Quantitative Research Consultant in Education UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research & Foresight (Remote / Work-from-Home)

UNICEF works throughout greater than 190 nations and territories to guard youngsters’s rights and assist each child attain their full potential. At the center of this mission is our dedication to rigorous, policy-relevant analysis that drives higher choices for kids’s studying and wellbeing.

The Education Unit at UNICEF Innocenti is increasing its roster of extremely certified specialists in quantitative and mixed-methods analysis. We are providing a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) for an Individual Consultant who will contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of analysis that strengthens schooling techniques worldwide. This is a wonderful alternative for researchers in search of impactful, versatile, and globally related work.

Why Join UNICEF Innocenti?

At UNICEF, you do greater than a job—you make a significant influence. We are dedicated to:

• Advancing the rights of each child

• Creating a various, inclusive, and supportive office

• Providing alternatives for skilled progress

• Promoting evidence-based decision-making throughout international schooling techniques

As part of this consultancy, you’ll assist generate insights that information UNICEF’s schooling programmes, inform coverage, and form options for learners all over the world.

As a Quantitative Research Consultant, you’ll work underneath the steering of a Research Manager or Research Specialist and should tackle the next tasks relying on every project:

1. Research Design & Methodology

• Develop strong quantitative analysis designs, sampling methods, and analytical frameworks.

• Contribute to conceptual frameworks, theories of change, and data-collection protocols.

• Create analysis devices (questionnaires, studying assessments, commentary instruments, interview guides).

• Digitize instruments utilizing Kobo Toolbox or comparable ODK platforms.

• Prepare methodological documentation, knowledge dictionaries, and IRB submissions.

2. Data Collection Support

3. Data Management, Analysis & Visualization

• Clean, merge, and handle large-scale datasets (e.g., EMIS, exams, family surveys).

• Conduct descriptive, multilevel, experimental, and quasi-experimental analyses utilizing STATA, R, or Python.

• Produce high-quality analytical outputs, dashboards, and reproducible code.

• Contribute to mixed-methods integration and interpretation throughout knowledge sources.

• Draft analysis reviews, coverage briefs, and tutorial papers.

4. Capacity Strengthening

• Provide technical steering to UNICEF groups, ministries, and implementing companions.

• Facilitate trainings on analysis design, knowledge high quality, and evidence-based decision-making.

5. Dissemination & Engagement

• Prepare dissemination merchandise: briefs, displays, blogs, visible summaries.

• Participate in co-creation and evidence-sharing workshops with international, regional, and nationwide companions.

Key Deliverables

Deliverables will differ by project and should embody:

• Completed days of analysis companies

• Research designs and sampling plans

• Cleaned datasets with documentation

• Analytical outputs, tables, and visualizations

• Draft and finalized reviews or publications

• Training supplies and technical notes

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s diploma in Economics, Statistics, Education, Psychology, Social Policy, Political Science, or associated quantitative fields

• At least 5 years of expertise in quantitative analysis (ideally education-focused)

• Proven experience in managing and analyzing massive datasets

• Strong proficiency in STATA, R, or Python

• Demonstrated expertise in quantitative analysis design and utilized econometrics

• Ability to speak findings to technical and non-technical audiences

• Excellent English writing and presentation expertise

• Strong organizational and teamwork skills

Desirable Assets

• Mixed-methods analysis expertise

• Experience in multi-country or advanced data-collection settings

• Instrument improvement (assessments, commentary instruments, surveys)

• Experience utilizing AI instruments for analysis

• Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, R Shiny, GIS

• Experience coaching or mentoring companions in analysis strategies

• Publication document

• Working information of French or Spanish

• Experience in fragile or humanitarian contexts

All consultants are anticipated to uphold UNICEF’s Core Values of:
Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

UNICEF maintains strict safeguarding, anti-discrimination, and zero-tolerance insurance policies, with thorough background and reference checks for all chosen candidates.

• Consultants should not thought-about UN workers members.

• They are chargeable for their taxes, medical health insurance, and—if relevant—visas.

• Fully distant work is allowed for this consultancy.

• COVID-19 vaccination necessities apply solely to consultants who work in UNICEF premises or journey for obligation.

Application Deadline: 4 January 2026 (GMT)
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Before making use of, please evaluate the total Terms of Reference. Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.

Join us in shaping proof that improves schooling for hundreds of thousands of youngsters worldwide.

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