[Hiring] Individual Consultant: Cost Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness of Child Protection Case Management @AGORA

Role Description

The purpose of this consultancy is to generate evidence on the cost efficiency and cost effectiveness of child protection case management (CPCM) services in selected country contexts, in order to inform workforce planning, programme design, localization, scale-up, quality assurance and donor investment.

• Generate evidence on the cost efficiency and cost effectiveness of child protection case management (CPCM) services in selected country contexts.
• Determine the full costs of delivering CPCM services and calculate unit costs, including cost per child served and cost per case closed, per context.
• Identify the principal cost drivers and examine how caseloads, staffing structures, scale, operational context and type of implementing entity (government, local community-based organization, INGO) affect costs and efficiency.
• Assess the relationship between programme investments and CPCM outcomes, and develop recommendations to improve value for money while maintaining scale and service quality.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Public Health or a related field.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in costing, economic evaluation or value-for-money analysis of humanitarian social protection or social service programmes.
• Demonstrated experience with activity-based costing, cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness analysis, including sensitivity modelling.
• Good technical understanding of child protection case management in humanitarian and displacement contexts.
• Experience conducting mixed-methods, multi-country research, including key informant interviews and analysis of financial and programme data.
• Proven experience working with a range of stakeholders, including UN agencies, governments, INGOs and local organizations.
• Strong analytical and writing skills, with a track record of producing research reports and policy briefs for donors and decision-makers.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
• Working knowledge of French, Arabic or Spanish is an 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 throughout the recruitment process.

How to apply?

• Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):
• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template)
• A short technical proposal (max. 3 pages) outlining the proposed costing methodology, approach to comparing costs across contexts and workplan, plus one example of previous costing or value-for-money work.