UNICEF is developing a global framework to estimate the economic cost of the learning crisis, including learning denial, deprivation, and disruption affecting millions of children worldwide. The framework will quantify the impact on economic growth, productivity, public finances, and human capital to strengthen the case for education investment.
The consultant will support the development, testing, validation, and documentation of this country-level analytical model, including data analysis and cost estimation. Country results will be aggregated to produce regional and global estimates of the learning crisis’s economic impact.
Join UNICEF and contribute to the development of innovative education programmes that improve learning outcomes and ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all children. Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief Education P4, the Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education (or a sector of) programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of education programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist contributes to achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
UNICEF is working to strengthen immunization services and build more resilient health systems to reach vulnerable children. The Operations Specialist provides technical and operational support to ensure the effective, efficient, and accountable delivery of the Polio Programme, overseeing financial, administrative, human resources, and supply functions to support programme implementation and results for children.
The Communication Specialist will provide general communication support across the Country Office, with a particular focus on strengthening donor visibility, producing high-quality digital and multimedia content, managing social media outputs, and communicating the impact of UNICEF’s work for children. The role will support timely, accurate and compelling communication products for public audiences, donors, partners, National Committees, media and other key stakeholders.
Pakistan, with a population exceeding 240 million, faces persistent challenges in poverty, social exclusion, gender inequality, and vulnerability to disasters and emergencies. Over 38% of Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty, with deep disparities at provincial and district levels, exacerbated by social exclusion, discrimination, and violence against marginalized groups, especially women, children, and minorities. The COVID-19 pandemic, recurring natural disasters, and ongoing humanitarian crises have further exposed the fragility of community systems and the urgent need for robust, inclusive, and resilient community engagement mechanisms
Social norms, information gaps, and low trust in public services further hinder service uptake. Technical solutions alone are insufficient; robust community engagement (CE) is essential to expand service reach, strengthen frontline systems, and address behavioral, social, and structural barriers. However, current CE efforts are fragmented and inconsistently linked with service delivery.
Community engagement emerged as one of the most effective components across the SBC portfolio . It relies on trusted local actors, culturally grounded approaches, participatory delivery, and regular interpersonal contact. These strategies helped shift knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours across sectors including health, WASH, education, nutrition, child protection, and polio.
The SBC formative evaluation highlights that interpersonal, community embedded delivery was the central driver of behaviour change. By leveraging community trust, local insights, and repeated face to face engagement, programmes were able to overcome social barriers, build ownership, and make desired behaviours more practical and acceptable for households.
This assignment will support the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) to strengthen and institutionalise the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) across Kiribati, with a particular focus on ensuring sustainability, quality of care, and responsiveness to emerging climate and outbreak related child health risks. The work will contribute to improved neonatal and child health outcomes by updating national guidance, building a sustainable training and mentoring system, integrating IMNCI into pre-service education, and supporting initial operationalisation of IMNCI services in selected facilities.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide strategic, technical, and coordination support to UNICEF Pacific in its role as Secretariat to both the Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Development (PRC4ECD) and the Pacific Regional Inclusive Education Framework (PRIEF). The consultant will strengthen regional mechanisms that advance ECD and Inclusive Education, ensure continuity across upcoming high-level milestones, and help translate political commitments into practical, country-level action
UNICEF Maldives seeks to engage qualified individual(s) to provide professional photography and videography services in support of its communication and advocacy objectives. This includes delivering high-quality, on-demand visual content to document programme implementation, advocacy initiatives, donor reporting, emergency responses, and official events across the country.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant to support UNICEF’s regional data tech portfolio in advancing the priorities of the Frontier Data Network (FDN) work plan with LACRO region.
To provide UNICEF Center of Excellence in Panama with timely, actionable and behaviourally informed intelligence on emerging narratives, concerns, misinformation trends, information needs, trust dynamics, and emerging issues related to child and adolescent health and immunization across Latin America and the Caribbean, and to generate evidenceinformed recommendations to support programme decision-making, risk communication, community engagement and demand generation efforts.
