Overview
The M&E Support consultant will provide coordination and technical support to select and ongoing education for health and wellbeing operational research, program monitoring and evaluation activities across the UNESCO’s Section of Health and Education, the West and Central African region (WCA), and the East and Southern African region (ESA).
Tasks Summary
- Provide technical guidance and support on issues related to school health surveys, providing guidance and support to UNESCO, WHO, and Ministries of Health and Education to implement GSHS/G-SHPPS survey plans.
- Support data analysis and dissemination once data collection is completed.
- Plan and organize a data validation workshop with participation from all survey countries.
- Collaborate with the SO1 team at HQ to implement the section’s programme of work “Planning for healthy and thriving learners” working to provide countries with technical support and policy guidance to integrate health, well-being and associated themes into Education sector plans.
- Develop data collection tools and outline processes to collect primary data from WCA countries to obtain identified process and outcome level WCA commitment indicator performance measures.
- Provide support to WCA countries to mainstream WCA commitment indicator measures in routine reporting systems for reporting consistency and regularity.
- Provide technical and coordination support to the development of UNESCO’s report on School violence through the collation of required datasets
- Provide support to collating indicator measures to populate the Result and Accountability Framework (RAF) for the section’s work across HQ, and regional offices (WCA, ESA, AP, LAC and EECA).
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in coordinating large-scale survey projects, in the fields of public health or education.
- Demonstrated expertise in survey methodologies, data collection techniques, and data management practices.
- At least 2 years of experience working with international organizations, government agencies, and diverse cultural contexts.
Qualification Requirements
• Advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, education, or a related field is preferred.
