UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)—implemented in over 120 countries and aligned with 22 of 23 SDG indicators previously monitored through DHS—represent one of the world’s leading sources of internationally comparable data on children and women. In this evolving context, there is a growing expectation that MICS could play an expanded role in addressing the data gaps left by DHS. However, this potential requires careful assessment of both external opportunities and internal readiness, including questions of institutional capacity, financial sustainability, and strategic prioritization.
The purpose of this consultancy is therefore to assess and articulate the extent to which MICS can and should respond to the changing global survey landscape, and under what conditions—institutional, technical, and financial—such an expanded role would be viable and sustainable. The work will examine how MICS could contribute to maintaining continuity in global demographic and health statistics while reinforcing existing national data infrastructures and avoiding the creation of parallel systems.
This assignment will produce an evidence-based analysis and a strategic framework to guide UNICEF’s decisions on the internal investments, partnerships, and operational adjustments required to strengthen MICS’s position within the global data ecosystem. It will be conducted in alignment with the ISWGHS Task Force on Sustainable Demographic and Health Statistics and UNICEF’s Global Data Strategy, ensuring that all recommendations are grounded in principles of national ownership, complementarity, and sustainability.
Pour assurer l’appui à la collecte de données primaires et à l’analyse de ces données sur les adolescentes dans le sous-secteur de la vaccination, l'UNICEF recrute un Consultant national en charge d’appui à la collecte de données sur l’accès et l’utilisation des services de santé, notamment la vaccination des adolescentes dans le cadre de l’analyse genre dans le sous-secteur de la vaccination.
Le/la Consultant/e International/e pilotera l’élaboration d’un Indice de Risque Climatique pour les Enfants au niveau infranational (subnational Children’s Climate Risk Index, CCRI) aux Comores, en étroite collaboration avec le/la Consultant National/e et la Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile (DGSC) du ministère de l’Intérieur. Ce travail s’appuiera sur la méthodologie précédemment développée et utilisée dans d’autres pays par l’UNICEF, ainsi que l’évaluation de la vulnérabilité et des risques climatiques centrée sur l’enfant réalisée en 2024 par l’UNICEF Comores et le ministère de l’Environnement des Comores, et portant sur l’analyse de l’impact du changement climatique sur les enfants dans les secteurs de l’eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène (WASH), la santé, l’éducation, la protection de l’enfant, la nutrition et la protection sociale. Le consultant finalisera la méthodologie à utiliser aux Comores pour un indice de risque au niveau communal, selon les données déjà disponibles ou collectable à travers le/la consultant/e national/e; assurera un contrôle qualité du travail de collecte de données; analysera les données collectées (les expositions, les aléas, les vulnérabilités et les capacités des enfants, pour chaque commune) et fournira une carte numérique interactive permettant de superposer ces différents facteurs.
Le/la Consultant/e National/e apportera son appui au développement de l’Indice de Risque Climatique pour les Enfants à l’échelle infranationale (CCRI) pour les Comores, en étroite collaboration avec le Consultant International (appui à distance) et la Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile (DGSC) du ministère de l’Intérieur. Ce travail s’appuiera sur la méthodologie précédemment développée et utilisée dans d’autres pays par l’UNICEF, ainsi que l’évaluation de la vulnérabilité et des risques climatiques centrée sur l’enfant réalisée en 2024 par l’UNICEF Comores et le ministère de l’Environnement des Comores, et portant sur l’analyse de l’impact du changement climatique sur les enfants dans les secteurs de l’eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène (WASH), la santé, l’éducation, la protection de l’enfant, la nutrition et la protection sociale. En consultation avec les parties prenantes clés, le Consultant National appuiera le Consultant International pour proposer les indicateurs à inclure dans le CCRI, collectera l’ensembles des données (rassemblement des données existantes, et collecte de données au niveau des communes), appuiera la finalisation de l’indice, et proposera des formations sur l’utilisation et la mise à jour de l’indice.
The Senior Leadership Support (SLS) Team drives UNICEF’s strategic people and culture agenda through four pillars: talent management for senior and Deputy Representative roles, strategic partnerships with the Office of the Executive Director (OED), the Office of the Secretary of the Executive Board (OSEB), and the Ethics Office, as well as stewardship of the interagency portfolio. As trusted advisors, the SLS Team provides expert guidance on leadership development and organizational integrity, collaborating across the Division of People and Culture (DPC), Regional Offices, and the global HR network to ensure alignment and impact.To support increased workload from the Global Ring-Fenced Recruitment and Senior Staff Rotation exercises, UNICEF seeks a People and Culture Specialist (P-3) for a temporary appointment. The Specialist will advance global talent acquisition and succession planning, particularly for Deputy Representatives, while ensuring equity, transparency, and consistency in HR practices. The role combines strategic advisory functions with practical execution of people and culture policies that foster leadership excellence and inclusion.