The Evaluation Office of UNICEF is conducting the Evaluation of child protection systems strengthening for prevention of and response to violence against children and women, an evaluation included in the UNICEF Plan for Global Evaluations 2026–2029. The evaluation focuses on an important programme area for the organization given the breadth of the child right deprivations that programmes intend to address, the scale of the investment and the strategic importance of violence prevention and response. The evaluation serves the purposes of accountability and the generation of learnings to inform the adjustment of programmes, policies and resource mobilization to strengthen their alignment with the Strategic Plan 2026–2029.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the integration of child protection and GBV prevention and response within WASH Sectors in Liberia, ensuring that WASH policies, programmes, and investments contribute to safer environments and reduced violence risks for children, adolescents, and women.
La Oficina de UNICEF Chile busca profesionales con experiencia en finanzas públicas, y análisis de políticas públicas para generar evidencia y asistencia técnica especializada que contribuya a mejorar la inversión pública y fortalecer las políticas dirigidas a niños, niñas y adolescentes. La consultoría incluye el desarrollo de análisis, estudios y herramientas técnicas para apoyar la toma de decisiones y promover una asignación más eficaz y equitativa de los recursos públicos.
UNICEF LACRO is looking for a dynamic Regional Chief of Programme & Planning (P-5) to provide strategic leadership in programme planning, monitoring, data, evidence, and regional coordination. If you are passionate about transforming evidence into action and delivering results at scale, we invite you to join our team in Panama and help advance children's rights across the region.
UNICEF is launching a landmark global evaluation to transform how we prevent and respond to violence against children and women worldwide. We are seeking a dynamic Junior Evaluator to co-lead a cutting-edge Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) that turns complex country data into actionable, life-saving strategies. Apply today to use your advanced causal research skills for global impact, accountability, and the strategic scaling of child protection systems.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide specialised analytical, advocacy and partnership expertise to strengthen UNICEF’s engagement on children and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The consultancy will produce a defined set of strategic, analytical and knowledge products to inform UNICEF’s engagement with Member States and UN processes related to the 2030 Agenda.
UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited is a global public-private-youth partnership created to meet the urgent need for expanded skilling, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities for young people aged 15–24 as they transition from learning to earning. By bridging skilling and training to employment and entrepreneurship, Generation Unlimited (GenU) supports every young person to thrive in the world of work and earn a dignified livelihood.
Launched in September 2018 by the UN Secretary General and the Executive Director of UNICEF, GenU creates public-private partnerships – globally and at the country-level – to co-create and support investment opportunities, programmes and innovations at a large scale, and help young people transition from learning to careers.
In particular, GenU modernizes skilling and training systems to build the skills young people need for the jobs of today and tomorrow – in a labor market undergoing profound changes that is increasingly being shaped by the AI and green transitions.
Through public-private partnerships, GenU works with governments, the private sector, civil society and UN agencies to attract investment at global and national levels to support national systems and deliver effective programmes to accelerate impact for millions of young people. GenU scales innovations by brokering shared-value partnerships with the private sector in areas, particularly in the digital-AI and green economies.
Under the CEO’s leadership, the GenU Global Team is responsible for strategic planning, supporting and monitoring the execution of the GenU strategy, liaising with the broad spectrum of partners, ensuring adequate level of resources for the partnership through public and private sector fundraising, distributing catalytic capital, and assisting in the work of the partnership’s governance bodies.
Brindar asistencia técnica para el fortalecimiento de políticas y programas orientados a vincular educación y trabajo y a desarrollar competencias relevantes para el mundo laboral en adolescentes y jóvenes, a través del sistema educativo.
Under the general supervision of the Deputy Representative the candidate will provide guidance and technical assistance to support UNICEF Cash Assistance activities. Guidance and technical assistance will cover the following themes: programme design, planning and implementation, management and monitoring of programme/project activities, data analysis and progress reporting as well as Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) in support of achievement of programme goals and objectives. The candidate shall also provide strategic guidance to enable the country office to liaise at technical level with relevant national and local authorities to expand cash-based response in affected provinces.
