Overview
Develop a Practical Handbook for Governments on National Action Plans to End Child Marriage, serving as a global public good with practical, evidence-informed guidance.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct systematic review of good practice country national action plans.
- Map the global landscape of National Action Plans to end child marriage.
- Review relevant academic and grey literature.
- Conduct Key Informant Interviews.
- Produce an evidence synthesis technical note.
- Develop a first full draft of the handbook (~120 pages, English).
- Develop a package of nine practical annexed tools.
- Develop an Excel-based NAP costing companion tool.
- Support the planning and design of three regional government workshops.
- Produce the final publication-ready handbook and supporting products.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible professional experience in child protection, ending child marriage, harmful practices, gender equality, or related social policy areas.
- Demonstrated experience leading global guidance documents, operational handbooks, implementation toolkits, or policy resources for governments or multilateral organisations.
- Proven experience supporting governments to develop, strengthen, or implement national action plan (NAP) or comparable national strategy processes — across design, costing, financing, implementation, and monitoring.
- Direct experience with public finance for children (PF4C) — including budget analysis, costing, domestic resource mobilisation, and the integration of child-focused priorities into national and sectoral budgets — is strongly required.
- Familiarity with qualitative methodologies including key informant interviews.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in public policy, public administration, international development, social sciences, gender studies, law, public health, or a closely related field.
