National Consultant - Strengthen Programme-Based Budgeting with Hyperion Budget Tagging

About the role

UNICEF is recruiting a National Consultant to support the National Treasury Budget Department in Nairobi for a 7-month consultancy. The work covers strengthening programme-based budgeting by completing an automated Hyperion budget costing model, integrating children and disability budget tagging into IFMIS and ePROMIS, and building the capacity of government officials to use these tools.

Key responsibilities

• Complete the automated Hyperion budget costing model.
• Integrate the children and disability budget tagging manual into IFMIS and ePROMIS as an automated tool, enabling tracking of ODA programmes with 15% disability objectives.
• Build the capacity of National Treasury and line ministry officials (Social Protection, Children Services, Health, Education, Labour and Youth) to apply the Hyperion costing model and use children and disability tagging, tracking and reporting in IFMIS.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, ICT, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Public Finance, Finance, Public Policy, Planning or a related quantitative field.
• At least 5 years of experience on public finance management automated systems and 5 years of hands-on experience in Government Budget and IFMIS reforms.
• Experience supporting Ministries of Finance and sector ministries on planning and budgeting, and evidence of engagement with the National Treasury of Kenya.
• Hands-on experience in budget coding and tagging, developing budget manuals, and training government officers on budgeting systems.
• Fluency in English; knowledge of a local language such as Kiswahili is an asset.

Required skills

• Depth of ICT knowledge supporting public budgeting systems.
• Strong understanding of public finance management, budgeting, planning and expenditure management.
• Desirable: experience in government digital transformation and familiarity with Kenya's budget formulation, execution and reporting frameworks, including IFMIS.

Candidates apply through the UNICEF online recruitment portal with an up-to-date profile, CV, cover letter and a financial proposal in the provided template. The advert was published on 5 November 2026 and closes on 22 November 2026.