Mixed-methods Impact Evaluation Consultant – Adolescent girls & violence against children Evaluation Office, New York, United States, remote, with travel to project locations 12 months, # 595428

12 months

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.

How can you make a difference?

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The UNICEF Evaluation Office (EO), as one of the core evidence functions, aims to help UNICEF to improve its performance and results, by supporting organizational learning and accountability. Working through the network of regional evaluation teams, the UNICEF EO supports the organization’s 135+ country offices in finding evidence-based solutions for the world’s most vulnerable children.

Minimum requirements

• Over 5 years of professional experience leading or contributing to rigorous impact evaluations including design, preparation, and study implementation in low-income settings.
• Experience collecting primary data (quantitative and/or qualitative) on violence against children topics, including understanding of ethics and referral protocols needed to safeguard children during data collection. Basic ethics certificates to facilitate primary studies on Human Subjects (i.e. CITI certificates or similar)
• Familiarity with UNICEF programmatic mandate and understanding evidence generation standards and processes for child-focused impact evaluations.

• Proficiency in using statistical analysis software packages, including Stata/R and Nvivo/ATLAS.ti.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current evidence and previous research on child marriage, violence against children and adolescent girls. Track record of authorship/co-authorship in peer- reviewed journals.

• Delivering data analysis and evaluations under tight deadlines and through multi-stakeholder consultative process.
• Excellent abilities in presenting technical information to a non- technical audience, including excellent drafting and presentation skills in English.
• Ability and willingness to coordinate and work across relevant time zones, primarily including Rome, and Nairobi (EO locations), as well as Beirut and Kolkata (the identified impact evaluation locations).

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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