The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is a global network of operational agencies, academic institutions, policymakers, donors and practitioners that facilitates inter-agency technical collaboration on child protection in all humanitarian contexts. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-leads the Alliance with rotating NGOs, currently International Rescue Committee and Hurras Network. The Alliance sets standards and produces technical guidance for use by the various stakeholders, particularly field practitioners. Its mission is to support humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in humanitarian contexts, in both refugee and non-refugee settings.
The purpose of the assignment is to support the Alliance with planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and grant management for all Working Groups, Task Forces, and Initiatives (WGTFIs), in alignment with the Alliance’s Strategic Brief (2025-2026) and the following strategy, and the implementation of these strategies.
In 2025, UNICEF adopted a new Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029. The UGEAP covers a range of programmatic and institutional priorities for the organisation, to promote gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment. A core focus is on girls’ leadership and wellbeing.
The Programme communications, advocacy and policy Consultant is accountable to develop, support, network, implement and monitor an advocacy and programme communication strategy and associated products and activities, with the objective of raising awareness about the UGEAP within UNICEF and externally. The consultant will also support engagement with new and existing partners for gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment, with a special focus on adolescent girls.
Key tasks include designing and promoting various programme and advocacy assets on social media and other platforms; support for programme partnerships such as engagement briefs, pitch decks and resource mobilisation tools; and engaging with staff and partners to co-create easily understandably, child-friendly resources translating the theoretical principles of various policy frameworks for gender equality into practical assets. A significant focus of the consultant’s work will include actions to advance adolescent girls’ voices and rights across UNICEF and with partners in the public, private and philanthropic spheres as well as with young people themselves. in relation to the Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy implementation, and adolescent girls targeted priorities in the UGEAP 2026-2029 as well the Power4Girls and Skills4Girls portfolios.
The UNICEF Social Policy and Social Protection Programme Team is seeking a short-term consultancy to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Global Accelerator on jobs and social protection for just transitions. This includes:
- Undertaking a synthesis of literature on the effectiveness of social protection in supporting climate change adaptation outcomes for those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change ie children and young people, those living with disabilities, women and girls, and children on the move. identify the most salient evidence gaps; and
- Developing the implementation roadmap and action plan for the USP2030 financing group led Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) initiative on financing social protection.
The Risk Management in Programming and Safeguarding (RMPS) Unit, within the Programme Effectiveness Team (PET) in UNICEF’s Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM), was established at the end of 2024 to drive an integrated approach to risk management and safeguarding across UNICEF’s programming and operations.
To ensure sustainability, UNICEF is preparing to transfer the management of UNICARE from EMOPS to DAPM. This consultancy will provide business analysis and rollout/adoption support during and following transition, ensuring that workflows and processes are aligned with the CFM Procedure, that country offices have the tools and guidance to adopt the system efficiently, and that the analytics component is developed to respond to programme and accountability needs.
Join UNICEF as a Programme Specialist (Programme Hub Coordination). Make a meaningful impact on the lives of children in Cameroon. As a Programme Specialist (Programme Hub Coordinator), you will play a key role in promoting children's rights by leading and overseeing the full range of operations within the transactional support hub. Your leadership will directly enhance the office’s efficiency, effectiveness, and ability to deliver results for children.
UNICEF’s Office of Innovation (OOI) seeks a creative project specialist to support coordination, communications and reporting to provide support between two teams:
- 50% of time support coordination, communications and reporting for humanitarian innovation initiatives, including Kits that Fit, a UNICEF project for customization of humanitarian aid kits.
- 50% of time will be dedicated to the Insights Team at OOI, working with Communications for two flagship tools – the 5D Innovation Framework and Innovation MEL Toolbox – including working with both internal and external communications and events.
The Gender, Rights, and Protection unit is establishing a Roster of Consultants to pre-qualify candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. Consultants on the roster may be called upon to:
• Conduct evidence reviews and quality appraisals of programmatic research on child marriage, FGM, and related interventions (e.g. social protection, cash transfers, health, social and behavioural change)
• Draft high-quality research outputs including reports, briefs, academic articles, and presentations.
• Provide technical assistance on harmful practice research to UNICEF and UNFPA country and regional offices to support evidence-informed programming.
• Support evidence-agenda setting processes including research consultations, evidence synthesis, engaging stakeholders, and developing knowledge translation tools to enhance evidence uptake.
The Quality Review of the Country Programme Planning process (CPP) aims to assess the extent to which the purpose, rationale, and practice of the new CPP guidance have been understood and integrated by Country Offices. More deeply, the quality review aims at assessing the extent to which the new country programmes enable and plan for programming for scale and impact and for leveraging partnerships towards the achievement of higher-level results.
Therefore, elements to be assessed will include not only the adherence to the guidance (in terms of steps, processes, and templates) but also the application of its key principles, such as:
- Shifting towards more purposeful, effective and strategic planning at the country level, using high-quality analysis to shape programme choices
- Designing adaptive country programmes that contribute to outcome-level changes in the lives of children, by responding effectively and at scale to the most critical child rights’ deprivations (programming for scale and impact)
- Linking the Theories of Change with the evidence gathered in the Evidence Synthesis
- Identifying relevant systemic changes and appropriate interventions in the ToCs
- Connecting the Results and Resources Plans with the ToC’s interventions and systemic changes
- Harmonising Humanitarian and Development analysis and planning
- Better integrating risk analysis and management throughout the process
- Leveraging of a diverse set of partnerships towards the realisation of higher results for children
- Better reflecting on government and partners’ contributions (including the private sector) and commitment in line with National Development Plans
- Ensuring effective participation of key stakeholders at the critical steps of the planning process, as appropriate to the country's context
Implementation of UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029 requires effective knowledge management systems, information exchange and the internal dissemination of gender-related materials within UNICEF for strengthening gender equality programming and results across the organization.
The Gender Equality team is seeking a Knowledge Management Consultant to provide advisory services to facilitate effective knowledge exchange and mutual learning of UGEAP-related knowledge, products, and experiences.
UNICEF is seeking a Chief Economist & Director of Social Policy to lead the Center of Excellence on Child Poverty in Panama with satellite teams in Nairobi, Amman, Bangkok and in New York. S/he reports to the Director of Programme. The Chief Economist & Director, Social Policy must possess credibility and strong leadership abilities to actively engage at the cutting edge of international policy dialogue and participate in important discussions that prioritize child rights and well-being. S/he will provide effective leadership in influencing the policy agenda of key global partners and for relevant UNICEF programme and advocacy agenda, and advise the senior management of the organization on policy pathways to achieving the child-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and beyond. S/he will contribute to shaping opportunities and solving various challenging economic and social policy issues affecting children by providing analysis and policy recommendations towards at-scale programme design and institutional strengthening. Such analysis and policy recommendations will include pro-child development measures for macroeconomic stability, good governance, and sustainable fiscal space and debt restructuring for enhanced investments in child wellbeing by governments and partners.
Provide technical support to EOF for the delivery of EOF’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Outcomes Fund in South Africa. The Programme Consultant - South Africa will support EOF's team with engagements with implementing partners, providing support to solve implementation challenges and ensure smooth technical and operational delivery. The consultant will also provide support and guidance on the programs’ policy alignment and integration of learning into broader systemic change.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Child Poverty and Social Protection team in the Social Policy section with outreach as well as advocacy approaches on child poverty and social protection, through a variety of policy advocacy and knowledge management initiatives. This includes supporting dialogue, learning and advocacy on shock responsive as well as inclusive & gender responsive social protection, as well as support managing an active Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, support staff members coordinate outreach to member organizations.
The hired consultant will be responsible to support implementation of the Green Rising initiative, including the Green Rising Investment Facility, by making inputs into the global Green Rising strategy – through strategy advice and facilitation expertise - and by providing tailored advice on Green Rising programming to implementing UNICEF country offices, including bringing new offices onboard to the initiative. S/he will support the development of multiple strategy streams – from capacity building to supporting collaborating with other agencies and organizations -- to leverage youth power to achieve programmatic results, including environmental impact and sustainable livelihoods, across UNICEF and partners while empowering and upskilling young people. Linked to this work, s/he will contribute to drafting fundraising proposals, support key events and fora such as skill-shares, webinars, community calls and design workshops using facilitation techniques guided by human-centred design. The consultant will be supervised by the head of the Global Volunteer Initiative (GVI) within Generation Unlimited/UNICEF and work closely with the GVI team. The work will require some travel. For additional background, refer to the Generation Unlimited/Global Volunteer Initiative and Green Rising websites
The Community Engagement consultant will work in close collaboration with a Researcher Consultant to support a rapid needs assessment aimed at understanding migration experience of Bangladeshi UASC, identifying key protection risks and provide evidence-based recommendations to inform policy responses. More specifically, the consultant will carry out 1) the search and translation of relevant sources informing the initial desk review as per the researcher’s guidance; 2) the review of methodology and tools aimed at community engagement; 3) the reach out of key informants who will participate in interviews; 4) the cultural and linguistic mediation of focus group discussions with Bangladeshi youth; 5) the review of the rapid needs assessment-related materials.
