Project Management, Reporting and Partnership Support Consultant, UNICEF Evaluation Office - Development Effectiveness and Impact Evaluation, Remote with no travel, 9 months, # 596701

AGORA; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 111,000; Part time

Job summary

UNICEF’s Evaluation Office seeks a Project Management, Reporting and Partnership Support Consultant for a nine-month, deliverable-based assignment. The role focuses on strengthening project coordination, donor reporting, financial monitoring, quality assurance, and knowledge management across a multi-country portfolio.

The consultant will support the Development Effectiveness and Impact Evaluation (DevEI) team and contribute to the UNICEF Evaluation of Impact Strategy.

Qualifications

• Five years of progressively responsible professional experience in project or programme management, donor reporting, grant or financial monitoring, partnership support, quality assurance, proposal development or knowledge management.
• Experience supporting complex, multi-stakeholder programmes in an international development context.
• Ability to develop practical workplans, trackers, dashboards and concise management information.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects, donor reporting and financial monitoring for UNICEF evaluations.
• Support partnership documentation and knowledge management.
• Develop and maintain trackers, dashboards and risk logs to inform decision-making.
• Ensure outputs meet quality standards and deadlines in a multicultural environment.

Skills

Analytical writing

Editing

Quality assurance

Budget reporting

Work plans

Dashboards

MS Office

AI capabilities

Education

Advanced university degree

First degree with qualifying experience accepted

Tools

Collaborative document management

Job 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 is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to future

How can you make a difference?

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.

Minimum requirements

Education: 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.

Work Experience: 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; or knowledge management.

• Demonstrated experience supporting complex, multi‑stakeholder programmes, preferably involving research, evaluation or evidence‑generation activities in an international development context.

Skills

• Strong analytical writing, editing and quality‑assurance skills for donor-facing outputs.
• Experience preparing or reviewing budgets, financial reports, utilisation analyses and forecasts.
• Ability to develop practical workplans, trackers, dashboards, risk logs and concise management information.
• Strong organisation, 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.

Language Requirements

Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another United Nations language is an asset.

Desirables

• Strong analytical writing, editing and quality‑assurance skills for donor-facing outputs.
• Experience preparing or reviewing budgets, financial reports, utilisation analyses and forecasts.
• Ability to develop practical workplans, trackers, dashboards, risk logs and concise management information.
• Strong organisation, 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.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

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. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero‑tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.