[Hiring] Project Management, Reporting and Partnership Support Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

UNICEF’s evaluation function advances results for children by promoting evidence-informed learning and decision-making. It conducts independent, credible and impartial evaluations—including corporate thematic, institutional effectiveness, humanitarian, country-led, impact and joint evaluations—to strengthen UNICEF’s use of evidence and improve outcomes for children. The Evaluation Office also manages global evidence generation initiatives that require coordinated planning, monitoring, donor reporting, financial tracking, quality assurance, partnership documentation and knowledge management. This assignment will support a global evidence partnership and selected emerging projects through a defined set of analytical, coordination and reporting deliverables.

The Evaluation Office is seeking an individual Project Management, Reporting and Partnership Support Consultant for a temporary, deliverable-based assignment supporting the Development Effectiveness and Impact Evaluation (DevEI) team. The consultant will strengthen project coordination, donor reporting, financial monitoring, quality assurance, partnership documentation and knowledge management while supporting the continued implementation of priorities established under the UNICEF Evaluation of Impact Strategy and Action Framework 2022–2025.

• The framework established UNICEF’s institutional priorities and vision for a harmonized, strategic approach to generating and using impact evidence.
• To advance this strategy, the Evaluation Office is building a multi-country portfolio of impact evaluations in new and priority programme areas through the Impact Catalyst Fund and the Adaptive Social Protection – Evidence for Child Outcomes (ASPECT) project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
• The nine-month assignment will require up to 90 input days, allocated according to the agreed workplan and delivery schedule.
• Engagement is expected to average approximately 50 per cent of full-time engagement, with workload varying across reporting and delivery periods.

Qualifications

• An advanced university degree (master’s degree) in public policy, economics, international development, evaluation, social sciences, business or public administration, finance, international relations, communications, or another field relevant to the assignment.
• A first university degree combined with additional qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree, in accordance with applicable requirements.

Requirements

• At least five years of progressively responsible professional experience, including substantial experience in at least three of the following areas:
  • Project or programme management
  • Donor reporting
  • Grant or financial monitoring
  • Partnership support
  • Quality assurance
  • Proposal development
  • Knowledge management
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex, multi-stakeholder programmes, preferably involving research, evaluation or evidence-generation activities in an international development context.
• Strong analytical writing, editing and quality-assurance skills for donor-facing outputs.
• Experience preparing or reviewing budgets, financial reports, utilization analyses and forecasts.
• Ability to develop practical workplans, trackers, dashboards, risk logs and concise management information.
• Strong organization, attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality outputs to agreed deadlines in a multicultural environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and collaborative document-management tools.
• Ability to use generative AI and other AI-enabled tools responsibly to support research, information synthesis, drafting, editing, quality assurance and knowledge management, with appropriate human review and attention to accuracy, confidentiality and data protection.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another United Nations language is an asset.

Benefits

• Diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.
• Attractive compensation and benefits package.

Company Description

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children.

• The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence.
• We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.