Join UNICEF’s Global WASH Practice and help accelerate access to safely managed, climate-resilient sanitation services for children and communities worldwide. Based in Nairobi, you will provide strategic leadership and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices, driving sanitation system strengthening, sector financing, policy reform, innovation, and equitable service delivery. You will lead global efforts across sanitation, WASH in Schools, and Menstrual Health and Hygiene, while supporting climate resilience, governance reforms, digital solutions, and resource mobilization. Working with partners across development and humanitarian settings, you will help shape policies, strengthen institutions, mobilize investments, and scale sustainable solutions that improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families. This is a unique opportunity to influence global WASH priorities and contribute to UNICEF’s mission of leaving no child behind
Join UNICEF Ukraine as a WASH Officer and contribute to the delivery of critical water, sanitation and hygiene programmes that support children and communities affected by the war. Based in Kharkiv, you will support the development and implementation of WASH interventions, infrastructure projects, humanitarian response activities, and partnerships that help improve access to essential services for vulnerable populations.
Support effective implementation of inclusive, gender- and disability-responsive, climate-resilient WASH in Schools, menstrual hygiene management and related infrastructure interventions in the Republic of the Marshall Islands under the WINSPIRE and REnew Pacific programmes.
The consultant will provide on-the-ground technical expertise across design review, planning, construction supervision, monitoring, quality assurance, coordination and capacity strengthening to ensure infrastructure and services are timely, functional, sustainable and aligned with agreed standards.
Location:Fiji/Pacific Island Countries, Marshall Islands
This assignment aims to strengthen UNICEF’s global leadership on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) by advancing advocacy, accountability, monitoring, knowledge management and partnerships. The consultant will support implementation of the global MHH agenda, including tracking progress against commitments, strengthening country-level monitoring systems, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and promoting knowledge-sharing. The role will also support the UNICEF–Kimberly-Clark partnership through advocacy, capacity building, resource development, programme learning, and cross-country exchange to improve health, education and wellbeing outcomes for girls and women.
Can you influence the decisions that shape Angola’s WASH agenda? Are you a respected WASH professional with the experience to guide policy, strengthen institutions, and mobilize partners towards a common vision? Do you thrive on turning complex challenges into sustainable solutions that improve the lives of children and communities? UNICEF Angola is seeking an exceptional WASH Specialist to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and partnership engagement in support of equitable, climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services across the country. If you are ready to shape systems, influence change, and leave a lasting legacy for children in Angola, we encourage you to apply. For every child, safe water, sanitation, and a healthier future.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the Organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give more children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
L’objectif de la consultance est d’apporter une expertise spécialisée au bureau de l’UNICEF à Kananga pour appuyer UNICEF dans la mise en conformité et le suivi de la conformité environnementale et sociale des activités dans le cadre du MOU WASH du PAAF
UNICEF Mongolia is implementing WASH interventions to improve access to safe, climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene services for children and vulnerable communities, including through schools, kindergartens, health facilities and rural communities. The programme generates substantial evidence, lessons learned, tools, good practices and implementation experiences that need to be systematically captured and made accessible for programme learning, advocacy, resource mobilization and replication. The purpose of this consultancy is to provide ongoing knowledge management and documentation support to the UNICEF Mongolia WASH programme, including organizing programme information, documenting results and lessons learned, maintaining knowledge resources, and supporting the development of knowledge and communication products for programme learning, advocacy and resource mobilization
Do you have a passion for bringing safe, reliable, and climate-resilient water supply systems to communities, schools, and health facilities most in need?
UNICEF Pacific seeks to establish long term agreement one or multiple individual Water Supply Engineering Consultants for up to 300 working days, as and when required, over 36 months across Pacific Island countries. The consultant(s) will be home-based with extensive travel for site assessments and supervision, with periods at home/office for design, reporting and planning activities.
S/he will provide specialized technical expertise in site and water source assessments, water supply system design, hydraulic modelling, quality assurance, and technical documentation. The consultant(s) will support the design, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance planning of climate- and disaster-resilient water supply systems for communities, schools and health facilities, ensuring systems are safe, reliable, efficient, durable and resilient to Pacific environmental conditions.
To expand the pool of specialized expertise available to support WASH financing initiatives, UNICEF Indonesia seeks to establish a roster of qualified WASH Financing Experts who may be engaged as individual consultants on a short-term or long-term consultancy assignments on need basis.
