Mixed-methods Impact Evaluation Consultant – Adolescent girls & violence against children

The consultant will support the implementation of thematic windows on child marriage, social norms, violence in schools, and demand driven portfolio under Power4Girls. The role involves scoping, development, and accompaniment of broader impact evaluation opportunities with adolescent girls, violence and child protection lens.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the Impact Catalyst Fund thematic windows on child marriage and social norms, violence in schools and demand driven portfolio under Power4Girls.
• Undertake activities central to the scoping, development and accompaniment of broader impact evaluation opportunities with adolescent girls, violence and child protection lens, if required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Masters or above) in economics, public health, public policy, political science, evaluation, development studies or sociology
• Over 5 years of professional experience leading or contributing to rigorous impact evaluations including design, preparation, and study implementation in low-income settings.
• Experience collecting primary data (quantitative and/or qualitative) on violence against children topics, including understanding of ethics and referral protocols needed to safeguard children during data collection.
• Basic ethics certificates to facilitate primary studies on Human Subjects (i.e. CITI certificates or similar)
• Familiarity with UNICEF programmatic mandate and understanding evidence generation standards and processes for child-focused impact evaluations.
• Solid technical expertise in both quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods used for identifying and measuring impacts and complementarity evaluation questions, including cost-effectiveness.
• Proficiency in using statistical analysis software packages, including Stata/R and Nvivo/ATLAS.ti.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current evidence and previous research on child marriage, violence against children and adolescent girls.
• Track record of authorship/co-authorship in peer-reviewed journals.
• Delivering data analysis and evaluations under tight deadlines and through multi-stakeholder consultative process.
• Excellent abilities in presenting technical information to a non-technical audience, including excellent drafting and presentation skills in English.
• Ability and willingness to coordinate and work across relevant time zones, primarily including Rome, Nairobi, Beirut and Kolkata.

Skills

• Impact Evaluation
• Primary Data Collection
• Quantitative Evaluation Methods
• Qualitative Evaluation Methods
• Cost-effectiveness Analysis
• Statistical Analysis
• STATA
• NVIVO
• ATLAS.ti
• Ethics in Human Subjects Research
• Referral Protocols
• Child Protection Safeguards
• Evidence Generation
• Programmatic Mandate Familiarity
• Research on Violence Against Children
• Peer-reviewed Publications
• Technical Presentations
• Stakeholder Coordination

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Arabic