Local Evaluation Coordination Consultant, Evaluation Office, UNICEF - New York, Remote within the Sudan #596722

UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund; New York (NY); Remote; USD 56,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

UNICEF Sudan seeks a Local Evaluation Coordination Consultant to support the impact evaluation of MCCT+ activities. Based in Port Sudan with remote work within Sudan, you will coordinate field activities and liaise with the evaluation manager and analyst to ensure timely, high-quality data collection and reporting.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s in Economics, Health sciences, Social Science or Evaluation, at least seven years in project management related to research and evaluation, and

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s in Economics, Health sciences, Social Science, Evaluation (quantitative focus).
• Work Experience: Minimum of 7 years in project management related to research and evaluation.
• Language Requirements: English (proficient) and Arabic (proficient).
• Desirable: Experience with impact evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Support the impact evaluation in initial stages and act as focal point during programme implementation.
• Coordinate data collection, field activities, and liaise with evaluation manager and analyst.
• Ensure timely, high-quality reporting and adherence to ethical safeguards.

Skills

Ethics in evidence

Theories of Change

Stakeholder engagement

Data collection with vulnerable groups

English & Arabic proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s in Economics, Health sciences, Social Science, Evaluation (quantitative focus)

Job description

Local Evaluation Coordination Consultant, Evaluation Office, UNICEF - New York, Remote within the Sudan #596722

Job no: 596722
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Port Sudan
Level: Consultancy
Location: Sudan
Categories: Programme Management, Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

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.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to care.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF proposes a mixed-methods impact evaluation of the main activities of the MCCT+ to understand the impact of the programme as a whole. Additionally, the evaluation will explore the opportunity of evaluating the plus component of the programme alone, making use of its implementation in health centers that no women registered to receive cash support visit. Finally, the impact evaluation will investigate the feasibility of making use of the phased-in implementation of social cohesion communication in MSGs to evaluate its impact.

This assignment is for a local coordinator to support the impact evaluation in its initial stages and act as a focal point of the evaluation team during programme implementation. The local coordinator will work in close contact with the evaluation manager and the impact evaluation analyst, and support UNICEF Sudan with the implementation of the impact evaluation.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TMC0007451 ToR.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...

• Education: Bachelor’s in Economics, Health sciences, Social Science, Evaluation (quantitative focus)
• Work Experience: A minimum of 7 years of project management expertise in relation to research and evaluation projects. A minimum of 3 years of professional experience researching and evaluating programmes related to social protection and/or child health and nutrition
• Skills:
• Proven experience with the ethics of evidence generation; experience collecting data from vulnerable groups; familiarity with ethical safeguards.
• Proven experience in designing Theories of Change
• Experience communicating evaluation and research processes to stakeholders
• Experience dealing with stakeholders of different levels of seniority
• Language Requirements: English (proficient, both written and verbal), Arabic (proficient, both written and verbal)
• Desirable: Experience supporting the implementation of impact evaluations.

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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 offerreasonable 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 .

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)

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