Evaluation Consultant, Evaluation Section, 4 months, Geneva, Switzerland, Remote with travel

Contract Duration: 4 months

Working arrangement: Home based

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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TERMS OF REFERENCE

The Evaluation Consultant will support UNICEF ECARO, Country Offices, and government counterparts in assessing the feasibility, designing, managing, and implementing experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of government interventions. The consultant will strengthen national evaluation capacity on counterfactual evaluation methodologies and provide technical guidance to Country Offices and government counterparts in the design and implementation of high-quality, robust strategic evaluations using quantitative methods.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Master's degree in economics, social sciences, public policy, or another relevant field is required.
• Work Experience:
  • At least 8 years of professional experience in the management and conduct of quantitative evaluations, empirical research using impact evaluation and other quantitative methodologies at national and international level.
• Language Requirements:
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English are required.
• Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:
  • Experience in using government data to conduct experimental or quasi experimental evaluations, empirical research using regression analysis and modeling for policy making.
  • Experience in communicating complex analysis to support national evaluation capacity, working on government-led evaluations in high income and upper-middle income contexts.
  • Experience in using open-source econometric packages such as R for evaluations is highly desirable.
• Desirables:
  • Familiarity with evaluation work in European countries is 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

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children.  The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone , irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF . Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) Financial proposal TMC0004604.xlsx

Remarks: 

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here .