Overview
The consultant will provide technical leadership, coordination support, and quality assurance for UNCT corporate planning and reporting products, and support the updating of the UNCT–HCT Collective Outcome.
Tasks Summary
- Establish and apply clear evidence and quality standards for UNCT reporting and planning outputs.
- Provide technical guidance, tools/templates, and structured inputs to Results Groups and agencies.
- Consolidate agency/Results Group inputs into final corporate products and prepare them for endorsement.
- Support updating and endorsement of the UNCT–HCT Collective Outcome framework for 2026.
- Provide coordination support to advance two flagship joint programme concepts to investment-ready concept stage.
- Support and strengthen UNSDCF governance structures (PMT/RG /MEL).
- Facilitate structured review processes through PMT/ICCG/UNCT and ensure endorsement-ready documentation.
- Track inputs, deadlines, actions, and decision points; prepare briefings and presentation materials for senior-level review.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience in results-based management, strategic planning, programme cycle management, M&E, or related areas is required.
- Demonstrated experience supporting UNCT-level reporting and planning processes (UNSDCF/JWP/annual reporting) is required.
- Experience in humanitarian-development-peace nexus coordination and fragile/conflict-affected contexts is desirable.
- Experience using UNINFO (planning modules / indicator management / results reporting) is desirable.
- Demonstrated expertise in RBM, results frameworks, corporate reporting/planning, and the ability to deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines is required.
- Proven capacity to coordinate multiple stakeholders, manage deadlines, and maintain quality standards across complex multi-agency processes is desirable.
- Excellent drafting skills; ability to translate technical content into concise, strategic narrative for senior decision-making is required.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively across UN agencies, clusters and partners is desirable.
- Ability to respond effectively to UNCT/RCO requirements and maintain high-quality service delivery is required.
Qualification Requirements
- Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in international development, public policy, economics, social sciences, statistics, programme management, monitoring and evaluation, or related field is required.
- A first-level university degree in combination with additional 17 years qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.