Last Mile Supply Management & Programme Planning and Monitoring Consultant, OSE MRM, Florence, Italy, Remote (with missions to selected COs/ROs), # 593187
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.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
How can you make a difference?
UNICEF delivers a significant volume of programme supplies to implementing partners (government and CSOs) as a core modality for achieving results for children. In 2024 alone, approximately US$1.44 billion in supplies were transferred to partners globally, underscoring the importance of strengthening oversight, monitoring, and accountability of programme supplies across the full results cycle.
While robust risk management mechanisms exist for cash transfers (HACT), programme supplies have historically been managed through parallel systems and processes, limiting their systematic integration into programme planning, monitoring, reporting, and risk management. This gap has been highlighted by internal and external audits, including OIAI and UNBOA, particularly with respect to last‑mile visibility, monitoring of pre‑positioned supplies, and assurance over use at community level.
In response, UNICEF is advancing the Last Mile Supply Monitoring (LMSM) solution and related digital and procedural enhancements to ensure that programme supplies are fully embedded within results management, rather than treated as a standalone supply chain function.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support UNICEF in integrating last mile supply data, analytics, and processes into programme planning, implementation, monitoring, risk management, and reporting, with a particular focus on:
•LMSM operationalization and guidance
•Integration with Field Monitoring Module (FMM), eTools, RAM, and planning tools
•Strengthening risk‑based monitoring and assurance for programme supplies
•Addressing audit observations through practical, system‑enabled solutions
If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: ToRTMC0002480.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
Education: Advanced university degree (Master's degree)in Programme Management, Supply Chain, Monitoring & Evaluation, Public Policy, Data/Information Systems, or related fields.
Work Experience: Minimum 10–12 years of professional experience in:
Programme planning, monitoring, risk management, or results‑based management
Work experience in humanitarian/development contexts
Development or Application of planning, implementation and monitoring procedures and guidance at HQ/regional/country level
Demonstrated experience working with:
Digital tools for monitoring and reporting (eTools, dashboards, analytics platforms)
Programme assurance, audits, and risk frameworks
Experience working across HQ–RO–CO structures in large international organizations especially UN
Skills: Abilities to work with multicultural teams
Language Requirements: Strong English writing and communication skills, a second UN language is a plus
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):
An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
A separate financial proposal Financial proposal TMC0002480.docx
Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.
UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
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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.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
How can you make a difference?
UNICEF delivers a significant volume of programme supplies to implementing partners (government and CSOs) as a core modality for achieving results for children. In 2024 alone, approximately US$1.44 billion in supplies were transferred to partners globally, underscoring the importance of strengthening oversight, monitoring, and accountability of programme supplies across the full results cycle.
While robust risk management mechanisms exist for cash transfers (HACT), programme supplies have historically been managed through parallel systems and processes, limiting their systematic integration into programme planning, monitoring, reporting, and risk management. This gap has been highlighted by internal and external audits, including OIAI and UNBOA, particularly with respect to last‑mile visibility, monitoring of pre‑positioned supplies, and assurance over use at community level.
In response, UNICEF is advancing the Last Mile Supply Monitoring (LMSM) solution and related digital and procedural enhancements to ensure that programme supplies are fully embedded within results management, rather than treated as a standalone supply chain function.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support UNICEF in integrating last mile supply data, analytics, and processes into programme planning, implementation, monitoring, risk management, and reporting, with a particular focus on:
•LMSM operationalization and guidance
•Integration with Field Monitoring Module (FMM), eTools, RAM, and planning tools
•Strengthening risk‑based monitoring and assurance for programme supplies
•Addressing audit observations through practical, system‑enabled solutions
If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: ToRTMC0002480.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
Education: Advanced university degree (Master's degree)in Programme Management, Supply Chain, Monitoring & Evaluation, Public Policy, Data/Information Systems, or related fields.
Work Experience: Minimum 10–12 years of professional experience in:
Programme planning, monitoring, risk management, or results‑based management
Work experience in humanitarian/development contexts
Development or Application of planning, implementation and monitoring procedures and guidance at HQ/regional/country level
Demonstrated experience working with:
Digital tools for monitoring and reporting (eTools, dashboards, analytics platforms)
Programme assurance, audits, and risk frameworks
Experience working across HQ–RO–CO structures in large international organizations especially UN
Skills: Abilities to work with multicultural teams
Language Requirements: Strong English writing and communication skills, a second UN language is a plus
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):
An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
A separate financial proposal Financial proposal TMC0002480.docx
Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.
UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
Apply To This Job