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
The UNICEF Cameroon Office is looking for two Chief Field Office for Maroua and Bertoua zone offices. The Chief Field Office (CFO) is accountable for managing and leading the total programme commitment of a field office within a country programme.
The UNICEF Office of Innovation (OOI) is seeking a Communications Consultant with deep expertise in the Swedish innovation, social impact and tech landscape. The consultant will have strong media relations skills, demonstrated experience engaging with entrepreneurs, tech communities, and social impact leaders, and a track record of positioning organizations through thought leadership in digital media.
The consultant will play a central role in mapping opportunities for UNICEF engagement in Sweden, elevating OOI’s profile in relevant Swedish innovation ecosystems and beyond, and building relationships with key partners across media, the private sector, and government.
The purpose of this assignment is to produce two concise, action-oriented policy briefs and visual tools to support advocacy on child-centered climate adaptation and systems integration, complementing the three existing ones already produced, as well as to finalize the updated Climate Landscape Analysis for Children (CLAC) for Bangladesh.
The National Consultant will work in close coordination with the International Expert, the Orken Institute and UNICEF Kazakhstan to support the development and contextual adaptation of operational tools for the child protection system (including Standard Operating Procedures on case management, inter-agency procedures, a Monitoring and Evaluation framework, and ethical and legal data-handling standards) and to assist the co-design and roll-out of an eighty-hour in-service training programme and a sixteen-hour specialized course on responding to violence against children, including sexual abuse and online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
UNICEF Ghana seeks the services of a highly experienced professional with a profound commitment to achieving impactful results for every child. This individual will work as a national consultant to provide technical support to the UNICEF Ghana Child Protection (CP) in implementing the Integrated Social Services (ISS) approach and the Social Welfare Information Management System (SWIMS) at the sub-national level. Particularly, the consultant will support ISS and SWIMS data collection, analysis, management, reporting, and visualization for improved evidence-based policies and programmes for child protection.
The consultant will work closely with the Government of Ghana ISS technical working group (mainly the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection; the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs; the Office of the Head of Local Government Service; and the National Development Planning Commission), as well as the UNICEF HQ and Regional Office Primero teams.
The consultant will report to the child protection specialist. ONLY Ghanaian nationals are eligible to apply.
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is a global network of operational agencies, academic institutions, policymakers, donors and practitioners that facilitates inter-agency technical collaboration on child protection in all humanitarian contexts. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-leads the Alliance with rotating NGOs, currently International Rescue Committee and Hurras Network. The Alliance sets standards and produces technical guidance for use by the various stakeholders, particularly field practitioners. Its mission is to support humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in humanitarian contexts, in both refugee and non-refugee settings.
The purpose of the assignment is to support the Alliance with planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and grant management for all Working Groups, Task Forces, and Initiatives (WGTFIs), in alignment with the Alliance’s Strategic Brief (2025-2026) and the following strategy, and the implementation of these strategies.
In 2025, UNICEF adopted a new Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029. The UGEAP covers a range of programmatic and institutional priorities for the organisation, to promote gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment. A core focus is on girls’ leadership and wellbeing.
The Programme communications, advocacy and policy Consultant is accountable to develop, support, network, implement and monitor an advocacy and programme communication strategy and associated products and activities, with the objective of raising awareness about the UGEAP within UNICEF and externally. The consultant will also support engagement with new and existing partners for gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment, with a special focus on adolescent girls.
Key tasks include designing and promoting various programme and advocacy assets on social media and other platforms; support for programme partnerships such as engagement briefs, pitch decks and resource mobilisation tools; and engaging with staff and partners to co-create easily understandably, child-friendly resources translating the theoretical principles of various policy frameworks for gender equality into practical assets. A significant focus of the consultant’s work will include actions to advance adolescent girls’ voices and rights across UNICEF and with partners in the public, private and philanthropic spheres as well as with young people themselves. in relation to the Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy implementation, and adolescent girls targeted priorities in the UGEAP 2026-2029 as well the Power4Girls and Skills4Girls portfolios.
The UNICEF Social Policy and Social Protection Programme Team is seeking a short-term consultancy to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Global Accelerator on jobs and social protection for just transitions. This includes:
- Undertaking a synthesis of literature on the effectiveness of social protection in supporting climate change adaptation outcomes for those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change ie children and young people, those living with disabilities, women and girls, and children on the move. identify the most salient evidence gaps; and
- Developing the implementation roadmap and action plan for the USP2030 financing group led Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) initiative on financing social protection.
