Evaluation Expert for Multi-country Evaluation of Life Skills UNICEF

Work Assignments Overview:
Phase 1: Inception Phase
• Kickoff meetings.
• Inception consultations/interviews.
• For each of the two countries (Syria and Iraq):
• Perform a desk review.
• Draft country-specific inception report elements (elements not included in the core report).
• Stakeholder mapping and analysis.
• Contribute to core inception report.
• Work with the Data Analyst in designing data collection platforms and analysis plan.
Deliverables:
• Country-specific elements of the inception annexed to the core inception report.
Delivery Deadline: 12 days
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Work Assignments Overview:
Phase 2a: Data Collection (Syria and Iraq)
• Travel to Syria and Iraq to train National Evaluation Experts in data collection, ethics, and tools developed for the evaluation.
• Primary data collection (working in conjunction with National Evaluation Experts).
• Provide support and respond to any issues related to tools, sampling, ethics, and referral linkages during the data collection process.
Deliverables:
• Field mission report (including training of national consultants in ethics, data collection, and support provided during data collection).
Delivery Deadline: 16 days
Phase 2b: Presentation of Preliminary Findings
• Individual two-country primary and secondary data analysis.
• Presentation of individual two-country preliminary findings.
• Participate in the regional preliminary findings.
Deliverables:
• Presentation of country (each separate) preliminary findings.
Delivery Deadline: 3 days
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Work Assignments Overview:
Phase 3a: Data Analysis and Drafting of the Report
• In-depth analysis of the data collected from Syria and Iraq.
• Draft two individual country reports.
• Address formal comments from wider stakeholders and clients (comments matrix and evaluation report).
Phase 3b: Co-creation of Recommendations
• Conduct two separate evaluation recommendations co-creation workshops with Syria and Iraq.
• Participate in regional evaluation recommendations co-creation workshop.
Deliverables:
• Draft two individual country reports ready for wider stakeholder formal commenting.
Delivery Deadline: 24 days
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Work Assignments Overview:
Phase 4: Report Finalization
• Individual country final reports and slide decks.
Deliverables:
• Two individual country final reports and slide decks.
Delivery Deadline: 5 days
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have
Minimum requirements:
• Education:
Master s degree in education or social sciences, or a related field (e.g., developmental psychology).
• Work Experience:
• Practitioner as a subject matter expert in education policy, learning and/or skills development, with a minimum of 8 years post-qualification work experience.
• Technical expertise in high-level and high-quality programme and/or considerable experience in conducting evaluations of education and/or transferable skills programmes implemented in various contexts, including countries implementing humanitarian programmes, or countries characterized by fragility is required.
• Working knowledge of UNICEF programming strategies, field work, procedures, and organizational culture (prior UNICEF employment experience should be declared to enable assessment of possible conflicts of interest).
• Strong qualifications and demonstrated experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and analysis.
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• Language Requirements:
• Fluency in English (oral communication, reading complex documents, writing reports) is required. Those fluent or basic spoken and written Arabic will be an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others