Under the supervision of the WASH Officer, the WASH Technical Consultant for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is accountable for the timely and quality implementation of the WASH-MHM program, under the CER Output 5.2, with particular focus on the promoting Menstrual Hygiene Management and the institutionalization of the Oky Menstrual Period Tracking App in the Philippines.
The implementation Oky under the TUSIP program and the emerging climate-environment agenda for MHM has expanded the opportunity to reach more adolescents in the Philippines. To maximize this opportunity, the WASH-MHM program, particularly the Oky project, requires continued personnel support for technical assistance delivery, marketing and user acquisition, and systems strengthening. UNICEF needs the services of a dedicated consultant to support Oky Philippines and WASH-MHM tasks/activities and provide technical assistance to CSO and government implementing partners
UNICEF Lao PDR seeks an experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist to support emergency preparedness, coordination, and response interventions across WASH, Nutrition, Protection, and Education sectors, with a particular focus on child-centred disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, warehouse management, water, sanitation and hygiene, humanitarian coordination, and emergency supply preparedness.
UNICEF India is seeking a dynamic and experienced Child Protection Specialist to provide strategic leadership in advancing child protection outcomes across the country. The role will drive policy advocacy, strengthen child protection systems, foster partnerships with government and key stakeholders, and support the delivery of high-impact, evidence-based programmes that promote the rights, safety, and well-being of children. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence national priorities and contribute to sustainable results for children at scale.
UNICEF India is seeking a committed and experienced Child Protection Specialist to support the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of child protection programmes that advance the rights and well-being of children, especially the most vulnerable and marginalized. Reporting to the Chief Child Protection, the incumbent will provide technical leadership and strategic support to strengthen child protection systems, influence policies, foster partnerships, and drive evidence-based programming at national and sub-national levels.The role offers an opportunity to work closely with government counterparts, civil society organizations, development partners and academia to accelerate progress in preventing and responding to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect of children. Through strategic advocacy, systems strengthening, innovation and capacity building, the Child Protection Specialist will contribute to creating a safer and more protective environment for every child in India.The role focuses on upstream engagement through policy advocacy, systems strengthening, partnership building, and advancing UNICEF's 3Cs for Every Child approach Convene, Converge, and Catalyze; to achieve sustainable improvements in Child Protection outcomes at scale.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the development of recommendations for Greece to introduce a comprehensive integrated child protection system in the best interests of the child, in line with the 2024 Commission Recommendation on developing and strengthening integrated child protection systems.
UNICEF Afghanistan is seeking a Child Protection Specialist (P-3) to support and strengthen child protection programmes for children affected by armed conflict, displacement, migration, and other protection risks. The position will lead programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and partnership building, with a focus on Children Associated with Armed Conflict (CAAC), Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM), family tracing and reunification, reintegration, case management, and community-based child protection services.
The main purposes of this assignment are to understand the risk of SEA (SEARA) occurring and how the humanitarian response is addressing SEA risks, with a specific focus on the Child Protection, Health & Nutrition Sector in Myanmar. Additionally, the assignment aims to provide findings and recommendations to promote safer projects, and to inform capacity development by the PSEA team, enhancing the appropriate response to and prevention of SEA. The consultant will conduct mixed research (desk review and primary data collection), analyze the results and prioritize SEA risks in Child Protection, Health and Nutrition Sector. The assessment will offer proof to support SEA initiatives that promote safe child protection, health and nutrition service environment for all children. The final report will include recommendations, a risk register, and mitigation measures with practical tools for those sectors.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Legal & Policy Frameworks) and help strengthen the laws, policies and systems that protect children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in child rights, legal and policy reform, and government engagement to advance stronger, rights-based frameworks that prevent and respond to violence, exploitation, abuse and harmful practices.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Social & Gender Norms) and help prevent violence against children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in social and gender norms change, violence prevention and community engagement to support evidence-informed approaches that challenge harmful practices, promote positive behaviours, and create safer environments for children and adolescents.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Social Workforce Strengthening) and help strengthen the systems and frontline workforce that protect children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in child protection and social service workforce development to strengthen professional capacities, case management and referral systems, and improve the quality and coordination of services for vulnerable children and adolescents.
