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UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU) is a public-private-youth partnership (PPYP) launched in 2018, dedicated to ensuring that every young person gains skills and livelihoods. It supports country-level initiatives and drives global solutions to improve skills development and youth employability for livelihood opportunities with a focus on equity and innovation where girls and young women is one of the key strategic priorities.
Girls’ Education and Skills Partnership (GESP) aims to provide quality market-relevant skills to 1 million young women, promoting equality of choice and access to opportunities in learning, skilling, and livelihoods. Adopting a girl-centered approach, GESP addresses the skills deficit among young women through several pathways including enhancing the quality and relevance of curriculum and enhance teachers and trainer capacity, offering access to high-quality, market-relevant skills training, strengthening pathways to learning and earning, and collaborating with communities and institutions to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for young women.
Under the direct supervision of Programme Specialist (GESP coordinator), in close collaboration with Senior Advisor for Global Programmes, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, and the GenU global team, Country Offices and GESP implementing partners, the GESP Evidence and Learning Consultant will lead the analysis, synthesis and dissemination of evidence and learning outputs from the GESP Programme. The consultant will finalize the cross-country GESP Tracer Study Report building on the country tracer data from Bangladesh and Nigeria, develop a series of learning briefs, and organize dissemination events such as webinar on gender-responsive skills and livelihoods and wider youth livelihoods approaches, thereby translating programme evidence into actionable findings and recommendations for programme improvement, knowledge sharing, and strategic decision-making.
Minimum requirements
Education:
Work Experience:
Language requirement:
• Skills:
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively professional experience at the national and international levels in programme management, international development, or knowledge management.
• Experience in analysis of data and development of technical reports.
• Experience undertaking reporting to support programme and donor acquittal.
• Experience working in youth livelihoods, gender, or Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) is highly desired.
• Strong data analysis, IT skills, and fluency with Microsoft Office Suite is highly desired.
• Prior experience in the field will be considered a strong asset.
Desirables
- Strong understanding of the social, financial and policy barriers adolescent girls and young women face in moving from learning to earning, particularly in low- and middle-income country contexts.
- Demonstrated ability to work across diverse teams and stakeholders, including global teams, country teams, implementing partners, private sector actors and youth-serving organizations.
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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.
- An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
- Cover letter
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