Asistencia técnica para el análisis, monitoreo y fortalecimiento de la inversión pública en niñez y adolescencia, La Paz, 112 días, viajes al interior del país
Organizational Context
UNICEF is committed to the well-being of children worldwide. This consultancy supports UNICEF's mission in Bolivia by strengthening the analysis and monitoring of public investment in children and adolescents, aiming to ensure their rights and development are prioritized in fiscal policies.
Job Purpose
The consultancy aims to enhance the generation, systematization, and dissemination of evidence regarding public budgets allocated to children and adolescents in Bolivia. It will develop analyses and fiscal policy proposals to protect and sustain social investment in this vulnerable population, especially amidst fiscal constraints and public debt challenges. The consultant will create an interactive digital platform for public access to visualize, query, and compare municipal budget information for children and adolescents. This platform will be populated with data from emblematic programs and priority categories. The role also involves promoting the use of this evidence through dialogue with strategic institutional actors, including the Plurinational Legislative Assembly and municipal governments, thereby fostering greater transparency and accountability in public spending for child welfare.
Responsibilities
The consultant will be responsible for developing an interactive, publicly accessible digital platform to visualize, query, and compare municipal budgets allocated to children and adolescents in Bolivia. This involves identifying and systematizing budgetary information from official sources, focusing on key programmatic categories and emblematic programs for this demographic. The consultant will define and apply methodological criteria to estimate municipal budgets for child and adolescent programs, ensuring comparability across municipalities and fiscal years. A structured budgetary database will be built to support the platform's functionality. The design and development of the digital platform will prioritize intuitive navigation and visualization through maps, graphs, and tables, with functionalities for comparison and data download in open formats. Additionally, the consultant will prepare concise technical sheets documenting data sources, classification criteria, estimation procedures, and limitations. The role includes validating the platform's functionality and consistency, transferring technical capacities to UNICEF staff for platform administration, and conducting outreach activities to disseminate budgetary evidence through technical dialogues with strategic institutional stakeholders, including legislative bodies and municipal governments.
Work Experience
Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in public finance, fiscal analysis, budget analysis, or public policy related to social sectors, with a focus on children's rights and public investment. Experience in developing and managing digital data visualization platforms is highly desirable.
Skills
Public Finance Analysis, Budgetary Analysis, Data Visualization, Digital Platform Development, Policy Analysis, Social Investment, Fiscal Sustainability, Database Management, Research and Report Writing, Stakeholder Engagement, Project Management, UNICEF Programmatic Areas