Economic Modelling for Adolescent Girls Consultant
Organizational Context
UNICEF operates in over 190 countries and territories, dedicated to saving children’s lives, defending their rights, and helping them fulfill their potential from early childhood through adolescence. We are committed, passionate, and proud of our work, viewing the promotion of every child's rights not just as a job, but as a calling.
Job Purpose
This consultancy aims to advance UNICEF’s agenda for adolescent girls by strengthening the evidence base, financing, and investment case for programs that enhance girls' well-being, leadership, and empowerment. The consultant will provide crucial support to country offices by conducting costing and cost-effectiveness analyses, developing sustainable financing strategies, and creating analytical tools and investment cases, including climate-informed approaches. The role involves producing evidence-based products to aid in resource mobilization, influence policy decisions, and scale up successful interventions for adolescent girls across public, private, and philanthropic funding streams.
Responsibilities
Support country offices in developing and implementing costing, cost-effectiveness analysis, and sustainable financing strategies for adolescent girls' programs. Develop analytical tools and investment cases, incorporating climate-informed approaches, to demonstrate the value and impact of interventions. Produce high-quality evidence products, such as reports, policy briefs, and presentations, tailored for diverse audiences including governments, development partners, and private finance. Translate complex economic and financial analyses into practical, actionable policy, financing, and program recommendations. Provide technical assistance to UNICEF country teams, enhancing their capacity in economic modelling and investment case development. Conduct research and analysis to identify innovative financing mechanisms and partnerships to scale up proven solutions for adolescent girls. Contribute to the development of a robust evidence base for adolescent girls' programming, focusing on areas such as education, health, protection, social protection, and economic empowerment. Ensure that all analytical work is rigorous, transparent, and aligned with UNICEF's strategic priorities and gender equality objectives.
Work Experience
Minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience in economic modelling, development economics, public finance, investment cases, programme costing, or related analytical work. Demonstrated experience in developing investment cases, cost-effectiveness analyses, costing models, financing strategies, or return-on-investment analyses for social-sector programmes, with a focus on adolescent girls.
Skills
Economic modelling, Cost-effectiveness analysis, Sustainable financing strategies, Investment case development, Quantitative analysis, Econometrics, Causal-inference methods, Policy analysis, Programme costing, Data analysis, Report writing, Technical assistance