Conducir el GPR de UNICEF Costa Rica conforme con la herramienta corporativa y el UGEAP 2026-2029, utilizando la evidencia del SITAN para formular recomendaciones concretas para el CPD 2028-2032. Integrar el enfoque transformador de género en el abordaje de toda la Oficina, con énfasis en desarrollo de la primera infancia y prevención de la violencia, y aportar insumos oportunos para las teorías de cambio, resultados, estrategias y marco de seguimiento del CPD.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations.This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Chief Nutrition and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide close technical supervision, quality assurance, construction planning, progress monitoring, technical guidance and reporting for CRIBS rehabilitation works in Enugu State. The consultant will support timely and quality implementation while final approval, certification, contract management and payment authorization remain with UNICEF staff members.
UNICEF DCOE is therefore seeking a Senior Consultant to lead Oky’s country partnerships and advance girls’ digital literacy and contributions across the Oky network, bringing country realities and girls’ perspectives into Oky’s technology direction.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide professional editing, copy-editing, structural review and publication-readiness support for 15 papers that will form book chapters developed under the UNICEF Lesotho Thought Leadership Series. The consultant will support UNICEF Lesotho to transform selected full papers into polished, accessible and policy-relevant manuscripts suitable for presentation at the 2027 National Dialogue and for possible inclusion in an edited open-access book.
Join UNICEF Ukraine as a WASH Manager (P-4, TA) in Odesa and lead WASH programme implementation, emergency response, and partnerships across southern Ukraine, helping deliver essential services and sustainable solutions for vulnerable children and communities.
UNICEF’s Innovative Finance Hub works to develop financing solutions that accelerate progress for children and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a global mandate, the Hub brings together innovation, partnerships and investment expertise to address a critical challenge: despite a global SDG financing gap exceeding USD 4 trillion, children remain largely overlooked in investment decision-making. While companies and investors have significant impacts on children’s lives through products, employment, communities and environmental practices, child rights considerations are rarely integrated into investment strategies. This assignment will support UNICEF’s efforts to mobilize capital, strengthen child-focused finance approaches, and promote investment practices that better advance child rights and development outcomes.
Location:Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Finland
UNICEF is committed to ensuring that all children and young people acquire the knowledge and skills needed to learn, thrive, and transition to further education, decent work, and active citizenship. However, many adolescents, particularly those affected by conflict and displacement, face barriers to formal education due to interrupted schooling, age-grade mismatches, lack of documentation, and legal restrictions. Flexible learning pathways such as accelerated learning, bridging programmes, alternative delivery models, and links to vocational training can help address these challenges, but their implementation remains inconsistent.
This assignment will address three key gaps: limited documentation of effective practices, barriers to certification and progression, and a lack of practical guidance for displacement settings. Drawing on evidence from PROSPECTS partnership countries, the consultancy will identify and analyze promising approaches, examine certification and transition pathways, and develop practical guidance to support UNICEF country offices and partners in expanding quality, flexible education opportunities for adolescents in fragile and displacement-affected contexts.
Location:United States, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Jordan
UNICEF Ethiopia is seeking an experienced Immunization Specialist to provide technical leadership and strategic support for the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of immunization programmes. The incumbent will work closely with government counterparts, development partners and UNICEF teams to strengthen routine immunization, reduce zero-dose children, improve equitable access to services, and support emergency preparedness and outbreak response across Ethiopia. The position requires strong expertise in public health, programme management, partnership building, and evidence-based decision-making.
A Madagascar, de nombreux enfants sont exclus du système éducatif. Cette situation est alarmante, comme le
montre les résultats de l'enquête MICS-2025 :
• Le taux de fréquentation de l’éducation préscolaire (36-59 mois) est de 29,4%.
• Le taux de fréquentation de l’éducation primaire est de 77,8%.
• Le taux de fréquentation du premier cycle du secondaire (collège) est de 30,4%.
• Le taux de fréquentation du second cycle du secondaire est de 15,2%.
• 19,8% d'enfants en âge d'aller à l'école primaire au début de l'année scolaire sont non-scolarisé, dont 17,4% pour
les filles et 22,1% pour les garçons.
• 31,2% d'enfants en âge d'aller au premier cycle du secondaire au début de l'année scolaire sont non-scolarisés,
dont 28,8% pour les filles et 33,8% pour les garçons.
