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UN Children's Fund Evaluation and Child Participation Specialist - Ethiopian Nationals only Jobs Positions in Ethiopia

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For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.
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Purpose of the Assignment:

Assess/evaluate the implementation of the Integrated Community Based Participatory Planning (ICBPP) programme. Produce a comprehensive programme document and tools for systematic integration of children issues and child and/or adolescent participation in local level planning process in the Ethiopian context.

Assignment Tasks:

The specific tasks to be performed include but are not limited to the following:

Develop an inception report with a work plan and detailed outline and agree on the plan with UNICEF.

Assess/evaluate implementation of ICBPP in sample woredas (to be selected with UNICEF) based on the following general parameters and/or focus areas as well as questions/points to be discussed and agreed up on at the inception report preparation stage:

Relevance: Examine the relevance of ICBPP strategy in supporting the GTP goal of establishing genuine links between community and different government administration levels in development processes and in reinforcing accountability

Efficiency: Examine the efficiency with which ICBPP has been rolled-out in the pilot kebeles/tabias and

woredas and how the scale-up to the other regions and woredas has worked.

Expected Deliverables

Develop an inception report which includes a detailed scope, evaluation framework, methodology and an outline for mainstreaming child issues in ICBPP and developing a child and/or adolescent participation programme document and agree on the plan with UNICEF.

Field work at kebele/tabia and woreda level with a brief report of progress produced on last day of the field work.

Draft of the assessment report (synthesis) not more than 40-45 pages in length.
Present an advanced draft of the child issues mainstreaming and child and/or adolescent participation in local planning process programme document.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Education

The national consultant should have:

Academic qualifications – advanced degree in human rights, social work, sociology, law or in any related social science.

Years of relevant experience

Employment experience – A minimum of five years professional relevant work experience in the area of community engagement, programme evaluation, programme development related to child and adolescent participation.

Competencies of Successful Candidate

A solid knowledge of Ethiopia's community level actors and local governance structures, as well as the ability to link various actors and relevant

structures that pertain to child participation across different sectors.

Strong analytical and writing skills.

High proficiency in English and Amharic as some of the documents to be utilized for the analysis are in Amharic, but deliverables will be presented in English.

Ability to complete the task in a tight schedule and with limited supervision.

How to Apply:

For more information and job application details, see; UN Children's Fund Evaluation and Child Participation Specialist - Ethiopian Nationals only Jobs Positions in Ethiopia

Closing date: 15 May 2017