Statistical Technician – Local Contractor

About the role

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is seeking a Local Individual Contractor to design, integrate and analyse statistical indicators for monitoring illegal mining activities in Bolivia. The consultant will work remotely from La Paz, travel as needed, and deliver methodological documents, databases and analytical reports between October and December 2026.

Key responsibilities

• Develop a methodological framework and a set of territorial indicators for illegal mining monitoring.
• Integrate and clean data from satellite imagery, census, administrative sources and UNODC databases, building relational statistical databases.
• Perform descriptive and exploratory statistical analyses, produce dashboards, maps and final analytical reports, and formulate recommendations for future monitoring.

Required profile

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum three years of experience in statistical analysis.
• Fluency in written and spoken Spanish; English knowledge is desirable.
• Familiarity with United Nations working languages is an advantage.

Required skills

• Statistical software such as R, Python, SPSS or STATA.
• Geographic Information System tools like QGIS or ArcGIS.