The Risk Management in Programming and Safeguarding (RMPS) Unit, within the Programme Effectiveness Team (PET) in UNICEF’s Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM), was established at the end of 2024 to drive an integrated approach to risk management and safeguarding across UNICEF’s programming and operations.
To ensure sustainability, UNICEF is preparing to transfer the management of UNICARE from EMOPS to DAPM. This consultancy will provide business analysis and rollout/adoption support during and following transition, ensuring that workflows and processes are aligned with the CFM Procedure, that country offices have the tools and guidance to adopt the system efficiently, and that the analytics component is developed to respond to programme and accountability needs.
Join UNICEF as a Programme Specialist (Programme Hub Coordination). Make a meaningful impact on the lives of children in Cameroon. As a Programme Specialist (Programme Hub Coordinator), you will play a key role in promoting children's rights by leading and overseeing the full range of operations within the transactional support hub. Your leadership will directly enhance the office’s efficiency, effectiveness, and ability to deliver results for children.
UNICEF’s Office of Innovation (OOI) seeks a creative project specialist to support coordination, communications and reporting to provide support between two teams:
- 50% of time support coordination, communications and reporting for humanitarian innovation initiatives, including Kits that Fit, a UNICEF project for customization of humanitarian aid kits.
- 50% of time will be dedicated to the Insights Team at OOI, working with Communications for two flagship tools – the 5D Innovation Framework and Innovation MEL Toolbox – including working with both internal and external communications and events.
The Gender, Rights, and Protection unit is establishing a Roster of Consultants to pre-qualify candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. Consultants on the roster may be called upon to:
• Conduct evidence reviews and quality appraisals of programmatic research on child marriage, FGM, and related interventions (e.g. social protection, cash transfers, health, social and behavioural change)
• Draft high-quality research outputs including reports, briefs, academic articles, and presentations.
• Provide technical assistance on harmful practice research to UNICEF and UNFPA country and regional offices to support evidence-informed programming.
• Support evidence-agenda setting processes including research consultations, evidence synthesis, engaging stakeholders, and developing knowledge translation tools to enhance evidence uptake.
The Quality Review of the Country Programme Planning process (CPP) aims to assess the extent to which the purpose, rationale, and practice of the new CPP guidance have been understood and integrated by Country Offices. More deeply, the quality review aims at assessing the extent to which the new country programmes enable and plan for programming for scale and impact and for leveraging partnerships towards the achievement of higher-level results.
Therefore, elements to be assessed will include not only the adherence to the guidance (in terms of steps, processes, and templates) but also the application of its key principles, such as:
- Shifting towards more purposeful, effective and strategic planning at the country level, using high-quality analysis to shape programme choices
- Designing adaptive country programmes that contribute to outcome-level changes in the lives of children, by responding effectively and at scale to the most critical child rights’ deprivations (programming for scale and impact)
- Linking the Theories of Change with the evidence gathered in the Evidence Synthesis
- Identifying relevant systemic changes and appropriate interventions in the ToCs
- Connecting the Results and Resources Plans with the ToC’s interventions and systemic changes
- Harmonising Humanitarian and Development analysis and planning
- Better integrating risk analysis and management throughout the process
- Leveraging of a diverse set of partnerships towards the realisation of higher results for children
- Better reflecting on government and partners’ contributions (including the private sector) and commitment in line with National Development Plans
- Ensuring effective participation of key stakeholders at the critical steps of the planning process, as appropriate to the country's context
Implementation of UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029 requires effective knowledge management systems, information exchange and the internal dissemination of gender-related materials within UNICEF for strengthening gender equality programming and results across the organization.
The Gender Equality team is seeking a Knowledge Management Consultant to provide advisory services to facilitate effective knowledge exchange and mutual learning of UGEAP-related knowledge, products, and experiences.
UNICEF is seeking a Chief Economist & Director of Social Policy to lead the Center of Excellence on Child Poverty in Panama with satellite teams in Nairobi, Amman, Bangkok and in New York. S/he reports to the Director of Programme. The Chief Economist & Director, Social Policy must possess credibility and strong leadership abilities to actively engage at the cutting edge of international policy dialogue and participate in important discussions that prioritize child rights and well-being. S/he will provide effective leadership in influencing the policy agenda of key global partners and for relevant UNICEF programme and advocacy agenda, and advise the senior management of the organization on policy pathways to achieving the child-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and beyond. S/he will contribute to shaping opportunities and solving various challenging economic and social policy issues affecting children by providing analysis and policy recommendations towards at-scale programme design and institutional strengthening. Such analysis and policy recommendations will include pro-child development measures for macroeconomic stability, good governance, and sustainable fiscal space and debt restructuring for enhanced investments in child wellbeing by governments and partners.
