As part of UNICEF’s Future Focus Initiative (FFI), a corporate-wide transformation launched in 2025 to ensure UNICEF remains fit for purpose in an era of declining Official Development Assistance and increasing complexity, the offices in Belize, Jamaica, Guyana & Suriname, and the Eastern Caribbean Area (ECA) are consolidating into a new Caribbean Multi-Country Office — a regional platform combining policy influence, technical depth, and strategic partnerships across 12 countries, designed for systems-level impact and results at scale.
For the transition, a 73-role recruitment campaign will be launched from July 2026, requiring additional support for recruitment and selection processes and UNICEF is seeking a People and Culture professional to join a dynamic team driving one of the most significant P&C transformation processes in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: the consolidation of the new Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean.
The incumbent will implement a prioritized recruitment and selection plan with clear deadlines and deliverables with the main responsibilities of recruitment and selection activities. The P&C Officer will also support specific staff support interventions for staff on abolished position across the Caribbean and will support the drafting and classification of Job Descriptions as required.
UNICEF’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO), in partnership with the UNICEF ECD Centre of Excellence, is seeking a Senior Advisory Consultant to inform CELFF’s strategic direction, country engagement, and partnership approaches within the context of this leveraging agenda for ECD. The consultant will guide relevant teams, while working
collaboratively with the ECD Centre of Excellence, to ensure strategic coherence and effective country-level demonstrations, and contribute to a robust, pragmatic roadmap to scale key initiatives, including CELFF, to advance outcomes for young children.
UNICEF works to ensure that no boy or girl becomes a victim of any form of violence — a complex, multifaceted phenomenon shaped by cultural, social, and economic factors. This consultancy will support the UNICEF Brazil Country Office in developing a comprehensive, national, intersectoral Social and Behaviour Change strategy to address violent discipline with government and civil society partners, strengthening the commitment to the protection and well-being of Brazilian children.
Guinea is a lower-middle-income country facing significant challenges in child development and deprivation. According to the latest Human Development Index (HDI) report, Guinea has a Human Development Index of 0.480, ranking 178th out of 191 countries in 2023, reflecting its ongoing struggle with poverty and social development challenges. Since 1984, UNICEF has worked with the government and various partners, including UN agencies, NGOs, and community-based organizations, to improve conditions for children.
This consultancy will strengthen and integrate a real-time predictive model prototype to assess child vulnerability during Caribbean climate emergencies, building upon the "Ahead of the Storm" initiative. The expert will consolidate data pipelines, geospatial workflows, and impact-translation methods into a sustainable, modular system that delivers actionable decision-support tools, such as maps and alerts, for rapid regional response.
Addressing the critical need for timely, child-specific data across sectors, this time-bound assignment leverages specialized expertise in geospatial data engineering and systems integration to operationalize multi-hazard analysis. The goal is to provide sustainable, actionable insights for emergency preparedness, supporting better outcomes for children and families across the Caribbean Basin.
UNICEF Cameroon is seeking a highly qualified and competent to join its team in Yaounde to work in an exciting construction project aimed at creating safe and sustainable facilities. This role involves providing technical support for planning, procurement, and monitoring of construction activities to ensure compliance with UNICEF's standards. The position requires a commitment to improving public infrastructure in particularly in education, health, and WASH sectors.
The Fundraising Innovation Manager P4 (TA) is responsible for driving strategic innovation in UNICEF’s fundraising practices. This includes fostering internal and external collaborations, supporting the piloting and scaling of innovative fundraising solutions, and consolidating best practices to inform global fundraising priorities.The role contributes to ensuring UNICEF remains a leading organization of choice for donors through continuous innovation and adaptive fundraising strategies.
UNICEF Malawi’s Country Programme aims to ensure that all children and adolescents can survive, grow, learn, and be protected, with a strong focus on those who are most vulnerable and at risk of being left behind. The programme works to create an inclusive and resilient environment where every child has equal opportunities. The Country Programme focuses on Child Survival and Development (Health, Nutrition and WASH), Learning, Skills and Protection, Social Policy (Social Protection and Public Finance for Children), Gender Equality, Inclusion and Innovation within a robust evidence-informed environment, and supported by programme and operational effectiveness and efficiency UNICEF works across both humanitarian and development contexts to strengthen preparedness for emergencies, support climate adaptation and response, and build the resilience of institutions, communities, and young people. UNICEF is seeking a highly motivated Social Policy Specialist to support the effective delivery of its Country Programme, contributing to improved outcomes for children in a complex, risk‑prone environment. Reporting to the Chief of the Social Policy Section, the Social Policy Specialist plays a critical role in leading activities related to the coordination, capacity-building, implementation and monitoring of the social protection sector, and more specifically, the flagship National Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP).
