Assessment in Emergencies - Consultant

The consultant will review, revise, and adapt existing learning frameworks and diagnostic assessment tools to ensure they are fit for use in emergency and post-emergency contexts in Nepal, aligning with national curriculum and inclusive education principles. The role includes capacity building and stakeholder engagement to support learning recovery and continuity in emergency settings.

Responsibilities

• Review existing learning frameworks, competency progressions, and diagnostic assessment tools.
• Identify adaptations required for use in emergency and post-emergency contexts.
• Integrate considerations for learning recovery and accelerated learning.
• Strengthen inclusion of children with disabilities and multilingual learners.
• Develop practical guidance for implementation in resource-constrained and emergency settings.
• Build stakeholder capacity to understand and utilize the revised frameworks and tools.
• Conduct desk review and situational analysis of policies, frameworks, assessment tools, and guidance documents.
• Analyze challenges in assessing learning during and after emergencies in Nepal.
• Develop guidance on essential and prioritized learning competencies.
• Adapt frameworks to support learning continuity, learning recovery, multi-grade, multi-level and temporary learning environments and accelerated learning approaches.
• Review and adapt diagnostic assessment tools for numeracy and literacy to identify learning loss and support instructional decision-making.
• Ensure revised frameworks and tools are responsive to children with disabilities, linguistic minority groups, displaced and marginalized learners, and gender-related barriers.
• Facilitate stakeholder review processes and support piloting of tools.
• Analyze feedback and refine products.
• Develop orientation materials and user guidance.
• Train roster trainers on the tool.
• Conduct workshops with government, development partners, and implementing agencies.
• Support validation and endorsement processes.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's level or higher) in Education, Educational Assessment and Measurement, Curriculum and Instruction, Education in Emergencies, Inclusive Education, or International Development.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in education sector programming, focusing on assessments and education in emergencies.
• Demonstrated expertise in learning assessment and foundational learning.
• Experience developing or adapting diagnostic assessments.
• Experience in Education in Emergencies and learning recovery programming.
• Experience integrating disability-inclusive and multilingual approaches into assessments.
• Proven experience working with government education systems.
• Experience in Nepal or South Asia is highly desirable.
• Excellent spoken and written skills in both Nepali and English.
• Strong knowledge of foundational literacy and numeracy assessment.
• Understanding of competency-based curricula and learning progressions.
• Experience in assessment and learning systems strengthening.
• Familiarity with Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards and learning recovery approaches.
• Knowledge of accommodations for children with disabilities.
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills.
• Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience supporting Education Review Office and similar institutions is desirable.
• Knowledge of Comprehensive School Safety Minimum Package and its implementation is desirable.
• Experience in inclusive education, disability-inclusive programming, multilingual education, gender responsive education, and education in emergencies is desirable.
• Previous experience working with UNICEF, development partners, or government institutions in Nepal is desirable.

Skills

• Educational Assessment
• Learning Assessment
• Assessments
• Education in Emergencies
• Disability-Inclusive Education
• Multilingual Education
• Government Education Systems Experience
• Foundational Literacy Assessment
• Foundational Numeracy Assessment
• Learning Progressions
• Assessment Systems Strengthening
• Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards
• Accommodations for Children with Disabilities
• Analytical Skills
• Report Writing
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Facilitation Skills
• Learning Recovery
• Competency Based Curriculum
• Capacity Building

Languages

Nepali, English