Join UNICEF’s Global WASH Practice and help accelerate access to safely managed, climate-resilient sanitation services for children and communities worldwide. Based in Nairobi, you will provide strategic leadership and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices, driving sanitation system strengthening, sector financing, policy reform, innovation, and equitable service delivery. You will lead global efforts across sanitation, WASH in Schools, and Menstrual Health and Hygiene, while supporting climate resilience, governance reforms, digital solutions, and resource mobilization. Working with partners across development and humanitarian settings, you will help shape policies, strengthen institutions, mobilize investments, and scale sustainable solutions that improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families. This is a unique opportunity to influence global WASH priorities and contribute to UNICEF’s mission of leaving no child behind
Join UNICEF Ukraine as a WASH Officer and contribute to the delivery of critical water, sanitation and hygiene programmes that support children and communities affected by the war. Based in Kharkiv, you will support the development and implementation of WASH interventions, infrastructure projects, humanitarian response activities, and partnerships that help improve access to essential services for vulnerable populations.
Support effective implementation of inclusive, gender- and disability-responsive, climate-resilient WASH in Schools, menstrual hygiene management and related infrastructure interventions in the Republic of the Marshall Islands under the WINSPIRE and REnew Pacific programmes.
The consultant will provide on-the-ground technical expertise across design review, planning, construction supervision, monitoring, quality assurance, coordination and capacity strengthening to ensure infrastructure and services are timely, functional, sustainable and aligned with agreed standards.
Location:Fiji/Pacific Island Countries, Marshall Islands
This assignment aims to strengthen UNICEF’s global leadership on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) by advancing advocacy, accountability, monitoring, knowledge management and partnerships. The consultant will support implementation of the global MHH agenda, including tracking progress against commitments, strengthening country-level monitoring systems, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and promoting knowledge-sharing. The role will also support the UNICEF–Kimberly-Clark partnership through advocacy, capacity building, resource development, programme learning, and cross-country exchange to improve health, education and wellbeing outcomes for girls and women.
Can you influence the decisions that shape Angola’s WASH agenda? Are you a respected WASH professional with the experience to guide policy, strengthen institutions, and mobilize partners towards a common vision? Do you thrive on turning complex challenges into sustainable solutions that improve the lives of children and communities? UNICEF Angola is seeking an exceptional WASH Specialist to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and partnership engagement in support of equitable, climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services across the country. If you are ready to shape systems, influence change, and leave a lasting legacy for children in Angola, we encourage you to apply. For every child, safe water, sanitation, and a healthier future.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the Organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give more children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
L’objectif de la consultance est d’apporter une expertise spécialisée au bureau de l’UNICEF à Kananga pour appuyer UNICEF dans la mise en conformité et le suivi de la conformité environnementale et sociale des activités dans le cadre du MOU WASH du PAAF
UNICEF Mongolia is implementing WASH interventions to improve access to safe, climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene services for children and vulnerable communities, including through schools, kindergartens, health facilities and rural communities. The programme generates substantial evidence, lessons learned, tools, good practices and implementation experiences that need to be systematically captured and made accessible for programme learning, advocacy, resource mobilization and replication. The purpose of this consultancy is to provide ongoing knowledge management and documentation support to the UNICEF Mongolia WASH programme, including organizing programme information, documenting results and lessons learned, maintaining knowledge resources, and supporting the development of knowledge and communication products for programme learning, advocacy and resource mobilization
Do you have a passion for bringing safe, reliable, and climate-resilient water supply systems to communities, schools, and health facilities most in need?
UNICEF Pacific seeks to establish long term agreement one or multiple individual Water Supply Engineering Consultants for up to 300 working days, as and when required, over 36 months across Pacific Island countries. The consultant(s) will be home-based with extensive travel for site assessments and supervision, with periods at home/office for design, reporting and planning activities.
S/he will provide specialized technical expertise in site and water source assessments, water supply system design, hydraulic modelling, quality assurance, and technical documentation. The consultant(s) will support the design, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance planning of climate- and disaster-resilient water supply systems for communities, schools and health facilities, ensuring systems are safe, reliable, efficient, durable and resilient to Pacific environmental conditions.
To expand the pool of specialized expertise available to support WASH financing initiatives, UNICEF Indonesia seeks to establish a roster of qualified WASH Financing Experts who may be engaged as individual consultants on a short-term or long-term consultancy assignments on need basis.
