Development of a Wellbeing Framework for Adolescent and Youth Development Programs Consultancy
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Mercy Corps
Remote (local)- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (local)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Deadline: 13/01/2026
- Location: United States
Description
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Over the past 10 years, Mercy Corps has embarked on a journey to challenge and address gender inequality and social exclusion in our organization, our programs, and our sector.
Objectives
Mercy Corps aims to establish an evidence-based, youth-informed definition of wellbeing and a wellbeing framework to guide program design, implementation and measurement.
Given the variability in wellbeing concepts and the need for strong anchoring in humanitarian settings, this process will produce a unified conceptualization, results framework, measurement guidance, and implementation recommendations grounded in literature, internal evidence, and participatory input from young people. The wellbeing framework will include, among others, outcome indicators, types of program activities supported by evidence achieving wellbeing outcomes across individual, household, and community levels of the socio-ecological model.
The objectives will be achieved through the following elements:
- Synthesize internal and external evidence on wellbeing programming and measurement., including internal documents and datasets (e.g., outcome monitoring indicator data, program evaluations) as well as relevant external research and impact evaluations.
- Conduct participatory consultations with young people to co-define wellbeing and framework components, following a Level 6 participation approach (adult-initiated, shared decisions with youth) on the Ladder of Participation.
- Develop a Mercy Corps Wellbeing Framework for adolescent and youth programs that defines wellbeing, program activities, and measurement options.
Required Experience and Skills
The successful consultant/s should have the following characteristics:
- Strong technical knowledge and practical experience of adolescent and youth development programmes in humanitarian and development contexts.
- Qualifications and professional background in fields related to adolescent and youth development (e.g. education, international development, human rights, gender studies or similar).
- Expertise in monitoring, evaluation and learning, including measurement, results frameworks and indicators.
- Experience of similar assignments in the past five years.
- Proven experience in conducting participatory research activities with young people.
- Excellent writing, editing and communication skills, and experience in developing programming and measurement tools and guidance.
- Experience working in low and lower-middle income contexts, and in development, humanitarian and nexus contexts.
- Fluency in English; working proficiency in French, Spanish and/or Arabic is desirable
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