The purpose of the assignment is to provide hands-on, decision-oriented analytical support to the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) while strengthening sustainable, in-house data analysis capacity within MINEDUC and its technical agencies, particularly the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) and the National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA). The consultant will be embedded within MINEDUC to strengthen education data analysis and use for evidence-driven planning, programme improvement, and policy decisions, with clear skills transfer to designated government statisticians and analysts.
The Office of Innovation is looking for an Innovation Specialist (Blockchain) to help lead and shape UNICEF’s blockchain and Web3 initiatives. In this role, you will provide technical expertise, strategic guidance, and partnership support to advance innovative open-source solutions that can improve outcomes for children globally. Working closely with the UNICEF Venture Fund and a wide range of internal and external partners, you will help identify emerging opportunities, support frontier technology investments, and contribute to the development of digital public goods and innovative financing mechanisms. This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong and forward-thinking professional who is passionate about leveraging blockchain technology for social impact.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support ASWA III Country Office (Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Mali, Niger) to develop and implement a WASH focused conflict and peace analysis (CPA) including gender equality, disability, and social inclusion considerations, and to use its findings to effectively integrate conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding into WASH programming.
This Temporary Appointment offers an opportunity to contribute to high-impact programmatic priorities within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The role is established to address immediate operational needs and ensure continuity of key functions, while supporting ongoing strategic initiatives. The incumbent will work collaboratively across teams, providing technical and operational support to deliver results effectively and efficiently.
The ability of the Finance Officer to effectively manage and execute financial transactions and services directly impacts on meeting organizational/staff needs and program delivery of goals and objectives. This in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility of UNICEF as an effective and responsible manager of funds entrusted to the organization and to furthering UNICEF’s image as a competent organization for delivering cost effective and sustainable program results.
The Policy Reform Pillar at the Global Practice of Education is seeking an expert to provide highly specialized
technical assistance and guidance to the gender transformative education programme, with a particular focus on supporting the regional component. The expert will provide high level technical expertise to UNICEF, in collaboration with Country Offices, government counterparts, UN agencies and regional partners.
The scope of the consultancy work to provide technical and operational support for knowledge management to strengthen UNICEF China’s partnerships with China-based financial institutions, in support of international development finance and innovative financing initiatives to benefit children globally. The consultancy will contribute to research, policy analysis, capacity building, and event management aligned with UNICEF China’s Country Programme (2026–2030) and UNICEF’s regional and global priorities.
Ready to make a lasting difference for children and communities in Kiribati? UNICEF is seeking a motivated Community Development Officer (WASH) to join our team in Tarawa and help strengthen sanitation, hygiene and community resilience through meaningful partnerships and local action. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with experience in community development, public health, social sciences, behaviour change communication or WASH programming who is passionate about creating impact, working closely with communities and government partners, and contributing to a better future for every child.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP) in analysing the disability system, progress, achievements, and challenges in the disability determination process in the Republic of Moldova. This includes assessing the existing disability framework to develop a Road Map for the designing criteria for determining disability in children and adults, in line with international/EU Member States’ practices, aligned with the biopsychosocial model and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - Children and Youth version (ICF-CY). The main deliverable will be a practical, forward-looking roadmap for revising and piloting the disability assessment criteria in the Republic of Moldova.
Are you looking for a hands-on experience to expand your knowledge and skills? UNICEF Ghana has an opportunity for young talents to engage as Advocacy Research Intern to support UNICEF Ghana's advocacy work by conducting research, generating evidence, and analyzing policy and development trends to inform advocacy strategies and decision-making.
The internship duration is 26 weeks.
Le/La Chargé(e) SBC-Nutrition apportera un appui technique et opérationnel à la planification, à la mise en oeuvre, au suivi et à l’évaluation de stratégies de Changement Social et Comportemental fondées sur des évidences, contribuant à l’amélioration des pratiques nutritionnelles et à l’accroissement de la demande et de l’utilisation des services nutritionnels essentiels.
UNICEF is requesting the consultant to initiate a comprehensive programme of advanced secondary analyses that goes beyond descriptive reporting, which is to date available in most national reports, with the objective of generating actionable evidence to inform nutrition policies, strategic choices, and programme implementation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This work responds to the growing availability of high-quality national datasets and programmatic information, alongside the urgent need to better leverage these data to accelerate progress under the National Multisectoral Nutrition Strategic Plan 2023-2030. To this end, the consultant will contribute to the development of a thematic supplement, coordinated by guest editors from UNICEF and government entities, bringing together cutting-edge analytical work and implementation-focused evidence.
