Technical Assistant (Consultant) Full-Time

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Equity

The key objectives are as follows:

1. Develop capacities in the Provincial Directorate of Economy and Finance (DPEF) in the area of analysis and use of quality data, evidence-based planning and budgeting, pro-poor planning and addressing actual bottlenecks to child development and service delivery.
2. Support the Provincial Delegation of the National Statistics Institute (DPINE) to collect, analyze and disseminate high quality data that informs and contributes to better plans. This will include the Implementation of a training programme to improve district data collection and use, and support to analysis of this data to feed into district and provincial planning processes
3. Promote and broker inter-sectoral co-ordination in evidence-based planning and budgeting at provincial level among key government and non-governmental partners involved in data analysis and planning.
4. Support wider discussions at the provincial level in issues related to strengthening provincial and districts’ monitoring information systems and evidence-based planning and budgeting processes – including sectoral planning processes.

How can you make a difference?

The consultant will work under a detailed work plan, agreed in collaboration among UNICEF, the provincial DPINE, the provincial DPEF and the Provincial Permanent Secretariat.

The consultant will be supervised directly by the UNICEF Senior Social Policy Specialist, but work in day to day guidance with the DPEF and DPPINE.  He/she will be constantly in touch with UNICEF Social Policy Evaluation Analysis and Research (SPEAR) team for strategic supervision, technical discussion and approach in daily work, and will link directly with the UNICEF Provincial team leader. He/She will maintain collaboration with other sectoral focused UNICEF programme staff, as part of the Zambézia Provincial team as well as with Maputo based programme staff.

Monthly reports will be produced against agreed results, and shared with all three bodies before payments are effected. The consultant will be based at DPEF or UNICEF Provincial office, depending on new arrangement of the UNICEF presence in the province.

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

• Academic qualifications: Degree level in Public Administration, Development Economics or other relevant field area.
• Work experience: Experience in strategic planning and budgeting and data collection and analysis, particularly the Mozambican context; Experience in capacity development/training, and the ability to plan and manage both group and on the job style training and plans; At least five years of relevant work experience;
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Language skills: Fluent in Portuguese and English (written and spoken).

For every Child, you demonstrate…

• Specific knowledge, competencies, and skills required: Capacity to work in team building environment, and to work with minimum supervision.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

Remarks:

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