Humanitarian planning and monitoring consultant, Florence, Italy, OSE (Remote/home based) req # 591375

Contract Duration: 11 months

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.

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UNICEF’s Office of Strategy and Evidence (OSE) spearhead the organization’s efforts to strengthen management for programme results in all aspects of UNICEF’s work, including in humanitarian operations- in close collaboration with the Emergency Operations (EMOPs) and Programme Group. OSE also works very closely with colleagues in Country Offices around the world, as well as Regional Offices to support programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting.

As part of the Future Focus Initiative, some of the humanitarian programme management functions have been transferred to OSE from EMOPs to enhance the synergies between the two divisions, highlight areas for continued collaboration, deepen integration, streamline processes, and strengthen the quality and use of evidence across the entire programme management cycle in all contexts. This transition process will be supported through a consultancy in OSE and EMOPs.

The consultant will be embedded within the Programme Effectiveness Team (PET) and will work closely with all relevant units in OSE as well as the relevant teams and consultants in EMOPs. Under the direct sup