The World Bank’s Poverty Cluster, of
the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) network in Indonesia, is
seeking a Programmer or Quantitative Researcher to provide technical assistance
to the project by writing Oracle/ MySQL language to match unique individuals
from the same household from Oracle-based SID database. The consultant will be subject to a data
confidentiality agreement. A consultant
with Stata qualifications is preferable.
The consultant will be working closely with a technical team from Bank Indonesia
and the World Bank’s team in the process.
Specific activities include:
1.
Write Oracle/ MySQL language to match
households using individual-level SID data.
Unique individuals can be linked to the same household by using: (1)
fixed telephone number; (2) matching algorithms on name and address in the same
zipcode. These codes will be run by the technical team from Bank Indonesia, but
provided by the World Bank team.
2.
The consultant is expected to work
collaboratively with the Bank Indonesia’s team on a sample SID database until
the best matched SID data is produced.
The consultant is expected to visit Bank Indonesia to work with the
technical team there.
3.
After the matched SID data is retrieved, the
consultant would ideally implement income models on the anonymous household
level data in Stata.
The consultant would also ideally run some Stata programming for some
statistical technical works we will conduct to correct SUSENAS data for unit
non-response bias and extreme values.
Duration and Time Allocation
A total of 50 working days will be allocated for this Consultancy, which
will begin mid-June 2014. The activities
will follow the timeline below and is expected to conclude by Mid-August
2014. Note: the timeline may be adjusted
based on consultations with the World Bank team.
Qualification
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Minimum level of education: Baccalaureate
(preferably Master’s) degree, in relevant field of study, including computer
science.
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At least 6 years of programming experience,
with a focus on programming in Oracle/MySQL.
Programming knowledge of Stata an advantage.
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Proficiency in Bahasa
Indonesia in order to read SID Guidelines and understanding fields in
Indonesian databases.
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Familiarity working with Indonesian household
surveys, such as SUSENAS, is an advantage.
§
Experience in name and address token matching
an advantage.
§ An excellent team
worker but can also work independently and self-motivated.
The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of
gender, nationality, culture and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are equally
encouraged to apply. All applications
will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Contract Details
The successful candidate will be offered a Short-Term Contract (STC).
The duration of the contract will be for 50 days. The Consultant may
telecommute, but will be required to be based in Jakarta for most of the
contract period.
Please submit your applications before May 30, 2014 to Maria Monica Wihardja:
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"Only qualified applicants will be shortlisted"
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