Economic Modelling Consultant for Adolescent Girls

About the role

This 12‑month consultancy supports UNICEF’s adolescent girls agenda by strengthening evidence, financing and investment cases for programmes that improve girls’ wellbeing, leadership and empowerment. The consultant will work remotely, providing cost‑effectiveness analysis, sustainable financing strategies and analytical tools for country offices.

Key responsibilities

• Develop costing models, cost‑effectiveness analyses and investment cases, including climate‑informed approaches.
• Produce evidence products to mobilise resources, influence policy and scale proven solutions for adolescent girls.
• Provide technical assistance to country teams and create analytical tools for public, private and philanthropic partners.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (Master’s) in economics, development economics, public policy, public finance, statistics, econometrics, data science, environmental economics or related field.
• Minimum eight years of professional experience in economic modelling, development economics, public finance, investment cases or programme costing.
• Demonstrated experience developing investment cases, cost‑effectiveness analyses or financing strategies for social‑sector programmes, preferably focused on adolescent girls.
• Excellent English communication skills; proficiency in another UN language is desirable.

Required skills

• Strong quantitative skills, including econometrics and causal‑inference methods.
• Ability to apply conservative and transparent assumptions in modelling.
• Experience translating complex analysis into practical policy and financing recommendations.