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Consultancy Title: Monitoring and Reporting Consultant

Section/Division/Duty Station: Social and Behavior Change, Programme Group, UNICEF NYHQ

Duration: 15 December 2024 to 15 January 2026

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote

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 for developing 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.

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

The SBC Section in the Programmes Group at UNICEF Headquarters is seeking an individual consultant to provide technical expertise to complete deliverables as related to:

• Community Monitoring for Harmful Practices-related Social Norms and Social and Behaviour Change programming.
• Facilitating and quality assurance of UNICEF immunization’s Social and Behaviour Change monitoring.
• Developing specialized monitoring products as part of UNICEF Social and Behaviour Change Evidence Strategy and 2026-2030 UNICEF strategic plan.

Background:

Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) is a key component of UNICEF’s work and one of its change strategies.  SBC’s focus on community engagement and social behavioral drivers that influence the lives of children are key to UNICEF results. The area is essential for long-term and sustainable social change and local ownership towards improving the well-being of children and adolescents, their families, and communities.  Furthermore, Social and Behavior Change results are central to the SDGs, and to UNICEF’s work and mandate, having been elevated as such on UNICEF’s Strategic Plan cycle 2022-2025 and continuing to play a central role for 2026-2030 plan.

In each sector, UNICEF objectives revolve around the adoption of positive and protective practices for children. And across sectors, SBC pursues the transformation needed to make societies more inclusive, equitable and peaceful.  All these changes are SBC results which contribute to achieving Human Rights for Children and their communities. Currently, in UNICEF there is a need to further measure those results at the community level, empowering implementing partners to monitor progress over time. Additionally, SBC also supports the design and implementation of global sectoral initiatives like that of strengthening Vaccine Confidence and contributing to the Demand for Immunization section results through the development of specialized M&E tools for monitoring and reporting.

Additionally, as SBC continues to apply the SBC Data and Evidence Strategy to advance the SBC measurement agenda, its current results framework needs to align to results of the new strategic plan as well as to the efforts across the different sectors where SBC contributes as a cross-sectoral approach.

The key aspects of this repositioning require specific deliverables for specialized Monitoring and Evaluation technical services for Social and Behaviour Change; in particular, to high level products for results frameworks for children’s programming and programme implementation and design.

Scope of Work:

The work will entail the following areas of work, including the following deliverables:

Community Monitoring for Harmful Practices-related Social Norms and Social and Behaviour Change programming.

• Deliverable I: Compilation and adaptation of SBC Community Monitoring Tools for 1st pilot
• Deliverable II: Revision of SBC Community Monitoring Tools for 2nd pilot
• Deliverable III: Final draft of SBC Community Monitoring Tools
• Deliverable IV: In-person training session on Community Monitoring, including PPT slide deck, print learning materials, participatory learning exercises for training government partners, implementing partners, Child Protection and/or SBC specialists.  Travel is anticipated to complete this deliverable, but destination has yet to be determined.

Reporting and revision of the monitoring framework for UNICEF Immunization Demand Promotion Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.

• Deliverable I: Draft final report for 2024 UNICEF results for Demand for Immunization.
• Deliverable II: Review and draft proposal for Demand for Immunization and SBC Results Programme Monitoring 2026-2030, including revising of online survey for data collection, reporting format and structure, and revised training framework.
• Deliverable III: Design, testing, roll out and implementation of revised standard reporting tool for 2025 reporting for Demand for Immunization Results Monitoring.
• Deliverable IV: In-person session on Demand for Immunization Monitoring, including PPT slide deck, print learning materials, participatory learning exercises for training government partners and/or SBC specialists.  Travel is anticipated to complete this deliverable, but destination has yet to be determined.

Developing specialized monitoring products as part of UNICEF Social and Behaviour Change Evidence Strategy and 2026-2030 UNICEF strategic plan.

• Deliverable I: SBC Draft Community Engagement Map from 2024 CSI Surveys.
• Deliverable II: Results deck and analytics of SBC 2025 CSI results.
• Deliverable III: Draft 2025 mid-term report and end of year results, for SBC programming in Demand for Immunization.
• Deliverable IV: Review and draft proposal for SBC CSI Results for 2026-2030 UNICEF Strategic Plan.
• Deliverable V: Review of SBC Monitoring Toolkit.

Please note that these tasks may require travel, which UNICEF will cover in coordination with and upon approval from the supervisor.

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

• UNICEF Demand Promotion Monitoring: Draft final report for 2024 UNICEF results for Demand for Immunization (15 January 2025)
• Community Monitoring for Social Norms: Compilation and adaptation of SBC Community Monitoring Tools for 1st pilot (15 February 2025)
• SBC in 2026-2030 UNICEF Strategic Plan: SBC Draft Community Engagement Map from 2024 CSI Surveys (27 February 2025)
• UNICEF Demand Promotion Monitoring: Prepare materials for one training session on Demand for Immunization Monitoring, including PPT slide deck, print learning materials, participatory learning exercises for training government partners and/or SBC specialists (15 March 2025)
• Community Monitoring for Social Norms: Prepare materials for one training session on Community Monitoring, including PPT slide deck, print learning materials, participatory learning exercises for training government partners and/or SBC specialists (30 March 2025)
• UNICEF Demand Promotion Monitoring: Review and draft proposal for Demand for Immunization and SBC Results Programme Monitoring 2026-2030 (30 March 2025)
• Community Monitoring for Social Norms: Revision of SBC Community Monitoring Tools for 2nd pilot of Community Monitoring (30 March 2025)
• SBC in 2026-2030 UNICEF Strategic Plan: Results deck and analytics of SBC 2025 CSI results (15 May 2025)
• Community Monitoring for Social Norms: Final draft of SBC Community Monitoring Tools (15 June 2025)
• SBC in 2026-2030 UNICEF Strategic Plan: Draft 2025 mid-term report and end of year results, for SBC programming in Demand for Immunization (15 July 2025)
• SBC in 2026-2030 UNICEF Strategic Plan: Review and draft proposal for SBC CSI Results for 2026-2030 UNICEF Strategic Plan (15 August 2025)
• SBC in 2026-2030 UNICEF Strategic Plan: Review of SBC Monitoring Toolkit (15 September 2025)
• UNICEF Demand Promotion Monitoring: Design, testing, roll out and implementation of standard reporting tool for 2025 reporting for Demand for Immunization Results Monitoring (30 December 2025)

Qualifications

Education: 

Advanced university degree (Masters) in the area of Social Science, Behavioral Sciences, International or Public Affairs, Monitoring and Evaluation, or related degree.

Work experience:

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required *: 

• General Experience: 7+ years of experience in programme Monitoring and Evaluation
• Thematic Experience: Prior experience leading reporting for Demand for Immunization programming and Community Monitoring approaches
• Organizational Experience: Prior experience in providing Monitoring frameworks for Social and Behavioral Change programming in UNICEF or similar organizations
• Skills: Proven skills in having developed field Community Monitoring tools or programme guidances with monitoring tools (Ex. Playbooks, Toolkits, etc.).
• Technical Abilities: Proven ability to have managed international workshops for SBC monitoring or research.
• Reporting: Strong writing skills with experience writing reports for Demand for Immunization reporting.
• Knowledge: Familiarity with UNICEF SBC M&E Frameworks and Data and Evidence Strategy.
• Language Proficiency: Oral and written proficiency in English is required. Working knowledge of French is an advantage.

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.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements