International Consultant for Technical Support to the Internal Process Review of Education Programs’ Relevance, Effectiveness and Efficiency at UNICEF

Scope of Work:

To achieve the above, this internal process review exercise will examine different programmatic/thematic areas within education per the below evaluation criteria:

• Relevance: to what extent the ongoing activities and sub-activities align with and are directly linked to the specified intended output/outcome, and ultimately the set ToC?
• Logic and complexity: Is the theory of change evidenceand experience-based and do the underlying assumptions make sense in the given context and programme? What pivots may be needed to accommodate changes in the political or social context to ensure that progress toward goals is still achievable?
• Effectiveness: to what extent the ongoing activities and sub-activities are evident-based and proved to systematically lead to the achievement of the intended output?
• Efficiency: to what extent the ongoing activities and sub-activities are sufficient to achieve the intended outputs? Are there are gaps that need to be addressed to achieve the intended output?
• Cost effectiveness: to what extend the ongoing activities and sub-activities are the most cost-effective in relation to the intended output, based on global and regional evidence? Are there any other evidence-based activities and/or sub-activities that have been proven to be more cost-effective and can be tailored to the Nigerian context?

Qualifications:

• Education evaluation (preferably developmental evaluation), program design, monitoring, and program performance management
  Education, Teacher Education, sociology, education psychology

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Experience in education evaluation (preferably developmental evaluation), program design, monitoring, and program performance management

Language requirements:

• Fluency in English is required.