The UNICEF WCARO is looking for a Communication Officer assists in planning, designing, rolling out and evaluating projects and initiatives in support of a regional advocacy and communication strategy, including the management and expansion of all social and digital media platforms, to get children’s and women’s issues into the public domain, strengthen political will in support of UNICEF's mission and objectives, and enhance the organization’s credibility and brand.
Under the guidance and supervision of the Regional Emergency Coordinator, support country offices in establishing and implementing emergency preparedness and response. Contributes to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the disaster management and emergency interventions as per ROSA Workplan and Global Guidance to ensure the survival and well-being of children and mothers, and the affected communities in an emergency situation.
The Public Partnerships Specialist would be part of the Europe Team – Western Europe section supporting different teams across UNICEF with external relations as well as the partnership portfolio. The position is based in Brussels. However, the selected candidate might be required to work remotely within/outside the duty station. The Public Partnerships Specialist will assist the Public Partnerships Manager for implementing key priorities set forth under the 2025/2026 workplan of Europe Team in the context of the broader the Future Focus Initiative, and the new UNICEF Strategic Plan 2026-2029.
El propósito de esta asignación es generar un análisis estratégico que permita comprender, anticipar y abordar los impactos de las tendencias económicas emergentes sobre la infancia y la adolescencia en República Dominicana. A través de este estudio, se busca fortalecer las capacidades institucionales para integrar de manera sistemática el enfoque de derechos de la niñez en el diseño, implementación y evaluación de políticas económicas, fiscales y sociales.
The Public Partnerships intern will work with the PPD team based in Washington DC, to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and help to provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of the assignment. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.
Generar un conjunto de indicadores claves, desagregados y comparables, a partir de las bases de datos de las ENHOGAR, sobre todo los relacionados con derechos de la infancia y adolescencia en áreas prioritarias, que sirvan como insumo técnico para análisis de situación y para orientar políticas públicas basadas en evidencia
Under the guidance of the Social and Behaviour Change Officer, in close coordination with the Emergency Specialist and the RCCE Specialist, the consultant will support UNICEF in producing and developing a Toolkit and course on Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Brazil, liaising with all field offices that respond to humanitarian situations in the country. Throughout the 6-month period of the assignment, the consultant is expected to support the creation of a child-centered toolkit of risk communication materials to be shared with government of all levels, delivered as: a mapping of existing UNICEF materials, a matrix of key messages for different types of emergencies (droughts and floods), the finalized and tested communication materials (cards, posters, leaflets and radio scripts). The toolkit will support emergency efforts by Brazil´s Civil Protection (Defesa Civil) and the social assistance sector responsible for humanitarian shelter, with three main objectives:
1. To support child rights in humanitarian shelters across the country
2. Contribute to Brazil´s efforts on Disaster Risk Reduction (by Civil Protection)
3. Provide general life-saving risk communication messages which will be made available for municipalities affected by emergencies.
Lastly, the consultant will develop a short child-centered RCCE course to engage and build capacity of public managers involved in emergency preparedness and response.
UNICEF is committed to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of all girls and women. Building on UNICEF’s comparative advantages, lessons learned from prior Action Plans, as well as evidence of proven strategies to effect change at scale, UNICEF will have a special focus on advancing adolescent girls rights. This includes targeting commitments to adolescent girls in each sectoral area and through multisectoral, at-scale programming. UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda. Specifically, this consultancy will focus on:
- Provision of technical, programmatic, and strategic support to new global adolescent girls’ initiatives, including under Skills4Girls, HPV Plus, and related portfolios
- Provision of support for reporting and donor engagement, for 2 major Global Adolescent Girls initiatives.
- Support knowledge and evidence generation as well as specialist support for girl-centered monitoring and evaluation.
