The Legal Affairs Specialist will give recommendations and advice on a wide range of organizational activities and interests, and concern, among other things, the interaction of UNICEF with governments and other key partners as well as on strategic initiatives across UNICEF. This support helps UNICEF to take advantage of opportunities as well as safeguard the organization from risk. The Legal Team aims to identify and mitigate exposure to potential liability and financial loss, to safeguard the ability of the organization to be accountable to its stakeholders, and to preserve credibility as well as funding from member states and other donors, both public and private.
UNICEF Lesotho Country Office is looking for ais looking for a motivated and results-oriented Health and Gender Specialist to support the implementation of gender-responsive programmes in the context of Primary Health Care using Immunization and Adolescent Health as an entry point. The incumbent will develop, implement, and monitor the programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The UNICEF Somalia Country Office requires support in areas related to accountability in formulation, coordination, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of its health programme.
Under the guidance of the supervisor, support the health section to ensure effective, equitable, and efficient program delivery. This includes support to field offices, developing workplans, and ensuring compliance with donor guidelines. Strengthen monitoring and assessment approaches to prevent aid diversion, ensuring programmatic visits and risk assessments are conducted. Enhance systems to manage capacity injection, including data analysis, monitoring, and verification in line with donor conditionalities. Provide support for programme cycle planning and monitoring, integrating systematic approaches for accountability and communication of results. Offer technical support and capacity building to teams and government partners, fostering knowledge exchange and innovation. Collaborate with internal and external partners to streamline mechanisms for effective management of capacity injection to the health sector, ensuring alignment with donor requirements and maintaining sound internal controls.
To support the Ministry of Health, Eritrea, and partners in conducting a comprehensive Cold Chain Equipment (CCE) inventory using WHO Inventory Gap Analysis (IGA) tools. The aim is to determine the storage capacity required per health facility and district based on target populations, assess current equipment for obsolescence, and develop a replacement and expansion plan for cold chain capacity, accommodating new vaccines and future immunization campaigns over the next five years.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for committed professionals and experts to adapt, contextualize and rollout the UNICEF’s online SBC+ Regional Capacity Development Programme to a remote and presential hybrid modality, aiming at contributing to build SBC+ sectoral national and subnational systems by strengthening the common understanding, technical knowledge and impact of SBC+, including Behavioural Sciences for social change, Risk Communication and Community Engagement and Accountability to Affected Populations, Faith Engagement for Positive Change, Digital SBC and Social and Gender Norms, among other approaches and solutions, to advance children’s rights and development across Nepal and beyond.
FACILITADORES LOCALES PARA EL PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE ESPACIOS SEGUROS
La presente consultoría para contratar a 3 facilitadores es parte de un proceso de facilitadores que tendrán bajo su supervisión a 39 Espacios Seguros ubicados en 21 cantones del país, el resto de los Espacios Seguros ya cuentan con personal de UNICEF contratado. Por lo cual, el postulante interesado deberá indicar a cuál de las tres regiones está aplicando:
1. Región Norte-Norte: Upala (4), Los Chiles (3) y Guatuso (1): 8 Espacios Seguros en total.
2. Región Norte La Cruz: Cantones La Cruz (2): 2 Espacios Seguros en total.
3. Región Pacifico Sur-Sur: Corredores (2), Golfito (1), Coto Brus (1) y Buenos Aires (2): 6 Espacios Seguros en total.
The purpose of the consultancy is to strengthen national legislative and regulatory measures with an aim to improve school food environments (availability of safe, nutritious food, restriction on marketing and promotion of unhealthy food and beverages, adequate space for physical activity) for better nutrition for school-age children and adolescents.
UNICEF Supply Division (SD) has identified strengthening national vaccine procurement practices as a key component of its approach to supporting Gavi transitioning and other middle-income countries (MICs) in ensuring sustainable access to and timely supply of affordable vaccines. To this end, UNICEF Supply Division has been supporting countries by facilitating such learning via multiple projects, including hosting the annual Vaccine Procurement Forum (VPF) since 2015, and establishing a community of practice in 2016, to further the aims of the VPPEF by initiating the Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN). VPPN, as a virtual community of practice primarily targeting national stakeholders in the vaccine procurement process, aims towards providing a platform for the continuous exchange of theoretical and practical knowledge, joint learning and collaborative problem-solving. Membership in the VPPN has grown over time as a result of a strategy to gradually include interested vaccine procurement practitioners from additional countries, as well as other relevant stakeholders and experts. Closely
connected to these activities is the e-learning course on strategic vaccine procurement, which provides procurement professionals the background and necessary building blocks to develop a strategic vaccine approach. All three activities are part of the overall work VC is working on to support countries to strengthen their vaccine procurement processes, ensuring access to affordable, quality assured vaccines for children. To support this effort, the consultant will support increasing visibility of the key materials for procurement strengthening activities including the VPF, VPPN, and the E-course on strategic vaccine procurement. The consultant will also support increasing visibility of other VC’s key materials such as VC standard slide deck, which is not limited to its procurement strengthening work but covering overall VC’s key activities and updates.
L'UNICEF Burkina Faso est à la recherche d'un professionnel motivé et énergique ayant une grande compétence et expérience en matière de gestion de l'information pour aider à atteindre les objectifs de l' Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement dans le pays. Rejoignez notre équipe et aidez-nous à créer un monde meilleur pour chaque enfant.
UNICEF's Emergency Preparedness Platform (EPP) serves as the central online tool utilized by over 130 offices worldwide. Its primary role is facilitating preparedness planning and monitoring, thus fostering enhanced readiness for emergency response efforts. EPP guides UNICEF offices through a structured and standardized preparedness planning process, encompassing risk analysis, scenario definitions, and identifying necessary actions to prepare for an effective humanitarian response. Building on the successes of previous versions, the EPP 3.0 version aims to enable more efficient and accurate preparedness planning and monitoring, improved preparedness for response, enhanced collaboration and communication among team members, greater flexibility and accessibility for users, and the ability to analyze and utilize data for quick decision making. The Emergency Preparedness Specialist will during 60% of his/her time support EPP 3.0 platform development as Product Owner. He/she will represent RAPS and be accountable for the backlog and for the fluid liaison with ICTD and development teams on a daily/hourly basis. During the remaining 40% of his/her time, the Emergency Preparedness Specialist will support the work of the preparedness unit in ensuring notably the effective implementation of technical assistance related to preparedness in ROs and COs. Spearheading capacity-building initiatives for governments in priority countries, focusing on government preparedness/DRR together with Program Group and ROs will also be a priority working direction for the incumbent of the position.
UNICEF Supply Division (SD) has identified strengthening national vaccine procurement practices as a key component of its approach to supporting Gavi transitioning and other middle-income countries (MICs) in ensuring sustainable access to and timely supply of affordable vaccines. To this end, UNICEF Supply Division has been supporting countries by facilitating such learning via multiple projects, including hosting the annual Vaccine Procurement Forum (VPF) since 2015, and establishing a community of practice in 2016, to further the aims of the VPPEF by initiating the Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN). VPPN, as a virtual community of practice primarily targeting national stakeholders in the vaccine procurement process, aims towards providing a platform for the continuous exchange of theoretical and practical knowledge, joint learning and collaborative problem-solving. The VPPN was migrated to TechNet-21, a large platform co-owned by WHO and UNICEF, which mission is to bring together immunization professionals to build relationships, coordinate activities, share knowledge, and align priorities and goals. The Community of Practice (CoP) Management Consultant will play a leading role in lifting the community of practice off the ground, by initiating, coordinating and fostering peer-to-peer knowledge exchange via South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in close synergy with the TechNet-21 platform.
Under the general guidance of the Chief of Zonal Office of the Central South Zone and technical supervision of the Social Policy Manager, the Social Policy officer is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving (a) public policies to reduce child poverty; (b) social protection coverage and impact on children; (c) the transparency, adequacy, equity and efficiency of child-focused public investments and financial management; and (d) governance, decentralization and accountability measures to increase public participation and the quality, equity and coverage of social services. This encompasses both direct programme work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams working on education, health, child protection, water and sanitation, and HIV.
La presente consultoría tiene como objetivo la coordinación de la implementación de la línea temática de Entornos Libres de Violencia de la iniciativa MUNA y para el desarrollo de contenidos y estrategias de formación dirigidos a operadores del Sistema de Protección Integral de Derechos de la niñez.
As a Health Specialist, you will lead UNICEF’s work of supporting the Government to strengthen PHC. Working under the overall guidance and supervision of the Chief of Health and Nutrition, the Health Specialist is expected to nurture close collaboration with government partners at the national and sub-national level, UN agencies, private sector, academia and development partners. The Health Specialist will also work closely with the UNICEF South Africa colleagues responsible for Health, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and other relevant sections to effectively drive the PHC agenda.
This position offers a unique opportunity for a qualified, motivated and committed individual to make a significant impact on children’s health and nutrition. By excelling professionally, you will contribute to the overall achievement of transformative results for children.
For every child, survival and development.
Under the supervision of the Senior Evaluation Specialist (head of impact evaluation and methods) the Evaluation Specialist (data science) will provide support to organizational efforts in better utilization of AI/machine learning applications in evaluations to improve cost-efficiency of evaluation process and methods. Working collaboratively with the evaluation team in Evaluation office (NYHQ), the incumbent will support evidence generation and use in planned and ongoing global evaluations and impact evaluations, lead replication of tested and effective AI approaches across regions and country office teams.
UNICEF Office of Innovation is looking for dedicated personnel to serve as Health Innovation AI Consultant. This role engages industry partners and stakeholders to scale innovative solutions that prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable children worldwide.
The consultant will be responsible for supporting the health innovation team in coordinating AI for Public Health and Immunization initiative to support the broader Health Innovation vision for programme acceleration and system strengthening.
Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) aims to create a roster of experienced consultants who can support EOF with the design and implementation of its programmes, with a depth of expertise in areas such as basic education, early childhood care and education and skills for employment.
UNICEF Malawi is seeking a highly experienced, proactive, and committed Deputy Representative, Operations at the P-4 level. The Deputy Representative Operations role functions as a strategic Business Partner within the Senior Management team, working closely with the Head of the Office to ensure optimal management of resources, operations, and programmatic activities. As UNICEF Malawi’s Deputy Representative Operations, you will be responsible for application of UNICEF’s global policies and implementing best practices in management and driving innovative approaches to enhance office performance. This role is essential for aligning UNICEF assets with sound management principles and practices, office priorities and goals, all with the ultimate aim of achieving meaningful and lasting results for children in Malawi.
This Long-Term Agreement (LTA) aims to provide Giga with ongoing strategic advisory services focused on the economics and regulation of undersea cable infrastructure. The consultant will support Giga’s mission to connect schools globally, especially in regions where undersea cables are critical to expanding connectivity.
The Legal Affairs Specialist will give recommendations and advice on a wide range of organizational activities and interests, and concern, among other things, the interaction of UNICEF with governments and other key partners as well as on strategic initiatives across UNICEF. This support helps UNICEF to take advantage of opportunities as well as safeguard the organization from risk. The Legal Team aims to identify and mitigate exposure to potential liability and financial loss, to safeguard the ability of the organization to be accountable to its stakeholders, and to preserve credibility as well as funding from member states and other donors, both public and private.
UNICEF Lesotho Country Office is looking for ais looking for a motivated and results-oriented Health and Gender Specialist to support the implementation of gender-responsive programmes in the context of Primary Health Care using Immunization and Adolescent Health as an entry point. The incumbent will develop, implement, and monitor the programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The UNICEF Somalia Country Office requires support in areas related to accountability in formulation, coordination, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of its health programme.
Under the guidance of the supervisor, support the health section to ensure effective, equitable, and efficient program delivery. This includes support to field offices, developing workplans, and ensuring compliance with donor guidelines. Strengthen monitoring and assessment approaches to prevent aid diversion, ensuring programmatic visits and risk assessments are conducted. Enhance systems to manage capacity injection, including data analysis, monitoring, and verification in line with donor conditionalities. Provide support for programme cycle planning and monitoring, integrating systematic approaches for accountability and communication of results. Offer technical support and capacity building to teams and government partners, fostering knowledge exchange and innovation. Collaborate with internal and external partners to streamline mechanisms for effective management of capacity injection to the health sector, ensuring alignment with donor requirements and maintaining sound internal controls.
To support the Ministry of Health, Eritrea, and partners in conducting a comprehensive Cold Chain Equipment (CCE) inventory using WHO Inventory Gap Analysis (IGA) tools. The aim is to determine the storage capacity required per health facility and district based on target populations, assess current equipment for obsolescence, and develop a replacement and expansion plan for cold chain capacity, accommodating new vaccines and future immunization campaigns over the next five years.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for committed professionals and experts to adapt, contextualize and rollout the UNICEF’s online SBC+ Regional Capacity Development Programme to a remote and presential hybrid modality, aiming at contributing to build SBC+ sectoral national and subnational systems by strengthening the common understanding, technical knowledge and impact of SBC+, including Behavioural Sciences for social change, Risk Communication and Community Engagement and Accountability to Affected Populations, Faith Engagement for Positive Change, Digital SBC and Social and Gender Norms, among other approaches and solutions, to advance children’s rights and development across Nepal and beyond.
FACILITADORES LOCALES PARA EL PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE ESPACIOS SEGUROS
La presente consultoría para contratar a 3 facilitadores es parte de un proceso de facilitadores que tendrán bajo su supervisión a 39 Espacios Seguros ubicados en 21 cantones del país, el resto de los Espacios Seguros ya cuentan con personal de UNICEF contratado. Por lo cual, el postulante interesado deberá indicar a cuál de las tres regiones está aplicando:
1. Región Norte-Norte: Upala (4), Los Chiles (3) y Guatuso (1): 8 Espacios Seguros en total.
2. Región Norte La Cruz: Cantones La Cruz (2): 2 Espacios Seguros en total.
3. Región Pacifico Sur-Sur: Corredores (2), Golfito (1), Coto Brus (1) y Buenos Aires (2): 6 Espacios Seguros en total.
The purpose of the consultancy is to strengthen national legislative and regulatory measures with an aim to improve school food environments (availability of safe, nutritious food, restriction on marketing and promotion of unhealthy food and beverages, adequate space for physical activity) for better nutrition for school-age children and adolescents.
UNICEF Supply Division (SD) has identified strengthening national vaccine procurement practices as a key component of its approach to supporting Gavi transitioning and other middle-income countries (MICs) in ensuring sustainable access to and timely supply of affordable vaccines. To this end, UNICEF Supply Division has been supporting countries by facilitating such learning via multiple projects, including hosting the annual Vaccine Procurement Forum (VPF) since 2015, and establishing a community of practice in 2016, to further the aims of the VPPEF by initiating the Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN). VPPN, as a virtual community of practice primarily targeting national stakeholders in the vaccine procurement process, aims towards providing a platform for the continuous exchange of theoretical and practical knowledge, joint learning and collaborative problem-solving. Membership in the VPPN has grown over time as a result of a strategy to gradually include interested vaccine procurement practitioners from additional countries, as well as other relevant stakeholders and experts. Closely
connected to these activities is the e-learning course on strategic vaccine procurement, which provides procurement professionals the background and necessary building blocks to develop a strategic vaccine approach. All three activities are part of the overall work VC is working on to support countries to strengthen their vaccine procurement processes, ensuring access to affordable, quality assured vaccines for children. To support this effort, the consultant will support increasing visibility of the key materials for procurement strengthening activities including the VPF, VPPN, and the E-course on strategic vaccine procurement. The consultant will also support increasing visibility of other VC’s key materials such as VC standard slide deck, which is not limited to its procurement strengthening work but covering overall VC’s key activities and updates.
L'UNICEF Burkina Faso est à la recherche d'un professionnel motivé et énergique ayant une grande compétence et expérience en matière de gestion de l'information pour aider à atteindre les objectifs de l' Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement dans le pays. Rejoignez notre équipe et aidez-nous à créer un monde meilleur pour chaque enfant.
UNICEF's Emergency Preparedness Platform (EPP) serves as the central online tool utilized by over 130 offices worldwide. Its primary role is facilitating preparedness planning and monitoring, thus fostering enhanced readiness for emergency response efforts. EPP guides UNICEF offices through a structured and standardized preparedness planning process, encompassing risk analysis, scenario definitions, and identifying necessary actions to prepare for an effective humanitarian response. Building on the successes of previous versions, the EPP 3.0 version aims to enable more efficient and accurate preparedness planning and monitoring, improved preparedness for response, enhanced collaboration and communication among team members, greater flexibility and accessibility for users, and the ability to analyze and utilize data for quick decision making. The Emergency Preparedness Specialist will during 60% of his/her time support EPP 3.0 platform development as Product Owner. He/she will represent RAPS and be accountable for the backlog and for the fluid liaison with ICTD and development teams on a daily/hourly basis. During the remaining 40% of his/her time, the Emergency Preparedness Specialist will support the work of the preparedness unit in ensuring notably the effective implementation of technical assistance related to preparedness in ROs and COs. Spearheading capacity-building initiatives for governments in priority countries, focusing on government preparedness/DRR together with Program Group and ROs will also be a priority working direction for the incumbent of the position.