As part of UNICEF’s Future Focus Initiative (FFI), a corporate-wide transformation launched in 2025 to ensure UNICEF remains fit for purpose in an era of declining Official Development Assistance and increasing complexity, the offices in Belize, Jamaica, Guyana & Suriname, and the Eastern Caribbean Area (ECA) are consolidating into a new Caribbean Multi-Country Office — a regional platform combining policy influence, technical depth, and strategic partnerships across 12 countries, designed for systems-level impact and results at scale.
For the transition, a 73-role recruitment campaign will be launched from July 2026, requiring additional support for recruitment and selection processes and UNICEF is seeking a People and Culture professional to join a dynamic team driving one of the most significant P&C transformation processes in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: the consolidation of the new Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean.
The incumbent will implement a prioritized recruitment and selection plan with clear deadlines and deliverables with the main responsibilities of recruitment and selection activities. The P&C Officer will also support specific staff support interventions for staff on abolished position across the Caribbean and will support the drafting and classification of Job Descriptions as required.
UNICEF’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO), in partnership with the UNICEF ECD Centre of Excellence, is seeking a Senior Advisory Consultant to inform CELFF’s strategic direction, country engagement, and partnership approaches within the context of this leveraging agenda for ECD. The consultant will guide relevant teams, while working
collaboratively with the ECD Centre of Excellence, to ensure strategic coherence and effective country-level demonstrations, and contribute to a robust, pragmatic roadmap to scale key initiatives, including CELFF, to advance outcomes for young children.
UNICEF works to ensure that no boy or girl becomes a victim of any form of violence — a complex, multifaceted phenomenon shaped by cultural, social, and economic factors. This consultancy will support the UNICEF Brazil Country Office in developing a comprehensive, national, intersectoral Social and Behaviour Change strategy to address violent discipline with government and civil society partners, strengthening the commitment to the protection and well-being of Brazilian children.
Guinea is a lower-middle-income country facing significant challenges in child development and deprivation. According to the latest Human Development Index (HDI) report, Guinea has a Human Development Index of 0.480, ranking 178th out of 191 countries in 2023, reflecting its ongoing struggle with poverty and social development challenges. Since 1984, UNICEF has worked with the government and various partners, including UN agencies, NGOs, and community-based organizations, to improve conditions for children.
This consultancy will strengthen and integrate a real-time predictive model prototype to assess child vulnerability during Caribbean climate emergencies, building upon the "Ahead of the Storm" initiative. The expert will consolidate data pipelines, geospatial workflows, and impact-translation methods into a sustainable, modular system that delivers actionable decision-support tools, such as maps and alerts, for rapid regional response.
Addressing the critical need for timely, child-specific data across sectors, this time-bound assignment leverages specialized expertise in geospatial data engineering and systems integration to operationalize multi-hazard analysis. The goal is to provide sustainable, actionable insights for emergency preparedness, supporting better outcomes for children and families across the Caribbean Basin.
UNICEF Cameroon is seeking a highly qualified and competent to join its team in Yaounde to work in an exciting construction project aimed at creating safe and sustainable facilities. This role involves providing technical support for planning, procurement, and monitoring of construction activities to ensure compliance with UNICEF's standards. The position requires a commitment to improving public infrastructure in particularly in education, health, and WASH sectors.
The Fundraising Innovation Manager P4 (TA) is responsible for driving strategic innovation in UNICEF’s fundraising practices. This includes fostering internal and external collaborations, supporting the piloting and scaling of innovative fundraising solutions, and consolidating best practices to inform global fundraising priorities.The role contributes to ensuring UNICEF remains a leading organization of choice for donors through continuous innovation and adaptive fundraising strategies.
UNICEF Malawi’s Country Programme aims to ensure that all children and adolescents can survive, grow, learn, and be protected, with a strong focus on those who are most vulnerable and at risk of being left behind. The programme works to create an inclusive and resilient environment where every child has equal opportunities. The Country Programme focuses on Child Survival and Development (Health, Nutrition and WASH), Learning, Skills and Protection, Social Policy (Social Protection and Public Finance for Children), Gender Equality, Inclusion and Innovation within a robust evidence-informed environment, and supported by programme and operational effectiveness and efficiency UNICEF works across both humanitarian and development contexts to strengthen preparedness for emergencies, support climate adaptation and response, and build the resilience of institutions, communities, and young people. UNICEF is seeking a highly motivated Social Policy Specialist to support the effective delivery of its Country Programme, contributing to improved outcomes for children in a complex, risk‑prone environment. Reporting to the Chief of the Social Policy Section, the Social Policy Specialist plays a critical role in leading activities related to the coordination, capacity-building, implementation and monitoring of the social protection sector, and more specifically, the flagship National Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP).
