This formative assessment aims to provide a situation analysis of the current landscape of green skills development in Sri Lanka, identifying existing opportunities, gaps, and systemic enablers. It seeks to inform UNICEF's strategic positioning in this emerging area by offering actionable recommendations for future programming and advocacy.
The assessment will evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of two UNICEF-supported interventions closely related to green skills, as well as their alignment with national priorities and global frameworks. Furthermore, where feasible, it will analyze these interventions against the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria, focusing on performance, lessons learned, and potential contributions to advancing sustainable, inclusive development.
By adopting a forward-looking approach, this exercise aims to strengthen UNICEF’s contribution to equipping young people with green skills and enhancing their capacity to thrive in a greener economy.
Afghanistan Country Office is seeking an experienced Supply and Logistics officer responsible for providing technical and operational support as per the Country Office (CO) set-up and is responsible for managing the supply chains of a small-sized country office, or elements of the supply chains of a larger supply operation. The supply chain operations include planning, procurement, contracting, customs clearance, warehousing, in-country transport and distribution, as well as monitoring of supplies, services, and construction works.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for a national consultant to support implementation of work under the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) System Capacity Grant Part 1, for which UNICEF was appointed as Grant Agent. UNICEF works closely with the co-chairs of the Local Education Group (LEG), the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE/Kemendikdasmen) and Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA), and with the two Co-Coordinating Agencies: Pusat Studi Pendidikan dan Kebijakan (PSPK) and Plan International. The national consultant will support UNICEF in key responsibilities to convene the Local Education Group (LEG) meetings at least once a quarter, and facilitate ad hoc meetings as needed, to ensure that activities are implemented according to agreed timelines and quality standards expected for the GPE System Capacity Grant, draft progress reports, and support preparations for the System Capacity Grant Part 2, for which UNICEF was recently appointed as the Grant Agent. The consultant will also help ensure that the objectives of the LEG co-chairs to strengthen participation, collaboration and coordination among education sector stakeholders in Indonesia, is carried out efficiently and effectively. This consultancy aims to start on 1 February until 31 December 2025 (for Indonesians only).
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Yemen Country Office seeks a dedicated, experienced, highly motivated, and proactive candidate for the post of Budget Specialist, P3, FT, at our out-post office in Amman Jordan.
Under the general guidance of the Deputy Representative and the Partnerships Manager, you will perform a variety of specialized tasks in support of the preparation, planning, monitoring, and control of the budget involving multiple sources of funds. The role will play a key connecting role to effective contribution management in collaboration with the Partnerships unit. It also provides key support to the office in supervising budgetary monitoring, compliance with donor and internal UNICEF rules and regulations and other key functions as required.
The Administrative Specialist (Technical Support)- Field Support Unit, is responsible for supporting field offices and regional offices in the areas of office and residential leasing, etc.
The Knowledge Management (KM) Specialist is integral to Polio Eradication efforts and is tasked with identifying, managing, capturing, and sharing critical information to advance not only SBC practices but to enhance overall program effectiveness. This role is essential for meeting the knowledge needs of the Polio Eradication Team across all levels of UNICEF, ensuring strategies are in sync with UNICEF’s global Knowledge Management strategies.
The Specialist will be accountable for enriching UNICEF's KM approach, Implementing and improving the Polio KM strategy, leveraging new tools and methodologies, and fostering a collaborative learning environment that supports the global objective of polio eradication.
UNICEF Greece Country Office is looking for a Senior Project Associate, who under the supervision and guidance of the Head of Child Protection / Child Protection Specialist of the UNICEF Greece Country Office, will support the Child Protection Section by carrying out a range of programme functions to help develop, implement and monitor the country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The Senior Project Associate will work in close collaboration with a range of staff in the CO, external partners and agency counterparts in support of child protection programme design and delivery, as well as provide regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and will advise on improvements to keep activities on track.
The UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office is looking for a Regional Chief of Programme & Planning to provide programme related technical leadership, management advice, and support throughout the region and is responsible for the oversight, quality assurance, technical assistance and capacity building for country programmes’ design, planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting in the West and Central Africa Region
The incumbent will contribute to enhance UNICEF's capacity for data-driven decision-making in polio outbreak response areas, ensuring timely and accurate data analysis to support Outbreak Response and Preparedness Group, SBC, and VM strategies.
This position will focus on providing technical guidance and support to the Outbreak team in developing data collection tools, addressing data quality challenges, and establishing standardized data systems. Additionally, the position will utilize advanced data analysis methods to extract meaningful insights from polio outbreak data, develop interactive dashboards, and translate data-driven insights into actionable recommendations. Furthermore, they will facilitate data sharing and collaboration with partners, support reporting systems, and contribute to knowledge management efforts.
The Driver, at the G-2 level, provides reliable and safe driving services, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The Driver demonstrates a client-oriented approach, high sense of responsibility, courtesy, tact and the ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
This position is only open for national candidates.
The Regional Chief of Supply facilitates the provision of technical assistance to country offices and provides technical advice, oversight and guidance on application of supply chain management processes and procedures and best practices to country offices in MENA through direct support and capacity building.
The Driver, at the G-2 level, provides reliable and safe driving services, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The Driver demonstrates a client-oriented approach, high sense of responsibility, courtesy, tact and the ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a National Consultant to identify legal barriers for foreigners' (non-citizen) children access to health care services in the Republic of Moldova.
Under the guidance of the Regional Chief of Programme and Planning, in coordination with the Deputy Regional Director, the Budget Officer contributes is responsible for budget management, including monitoring and financial reporting, with a focus on programmes, including the Emergency section. The post will also provide Secretariat support to the LACRO Budget Advisory Group, jointly with the Budget Officer from Operations.
The Nutrition Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the nutrition programmes and projects. The incumbent applies theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing, and presenting technical programme information to support the development and formulation of the Nutrition Programme within the Country Programme, while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures.
¡Únete a nuestro equipo como consultor/a!
El objetivo de esta consultoría es apoyar al programa de Protección a la Infancia en la redacción de las propuestas de iniciativas de reforma o ley.
Si te interesa y tienes la experiencia solicitada, ¡aplica hoy!
The UNICEF Evaluation Office is seeking a seasoned Operations Specialist to join its strategic planning and operations team. In this role, the Operations Specialist will deliver solution-oriented analysis, advice, and services to optimize the management of operations and administrative processes. Key responsibilities include providing policy guidance, ensuring adherence to organizational procedures, and collaborating with management to enhance the efficiency of the evaluation function. If you are a skilled professional with a strong track record in driving organizational initiatives across various operations management areas, including budgeting, financial management, reporting, administration, and human resources, we invite you to apply.
The UNICEF Evaluation Office is committed to building and fostering a diverse, inclusive, and dynamic work environment, free from discrimination of any kind, in which every team member is valued and respected for her/his skills, competencies, knowledge, experience and values. Qualified candidates from UNICEF programme countries are particularly encouraged to apply, as are candidates with disabilities.
Under the guidance of the Senior Adviser Resource Mobilization, The Finance Manager is responsible for implementing a robust financial strategy for managing the finances of UNICEF’s polio eradication programme, including assessing the financial requirements of the programme, ensuring all approved activities are funded and developing and implementing strategies to improve monitoring and oversight. The Finance Manager ensures that funding proposals are consistent with programme strategies and budgetary ceilings. This staff member also represents UNICEF in several GPEI working groups, serves as Co-Chair of the Financial Management Group with WHO and leads on reporting on financial matters to GPEI senior management. The Finance Manager acts as a liaison between the Polio Programme and the Division of Financial and Administrative Management for all financial and budgetary elements of the Polio Eradication Programme. The Finance Manager also oversees preparation of the GPEI and UNICEF quarterly expenditure reporting as well as financial gaps analysis, building on the GPEI and UNICEF resource mobilization strategy. The post also provides support to regional and country offices for in-country resource mobilization efforts both with private and public sector donors.