Under the supervision of the WASH Officer, the WASH Technical Consultant for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is accountable for the timely and quality implementation of the WASH-MHM program, under the CER Output 5.2, with particular focus on the promoting Menstrual Hygiene Management and the institutionalization of the Oky Menstrual Period Tracking App in the Philippines.
The implementation Oky under the TUSIP program and the emerging climate-environment agenda for MHM has expanded the opportunity to reach more adolescents in the Philippines. To maximize this opportunity, the WASH-MHM program, particularly the Oky project, requires continued personnel support for technical assistance delivery, marketing and user acquisition, and systems strengthening. UNICEF needs the services of a dedicated consultant to support Oky Philippines and WASH-MHM tasks/activities and provide technical assistance to CSO and government implementing partners
UNICEF Lao PDR seeks an experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist to support emergency preparedness, coordination, and response interventions across WASH, Nutrition, Protection, and Education sectors, with a particular focus on child-centred disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, warehouse management, water, sanitation and hygiene, humanitarian coordination, and emergency supply preparedness.
UNICEF India is seeking a dynamic and experienced Child Protection Specialist to provide strategic leadership in advancing child protection outcomes across the country. The role will drive policy advocacy, strengthen child protection systems, foster partnerships with government and key stakeholders, and support the delivery of high-impact, evidence-based programmes that promote the rights, safety, and well-being of children. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence national priorities and contribute to sustainable results for children at scale.
UNICEF India is seeking a committed and experienced Child Protection Specialist to support the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of child protection programmes that advance the rights and well-being of children, especially the most vulnerable and marginalized. Reporting to the Chief Child Protection, the incumbent will provide technical leadership and strategic support to strengthen child protection systems, influence policies, foster partnerships, and drive evidence-based programming at national and sub-national levels.The role offers an opportunity to work closely with government counterparts, civil society organizations, development partners and academia to accelerate progress in preventing and responding to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect of children. Through strategic advocacy, systems strengthening, innovation and capacity building, the Child Protection Specialist will contribute to creating a safer and more protective environment for every child in India.The role focuses on upstream engagement through policy advocacy, systems strengthening, partnership building, and advancing UNICEF's 3Cs for Every Child approach Convene, Converge, and Catalyze; to achieve sustainable improvements in Child Protection outcomes at scale.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the development of recommendations for Greece to introduce a comprehensive integrated child protection system in the best interests of the child, in line with the 2024 Commission Recommendation on developing and strengthening integrated child protection systems.
UNICEF Afghanistan is seeking a Child Protection Specialist (P-3) to support and strengthen child protection programmes for children affected by armed conflict, displacement, migration, and other protection risks. The position will lead programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and partnership building, with a focus on Children Associated with Armed Conflict (CAAC), Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM), family tracing and reunification, reintegration, case management, and community-based child protection services.
The main purposes of this assignment are to understand the risk of SEA (SEARA) occurring and how the humanitarian response is addressing SEA risks, with a specific focus on the Child Protection, Health & Nutrition Sector in Myanmar. Additionally, the assignment aims to provide findings and recommendations to promote safer projects, and to inform capacity development by the PSEA team, enhancing the appropriate response to and prevention of SEA. The consultant will conduct mixed research (desk review and primary data collection), analyze the results and prioritize SEA risks in Child Protection, Health and Nutrition Sector. The assessment will offer proof to support SEA initiatives that promote safe child protection, health and nutrition service environment for all children. The final report will include recommendations, a risk register, and mitigation measures with practical tools for those sectors.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Legal & Policy Frameworks) and help strengthen the laws, policies and systems that protect children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in child rights, legal and policy reform, and government engagement to advance stronger, rights-based frameworks that prevent and respond to violence, exploitation, abuse and harmful practices.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Social & Gender Norms) and help prevent violence against children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in social and gender norms change, violence prevention and community engagement to support evidence-informed approaches that challenge harmful practices, promote positive behaviours, and create safer environments for children and adolescents.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Social Workforce Strengthening) and help strengthen the systems and frontline workforce that protect children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in child protection and social service workforce development to strengthen professional capacities, case management and referral systems, and improve the quality and coordination of services for vulnerable children and adolescents.
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