UNICEF Pacific seeks to contract three evaluators/consultants with appropriate skills, expertise and capacities, to work as a team to conduct a formative evaluation of UNICEF VII pooled procurement mechanism in Pacific region countries. The evaluation will assess whether the VII pooled procurement mechanism is achieving the intended cohesiveness, efficiencies, and complementarities within UNICEF Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs), and whether all efforts are positioned to advance the goal for every child to survive and thrive, with access to nutritious diets, quality health care, nurturing practices and essential supplies. The consultancy is for 140 working days divided between the three consultants, spread over a 5-month period. Contracts will be issued on an individual basis.
In response to these challenges, UNICEF is undertaking a research program aimed at contributing to policy discussions and the development of actionable responses to better protect children’s rights in the context of the debt crisis in lower and lower-middle income countries. This research seeks to (i) assess and articulate the impacts of the current debt situation on children and (ii) explore policy approaches to debt management and restructuring that prioritize child outcomes and the long-term benefits of investing in human capital.
To support this work UNICEF is seeking a subject matter expert to develop a background paper as a foundation of a chapter for a final book to investigate the role of IMF social safeguarding approaches in protecting and promoting child development.
A consultant is required to carry out two strands of work. Firstly, to assess the level at which Child Protection has been integrated in other sectors, identify the positives (including a synopsis of achievements), gaps and challenges coming out of the integration. Secondly, conduct verification of a minimum of 50 completed Child Protection Case Management booklets (750 in total) and the harmonized CPIMS forms in selected districts. The consultant will be required to offer capacity development for Government and NGO partners on any gaps identified during the exercise.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
The MICS team is seeking additional support for a Project Manager/Business Analyst expert who will oversee and lead the technical project management, requirement analysis, planning, design, monitoring & control, project reporting, and project communications among the UNICEF HQ Data Collection Unit staff, the external vendors that will be working on the enhancement features of the website and the development of MICS Tabulator, the partners at the University of Minnesota IPUMS team that is responsible for MICS data harmonization, and UNICEF ICTD, BRM, and Technology Architecture and Operations (TAO). Under the DCU Statistics and Monitoring Manager's supervision, the consultant will deliver and coordinate the above-listed tasks
Under direct supervision of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist and in cooperation with all relevant UNICEF sections (Child Protection, Communications and Partnerships) the Consultant will provide high quality support in designing and implementing UNICEF program activities related to ECI, DI, inclusive nutrition, and support for parents of young children with disabilities. The Purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support in design and implementation of programme activities of ECD and Child protection programs of UNICEF Belarus.
The Young People Team of the UNICEF Thailand Country Office is seeking a qualified consultant to conduct a feasibility assessment of the pilot project for the future institutionalisation and scale up of integrated services for youth Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) situations, with the goal of facilitating its nationwide scale-up and supporting its adoption as a national policy instrument by the relevant Government authorities.
UNICEF Thailand Country Office is looking to strengthen our programme implementation on parenting of children in the early years. In addition, UNICEF WHO Thailand, and other partners aim to advocate, advocate for the increase investment for the government to improve access for parenting programmes, as well as to mobilize the multi-sectoral stakeholders to jointly agree upon and support the development of a strategic framework for parenting in Thailand. To support this effort, the ECD/Education Team of UNICEF is seeking a qualified consultant to provide technical support with UNICEF’s programme implementation to support parenting for young children and for UNICEF and partners’ effort to advocate the universal expansion of quality parenting programme for young children.
With the overall organizational refocus to become more agile, lean and fit for purpose structure the office has announced the consultant position that will advance the office efforts to deliver impactful results in Partnerships and Operations. The position will focus on enhancing the donor engagement activities to advance fundraising which is crucial for the office efforts to self-sustain its operations. Additionally, the candidate will support Operational tasks to complement fundraising and advocacy campaign projects.
ECW is looking for a senior consultant to carry out the hosting review. This will serve as the most cost-effective and time-efficient approach in view of the comprehensive and forward-looking hosting review conducted by Mokoro in 2018.
UNICEF Country Office in Croatia is looking for Face-to-Face (F2F) Fundraiser for the direct recruitment of pledge donors during all of 2025. Fundraising activities will be conducted in Zagreb and Rijeka as well as in cities across the country with mobile teams. To reach our fundraising targets, a team of 35 - 50 Fundraisers is required continuously.
UNICEF Timor-Leste seeking for a national consultant to support the costing of the RMNCAH (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health) Strategy
UNICEF Montenegro is looking for a National Individual Consultant to collect data on adaptation of Caring Families for Young children programme.
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates from diverse populations, including but not limited to people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative - Programmes and in close collaboration with the Chief PME, the consultant will support the planning and development process consisting of – i) programme strategizing and ii) and development and finalization of all CPD-related documents.
This consultancy will therefore be expected to engage with each sector to ensure new priorities, new data and evidence, programme repositioning, and shifts are adequately captured in the new Programme Rationale, which should also benefit from line-ministry consultation and involvement (to be facilitated by the Programme Section Chiefs).
The services of an experienced and qualified consultant are expected to facilitate processes of strategic reflections, prioritization, development of theories of change, articulation of programme rationale and structure, consultation with relevant stakeholders, and drafting of the next country programme document and its annexes.
UNICEF Ethiopia is looking for three (3) Construction Engineers based in Addis Ababa, Mekelle, and Semera who will be responsible for monitoring all assigned construction activities at the Field offices (School infrastructures, Health Center, and other program and operations-related construction projects) and providing technical support on managing construction and rehabilitation activities. The incumbents will also provide back-up support to other field offices.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a consultant will support MER in strengthening the regulatory framework through the development of competence standards for educational psychologists.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a consultant that will support the Ministry of Education and Research in strengthening the regulatory framework through the development of competence standards for psycho-pedagogues and support teachers.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a consultant that will support MER in strengthening the regulatory framework through the development of competence standards for speech therapists.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a National Individual Consultant to document and compile a comprehensive compendium of school-based projects implemented in Cahul and Ungheni. This compendium will serve as a reference for educators, policymakers, and development partners, highlighting best practices, lessons learned, and key results from the experiential and project-based teaching practices implemented at the local level in the key regions.
Under the overall direction and guidance of the Nutrition specialist (NIS), the Nutrition Officer will manage the IM function of the nutrition section. They are responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to provide timely and adequate evidence generation to inform the program decisions, provide timely reports to the relevant stakeholders internally and externally including for donors reporting, internal unicef reporting, regular Sitreps, and reports UNICEF results and plans to the nutrition sector and implementing partners. In their effort to enable an efficient and effective nutrition programming, the NIS Officer is responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for evidence-based and strategic decisions.
UNICEF Pacific seeks to contract three evaluators/consultants with appropriate skills, expertise and capacities, to work as a team to conduct a formative evaluation of UNICEF VII pooled procurement mechanism in Pacific region countries. The evaluation will assess whether the VII pooled procurement mechanism is achieving the intended cohesiveness, efficiencies, and complementarities within UNICEF Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs), and whether all efforts are positioned to advance the goal for every child to survive and thrive, with access to nutritious diets, quality health care, nurturing practices and essential supplies. The consultancy is for 140 working days divided between the three consultants, spread over a 5-month period. Contracts will be issued on an individual basis.
In response to these challenges, UNICEF is undertaking a research program aimed at contributing to policy discussions and the development of actionable responses to better protect children’s rights in the context of the debt crisis in lower and lower-middle income countries. This research seeks to (i) assess and articulate the impacts of the current debt situation on children and (ii) explore policy approaches to debt management and restructuring that prioritize child outcomes and the long-term benefits of investing in human capital.
To support this work UNICEF is seeking a subject matter expert to develop a background paper as a foundation of a chapter for a final book to investigate the role of IMF social safeguarding approaches in protecting and promoting child development.
A consultant is required to carry out two strands of work. Firstly, to assess the level at which Child Protection has been integrated in other sectors, identify the positives (including a synopsis of achievements), gaps and challenges coming out of the integration. Secondly, conduct verification of a minimum of 50 completed Child Protection Case Management booklets (750 in total) and the harmonized CPIMS forms in selected districts. The consultant will be required to offer capacity development for Government and NGO partners on any gaps identified during the exercise.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
The MICS team is seeking additional support for a Project Manager/Business Analyst expert who will oversee and lead the technical project management, requirement analysis, planning, design, monitoring & control, project reporting, and project communications among the UNICEF HQ Data Collection Unit staff, the external vendors that will be working on the enhancement features of the website and the development of MICS Tabulator, the partners at the University of Minnesota IPUMS team that is responsible for MICS data harmonization, and UNICEF ICTD, BRM, and Technology Architecture and Operations (TAO). Under the DCU Statistics and Monitoring Manager's supervision, the consultant will deliver and coordinate the above-listed tasks
Under direct supervision of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist and in cooperation with all relevant UNICEF sections (Child Protection, Communications and Partnerships) the Consultant will provide high quality support in designing and implementing UNICEF program activities related to ECI, DI, inclusive nutrition, and support for parents of young children with disabilities. The Purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support in design and implementation of programme activities of ECD and Child protection programs of UNICEF Belarus.
The Young People Team of the UNICEF Thailand Country Office is seeking a qualified consultant to conduct a feasibility assessment of the pilot project for the future institutionalisation and scale up of integrated services for youth Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) situations, with the goal of facilitating its nationwide scale-up and supporting its adoption as a national policy instrument by the relevant Government authorities.
UNICEF Thailand Country Office is looking to strengthen our programme implementation on parenting of children in the early years. In addition, UNICEF WHO Thailand, and other partners aim to advocate, advocate for the increase investment for the government to improve access for parenting programmes, as well as to mobilize the multi-sectoral stakeholders to jointly agree upon and support the development of a strategic framework for parenting in Thailand. To support this effort, the ECD/Education Team of UNICEF is seeking a qualified consultant to provide technical support with UNICEF’s programme implementation to support parenting for young children and for UNICEF and partners’ effort to advocate the universal expansion of quality parenting programme for young children.
With the overall organizational refocus to become more agile, lean and fit for purpose structure the office has announced the consultant position that will advance the office efforts to deliver impactful results in Partnerships and Operations. The position will focus on enhancing the donor engagement activities to advance fundraising which is crucial for the office efforts to self-sustain its operations. Additionally, the candidate will support Operational tasks to complement fundraising and advocacy campaign projects.
ECW is looking for a senior consultant to carry out the hosting review. This will serve as the most cost-effective and time-efficient approach in view of the comprehensive and forward-looking hosting review conducted by Mokoro in 2018.
UNICEF Country Office in Croatia is looking for Face-to-Face (F2F) Fundraiser for the direct recruitment of pledge donors during all of 2025. Fundraising activities will be conducted in Zagreb and Rijeka as well as in cities across the country with mobile teams. To reach our fundraising targets, a team of 35 - 50 Fundraisers is required continuously.
UNICEF Timor-Leste seeking for a national consultant to support the costing of the RMNCAH (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health) Strategy
UNICEF Montenegro is looking for a National Individual Consultant to collect data on adaptation of Caring Families for Young children programme.
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates from diverse populations, including but not limited to people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative - Programmes and in close collaboration with the Chief PME, the consultant will support the planning and development process consisting of – i) programme strategizing and ii) and development and finalization of all CPD-related documents.
This consultancy will therefore be expected to engage with each sector to ensure new priorities, new data and evidence, programme repositioning, and shifts are adequately captured in the new Programme Rationale, which should also benefit from line-ministry consultation and involvement (to be facilitated by the Programme Section Chiefs).
The services of an experienced and qualified consultant are expected to facilitate processes of strategic reflections, prioritization, development of theories of change, articulation of programme rationale and structure, consultation with relevant stakeholders, and drafting of the next country programme document and its annexes.
UNICEF Ethiopia is looking for three (3) Construction Engineers based in Addis Ababa, Mekelle, and Semera who will be responsible for monitoring all assigned construction activities at the Field offices (School infrastructures, Health Center, and other program and operations-related construction projects) and providing technical support on managing construction and rehabilitation activities. The incumbents will also provide back-up support to other field offices.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a consultant will support MER in strengthening the regulatory framework through the development of competence standards for educational psychologists.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a consultant that will support the Ministry of Education and Research in strengthening the regulatory framework through the development of competence standards for psycho-pedagogues and support teachers.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a consultant that will support MER in strengthening the regulatory framework through the development of competence standards for speech therapists.
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a National Individual Consultant to document and compile a comprehensive compendium of school-based projects implemented in Cahul and Ungheni. This compendium will serve as a reference for educators, policymakers, and development partners, highlighting best practices, lessons learned, and key results from the experiential and project-based teaching practices implemented at the local level in the key regions.
Under the overall direction and guidance of the Nutrition specialist (NIS), the Nutrition Officer will manage the IM function of the nutrition section. They are responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to provide timely and adequate evidence generation to inform the program decisions, provide timely reports to the relevant stakeholders internally and externally including for donors reporting, internal unicef reporting, regular Sitreps, and reports UNICEF results and plans to the nutrition sector and implementing partners. In their effort to enable an efficient and effective nutrition programming, the NIS Officer is responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for evidence-based and strategic decisions.
