National Consultancy: National Evaluation Consultant for Community Health and Nutrition Volunteers Review_ Home based/based in Aden_Yemen_5 months

This a National Consultancy post, and the consultant should be available in Aden

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone and we never give up.
For every child, dignity

In the 1970s UNICEF established presence in Yemen to respond to the urgent needs of children in the poorest country in the Middle East. In 1991, Yemen ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and it was enacted immediately.  Since then the country has been making steady progress for children until it plunged into a brutal conflict in 2015 but even before that, Yemen needed large amounts of humanitarian assistance.
In collaboration with local authorities, non-governmental organizations and community partners, UNICEF is working in all the governorates in Yemen to respond to the needs of children throughout the country with a continuum of services to help children survive and grow to their full potential through the following programmes: Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Basic Education, and Child protection.
For more on our work in Yemen, please visit our website: https://www.unicef.org/yemen/

How can you make a difference?
The main tasks for you as a National Evaluation Consultant for Community Health and Nutrition Volunteers Review are as per the following:

Desk Research and Planning Phase:
• Participate in evaluation kick-off meeting.
• Conduce preliminary desk review
• Write and submit inception report including instruments, in English and Arabic
• Receive ethical clearance and UNICEF comments on draft inception report
• Revise and submit final inception report including instruments, in English and Arabic

Data Collection, Analysis, and drafting Phase:
• Review existing documentation and collect data
• Analyse data
• Draft and translate report
• Submit the draft Report

Reporting Phase:
• Receive comments from UNICEF on draft report
• Revise and submit final report (including translation and copyediting). The report will follow the UNICEF guidelines and be cognizant of relevant UNICEF and UNEG guidelines for evaluation. 

To view the full job description of this consultancy post, please double-click on the following link: Yemen CHNV evaluative review ToR - 1.0 Advert.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Education: Relevant master’s degree (evaluation, development studies economics, social science, nutrition, public health, etc.), PhD preferred
• Language: Fluency in Arabic and full working proficiency in English
• Experience:
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in leading evaluation teams in the UN system and in politically sensitive and crisis-affected environments
• Experience in analysing nutrition programming
• Experience integrating gender, equity, and human rights into evaluations using social science methodologies
• Experience working in humanitarian contexts and familiarity/ background with nutrition and public health in these contexts
• Good understanding of statistical analysis
• Proven ability to produce high-quality reports for a policy audience
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with senior officials
• Understanding of the various contexts of Yemen, especially as related to nutrition

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability.
To view our competency framework, please visit here.

View our competency framework at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.  

Female candidates are especially encouraged to apply and please take a look at some of our entitlements for our female staff members:  Female Entitlements Edited2.jpg

While UNICEF seeks to recruit the best talent in the Yemeni labor market to be able to deliver the best possible services for the children in Yemen, we would like to make it clear that we never use any third party in any of the recruitment processes for all junior and senior positions advertised. All received applications are treated with high level of transparency and professionalism. Only applicants whose profiles meet the advertised job requirements are considered and only within the announced deadline.
في حين تسعى اليونيسف لإستقطاب أفضل الكوادر في السوق اليمنية لتتمكن من تقديم أفضل خدمة للأطفال في اليمن، تود التنويه إلى أنها لا تستعين بأي شخص أو جهة (قد يقدم نفسهـ/ـا) كوسيط أو طرف ثالث في أي من عمليات التوظيف وفيما يخص جميع الوظائف، باستثناء الإعلان عبر وسائل الإعلام والمواقع الإليكترونية. إن اليونيسف، منظمة الطفولة، تعمل بمستوى عال من الشفافية والمهنية. ولا يتم التواصل إلا مع المتقدمين الذين توافقت مؤهلاتهم وخبراتهم مع الوظائف المعلن عنها والتي تقدموا لها في الموعد المعلن.

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.

Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.