Innovative Finance / Monitoring Consultant, 5,5 months, Office of the Regional Director, Panama, LACRO (Remote with travel) # 593824

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.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF, in partnership with CAF, is developing and implementing the Banco Futuro Initiative to advance inclusive financing for children and adolescents across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Strong, consistent monitoring frameworks and evidence on results for vulnerable populations are essential to inform project design, negotiations, and implementation at country and regional levels.

To support these objectives, UNICEF LAC Regional Office (LACRO) seeks a consultant to provide technical and operational implementation support for the Banco Futuro Initiative throughout 2026, The consultant will work closely with country teams, the LACRO Data and Monitoring Manager, and the Innovative Finance Manager to support the application of Child Lens Investing Framework due diligence, KPI selection, Monitoring Reporting and Verification design, data quality review, project recommendation notes, and technical inputs for CAF and investor-facing reporting.

The consultant will provide technical and monitoring implementation support for the Banco Futuro Initiative, working jointly with the LACRO Innovative Finance and Data and Monitoring leads. The role will provide technical inputs to country offices for conducting Child Lens Investing Framework due diligence, defining project-level monitoring frameworks and KPIs, developing Monitoring Reporting and Verification pathways, identifying data and evidence gaps, preparing project recommendation notes, and generating technical inputs for CAF discussions and investor-facing reporting.

The role will also support the operational work on country offices and LACRO by coordinating inputs, maintaining project documentation, and translating regional guidance into practical tools and country-level deliverables. Key Activities/Tasks;

• Child Lens Investing Framework (CLIF) Due Diligence and Project Readiness Review
• Monitoring Framework Development and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Selection
• Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV), Data Quality, and Gap Closure Plans
• Country Office Implementation Support and Coordination
• Technical Inputs for Reporting and Investor-Facing Materials

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: ToRTMC0003015.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Advanced (Master's) university degree in social studies, international development, finance, economics, public policy, statistics, project management, or related field. A first university degree with additional two years' relevant work experience could be accepted.
• Work Experience: At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in project management, data analysis, results-based monitoring, finance for development, innovative finance.
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects across international organizations, governments, academia, or civil society.
• Skills: Innovative finance, development finance, monitoring frameworks, work with International Financial institutions
• Language Requirements: Proficiency in English and Spanish required
• Desirables: Experience in Latin America and the Caribbean is highly desirable.

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):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) Financial proposal TMC0003015.docx

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.