Digital accessibility has become a key area of focus for organizations seeking to create
inclusive online experiences for all users, including those with disabilities. UNICEF is committed to ensuring that its digital
platforms are accessible and inclusive for everyone, including individuals with disabilities.
As part of this commitment, the organization aims to develop a comprehensive e-learning course and deliver a webinar to
raise awareness and build practical skills on digital accessibility. The goal is to educate staff and non-staff on making digital
platforms more inclusive, in line with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) standards and best practices.
The Consultant will support the Migration and Displacement/IDAC team in the Data and Analytics Section in the Division of Analytics, Planning and Monitoring with the preparation of publications, data analysis, and other technical work related to migration and displacement of children, and will assist the IDAC Secretariat/IDAC Coordinator with the organization of events and webinars, communications and dissemination activities, and programme management support.
Join UNICEF’s dynamic Staff Support Unit (SSU) at the heart of its People and Culture function, supporting the HQ Efficiency and Future Focus Initiatives. As a People and Culture Project Associate (G-6), you will play a key coordination and support role in a fast-paced environment, delivering people-centered services across Divisions. Based in New York HQ, you will contribute to data and systems management, event coordination, knowledge sharing, case tracking, and budget monitoring. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on organizational transformation, staff wellbeing, and career support at a global level.
UNICEF Yemen is seeking a highly skilled and experienced consultant to foster greater financial inclusion and resilience among vulnerable Yemeni communities by:
• Designing and delivering a high-quality, context-specific financial and digital literacy curriculum.
• Building confidence and capacity of participants to use mobile money and other digital payment tools safely and effectively through communication and awareness.
• Developing strategic partnerships with financial service providers and other key stakeholders to create a supportive ecosystem for DFS adoption.
• Generating evidence and learning to inform future financial inclusion programming in Yemen.
UNICEF Kazakhstan Country Office is looking for Expert in Child online safety programmes. Individual Consultant is needed with solid knowledge and expertise in the area of child protection system strengthening; prevention and response to violence against children online; child online safety; digital skills building, planning and implementation of research. The consultant will provide technical assistance and expertise in communication and strategic dialogue with central and local level authorities and implementing partners.
The Digital Governance and Platforms (DGP) team within UNICEF’s Division of Global
Communication and Advocacy (GCA) plays a pivotal role in managing UNICEF’s digital ecosystem, ensuring that services and platforms are efficient, accessible, and aligned with digital governance standards. As part of its ongoing efforts to improve service delivery, UNICEF is integrating its DGP service catalogue into the organization-wide ServiceNow platform. This integration will enhance service standardization, improve operational efficiency, and provide better visibility and tracking of requests and workflows.
To support this initiative, UNICEF is seeking a qualified consultant to work with the DGP team in documenting and mapping operational workflows and preparing detailed, structured business requirements. This work will enable the ICT Division (ICTD) to accurately scope and implement the workflows in ServiceNow. The consultant will not be responsible for the technical configuration of ServiceNow but will deliver clear, actionable documentation, which the ICTD business analyst and technical teams can translate into technical specifications.
The consultant will provide support to PPD Asia-LAC team for liaison, coordination, scheduling, drafting briefing notes and readouts for high-level meetings and escorting senior leaders to and from these meetings; as well as grant management support for country offices in the Asia-LAC regions.
UNICEF Yemen is seeking a highly skilled and experienced consultant to support the establishment a scalable and impactful program that empowers Yemeni youth by:
Program Model Development: Design a comprehensive program model.
Partnership Development: Identify and recommend partnerships with key local stakeholders, such as local NGOs, youth centres, tech hubs, training institutes, and potentially private sector companies in Yemen.
Payment Solutions: Research and recommend a viable solution for participants to receive international payments.
Monitoring, Learning & Evaluation Framework: Develop a detailed M&E framework with clear key performance indicators.
Pilot and Learning: pilot end-to-end digital skilling, microwork value chain and business model. Based on learning from the pilot, develop a scale-up plan.
This exercise seeks to generate evidence on the perceptions, attitudes, motivations, and drivers that shape adolescents’ and young people’s (ages 10–24) access to and engagement with learning and skill development opportunities across South Asian countries. Through this study, UNICEF aims to gain valuable insights into the opportunities and gaps that exist in accessing learning and skill development opportunities for adolescents and young people, in particular the most disadvantaged.
