Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) Implementation Evaluation Consultant

UNICEF Malaysia seeks a qualified consultant to conduct a mid-term evaluation of Petaling Jaya City Council's implementation of its second Child Friendly City Action Plan. The evaluation will assess progress, identify achievements and challenges, and provide recommendations to strengthen implementation through 2030.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a mid-term evaluation of Petaling Jaya City Council’s implementation of its second Child Friendly City Action Plan.
• Assess progress under the ongoing implementation cycle.
• Identify achievements and challenges in the implementation.
• Provide recommendations to strengthen implementation during the remaining period of the Action Plan.
• Engage local authorities, civil society organisations and children through consultations and participatory processes.
• Apply mixed-methods evaluation approaches including document review, stakeholder consultations and data analysis.
• Ensure safe, ethical, inclusive and meaningful engagement with children throughout the evaluation process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Evaluation, social sciences, public policy, public administration, urban planning, urban studies, international development, child rights, public health, education, economics, development studies, sociology, anthropology, geography, community development, or other relevant fields.
• Demonstrated experience conducting evaluations of child rights, local governance, urban development, public sector reform or related programmes.
• Experience working with or evaluating local governments, city councils or public sector institutions.
• Demonstrated understanding of child rights, local governance or urban development.
• Familiarity with UNICEF’s Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) or similar initiatives is an asset.
• Experience applying mixed-methods evaluation approaches, including document review, stakeholder consultations and analysis of administrative, monitoring or programme data.
• Experience engaging local authorities, civil society organisations and children through consultations, participatory processes or research activities.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct safe, ethical, inclusive and meaningful engagement with children, including the application of child safeguarding, informed consent, confidentiality, equity and participation principles throughout the evaluation process.
• Knowledge of the Malaysian local government context.
• Experience working with city councils, urban authorities or government institutions in Malaysia is strongly preferred.
• Strong report writing, facilitation and presentation skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
• Demonstrated ability to present findings and recommendations in a clear, practical and actionable manner for decision-makers.

Skills

• Evaluation Design
• Child Rights Evaluation
• Local Governance Evaluation
• Urban Development Evaluation
• Public Sector Reform Evaluation
• Mixed-Methods Evaluation
• Document Review
• Multi-Stakeholder Consultation
• Programme Data Analysis
• Child Safeguarding
• Informed Consent
• Confidentiality Standards
• Equity and Participation
• Engagement with Children
• Report Writing
• Facilitation Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Knowledge of Malaysian Local Government
• Experience with City Councils
• UNICEF Child Friendly Cities Initiative

Languages

English, Bahasa Malaysia