[Hiring] GESP Evidence and Learning Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU) is a public-private-youth partnership (PPYP) launched in 2018, dedicated to ensuring that every young person gains skills and livelihoods. It supports country-level initiatives and drives global solutions to improve skills development and youth employability for livelihood opportunities with a focus on equity and innovation where girls and young women is one of the key strategic priorities.

Girls’ Education and Skills Partnership (GESP) aims to provide quality market-relevant skills to 1 million young women, promoting equality of choice and access to opportunities in learning, skilling, and livelihoods. Adopting a girl-centered approach, GESP addresses the skills deficit among young women through several pathways including:

• Enhancing the quality and relevance of curriculum and teacher/trainer capacity.
• Offering access to high-quality, market-relevant skills training.
• Strengthening pathways to learning and earning.
• Collaborating with communities and institutions to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for young women.

Under the direct supervision of Programme Specialist (GESP coordinator), the GESP Evidence and Learning Consultant will:

• Lead the analysis, synthesis, and dissemination of evidence and learning outputs from the GESP Programme.
• Finalize the cross-country GESP Tracer Study Report building on the country tracer data from Bangladesh and Nigeria.
• Develop a series of learning briefs.
• Organize dissemination events such as webinars on gender-responsive skills and livelihoods and wider youth livelihoods approaches.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in social science, education, international relations, political science, communications, international development, business administration, or other relevant disciplines is required.
• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) is considered an asset.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience in analysis of data and development of technical reports as well as learning briefs from programme implementation.
• Experience in youth livelihoods, youth employment, skills-to-work transitions, or related fields is desirable.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.
• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience at the national and international levels in programme management, international development, or knowledge management.
• Experience in analysis of data and development of technical reports.
• Experience undertaking reporting to support programme and donor acquittal.
• Experience working in youth livelihoods, gender, or Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) is highly desired.
• Strong data analysis, IT skills, and fluency with Microsoft Office Suite is highly desired.
• Prior experience in the field will be considered a strong asset.

Benefits

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does.
• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence.
• Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities is offered throughout the recruitment process.