The Supporter Engagement Strategy (SES) Fundraising Specialist (CRM Success) Consultant will ensure that UNICEF offices that have gone live in the region with Salesforce / Marketing Cloud are able to maximize their fundraising performance by supporting them with all aspects of fundraising operations represented in the system.
At the point of hand over from the implementation team, the SES Fundraising Specialist will be responsible for the following: further refining business processes for maximum efficiency, prioritizing bugs or enhancement requests, data hygiene and standardization, maintaining discipline to required coding standards and reporting mechanisms, identifying new opportunities to add to the CORE UNICEF system, and ensuring that each office maintains a clear plan for further development of the system.
UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) is looking for a qualified Design and Delivery of ECA Regional Training on Disability-Inclusive Social Protection home-based consultant to lead and finalize design, lead logistics, and provide onsite support and delivery of a Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia-focused training on disability-inclusive social protection, to be held in October of 2025.
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight (GORaF) is seeking a consultant to coordinate and deliver a high-impact research initiative exploring the intersections between child sexual abuse (CSA) and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). The role involves managing a multi-phase project that includes stakeholder engagement, evidence synthesis, interdisciplinary research coordination, and the development of a thought leadership piece to inform global policy and practice.
The present consultancy will lead to the development of a base paper to clarify the intersections between child sexual abuse and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, highlight gaps in knowledge, identify opportunities for increased collaboration across these areas of work, and explore potential next steps for future research, policy, and practice. Importantly, it will explore different approaches to understanding how exposure to harmful content, particularly online, may be influencing norms and behaviors associated with the acceptance and perpetration of sexual violence.
Under the supervision of an Education Program Officer, the consultant is expected to carry out deliverables supporting the work of officers in the management, execution, and monitoring of the Connected Territories project and the Giga initiative in Brazil.
To promote the expansion of connectivity in schools, regarding the Giga initiative, the consultant will deliver data reports to support the monitoring of the activities developed by the global team monthly at the request of UNICEF Brazil, as well as support the Brazilian office in customizing some ongoing Giga tools, like the Giga Maps, that shows the status of schools connectivity across Brazil, with national data, and provide technical support in dialogues with the federal government, subnational governments, and other stakeholders involved in school connectivity such as Nic.br, MCom, MEC, and Anatel.
Regarding the promotion of technology use by educators, children, and adolescents in schools, the consultant will have to deliver specific products to support UNICEF Brazil in coordinating the implementation of the Connected Territories project, carried out by implementing partners. In addition to monitoring and overseeing the quality of activities performed by implementing partners, the consultant will have to support UNICEF Education officers in the territories participating in the project in articulating with local governments and interfacing between Education Secretariats, schools, and implementing partners, in alignment with the Education team in Brasília.
Thus, UNICEF aims to establish a consultancy contract to develop the activities already defined in the Giga action plan, agreed upon between UNICEF and the Brazilian government, as well as to support the management and execution of the Connected Territories project, following up on the work plan established between the Education team and the zonal offices in 2025.
UNICEF Bolivia requiere contratar los servicios de un/una profesional para el diseño de lineamientos, herramientas y mecanismos estandarizados para la formación, acreditación y registro del recurso humano de los servicios de protección infantil, a través de un proceso articulado con actores del sistema de protección, instituciones académicas, entidades estatales, colegios profesionales y organizaciones de la sociedad civil, con el fin de contribuir al fortalecimiento técnico y sostenible del personal que integra el sistema de protección infantil en Bolivia.
Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Chief, Field Operations, the Consultant will support the Mbandaka team for overall leadership, coordination, and strategic direction for UNICEFs in the closing operation of the office. The Consultant will support the Mbandaka field office team to organize all the actions leading to the closure by December 31st, 2025. He may also be requested to support remotely or in site the Kisangani Outpost.
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo, United States
Specific objectives of this evaluation are as follows:
1. To assess how relevant UNICEF’s strategic positioning and conceptual approach to transferable skills development is, including its alignment with global and national education and skills agendas.
2. To assess whether UNICEF transferable skills framework(s) meet the emerging needs of all adolescents, and young people, and sufficiently target marginalized groups (Leave No One Behind), such as girls, most deprived and urban poor.