UNICEF Supply Division (SD) has identified strengthening national vaccine procurement practices as a key component of its approach to supporting Gavi transitioning and other middle-income countries (MICs) in ensuring sustainable access to and timely supply of affordable vaccines. To this end, UNICEF Supply Division has been supporting countries by facilitating such learning via multiple projects, including hosting the annual Vaccine Procurement Forum (VPF) since 2015, and establishing a community of practice in 2016, to further the aims of the VPPEF by initiating the Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN). VPPN, as a virtual community of practice primarily targeting national stakeholders in the vaccine procurement process, aims towards providing a platform for the continuous exchange of theoretical and practical knowledge, joint learning and collaborative problem-solving. The VPPN was migrated to TechNet-21, a large platform co-owned by WHO and UNICEF, which mission is to bring together immunization professionals to build relationships, coordinate activities, share knowledge, and align priorities and goals. The Community of Practice (CoP) Management Consultant will play a leading role in lifting the community of practice off the ground, by initiating, coordinating and fostering peer-to-peer knowledge exchange via South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in close synergy with the TechNet-21 platform.
Under the general guidance of the Chief of Zonal Office of the Central South Zone and technical supervision of the Social Policy Manager, the Social Policy officer is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving (a) public policies to reduce child poverty; (b) social protection coverage and impact on children; (c) the transparency, adequacy, equity and efficiency of child-focused public investments and financial management; and (d) governance, decentralization and accountability measures to increase public participation and the quality, equity and coverage of social services. This encompasses both direct programme work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams working on education, health, child protection, water and sanitation, and HIV.
La presente consultoría tiene como objetivo la coordinación de la implementación de la línea temática de Entornos Libres de Violencia de la iniciativa MUNA y para el desarrollo de contenidos y estrategias de formación dirigidos a operadores del Sistema de Protección Integral de Derechos de la niñez.
As a Health Specialist, you will lead UNICEF’s work of supporting the Government to strengthen PHC. Working under the overall guidance and supervision of the Chief of Health and Nutrition, the Health Specialist is expected to nurture close collaboration with government partners at the national and sub-national level, UN agencies, private sector, academia and development partners. The Health Specialist will also work closely with the UNICEF South Africa colleagues responsible for Health, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and other relevant sections to effectively drive the PHC agenda.
This position offers a unique opportunity for a qualified, motivated and committed individual to make a significant impact on children’s health and nutrition. By excelling professionally, you will contribute to the overall achievement of transformative results for children.
For every child, survival and development.
Under the supervision of the Senior Evaluation Specialist (head of impact evaluation and methods) the Evaluation Specialist (data science) will provide support to organizational efforts in better utilization of AI/machine learning applications in evaluations to improve cost-efficiency of evaluation process and methods. Working collaboratively with the evaluation team in Evaluation office (NYHQ), the incumbent will support evidence generation and use in planned and ongoing global evaluations and impact evaluations, lead replication of tested and effective AI approaches across regions and country office teams.
UNICEF Office of Innovation is looking for dedicated personnel to serve as Health Innovation AI Consultant. This role engages industry partners and stakeholders to scale innovative solutions that prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable children worldwide.
The consultant will be responsible for supporting the health innovation team in coordinating AI for Public Health and Immunization initiative to support the broader Health Innovation vision for programme acceleration and system strengthening.
Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) aims to create a roster of experienced consultants who can support EOF with the design and implementation of its programmes, with a depth of expertise in areas such as basic education, early childhood care and education and skills for employment.
UNICEF Malawi is seeking a highly experienced, proactive, and committed Deputy Representative, Operations at the P-4 level. The Deputy Representative Operations role functions as a strategic Business Partner within the Senior Management team, working closely with the Head of the Office to ensure optimal management of resources, operations, and programmatic activities. As UNICEF Malawi’s Deputy Representative Operations, you will be responsible for application of UNICEF’s global policies and implementing best practices in management and driving innovative approaches to enhance office performance. This role is essential for aligning UNICEF assets with sound management principles and practices, office priorities and goals, all with the ultimate aim of achieving meaningful and lasting results for children in Malawi.
This Long-Term Agreement (LTA) aims to provide Giga with ongoing strategic advisory services focused on the economics and regulation of undersea cable infrastructure. The consultant will support Giga’s mission to connect schools globally, especially in regions where undersea cables are critical to expanding connectivity.