UNICEF’s expanding mental health portfolio has generated substantial technical guidance, tools, partnerships, and country implementation experience. Dedicated support is now needed to address technical and financing gaps, make global tools and guidance easier to apply, and draw lessons from country implementation to guide future work.
Under the Global Mental Health Lead, the consultant will deliver a defined set of technical products covering strategic partnerships and investment opportunities, practical guidance and learning resources for country-level systems strengthening, and evidence synthesis and publications. These outputs will strengthen UNICEF's capacity to support countries in planning, integrating and scaling child and adolescent mental health services within health and community systems.
Location:United States, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Kenya
The Process Consultant will coordinate this process end to end for the Climate and Environment Unit: navigating the Government’s procedure, mapping actors and interventions, running the consultations and providing the technical adaptation and mitigation analysis needed to mature the project, so that UNICEF obtains national endorsement, submits a high-quality concept note and launches the preparation of the full project proposal for submission in 2027. The consultant works under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, Climate and Environment, and in coordination with the technical consultancy support to the concept note.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Ministry of Justice and UNICEF in developing a practical, rights-based and institutionally sustainable monitoring framework on the status of children in contact with the justice system that can be adopted and routinely applied by the Ministry of Justice. The framework should enable regular collection, consolidation and analysis of relevant data and support evidence-based policy development and monitoring of the implementation of children’s rights within the justice system.
Learning at UNICEF focuses on building skills that support individual, team, and organizational goals. It’s a shared responsibility between staff, supervisors, and the organization, with plans set during annual career conversations. In line with UNICEF’s Global Learning and Development Policy and PCO L&D strategy, UNICEF Pakistan Country Office is planning to conduct an internal learning need assessment to identify current and future learning needs across its workforce. In line with the Learning and Development Committee (LDC) strategy, UNICEF Pakistan seeks an Individual consultant to handle the 2026 learning needs assessment exercise in PCO within the guidance of the Chief of People & Culture, ensuring recommendations are aligned with the learning and development strategy of PCO and office-wide learning plan.
Objectives
• Review existing learning plan and conduct internal learning gap analysis.
• Identify priority learning and development needs across PCO and develop pillars.
• Recommend targeted interventions, priorities and capacity-building strategies.
• Align recommendations with UNICEF’s strategic goals, LDC guidelines, and the country office learning plan.
The Partnerships Officer (NO-2) will support UNICEF India Country Office’s Resource Mobilization & Partnerships section in developing and managing relationships with Indian and international foundations to mobilize resources for UNICEF programmes. The role involves identifying prospective donors, conducting due diligence, developing fundraising strategies, and managing existing foundation partnerships. The incumbent will coordinate proposal and concept note development, grant management, donor reporting, and compliance with donor requirements. The position will also support donor engagement, meetings, visits, stewardship materials, and coordination with programme, finance, communications, and other teams.
UNICEF está buscando un Consultor/a para brindar apoyo técnico especializado, facilitación y redacción a UNICEF Costa Rica para formular el CPD 2028–2032. El proceso deberá producir un programa basado en evidencia y derechos, con enfoque de equidad, género, inclusión y gestión de riesgos, alineado con el UNSDCF 2028–2032, las prioridades nacionales y las directrices corporativas de UNICEF.
The consultant will work in close coordination with the Ministry of Family Care and Demography, the Ministry of Labour,
Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, and UNICEF in planning and conducting the analysis of trends in the alternative
care system in the Republic of Serbia.
The assignment will focus on examining trends, challenges, and the quality of existing policies and practices in alternative
care, with particular attention to permanency planning, outcomes for children deprived of parental care within the child
protection system, and factors contributing to prolonged stays in alternative care.
Provide dedicated, office-based communication support to the two EU-funded programmes over 36 months, weighted to reflect UNICEF’s role in each: approximately 70% of time for EU4PEOPLE, where UNICEF is lead agency, and 30% for the Roma Assistance Programme, where UNICEF is a participating agency. Under the guidance of the Communication Officer, the Communication Associate will support communication, visibility and event management for EU4PEOPLE, including day-to-day coordination with communication colleagues from partner UN agencies; deliver UNICEF’s communication contributions to the UNDP-led Roma Assistance Programme; ensure compliance with EU and UNICEF branding and visibility rules; and produce ethical, evidence-based and human-interest content that makes programme results visible to decision-makers, professionals, communities and the general public.
