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Grant Management and MEL Consultant, EVAC - Safe Online, NYHQ, remote. Req# 588482

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Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: New York
Level: Consultancy
Location: United States
Categories: Partnerships

About UNICEF

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines fordeveloping countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

Consultancy: Grant Management and MEL Consultant

Duty Station: UNICEF Hosted Funds, End Violence Against Children

Duration: 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2027

Home/ Office Based: Remote

 

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

Safe Online is seeking a consultant to support the fund management portfolio, including key systems, platforms, and processes to maximise the Safe Online’s return on investment from its Safe Online grants and support its grantee network in sharing and leveraging learning, with a specific focus on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). This role will contribute to the assessment of the portfolio’s needs, manage technical assistance, identify opportunities, and guide cohorts and technical collaboration between grantees and other Safe Online partners

Scope of Work: 

1. Grant Management - Application
2. Grant Management - Monitoring
3. MEL Systems & Learning Support
 
Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:
Work Assignment Overview/Deliverables and Outputs/Delivery deadline
 
1. Grant Management - Application (approx. 50 applications per year)
- Sift and review of approximately 50 applications per Call for Proposals, including documentation of initial analysis and screening results. Provide analytical inputs to Results Frameworks and selection notes and onboarding materials (Spreadsheets, Word Documents and Project Documentation Packages)
15 Mar 2026
- Sift and review of approximately 50 applications per Call for Proposals, including documentation of initial analysis and screening results. Provide analytical inputs to Results Frameworks and selection notes and onboarding materials (Spreadsheets, Word Documents and Project Documentation Packages)
15 Mar 2027
2. Grant Management - Monitoring (approx. 50 reports per year)
- 50 reports reviewed including analysis on qualitative and quantitative information on project progress, with a focus on MEL and Theory of Change aspects provided by the grantees, ensuring quality, completeness, and alignment with approved project plans, results framework (Spreadsheets, Word Documents and Project Documentation Packages)
30 Jun 2026
- Conduct 12 monthly virtual monitoring calls with selected grantees to assess implementation progress, challenges and results (Check-in calls). As a part of these calls, the consultant will need to document key takeaways, follow-up actions and lessons emerging from these calls, as well as conduct data quality checks and indicator validation exercises. The key takeaways will synthesize findings and trends for portfolio-level analysis and adaptive management.
31 Dec 2026
- 50 reports reviewed including analysis on qualitative and quantitative information on project progress, with a focus on MEL and Theory of Change aspects provided by the grantees, ensuring quality, completeness, and alignment with approved project plans, results framework (Spreadsheets, Word Documents and Project Documentation Packages)
30 Jun 2027
- Conduct 12 monthly virtual monitoring calls with selected grantees to assess implementation progress, challenges and results (Check-in calls). As a part of these calls, the consultant will need to document key takeaways, follow-up actions and lessons emerging from these calls, as well as conduct data quality checks and indicator validation exercises. The key takeaways will synthesize findings and trends for portfolio-level analysis and adaptive management. Maintenance and refinement of Safe Online’s results tracking and learning systems.
31 Dec 2027
3. 
MEL Systems & Learning Development
(approx. 10 systems and learning activities per year)
- Plan and manage the logistics of 4 MEL Community of Practice (quarterly) webinars, including drafting agendas, compiling resource packs, support at least 4 CoP events, capturing learning and feedback (Spreadsheets, Word Documents, e-mails and Project Documentation Packages)
31 Dec 2026
- Develop an assessment of Safe Online’s portfolio-level results tracking and learning systems and tools, including actionable improvement areas (Spreadsheets, Word Documents, and Project Documentation Packages).
31 Dec 2026
- Develop 4 quarterly portfolio performance and evidence synthesis
Every quarter until 31 Dec 2026
- Curate and update a repository of MEL tools, templates, and guidance materials (Spreadsheets, Word Documents, and Project Documentation Packages) on a monthly basis.
31 Dec 2026
- Plan and manage the logistics of 4 MEL Community of Practice, including drafting agendas, compiling resource packs, support 6 CoP events, capturing learning and feedback (Spreadsheets, Word Documents, e-mails and Project Documentation Packages)
31 Dec 2027
- Develop an assessment of Safe Online’s portfolio-level results tracking and learning systems and tools, including actionable improvement areas (Spreadsheets, Word Documents, and Project Documentation Packages).
31 Dec 2027
- Develop 4 quarterly portfolio performance and evidence synthesis.
Every quarter until 31 Dec 2027
- Curate and update a repository of MEL tools, templates, and guidance materials (Spreadsheets, Word Documents, and Project Documentation Packages) on a monthly basis.
31 Dec 2027
 
Travel 
1 Grantee convening in 2026
 

Qualifications

Education: 

Advanced University degree in in social sciences, international development, journalism, business administration, monitoring and evaluation, data analysis or related disciplines.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required *:

  • A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in grants management, project  monitoring or programme coordination in an international development.
  • Strong understanding of results-based management (RBM), monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and donor reporting requirements.
  • Hands-on experience with Grant Management Systems or other Management Information Systems (preferably MS Office 365 environment and SharePoint), comfort with Excel or similar for dashboards.
  • Excellent analytical, writing and organizational skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, effective with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Comfortable working and negotiating with others to produce the best outcomes.
  • Experience working remotely and across cultures; able to conduct or support monitoring calls/visits where relevant.
 
Desirable Qualifications
• Experience with child protection, online safety or digital rights programming.
• Familiarity with UNICEF or other UN agency procedures and reporting systems.
• Experience supporting learning processes (e.g. reflection sessions, webinars, or CoPs) and contributing to MEL system development.
 

Requirements:

Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and

- Upload copy of academic credentials

- Financial proposal that will include/ reflect :

    • the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
    • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
    • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
    • Indicate your availability

- Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.

- At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.

- Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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. 

Remarks:  

Individuals engaged under a consultancy will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts. 

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