The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated 

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Save the Children International seeks to always be a child-safe organization by fulfilling its obligations to the community and through programme implementation carried out by the organization for safeguarding children and improve their living standards of the child.

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Position: Final Evaluation and Reporting Consultant

Location: Home based  

Contract Length: 

The Opportunity:

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Final Evaluation and Reporting Consultant will lead the design, data gathering, analysis, and documentation efforts contributing to the final REAL project report. They will ensure the integration of robust MEAL systems, support qualitative and quantitative data collection, apply rigorous evaluation methods (including counterfactual and attribution analysis), and guide the finalization of the report aligned with WB and SCI standards.

The Consultant will work closely with SCI MEAL teams, the Education Technical Advisor, the REAL Project Director, and relevant stakeholders, including coordination with MoE at central and local levels.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Final REAL ICR with: 
• Narrative synthesis
• Evaluation against PDO indicators
• Cost-benefit and impact analysis
• Lessons learned and recommendations
• Evaluation brief and presentation deck 

Submission of datasets and supporting documentation

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with the field MEAL team, other SCI saff and external partners.
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in education, humanitarian, or development programs, preferably with World Bank-funded education projects.
• Proven track record in use of extensive and comprehensive qualitative and quantitative data to develop high quality completion report, implementation completion report and writing high-quality donor reports, especially for WB, GPE, or similar donors.
• Proven experience in handling large datasets and extracting key insights is essential for this role, as you'll be working with REAL's rich learning outcome data, ensuring impactful findings, to directly inform our project's success. 
• Extensive knowledge of Theories of Change and demonstrate ability to apply them in evaluation design and analysis.
• Proven experience and track record in project impact evaluation, including counterfactual analysis and efficacy, efficiency and effectiveness assessment, is highly desirable.
• Proven experience and track record in conducting studies in the field of Education, Child Protection, and Education in emergencies and fragile humanitarian context, particularly in relation to early grade education.
• Proven experience and track record of leading early grade education – research, evaluations, assessments or other consultancy work in Yemen (or contextually similar to Syrai, Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, Egypt, etc. that is sensitive to the local context and culture.
• Proven experience and track record in conducting ethical, inclusive and participatory studies involving a) children and b) marginalised, deprived and/or vulnerable groups.
• Proven experience and track record in working remotely and engaging with multiple stakeholders. In-addition to managing and coordinating a range of government, non-government, and community groups stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal skills in communicating technical and/ or complex findings to non-specialist audiences (especially report writing and presentation skills)
• Additional expectations: 
• A qualified consultant should be appointed, possessing the seniority and experience required to lead a complex assignment, and the leadership skills to guide toward shared objectives. 
• The consultant must demonstrate its availability, including adequate skilled resources, to fully commit to the project timeframe and deliverables. A proven ability to adapt and work flexibly, especially in response to contextual changes during project implementation, is highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

“Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer. Women are strongly encouraged to apply”