UNICEF Is Hiring a Remote MEL Consultant – Apply Now for This 3-Year Global Impact Opportunity!

📅 Apply by July 27, 2025 | 💼 Remote Consultancy | 💡 Safe Online Portfolio Support

UNICEF is offering an exciting remote consultancy position to support global efforts to combat online child exploitation through data-driven monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL). The selected Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Consultant will work remotely with UNICEF’s Safe Online Portfolio team from August 2025 to July 2028.

This is an excellent opportunity for evaluation professionals to apply their expertise to help protect children online—while working from home.

✨ Why Apply?

• 🌐 100% Remote – Work from anywhere!

• 💼 3-Year Consultancy – Long-term global impact.

• 🌱 Contribute to child safety, evidence generation, and grantee capacity building.

• 🌟 Collaborate with global teams across Communications, Finance, and Evaluation.

UNICEF Is Hiring a Remote MEL Consultant

🔍 Responsibilities

• Guide and assure the quality of evaluations within the Safe Online portfolio.

• Support UNICEF’s Safe Online Evaluation Advisory Group.

• Facilitate MEL training and capacity-building for field-level grantees.

• Monitor portfolio strategy and performance, and extract learnings across initiatives.

• Help shape a scalable, evidence-based impact strategy in child online protection.

📚 Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in international development, economics, political science, business, education, or related field.

• 8+ years managing evaluations at programmatic or initiative level.

• Expertise in results-based management, learning systems, and M&E methodologies.

• Proficiency in both quantitative and qualitative research tools.

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

FAQs

Q1: Is this UNICEF MEL Consultant job fully remote?
A: Yes, it is a 100% remote consultancy, allowing global candidates to apply.

Q2: What is the duration of the consultancy?
A: It runs for 3 years, from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028.

Q3: What kind of experience is required?
A: At least 8 years in program-level evaluations, MEL, or results-based management.

Q4: What department will I work with?
A: The Safe Online Portfolio team, in collaboration with Communications, Admin, and Finance units.

Q5: What kind of work will I do?
A: You’ll provide evaluation oversight, develop capacity-building strategies, and support learning across UNICEF’s online child protection portfolio.