Project Management Consultant, PG, Child Protection, NYHQ, remote. Req #585087

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Consultancy: Projrect Management Consultancy   

Duty Station: NYHQ

Duration: 20 Nov 2025 – 31 Jul 2027

Home/ Office Based: Remote

 

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

    The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is a global network of operational agencies, academic institutions, policymakers, donors and practitioners that facilitates inter-agency technical collaboration on child protection in all humanitarian contexts. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-leads the Alliance with rotating NGOs, currently International Rescue Committee and Hurras Network. The Alliance sets standards and produces technical guidance for use by the various stakeholders, particularly field practitioners. Its mission is to support humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in humanitarian contexts, in both refugee and non-refugee settings

The purpose of the assignment is to support the Alliance with planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and grant management for all Working Groups, Task Forces, and Initiatives (WGTFIs), in alignment with the Alliance’s Strategic Brief (2025-2026) and the following strategy, and the implementation of these strategies.

Scope of Work:

The consultant will closely work with the Secretariat of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) and support planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and grant management of the Alliance activities. In addition, the consultant will support the implementation of the Alliance’s Strategic Brief as well as the following strategy and the convening efforts of the Alliance, in particular the Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.

 

Task 1. Conduct Monitoring and Evaluation

• Develop and implement data collection tools including surveys for the Alliance’s M&E activities
• Collect and process data and results reported by Working Groups, Task Forces and Initiatives to assess the progress of the Alliance M&E framework
• Support conducting a mid- and final review of the Alliance’s Strategic Brief
• Prepare and assess monitoring and evaluation reports of the Alliance’s Strategic Brief
• Compile the Alliance’s Annual Reports

 

Task 2: Support fundraising and grant management

• Support working groups, task forces and the secretariat in developing concept notes and proposals, particularly on the Alliance’s Strategic Brief and following strategy
• Maintain a central tracking system to facilitate management of all grants for the Alliance’s activities
• Maintain detailed understanding of budget flows and the impact of this on budget forecasting, and produce updates on financial performance
• Support preparation of donor reports in coordination with WG and TF in a timely fashion

Task 3: Support planning processes for the Alliance

• Support the secretariat, WGs and TFs on the Alliance’s annual workplan revisions and updating
• Support the development/update of the new Alliance strategy beyond the 2025/2026 Strategic Brief

 

Task 4: Support the planning and implementation of the Alliance Strategic Brief/ following strategy

• Support the Alliance’s efforts on climate crisis and child protection, including the collaboration with University of Oxford
• Support the implementation of the Evidence-to-Advocacy Research Agenda with Assessment, Measurement, and Evidence Working Group and other technical groups as well as the Alliance members