027
ESTIMATED LEVEL OF EFFORT
30 days
APPLICATION DEADLINE
14 October 2026
ABOUT THE GFF
The Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents is a global partnership housed at the World Bank that works with low and lower-middle-income countries to improve health outcomes for women, children and adolescents.
The GFF supports countries through catalytic financing and technical assistance to develop and implement prioritized national health plans, strengthen primary healthcare systems and expand access to affordable, quality healthcare.
The partnership focuses on evidence-driven investments in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition, while supporting countries to make better use of domestic and external financing.
ABOUT FASTR
The Frequent Assessment Systems and Tools for Resiliency FASTR initiative supports countries to generate and use rapid-cycle analytics from health management information systems HMIS, health facility assessments and household and client surveys.
The initiative aims to strengthen the use of timely data to improve health programming, including reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition outcomes.
The GFF-Gavi FASTR partnership specifically focuses on using FASTR data to generate immunisation-specific insights and results to inform essential immunisation programmes.
ABOUT THE CONSULTANCY
The consultant will support the FASTR team in conducting immunisation-specific and other analyses using HMIS and health facility assessment HFA data.
Working with the HFA FASTR Team Lead and Gavi partnership focal person, the consultant will develop and update Stata code, produce analytical outputs and support testing and validation of service-specific modules.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- FASTR IMMUNISATION ANALYTICS
Update existing Stata code used for immunisation country profiles.
Work with the Gavi partnership focal person to develop do files for immunisation analysis.
Develop code to produce immunisation module country reports.
Support development of joint HMIS-HFA analysis reports.
- SERVICE-SPECIFIC MODULE TESTING
Develop do files aligned with the analysis plan for service-specific module testing.
Develop do files for validation analyses.
Conduct quantitative analysis to support testing and validation.
Draft reports presenting findings from validation analyses.
- DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Support the analysis of HMIS and HFA data.
Conduct quantitative data manipulation and analysis.
Interpret analytical findings and contribute to clear, evidence-based reporting.
Support the FASTR team in producing reliable immunisation data outputs for programme decision-making.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should have:
- A Master’s Degree in Public Health or a related field.
- At least 3 years of professional experience working in global health.
- Demonstrated experience in quantitative data collection, analysis and interpretation.
- Strong programming and data analysis skills.
- Proficiency in Stata is required.
- Experience with R for data manipulation and analysis is an advantage.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
The successful consultant should be comfortable working with health data, quantitative analysis and statistical programming.
Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking and the ability to translate data into clear findings will be important for this assignment.
EXPERIENCE WITH
HMIS data
Health facility assessment data
Immunisation analytics
Quantitative health research
Stata programming
R programming
Data manipulation
Data validation
Health systems and global health research
REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
The consultant will report to the FASTR Programme Director, Adwoa Twum, who will serve as the technical supervisor.
Technical supervision:
Adwoa Twum
Email: atwum@r4d.org
Contractual, payment and operational questions should be directed to:
Amelia Kinter
Email: akinter@r4d.org
Olivia Talbert
Email: otalbert@r4d.org
CONSULTANCY TIMELINE
Start: 1 November 2026
End: 30 March 2027
Estimated level of effort: 30 days
PAYMENT
The consultant will submit monthly invoices detailing project-related activities undertaken during each billing period.
Invoices will be reviewed and approved in accordance with the consultancy agreement, after which payment will be made based on the agreed payment schedule and level of effort.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should submit:
CV
Cover Letter
Applications should be submitted through the R4D Procurement Portal.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
14 October 2026
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Download the Full Terms of Reference
IMPORTANT
Applicants should carefully review the full Terms of Reference and ensure that their CV and cover letter demonstrate relevant experience in global health, quantitative analysis and statistical programming.
For questions or assistance with the submission, contact Olivia Talbert at otalbert@r4d.org.
