Monitoring Of Agenda Cidade Unicef Consultant, Brasilia, Brazil, Remote, 3 Months.

Job no: **
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Brasilia
Level: Consultancy
Location: Brazil
Categories: Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, 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.
Agenda Cidade UNICEF operates across eight Brazilian urban centres (Manaus, Belém, São Luís, Fortaleza, Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo), supporting municipal governments to improve children's and adolescents' access to education, health, social assistance and protection services through coordinated territorial action, with a focus on violence prevention and response.
The initiative relies on evidence-based planning, monitoring and governance mechanisms to ensure implementation quality, accountability and
continuous learning across participating municipalities.
As Agenda Cidade UNICEF expands its monitoring framework, there is a need to strengthen the quality, consistency and measurability of municipal workplans, indicators, targets and monitoring mechanisms.
This consultancy will support UNICEF and municipal partners in conducting a comprehensive diagnosis of existing workplans, assessing the quality and feasibility of indicators and targets, identifying gaps in monitoring systems, and proposing a standardized monitoring framework and tool aligned with results and indicators as per Agenda Cidade UNICEF's *** methodological guide.
The consultancy will contribute to improving the quality, consistency and usability of monitoring information, while ensuring that the proposed monitoring tool reflects both municipal needs and Agenda Cidade UNICEF reporting requirements.
SCOPE OF WORK
The consultant will support UNICEF in strengthening monitoring and reporting processes for Agenda Cidade
UNICEF by:
Conducting a diagnostic review of the status and quantitative and qualitative quality of workplans in the eight participating municipalities, reviewing municipal workplans and mapping proposed stage of implementation of their activities until **, based on available documents and consultations with UNICEF and municipal teams.
Assessing the quality and completeness of workplans, including objectives, indicators, targets, activities, responsibilities and monitoring arrangements as per Agenda Cidade UNCIEF's methodology, and if local indicators and activities both from the municipal government and/or the community level were also included.
Engaging with UNICEF Monitoring and Evaluation Officers, Chief Field Offices and municipal coordination committees to identify monitoring, reporting and information management needs.
Mapping existing monitoring practices, reporting flows and information gaps.
Recommending a practical monitoring approach with a common set of information across the eight cities and sufficient flexibility to reflect differences in municipal action plans.
Designing and proposing the structure and functional requirements of a monitoring tool that facilitates reporting by municipalities and aggregation of results by UNICEF.
DELIVERABLES
1. Deliverable 1: Diagnostic Assessment of Municipal Workplans and Monitoring Requirements
1.1.
Deliverables/Outputs
Diagnostic Report covering the eight municipalities, including:
o status and level of implementation of municipal workplans;
o assessment of the quality and completeness of workplans;
o key strengths, challenges and gaps affecting monitoring and reporting.
o objectives, indicators, targets and activities by municipality;
o monitoring approaches currently in use by each municipality;
o implementation status of planned actions by each municipality;
o engagement, participation and co-construction with the community level and adolescent participation.
Monitoring Needs Assessment summarizing findings from consultations with UNICEF and municipal stakeholders, including:
o reporting requirements;
o challenges related to data collection, reporting and follow-up;
o territorial perspective, local level and adolescent participation and communitymunicipal government engagement.
Recommendations Report identifying key considerations for the development of a monitoring tool and proposing the minimum information requirements that should be considered in the next phase.
1.2.
Deadline: Within 45 calendar days of the contract start date.
2. Deliverable 2: Proposal for Monitoring Tool Structure, Governance and Reporting Process Monitoring Tool Concept Proposal
2.1.
Deliverables/Outputs
Through a consultation process with relevant UNICEF and municipal teams and, whether possible, wi