ICT Consultant, Operations Analysis and Tech Center, 5 months, Supply Division, Copenhagen, Denmark (Remote), # 594378

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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For every child, the right to care

How can you make a difference?

To support delivery of the Supply Division digitalization strategy through coordination and execution of a portfolio of digital initiatives aligned to SD priorities and the Enterprise Business Applications (EBA) roadmap.

The Consultant will report to the Project Officer and work under the general supervision of the Chief OATC, in close collaboration with the Projects Support resource and matrix management with Supply Division various internal and external stakeholders.

The consultancy will operate deliverables-based engagement model whereby delivery priorities, implementation activities, and responsibilities may evolve during the consultancy period based on SD digital strategy needs. The Consultant will provide ongoing digital portfolio support, projects delivery support, stakeholder management as well as alignment with the global digital strategy within the approved level of effort and contract ceiling, including:

• Coordinate the digital portfolio of SD initiatives through DAG and PBRC: Support the end-to-end portfolio intake,prioritization, and governance process, ensuring all initiatives are formally reviewed, sequenced, and aligned with available capacity, funding constraints, and strategic priorities across Supply Division.
• Ensure alignment with Digital Strategy and EBA roadmap: Assess and validate each initiative against the Supply Chain Digitalization Strategy and EBA target architecture, ensuring consistency with platform choices, data standards, and long-term transformation goals while avoiding duplication and fragmentation.
• Maintain a consolidated portfolio view (ownership, dependencies, lifecycle): Support an existing centralized portfolio repository and reporting framework, capturing project status, ownership, interdependencies, risks, and lifecycle stage to provide a single source of truth for leadership decision-making.
• Manage end-to-end project lifecycle (portfolio oversight level): Oversee the progression of initiatives across the portfolio lifecycle—from ideation and business case development to implementation and closure—ensuring compliance with governance gates, quality standards, and required deliverables. (See TOR for details)