Within delegated authority and under the supervision of the Head of Investigations, the incumbent will serve as the Chief of Investigations in Budapest and be responsible for leading, supervising and managing an Investigative Team comprised of investigators and other professionals and supervises the work of all team members, including developing, monitoring and evaluating all work assignments, overall providing support to the day to day operational and specialized activities to enhance the smooth running of their supervisor's day-to day actions, as well as his/her Service.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a national consultant for Teachers Professional Learning 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 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.
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Under the supervision of the Contracts Specialist, the Senior Contracts Associate provides a broad range of high level transactional, procedural and administrative tasks in support of service contracting activities carried out by Headquarters Divisions/Offices, ensuring timely and efficient output that is in compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations, whilst demonstrating the capacity to research, adapt and evaluate irregular cases, and also to recommend improvements to process delivery and design.
The purpose of this specific assignment is to write the 2025 UNICEF Mozambique Country Office Annual Report (COAR) and ensure quality 2025 results statements for all MCO areas of work.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a Project Officer (Water Supply) on a fixed-term appointment to be based in Suva, Fiji. Under the general supervision of the WASH Manager at P-4 level. The Project Officer (Water Supply) is expected to support the UNICEF Pacific programme on strengthening WASH programming on climate resilient water supply systems.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring an Education Officer (ECD) on a temporary appointment to be based in Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands. Under the general supervision of the Education Specialist at the UNICEF North Pacific Office, based in Pohnpei, and in collaboration with the UNICEF Pacific team, the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education and multi-sectoral early childhood development (ECD) programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks. The role is a temporary assignment on an initial 364-day basis, with potential for extension.
Location:Fiji/Pacific Island Countries, Marshall Islands
UNICEF Tajikistan is seeking a qualified and motivated candidate for the position of Chief of Advocacy and Policy, who will lead the Leveraging, Evidence, Advocacy and Policy (LEAP) Section.
The LEAP Section plays a critical role in supporting the Country Office management and sectoral teams through:
- Evidence- and data-based policy dialogue and advocacy;
- Monitoring the child rights situation in Tajikistan using robust data and evidence
- Leveraging financing for children, by mobilizing resources from a variety of sources and fostering partnerships with diverse stakeholders.
The ultimate goal of the LEAP Section is to help address multi-sectoral and structural challenges and to maximize the impact of UNICEF’s work on the lives of children in Tajikistan.
UNICEF Gambia invites suitably qualified candidates for the position of Child Protection Specialist. The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Child Protection programme(s) and is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the child protection programmes/projects within the country programme.
¡UNICEF Guatemala te está buscando! En esta consultoría podrás brindar apoyo técnico para la elaboración del contenido de la Caja de Herramientas para el fortalecimiento de capacidades en Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SAN).
The UNICEF Comoros Country Programme is highly reliant on a few donors and UNICEF core resource allocation. As such, there is a need to strengthen existing partnerships and to diversify the pool of funding that the country office relies on in order to fully meet the ambitions of the country programme. Being able to develop strong results project proposals and other documents aimed at communicating with resource partners will help UNICEF Comoros strengthen and diversify its partnerships. In this regards, UNICEF Comoros is looking for a project development consultant with strong writing and visual presentation skills to support the development and finalization of quality resource mobilization material.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Under the overall supervision of the Programme Coordinator and in close collaboration with all UNICEF programmes and sectoral teams involved in the refugee response, the consultant will support the UNICEF Refugee Response Office in Poland for enhancing the Accountability to Affected Population efforts through leading content generation, anagement, and dissemination efforts across digital and offline platforms, managing projects and interventions that enhance and amplify voice of refugees, ensuring child friendly and safe reporting mechanisms for refugee children and adolescents. This role
includes ensuring that all information products, key messages, and communication materials are timely, contextually relevant, aligned with UNICEF standards, and coherent across programmes and partners. The consultant will take on a lead coordination role for two critical initiatives under the Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) framework. The first is focused on the design and piloting of a child-friendly feedback mechanism grounded in human-centered design principles; the second targets adolescent engagement and outreach through frontline worker capacity-building. Both projects aim to strengthen UNICEF’s ability to receive, process, and act upon feedback from children and adolescents, particularly those from refugee backgrounds, while also supporting social inclusion and participation.