Provide technical support to EOF for the delivery of EOF’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Outcomes Fund in South Africa. The Programme Consultant - South Africa will support EOF's team with engagements with implementing partners, providing support to solve implementation challenges and ensure smooth technical and operational delivery. The consultant will also provide support and guidance on the programs’ policy alignment and integration of learning into broader systemic change.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Child Poverty and Social Protection team in the Social Policy section with outreach as well as advocacy approaches on child poverty and social protection, through a variety of policy advocacy and knowledge management initiatives. This includes supporting dialogue, learning and advocacy on shock responsive as well as inclusive & gender responsive social protection, as well as support managing an active Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, support staff members coordinate outreach to member organizations.
The hired consultant will be responsible to support implementation of the Green Rising initiative, including the Green Rising Investment Facility, by making inputs into the global Green Rising strategy – through strategy advice and facilitation expertise - and by providing tailored advice on Green Rising programming to implementing UNICEF country offices, including bringing new offices onboard to the initiative. S/he will support the development of multiple strategy streams – from capacity building to supporting collaborating with other agencies and organizations -- to leverage youth power to achieve programmatic results, including environmental impact and sustainable livelihoods, across UNICEF and partners while empowering and upskilling young people. Linked to this work, s/he will contribute to drafting fundraising proposals, support key events and fora such as skill-shares, webinars, community calls and design workshops using facilitation techniques guided by human-centred design. The consultant will be supervised by the head of the Global Volunteer Initiative (GVI) within Generation Unlimited/UNICEF and work closely with the GVI team. The work will require some travel. For additional background, refer to the Generation Unlimited/Global Volunteer Initiative and Green Rising websites
The Community Engagement consultant will work in close collaboration with a Researcher Consultant to support a rapid needs assessment aimed at understanding migration experience of Bangladeshi UASC, identifying key protection risks and provide evidence-based recommendations to inform policy responses. More specifically, the consultant will carry out 1) the search and translation of relevant sources informing the initial desk review as per the researcher’s guidance; 2) the review of methodology and tools aimed at community engagement; 3) the reach out of key informants who will participate in interviews; 4) the cultural and linguistic mediation of focus group discussions with Bangladeshi youth; 5) the review of the rapid needs assessment-related materials.
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
The UNICEF Cameroon Office is looking for two Chief Field Office for Maroua and Bertoua zone offices. The Chief Field Office (CFO) is accountable for managing and leading the total programme commitment of a field office within a country programme.
The UNICEF Office of Innovation (OOI) is seeking a Communications Consultant with deep expertise in the Swedish innovation, social impact and tech landscape. The consultant will have strong media relations skills, demonstrated experience engaging with entrepreneurs, tech communities, and social impact leaders, and a track record of positioning organizations through thought leadership in digital media.
The consultant will play a central role in mapping opportunities for UNICEF engagement in Sweden, elevating OOI’s profile in relevant Swedish innovation ecosystems and beyond, and building relationships with key partners across media, the private sector, and government.
The purpose of this assignment is to produce two concise, action-oriented policy briefs and visual tools to support advocacy on child-centered climate adaptation and systems integration, complementing the three existing ones already produced, as well as to finalize the updated Climate Landscape Analysis for Children (CLAC) for Bangladesh.
The National Consultant will work in close coordination with the International Expert, the Orken Institute and UNICEF Kazakhstan to support the development and contextual adaptation of operational tools for the child protection system (including Standard Operating Procedures on case management, inter-agency procedures, a Monitoring and Evaluation framework, and ethical and legal data-handling standards) and to assist the co-design and roll-out of an eighty-hour in-service training programme and a sixteen-hour specialized course on responding to violence against children, including sexual abuse and online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
UNICEF Ghana seeks the services of a highly experienced professional with a profound commitment to achieving impactful results for every child. This individual will work as a national consultant to provide technical support to the UNICEF Ghana Child Protection (CP) in implementing the Integrated Social Services (ISS) approach and the Social Welfare Information Management System (SWIMS) at the sub-national level. Particularly, the consultant will support ISS and SWIMS data collection, analysis, management, reporting, and visualization for improved evidence-based policies and programmes for child protection.
The consultant will work closely with the Government of Ghana ISS technical working group (mainly the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection; the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs; the Office of the Head of Local Government Service; and the National Development Planning Commission), as well as the UNICEF HQ and Regional Office Primero teams.
The consultant will report to the child protection specialist. ONLY Ghanaian nationals are eligible to apply.
