National Consultant: Education Research and Evaluation (office-based), Beijing, China

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, all over the place, each day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means hand over. 

For each little one, Training

The UNICEF Training Part works with the Authorities of China, native companions, and communities to supply the nation’s most deprived kids with high quality studying alternatives. We assist authorities to strengthen China’s schooling system in order that it addresses the wants of probably the most excluded and weak kids, in addition to make sure that ladies and boys have equal entry to alternatives. We additionally promote nurturing environments to assist kids become well-rounded people and facilitate smoother transition from college to work. 

The Adolescents crew within the Training Part works to assist the Authorities of China enhance entry to high quality schooling for six–18-year-old.  The 2021- 2025 schooling programming, aiming to facilitate the transition to a child-friendly schooling system, takes a holistic strategy by way of seven inter-related initiatives starting from little one safety in faculties, STEM schooling, life abilities, sports activities, inclusive schooling, instructor coaching to social and emotional studying (SEL).

The 2021- 2025 schooling programming additionally embraces key strategic shifts with a renewed deal with upstream engagement and coverage influence. It locations higher emphasis on evidence-based coverage and analysis, advocacy for kids’s rights and adaptation of worldwide proof to China’s context (and vice versa). There may even be a shift from child-friendly faculties to child-friendly schooling techniques and scaling-up of adolescent programmes, notably round integrating life abilities into the technical and vocation schooling & coaching (TVET) reform course of and increasing various studying pathways for out-of-school (OOS) adolescents in China.  

How are you going to make a distinction? 

The adolescent Training crew subsequently seeks a marketing consultant with sturdy analysis and analysis experience to supply technical assist to deliberate schooling analysis and analysis actions.

For extra particulars, please check with TOR  Education R & E consultant TOR 202310.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have… 

Consultancy Necessities:

Minimal Tutorial {Qualifications} required and disciplines:

• Grasp’s diploma in schooling, statistics, monitoring and analysis, human useful resource improvement, worldwide improvement or one other associated discipline. PhD diploma is most popular.

Information/Expertise/Experience/Abilities required:

• At the least 5 years of related work expertise in academic analysis, monitoring and analysis of multi-sectoral packages, together with in schooling and/or social improvement areas of labor in China;
• At the least 3 years of expertise in main design and planning monitoring and analysis framework, log frames, TOC of programmes, notably these linked to social sectors, analysis, survey implementation, superior statistical analysis; 
• A least 3 years of sensible expertise in survey design utilizing quantitative and qualitative strategies, survey administration, evaluation and reporting could be an asset 
• Wonderful inter-personal, mentoring, facilitation, and communication abilities. 
• Flexibility and expertise in working remotely; 
• Fluency in Chinese language and English (each oral and written) is required. 
• Familiarity with UN system in China or different nations is an asset.

For each Little one, you display… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

 To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

 UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should mirror the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

UNICEF affords reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This may increasingly embody, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your utility in case you want cheap lodging throughout the choice course of and afterwards in your project. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict little one safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can subsequently bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra data to conduct a background verify. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “workers members” below the Workers Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (comparable to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service might be ruled by their contract and the Common Situations of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are liable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the complete interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and usually are not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF in the course of their consultancy contracts.