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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to care.

How can you make a difference?

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support is an institutional priority for UNICEF. Through funding from Wellcome Trust, UNICEF and WHO are jointly developing a child and adolescent mental health accountability mechanism to support the public registration, monitoring and implementation of government commitments.

The UNICEF-WHO Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Accountability Mechanism is a global initiative to strengthen accountability for mental health commitments and accelerate progress for children, adolescents and caregivers worldwide.

By providing a transparent platform to monitor commitments, track implementation, and share progress, the mechanism helps ensure that political commitments lead to meaningful action, investment and improved services.

This consultancy, planned from 15 November 2026 to 14 November 2027, will prioritize the design and development of the UNICEF-WHO CAMH accountability prototype and provide subsequent launch and optimization support. Following the initial prototype and launch milestones, the assignment will provide continuing broader MHPSS design and development support, including platform support, maintenance and related technical improvements across MHPSS digital products through the end of the contract.

The assignment is temporary, time-bound and deliverable-based. Programme requirements beyond 14 November 2027 will be reviewed separately, subject to programme needs, available funding and applicable contracting procedures.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  TMC0007210 External ToR.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, User Design, graphic/product design, or related discipline, or relevant experience in these areas,
• Work Experience: UX/UI Design
• Visual design sensibility that is clean, simple, and sharp, with ability to edit as needed
• Be able to demonstrate a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving – paying close attention to detail
• Be able to absorb, rapidly, new technical information as required
• Experience on design and functional requirements gathering
• Experience on development of information architecture and UX design
• Experience following atomic design and component- based theme approach
•  Experience on designing for Drupal (latest versions) responsive websites using bootstrap
• Technical development:
• • Experience on design & Drupal theme development
• o Experience on using bootstrap base theme fromDrupal
• o Experience on development of responsive theming for desktop and mobile devices on Drupal
• o Experience on theme planning and architecture based on existing development
• o Experience on following web accessibility standards 0fV3C AA)
• o Experience on development of multilingual theming (RTL)
• • Technical Drupal development
• o Experience on functional and technical requirements gathering
• o Experience on implementing Drupal 9 and Drupal 8 websites
• o Experience extending or creating contributed Drupal modules.
• o Experience on multilingual sites with additional complexity
• o Experience using agile methodology and use of software dev tools (Jira, VSTS, GitHub, ...)
• o Experience with git-based repositories.
• o Experience on implementing automated testing (QA) using Behat-based testing framework
• o Experience on implementing continuous integration with systems (e.g., Travis Cl and/or Jenkins)
• Hosting
• o Experience on using Drupal as a service solution (Acquia, Pantheon, etc.)
• Desirables: 
• Experience working with UNICEF, WHO or another United Nations entity.
•  Experience supporting a global accountability initiative or public-facing evidence or data platform
•  Working knowledge of French, Spanish or Arabic.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

How to apply?

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template)  TMC0007210 Financial proposal.docx

Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not downloadable on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.