UNICEF's Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) in Geneva is pivotal to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined in the organization’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan. The division focuses on maximizing private sector fundraising, partnerships, and engagement. Central to these efforts is the Innovative Financing for Children (IF4C) function, which develops and implements innovative financing mechanisms to mobilize resources for children's welfare globally. These initiatives address critical issues such as climate change, environmental sustainability, and disaster risk reduction, targeting the most vulnerable and marginalized children and adolescents. The IF4C team plays a crucial role in driving these efforts forward through strategic private sector engagements.
The Special Representative serves as the representative of UNICEF in the State of Palestine and reports to the Regional Director for general direction and oversight. The Special Representative is responsible for establishing dialogue with the Palestinian Government to develop and implement the framework of cooperation in the State of Palestine as part of the Area Programme Document (APD) for Palestinian children and for working closely and collaboratively with the Government and national institutions, stakeholders and partners, to develop the Government-UNICEF APD in active support of efforts to advance children’s rights as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, other international treaties/frameworks, the SDGs, and UN intergovernmental bodies. The Special Representative is also responsible for leading engagement with the Israeli Government who – due to the occupation context and protracted conflict – has responsibilities towards children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
As Head of a large-size Office, the Special Representative is responsible for providing leadership and vision to the UNICEF Office in the State of Palestine team, which is now split into three locations and managing and leveraging resources for the achievement of results and realization of the rights of children. The Special Representative leads and oversees the various programme sectors and operations teams ensuring delivery of quality results in accordance with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework, ethics and integrity. The Special Representative is accountable for upholding UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability, and ensuring the establishment and maintenance of a non-discriminatory, inclusive and nurturing working environment for all staff and personnel, to enable them to effectively and efficiently deliver high-quality results for children.
The Planning, Reporting, Information, Monitoring, and Evaluation (PRIME) Section supports all PFP sections and inter-divisional and inter-office work by providing strategic planning, monitoring, and reporting, internal communications, and knowledge management for UNICEF’s private sector work.
The Knowledge Management Manager (KM Manager), based in PRIME, will oversee KM work across the Division, and help strengthen knowledge management by working closely with KM Specialists and focal points in PFP sections. The position is responsible for the development and implementation of a strategic framework for KM in the Division and for the related policies, plans, methodologies, and products to increase learning from successes and failures and replication of successful activities in the UNICEF private sector family. The KM Manager will promote an overall culture of knowledge capture, sharing, and learning through the Division’s organizational processes and systems, and provide thought leadership and hands-on support for KM initiatives in PFP.
In addition, the KM Manager will work closely with the Chief of Planning, PRIME, the Internal Communications Manager, the Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Manager to deliver on the KM goals of the Division, as well as with the Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Unit at New York Headquarters (NYHQ) to synergize with and contribute to organization-wide KM initiatives. The KM Manager will report directly to the Chief of Planning in PFP PRIME.
UNICEF's Office of Innovation is driving transformative solutions for global education challenges. We’re seeking a Senior Full-Stack Developer to enhance the current platform, built with Headless Drupal, Next.js, and Cloudflare, for improved EdTech discovery. As a Senior Full-Stack Developer, you will lead the expansion of the Learning Cabinet platform, incorporating new features that will revolutionize how educational decision-makers and partners find and compare EdTech solutions. Your expertise will shape the future of global education by ensuring personalized access to tools that drive positive learning outcomes for children worldwide.
UNICEF's Office of Innovation in Helsinki, is looking for a consultant who will work as a Senior Full-Stack Developer. As a Senior Full-Stack Developer, you will lead the expansion of the Learning Cabinet platform, incorporating new features that will revolutionize how educational decision-makers and partners find and compare EdTech solutions. Your expertise will shape the future of global education by ensuring personalized access to tools that drive positive learning outcomes for children worldwide.
The UNICEF Internship Programme offers qualified and eligible students the unique opportunity to acquire direct practical experience in UNICEF's work and the United Nations system while working hands on under the direct supervision of experienced UNICEF staff.
This Long-Term Agreement (LTA) aims to provide Giga with ongoing strategic advisory services focused on the economics and regulation of undersea cable infrastructure. The consultant will support Giga’s mission to connect schools globally, especially in regions where undersea cables are critical to expanding connectivity.
This Long-Term Agreement (LTA) aims to provide Giga with strategic advisory services on models and strategies for scaling its operations in Geneva. This will involve working closely with Giga’s leadership and external stakeholders to facilitate the expansion of Giga's work, with a focus on connecting schools to the internet.
The objective of this Long-Term Agreement (LTA) is to provide Giga with ongoing strategic advisory services focused on utilizing visual storytelling and artistic engagement to amplify its mission of connecting schools to the internet. Under this LTA, the selected consultants will help Giga leverage initiatives like Patchwork Kingdoms and Creating Connections to engage stakeholders, raise awareness, and secure funding that directly supports the expansion of school connectivity worldwide.
UNICEF China Education Section is seeking an international consultant to review and adapt the global/regional UNICEF Adolescent participation training pack and deliver training workshops to both adolescents and trainers in China.
Being part of GSSC, the Strategic Business and Change Management Section (previously titled as Service Quality Management Section) works within with the Director’s Office guiding the strategic direction of the GSSC and its journey to Global Business Services (GBS), is responsible for strategic planning, change management, partnership engagement, UN reform, communications and branding It furthermore covers all internal GSSC quality assurance, productivity analysis, forecasting and chargeback support, performance, service level agreement (SLA) and key performance indicator (KPI) management, efficiency reporting and benefits realization.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief of Education, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor the country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the Country Office, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.
The Chief Adolescent Development supports country office programming processes by providing expert technical advice and operational support to country office colleagues and internal and external partners and stakeholders to ensure that adolescent development and participation established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies, are integrated in UNICEF’s advocacy, policies, programmes and humanitarian work. There is a strong expectation of upstream and cross-sectoral engagement to influence government policy and strategy, to ensure ADAP priorities are properly anchored in broader EU accession reforms and sector-wide approaches and that influence relevant resource streams (including those going directly into national budgets) to achieve results for adolescents and youth in Ukraine.
UNICEF is looking for an International Consultant to support strengthening foster care and establishing the first Foster Care and Adoption Centre in Montenegro.
Under the close supervision and guidance of the supervisor, you support the respective section(s) by carrying out a range of procedural, administrative, and operational tasks to help develop, implement, and monitor their country programme, ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
UNICEF ROSA is looking for a result driven Regional Adviser Gender to support the development, application, and achievement of goals and strategies on gender Equality and Adolescent girls centered programming for countries in the Region. This will be in alignment with UNICEF’s Gender Action Plan and Strategic Plan, and the Adolescent girls Strategy and UNICEF South Asia’s Area for Acceleration focusing on the Adolescent Girl.
Under the supervision of a deputy head of office, the Executive Assistant is accountable for communications, operations and administrative support services to enhance the smooth running of the supervisor’s day-to day activities. Executive Assistants also represent the supervisor in initiating, following up on and resolving issues pertaining to administrative requests.
¡Únete a nuestro equipo de UNICEF Colombia y marca la diferencia en la vida de los niños, niñas y adolescentes!
Esta consultoría busca Coordinar la recolección y estructuración de los insumos técnicos del equipo investigador que acompaña a las subcomisiones étnicas para la elaboración del informe final de la Comisión Asesora Científica, en el marco del convenio celebrado entre ICBF y UNICEF.
UNICEF's Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) in Geneva is pivotal to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined in the organization’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan. The division focuses on maximizing private sector fundraising, partnerships, and engagement. Central to these efforts is the Innovative Financing for Children (IF4C) function, which develops and implements innovative financing mechanisms to mobilize resources for children's welfare globally. These initiatives address critical issues such as climate change, environmental sustainability, and disaster risk reduction, targeting the most vulnerable and marginalized children and adolescents. The IF4C team plays a crucial role in driving these efforts forward through strategic private sector engagements.
The Special Representative serves as the representative of UNICEF in the State of Palestine and reports to the Regional Director for general direction and oversight. The Special Representative is responsible for establishing dialogue with the Palestinian Government to develop and implement the framework of cooperation in the State of Palestine as part of the Area Programme Document (APD) for Palestinian children and for working closely and collaboratively with the Government and national institutions, stakeholders and partners, to develop the Government-UNICEF APD in active support of efforts to advance children’s rights as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, other international treaties/frameworks, the SDGs, and UN intergovernmental bodies. The Special Representative is also responsible for leading engagement with the Israeli Government who – due to the occupation context and protracted conflict – has responsibilities towards children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
As Head of a large-size Office, the Special Representative is responsible for providing leadership and vision to the UNICEF Office in the State of Palestine team, which is now split into three locations and managing and leveraging resources for the achievement of results and realization of the rights of children. The Special Representative leads and oversees the various programme sectors and operations teams ensuring delivery of quality results in accordance with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework, ethics and integrity. The Special Representative is accountable for upholding UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability, and ensuring the establishment and maintenance of a non-discriminatory, inclusive and nurturing working environment for all staff and personnel, to enable them to effectively and efficiently deliver high-quality results for children.
The Planning, Reporting, Information, Monitoring, and Evaluation (PRIME) Section supports all PFP sections and inter-divisional and inter-office work by providing strategic planning, monitoring, and reporting, internal communications, and knowledge management for UNICEF’s private sector work.
The Knowledge Management Manager (KM Manager), based in PRIME, will oversee KM work across the Division, and help strengthen knowledge management by working closely with KM Specialists and focal points in PFP sections. The position is responsible for the development and implementation of a strategic framework for KM in the Division and for the related policies, plans, methodologies, and products to increase learning from successes and failures and replication of successful activities in the UNICEF private sector family. The KM Manager will promote an overall culture of knowledge capture, sharing, and learning through the Division’s organizational processes and systems, and provide thought leadership and hands-on support for KM initiatives in PFP.
In addition, the KM Manager will work closely with the Chief of Planning, PRIME, the Internal Communications Manager, the Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Manager to deliver on the KM goals of the Division, as well as with the Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Unit at New York Headquarters (NYHQ) to synergize with and contribute to organization-wide KM initiatives. The KM Manager will report directly to the Chief of Planning in PFP PRIME.
UNICEF's Office of Innovation is driving transformative solutions for global education challenges. We’re seeking a Senior Full-Stack Developer to enhance the current platform, built with Headless Drupal, Next.js, and Cloudflare, for improved EdTech discovery. As a Senior Full-Stack Developer, you will lead the expansion of the Learning Cabinet platform, incorporating new features that will revolutionize how educational decision-makers and partners find and compare EdTech solutions. Your expertise will shape the future of global education by ensuring personalized access to tools that drive positive learning outcomes for children worldwide.
UNICEF's Office of Innovation in Helsinki, is looking for a consultant who will work as a Senior Full-Stack Developer. As a Senior Full-Stack Developer, you will lead the expansion of the Learning Cabinet platform, incorporating new features that will revolutionize how educational decision-makers and partners find and compare EdTech solutions. Your expertise will shape the future of global education by ensuring personalized access to tools that drive positive learning outcomes for children worldwide.
The UNICEF Internship Programme offers qualified and eligible students the unique opportunity to acquire direct practical experience in UNICEF's work and the United Nations system while working hands on under the direct supervision of experienced UNICEF staff.
This Long-Term Agreement (LTA) aims to provide Giga with ongoing strategic advisory services focused on the economics and regulation of undersea cable infrastructure. The consultant will support Giga’s mission to connect schools globally, especially in regions where undersea cables are critical to expanding connectivity.
This Long-Term Agreement (LTA) aims to provide Giga with strategic advisory services on models and strategies for scaling its operations in Geneva. This will involve working closely with Giga’s leadership and external stakeholders to facilitate the expansion of Giga's work, with a focus on connecting schools to the internet.
The objective of this Long-Term Agreement (LTA) is to provide Giga with ongoing strategic advisory services focused on utilizing visual storytelling and artistic engagement to amplify its mission of connecting schools to the internet. Under this LTA, the selected consultants will help Giga leverage initiatives like Patchwork Kingdoms and Creating Connections to engage stakeholders, raise awareness, and secure funding that directly supports the expansion of school connectivity worldwide.
UNICEF China Education Section is seeking an international consultant to review and adapt the global/regional UNICEF Adolescent participation training pack and deliver training workshops to both adolescents and trainers in China.
Being part of GSSC, the Strategic Business and Change Management Section (previously titled as Service Quality Management Section) works within with the Director’s Office guiding the strategic direction of the GSSC and its journey to Global Business Services (GBS), is responsible for strategic planning, change management, partnership engagement, UN reform, communications and branding It furthermore covers all internal GSSC quality assurance, productivity analysis, forecasting and chargeback support, performance, service level agreement (SLA) and key performance indicator (KPI) management, efficiency reporting and benefits realization.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief of Education, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor the country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the Country Office, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.
The Chief Adolescent Development supports country office programming processes by providing expert technical advice and operational support to country office colleagues and internal and external partners and stakeholders to ensure that adolescent development and participation established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies, are integrated in UNICEF’s advocacy, policies, programmes and humanitarian work. There is a strong expectation of upstream and cross-sectoral engagement to influence government policy and strategy, to ensure ADAP priorities are properly anchored in broader EU accession reforms and sector-wide approaches and that influence relevant resource streams (including those going directly into national budgets) to achieve results for adolescents and youth in Ukraine.
UNICEF is looking for an International Consultant to support strengthening foster care and establishing the first Foster Care and Adoption Centre in Montenegro.
Under the close supervision and guidance of the supervisor, you support the respective section(s) by carrying out a range of procedural, administrative, and operational tasks to help develop, implement, and monitor their country programme, ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
UNICEF ROSA is looking for a result driven Regional Adviser Gender to support the development, application, and achievement of goals and strategies on gender Equality and Adolescent girls centered programming for countries in the Region. This will be in alignment with UNICEF’s Gender Action Plan and Strategic Plan, and the Adolescent girls Strategy and UNICEF South Asia’s Area for Acceleration focusing on the Adolescent Girl.
Under the supervision of a deputy head of office, the Executive Assistant is accountable for communications, operations and administrative support services to enhance the smooth running of the supervisor’s day-to day activities. Executive Assistants also represent the supervisor in initiating, following up on and resolving issues pertaining to administrative requests.
¡Únete a nuestro equipo de UNICEF Colombia y marca la diferencia en la vida de los niños, niñas y adolescentes!
Esta consultoría busca Coordinar la recolección y estructuración de los insumos técnicos del equipo investigador que acompaña a las subcomisiones étnicas para la elaboración del informe final de la Comisión Asesora Científica, en el marco del convenio celebrado entre ICBF y UNICEF.
