Overview
Provide technical support and guidance to the Ministry of Family and Social Services in strengthening and scaling-up Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) services by conducting a costing analysis study for policy recommendations with actionable financing options.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct a costing analysis of scaling up early intervention services, mapping current service delivery models, estimating financial requirements for expanding coverage, and identifying cost-efficient approaches.
- Develop a detailed costing model with projections for different scale-up scenarios to demonstrate long-term sustainability.
- Develop a user guide for the costing tool and build capacity in using it for future planning of ECI services extension.
- Develop policy recommendations with actionable financing options to support government decision-making.
Required Experience
- 10+ years of experience in policy analysis, simulations and costing of expansion of social service provision.
- Experience working as a quantitative expert and conducting data analysis in several country contexts.
- Expertise in systems analysis, strategy development, and costing model development related to early childhood development and intervention.
- Experience in conducting single and/or multi-country studies assessing the efficiency of early childhood development services.
- Experience working with UNICEF Country Offices on early childhood development-related projects, policy, and implementation models, and costing of programmes targeting children is strongly preferred.
- Previous experience in implementing relevant or similar consultancy work would be an asset.
Qualifications
Advanced degree in Economics, Social policy, Early Childhood Development or a related field.