The UNICEF Eritrea current Country Programme is approaching its end in 2026, and a new Country Programme needs to be established to commence in 2027. In preparation for this transition, a new Country Programme Document (CPD) must be developed. To ensure efficiency and strategic focus, the process will be lean. It will leverage innovative, context-adapted approaches such as participatory prioritization methods and scenario-based planning to streamline decision-making and enhance relevance. The emphasis will be on strategic content and decision-making, with deliverables that are concise, action-oriented, and aligned with UNICEF’s corporate guidance.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical support to UNICEF Eritrea in developing a high-quality, evidence-based, and results-oriented CPD. The consultant should focus on strategic content, not exhaustive documentation.
The consultant will:
• Facilitate participatory processes for prioritization using inclusive and context-sensitive facilitation techniques, including low-tech and high-touch methods suitable for the Eritrean context.
• Provide technical inputs and quality assurance for Evidence Synthesis (ES), Programme Strategy Explanatory Notes (PSENs), Strategic Moment of Reflection (SMR) and Results and Resources Plan (RRP).
• Draft the CPD narrative in line with UNICEF corporate guidance.
UNICEF Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for a qualified home-based Consultant to document the work and achievements of the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) since its establishment in 2016, with a brief introduction to its predecessor, the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG).
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Mozambique in developing comprehensive training modules and supporting documents in line with the updated national guidelines on the management of child acute malnutrition and nutritional oedema. These materials will be used to train health professionals and ensure the proper implementation of the revised protocols. Once the training modules and supporting documents are completed and approved by the Ministry of Health, the consultant will liaise with the relevant academic institutions in the country to ensure that the new materials are integrated in the academic curriculum of Health and Nutrition courses.
The consultant will work closely with the Nutrition Department and the extended PRN Technical Group (GT-PRN) to ensure alignment with national health strategies and international standards, particularly the updated 2023 WHO guidelines.
In addition, during the review of the PRN national guidelines the national consultant will be responsible for pre-testing the instruments, materials and job aids and conduct the review of the M&E and logistics chapters of the PRN guidelines. The pre-testing of materials will take place in selected health facilities in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia, Sofala and Maputo.
In alignment with UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan, UNICEF’s Adolescent Girls’ Programme Strategy, and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan ‘adolescent girls accelerator’ commitments, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda. Specifically, this consultancy will focus on:
- 1. Delivery of policy briefs and analytical tools to support UNICEF country teams to best advance at-scale programmes for adolescent girls
- 2. Undertake costing analysis in at least 6 contexts with UNICEF country teams to support at-scale delivery models
- 3. Develop at least 4 robust investment cases, using methodologies appropriate to the context, to support financing of programme models for adolescent girls that are delivered at-scale and secure sustainable resources to continue
UNICEF is seeking an individual consultant to produce a Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit. The Training Kit will include 3 sets of complementary materials:
1) Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Manual.
2) Supporting materials for trainers (e.g., foundational reading to strengthen background knowledge; handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).
3) Supporting materials for trainees/practitioners (e.g., handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).
The grants of Accelerating Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA, Phase 3) funded by the government of the Netherlands, and the Beyond Pipes and Toilets grant, funded by the EU, are both critical grants for UNICEF to implement key aspects of the WASH components of its strategic plan. It is critical that UNICEF can create visibility for these two critical donors on these two grants, but also that the work completed by the grants is communicated well in a range of forms such as social media posting, dissemination of developed reports and achievements, and production of communication materials.
The ASWA III grant focuses on the delivery of climate resilient WASH programming in eight countries across Africa. Focus on both service delivery and systems strengthening, with a particular focus on key thematic areas of sustainability, gender transformative WASH, climate resilient WASH, and as applicable on the Head of State Initiative (HoSI). The programme is designed to run until the end of December 2027.
The EU funded Beyond Taps and Toilets focuses on similar areas of WASH and climate, and the HoSI, as well as monitoring and sustainability, with the programme due to expire at the end of March 2027. The programme is implemented in partnership with the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership.