We are seeking an intern to assist in various software engineering priorities of the Giga initiative, a joint partnership between UNICEF and ITU. The intern will collaborate with the Data & Mapping product team, Country engagement teams, as well as external partners to develop innovative products and data solutions for the Giga Initiative.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)—implemented in over 120 countries and aligned with 22 of 23 SDG indicators previously monitored through DHS—represent one of the world’s leading sources of internationally comparable data on children and women. In this evolving context, there is a growing expectation that MICS could play an expanded role in addressing the data gaps left by DHS. However, this potential requires careful assessment of both external opportunities and internal readiness, including questions of institutional capacity, financial sustainability, and strategic prioritization.
The purpose of this consultancy is therefore to assess and articulate the extent to which MICS can and should respond to the changing global survey landscape, and under what conditions—institutional, technical, and financial—such an expanded role would be viable and sustainable. The work will examine how MICS could contribute to maintaining continuity in global demographic and health statistics while reinforcing existing national data infrastructures and avoiding the creation of parallel systems.
This assignment will produce an evidence-based analysis and a strategic framework to guide UNICEF’s decisions on the internal investments, partnerships, and operational adjustments required to strengthen MICS’s position within the global data ecosystem. It will be conducted in alignment with the ISWGHS Task Force on Sustainable Demographic and Health Statistics and UNICEF’s Global Data Strategy, ensuring that all recommendations are grounded in principles of national ownership, complementarity, and sustainability.
Pour assurer l’appui à la collecte de données primaires et à l’analyse de ces données sur les adolescentes dans le sous-secteur de la vaccination, l'UNICEF recrute un Consultant national en charge d’appui à la collecte de données sur l’accès et l’utilisation des services de santé, notamment la vaccination des adolescentes dans le cadre de l’analyse genre dans le sous-secteur de la vaccination.
Le/la Consultant/e International/e pilotera l’élaboration d’un Indice de Risque Climatique pour les Enfants au niveau infranational (subnational Children’s Climate Risk Index, CCRI) aux Comores, en étroite collaboration avec le/la Consultant National/e et la Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile (DGSC) du ministère de l’Intérieur. Ce travail s’appuiera sur la méthodologie précédemment développée et utilisée dans d’autres pays par l’UNICEF, ainsi que l’évaluation de la vulnérabilité et des risques climatiques centrée sur l’enfant réalisée en 2024 par l’UNICEF Comores et le ministère de l’Environnement des Comores, et portant sur l’analyse de l’impact du changement climatique sur les enfants dans les secteurs de l’eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène (WASH), la santé, l’éducation, la protection de l’enfant, la nutrition et la protection sociale. Le consultant finalisera la méthodologie à utiliser aux Comores pour un indice de risque au niveau communal, selon les données déjà disponibles ou collectable à travers le/la consultant/e national/e; assurera un contrôle qualité du travail de collecte de données; analysera les données collectées (les expositions, les aléas, les vulnérabilités et les capacités des enfants, pour chaque commune) et fournira une carte numérique interactive permettant de superposer ces différents facteurs.
Le/la Consultant/e National/e apportera son appui au développement de l’Indice de Risque Climatique pour les Enfants à l’échelle infranationale (CCRI) pour les Comores, en étroite collaboration avec le Consultant International (appui à distance) et la Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile (DGSC) du ministère de l’Intérieur. Ce travail s’appuiera sur la méthodologie précédemment développée et utilisée dans d’autres pays par l’UNICEF, ainsi que l’évaluation de la vulnérabilité et des risques climatiques centrée sur l’enfant réalisée en 2024 par l’UNICEF Comores et le ministère de l’Environnement des Comores, et portant sur l’analyse de l’impact du changement climatique sur les enfants dans les secteurs de l’eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène (WASH), la santé, l’éducation, la protection de l’enfant, la nutrition et la protection sociale. En consultation avec les parties prenantes clés, le Consultant National appuiera le Consultant International pour proposer les indicateurs à inclure dans le CCRI, collectera l’ensembles des données (rassemblement des données existantes, et collecte de données au niveau des communes), appuiera la finalisation de l’indice, et proposera des formations sur l’utilisation et la mise à jour de l’indice.
The Senior Leadership Support (SLS) Team drives UNICEF’s strategic people and culture agenda through four pillars: talent management for senior and Deputy Representative roles, strategic partnerships with the Office of the Executive Director (OED), the Office of the Secretary of the Executive Board (OSEB), and the Ethics Office, as well as stewardship of the interagency portfolio. As trusted advisors, the SLS Team provides expert guidance on leadership development and organizational integrity, collaborating across the Division of People and Culture (DPC), Regional Offices, and the global HR network to ensure alignment and impact.To support increased workload from the Global Ring-Fenced Recruitment and Senior Staff Rotation exercises, UNICEF seeks a People and Culture Specialist (P-3) for a temporary appointment. The Specialist will advance global talent acquisition and succession planning, particularly for Deputy Representatives, while ensuring equity, transparency, and consistency in HR practices. The role combines strategic advisory functions with practical execution of people and culture policies that foster leadership excellence and inclusion.
