Consultancy - Consultant Team Leader​/Evaluation of UNICEF’s Risk management, prevention and sharing in humanitarian

Job no: 596709
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: New York
Level: Consultancy
Location: United States
Categories: Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

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The UNICEF Evaluation Office (EO) is commissioning a global evaluation of UNICEF’s risk governance frameworks and practices in humanitarian action. Building on a set of case studies conducted across different emergency contexts, the evaluation will allow tracing the decision-making processes that led to either action or no action during past emergency responses and will attempt to measure their repercussion on the delivery of services and good to children, especially those in hard-to-reach areas.

The evaluation aims to put forward recommendations that will equip UNICEF staff across a variety of emergency contexts to manage, prevent and share risks more responsibly and effectively in the future.

The EO is seeking a Team Leader for this evaluation.

The consultant is expected to support the Humanitarian Effectiveness Portfolio (HEP) within the Evaluation Officeby undertaking thefollowingtasks associated with the Risk Evaluation:

• Lead the evaluation process;
• Synthetize findings across all five organizational capabilities identified in the Theory of Change developed by the Evaluation for this evaluation;
• Ensure methodological rigor;
• Assign tasks and responsibilities across the evaluation team in agreement with the Evaluation Manager;
• Manage deliverables according with the timeline agreed upon with UNICEF EO;
• Coordinate with UNICEF EO throughout the evaluation process;

Hold overall responsibility for the quality, coherence and coordination of the evaluation.

Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in Social sciences, international relations, international development, research methodology .

• Over 15 years conducting humanitarian research and evaluations globally; UNICEF experience considered an asset;
• Demonstrated experience in conducting global thematic humanitarian evaluations;
• Demonstrated experience in conducting syntheses of humanitarian research and/or evaluation (including in humanitarian settings);
• Demonstrated experience in conducting human interest stories;
• Demonstrated experience in completing policy briefs for a variety of audiences;
• Demonstrated experience in using AI within the scope of past research/evaluation assignments;
• A track record of evaluation report-writing for UN agencies, including UNICEF

English required; other UN languages considered an asset

• Excellent project management skills, including demonstrated ability to meet deadlines in challenging environments;
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