UNICEF is developing a global framework to estimate the economic cost of the learning crisis, including learning denial, deprivation, and disruption affecting millions of children worldwide. The framework will quantify the impact on economic growth, productivity, public finances, and human capital to strengthen the case for education investment.
The consultant will support the development, testing, validation, and documentation of this country-level analytical model, including data analysis and cost estimation. Country results will be aggregated to produce regional and global estimates of the learning crisis’s economic impact.
Join UNICEF and contribute to the development of innovative education programmes that improve learning outcomes and ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all children. Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief Education P4, the Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education (or a sector of) programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of education programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist contributes to achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
UNICEF is working to strengthen immunization services and build more resilient health systems to reach vulnerable children. The Operations Specialist provides technical and operational support to ensure the effective, efficient, and accountable delivery of the Polio Programme, overseeing financial, administrative, human resources, and supply functions to support programme implementation and results for children.
The Communication Specialist will provide general communication support across the Country Office, with a particular focus on strengthening donor visibility, producing high-quality digital and multimedia content, managing social media outputs, and communicating the impact of UNICEF’s work for children. The role will support timely, accurate and compelling communication products for public audiences, donors, partners, National Committees, media and other key stakeholders.
Pakistan, with a population exceeding 240 million, faces persistent challenges in poverty, social exclusion, gender inequality, and vulnerability to disasters and emergencies. Over 38% of Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty, with deep disparities at provincial and district levels, exacerbated by social exclusion, discrimination, and violence against marginalized groups, especially women, children, and minorities. The COVID-19 pandemic, recurring natural disasters, and ongoing humanitarian crises have further exposed the fragility of community systems and the urgent need for robust, inclusive, and resilient community engagement mechanisms
Social norms, information gaps, and low trust in public services further hinder service uptake. Technical solutions alone are insufficient; robust community engagement (CE) is essential to expand service reach, strengthen frontline systems, and address behavioral, social, and structural barriers. However, current CE efforts are fragmented and inconsistently linked with service delivery.
Community engagement emerged as one of the most effective components across the SBC portfolio . It relies on trusted local actors, culturally grounded approaches, participatory delivery, and regular interpersonal contact. These strategies helped shift knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours across sectors including health, WASH, education, nutrition, child protection, and polio.
The SBC formative evaluation highlights that interpersonal, community embedded delivery was the central driver of behaviour change. By leveraging community trust, local insights, and repeated face to face engagement, programmes were able to overcome social barriers, build ownership, and make desired behaviours more practical and acceptable for households.
This assignment will support the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) to strengthen and institutionalise the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) across Kiribati, with a particular focus on ensuring sustainability, quality of care, and responsiveness to emerging climate and outbreak related child health risks. The work will contribute to improved neonatal and child health outcomes by updating national guidance, building a sustainable training and mentoring system, integrating IMNCI into pre-service education, and supporting initial operationalisation of IMNCI services in selected facilities.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide strategic, technical, and coordination support to UNICEF Pacific in its role as Secretariat to both the Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Development (PRC4ECD) and the Pacific Regional Inclusive Education Framework (PRIEF). The consultant will strengthen regional mechanisms that advance ECD and Inclusive Education, ensure continuity across upcoming high-level milestones, and help translate political commitments into practical, country-level action
UNICEF Maldives seeks to engage qualified individual(s) to provide professional photography and videography services in support of its communication and advocacy objectives. This includes delivering high-quality, on-demand visual content to document programme implementation, advocacy initiatives, donor reporting, emergency responses, and official events across the country.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant to support UNICEF’s regional data tech portfolio in advancing the priorities of the Frontier Data Network (FDN) work plan with LACRO region.
To provide UNICEF Center of Excellence in Panama with timely, actionable and behaviourally informed intelligence on emerging narratives, concerns, misinformation trends, information needs, trust dynamics, and emerging issues related to child and adolescent health and immunization across Latin America and the Caribbean, and to generate evidenceinformed recommendations to support programme decision-making, risk communication, community engagement and demand generation efforts.