Conducir el GPR de UNICEF Costa Rica conforme con la herramienta corporativa y el UGEAP 2026-2029, utilizando la evidencia del SITAN para formular recomendaciones concretas para el CPD 2028-2032. Integrar el enfoque transformador de género en el abordaje de toda la Oficina, con énfasis en desarrollo de la primera infancia y prevención de la violencia, y aportar insumos oportunos para las teorías de cambio, resultados, estrategias y marco de seguimiento del CPD.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations.This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Chief Nutrition and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide close technical supervision, quality assurance, construction planning, progress monitoring, technical guidance and reporting for CRIBS rehabilitation works in Enugu State. The consultant will support timely and quality implementation while final approval, certification, contract management and payment authorization remain with UNICEF staff members.
UNICEF DCOE is therefore seeking a Senior Consultant to lead Oky’s country partnerships and advance girls’ digital literacy and contributions across the Oky network, bringing country realities and girls’ perspectives into Oky’s technology direction.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide professional editing, copy-editing, structural review and publication-readiness support for 15 papers that will form book chapters developed under the UNICEF Lesotho Thought Leadership Series. The consultant will support UNICEF Lesotho to transform selected full papers into polished, accessible and policy-relevant manuscripts suitable for presentation at the 2027 National Dialogue and for possible inclusion in an edited open-access book.
Join UNICEF Ukraine as a WASH Manager (P-4, TA) in Odesa and lead WASH programme implementation, emergency response, and partnerships across southern Ukraine, helping deliver essential services and sustainable solutions for vulnerable children and communities.
UNICEF’s Innovative Finance Hub works to develop financing solutions that accelerate progress for children and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a global mandate, the Hub brings together innovation, partnerships and investment expertise to address a critical challenge: despite a global SDG financing gap exceeding USD 4 trillion, children remain largely overlooked in investment decision-making. While companies and investors have significant impacts on children’s lives through products, employment, communities and environmental practices, child rights considerations are rarely integrated into investment strategies. This assignment will support UNICEF’s efforts to mobilize capital, strengthen child-focused finance approaches, and promote investment practices that better advance child rights and development outcomes.
Location:Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Finland
UNICEF is committed to ensuring that all children and young people acquire the knowledge and skills needed to learn, thrive, and transition to further education, decent work, and active citizenship. However, many adolescents, particularly those affected by conflict and displacement, face barriers to formal education due to interrupted schooling, age-grade mismatches, lack of documentation, and legal restrictions. Flexible learning pathways such as accelerated learning, bridging programmes, alternative delivery models, and links to vocational training can help address these challenges, but their implementation remains inconsistent.
This assignment will address three key gaps: limited documentation of effective practices, barriers to certification and progression, and a lack of practical guidance for displacement settings. Drawing on evidence from PROSPECTS partnership countries, the consultancy will identify and analyze promising approaches, examine certification and transition pathways, and develop practical guidance to support UNICEF country offices and partners in expanding quality, flexible education opportunities for adolescents in fragile and displacement-affected contexts.
Location:United States, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Jordan
UNICEF Ethiopia is seeking an experienced Immunization Specialist to provide technical leadership and strategic support for the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of immunization programmes. The incumbent will work closely with government counterparts, development partners and UNICEF teams to strengthen routine immunization, reduce zero-dose children, improve equitable access to services, and support emergency preparedness and outbreak response across Ethiopia. The position requires strong expertise in public health, programme management, partnership building, and evidence-based decision-making.
A Madagascar, de nombreux enfants sont exclus du système éducatif. Cette situation est alarmante, comme le
montre les résultats de l'enquête MICS-2025 :
• Le taux de fréquentation de l’éducation préscolaire (36-59 mois) est de 29,4%.
• Le taux de fréquentation de l’éducation primaire est de 77,8%.
• Le taux de fréquentation du premier cycle du secondaire (collège) est de 30,4%.
• Le taux de fréquentation du second cycle du secondaire est de 15,2%.
• 19,8% d'enfants en âge d'aller à l'école primaire au début de l'année scolaire sont non-scolarisé, dont 17,4% pour
les filles et 22,1% pour les garçons.
• 31,2% d'enfants en âge d'aller au premier cycle du secondaire au début de l'année scolaire sont non-scolarisés,
dont 28,8% pour les filles et 33,8% pour les garçons.
