Consultant Scope of Services: Tinkering with Tech – MALDIVES

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Project Background

Results for Development (R4D) is serving as a learning partner to UNICEF and Microbit Foundation on the Tinkering with Tech project in the Maldives.

UNICEF’s Learning Innovation Office is partnering with Microbit Foundation to pilot new approaches to teaching and learning that develop the 21st Century, transferable, and transversal skills necessary to succeed in today’s economy. These skills are often missing or minimized in classrooms around the world. In the planned pilot, teachers will be trained to incorporate these skills into their lessons and students will have the opportunity to play and explore “Microbit’s programmable device to instill a love for STEM, especially for girls.”

R4D is working as a learning partner to document the lessons learned from the pilot of UNICEF’s “Tinkering with Tech” project in Colombia, Montenegro, the Maldives, and Vietnam. The team is looking to hire a consultant to assist with the data collection and analysis in-country.

Scope of Services

R4D requires a consultant to play a country study coordinator role, with regular communication with the Project Director and Project Manager. The study coordinator will provide the following services:

· Complete PSEA Agora training

· Facilitate school-level virtual survey data collection with one classroom of students in study schools (approximately 8 schools)

· Conduct direct observations in study schools

· Conduct 2-3 focus group discussion

· Conduct follow-up or supplemental interviews if needed

· Transcribe focus group discussions

· Code transcripts using a codebook and conduct initial data analysis

· Triangulate findings through meetings with other key stakeholders

· Participate in learning checks when necessary

· Coordinate with UNICEF country office staff to finalize data sets to be shared

· Write up a country summary of findings

Anticipated Deliverables

1. Cleaned virtual survey dataset

2. Direct observation protocol

3. Focus group discussion transcripts

4. Coded transcripts

5. Summary notes from site visits and interviews

Timeline and Level of Effort

The consultancy is expected to require approximately 20 days between July 2024 and January 2025.

The consultant will work closely with an R4D team of 3-4 people and collaborate with UNICEF country office staff when necessary.

Skills Required

• Fluency in English
• Fluency in Dhivehi/Maldivian
• Proficiency in STATA preferred

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