Consultancy: Capacity Development-Use UNICEF

The SIKAI Learning Assessment and Data Use programme, under UNICEF Global Education Practice, supports countries with strengthening the analysis, interpretation, and effective use of learning assessment data to inform evidence-based education policy, sector planning, and classroom practice. The programme places particular emphasis on advancing equitable learning outcomes in resource-constrained, fragile, and crisis-affected contexts.

SIKAI aims to strengthen national systems (from classroom to national level) for generating, analyzing, and using learning assessment data at scale. This includes enhancing country capacity to design, implement, and institutionalize high-quality learning assessments, while building sustainable analytical capabilities within ministries of education, middle tier systems and classrooms. A core focus is ensuring that assessment data are translated into actionable insights that inform policy reform, resource allocation, and instructional practice to improve learning outcomes across education systems. Particular attention is given to developing scalable approaches that can be embedded within national systems, enabling continuous use of evidence for planning, monitoring, and system-wide improvement.

The consultant will support UNICEF in advancing data analysis, capacity development, and scale-up of learning assessment data use across education systems. The role includes conducting robust analysis of assessment datasets to generate context-specific and policy-relevant insights; supporting national counterparts in interpreting findings, strengthening technical and analytical capacity, and embedding data use practices within institutional processes; and identifying scalable models for integrating learning assessment evidence into decision-making at national and subnational levels. The consultant will also synthesize cross-country lessons, document effective approaches for scale-up, and contribute to regional and global knowledge exchange to strengthen evidence-based programming and education system transformation.