The Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
The UNICEF Country Office Development and Support (CODAS) section within Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP) in Geneva, Switzerland, has ongoing requirements for the production and design of digital content pieces to carry out specific fundraising support for emerging and established markets in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), Europe and Central Asia (ECA), and West and Central Africa (WCA) regions. Through this LTA, CODAS would like to establish a roster of Digital Designers able to ensure smooth delivery of digital content pieces.
The high-quality content packages will be either uniquely created or adapted/refreshed based on existing and proven UNICEF global fundraising campaigns, featured for various digital platforms, including Google, Meta, and Bing, among others. The selected consultants will work on both new campaigns and adapt existing ones, designing static, dynamic, and video ads. Additionally, selected consultants will be responsible for writing engaging ad copy that drives results for both campaign and web content.
These services will be critical for frontier and established markets to deliver tests and develop their digital plans and targets. The consultants will work directly with CODAS, the ECA team, as well as digital agencies, in order to support digital activities.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the CO, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track. The duty station for this post is Port Sudan.
The Fundraising Associate (Digital Acquisition and Paid Media) will be responsible for implementing and optimizing UNICEF’s digital fundraising strategy in Chile. Under the supervision and guidance of the Acquisition Officer, the incumbent will support the execution, and monitoring of digital acquisition campaigns, ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s global fundraising objectives. This role involves leveraging data-driven insights, optimizing paid media investments, and fostering engagement with potential donors through innovative digital approaches. By enhancing UNICEF’s online fundraising capabilities, this position will contribute to long-term financial sustainability and increased impact for children in need.
PG is seeking a Partnerships Consultant (HIV) to provide time-bound critical support across three sections: HIV, Gender, and Programme Strategy & Coordination Hub. The consultant will be required to deliver key donor reporting, resource mobilization assets, communications products and strategic documentation (outlined in the deliverables below) during a critical period for the organization from June to December 2025.
You will report 60% to the Resource Mobilization and Donor Relations Specialist in Partnerships, Private and Public section, and 40% to the Chief of PME in the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation section.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for an individual consultant/expert to provide technical support to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) in implementing key aspects of the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Plan (MSNP) -III. The consultant be based in Kathmandu and will work under the Nutrition Section.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide high-quality technical assistance to the child protection team by supporting several initiatives for dissemination and implementation of the CPSS approach on the ground and to strengthen the inclusion agenda, especially with a focus on children on the move in national CP systems through comprehensive and effective knowledge generation, dissemination and utilization. This will include the development, validation, and dissemination of several global public goods in the form of technical notes/guidance on various aspects of the CPSS approach.
The Implementation Research Consultant will provide technical support for the execution of implementation research in countries within the designated region or regions. Specifically, the incumbent will contribute to generating evidence from implementation research embedded in Health programmes to improve coverage and equity in priority countries (e.g., highest child death numbers and rates’ countries, Gavi, GFF, Global Fund). The incumbent will also produce knowledge products from findings from the implementation research projects and deliver capacity building activities within countries in the designated region or regions, within both UNICEF and partners on the methodology and approach to undertake embedded implementation research that leads to timely improvements in programme delivery of MNCAH services. The incumbent will engage with, and solicit inputs from other members of MNCAH Section (PHC-HSS, Child and Community health, Digital Health & Information systems), other Health Section (Immunization, HEPR etc), and other health colleagues, particularly in country offices, as well as partners, in particular Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Eli Lilly, BMGF and with the Global Fund.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for a national individual to conduct a Gender Programmatic Review that supports the Zimbabwe Country Office to take stock of progress towards compliance with UNICEF’s Gender Policy (2021-2030), the Gender Action Plan 2022-25 (GAP 3) and the gender priorities in the core commitment for children in humanitarian action (CCCs).
Bangladesh is now preparing to apply for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) System Transformation Grant (STG)—an allocation of up to USD 48.85 million—to support the identified priority reform. GoB, through the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME), as Chair of the ELCG recently endorsed UNICEF and UNESCO’s joint Expression of Interest (EoI) to become joint Grant Agents (GA) for the GPE’s STG.