This formative assessment aims to provide a situation analysis of the current landscape of green skills development in Sri Lanka, identifying existing opportunities, gaps, and systemic enablers. It seeks to inform UNICEF's strategic positioning in this emerging area by offering actionable recommendations for future programming and advocacy.
The assessment will evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of two UNICEF-supported interventions closely related to green skills, as well as their alignment with national priorities and global frameworks. Furthermore, where feasible, it will analyze these interventions against the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria, focusing on performance, lessons learned, and potential contributions to advancing sustainable, inclusive development.
By adopting a forward-looking approach, this exercise aims to strengthen UNICEF’s contribution to equipping young people with green skills and enhancing their capacity to thrive in a greener economy.
Afghanistan Country Office is seeking an experienced Supply and Logistics officer responsible for providing technical and operational support as per the Country Office (CO) set-up and is responsible for managing the supply chains of a small-sized country office, or elements of the supply chains of a larger supply operation. The supply chain operations include planning, procurement, contracting, customs clearance, warehousing, in-country transport and distribution, as well as monitoring of supplies, services, and construction works.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for a national consultant to support implementation of work under the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) System Capacity Grant Part 1, for which UNICEF was appointed as Grant Agent. UNICEF works closely with the co-chairs of the Local Education Group (LEG), the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE/Kemendikdasmen) and Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA), and with the two Co-Coordinating Agencies: Pusat Studi Pendidikan dan Kebijakan (PSPK) and Plan International. The national consultant will support UNICEF in key responsibilities to convene the Local Education Group (LEG) meetings at least once a quarter, and facilitate ad hoc meetings as needed, to ensure that activities are implemented according to agreed timelines and quality standards expected for the GPE System Capacity Grant, draft progress reports, and support preparations for the System Capacity Grant Part 2, for which UNICEF was recently appointed as the Grant Agent. The consultant will also help ensure that the objectives of the LEG co-chairs to strengthen participation, collaboration and coordination among education sector stakeholders in Indonesia, is carried out efficiently and effectively. This consultancy aims to start on 1 February until 31 December 2025 (for Indonesians only).
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Yemen Country Office seeks a dedicated, experienced, highly motivated, and proactive candidate for the post of Budget Specialist, P3, FT, at our out-post office in Amman Jordan.
Under the general guidance of the Deputy Representative and the Partnerships Manager, you will perform a variety of specialized tasks in support of the preparation, planning, monitoring, and control of the budget involving multiple sources of funds. The role will play a key connecting role to effective contribution management in collaboration with the Partnerships unit. It also provides key support to the office in supervising budgetary monitoring, compliance with donor and internal UNICEF rules and regulations and other key functions as required.
The Administrative Specialist (Technical Support)- Field Support Unit, is responsible for supporting field offices and regional offices in the areas of office and residential leasing, etc.
The Knowledge Management (KM) Specialist is integral to Polio Eradication efforts and is tasked with identifying, managing, capturing, and sharing critical information to advance not only SBC practices but to enhance overall program effectiveness. This role is essential for meeting the knowledge needs of the Polio Eradication Team across all levels of UNICEF, ensuring strategies are in sync with UNICEF’s global Knowledge Management strategies.
The Specialist will be accountable for enriching UNICEF's KM approach, Implementing and improving the Polio KM strategy, leveraging new tools and methodologies, and fostering a collaborative learning environment that supports the global objective of polio eradication.
UNICEF Greece Country Office is looking for a Senior Project Associate, who under the supervision and guidance of the Head of Child Protection / Child Protection Specialist of the UNICEF Greece Country Office, will support the Child Protection Section by carrying out a range of programme functions to help develop, implement and monitor the country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The Senior Project Associate will work in close collaboration with a range of staff in the CO, external partners and agency counterparts in support of child protection programme design and delivery, as well as provide regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and will advise on improvements to keep activities on track.
The UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office is looking for a Regional Chief of Programme & Planning to provide programme related technical leadership, management advice, and support throughout the region and is responsible for the oversight, quality assurance, technical assistance and capacity building for country programmes’ design, planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting in the West and Central Africa Region
The incumbent will contribute to enhance UNICEF's capacity for data-driven decision-making in polio outbreak response areas, ensuring timely and accurate data analysis to support Outbreak Response and Preparedness Group, SBC, and VM strategies.
This position will focus on providing technical guidance and support to the Outbreak team in developing data collection tools, addressing data quality challenges, and establishing standardized data systems. Additionally, the position will utilize advanced data analysis methods to extract meaningful insights from polio outbreak data, develop interactive dashboards, and translate data-driven insights into actionable recommendations. Furthermore, they will facilitate data sharing and collaboration with partners, support reporting systems, and contribute to knowledge management efforts.
The Driver, at the G-2 level, provides reliable and safe driving services, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The Driver demonstrates a client-oriented approach, high sense of responsibility, courtesy, tact and the ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
This position is only open for national candidates.
The Regional Chief of Supply facilitates the provision of technical assistance to country offices and provides technical advice, oversight and guidance on application of supply chain management processes and procedures and best practices to country offices in MENA through direct support and capacity building.
The Driver, at the G-2 level, provides reliable and safe driving services, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The Driver demonstrates a client-oriented approach, high sense of responsibility, courtesy, tact and the ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a National Consultant to identify legal barriers for foreigners' (non-citizen) children access to health care services in the Republic of Moldova.
Under the guidance of the Regional Chief of Programme and Planning, in coordination with the Deputy Regional Director, the Budget Officer contributes is responsible for budget management, including monitoring and financial reporting, with a focus on programmes, including the Emergency section. The post will also provide Secretariat support to the LACRO Budget Advisory Group, jointly with the Budget Officer from Operations.
The Nutrition Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the nutrition programmes and projects. The incumbent applies theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing, and presenting technical programme information to support the development and formulation of the Nutrition Programme within the Country Programme, while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures.
¡Únete a nuestro equipo como consultor/a!
El objetivo de esta consultoría es apoyar al programa de Protección a la Infancia en la redacción de las propuestas de iniciativas de reforma o ley.
Si te interesa y tienes la experiencia solicitada, ¡aplica hoy!
The UNICEF Evaluation Office is seeking a seasoned Operations Specialist to join its strategic planning and operations team. In this role, the Operations Specialist will deliver solution-oriented analysis, advice, and services to optimize the management of operations and administrative processes. Key responsibilities include providing policy guidance, ensuring adherence to organizational procedures, and collaborating with management to enhance the efficiency of the evaluation function. If you are a skilled professional with a strong track record in driving organizational initiatives across various operations management areas, including budgeting, financial management, reporting, administration, and human resources, we invite you to apply.
The UNICEF Evaluation Office is committed to building and fostering a diverse, inclusive, and dynamic work environment, free from discrimination of any kind, in which every team member is valued and respected for her/his skills, competencies, knowledge, experience and values. Qualified candidates from UNICEF programme countries are particularly encouraged to apply, as are candidates with disabilities.
Under the guidance of the Senior Adviser Resource Mobilization, The Finance Manager is responsible for implementing a robust financial strategy for managing the finances of UNICEF’s polio eradication programme, including assessing the financial requirements of the programme, ensuring all approved activities are funded and developing and implementing strategies to improve monitoring and oversight. The Finance Manager ensures that funding proposals are consistent with programme strategies and budgetary ceilings. This staff member also represents UNICEF in several GPEI working groups, serves as Co-Chair of the Financial Management Group with WHO and leads on reporting on financial matters to GPEI senior management. The Finance Manager acts as a liaison between the Polio Programme and the Division of Financial and Administrative Management for all financial and budgetary elements of the Polio Eradication Programme. The Finance Manager also oversees preparation of the GPEI and UNICEF quarterly expenditure reporting as well as financial gaps analysis, building on the GPEI and UNICEF resource mobilization strategy. The post also provides support to regional and country offices for in-country resource mobilization efforts both with private and public sector donors.