In order to reinforce its expertise in sustainable energy UNICEF is seeking a consultant who will support UNICEF with
implementation, communications, knowledge management, and research-related work in transitioning energy systems to
net zero and adapting essential social services in an integrated and low-carbon manner for children. This includes support to
knowledge management and communications action plan on tools and training for UNICEF staff to strengthen their
understanding of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and clean cooking that can be then integrated across UNICEF’s
programs in healthcare, nutrition, WASH, education, social protection and child protection, and supporting UNICEF in its
assessing the market landscape and demand for the provision of solar energy in UNICEF’s key sectors (WASH, education and
healthcare) to generate the evidence base to inform UNICEF’s value add and future interventions to meet several Sustainable
Development Goals. This will contribute to UNICEF-related work in transitioning energy systems to net zero and adapting
essential social services in an integrated and low-carbon manner for children.
Under the close supervision and guidance of the CEED Programme Specialist, the Sustainable Energy Consultant shall have
the following responsibilities:
Human Resources
United Nations Children’s Fund
1) Solar Hub Helpdesk: Support the solar hub helpdesk with dedicated hotline hours to provide real-time technical support
and guidance on renewable energy solutions for Country Offices (COs).
2) Global Guidance Pack on Solar Systems for UNICEF.
Le Bureau de l’UNICEF en RDC est à la recherche de quatre (4) professionnel(les), engagé(es), créatif(ves) pour une consultance nationale « Vaccine Management Specialist » basés à Kinshasa, Lubumbashi et Kisangani.
Si vous êtes cette personne passionnée par l'idée de faire une différence durable pour les enfants, rejoignez l'UNICEF, la première organisation mondiale de défense des droits de l'enfant.
EOF requires expert advice from consultants on evaluation for its outcomes funds.
We plan to create a Roster for Consultants with Expertise in Evaluation from this advert who we can source consultants with expertise from 2025-2028.
The consultant will support EOF’s team in relation to its ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) outcomes fund in South Africa, which is expected to launch in November 2025 and continue implementing until December 2028.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a proactive Consultant for a 100-day assignment over 9 months to support legal reform in education. Working closely with the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and its Legal Services Unit, the consultant will lead a consultative review of the Education Act and related legislation and deliver a report with findings and recommendations to guide the drafting of a revised Act and supporting documents.
The consultant will support EOF’s team in relation to its ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) outcomes fund in South Africa, which is expected to launch in November 2025 and continue implementing until 2029.
The UNICEF WCARO is looking for a Communication Officer assists in planning, designing, rolling out and evaluating projects and initiatives in support of a regional advocacy and communication strategy, including the management and expansion of all social and digital media platforms, to get children’s and women’s issues into the public domain, strengthen political will in support of UNICEF's mission and objectives, and enhance the organization’s credibility and brand.
Under the guidance and supervision of the Regional Emergency Coordinator, support country offices in establishing and implementing emergency preparedness and response. Contributes to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the disaster management and emergency interventions as per ROSA Workplan and Global Guidance to ensure the survival and well-being of children and mothers, and the affected communities in an emergency situation.
The Public Partnerships Specialist would be part of the Europe Team – Western Europe section supporting different teams across UNICEF with external relations as well as the partnership portfolio. The position is based in Brussels. However, the selected candidate might be required to work remotely within/outside the duty station. The Public Partnerships Specialist will assist the Public Partnerships Manager for implementing key priorities set forth under the 2025/2026 workplan of Europe Team in the context of the broader the Future Focus Initiative, and the new UNICEF Strategic Plan 2026-2029.
El propósito de esta asignación es generar un análisis estratégico que permita comprender, anticipar y abordar los impactos de las tendencias económicas emergentes sobre la infancia y la adolescencia en República Dominicana. A través de este estudio, se busca fortalecer las capacidades institucionales para integrar de manera sistemática el enfoque de derechos de la niñez en el diseño, implementación y evaluación de políticas económicas, fiscales y sociales.
The Public Partnerships intern will work with the PPD team based in Washington DC, to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and help to provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of the assignment. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.
Generar un conjunto de indicadores claves, desagregados y comparables, a partir de las bases de datos de las ENHOGAR, sobre todo los relacionados con derechos de la infancia y adolescencia en áreas prioritarias, que sirvan como insumo técnico para análisis de situación y para orientar políticas públicas basadas en evidencia
Under the guidance of the Social and Behaviour Change Officer, in close coordination with the Emergency Specialist and the RCCE Specialist, the consultant will support UNICEF in producing and developing a Toolkit and course on Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Brazil, liaising with all field offices that respond to humanitarian situations in the country. Throughout the 6-month period of the assignment, the consultant is expected to support the creation of a child-centered toolkit of risk communication materials to be shared with government of all levels, delivered as: a mapping of existing UNICEF materials, a matrix of key messages for different types of emergencies (droughts and floods), the finalized and tested communication materials (cards, posters, leaflets and radio scripts). The toolkit will support emergency efforts by Brazil´s Civil Protection (Defesa Civil) and the social assistance sector responsible for humanitarian shelter, with three main objectives:
1. To support child rights in humanitarian shelters across the country
2. Contribute to Brazil´s efforts on Disaster Risk Reduction (by Civil Protection)
3. Provide general life-saving risk communication messages which will be made available for municipalities affected by emergencies.
Lastly, the consultant will develop a short child-centered RCCE course to engage and build capacity of public managers involved in emergency preparedness and response.
UNICEF is committed to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of all girls and women. Building on UNICEF’s comparative advantages, lessons learned from prior Action Plans, as well as evidence of proven strategies to effect change at scale, UNICEF will have a special focus on advancing adolescent girls rights. This includes targeting commitments to adolescent girls in each sectoral area and through multisectoral, at-scale programming. UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda. Specifically, this consultancy will focus on:
- Provision of technical, programmatic, and strategic support to new global adolescent girls’ initiatives, including under Skills4Girls, HPV Plus, and related portfolios
- Provision of support for reporting and donor engagement, for 2 major Global Adolescent Girls initiatives.
- Support knowledge and evidence generation as well as specialist support for girl-centered monitoring and evaluation.
The UNICEF Eritrea current Country Programme is approaching its end in 2026, and a new Country Programme needs to be established to commence in 2027. In preparation for this transition, a new Country Programme Document (CPD) must be developed. To ensure efficiency and strategic focus, the process will be lean. It will leverage innovative, context-adapted approaches such as participatory prioritization methods and scenario-based planning to streamline decision-making and enhance relevance. The emphasis will be on strategic content and decision-making, with deliverables that are concise, action-oriented, and aligned with UNICEF’s corporate guidance.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical support to UNICEF Eritrea in developing a high-quality, evidence-based, and results-oriented CPD. The consultant should focus on strategic content, not exhaustive documentation.
The consultant will:
• Facilitate participatory processes for prioritization using inclusive and context-sensitive facilitation techniques, including low-tech and high-touch methods suitable for the Eritrean context.
• Provide technical inputs and quality assurance for Evidence Synthesis (ES), Programme Strategy Explanatory Notes (PSENs), Strategic Moment of Reflection (SMR) and Results and Resources Plan (RRP).
• Draft the CPD narrative in line with UNICEF corporate guidance.
UNICEF Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for a qualified home-based Consultant to document the work and achievements of the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) since its establishment in 2016, with a brief introduction to its predecessor, the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG).
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Mozambique in developing comprehensive training modules and supporting documents in line with the updated national guidelines on the management of child acute malnutrition and nutritional oedema. These materials will be used to train health professionals and ensure the proper implementation of the revised protocols. Once the training modules and supporting documents are completed and approved by the Ministry of Health, the consultant will liaise with the relevant academic institutions in the country to ensure that the new materials are integrated in the academic curriculum of Health and Nutrition courses.
The consultant will work closely with the Nutrition Department and the extended PRN Technical Group (GT-PRN) to ensure alignment with national health strategies and international standards, particularly the updated 2023 WHO guidelines.
In addition, during the review of the PRN national guidelines the national consultant will be responsible for pre-testing the instruments, materials and job aids and conduct the review of the M&E and logistics chapters of the PRN guidelines. The pre-testing of materials will take place in selected health facilities in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia, Sofala and Maputo.