3. To examine the coherence , and progress towards intended results of UNICEF-supported programming on transferable skills across different countries and regional contexts, with attention to the contribution of UNICEF inputs on delivery mechanisms, and partnerships.
4. To determine the extent to which UNICEF commitment to partner governments and other stakeholders on transferable skills development have been met, as well as the factors that have enabled or hindered these efforts and lessons learned.
The UNICEF Strategic Plan (2022–2025) outlines the organization’s vision for achieving results for children by 2030 and provides a global roadmap for all UNICEF offices, country programmes, and National Committees. One of the core elements of the Strategic Plan is Goal Area 2, which focuses on ensuring that “Every child, including adolescents, learns and acquires skills for the future.” Within this goal area, Result Area 2 emphasizes the importance of children and adolescents developing life skills, digital skills, transferable skills, and vocational skills to prepare them for the future.
This corporate evaluation aims to generate systematic evidence on the extent to which UNICEF has supported countries in promoting the acquisition of transferable skills that will enable children, adolescents, and young people to be responsible and productive citizens. The evaluation will assess the conceptual underpinnings of UNICEF-supported transferable skills programmes, and the coherence of commitments made to programme countries. It will also examine intermediate outcomes and provide forward-looking recommendations for programme improvements.
The Education Section of UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a remote-based consultant for an estimated 214 working days to support the integration of implementation research into education programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa. The section embeds research into large-scale initiatives, including remedial education, inclusive education, and digital learning. The overarching goal of this research portfolio is to inform improvements in the delivery and scale-up of education programmes to enhance children’s learning outcomes, while synthesizing lessons across countries to contribute to global public goods.
Project Support Assistant will provide administrative and coordination support to ensure smooth management and oversight of the Defects Liability Period and to facilitate the upcoming tender process and related improvements. The PSA will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager / Officer and in collaboration with the various Operations units
The proposed study aims to deepen understanding of drivers, rates, reasons, and trends of learner attrition in primary and secondary schools in Uganda.
Previous research efforts have not sufficiently disaggregated findings by gender, region, or vulnerability. This study seeks to generate timely, actionable insights that support evidence-based, inclusive policy reform.
Digital accessibility has become a key area of focus for organizations seeking to create
inclusive online experiences for all users, including those with disabilities. UNICEF is committed to ensuring that its digital
platforms are accessible and inclusive for everyone, including individuals with disabilities.
As part of this commitment, the organization aims to develop a comprehensive e-learning course and deliver a webinar to
raise awareness and build practical skills on digital accessibility. The goal is to educate staff and non-staff on making digital
platforms more inclusive, in line with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) standards and best practices.
The Consultant will support the Migration and Displacement/IDAC team in the Data and Analytics Section in the Division of Analytics, Planning and Monitoring with the preparation of publications, data analysis, and other technical work related to migration and displacement of children, and will assist the IDAC Secretariat/IDAC Coordinator with the organization of events and webinars, communications and dissemination activities, and programme management support.
Join UNICEF’s dynamic Staff Support Unit (SSU) at the heart of its People and Culture function, supporting the HQ Efficiency and Future Focus Initiatives. As a People and Culture Project Associate (G-6), you will play a key coordination and support role in a fast-paced environment, delivering people-centered services across Divisions. Based in New York HQ, you will contribute to data and systems management, event coordination, knowledge sharing, case tracking, and budget monitoring. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on organizational transformation, staff wellbeing, and career support at a global level.
UNICEF Yemen is seeking a highly skilled and experienced consultant to foster greater financial inclusion and resilience among vulnerable Yemeni communities by:
• Designing and delivering a high-quality, context-specific financial and digital literacy curriculum.
• Building confidence and capacity of participants to use mobile money and other digital payment tools safely and effectively through communication and awareness.
• Developing strategic partnerships with financial service providers and other key stakeholders to create a supportive ecosystem for DFS adoption.
• Generating evidence and learning to inform future financial inclusion programming in Yemen.
UNICEF Kazakhstan Country Office is looking for Expert in Child online safety programmes. Individual Consultant is needed with solid knowledge and expertise in the area of child protection system strengthening; prevention and response to violence against children online; child online safety; digital skills building, planning and implementation of research. The consultant will provide technical assistance and expertise in communication and strategic dialogue with central and local level authorities and implementing partners.
