RESEARCH AND EVALUATION CONSULTANT- DIGITAL EDUCATION AND LEARNING INNOVATION, Learning Innovation Hub, 12 months, Helsinki, Finland (Remote) , #593351

Working arrangement: Remote with travels as required

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How can you make a difference?  

UNICEF’s Global Digital Education Team is seeking a dynamic Evidence and Evaluation Specialist to help drive the rollout of UNICEF’s Digital Education & AI Strategy 2025–2030. In this role, you will support the coordination of the research and M&E across Cohort 1 countries of the Digital Education Strategy implementation, engage closely with UNICEF’s country offices and partners, provide expert technical advisory services, manage independent research contracts, turn KPIs and monitoring data into actionable insights, and coordinate multi-country evidence generation on cutting-edge digital education programming. 

The initial phase of implementation of the Strategy will support nationally aligned digital and AI-enabled teaching and learning programmes across 18 countries, referred to as Cohort 1: Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, India, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Pakistan, Philippines, Sudan, Tanzania and Ukraine. Cohort 1 represents an opportunity to move beyond pilots and demonstrate how digital and AI-enabled approaches can strengthen teaching, improve learning outcomes, strengthen education systems, and reduce inequities at scale. 

The consultant will work with the UNICEF Global Digital Education and Learning Innovation Hub Team, the Education Centre of Excellence, and UNICEF Country Offices to coordinate monitoring, evaluation, and research approaches to understand ...