Consultant: Programme Partnership Management, Office bases Req # 592618

Working arrangement: Office Based

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.

Purpose of Assignment:

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical support to the maternal and newborn health and nutrition team, UNICEF Myanmar to support the management of programme documents and to ensuring that programme activities are delivered on time, within scope and budget, and in line with organizational requirements.

Scope of Work:

The consultant will work closely with the maternal and newborn health and nutrition team and partners to perform the following tasks:

Programme Implementation Support (See TOR for details)

  • Develop tracker based on programme implementation schedules and milestones in each PD
  • Support monitoring of implementation progress against agreed plans, indicators and targets

Review of programme of financial reports

  • Support with reviewing budget requests and related submissions by partners to strengthen compliance oversight 
  • Prepare monthly progress reports through review of financial data measured against agreed indicators 

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning 

  • Assist in preparing data for routine monitoring, reviews, and evaluations
  • Promote learning and adaptive management based on evidence and lessons learned

Capacity Strengthening

  • Support Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) team in capacity building on programme management tools and processes 
  • Support development or improvement of programme management systems, templates, or SOPs

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:   Download FileToRTMC0001971.pdf

Minimum requirements: Qualificataions/Experience/ Knowledge/Expertise/Skills 

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree (Business Administration, Public Health, Economics, Social work, International Relations or similar)
  • Work Experience: - At least 3-5 years’ experience in programme/project management and providing administrative and financial support
  • At least 2 years of proven experience on use of project management tools
  • Experience in working national/international NGOs or other international institutions
  • Experience in organizing capacity building trainings
  • Skills (optional): Knowledge on the use of project management tools, administrative and financial management, organizing capacity building trainings, Skills in data analysis comparing different sets of information to identify correlations and differences, knowledge on AI tools and digital platforms, skills in organizing, visualizing and presenting data, tailoring visuals to highlight key insights
  • Experience designing, facilitating, or participating in training programs or simulation exercises for UN agencies related to humanitarian access, security risk management, humanitarian operations.
  • Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Myanmar is required
  • Desirables: Prior work experience with UNICEF or other UN/international organizations is an asset

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.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

Remarks:  If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

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