The Digital Governance and Platforms (DGP) team within UNICEF’s Division of Global
Communication and Advocacy (GCA) plays a pivotal role in managing UNICEF’s digital ecosystem, ensuring that services and platforms are efficient, accessible, and aligned with digital governance standards. As part of its ongoing efforts to improve service delivery, UNICEF is integrating its DGP service catalogue into the organization-wide ServiceNow platform. This integration will enhance service standardization, improve operational efficiency, and provide better visibility and tracking of requests and workflows.
To support this initiative, UNICEF is seeking a qualified consultant to work with the DGP team in documenting and mapping operational workflows and preparing detailed, structured business requirements. This work will enable the ICT Division (ICTD) to accurately scope and implement the workflows in ServiceNow. The consultant will not be responsible for the technical configuration of ServiceNow but will deliver clear, actionable documentation, which the ICTD business analyst and technical teams can translate into technical specifications.
The consultant will provide support to PPD Asia-LAC team for liaison, coordination, scheduling, drafting briefing notes and readouts for high-level meetings and escorting senior leaders to and from these meetings; as well as grant management support for country offices in the Asia-LAC regions.
UNICEF Yemen is seeking a highly skilled and experienced consultant to support the establishment a scalable and impactful program that empowers Yemeni youth by:
Program Model Development: Design a comprehensive program model.
Partnership Development: Identify and recommend partnerships with key local stakeholders, such as local NGOs, youth centres, tech hubs, training institutes, and potentially private sector companies in Yemen.
Payment Solutions: Research and recommend a viable solution for participants to receive international payments.
Monitoring, Learning & Evaluation Framework: Develop a detailed M&E framework with clear key performance indicators.
Pilot and Learning: pilot end-to-end digital skilling, microwork value chain and business model. Based on learning from the pilot, develop a scale-up plan.
This exercise seeks to generate evidence on the perceptions, attitudes, motivations, and drivers that shape adolescents’ and young people’s (ages 10–24) access to and engagement with learning and skill development opportunities across South Asian countries. Through this study, UNICEF aims to gain valuable insights into the opportunities and gaps that exist in accessing learning and skill development opportunities for adolescents and young people, in particular the most disadvantaged.
The Supporter Engagement Strategy (SES) Fundraising Specialist (CRM Success) Consultant will ensure that UNICEF offices that have gone live in the region with Salesforce / Marketing Cloud are able to maximize their fundraising performance by supporting them with all aspects of fundraising operations represented in the system.
At the point of hand over from the implementation team, the SES Fundraising Specialist will be responsible for the following: further refining business processes for maximum efficiency, prioritizing bugs or enhancement requests, data hygiene and standardization, maintaining discipline to required coding standards and reporting mechanisms, identifying new opportunities to add to the CORE UNICEF system, and ensuring that each office maintains a clear plan for further development of the system.
UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) is looking for a qualified Design and Delivery of ECA Regional Training on Disability-Inclusive Social Protection home-based consultant to lead and finalize design, lead logistics, and provide onsite support and delivery of a Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia-focused training on disability-inclusive social protection, to be held in October of 2025.
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight (GORaF) is seeking a consultant to coordinate and deliver a high-impact research initiative exploring the intersections between child sexual abuse (CSA) and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). The role involves managing a multi-phase project that includes stakeholder engagement, evidence synthesis, interdisciplinary research coordination, and the development of a thought leadership piece to inform global policy and practice.
The present consultancy will lead to the development of a base paper to clarify the intersections between child sexual abuse and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, highlight gaps in knowledge, identify opportunities for increased collaboration across these areas of work, and explore potential next steps for future research, policy, and practice. Importantly, it will explore different approaches to understanding how exposure to harmful content, particularly online, may be influencing norms and behaviors associated with the acceptance and perpetration of sexual violence.
Under the supervision of an Education Program Officer, the consultant is expected to carry out deliverables supporting the work of officers in the management, execution, and monitoring of the Connected Territories project and the Giga initiative in Brazil.
To promote the expansion of connectivity in schools, regarding the Giga initiative, the consultant will deliver data reports to support the monitoring of the activities developed by the global team monthly at the request of UNICEF Brazil, as well as support the Brazilian office in customizing some ongoing Giga tools, like the Giga Maps, that shows the status of schools connectivity across Brazil, with national data, and provide technical support in dialogues with the federal government, subnational governments, and other stakeholders involved in school connectivity such as Nic.br, MCom, MEC, and Anatel.
