Regional and national youth development reports

Location: London, United Kingdom
Closing date: 17 October 2019
Contract duration: 70 person days

Fee: £455 per day

The Social Policy Development Section of the Commonwealth Secretariat is seeking a consultant to be contracted to complete phase 5 of the Youth Development Index 2020 project: Developing regional and national YDI reports.

The consultant(s) will be responsible for developing regional and national YDI reports, predominantly focused on providing technical support in developing national youth development indicator framework, gathering the data and producing a national report, which will include many of the key research and methodological guidelines using the global YDI processes.

To be considered for this opportunity, you will need to have a post-graduate degree in a relevant social sciences discipline, such as statistics, economics, social research. You will need to have 10+ years’ experience of working in a government or non-government organisation in a senior research capacity; experience of research trends in youth and social development, and experience of the national, regional and international youth development agenda. Full details can be found in the Terms of Reference.

We will accept applications from individuals and consultancies. To apply as an individual please submit a curriculum vitae and motivation letter explaining why you are suitable to carry out the expected tasks. For consultancies please submit an overview of your organisation, supported by curriculum vitae for each consultant. For both individuals and consultancies, we will also require a brief outline of how the individual(s) or organisation(s) might approach project implementation.

Please note that we are only able to consider individual applications from Commonwealth citizens and consultancy applications from companies registered in a Commonwealth country.