Programme Specialist - Results Based Management/Donor Reporting
Organizational Context
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential. We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
Job Purpose
The Programme Specialist will be based in Washington, DC, within the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (HEPR) team of UNICEF’s Global Programme Division. This role is crucial for supporting children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and underserved communities by focusing on interrupting disease transmission, ensuring continuity of essential services, and delivering life-saving supplies. The position will work with national authorities and partners through multisectoral interventions to contain outbreaks, mitigate their wider effects, and address the socioeconomic impacts of public health emergencies. The incumbent will lead results-based management, programme monitoring, donor reporting, and planning, monitoring and evaluation activities for HEPR, coordinating results frameworks, indicators, and data-collection systems.
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Associate Director, HEPR, and in close liaison with the Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Division (PPR), the Programme Specialist leads results-based management, programme monitoring, donor reporting, and planning, monitoring and evaluation activities for HEPR. The role coordinates results frameworks, indicators and data-collection systems; analyses programme progress; tracks performance and risks; and consolidates high-quality internal and external reports. The incumbent also works in collaboration with both PPR and the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP) to support grant oversight, partnership engagement, resource mobilization, knowledge management and reporting across headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices. The position works closely with technical teams, country offices, and relevant UNICEF divisions to ensure timely, accurate and decision-oriented programme information for donors and stakeholders. Key functions include programme monitoring, reporting for activities, partnership engagement and resource mobilization, and general PME support for the team.
Work Experience
A minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible work experience at national or international levels in programme planning and management, results-based monitoring, and reporting specifically for public health.
Skills
Results-Based Management, Programme Monitoring and Evaluation, Donor Reporting, Data Analysis, Partnership Engagement, Knowledge Management, Analytical Skills, Managing Competing Priorities, Strategic Thinking, Collaboration