Consultancy: DAPM Systems - International Consultant - Req,#581682

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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant Consultancy Title: DAPM Systems - International Consultant  Section/Division/Duty Station: Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (Programme Effectiveness Team/Organisational Performance Unit  ),  NYHQ  Duration: 1 July 2025 – 28th July 2026 Home/ Office Based: 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. 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 objective of this assignment is to provide comprehensive advisory support to DAPM digital systems by collaborating with concerned units to conceptualize and develop new digital modules and platforms, analyze help desk support systems for efficiency and better user experience and identify opportunities for performance improvements across digital platforms. The consultant will facilitate stakeholder engagement, produce analytical reports, and support the development and rollout of existing and new systems. Additionally, the consultant will coordinate efforts to maximize efficiency, reduce redundancies and enhance overall systems management within DAPM.  Scope of Work: The Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM) is responsible for driving, shaping and guiding UNICEF’s evidence-informed analysis, corporate and country planning, programme implementation and related risk management, monitoring, knowledge management and organizational performance. As such, DAPM enables the organization to deliver on results in a more coherent manner, based on agile and contextualized programming processes, and on data, evidence, and analytics, as well as the application of human-rights based and results-based approaches.    Within DAPM, the Programme Effectiveness Team (PET) leads, regulates and coordinates the development and issuance of organization-wide policies, procedures, standards, guidance, systems, tools and platforms to strengthen programme effectiveness across all contexts, including programme planning, implementation and related risk management, safeguarding, monitoring, organizational performance, knowledge management, at all levels. In doing so, PET engages with all divisions/offices across HQ as well as with all regional offices, UN agencies, funds and programmes, specialized agencies, other technical organizations and the UN Development Coordination Office.    The Organizational Performance unit plays a central role in advancing UNICEF’s strategic vision by driving performance management agenda at the country, regional, and global levels. This includes streamlining and strengthening annual reporting of results, simplification of systems and tools that provide real-time analytics for informed decision making and results-based management. Additionally, the unit leads on increasing transparency to stakeholders, including beneficiaries   The scope of work includes providing advisory support to the PET digital systems by collaborating with the Organizational Performance Unit and Monitoring Unit on the Grand Central project delivery. The consultant will analyze existing help desk systems, identify gaps and inefficiencies, and come up with a recommendation paper outlining the way forward to enhance user experience. They will also facilitate stakeholder meetings to identify opportunities for efficiency gains and develop methodologies for measuring these gains. Additionally, the consultant will support the coordinate monthly DAPM meetings, and recommend strategies to improve overall systems management and resource utilization within DAPM.  Terms of Reference / Specific Deliverables Support to PET on-going and new digital modules - Provide project advisory on the development and roll-out of Unified Indicator Module Phase 1.  Work with Organizational Perfromance Unit (OPU) and Monitoring Unit (MU) on the delivery of the Grand Central solution. - Develop Buisness Case for Future of RAM / Unified Indicator Module Phase 2.  Provide expert guidance and suppor