International Senior Consultant | Recovery Programme Strategy Development for UNICEF Palestine | Hybrid Remote with Travel

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For every child, hope

Two years of intense bombardments and fighting have wrought catastrophic devastation across the Gaza Strip – more than 64,000 children reportedly killed and injured, and homes, hospitals and schools destroyed. The toll on children is unconscionable.

UNICEF welcomes the ceasefire, which must now afford humanitarian actors the opportunity to safely resume at scale the massive response that the children of Gaza so desperately need. Our focus now is providing urgent life-saving assistance while supporting early recovery. 

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How can you make a difference? 

The Senior Consultant reports to the Special Representative for general guidance and direction and close coordination with both Deputy Representatives in Operations and Programmes. The estimated duration is 50 days during Jan-April 2026. The assignment can start remotely while the VISA is in process. Mission travel to East Jerusalem and Gaza is required.

The purpose of this assignment is to facilitate UNICEF SOP’s Recovery Programme Strategy Development, which will focus on two phases:

Phase 1: Recovery Programmatic Strategies and Priorities 

Phase 2:  Programme Management Plan

Prior to the Consultancy coming onboard, both Deputy Representatives will have already initiated discussions with the Section Chiefs. In parallel, an affordability analysis will be conducted, which will be used as a key resource for PBR recommendations.

Phase 1: Recovery Programmatic Strategies and Priorities 

• Review key achievements of the country's programme in the past two years since the onset of the war (based on UNICEF Annual Results Assessment Management reports) and assess relevance and effectiveness of results.
• Support and document internal and external consultations and programme prioritization processes in line with emerging priorities for the recovery phase, as well as document outcomes on internal strategic reflections.
• Review and assess emerging priorities via UN80, inter-agency roles and responsibilities at OPT/SOP level, and advise on set of recommendations.
• Produce a final SMR report.
• After the review and strategy development process, we will have an actual one-day or 1.5 day SMR meeting with MENARO, HQ, CoEs as necessary for final adjustments and validation.

Phase 2:  Programme Management Plan

• Conduct functional skills mapping across programme sections, programme effectiveness, and operations teams – taking into account the emerging priorities including from initiatives such as UN80.
• Lead various levels of staffing consultations with Senior Leadership and Chiefs of Sections in both East Jerusalem and Gaza, including the Staff Association.
• Analyze the alignment of current field presence with emergency response shifting into recovery phase as appropriate and according to location.
• Assess operational efficiency in line with programmatic needs
• Conduct online surveys for data collection to ensure all staff voices are heard
• Identify skill gaps based on future responsibilities aligned with PBR-endorsed programmatic shifts (especially recovery)
• Produce a PBR-related document with justification for changes to staffing structure, linked to the SMR report.

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