UNICEF Mozambique is seeking the services of an individual consultant to lead consultations with key stakeholders (as needed) and develop a comprehensive SitAn report using the latest available data and evidence. Additionally, the consultant will conduct a gender programmatic review, and a country programme evidence review.
The Junior Qualitative Research Consultant will support the implementation of the qualitative research component of the Data Must Speak to Strengthen Capacity and Advance Local Evidence Use (DMS SCALE) primarily through the development of research instruments, quality assurance of primary qualitative data, and coding and analysis. The consultant will also support the triangulation and validation of research results and draft policy-relevant research outputs for diverse audiences.
To conduct and/or occasionally lead audits and advisory assignments in accordance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and OIAI policies and procedures, as part of the approved OIAI work plan. The Internal Audit Specialist's work is crucial to strengthening UNICEF’s governance, risk management and control processes, and hence to the economic, efficient and effective delivery of results for children.NOTE: Frequent and extended travel is required to UNICEF locations (approximately 4 months per year), often in difficult duty stations, outside of the duty station of the post.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office, under the Nutrition Section, is looking for an individual consultant to provide operational support to the National Planning Commission (NPC)/ National Nutrition Food Security Secretariate (NNFSS) and the Local Level Coordination Section, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) for the implementation and coordination of Multi -Sector Nutrition Plan (MSNP) and Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement. The consultant will assist in managing day-to-day operational and logistics work, ensuring effective coordination between key stakeholders at the federal, provincial, and local levels. Consultant will be based in National Nutrition and Food Security Secretariate (NNFSS)/ National Planning Commission (NPC), Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a Cambodian national consultant to:
1. To conduct a comprehensive landscape analysis of child overweight and obesity prevention in Cambodia. The global protocol and guidance should be used and adapted to the Cambodia context. Data on women will be included as maternal nutritional status is strongly associated with child nutritional status and birth outcomes.
2. To organise and convene stakeholder consultations, including with youth, to develop consensus on a set of priority policies and actions to effectively prevent child overweight and obesity in Cambodia.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
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.
The Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
The UNICEF Country Office Development and Support (CODAS) section within Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP) in Geneva, Switzerland, has ongoing requirements for the production and design of digital content pieces to carry out specific fundraising support for emerging and established markets in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), Europe and Central Asia (ECA), and West and Central Africa (WCA) regions. Through this LTA, CODAS would like to establish a roster of Digital Designers able to ensure smooth delivery of digital content pieces.
The high-quality content packages will be either uniquely created or adapted/refreshed based on existing and proven UNICEF global fundraising campaigns, featured for various digital platforms, including Google, Meta, and Bing, among others. The selected consultants will work on both new campaigns and adapt existing ones, designing static, dynamic, and video ads. Additionally, selected consultants will be responsible for writing engaging ad copy that drives results for both campaign and web content.
These services will be critical for frontier and established markets to deliver tests and develop their digital plans and targets. The consultants will work directly with CODAS, the ECA team, as well as digital agencies, in order to support digital activities.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the CO, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track. The duty station for this post is Port Sudan.
The Fundraising Associate (Digital Acquisition and Paid Media) will be responsible for implementing and optimizing UNICEF’s digital fundraising strategy in Chile. Under the supervision and guidance of the Acquisition Officer, the incumbent will support the execution, and monitoring of digital acquisition campaigns, ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s global fundraising objectives. This role involves leveraging data-driven insights, optimizing paid media investments, and fostering engagement with potential donors through innovative digital approaches. By enhancing UNICEF’s online fundraising capabilities, this position will contribute to long-term financial sustainability and increased impact for children in need.
PG is seeking a Partnerships Consultant (HIV) to provide time-bound critical support across three sections: HIV, Gender, and Programme Strategy & Coordination Hub. The consultant will be required to deliver key donor reporting, resource mobilization assets, communications products and strategic documentation (outlined in the deliverables below) during a critical period for the organization from June to December 2025.
You will report 60% to the Resource Mobilization and Donor Relations Specialist in Partnerships, Private and Public section, and 40% to the Chief of PME in the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation section.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for an individual consultant/expert to provide technical support to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) in implementing key aspects of the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Plan (MSNP) -III. The consultant be based in Kathmandu and will work under the Nutrition Section.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide high-quality technical assistance to the child protection team by supporting several initiatives for dissemination and implementation of the CPSS approach on the ground and to strengthen the inclusion agenda, especially with a focus on children on the move in national CP systems through comprehensive and effective knowledge generation, dissemination and utilization. This will include the development, validation, and dissemination of several global public goods in the form of technical notes/guidance on various aspects of the CPSS approach.
The Implementation Research Consultant will provide technical support for the execution of implementation research in countries within the designated region or regions. Specifically, the incumbent will contribute to generating evidence from implementation research embedded in Health programmes to improve coverage and equity in priority countries (e.g., highest child death numbers and rates’ countries, Gavi, GFF, Global Fund). The incumbent will also produce knowledge products from findings from the implementation research projects and deliver capacity building activities within countries in the designated region or regions, within both UNICEF and partners on the methodology and approach to undertake embedded implementation research that leads to timely improvements in programme delivery of MNCAH services. The incumbent will engage with, and solicit inputs from other members of MNCAH Section (PHC-HSS, Child and Community health, Digital Health & Information systems), other Health Section (Immunization, HEPR etc), and other health colleagues, particularly in country offices, as well as partners, in particular Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Eli Lilly, BMGF and with the Global Fund.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for a national individual to conduct a Gender Programmatic Review that supports the Zimbabwe Country Office to take stock of progress towards compliance with UNICEF’s Gender Policy (2021-2030), the Gender Action Plan 2022-25 (GAP 3) and the gender priorities in the core commitment for children in humanitarian action (CCCs).
Bangladesh is now preparing to apply for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) System Transformation Grant (STG)—an allocation of up to USD 48.85 million—to support the identified priority reform. GoB, through the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME), as Chair of the ELCG recently endorsed UNICEF and UNESCO’s joint Expression of Interest (EoI) to become joint Grant Agents (GA) for the GPE’s STG.
UNICEF Mozambique is seeking the services of an individual consultant to lead consultations with key stakeholders (as needed) and develop a comprehensive SitAn report using the latest available data and evidence. Additionally, the consultant will conduct a gender programmatic review, and a country programme evidence review.
The Junior Qualitative Research Consultant will support the implementation of the qualitative research component of the Data Must Speak to Strengthen Capacity and Advance Local Evidence Use (DMS SCALE) primarily through the development of research instruments, quality assurance of primary qualitative data, and coding and analysis. The consultant will also support the triangulation and validation of research results and draft policy-relevant research outputs for diverse audiences.
To conduct and/or occasionally lead audits and advisory assignments in accordance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and OIAI policies and procedures, as part of the approved OIAI work plan. The Internal Audit Specialist's work is crucial to strengthening UNICEF’s governance, risk management and control processes, and hence to the economic, efficient and effective delivery of results for children.NOTE: Frequent and extended travel is required to UNICEF locations (approximately 4 months per year), often in difficult duty stations, outside of the duty station of the post.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office, under the Nutrition Section, is looking for an individual consultant to provide operational support to the National Planning Commission (NPC)/ National Nutrition Food Security Secretariate (NNFSS) and the Local Level Coordination Section, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) for the implementation and coordination of Multi -Sector Nutrition Plan (MSNP) and Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement. The consultant will assist in managing day-to-day operational and logistics work, ensuring effective coordination between key stakeholders at the federal, provincial, and local levels. Consultant will be based in National Nutrition and Food Security Secretariate (NNFSS)/ National Planning Commission (NPC), Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a Cambodian national consultant to:
1. To conduct a comprehensive landscape analysis of child overweight and obesity prevention in Cambodia. The global protocol and guidance should be used and adapted to the Cambodia context. Data on women will be included as maternal nutritional status is strongly associated with child nutritional status and birth outcomes.
2. To organise and convene stakeholder consultations, including with youth, to develop consensus on a set of priority policies and actions to effectively prevent child overweight and obesity in Cambodia.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
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.
