Team Leader - Follow-up Evaluation to the Evaluation of UNICEF work for children in urban settings Req #575502

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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant

 Consultancy Title: Team Leader - Follow-up Evaluation to the Formative Evaluation of UNICEF work to reduce multi-dimensional deprivations for children living in slums and information settlements.

Section/Division/Duty Station: Evaluation NYHQ

Duration: 1 October 2024 to 28 February 2025

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote

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If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. 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. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

The overall purpose of this follow-up evaluation is to better position UNICEF to improve the well-being of children living in urban settings. Its specific purpose is to determine whether the 2019 evaluation’s recommended actions have been implemented and their associated risks have been adequately managed, assessing the anticipated benefits and the residual risk exposure. The 2010 UNEG Good Practice Guidance for Follow up to Evaluations state that management response and systematic follow-up activities are necessary elements for evaluations to contribute to knowledge building and organizational improvement. Follow-up evaluations are important for the purpose of accountability, and they aim at determining the effectiveness of the management response actions to address the issues and findings identified during the original evaluation process. Follow-up evaluations must follow a process that includes ownership, consultation, and transparency. Following up on the evaluation of UNICEF work in urban settings will provide critical feedback to the UNICEF Executive Board’s request for a follow-up evaluation. It will update stakeholders on the progress made around UNICEF work in urban settings, including the Program Group, DAPM, PFP, Regional Offices, and country offices on affected by large urban population movements and urban drivers of change identified in the 2021 evaluation. The primary purpose of this exercise is to: 1. Accelerate and improve the completion of the main actions listed in the evaluation management response. 2. Enhance UNICEF efforts to support children living in urban settings by identifying emergent needs and ongoing organizational changes. 3. Manage the risks of inaction around priority areas identified in the evaluation. To this end, the objectives of this follow-up evaluation are: 1. To assess the completion of the main actions listed in the evaluation management response. 2. To determine whether actions taken on findings and recommendations have addressed the issues and associated risks. 3. To evaluate the risks of inaction around priority areas identified in the evaluation. 4. To identify emergent needs and ongoing organizational changes in efforts to support children in urban settings

Scope of Work:

The thematic scope of this exercise aligns with that of the evaluation of UNICEF work for children in urban settings and the objectives of the follow-up evaluation, including additional emerging needs and ongoing organizational changes around UNICEF work in urban settings. Risk analyses will be produced in areas identified as key in the evaluation, vis-à-vis current global emerging needs, and organizational changes around urban work. Particular attention will be given to ongoing work on urban resilience and peacebuilding for in-depth analyses. The geographical scope of this follow-up evaluation is global, with regional and country level assessments of progress, prioritizing regions where limited progress has been made between 2021 until 2024. In deemed relevant, field-based primary data collection and country selection will fo