Child Rights Situational Analysis Consultant

About the role

ChildFund Australia seeks an experienced consultant to conduct a comprehensive Child Rights Situational Analysis across target geographic areas. The assignment will synthesize existing data to identify key child rights issues, gaps, and opportunities for programming and advocacy.

Key responsibilities

• Consolidate and synthesize existing secondary data on children’s rights at regional and national levels.
• Assess the current state of child protection, health, education, and inclusion of marginalised children.
• Identify strengths, gaps, weaknesses and opportunities, highlighting what is working and where entry points exist.
• Prioritise credible, well‑sourced findings relevant to programming and advocacy decisions.
• Deliver a strategic synthesis report within a 20‑day consultancy period spread over three months.

Required profile

• Proven experience conducting child rights or similar situational analyses using secondary data.
• Strong understanding of child protection, health, education, and inclusion frameworks.
• Ability to produce clear, evidence‑based reports for decision‑makers.
• Experience working with NGOs or international development organisations.
• Willingness to undergo background checks and adhere to ChildFund’s safeguarding policies.