UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, freedom.

UNICEF started operation in Cambodia in 1952 and opened first country office in 1973 in Phnom Penh. More information on what we do in Cambodia is available at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/.

How can you make a difference?

The Education Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF) is a long-running partnership between the Royal Government of Cambodia, the European Union, the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and UNICEF. In 2018, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) joined the partnership. The purpose of the CDPF, now in Phase III, is to support the realization of the two policy priorities identified in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport’s (MoEYS) Education Strategic Plan (ESP): (i) to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all; and (ii) to ensure effective leadership and management of education staff at all levels. To realize these two policy priorities, the CDPF provides support to capacity development priorities for the education sector as articulated in the Ministry’s Capacity Development Master Plan (CDMP) 2020-2024.

The CDPF has recently been extended to 2026, with additional contributions from partners including the assimilation of a portion of Cambodia’ next set of GPE grants. In order to capture the lessons learnt, both from previous phases and the current phase, a strong monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework is needed to track progress, identify challenges and capture lessons learnt. The M&E plan assists MoEYS to systematize and improve the quality of data collection, in particular on the implementation of training, and ultimate helps to understand the impact of development investments made under the CDPF III. This work remains crucial to building a credible body of evidence, including to shape future interventions.

As the Secretariat of the CDPF, UNICEF is looking for a strong individual to support the implementation of the M&E framework, the analysis of results, and the effective reporting of CDPF achievements.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or Doctoral degree) in education, international development, public policy, M&ER or similar.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in programme M&E development and implementation or similar relevant work
• Strong analytical and data utilization skills, including ability to explain to diverse audiences
• Strong planning and facilitation skills to deliver timely and high-quality results against deadlines.
• Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility, client orientation, proven ethical practice, initiative, concern for accuracy and quality.
• Computer literacy and presentation skills, including with data analysis programmes (e.g. Kobo, SPSS etc)
• Familiarity with the education sector in Cambodia and MoEYS policies and programmes, including the past and current GPE-funded programmes
• Excellent written and spoken English language skills

Please find the terms of reference for this consultancy in this attachment:

TA ME CDPF – TOR tms.pdf

Financial offer template.docx

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit  here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks: 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.