The Evaluation Office of UNICEF is conducting the Evaluation of child protection systems strengthening for prevention of and response to violence against children and women, an evaluation included in the UNICEF Plan for Global Evaluations 2026–2029. The evaluation focuses on an important programme area for the organization given the breadth of the child right deprivations that programmes intend to address, the scale of the investment and the strategic importance of violence prevention and response. The evaluation serves the purposes of accountability and the generation of learnings to inform the adjustment of programmes, policies and resource mobilization to strengthen their alignment with the Strategic Plan 2026–2029.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the integration of child protection and GBV prevention and response within WASH Sectors in Liberia, ensuring that WASH policies, programmes, and investments contribute to safer environments and reduced violence risks for children, adolescents, and women.
La Oficina de UNICEF Chile busca profesionales con experiencia en finanzas públicas, y análisis de políticas públicas para generar evidencia y asistencia técnica especializada que contribuya a mejorar la inversión pública y fortalecer las políticas dirigidas a niños, niñas y adolescentes. La consultoría incluye el desarrollo de análisis, estudios y herramientas técnicas para apoyar la toma de decisiones y promover una asignación más eficaz y equitativa de los recursos públicos.
UNICEF LACRO is looking for a dynamic Regional Chief of Programme & Planning (P-5) to provide strategic leadership in programme planning, monitoring, data, evidence, and regional coordination. If you are passionate about transforming evidence into action and delivering results at scale, we invite you to join our team in Panama and help advance children's rights across the region.
UNICEF is launching a landmark global evaluation to transform how we prevent and respond to violence against children and women worldwide. We are seeking a dynamic Junior Evaluator to co-lead a cutting-edge Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) that turns complex country data into actionable, life-saving strategies. Apply today to use your advanced causal research skills for global impact, accountability, and the strategic scaling of child protection systems.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide specialised analytical, advocacy and partnership expertise to strengthen UNICEF’s engagement on children and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The consultancy will produce a defined set of strategic, analytical and knowledge products to inform UNICEF’s engagement with Member States and UN processes related to the 2030 Agenda.
UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited is a global public-private-youth partnership created to meet the urgent need for expanded skilling, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities for young people aged 15–24 as they transition from learning to earning. By bridging skilling and training to employment and entrepreneurship, Generation Unlimited (GenU) supports every young person to thrive in the world of work and earn a dignified livelihood.
Launched in September 2018 by the UN Secretary General and the Executive Director of UNICEF, GenU creates public-private partnerships – globally and at the country-level – to co-create and support investment opportunities, programmes and innovations at a large scale, and help young people transition from learning to careers.
In particular, GenU modernizes skilling and training systems to build the skills young people need for the jobs of today and tomorrow – in a labor market undergoing profound changes that is increasingly being shaped by the AI and green transitions.
Through public-private partnerships, GenU works with governments, the private sector, civil society and UN agencies to attract investment at global and national levels to support national systems and deliver effective programmes to accelerate impact for millions of young people. GenU scales innovations by brokering shared-value partnerships with the private sector in areas, particularly in the digital-AI and green economies.
Under the CEO’s leadership, the GenU Global Team is responsible for strategic planning, supporting and monitoring the execution of the GenU strategy, liaising with the broad spectrum of partners, ensuring adequate level of resources for the partnership through public and private sector fundraising, distributing catalytic capital, and assisting in the work of the partnership’s governance bodies.
Brindar asistencia técnica para el fortalecimiento de políticas y programas orientados a vincular educación y trabajo y a desarrollar competencias relevantes para el mundo laboral en adolescentes y jóvenes, a través del sistema educativo.
Under the general supervision of the Deputy Representative the candidate will provide guidance and technical assistance to support UNICEF Cash Assistance activities. Guidance and technical assistance will cover the following themes: programme design, planning and implementation, management and monitoring of programme/project activities, data analysis and progress reporting as well as Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) in support of achievement of programme goals and objectives. The candidate shall also provide strategic guidance to enable the country office to liaise at technical level with relevant national and local authorities to expand cash-based response in affected provinces.
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