1. Identify positive (enablers) and negative (bottlenecks and barriers) that are deemed relevant to influence a change in policy or programme.
2. Identify best practices and lessons learned for an evaluation to be considered “influential”.
3. Internally verify how program design and implementation improved by means of evidence generation and use.
4. Identify which major enablers were the most important areas of influence such as resource mobilization, partnerships, advocacy, coalition building, evaluative culture, strengthening abilities for evaluation, leadership, management, governance, knowledge management, etc.

Requirements:

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced University Degree, at least Master’s Degree, in evaluation, public policy, international development, social sciences or related field;
• A minimum of 10+ years of recognized international experience in leading evaluations or evaluative enquiries.
• Proven experience as a team leader in evaluation.
• Proven experience in qualitative data collection, processing and analysis.
• Experience in using Natural Language Processing for text mining is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the UN System is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• Strong analytical and writing skills / Ability to perform internal / external consultations with stakeholders including UN agencies, NGOs, and government offices.
• Excellent fluency in English (written and oral) is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language (French or Spanish) is a desirable asset.

Interested candidates must submit the following documents:

• CV and cover letter.
• The daily rate and availability within duration of this assignment.
• A test may be administered to shortlisted candidates.
• The shortlisted candidates may be asked to submit short examples (of completed analyses or published papers, in line with the required qualifications described above.