UNICEF

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

Duty station
🇫🇮 Finland
Country / area
Finland
Region
Europe
UN system
Fund/Programme
Closes
in 3 days Source: 23:55, Jun 07, 2026 Europe/Helsinki

About this role

UNICEF's Global Digital Education Team seeks a Research and Evaluation Consultant to support the rollout of the Digital Education & AI Strategy 2025–2030. The role involves coordinating research and monitoring & evaluation (M&E) across Cohort 1 countries, engaging with country offices and partners, providing technical advisory services, managing independent research contracts, and transforming KPIs and monitoring data into actionable insights. The consultant will focus on understanding the impact of digital education on learning and skilling outcomes, coordinating multi-country evidence generation, and supporting the Learning Innovation Hub in Helsinki, Finland. The position offers remote or hybrid work options and requires availability during the EET time zone. Limited travel may be required.

Key requirements

  • 5+ years professional experience in research or evaluation
  • Master's degree in relevant field
  • Experience in digital education or AI in education

Nice to have

  • Experience with multi-country research
  • Knowledge of UNICEF programs
  • Experience with learning outcomes measurement

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Requirements at a glance

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Min. experience
Minimum 5 years of professional experience in research, evaluation, or monitoring and evaluation in education or related fields.
Required degree
Master's degree in Education, Education Policy, Research, Evaluation, or a related field is required.
Languages
English

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 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 progress, performance, and emerging evidence on the implementation of a range of digital education activities, with a particular focus on the effect of these implementations on learning and skilling outcomes. The successful candidate will be a part of UNICEF’s Global Digital Education and Learning Innovation team based in Finland. The consultant may work on site or in a hybrid modality and is expected to be available during the EET time zone. Limited travel may be required in line with the 2026–2027 workplan. For such travel, the Consultant is not required to include an estimated duty-related travel budget in the all-inclusive fee. UNICEF will provide the duty travel budget when travel is approved and will reimburse actual costs incurred upon submission of receipts, in accordance with UNICEF policies and procedures. Location: Finland Deadline: 7 Jun 2026 11:55 PM

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