National Consultant – Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, East Jerusalem, State of Palestine

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For every child, hope

UNICEF in the State of Palestine works to uphold the rights of children to access services and protection, from early childhood through to adolescence. Our objective is to ensure that every child in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, irrespective of background or circumstance, has an equal chance to fulfil their potential. We are working for every child and young person in the State of Palestine. 

The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) serves as the central governmental body responsible for shaping national development strategies, coordinating executive programs, and mobilizing resources for priority initiatives. In light of the ongoing war on Gaza, the deteriorating situation in the West Bank, and the humanitarian crisis following the events of October 7th, MoPIC’s role has become increasingly critical.

MoPIC faces significant resource and capacity constraints—largely due to the protracted financial crisis affecting the Palestinian government, particularly the repeated withholding of clearance revenues. These fiscal challenges restrict the Ministry’s ability to deliver services effectively and invest in necessary human resources. As a result, the quality and reach of its programs are affected, along with its ability to engage in effective coordination, fulfill reporting obligations, and meet donor and partner requirements.

To address these challenges and strengthen UNICEF’s strategic partnership with MoPIC, UNICEF is recruiting a National Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant to be embedded within the Ministry.

How can you make a difference? 

The purpose of this assignment is to enhance MoPIC’s information management, monitoring, and evaluation systems, ensuring that data collection, processing, and dissemination are timely, accurate, and aligned with national priorities and donor frameworks. A key focus will be integrating children-related data and indicators into planning and reporting processes to ensure that government strategies reflect the needs and rights of children across all sectors.

The consultant will support MoPIC in developing robust digital infrastructure and data workflows that enable evidence-based planning for children, coordination, and decision-making across government institutions. The consultant will play a pivotal role in strengthening MoPIC’s internal information systems and capacities, ensuring that planning and implementation processes are supported by reliable data and digital tools that facilitate coordination and planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect data from government institutions, including child-related indicators, and review for methodological soundness, consistency, and completeness.
• Design, establish, and maintain centralized databases using appropriate tools (e.g., PostgreSQL, Power BI, Advanced Excel, DHIS2) for storing and analysing government performance indicators and planning data.
• Process raw data, identify inconsistencies or outliers, and prepare analytical tables, dashboards, and visualizations highlighting children’s outcomes to support planning and reporting.
• Develop and maintain digital data collection forms that include child-specific fields, ensuring alignment with national and donor frameworks.
• Ensure timely data entry, maintain accurate documentation of data sources, and implement regular backup procedures.
• Provide technical support on data collection and entry methodologies to ensure adherence to standardized procedures across institutions.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  Terms of Reference – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT-MOPIC-ME.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in economics, Statistics, Data Science, Management Information Systems, or Computer Engineering.

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in data collection, analysis, or database management within government institutions or international organizations.
• Advanced proficiency in data management and analysis tools such as Excel (Pivot Tables, Power Query), SQL, Access, and Power BI.
• Strong understanding of data quality assurance and statistical consistency validation techniques.
• Familiarity with information management concepts, particularly performance indicators, outputs, and outcomes.
• Proven ability to design and implement digital data collection tools.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to produce clear, concise technical reports and data summaries.
• Effective communication and coordination skills when working with government entities and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the Palestinian public administration context is considered an advantage.

Language Requirements: 

Proficiency in Arabic and English

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

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 a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility jobs-near-me.org 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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:  

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

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.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

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