Programme Development Consultant

Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.

Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative Programmes, and supervision of the Chief Programme Monitoring Unit (PMU) and in coordination of overall CPD Strategic Advisor, the consultant will provide technical support to the development of the CPD of UNICEF Ethiopia, starting from the development of a Theory of Change to the final write up of the Country Programme Document. The key duties and responsibilities of the consultant include the following: