Join UNICEF in strengthening safeguarding across Eastern and Southern Africa. We are looking for an experienced and passionate Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Programme Specialist to provide strategic leadership and technical support across four Country Offices. Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director, with matrix management arrangements involving the Representatives of participating Country Offices, the incumbent will work closely with country teams, to drive the implementation of UNICEF’s Safeguarding Policy, strengthen PSEA systems and capacities, and provide expert guidance on prevention, reporting and response to SEA. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to safer, more accountable programmes and help ensure that children, communities and partners remain protected from harm.
L’UNICEF Burkina Faso recrute un(e) Administrateur(trice) National(e) chargé(e) de la Gestion de l’Information pour le Cluster Nutrition. Le/la titulaire contribuera à renforcer la coordination et l’efficacité de la réponse nutritionnelle humanitaire à travers la collecte, l’analyse et la diffusion de données fiables, afin de soutenir la planification, le suivi des interventions et la prise de décision.
The consultant will be embedded at LASUBEV and will support the implementation of the project in coordination with LASUBEB, Federal Ministry of Education, NEDI and NEMIS teams and will provide regular field support to implementing partners, LGA teams and schools in UNICEF’s seven ACCESS LGAs.
The UNICEF Nigeria is seeking for a WASH Specialist for the Kaduna Field Office to supports strategic programme planning, development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme within the Country Programme.The WASH NOC TA post will provide technical guidance and management support throughout programming processes to facilitate the achievement of WASH-related output results
The GSSC Office is looking for a Chief of Business Solutions and Innovation who leads Business Innovation and Support Section (BIS) and is accountable for defining the strategy for intelligent business automation in GSSC, using a combination of technology, process, governance, and human capital components to work together to deliver innovative, user-centric, and value‑added services. In addition, the chief will govern the GSSC portfolio of business and digital solutions, services and insights that improve how GSSC functions. The role will be responsible for setting and executing an effective and KPI driven customer service strategy.
UNICEF's Individual Giving (IG) programme plays a critical role in generating sustainable and flexible income that enables the organization to deliver for children worldwide. Through the acquisition, engagement, retention, and stewardship of individual supporters, the programme seeks to build long-term relationships with donors while maximizing lifetime value and enhancing supporter experience across multiple channels.
As digital fundraising continues to evolve, the volume of supporter data, interaction points, and content requirements has increased significantly. To remain effective and donor-centric, UNICEF is exploring innovative technologies that can support decision-making, improve operational efficiency, strengthen donor engagement, and enable more personalized supporter journeys.
Join UNICEF in Ankara as the Digital Impact Officer and support UNICEF’s mission and strategic plan by enabling programme and operational effectiveness and efficiency through innovation, partnerships and providing ICT solutions and services in a timely, secure and safe manner.
The National Treasury implementing the 2023–2028 Public Finance Management Reform Strategy to strengthen efficiency, transparency, accountability, and equitable allocation of public resources. As part of Kenya's commitment to inclusive development, the Government has strengthened child-, gender-, and disability-responsive budgeting in the FY 2027/28 budget process, requiring improved costing, expenditure tagging, tracking, and reporting. With support from UNICEF and other development partners, the initiative will strengthen Hyperion costing, child and disability expenditure tagging in IFMIS, reporting systems, and capacity development for MDAs and counties, while supporting Kenya's commitments under the Amman-Berlin Declaration, including enhanced disability financing and the "15 percent for the 15 percent" target. The overall aim is to improve the visibility, allocation, monitoring, and reporting of public expenditure for children and people with disabilities.
This is intended to strengthen programme-based budgeting (PBB) and support Government of Kenya commitments to children and disability-through automated costing model and integrating children and disability tagging into IFMIS.
This assignment aims to undertake a comprehensive situation analysis and assess existing and emerging climate finance policies, frameworks, and funding landscapes to inform the development of a child-sensitive climate finance strategy for UNICEF. The consultancy will identify and analyse climate financing opportunities, assess their relevance and feasibility, and recommend appropriate financing mechanisms and partnerships to mobilize resources and support the effective implementation of the strategy.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant will support the origination, design, quality assurance, submission, appraisal, approval, and post-approval processing of climate-finance projects, while strengthening the capacity of COs to develop high-quality Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund projects.
Viet Nam Country Office is looking for a Programme Associate (Temporary Appointment), GS6 level. Under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, CCDRR-Emergency, the Programme Associate provides financial, budget, grant, partner-management and administrative support to UNICEF’s climate, disaster risk reduction, emergency, environmental health and WASH portfolio transitioning into Result Area 3.The incumbent supports programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting by ensuring accurate and timely processing and tracking of programme resources; monitoring budgets, grants and expenditures; supporting DCT and HACT processes; maintaining financial and programme records; preparing financial analyses and reports; and supporting implementing partners to comply with UNICEF financial requirements.
Working day-to-day within NCLE, under the technical guidance of the Director of NCLE (or the designated iSRS focal point) and the contract management of UNICEF, the Consultant provides dedicated technical coordination to set up and scale up the integrated specimen referral system. The Consultant helps NCLE finalize the iSRS framework and tools, deliver the national ToT and the provincial-to-district cascade in the 14 scale-up provinces, put the transport, packaging and data arrangements in place, and monitor and report on system performance against PSRF indicator 2.3.3. The goal is for the referral system to be functional and sustained in all 17 provinces.
Child wasting remains a persistent public health challenge in the Philippines, with low coverage of early identification and treatment services under the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM). While national policies and guidelines are in place, implementation gaps persist across service delivery, workforce capacity, data systems, supply chain reliability, and sustainable financing. The Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) Programme (2025–2029) supports the Government of the Philippines to accelerate reduction of wasting through five interlinked implementation components: 1. Improving access and uptake of nutrition services 2. Building a skilled and supported workforce 3. Strengthening nutrition data for action 4. Enabling reliable supply of essential nutrition supplies 5. Mobilising and optimizing nutrition financing Within this framework, UNICEF is supporting the nationwide scale-up of the PhilHealth SAM Outpatient Therapeutic Care (OTC) package, updating guidelines and capacities of service providers, strengthening PIMAM implementation across development and emergency contexts, and closing ongoing Simplified Approaches (SA) Operations Research, including Family MUAC and CHW-led treatment pilots. The Philippines through the Child Nutrition Fund channeled through UNICEF Philippines has committed to accrediting at least 2,011 primary health care facilities nationwide by 2029 under the PhilHealth SAM OTC package, alongside improvements in service utilization and admissions. Achieving these targets requires coordinated technical assistance that strengthens the wasting ecosystem across all five CNF components. This consultancy will therefore provide national technical support (capacity building, monitoring of program implementation, quality assurance, and documentation) to advance PIMAM scale-up across these components, while ensuring structured closure and policy translation of the Simplified Approaches Operations Research.
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to provide continuous technical and coordination support to strengthen maternal nutrition and micronutrient interventions in the Philippines. The consultancy forms part of UNICEF’s support to the Department of Health and the National Nutrition Council to strengthen maternal health and nutrition, as well as food fortification efforts, through a more coordinated, coherent, and accelerated approach. The Maternal Health and Nutrition Acceleration Plan provides an important framework for accelerating priority interventions, strengthening implementation, and improving coordination across maternal health and nutrition programs. In parallel, there is a need to strengthen and update the strategic direction for food fortification as a distinct intervention area. The development of a Food Fortification Strategy will provide a dedicated framework for setting priorities, strengthening coordination, addressing implementation and regulatory gaps, improving monitoring and quality assurance, and sustaining and scaling food fortification interventions. While the two plans will remain distinct, the Food Fortification Strategy will be aligned with relevant priorities under the Maternal Health and Nutrition Acceleration Plan, particularly by ensuring that food fortification contributes to improving the intake of essential micronutrients, including iron, folic acid, and iodine, among populations at risk of deficiencies, including pregnant women. The consultant will primarily work with DOH-DPCB and NNC-NPPD
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.
Under the overall supervision of the Data and Analytics (Evidence Generation and Evaluation) Specialist (Team Lead), the National MICS Consultant (NMC) will support and provide technical and operational support to UNICEF MCO and the NSOs of the selected Caribbean countries for the preparation, implementation and completion of the MICS survey. The NMC will advise and support the NSOs, especially the Survey Coordinator and sampling and data processing experts, during survey planning, questionnaire design, sampling, training, fieldwork, data processing, data analysis, reporting, dissemination and archiving, ensuring that MICS protocols and recommendations are being followed at all times. The NMC will communicate effectively between UNICEF MCO and NSOs, responding promptly to MICS-related needs and issues as they arise.
As part of the Caribbean MICS Programme, the NMC will also support efforts to ensure harmonization of survey methodologies, tools, indicators, data processing procedures, and reporting standards across participating countries. The consultant will contribute to the production of nationally representative and internationally comparable data for monitoring child-focused Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), strengthening national statistical systems, and supporting evidence-based policymaking across the region.
The NMC will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the work of other resource people hired by UNICEF to provide technical assistance to the MICS process. The consultant will work in close collaboration with the survey team, the stakeholders, and Steering and Technical Committees and will represent UNICEF in meetings and workshops in relation to the survey as needed. The NMC will also work in close collaboration with the Regional MICS Coordinator at the UNICEF Regional Office (RO) and the MICS Team at UNICEF HQ as well as experts and consultants assigned to support selected countries' MICS (collectively labelled “The UNICEF MICS Team”).
The Fund Raising Officer (Foundations) will work under the leadership of the Corporate Partnership Specialist (High Value Partnership) – NO-3 in São Paulo, Brazil Country Office, and in coordination with the LACRO Fundraising Team and the wider Global Fundraising team to create UNICEF’s High Value philanthropy pipeline in Brazil and maximize resources and support for UNICEF programmes to achieve results for children. Accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in philanthropy towards Foundations and the institutions of high value individual donors, with a strong focus on prospecting, relating and retaining donors; ensure maximum profitability to implement the UNICEF national and global goals and promote horizontal solidarity.
Join UNICEF’s Education Section and gain valuable professional experience while supporting education planning, monitoring, coordination and communication initiatives.
Contribute to promoting equitable access to quality education for all children, including those affected by emergencies.
The Social and Behavior Change Specialist reports to the head of section or Deputy Representative for general guidance and supervision. The Specialist provides technical and operational support for developing a systematic, planned and evidence-based strategy and process for SBC as an integral part of programme development, planning and implementation. Through communication and engagement, as well as the empowerment and participation of stakeholders, communities, children, civil society partners, and government counterparts, s/he promotes measurable behavioral and social change/mobilization. This subsequently contributes to the achievement of sustainable and concrete results in improving children’s rights, survival and wellbeing in the country.
Join UNICEF in strengthening safeguarding across Eastern and Southern Africa. We are looking for an experienced and passionate Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Programme Specialist to provide strategic leadership and technical support across four Country Offices. Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director, with matrix management arrangements involving the Representatives of participating Country Offices, the incumbent will work closely with country teams, to drive the implementation of UNICEF’s Safeguarding Policy, strengthen PSEA systems and capacities, and provide expert guidance on prevention, reporting and response to SEA. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to safer, more accountable programmes and help ensure that children, communities and partners remain protected from harm.
L’UNICEF Burkina Faso recrute un(e) Administrateur(trice) National(e) chargé(e) de la Gestion de l’Information pour le Cluster Nutrition. Le/la titulaire contribuera à renforcer la coordination et l’efficacité de la réponse nutritionnelle humanitaire à travers la collecte, l’analyse et la diffusion de données fiables, afin de soutenir la planification, le suivi des interventions et la prise de décision.
The consultant will be embedded at LASUBEV and will support the implementation of the project in coordination with LASUBEB, Federal Ministry of Education, NEDI and NEMIS teams and will provide regular field support to implementing partners, LGA teams and schools in UNICEF’s seven ACCESS LGAs.
The UNICEF Nigeria is seeking for a WASH Specialist for the Kaduna Field Office to supports strategic programme planning, development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme within the Country Programme.The WASH NOC TA post will provide technical guidance and management support throughout programming processes to facilitate the achievement of WASH-related output results
The GSSC Office is looking for a Chief of Business Solutions and Innovation who leads Business Innovation and Support Section (BIS) and is accountable for defining the strategy for intelligent business automation in GSSC, using a combination of technology, process, governance, and human capital components to work together to deliver innovative, user-centric, and value‑added services. In addition, the chief will govern the GSSC portfolio of business and digital solutions, services and insights that improve how GSSC functions. The role will be responsible for setting and executing an effective and KPI driven customer service strategy.
UNICEF's Individual Giving (IG) programme plays a critical role in generating sustainable and flexible income that enables the organization to deliver for children worldwide. Through the acquisition, engagement, retention, and stewardship of individual supporters, the programme seeks to build long-term relationships with donors while maximizing lifetime value and enhancing supporter experience across multiple channels.
As digital fundraising continues to evolve, the volume of supporter data, interaction points, and content requirements has increased significantly. To remain effective and donor-centric, UNICEF is exploring innovative technologies that can support decision-making, improve operational efficiency, strengthen donor engagement, and enable more personalized supporter journeys.
Join UNICEF in Ankara as the Digital Impact Officer and support UNICEF’s mission and strategic plan by enabling programme and operational effectiveness and efficiency through innovation, partnerships and providing ICT solutions and services in a timely, secure and safe manner.
The National Treasury implementing the 2023–2028 Public Finance Management Reform Strategy to strengthen efficiency, transparency, accountability, and equitable allocation of public resources. As part of Kenya's commitment to inclusive development, the Government has strengthened child-, gender-, and disability-responsive budgeting in the FY 2027/28 budget process, requiring improved costing, expenditure tagging, tracking, and reporting. With support from UNICEF and other development partners, the initiative will strengthen Hyperion costing, child and disability expenditure tagging in IFMIS, reporting systems, and capacity development for MDAs and counties, while supporting Kenya's commitments under the Amman-Berlin Declaration, including enhanced disability financing and the "15 percent for the 15 percent" target. The overall aim is to improve the visibility, allocation, monitoring, and reporting of public expenditure for children and people with disabilities.
This is intended to strengthen programme-based budgeting (PBB) and support Government of Kenya commitments to children and disability-through automated costing model and integrating children and disability tagging into IFMIS.
This assignment aims to undertake a comprehensive situation analysis and assess existing and emerging climate finance policies, frameworks, and funding landscapes to inform the development of a child-sensitive climate finance strategy for UNICEF. The consultancy will identify and analyse climate financing opportunities, assess their relevance and feasibility, and recommend appropriate financing mechanisms and partnerships to mobilize resources and support the effective implementation of the strategy.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant will support the origination, design, quality assurance, submission, appraisal, approval, and post-approval processing of climate-finance projects, while strengthening the capacity of COs to develop high-quality Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund projects.
Viet Nam Country Office is looking for a Programme Associate (Temporary Appointment), GS6 level. Under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, CCDRR-Emergency, the Programme Associate provides financial, budget, grant, partner-management and administrative support to UNICEF’s climate, disaster risk reduction, emergency, environmental health and WASH portfolio transitioning into Result Area 3.The incumbent supports programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting by ensuring accurate and timely processing and tracking of programme resources; monitoring budgets, grants and expenditures; supporting DCT and HACT processes; maintaining financial and programme records; preparing financial analyses and reports; and supporting implementing partners to comply with UNICEF financial requirements.
Working day-to-day within NCLE, under the technical guidance of the Director of NCLE (or the designated iSRS focal point) and the contract management of UNICEF, the Consultant provides dedicated technical coordination to set up and scale up the integrated specimen referral system. The Consultant helps NCLE finalize the iSRS framework and tools, deliver the national ToT and the provincial-to-district cascade in the 14 scale-up provinces, put the transport, packaging and data arrangements in place, and monitor and report on system performance against PSRF indicator 2.3.3. The goal is for the referral system to be functional and sustained in all 17 provinces.
Child wasting remains a persistent public health challenge in the Philippines, with low coverage of early identification and treatment services under the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM). While national policies and guidelines are in place, implementation gaps persist across service delivery, workforce capacity, data systems, supply chain reliability, and sustainable financing. The Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) Programme (2025–2029) supports the Government of the Philippines to accelerate reduction of wasting through five interlinked implementation components: 1. Improving access and uptake of nutrition services 2. Building a skilled and supported workforce 3. Strengthening nutrition data for action 4. Enabling reliable supply of essential nutrition supplies 5. Mobilising and optimizing nutrition financing Within this framework, UNICEF is supporting the nationwide scale-up of the PhilHealth SAM Outpatient Therapeutic Care (OTC) package, updating guidelines and capacities of service providers, strengthening PIMAM implementation across development and emergency contexts, and closing ongoing Simplified Approaches (SA) Operations Research, including Family MUAC and CHW-led treatment pilots. The Philippines through the Child Nutrition Fund channeled through UNICEF Philippines has committed to accrediting at least 2,011 primary health care facilities nationwide by 2029 under the PhilHealth SAM OTC package, alongside improvements in service utilization and admissions. Achieving these targets requires coordinated technical assistance that strengthens the wasting ecosystem across all five CNF components. This consultancy will therefore provide national technical support (capacity building, monitoring of program implementation, quality assurance, and documentation) to advance PIMAM scale-up across these components, while ensuring structured closure and policy translation of the Simplified Approaches Operations Research.
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to provide continuous technical and coordination support to strengthen maternal nutrition and micronutrient interventions in the Philippines. The consultancy forms part of UNICEF’s support to the Department of Health and the National Nutrition Council to strengthen maternal health and nutrition, as well as food fortification efforts, through a more coordinated, coherent, and accelerated approach. The Maternal Health and Nutrition Acceleration Plan provides an important framework for accelerating priority interventions, strengthening implementation, and improving coordination across maternal health and nutrition programs. In parallel, there is a need to strengthen and update the strategic direction for food fortification as a distinct intervention area. The development of a Food Fortification Strategy will provide a dedicated framework for setting priorities, strengthening coordination, addressing implementation and regulatory gaps, improving monitoring and quality assurance, and sustaining and scaling food fortification interventions. While the two plans will remain distinct, the Food Fortification Strategy will be aligned with relevant priorities under the Maternal Health and Nutrition Acceleration Plan, particularly by ensuring that food fortification contributes to improving the intake of essential micronutrients, including iron, folic acid, and iodine, among populations at risk of deficiencies, including pregnant women. The consultant will primarily work with DOH-DPCB and NNC-NPPD
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.
Under the overall supervision of the Data and Analytics (Evidence Generation and Evaluation) Specialist (Team Lead), the National MICS Consultant (NMC) will support and provide technical and operational support to UNICEF MCO and the NSOs of the selected Caribbean countries for the preparation, implementation and completion of the MICS survey. The NMC will advise and support the NSOs, especially the Survey Coordinator and sampling and data processing experts, during survey planning, questionnaire design, sampling, training, fieldwork, data processing, data analysis, reporting, dissemination and archiving, ensuring that MICS protocols and recommendations are being followed at all times. The NMC will communicate effectively between UNICEF MCO and NSOs, responding promptly to MICS-related needs and issues as they arise.
As part of the Caribbean MICS Programme, the NMC will also support efforts to ensure harmonization of survey methodologies, tools, indicators, data processing procedures, and reporting standards across participating countries. The consultant will contribute to the production of nationally representative and internationally comparable data for monitoring child-focused Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), strengthening national statistical systems, and supporting evidence-based policymaking across the region.
The NMC will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the work of other resource people hired by UNICEF to provide technical assistance to the MICS process. The consultant will work in close collaboration with the survey team, the stakeholders, and Steering and Technical Committees and will represent UNICEF in meetings and workshops in relation to the survey as needed. The NMC will also work in close collaboration with the Regional MICS Coordinator at the UNICEF Regional Office (RO) and the MICS Team at UNICEF HQ as well as experts and consultants assigned to support selected countries' MICS (collectively labelled “The UNICEF MICS Team”).
The Fund Raising Officer (Foundations) will work under the leadership of the Corporate Partnership Specialist (High Value Partnership) – NO-3 in São Paulo, Brazil Country Office, and in coordination with the LACRO Fundraising Team and the wider Global Fundraising team to create UNICEF’s High Value philanthropy pipeline in Brazil and maximize resources and support for UNICEF programmes to achieve results for children. Accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in philanthropy towards Foundations and the institutions of high value individual donors, with a strong focus on prospecting, relating and retaining donors; ensure maximum profitability to implement the UNICEF national and global goals and promote horizontal solidarity.
Join UNICEF’s Education Section and gain valuable professional experience while supporting education planning, monitoring, coordination and communication initiatives.
Contribute to promoting equitable access to quality education for all children, including those affected by emergencies.
The Social and Behavior Change Specialist reports to the head of section or Deputy Representative for general guidance and supervision. The Specialist provides technical and operational support for developing a systematic, planned and evidence-based strategy and process for SBC as an integral part of programme development, planning and implementation. Through communication and engagement, as well as the empowerment and participation of stakeholders, communities, children, civil society partners, and government counterparts, s/he promotes measurable behavioral and social change/mobilization. This subsequently contributes to the achievement of sustainable and concrete results in improving children’s rights, survival and wellbeing in the country.
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