Job Title: End-of-Year Annual Report Consultancy (UN Jobs)
Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.
Job Summary: At the end of the five-year implementation cycle, the UNICEF Uganda Country Office (UCO) will work on several strategic reports for its five-year Government of Uganda/UNICEF Country Programme (2021-2025). This includes an internal and external Annual Report for 2025, and a Summative five-year Country Programme Report.
The Internal Annual Report 2025 will analyze key results achieved for children in 2025, with focus on partnerships,analyzing the impact of UNICEF interventions on children; and highlighting lessons learned and challenges faced in 2025. The External Annual Report 2025 will be crafted to address external audiences including donors, partners, government, and private sector. The Summative five-year Report will be a high-level advocacy document capturing the cumulative results achieved for the five years period, major shifts in the situation of children in Uganda as a result of UNICEF programming and advocacy, key achievement from collaborations with stakeholders, with specifically highlighting transformative donor contributions and how flexible funding made a change during the implementation of the five-year Country Programme.
The UNICEF Uganda Country office requires the expertise of an individual with proven storytelling and impact writer’s skills, including good communication, adaptability, and the ability to edit and revise, ensuring the final product is clear, concise, and effective for the intended audience.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Quality Assurance of RAM Narratives
- The individual consultant will review, edit and consolidate the Country Programme Outcome and Output narrative reports as provided by UNICEF Programme and Operations Sections to ensure high level, impact and strategic results are well captured in a compelling narrative. This will involve quality assurance of the information presented (ensuring the narrative speaks to the programme results and targets as set at the beginning of the year), and editing for English grammar, style, and logical flow.
- Internal Country Office Annual Report (COAR):
- The individual consultant will be responsible for consolidating the Country Program Outcome and Output narrative reports as provided by UNICEF Programme and Operations Sections into the 2025 End Year Summary Narrative report. This will involve in dept critical analysis of RAM narratives and deriving from those high impact results, that should be presented into compelling narrative on results for children, in addition to editing for English grammar, style, and logical flow. The assignment will also involve cross-checking and triangulation of information and data to ensure consistency with the previous End Year Summary Narratives of the Country Programme cycle.
- Five Year CPD Thematic Report:
- The consultant will consolidate key elements of the five annual COARs from 2021 to 2025 in to a high-level advocacy document capturing the cumulative results for children achieved for the five years period, highlighting major shifts in the situation of children in Uganda as a result of UNICEF programming and advocacy, key achievement from collaborations with stakeholders, with specifically highlighting transformative donor contributions and how flexible funding made a change during the implementation of the five-year Country Programme. The report will reflect in a compelling story telling manner on each of the six outcomes of the 2021 – 2025 Country Programmes.
- External Annual Report:
- The individual consultant will consolidate and condense the Internal COAR for external audiences. Additional elements will include a foreword, identifying, and editing blurbs from feature stories, and a donor funding overview. This will also require quality assurance for accuracy of the information presented, compiling inputs from various sources, editing and proof reading in line with the UNICEF Style book and brand guidelines.
Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:
- Sharpened End Year Reporting Timeline
- Draft RAM Analytical Statements with comments for section consideration.
- Draft COAR with comments for section consideration
- Final Draft 1 RAM Analytical Statements for each Outcome Areas due to the DRP.
- Draft COAR due to DRP
- Draft 2 RAM Analytical Statements for each Outcome.
- Draft 2 COAR due to DRP
- Final Draft Report
- All Comments on COAR and RAM analytical statements addressed
- Draft External Report for review
- Final External Report incorporating all comments
- Draft Five Year CPD Thematic Report
- Final Five Year CPD Thematic Report
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in mass communication or any related fields
- Advanced University degrees in relevant fields is an added advantage.
PLEASE REFER TO DETAILED TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR) ATTACHED
TMC0001014 External ToR.pdf
How to Apply:
The application to be submitted through the online portal and must contain these separate attachments, as follows:
- A cover letter/ Letter of interest (max 2 pages) explaining the motivation for applying and explaining how the qualifications and skillset of the candidate are suitable for this position.
- An updated CV demonstrating all requirements stated in the ToR.
- A Technical Proposal outlining a road map for review and implementation timeline.
- A Financial Proposal outlining the total costs for this consultancy with payment linked to the deliverables outlined above. The financial proposal should indicate an all-inclusive lump sum fee composed of consultancy fees. TMC0001014 FINANCIAL PROPOSAL.docx
Important Note: Please do not indicate financials anywhere else in the online application form, please mark “n/a or 00”, under the fee related questions in the online application form.
Deadline: 27th November 2025
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: no experience required