Local Consultant – ZDHS Gender-Based Violence Extended Analysis

Analyses Zimbabwe’s demographic and health survey data to produce rigorous evidence on gender-based violence prevalence, disparities, determinants, help-seeking and health linkages, using complex survey modelling and visualisation to guide policy, services and resource allocation.

• Model subnational prevalence and disparities across physical, sexual and emotional gender-based violence
• Analyse help-seeking behaviour, service uptake and barriers to health, legal and psychosocial support
• Examine associations between gender-based violence, maternal health, sexual behaviour and HIV risk
• Apply survey weights, clustering and stratification across all ZDHS analyses
• Conduct multivariable and multilevel modelling using methods appropriate to the survey data
• Produce spatial maps, graphs and matrices identifying high-risk populations and geographic inequalities
• Translate findings into a publication-quality thematic report and concise policy outputs
• Strengthen national analytical capacity through collaboration, coaching and documented statistical syntax

• Master’s degree or PhD in Demography, Social Statistics, Public Health, Sociology, Epidemiology or a related field
• At least seven years of documented experience in complex secondary-data analysis and statistical modelling focused on DHS or MICS data
• Expert programming ability in Stata or R, including documented syntax for complex survey design
• Experience with data visualisation and spatial mapping using GIS
• Professional expertise in gender-based violence, violence against women and girls, gender equality, protection or sexual and reproductive health and rights
• Excellent communication and analytical writing skills in English

• The consultant works with ZIMSTAT, the Ministry of Health and Child Care and other stakeholders
• The analysis uses the 2023/24 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey dataset