The purpose of the assignment is to provide hands-on, decision-oriented analytical support to the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) while strengthening sustainable, in-house data analysis capacity within MINEDUC and its technical agencies, particularly the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) and the National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA). The consultant will be embedded within MINEDUC to strengthen education data analysis and use for evidence-driven planning, programme improvement, and policy decisions, with clear skills transfer to designated government statisticians and analysts.
The Office of Innovation is looking for an Innovation Specialist (Blockchain) to help lead and shape UNICEF’s blockchain and Web3 initiatives. In this role, you will provide technical expertise, strategic guidance, and partnership support to advance innovative open-source solutions that can improve outcomes for children globally. Working closely with the UNICEF Venture Fund and a wide range of internal and external partners, you will help identify emerging opportunities, support frontier technology investments, and contribute to the development of digital public goods and innovative financing mechanisms. This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong and forward-thinking professional who is passionate about leveraging blockchain technology for social impact.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support ASWA III Country Office (Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Mali, Niger) to develop and implement a WASH focused conflict and peace analysis (CPA) including gender equality, disability, and social inclusion considerations, and to use its findings to effectively integrate conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding into WASH programming.
This Temporary Appointment offers an opportunity to contribute to high-impact programmatic priorities within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The role is established to address immediate operational needs and ensure continuity of key functions, while supporting ongoing strategic initiatives. The incumbent will work collaboratively across teams, providing technical and operational support to deliver results effectively and efficiently.
The ability of the Finance Officer to effectively manage and execute financial transactions and services directly impacts on meeting organizational/staff needs and program delivery of goals and objectives. This in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility of UNICEF as an effective and responsible manager of funds entrusted to the organization and to furthering UNICEF’s image as a competent organization for delivering cost effective and sustainable program results.
The Policy Reform Pillar at the Global Practice of Education is seeking an expert to provide highly specialized
technical assistance and guidance to the gender transformative education programme, with a particular focus on supporting the regional component. The expert will provide high level technical expertise to UNICEF, in collaboration with Country Offices, government counterparts, UN agencies and regional partners.
The scope of the consultancy work to provide technical and operational support for knowledge management to strengthen UNICEF China’s partnerships with China-based financial institutions, in support of international development finance and innovative financing initiatives to benefit children globally. The consultancy will contribute to research, policy analysis, capacity building, and event management aligned with UNICEF China’s Country Programme (2026–2030) and UNICEF’s regional and global priorities.
Ready to make a lasting difference for children and communities in Kiribati? UNICEF is seeking a motivated Community Development Officer (WASH) to join our team in Tarawa and help strengthen sanitation, hygiene and community resilience through meaningful partnerships and local action. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with experience in community development, public health, social sciences, behaviour change communication or WASH programming who is passionate about creating impact, working closely with communities and government partners, and contributing to a better future for every child.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP) in analysing the disability system, progress, achievements, and challenges in the disability determination process in the Republic of Moldova. This includes assessing the existing disability framework to develop a Road Map for the designing criteria for determining disability in children and adults, in line with international/EU Member States’ practices, aligned with the biopsychosocial model and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - Children and Youth version (ICF-CY). The main deliverable will be a practical, forward-looking roadmap for revising and piloting the disability assessment criteria in the Republic of Moldova.
Are you looking for a hands-on experience to expand your knowledge and skills? UNICEF Ghana has an opportunity for young talents to engage as Advocacy Research Intern to support UNICEF Ghana's advocacy work by conducting research, generating evidence, and analyzing policy and development trends to inform advocacy strategies and decision-making.
The internship duration is 26 weeks.
Le/La Chargé(e) SBC-Nutrition apportera un appui technique et opérationnel à la planification, à la mise en oeuvre, au suivi et à l’évaluation de stratégies de Changement Social et Comportemental fondées sur des évidences, contribuant à l’amélioration des pratiques nutritionnelles et à l’accroissement de la demande et de l’utilisation des services nutritionnels essentiels.
UNICEF is requesting the consultant to initiate a comprehensive programme of advanced secondary analyses that goes beyond descriptive reporting, which is to date available in most national reports, with the objective of generating actionable evidence to inform nutrition policies, strategic choices, and programme implementation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This work responds to the growing availability of high-quality national datasets and programmatic information, alongside the urgent need to better leverage these data to accelerate progress under the National Multisectoral Nutrition Strategic Plan 2023-2030. To this end, the consultant will contribute to the development of a thematic supplement, coordinated by guest editors from UNICEF and government entities, bringing together cutting-edge analytical work and implementation-focused evidence.
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