Vacancy Announcement Details

Under closed supervision of the Evaluation Specialist, generate evidence and identify lessons which can inform the design of the next Country Programme 2026-2030 and adjustments.

The Consultant will contribute to organizational learning on UNICEF’s strategic positioning (i.e., comparative advantage and value proposition), and enhance its accountability to the Government, donors, UN partners and implementing partners. The results of this CPE are expected to be available just as UNICEF and partners and government begin to design the next Country Programme (2026-2030). The CPE will also inform the development of the new UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF).

WORK ASSIGNMENT:

1. Inception phase: (after incorporation of feedback from Evaluation Reference Group) including methodology, final evaluation matrix, and evaluation instruments/tools).

2. Data collection, analysis, report drafting, and validation phase:

2.1.  Conduct a validation workshop (presentation of preliminary findings and recommendations to ERG)

2.2. Draft Evaluation report and evaluation brief* (after incorporation of feedback from Evaluation Reference Group and Validation workshop comments)

2.3. A stand-alone perception survey report of major stakeholder groups [government, other UN agencies and development partners, implementing partners, academia, private sector organizations etc.,]

3.  Finalization phase (after incorporation of feedback from Evaluation Reference Group)

DELIVERABLES:

1.  Inception Report* (by Mid June 2024)

2.1.  Zero Draft Final Evaluation Report* (by end August 2024)

2.2.  Validation Workshop (by mid - September 2024)

2.3.  Draft evaluation report, perception survey report, and evaluation brief* (by early October 2024)

3.  Final evaluation report, perception survey report, evaluation brief, and PPT slide-deck* (by end October 2024)

* For review by the Evaluation Reference Group -- allow 2 weeks for the ERG to review and provide feedback. All the deliverables must be compliant with UNICEF-Adapted UNEG Evaluation Report Standards, UNEG Norms and Standards for Evaluations and GEROS Evaluation Quality Assurance Tool.

Full details available on the UNICEF website. Application deadline 2 May.