Data Science Consultant – Disability and Disaster Mapping for ICIMOD

Position Overview:

The HKH region, marked by diverse socio-economic and cultural contexts, faces escalating climate risks such as floods, GLOFs, landslides, and avalanches. People with disabilities are disproportionately affected, particularly in remote mountain areas where access to information, services, and disaster response is limited. Despite the urgency, data on the intersection of disability and climate risk remains sparse. This study aims to bridge that gap by analysing national and subnational data on persons with disabilities in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

ICIMOD seeks a consultant/contractor (or a team of consultants) to support a regional analysis on disability and climate risk in the HKH. The consultant will be responsible for identifying, acquiring, cleaning, and formatting relevant national and subnational survey data from India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The data analysis will explore links between disability and socio-economic vulnerability. In addition, the consultant will support the development of an interactive disability map for the HKH region, collaborating with the ICIMOD team to design an interactive visual map on the status of persons with disabilities and their exposure to climate-induced disasters.

Background

The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region stretches 3,500km across Asia, spanning eight countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. Encompassing high-altitude mountain ranges, mid-hills, and plains, the zone is vital for the food, water, and energy security of up to two billion people and is a habitat for countless irreplaceable species. It is also acutely fragile – and frontline to the impacts of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), based in Kathmandu, Nepal, is an international organisation serving the Hindu Kush Himalaya for more than two decades to make this critical region greener, more inclusive and climate resilient. For more information, read our and explore our . ICIMOD places GESI at the centre of its work guided by its , to promote inclusive policies, actions, and investments that support sustainable and equitable development.

Method of application

Interested and eligible consultants should email their applications (and queries, if any) before July 10, 2025 (11:59 PM Nepal Standard Time) to . 

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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