Consultant for UNICEF Developmental Evaluation in Latin America and Caribbean, 1 year - remote

Consultant Programme & Policy Monitoring & Evaluation

Overview

Lead developmental evaluation processes for UNICEF's initiatives.

You have:

• An advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in evaluation, social sciences, or related fields.
• A minimum of 8 years of proven experience in leading evaluations, including through all phases of design, data collection/analysis, report writing, and dissemination.
• Expertise in evaluation methods, data analysis, and organizational change.
• Fluency in Spanish and English.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.

Contract

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Opportunities

Over the past decade, UNICEF’s role in Latin America and the Caribbean has evolved significantly due to a rapidly changing context. The region faces substantial challenges for children, including increased migration, displacement, organized crime, violence, and political instability. To address these issues, UNICEF’s 24 offices in the region, supported by the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO), provide aid during crises, support social sector programs, and advocate for child rights.

In 2024, UNICEF launched a global initiative aimed at continuous organizational improvement. This initiative seeks to identify a business model that enhances UNICEF’s effectiveness in promoting child rights. It emphasizes the need for transformative systemic solutions rather than incremental changes. The initiative supports the implementation of Learning Labs, which are designed to foster innovation and accelerate change through iterative, non-linear processes. These labs will focus on concrete, measurable objectives and encourage both success and failure to capture and share knowledge.

The developmental evaluation process will accompany the rollout of these Learning Labs, aiming to document and assess their effectiveness, scalability, and impact on children’s rights across the region.

How can you make a difference?

1. Workplan: Detailed plan with evaluation questions, activities, and timetable.
2. Inception Report: Design document with evaluation methods and scalability framework.
3. Workshops and Feedback Brief: Facilitation of training and documentation of insights.
4. Preliminary Findings: Summary of actionable feedback for Learning Labs.
5. Draft Report: Initial findings and recommendations for stakeholder review.
6. Final Report: Comprehensive report with annexes for organizational learning and scaling.

For more details, please refer to the complete Terms of References

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

• An advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in evaluation, social sciences, or related fields.
• A minimum of 8 years of proven experience in leading evaluations, including through all phases of design, data collection/analysis, report writing, and dissemination.
• Expertise in evaluation methods, data analysis, and organizational change.
• Fluency in Spanish and of English
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.

Evaluation Criteria:

A) Technical Evaluation (75 points)

Education background (25 points)

Relevant Work Experience (25 points)

Assets (20 points)

Language (5 points)

B) Financial Proposal (25 points)

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, 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.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

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