Regarding the promotion of technology use by educators, children, and adolescents in schools, the consultant will have to deliver specific products to support UNICEF Brazil in coordinating the implementation of the Connected Territories project, carried out by implementing partners. In addition to monitoring and overseeing the quality of activities performed by implementing partners, the consultant will have to support UNICEF Education officers in the territories participating in the project in articulating with local governments and interfacing between Education Secretariats, schools, and implementing partners, in alignment with the Education team in Brasília.
Thus, UNICEF aims to establish a consultancy contract to develop the activities already defined in the Giga action plan, agreed upon between UNICEF and the Brazilian government, as well as to support the management and execution of the Connected Territories project, following up on the work plan established between the Education team and the zonal offices in 2025.
UNICEF Bolivia requiere contratar los servicios de un/una profesional para el diseño de lineamientos, herramientas y mecanismos estandarizados para la formación, acreditación y registro del recurso humano de los servicios de protección infantil, a través de un proceso articulado con actores del sistema de protección, instituciones académicas, entidades estatales, colegios profesionales y organizaciones de la sociedad civil, con el fin de contribuir al fortalecimiento técnico y sostenible del personal que integra el sistema de protección infantil en Bolivia.
Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Chief, Field Operations, the Consultant will support the Mbandaka team for overall leadership, coordination, and strategic direction for UNICEFs in the closing operation of the office. The Consultant will support the Mbandaka field office team to organize all the actions leading to the closure by December 31st, 2025. He may also be requested to support remotely or in site the Kisangani Outpost.
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo, United States
Specific objectives of this evaluation are as follows:
1. To assess how relevant UNICEF’s strategic positioning and conceptual approach to transferable skills development is, including its alignment with global and national education and skills agendas.
2. To assess whether UNICEF transferable skills framework(s) meet the emerging needs of all adolescents, and young people, and sufficiently target marginalized groups (Leave No One Behind), such as girls, most deprived and urban poor.
3. To examine the coherence , and progress towards intended results of UNICEF-supported programming on transferable skills across different countries and regional contexts, with attention to the contribution of UNICEF inputs on delivery mechanisms, and partnerships.
4. To determine the extent to which UNICEF commitment to partner governments and other stakeholders on transferable skills development have been met, as well as the factors that have enabled or hindered these efforts and lessons learned.
The UNICEF Strategic Plan (2022–2025) outlines the organization’s vision for achieving results for children by 2030 and provides a global roadmap for all UNICEF offices, country programmes, and National Committees. One of the core elements of the Strategic Plan is Goal Area 2, which focuses on ensuring that “Every child, including adolescents, learns and acquires skills for the future.” Within this goal area, Result Area 2 emphasizes the importance of children and adolescents developing life skills, digital skills, transferable skills, and vocational skills to prepare them for the future.
This corporate evaluation aims to generate systematic evidence on the extent to which UNICEF has supported countries in promoting the acquisition of transferable skills that will enable children, adolescents, and young people to be responsible and productive citizens. The evaluation will assess the conceptual underpinnings of UNICEF-supported transferable skills programmes, and the coherence of commitments made to programme countries. It will also examine intermediate outcomes and provide forward-looking recommendations for programme improvements.
The Education Section of UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a remote-based consultant for an estimated 214 working days to support the integration of implementation research into education programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa. The section embeds research into large-scale initiatives, including remedial education, inclusive education, and digital learning. The overarching goal of this research portfolio is to inform improvements in the delivery and scale-up of education programmes to enhance children’s learning outcomes, while synthesizing lessons across countries to contribute to global public goods.
Project Support Assistant will provide administrative and coordination support to ensure smooth management and oversight of the Defects Liability Period and to facilitate the upcoming tender process and related improvements. The PSA will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager / Officer and in collaboration with the various Operations units
The proposed study aims to deepen understanding of drivers, rates, reasons, and trends of learner attrition in primary and secondary schools in Uganda.
Previous research efforts have not sufficiently disaggregated findings by gender, region, or vulnerability. This study seeks to generate timely, actionable insights that support evidence-based, inclusive policy reform.
