National Consultant for Implementation of the SDG2030BiH Programme
Organizational Context
UNICEF operates in over 190 countries and territories, dedicated to saving children's lives, defending their rights, and helping them fulfill their potential. We are committed, passionate, and proud of our work, viewing the promotion of every child's rights not just as a job, but as a calling. We foster diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.
Job Purpose
The National Consultant will provide essential implementation support, field-level coordination, and quality assurance for UNICEF-supported activities under the Joint Programme “Accelerating Agenda 2030 through Governance and Sustainable Growth – SDG2030BiH.” This role is crucial for strengthening and standardizing inclusive social services across eight selected local governments. The consultant will focus on improving the linkages between local planning, costing, budgeting, financing, and implementation, while also supporting the development and application of sustainable financing approaches for social protection and early childhood education. The aim is to translate programme objectives and UNICEF's technical guidance into actionable, location-specific initiatives, ensuring a consistent and effective approach to service delivery and governance reform.
Responsibilities
The National Consultant will offer practical technical assistance to partner institutions in designing, improving, standardizing, costing, financing, and implementing inclusive social services, ensuring adherence to gender equality, disability inclusion, and Leave No One Behind principles. The consultant will promote the consistent use of agreed tools, methodologies, timelines, quality standards, and reporting templates across all eight locations. Coordination of technical inputs with the SDG2030BiH Joint Programme team and participating UN organizations will be essential for joint planning, complementary assistance, and consolidated reporting. The consultant will maintain regular liaison with local governments, Centres for Social Work, service providers, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to support implementation planning, facilitate assessments, mapping, consultations, trainings, and workshops. They will also consolidate and validate programme information for evidence-based decision-making. Regular monitoring of UNICEF-supported interventions and grants through progress reviews, field visits, and stakeholder consultations will be conducted, along with maintaining tracking tools. The consultant will document progress, stakeholder feedback, identify risks and bottlenecks, recommend corrective measures, and escalate issues requiring UNICEF's follow-up.
Work Experience
Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in social protection, child protection, social services, local governance, community-based service delivery, programme implementation, or field coordination. Demonstrated experience in providing technical guidance, methodological support, quality assurance, stakeholder coordination, monitoring, reporting, risk identification, and preparing analytical reports is required.
Skills
Social policy implementation, Programme coordination, Stakeholder engagement, Technical assistance, Quality assurance, Monitoring and evaluation, Risk management, Report writing, Local governance, Social protection, Child protection, Gender equality and inclusion