[Hiring] National Consultant to Develop Technical Specification for an Online ECEC Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Platform @AGORA

Role Description

UNICEF provides technical support to the Bulgarian government as part of the project "Improving the quality of early childhood education and care by strengthening governance, monitoring and evaluation", funded by the European Commission through the Technical Support Instrument. The overall objective is to create a national system of indicators to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the National Quality Framework (NQF) for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) as a tool to strengthen the quality of early childhood development services.

The purpose of the consultancy is to develop complete, detailed and technically sound specifications for building an online platform that will operationalize the system of indicators at institutional, municipal and national level. The specifications should be sufficiently detailed to allow:

• Development of terms of reference for an IT contractor
• Development of a platform that meets the needs of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Health, the Institute for Education, the Regional Education Departments, the Regional Health Inspectorates, the municipalities and ECEC institutions
• Standardized and sustainable data collection, processing, analysis and visualization

The consultant should develop a complete set of functional, technical, architectural and process specifications for the system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in:
• Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Information Technology
• Information Systems
• Computer Engineering
• Other relevant

Requirements

• Development of information systems in the public sector
• Technologies used for the development of the systems of the institutions concerned
• Working with information databases
• Monitoring and evaluation systems (M&E)
• Data Modeling and Business Processes
• Definition of terms of reference
• Working with large volumes of institutional data
• Fluency in Bulgarian and upper intermediate level of English is required

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

Company Description

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.