SBC in Education Editor
Organizational Context
UNICEF operates in over 190 countries, dedicated to saving children's lives, defending their rights, and helping them reach their full potential. We are committed to promoting the rights of every child, viewing it as a calling. UNICEF offers diverse opportunities for professional and personal development, fostering a sense of purpose while serving children and communities globally.
Job Purpose
This consultancy aims to develop an SBC in Education Investment Case and a Compendium of best practices in Social and Behavioral Change in Education. These documents will serve as crucial tools for informing UNICEF's programme design, fundraising strategies, and advocacy efforts within the education sector. The investment case will articulate the value and impact of SBC interventions, while the compendium will highlight successful approaches and lessons learned. Both will be developed through a comprehensive desk review of academic and grey literature, including reports from key partners like GPE and ECW, and supplemented by interviews with stakeholders in UNICEF Country Offices and Centres of Excellence. The ultimate goal is to strengthen UNICEF's capacity to deliver gender-transformative education and support children's learning outcomes and skills acquisition.
Responsibilities
The consultant will conduct a desk review to identify published evaluations and grey literature from the past 10 years that measure the impact of SBC in Education programs, producing a report summarizing the findings. They will then write and edit an investment case document (4-6 pages) based on provided examples and structured around vision, challenges, UNICEF's response, results, and opportunities for public and private sector investment. Concurrently, the consultant will perform a desk review of publications and grey literature to identify SBC in Education Best Practices, categorized by eight key pillars: Policy Reform & Programme Design; Financing for Scale; Humanitarian Action & Resilience; Equity & Demand Generation; Digital & Infrastructure; Workforce Development & Institution Building; Skills & Secondary Education; and Strategic Engagement & Partnerships, producing a report summarizing these best practices. The consultant will also collect at least 30 examples from a minimum of 20 UNICEF Country Offices, conducting interviews to validate inputs and clustering these examples by the identified pillars. Finally, the consultant will write and edit the Compendium of Best Practices, including proposing relevant visuals to enhance its impact and usability.
Work Experience
At least five years of professional experience in Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) programming, with a significant focus on the education sector. Experience in developing investment cases or similar strategic documents is highly desirable. Proven track record in research, analysis, and report writing, particularly in the context of international development or humanitarian settings.
Skills
Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) expertise, Education sector knowledge, Investment case development, Best practice identification and synthesis, Research and analytical skills, Report writing and editing, Stakeholder engagement and interviewing, Desk research proficiency, UNICEF programme understanding, Gender transformative education principles, Data analysis and interpretation, Project management support