[Hiring] National Consultancy - Scoped Assessment of Zambia’s Progress Towards the Attainment of Vision 2030 @AGORA

Role Description

Contract Duration: 5 MONTHS

Working arrangement: Home Based

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Vision 2030 is Zambia’s first written long-term development plan, articulating the collective aspirations of the Zambian people for the Country to become a “Prosperous Middle-Income Nation by 2030.”

• Developed in 2006 through a participatory and consultative process across all 72 districts.
• Encompasses the creation of a strong and dynamic industrial economy that improves the well-being of all citizens.
• Guided by principles of gender-responsive sustainable development, democracy, respect for human rights, and public-private partnerships.

The Vision highlights three scenarios outlining development options:

• Baseline Scenario: Assumes a constant real growth rate of 6 percent over the period 2006 to 2030.
• Preferred Scenario: Aims to attain and sustain annual real growth of 6 percent (2006-2010), 8 percent (2011-2015), 9 percent (2016-2020), and 10 percent between 2021 and 2030.
• Targets to reduce national poverty headcount to less than 20 percent of the population.
• Provide secure access to safe potable water sources and improved sanitation facilities to 100 percent of the population.
• Attain education for all and provide equitable access to quality health care to all by 2030.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:

ToR_extTMC0004023.pdf

Qualifications

• An advanced university degree (Master’s level or higher) in Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy, Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience (10 years) in conducting national development evaluations, assessments, or similar analytical assignments in sub-Saharan Africa. Zambia specific context will be an added advantage.
• Strong quantitative, qualitative, and policy analysis skills, including experience handling national datasets and indicator frameworks.
• Strong experience in high-quality report writing, stakeholder consultations, and facilitation of validation workshops.

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.
• We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.

Company Description

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background, or disabilities.

All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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 detailed technical proposal including a brief presentation of the methodological approach, the organization of the planned activities, and an approximate timetable.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes.