Consultancy Recruitment: Team Leader for Multi-country Evaluation of Life Skills and Citizenship Education Initiative in MENA – covering Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq and Syria for 5 months

Consultant Monitoring & Evaluation

Overview

Lead the multi-country evaluation of Life Skills and Citizenship Education in MENA.

You have:

• Master’s degree in education or social sciences, or a related field (e.g., developmental psychology).
• At least eight years of comprehensive evaluation experience as team leader in evaluations of education and/or transferable skills programmes implemented in various contexts, including countries implementing humanitarian programmes, or countries characterized by fragility.
• Strong skills and expertise in evaluation theory and conceptual frameworks is required.
• Previous experience in conducting regional/global evaluations and/or research a multi-country assignment, particularly in programme countries is required.
• Familiarity and satisfactory experience executing a contract with UNICEF evaluation (at any level) is an added advantage.
• Excellent level of English (oral communication, reading documents, writing complex reports) is required.
• Proficiency in French and working knowledge of Arabic will be an asset.

Contract

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Purpose of the Activity/Assignment:

Role of the Evaluation Team Leader

The evaluation team leader (ETL) is responsible for conducting the multi-country evaluation as described in these terms of references and subsequently operationalized in the inception report.

S/he is responsible for the overall delivery of the multi-country report. In that capacity, s/he provide oversight, coordination and guidance for delivery of five country level reports (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq and Syria) and of the regional report. S/he is responsible for delivering an evaluation of sound quality.

In conjunction with the UNICEF evaluation manager, s/he develops a realistic design and workplan for the multi-country evaluation (5 country evaluations and the regional analysis)

S/he is responsible for the timely delivery of the multi-country evaluation report and all the evaluation deliverables and for their compliance with the UNICEF evaluation quality and ethical procedures that apply

S/he ensures that the content of the multi-country evaluation report addresses the evaluation objectives and questions and responds to the purpose of the evaluation including the needs of the key users.

S/he leads on evaluative thinking throughout the evaluation process, from inception report to final report, ensuring that the evaluation findings of the two country evaluations and the overarching regional evaluation report reflect a sufficient level of evaluative insights and sensemaking.

S/he manages and coordinates the national evaluation experts and data analysts in coordination with the contract manager from the data collection company.

S/he collects data at regional level and synthesizes five individual country reports for the regional multi-country report.

S/he is responsible for technical oversight and management of the two Evaluation Experts.

S/he presents the preliminary findings of the regional and participates in all the individual preliminary findings, co-creation of recommendations.

country evaluation reports to the stakeholders and facilitates interaction on the findings; the evaluation team leader will provide written responses to comments made from key-stakeholders on the draft report through the comments-matrix.

S/he ensures that all the evaluation deliverables of the multi-country evaluation (5 country reports and the overarching regional report), uphold the UNICEF standards and s/he works closely with the UNICEF evaluation manager responsible for reviewing the deliverables until the approval of these evaluation deliverables.

•S/he provides regular progress reports to the evaluation manager and is the liaison person for all communications of the evaluation team with UNICEF.

Work Assignments Overview:

Phase 1: Inception Phase

• Kickoff meetings
• Conduct inception consultations/interviews
• Desk review
• Draft core inception reports combining all five countries (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq and Syria).
• Submit the core inception report for an Independent Review Board (IRB).
• Work with the Data Analyst in designing data collection platforms and analysis plan.

Deliverables:

• Core inception report combining all five countries (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq and Syria).
• Ethics approval certificate

Delivery Deadline:

20 days ,By 11 December 2025

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Work Assignments Overview:

Phase 2: Regional (with UNICEF MENARO) data collection:

• Conduct: Key Informant Interviews, Surveys, Secondary data extraction.

Deliverables:

-MENARO clean primary data (qualitative and quantitative files.

Delivery Deadline:

4 days By 15 January 2026

Work Assignments Overview:

Phase 2: Data Analysis, presentation of preliminary findings

• Participate in all five countries preliminary findings presentations.
• Regional data analysis, synthesis of country reports for the regional preliminary findings presentation.

Deliverables:

-Presentation of regional preliminary findings

Delivery Deadline:

5 days By 30 January 2026

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Work Assignments Overview:

Phase 3a: Co-creation of recommendations

• Conduct a regional evaluation recommendations co-creation workshop.
• Participate in five country evaluation recommendations co-creation workshops

Phase 3b: Regional report and contribution to the Global Transferable skills evaluation draft report

• In-depth analysis of regional data and synthesis of five individual country reports.
• Address formal comments on the regional report from a wider stakeholder.
• Liaise with the evaluation manager of the global evaluation on the integration of findings, lessons, conclusions and recommendations in the Global Transferable skills evaluation

Deliverables:

-Draft regional report based on the regional synthesis of 5 individual country reports and in-depth data analysis of regional data ready for a wider stakeholder formal commenting.

−Relevant insights of the MENA evaluation transferred to the Global Transferable skills evaluation

Delivery Deadline:

28 days By 15 March 2026

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Work Assignments Overview:

Phase 4: Finalization of regional report

• Final regional report and slide deck.

Deliverables:

-Regional final report and slide deck.

Delivery Deadline:

5 days By 30 March 2026

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

Minimum requirements:

Education:

Master’s degree in education or social sciences, or a related field (e.g., developmental psychology).

Work Experience:

• Eight years of comprehensive evaluation experience as team leader in evaluations of education and/or transferable skills programmes implemented in various contexts, including countries implementing humanitarian programmes, or countries characterized by fragility.
• Strong skills and expertise in evaluation theory and conceptual frameworks.
• Previous experience in conducting regional/global evaluations and/or research a multi-country assignment, particularly in programme countries is required.
• Familiarity and satisfactory experience executing a contract with UNICEF evaluation (at any level) is an added advantage.
• Technical expertise in high-level and high-quality programme and/or considerable experience in conducting evaluations of education and/or transferable skills programmes implemented in various contexts, including countries implementing humanitarian programmes, or countries characterized by fragility will be an added advantage.

Language Requirements:

• Excellent level of English (oral communication, reading documents, writing complex reports) is required.
• Proficiency in French and working knowledge of Arabic will be an asset

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The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others

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UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation 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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable [Insert candidates from targeted underrepresented groups] are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

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