To provide technical and analytical support to UNICEF's evidence generation and policy work on household vulnerability and shock-responsive social protection, including collaborative analytical products and policy recommendations with UN partners in the context of recent and compound shocks, including the Middle East crisis.
UNICEF Sri Lanka generates evidence and policy recommendations to strengthen household resilience and shock responsive social protection in the context of recurrent and overlapping economic, climate, disaster and external shocks.
As part of this evidence generation, UNICEF is undertaking a rapid telephone-based household survey to examine household socioeconomic conditions, exposure to recent shocks, coping responses, social protection, access to essential services and child wellbeing, including household-level impacts associated with the Middle East crisis. UNICEF also collaborates with other UN partners on complementary analytical work that brings together different evidence streams and translates them into practical policy recommendations. This consultancy will support two connected areas of UNICEF's evidence and policy work. First, it will use relevant findings from the rapid telephone-based household survey, together with complementary evidence generated with UN partners,
to contribute to a focused live case study on shock-responsive social protection, using Aswesuma as the principal entry
point. Second, it will support the household vulnerability and social protection component of a broader collaborativeanal Es. This second analytical stream will be explicitly built on the upstream enterprise and value-chain analysis undertaken by the collaborating UN partner(s). Based on the priority
sectors, affected worker groups, employment channels and enterprise-level impacts identified through that analysis.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health in the planning, implementation,
monitoring, and reporting of preventive and curative nutrition interventions delivered through the health system. The
consultant will work closely with relevant departments of the Ministry of Health to enhance coordination, support evidence
based programming, and contribute to the effective delivery of nutrition services and interventions.
The purpose of this consultancy is therefore to coordinate UNICEF Thailand’s emergency preparedness and response for 2027: maintaining an up-to-date risk analysis and preparedness plan, ensuring timely and quality situation monitoring and reporting, strengthening cross-border planning with neighbouring UNICEF Country Offices, readying supplies and partners (including with the private sector), building the capacity of staff and partners, piloting and documenting the engagement of community volunteers in emergency response in the Southern Border Provinces, and informing UNICEF’s strategic positioning in emergencies in an upper-middle-income country.
Join UNICEF’s Caribbean Multi-Country Office as an Operations Associate and help deliver seamless operational services across 12 countries. We are looking for four Operations Associates, with one position based in each of Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. As part of an integrated regional Operations team, you will manage a specialized portfolio while supporting service delivery, business continuity, operational performance and cross-country collaboration. Your contribution will help ensure consistent, responsive and efficient operational support that enables teams across the Caribbean to deliver results for children.
Location:Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago
Join UNICEF's Multi-Country Office (MCO) for the Caribbean as a People & Culture Officer, and support the consistent, equitable delivery of HR solutions across 12 countries. Working closely with managers and teams, you will bring advanced technical knowledge across P&C subject matters, and contribute to the talent acquisition, staff engagement, and performance management and development priorities that will build a strong P&C function as the MCO comes together. If you believe good HR is built through the people who deliver it every day, this is your chance to bring your P&C acumen to the heart of one of the Caribbean's most ambitious transformations.
The consultant will work under the supervision of the Child Protection Officer and collaborate with the Ministry of Human Development, Family Support and Gender Affairs (MHDFSGA) and other national ministries, civil society organizations, UN agencies, and UNICEF regional advisers.
Help turn programme plans into results for children across the Caribbean. UNICEF’s Caribbean Multi-Country Office is looking for four Programme Associates- one each in Belize, Barbados, Guyana, and Suriname - to form a regional programme support group. Working locally while collaborating as part of a regional team, you will support programme planning, budgeting, partner engagement, monitoring and implementation, helping turn programme priorities into effective and accountable results for children across the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's UNICEF's Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean as an Emergency Specialist and provide leadership for emergency preparedness, response and organizational resilience across the region. You will coordinate the planning, implementation and monitoring of the MCO's emergency preparedness and response for the Caribbean. Your expertise will help ensure UNICEF is prepared to delivery timely and effective support for children, families and communities affected by emergencies.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical support to UNICEF in developing standards for the provision and licensing of specialized secondary support services for child victims and witnesses within the social welfare system, to be formalized through a Rulebook.
To operationalize the National Food Fortification Strategy, Angola requires a robust legal and regulatory framework that
establishes standards, institutional responsibilities, quality assurance mechanisms, compliance requirements, and
enforcement provisions. In this context, the Government of Angola seeks to engage a legal consultant to provide technical
assistance in the development, review, and finalization of the legislation, regulations, and standards necessary to support
the approval and implementation of the national food fortification agenda.
UNICEF is seeking a consultant to develop and deliver an introductory capacity building programme on public–private partnerships (PPPs) in early childhood education and care (ECEC), followed by municipal mentoring. The assignment will strengthen public officials’ ability to understand partnership options, assess their relevance to local ECEC needs and identify practical steps for incorporating suitable options into ECEC expansion plans
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant as Service Design Advisor who will provide external benchmarking, industry insight, and specialist service-design advice across the four priority service streams. The Advisor will engage relevant Global Business Services and Shared Services leaders, professional networks, and specialized service providers; identify proven practices and emerging approaches; and translate findings into practical recommendations for the project team.
The Digital Engagement and Protection (DEP) Unit within the UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti is seeking a communications consultant to support ongoing communications and dissemination activities related to research on the risks and opportunities children face online. Specifically, the consult will support the development and implementation of communications strategies and materials for the DEP Unit.
Help strengthen Syria’s immunization system and ensure life-saving vaccines reach every child, everywhere.UNICEF Syria is looking for a Health Specialist (NOC) – Vaccine & Cold Chain Management to drive stronger, smarter and more sustainable vaccine supply and cold chain systems
UNICEF Yemen is strengthening the integration of ECD within nutrition and other relevant maternal and child health platforms. Building on existing national MAIYCN and community cadre training platforms, this consultancy will support the development of an evidence-based and contextually appropriate National Multisectoral ECD Strategy, aligned with the Nurturing Care Framework and relevant SDG targets. It will also support development of an action plan and monitoring and evaluation framework to facilitate implementation, institutionalization, and monitoring of integrated ECD services.
UNICEF Digital Centre of Excellence seeks a RapidPro and InForm Community Manager to sustain an active, informed and well documented user community for both platforms. The Community Manager will manage community engagement, maintain the knowledge base and documentation on which country offices rely, provide second level user support, and carry out the routine administration required to keep both platforms operational for users.
UNICEF, in accordance with its global mandate and the UNICEF–Islamic Republic of Iran Country Programme of Cooperation 2023–2027, works with the Government and national partners to uphold the rights of all children, with particular attention to the most vulnerable, and to ensure that children have access to inclusive and quality education in
both development and humanitarian settings. UNICEF's education programme in Iran includes support to strengthening the resilience and capacity of the public education system, improving education infrastructure and supporting continuity of learning during emergencies.
UNICEF Afghanistan is commissioning an evaluation of UNICEF Afghanistan’s SBC community structures and
interventions. The evaluation will serve as a critical learning and accountability exercise, generating evidence on the
relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and coherence of the SBC interventions and community structures. It
will identify lessons learned, best practices, challenges, and opportunities for improvement to inform future
programming.
The situation in Afghanistan remains exceptionally complex, with a protracted emergency situation, characterized by recurrent natural disasters, an increased number of people living in poverty, continued internal displacement, unprecedented levels of food insecurity, which has been further compounded since the COVID-19 pandemic. This complexity has greatly impacted the situation of children and women in the country. The August 2021 transition, exacerbated by four decades of conflict, recurrent natural disasters, chronic poverty, and multiple disease outbreaks continue to negatively impact children and women. The discontinuation of education for girls beyond grade six and restrictions on participation of women to work deprives almost half of the human capital to contribute to the nation’s economy and development.
UNICEF Pakistan is seeking an experienced program specialist/polio team lead to provide strategic leadership and technical oversight of the polio eradication program in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Based in Peshawar, the incumbent will lead program planning, implementation, monitoring, partnerships, and capacity-building efforts to deliver sustainable results for children.
To provide technical and analytical support to UNICEF's evidence generation and policy work on household vulnerability and shock-responsive social protection, including collaborative analytical products and policy recommendations with UN partners in the context of recent and compound shocks, including the Middle East crisis.
UNICEF Sri Lanka generates evidence and policy recommendations to strengthen household resilience and shock responsive social protection in the context of recurrent and overlapping economic, climate, disaster and external shocks.
As part of this evidence generation, UNICEF is undertaking a rapid telephone-based household survey to examine household socioeconomic conditions, exposure to recent shocks, coping responses, social protection, access to essential services and child wellbeing, including household-level impacts associated with the Middle East crisis. UNICEF also collaborates with other UN partners on complementary analytical work that brings together different evidence streams and translates them into practical policy recommendations. This consultancy will support two connected areas of UNICEF's evidence and policy work. First, it will use relevant findings from the rapid telephone-based household survey, together with complementary evidence generated with UN partners,
to contribute to a focused live case study on shock-responsive social protection, using Aswesuma as the principal entry
point. Second, it will support the household vulnerability and social protection component of a broader collaborativeanal Es. This second analytical stream will be explicitly built on the upstream enterprise and value-chain analysis undertaken by the collaborating UN partner(s). Based on the priority
sectors, affected worker groups, employment channels and enterprise-level impacts identified through that analysis.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health in the planning, implementation,
monitoring, and reporting of preventive and curative nutrition interventions delivered through the health system. The
consultant will work closely with relevant departments of the Ministry of Health to enhance coordination, support evidence
based programming, and contribute to the effective delivery of nutrition services and interventions.
The purpose of this consultancy is therefore to coordinate UNICEF Thailand’s emergency preparedness and response for 2027: maintaining an up-to-date risk analysis and preparedness plan, ensuring timely and quality situation monitoring and reporting, strengthening cross-border planning with neighbouring UNICEF Country Offices, readying supplies and partners (including with the private sector), building the capacity of staff and partners, piloting and documenting the engagement of community volunteers in emergency response in the Southern Border Provinces, and informing UNICEF’s strategic positioning in emergencies in an upper-middle-income country.
Join UNICEF’s Caribbean Multi-Country Office as an Operations Associate and help deliver seamless operational services across 12 countries. We are looking for four Operations Associates, with one position based in each of Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. As part of an integrated regional Operations team, you will manage a specialized portfolio while supporting service delivery, business continuity, operational performance and cross-country collaboration. Your contribution will help ensure consistent, responsive and efficient operational support that enables teams across the Caribbean to deliver results for children.
Location:Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago
Join UNICEF's Multi-Country Office (MCO) for the Caribbean as a People & Culture Officer, and support the consistent, equitable delivery of HR solutions across 12 countries. Working closely with managers and teams, you will bring advanced technical knowledge across P&C subject matters, and contribute to the talent acquisition, staff engagement, and performance management and development priorities that will build a strong P&C function as the MCO comes together. If you believe good HR is built through the people who deliver it every day, this is your chance to bring your P&C acumen to the heart of one of the Caribbean's most ambitious transformations.
The consultant will work under the supervision of the Child Protection Officer and collaborate with the Ministry of Human Development, Family Support and Gender Affairs (MHDFSGA) and other national ministries, civil society organizations, UN agencies, and UNICEF regional advisers.
Help turn programme plans into results for children across the Caribbean. UNICEF’s Caribbean Multi-Country Office is looking for four Programme Associates- one each in Belize, Barbados, Guyana, and Suriname - to form a regional programme support group. Working locally while collaborating as part of a regional team, you will support programme planning, budgeting, partner engagement, monitoring and implementation, helping turn programme priorities into effective and accountable results for children across the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's UNICEF's Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean as an Emergency Specialist and provide leadership for emergency preparedness, response and organizational resilience across the region. You will coordinate the planning, implementation and monitoring of the MCO's emergency preparedness and response for the Caribbean. Your expertise will help ensure UNICEF is prepared to delivery timely and effective support for children, families and communities affected by emergencies.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical support to UNICEF in developing standards for the provision and licensing of specialized secondary support services for child victims and witnesses within the social welfare system, to be formalized through a Rulebook.
