Innovative Finance / Monitoring Consultant
United Nations Children's Fund
- Location:
- Panama City, Panama
- Grade:
- Consultancy
- Category:
- Professional Staff
- Remote:
- Yes
Posted Jun 16, 2026Apply by Jun 28, 2026 (1d left)
The consultant will provide technical and operational implementation support for the Banco Futuro Initiative throughout 2026, working closely with country teams and regional leads to support due diligence, KPI selection, monitoring, reporting, and verification activities. The role includes coordination, documentation, and technical inputs for investor-facing reporting.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical and monitoring implementation support for the Banco Futuro Initiative.
- Support application of Child Lens Investing Framework due diligence and project readiness review.
- Develop monitoring frameworks and select key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Design monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) pathways, data quality review, and gap closure plans.
- Support country office implementation and coordination.
- Prepare project recommendation notes and generate technical inputs for CAF and investor-facing reporting.
- Coordinate inputs, maintain project documentation, and translate regional guidance into practical tools and country-level deliverables.
Requirements
- Advanced (Master's) university degree in social studies, international development, finance, economics, public policy, statistics, project management, or related field. A first university degree with additional two years' relevant work experience could be accepted.
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in project management, data analysis, results-based monitoring, finance for development, innovative finance.
- Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects across international organizations, governments, academia, or civil society.
- Proficiency in English and Spanish required.
- Experience in Latin America and the Caribbean is highly desirable.
- Skills in innovative finance, development finance, monitoring frameworks, work with International Financial institutions.
Skills
- Project Management
- Data Analysis
- Results-Based Monitoring & Evaluation
- Finance for Development
- Innovative Financing
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Monitoring Frameworks
- Due Diligence
- KPI Selection
- Reporting and Verification
- Investor Reporting
- Development Finance
- Work with International Financial Institutions
- Technical Implementation Support
Languages
English, Spanish