The UNICEF Youth and ICT Project Evaluation Consultant position for 2025 offers a valuable opportunity to assess and enhance initiatives aimed at empowering young people through technology. In this role, you will evaluate projects that leverage information and communication technology to improve youth engagement and development.
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As a consultant, you will analyze project outcomes, gather insights, and provide recommendations to strengthen future initiatives. This position is ideal for individuals with expertise in evaluation methodologies and a passion for youth empowerment. Join us in shaping innovative solutions that harness the power of technology for the benefit of young people worldwide!
Task description:
Task 1: Inception & methodology design
Deliverables: Inception report detailing evaluation framework, sampling & ethics, draft data-collection plan & work schedule.
Timeframe: June 9th
Task 2: Tool development & piloting
Deliverables:
- Focus-group guides that includes groups with participants, experts and assistants that are leading trainings, participants parents/caregivers. Interview guides for parents, social/youth workers, trainers & assistants.
- Updated participant questionnaires (building on existing instruments).
Timeframe: June 24th
Task 3: Primary data collection
Deliverables:
- Facilitation of 5 focus groups with 35 youth workshop participants.
- Facilitation of 3 focus groups with experts and assistants that are leading trainings, social and youth workers and with parents/caregivers.
- Evaluation survey rollout (≥500 responses).
- Cleaned transcripts. As implementing partner, OPENS will provide online response datasets.
Timeframe: July 28th
Task 4: Draft evaluation report
Deliverables: Full draft with findings, conclusions, gender & equity lenses, and preliminary recommendations.
Timeframe: August 15th
Task 5: Validation & utilisation workshop
Deliverables:
- One-day participatory workshop in Belgrade with UNICEF, OPENS, youth-centre staff, parents & youth.
- Presentation of preliminary results and discussion, recommendation development in coordination with participants.
Timeframe: August 19th
Task 6: Final report & knowledge products
Deliverables:
- Revised final report incorporating UNICEF Serbia feedback.
- 3-page executive summary (SRB & ENG).
- Ten slide presentation (ENG & SRB)
Timeframe: August 28th
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:
- PhD degree in social sciences, education, ICT, evaluation or a related field.
- Min 8 years of professional experience in youth-skills development, digital-learning, gender equality or related technical areas.
- At least 5 years of experience in leading mixed-methods monitoring, evaluation, research and data analysis, including gender-responsive approaches.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Serbia’s education, labour-market and social-welfare data systems and the EU DigComp framework.
- Proven record of evaluating or designing social-sector and behaviour-change programmes that involve children, adolescents and families; experience with implementation research is an asset.
- Strong ability to analyse intersectional barriers faced by NEET, Roma and other marginalised youth.
- Familiarity with UNICEF evaluation standards, child-safeguarding and research ethics; prior work with UNICEF / UN agencies is an asset.
- Excellent analytical, facilitation and report-writing skills, with proficiency in quantitative and qualitative tools.
- Fluency in Serbian and advanced level of English (written and spoken).
How to apply:
The application must include a financial proposal in RSD as a separate document, providing an all-inclusive fee for the whole assignment.
Important notes:
- Please do not forget to specify your name in the financial proposal file while saving (to be uploaded online under the “Financial Proposal” tab).
- Please do not indicate financials anywhere else in the online application form, please mark “n/a” or “00” under the fee-related questions in the online application form.
- Incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
For every child, you must demonstrate UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability.
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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
Advertised: 14 May 2025 Central Europe Daylight Time
Deadline: 20 May 2025 Central Europe Daylight Time