To operationalize the National Food Fortification Strategy, Angola requires a robust legal and regulatory framework that
establishes standards, institutional responsibilities, quality assurance mechanisms, compliance requirements, and
enforcement provisions. In this context, the Government of Angola seeks to engage a legal consultant to provide technical
assistance in the development, review, and finalization of the legislation, regulations, and standards necessary to support
the approval and implementation of the national food fortification agenda.
UNICEF is seeking a consultant to develop and deliver an introductory capacity building programme on public–private partnerships (PPPs) in early childhood education and care (ECEC), followed by municipal mentoring. The assignment will strengthen public officials’ ability to understand partnership options, assess their relevance to local ECEC needs and identify practical steps for incorporating suitable options into ECEC expansion plans
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant as Service Design Advisor who will provide external benchmarking, industry insight, and specialist service-design advice across the four priority service streams. The Advisor will engage relevant Global Business Services and Shared Services leaders, professional networks, and specialized service providers; identify proven practices and emerging approaches; and translate findings into practical recommendations for the project team.
The Digital Engagement and Protection (DEP) Unit within the UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti is seeking a communications consultant to support ongoing communications and dissemination activities related to research on the risks and opportunities children face online. Specifically, the consult will support the development and implementation of communications strategies and materials for the DEP Unit.
Help strengthen Syria’s immunization system and ensure life-saving vaccines reach every child, everywhere.UNICEF Syria is looking for a Health Specialist (NOC) – Vaccine & Cold Chain Management to drive stronger, smarter and more sustainable vaccine supply and cold chain systems
UNICEF Yemen is strengthening the integration of ECD within nutrition and other relevant maternal and child health platforms. Building on existing national MAIYCN and community cadre training platforms, this consultancy will support the development of an evidence-based and contextually appropriate National Multisectoral ECD Strategy, aligned with the Nurturing Care Framework and relevant SDG targets. It will also support development of an action plan and monitoring and evaluation framework to facilitate implementation, institutionalization, and monitoring of integrated ECD services.
UNICEF Digital Centre of Excellence seeks a RapidPro and InForm Community Manager to sustain an active, informed and well documented user community for both platforms. The Community Manager will manage community engagement, maintain the knowledge base and documentation on which country offices rely, provide second level user support, and carry out the routine administration required to keep both platforms operational for users.
UNICEF, in accordance with its global mandate and the UNICEF–Islamic Republic of Iran Country Programme of Cooperation 2023–2027, works with the Government and national partners to uphold the rights of all children, with particular attention to the most vulnerable, and to ensure that children have access to inclusive and quality education in
both development and humanitarian settings. UNICEF's education programme in Iran includes support to strengthening the resilience and capacity of the public education system, improving education infrastructure and supporting continuity of learning during emergencies.
UNICEF Afghanistan is commissioning an evaluation of UNICEF Afghanistan’s SBC community structures and
interventions. The evaluation will serve as a critical learning and accountability exercise, generating evidence on the
relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and coherence of the SBC interventions and community structures. It
will identify lessons learned, best practices, challenges, and opportunities for improvement to inform future
programming.
The situation in Afghanistan remains exceptionally complex, with a protracted emergency situation, characterized by recurrent natural disasters, an increased number of people living in poverty, continued internal displacement, unprecedented levels of food insecurity, which has been further compounded since the COVID-19 pandemic. This complexity has greatly impacted the situation of children and women in the country. The August 2021 transition, exacerbated by four decades of conflict, recurrent natural disasters, chronic poverty, and multiple disease outbreaks continue to negatively impact children and women. The discontinuation of education for girls beyond grade six and restrictions on participation of women to work deprives almost half of the human capital to contribute to the nation’s economy and development.
UNICEF Pakistan is seeking an experienced program specialist/polio team lead to provide strategic leadership and technical oversight of the polio eradication program in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Based in Peshawar, the incumbent will lead program planning, implementation, monitoring, partnerships, and capacity-building efforts to deliver sustainable results for children.
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