UNICEF’s expanding mental health portfolio has generated substantial technical guidance, tools, partnerships, and country implementation experience. Dedicated support is now needed to address technical and financing gaps, make global tools and guidance easier to apply, and draw lessons from country implementation to guide future work.
Under the Global Mental Health Lead, the consultant will deliver a defined set of technical products covering strategic partnerships and investment opportunities, practical guidance and learning resources for country-level systems strengthening, and evidence synthesis and publications. These outputs will strengthen UNICEF's capacity to support countries in planning, integrating and scaling child and adolescent mental health services within health and community systems.
Location:United States, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Kenya
The Process Consultant will coordinate this process end to end for the Climate and Environment Unit: navigating the Government’s procedure, mapping actors and interventions, running the consultations and providing the technical adaptation and mitigation analysis needed to mature the project, so that UNICEF obtains national endorsement, submits a high-quality concept note and launches the preparation of the full project proposal for submission in 2027. The consultant works under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, Climate and Environment, and in coordination with the technical consultancy support to the concept note.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Ministry of Justice and UNICEF in developing a practical, rights-based and institutionally sustainable monitoring framework on the status of children in contact with the justice system that can be adopted and routinely applied by the Ministry of Justice. The framework should enable regular collection, consolidation and analysis of relevant data and support evidence-based policy development and monitoring of the implementation of children’s rights within the justice system.
Learning at UNICEF focuses on building skills that support individual, team, and organizational goals. It’s a shared responsibility between staff, supervisors, and the organization, with plans set during annual career conversations. In line with UNICEF’s Global Learning and Development Policy and PCO L&D strategy, UNICEF Pakistan Country Office is planning to conduct an internal learning need assessment to identify current and future learning needs across its workforce. In line with the Learning and Development Committee (LDC) strategy, UNICEF Pakistan seeks an Individual consultant to handle the 2026 learning needs assessment exercise in PCO within the guidance of the Chief of People & Culture, ensuring recommendations are aligned with the learning and development strategy of PCO and office-wide learning plan.
Objectives
• Review existing learning plan and conduct internal learning gap analysis.
• Identify priority learning and development needs across PCO and develop pillars.
• Recommend targeted interventions, priorities and capacity-building strategies.
• Align recommendations with UNICEF’s strategic goals, LDC guidelines, and the country office learning plan.
The Partnerships Officer (NO-2) will support UNICEF India Country Office’s Resource Mobilization & Partnerships section in developing and managing relationships with Indian and international foundations to mobilize resources for UNICEF programmes. The role involves identifying prospective donors, conducting due diligence, developing fundraising strategies, and managing existing foundation partnerships. The incumbent will coordinate proposal and concept note development, grant management, donor reporting, and compliance with donor requirements. The position will also support donor engagement, meetings, visits, stewardship materials, and coordination with programme, finance, communications, and other teams.
UNICEF está buscando un Consultor/a para brindar apoyo técnico especializado, facilitación y redacción a UNICEF Costa Rica para formular el CPD 2028–2032. El proceso deberá producir un programa basado en evidencia y derechos, con enfoque de equidad, género, inclusión y gestión de riesgos, alineado con el UNSDCF 2028–2032, las prioridades nacionales y las directrices corporativas de UNICEF.
The consultant will work in close coordination with the Ministry of Family Care and Demography, the Ministry of Labour,
Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, and UNICEF in planning and conducting the analysis of trends in the alternative
care system in the Republic of Serbia.
The assignment will focus on examining trends, challenges, and the quality of existing policies and practices in alternative
care, with particular attention to permanency planning, outcomes for children deprived of parental care within the child
protection system, and factors contributing to prolonged stays in alternative care.
Provide dedicated, office-based communication support to the two EU-funded programmes over 36 months, weighted to reflect UNICEF’s role in each: approximately 70% of time for EU4PEOPLE, where UNICEF is lead agency, and 30% for the Roma Assistance Programme, where UNICEF is a participating agency. Under the guidance of the Communication Officer, the Communication Associate will support communication, visibility and event management for EU4PEOPLE, including day-to-day coordination with communication colleagues from partner UN agencies; deliver UNICEF’s communication contributions to the UNDP-led Roma Assistance Programme; ensure compliance with EU and UNICEF branding and visibility rules; and produce ethical, evidence-based and human-interest content that makes programme results visible to decision-makers, professionals, communities and the general public.
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