Social Cash Transfer Comparative Assessment Consultant

UNICEF seeks a consultant for a four-month comparative assessment of electronic and manual social-cash-transfer modalities in Zambia. The consultancy will assess cost-effectiveness, accessibility, financial inclusion, reliability, accountability, beneficiary experience and programme quality; quantify unit costs and estimate performance across modalities; and translate mixed-methods research, de...

• Assess cost-effectiveness and accessibility of SCT payment modalities
• Quantify unit costs and estimate performance differences
• Assess financial inclusion, reliability and accountability
• Analyze beneficiary experience and programme quality
• Conduct mixed-methods research on social protection delivery
• Translate research evidence into policy advice

• Master’s degree in social policy, development studies, statistics, research methods, public policy or a related field
• At least seven years of progressively responsible research experience in social protection, cash transfers, public finance, economic analysis or development research
• Fluency in English

• Zambia SCT Programme delivery-architecture experience
• Payment service provider or mobile-money experience
• Government or social-protection stakeholder experience

• Cost-effectiveness analysis
• Social protection
• Cash transfer programming
• Mixed-methods research
• Quantitative data analysis
• Policy advice

• UNICEF consultancy with remote work and travel to Lusaka