Skills4Girls Baseline Assessment Consultant

Contract Duration: 3 months Working arrangement: Home based + travel 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. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. TERMS OF REFERENCE The Baseline Assessment will establish initial values for the Skills4Girls key performance indicators (KPIs), including girls’ agency, acquisition of digital skills, gender attitudes at individual, school and community levels, school participation and retention. Furthermore, it will support the UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office in setting realistic targets, developing evidence-based work plan, and enabling performance monitoring at regional, woreda and school levels, with clear links between outputs, intermediate outcomes and higher-level results. Additionally, the assessment will inform the program's implementation plan by facilitating progress measurement, gap identification, and opportunities for learning and impact over time. It will specifically measure changes in girls' agency- related qualities, digital literacy, school retention, social and gender norms, beliefs and attitudes acting as barriers to and enablers of girls’ learning within a socio-ecological framework. The baseline will serve as a benchmark for contextualized planning, implementation, management, and decision-making. If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: ToR Skills4girls TMC0003802.pdf Minimum requirements: • Education: • A Master's Degree in Gender Studies, Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Statistics, Public Health, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field • Work Experience: • At least 10 years of relevant professional experience conducting research, assessments, or evaluations related to education, gender equality, adolescent programming, child protection, or related areas. • Experience working with UN agencies or international organizations is an asset. • Proven experience in development of result frameworks for gender and adolescent girls’s programs • Skills: • Strong understanding of adolescent girls’ empowerment and gender issues in Ethiopia. • Experience conducting field research in Ethiopia preferred. • Excellent report writing and analytical skills • Proven experience in mixed-methods research and data analysis. • Language Requirements: Proficiency in English and Amharic is required. Knowledge of Oromiffa and Somali languages would be an asset • Desirables: • Working knowledge of Oromiffa and Somali Languages would be an asset For every Child, you demonstrate... UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either a role with direct contact with children, a role that works directly with identifiable children’s data, a safeguarding response role, or an assessed risk role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) apply. 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Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially. 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) Financial proposal template TMC0003802.docx • A detailed technical proposal: 1.Technical proposal outlining methodology and workplan 2.Detailed sampling strategy and data collection approach. 3.At least two samples of similar baseline/endline assessments or evaluations conducted in the last five years. 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