Within delegated authority and under the supervision of the Head of Investigations, the incumbent will serve as the Chief of Investigations in Budapest and be responsible for leading, supervising and managing an Investigative Team comprised of investigators and other professionals and supervises the work of all team members, including developing, monitoring and evaluating all work assignments, overall providing support to the day to day operational and specialized activities to enhance the smooth running of their supervisor's day-to day actions, as well as his/her Service.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a national consultant for Teachers Professional Learning 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 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.
has context menu
Under the supervision of the Contracts Specialist, the Senior Contracts Associate provides a broad range of high level transactional, procedural and administrative tasks in support of service contracting activities carried out by Headquarters Divisions/Offices, ensuring timely and efficient output that is in compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations, whilst demonstrating the capacity to research, adapt and evaluate irregular cases, and also to recommend improvements to process delivery and design.
The purpose of this specific assignment is to write the 2025 UNICEF Mozambique Country Office Annual Report (COAR) and ensure quality 2025 results statements for all MCO areas of work.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a Project Officer (Water Supply) on a fixed-term appointment to be based in Suva, Fiji. Under the general supervision of the WASH Manager at P-4 level. The Project Officer (Water Supply) is expected to support the UNICEF Pacific programme on strengthening WASH programming on climate resilient water supply systems.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring an Education Officer (ECD) on a temporary appointment to be based in Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands. Under the general supervision of the Education Specialist at the UNICEF North Pacific Office, based in Pohnpei, and in collaboration with the UNICEF Pacific team, the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education and multi-sectoral early childhood development (ECD) programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks. The role is a temporary assignment on an initial 364-day basis, with potential for extension.
Location:Fiji/Pacific Island Countries, Marshall Islands
UNICEF Tajikistan is seeking a qualified and motivated candidate for the position of Chief of Advocacy and Policy, who will lead the Leveraging, Evidence, Advocacy and Policy (LEAP) Section.
The LEAP Section plays a critical role in supporting the Country Office management and sectoral teams through:
- Evidence- and data-based policy dialogue and advocacy;
- Monitoring the child rights situation in Tajikistan using robust data and evidence
- Leveraging financing for children, by mobilizing resources from a variety of sources and fostering partnerships with diverse stakeholders.
The ultimate goal of the LEAP Section is to help address multi-sectoral and structural challenges and to maximize the impact of UNICEF’s work on the lives of children in Tajikistan.
UNICEF Gambia invites suitably qualified candidates for the position of Child Protection Specialist. The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Child Protection programme(s) and is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the child protection programmes/projects within the country programme.
¡UNICEF Guatemala te está buscando! En esta consultoría podrás brindar apoyo técnico para la elaboración del contenido de la Caja de Herramientas para el fortalecimiento de capacidades en Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SAN).
The UNICEF Comoros Country Programme is highly reliant on a few donors and UNICEF core resource allocation. As such, there is a need to strengthen existing partnerships and to diversify the pool of funding that the country office relies on in order to fully meet the ambitions of the country programme. Being able to develop strong results project proposals and other documents aimed at communicating with resource partners will help UNICEF Comoros strengthen and diversify its partnerships. In this regards, UNICEF Comoros is looking for a project development consultant with strong writing and visual presentation skills to support the development and finalization of quality resource mobilization material.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Under the overall supervision of the Programme Coordinator and in close collaboration with all UNICEF programmes and sectoral teams involved in the refugee response, the consultant will support the UNICEF Refugee Response Office in Poland for enhancing the Accountability to Affected Population efforts through leading content generation, anagement, and dissemination efforts across digital and offline platforms, managing projects and interventions that enhance and amplify voice of refugees, ensuring child friendly and safe reporting mechanisms for refugee children and adolescents. This role
includes ensuring that all information products, key messages, and communication materials are timely, contextually relevant, aligned with UNICEF standards, and coherent across programmes and partners. The consultant will take on a lead coordination role for two critical initiatives under the Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) framework. The first is focused on the design and piloting of a child-friendly feedback mechanism grounded in human-centered design principles; the second targets adolescent engagement and outreach through frontline worker capacity-building. Both projects aim to strengthen UNICEF’s ability to receive, process, and act upon feedback from children and adolescents, particularly those from refugee backgrounds, while also supporting social inclusion and participation.
We are seeking an intern to assist in various software engineering priorities of the Giga initiative, a joint partnership between UNICEF and ITU. The intern will collaborate with the Data & Mapping product team, Country engagement teams, as well as external partners to develop innovative products and data solutions for the Giga Initiative.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
