Consultant for Mid-term Evaluation of Safeguarding Children’s Rights Program

The consultant will lead the mid-term evaluation of the Safeguarding Children’s Rights program in East Jerusalem to assess the outcomes and results attributable to UNICEF interventions. The role involves providing evidence-based recommendations to improve child protection efforts in the region.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mid-term evaluation of the Safeguarding Children’s Rights program in East Jerusalem.
• Provide evidence and recommendations on the outcomes or results of the protection project attributable to UNICEF interventions.
• Synthesize data collected through quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Write comprehensive evaluation reports.
• Ensure the evaluation team is gender balanced and free of conflicts of interest.
• Coordinate with NGOs and UN agencies operating in the State of Palestine.
• Manage translation support if required for Arabic language.
• Work independently with minimal supervision while maintaining effective communication and facilitation within a multi-cultural environment.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Evaluation, Child Protection, Social Research, Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, International Development, Public Policy, International Relations, Human Rights, Humanitarian Studies, or other related fields.
• Masters in evaluation or related area and/or equivalent experience/training in Child Protection, or related subject preferred.
• At least 10 years of documented experience in research and evaluation of development programmes/projects or a minimum of 8 years’ experience in Child Protection programmes/projects from developing or least developed countries and expertise in gender programming.
• The evaluation team leader should ideally be composed of a gender balanced team of technical experts with expertise in quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection.
• The team should be made up of international and/or national evaluation consultants.
• Significant written and verbal communication skills, including leadership skills and ability to synthesize.
• Demonstrated ability in writing evaluation reports.
• Knowledge of international law, specifically international humanitarian law and International Human Rights law.
• Experience with the State of Palestine context and working with NGOs and UN agencies operating in the State of Palestine.
• Significant knowledge of programming and program cycle management (including development of projects and programming).
• Knowledge of internal controlling systems and financial management for effective and efficient project management.
• Fluency in English and Arabic; if consultant(s) are not fluent in Arabic, include costs for translation support for interviews.
• The evaluation team must be free of conflict of interests and willing to affirm impartiality in their findings.
• Good analytical, facilitation and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships.
• Ability to take initiative and work with minimum supervision.
• Excellent communication and report writing skills in English.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic are essential for interviews, transcription, translation.
• Previous experience conducting evaluations for UNICEF, UN agencies, or international humanitarian organizations.
• Experience evaluating Child Protection and/or MHPSS programmes.
• Experience applying gender-responsive evaluation approaches and child-centred methodologies.

Skills

• Child Protection
• Program Evaluation
• Quantitative Data Collection
• Qualitative Data Collection
• Evaluation report writing
• International Human Rights Law
• International Humanitarian Law
• Gender Programming
• Program Cycle Management
• Finance Management
• Research and Evaluation
• Multicultural Facilitation
• Communications Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Child-centred Methodologies
• Gender-Responsive Assessment
• MHPSS Project Evaluation
• UNICEF Program Evaluation
• Translation support
• Project Management

Languages

English, Arabic