In alignment with UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan, UNICEF’s Adolescent Girls’ Programme Strategy, and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan ‘adolescent girls accelerator’ commitments, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda. Specifically, this consultancy will focus on:
- 1. Delivery of policy briefs and analytical tools to support UNICEF country teams to best advance at-scale programmes for adolescent girls
- 2. Undertake costing analysis in at least 6 contexts with UNICEF country teams to support at-scale delivery models
- 3. Develop at least 4 robust investment cases, using methodologies appropriate to the context, to support financing of programme models for adolescent girls that are delivered at-scale and secure sustainable resources to continue
UNICEF is seeking an individual consultant to produce a Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit. The Training Kit will include 3 sets of complementary materials:
1) Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Manual.
2) Supporting materials for trainers (e.g., foundational reading to strengthen background knowledge; handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).
3) Supporting materials for trainees/practitioners (e.g., handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).
The grants of Accelerating Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA, Phase 3) funded by the government of the Netherlands, and the Beyond Pipes and Toilets grant, funded by the EU, are both critical grants for UNICEF to implement key aspects of the WASH components of its strategic plan. It is critical that UNICEF can create visibility for these two critical donors on these two grants, but also that the work completed by the grants is communicated well in a range of forms such as social media posting, dissemination of developed reports and achievements, and production of communication materials.
The ASWA III grant focuses on the delivery of climate resilient WASH programming in eight countries across Africa. Focus on both service delivery and systems strengthening, with a particular focus on key thematic areas of sustainability, gender transformative WASH, climate resilient WASH, and as applicable on the Head of State Initiative (HoSI). The programme is designed to run until the end of December 2027.
The EU funded Beyond Taps and Toilets focuses on similar areas of WASH and climate, and the HoSI, as well as monitoring and sustainability, with the programme due to expire at the end of March 2027. The programme is implemented in partnership with the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership.
In order to reinforce its expertise in sustainable energy UNICEF is seeking a consultant who will support UNICEF with
implementation, communications, knowledge management, and research-related work in transitioning energy systems to
net zero and adapting essential social services in an integrated and low-carbon manner for children. This includes support to
knowledge management and communications action plan on tools and training for UNICEF staff to strengthen their
understanding of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and clean cooking that can be then integrated across UNICEF’s
programs in healthcare, nutrition, WASH, education, social protection and child protection, and supporting UNICEF in its
assessing the market landscape and demand for the provision of solar energy in UNICEF’s key sectors (WASH, education and
healthcare) to generate the evidence base to inform UNICEF’s value add and future interventions to meet several Sustainable
Development Goals. This will contribute to UNICEF-related work in transitioning energy systems to net zero and adapting
essential social services in an integrated and low-carbon manner for children.
Under the close supervision and guidance of the CEED Programme Specialist, the Sustainable Energy Consultant shall have
the following responsibilities:
Human Resources
United Nations Children’s Fund
1) Solar Hub Helpdesk: Support the solar hub helpdesk with dedicated hotline hours to provide real-time technical support
and guidance on renewable energy solutions for Country Offices (COs).
2) Global Guidance Pack on Solar Systems for UNICEF.
Le Bureau de l’UNICEF en RDC est à la recherche de quatre (4) professionnel(les), engagé(es), créatif(ves) pour une consultance nationale « Vaccine Management Specialist » basés à Kinshasa, Lubumbashi et Kisangani.
Si vous êtes cette personne passionnée par l'idée de faire une différence durable pour les enfants, rejoignez l'UNICEF, la première organisation mondiale de défense des droits de l'enfant.
EOF requires expert advice from consultants on evaluation for its outcomes funds.
We plan to create a Roster for Consultants with Expertise in Evaluation from this advert who we can source consultants with expertise from 2025-2028.
The consultant will support EOF’s team in relation to its ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) outcomes fund in South Africa, which is expected to launch in November 2025 and continue implementing until December 2028.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a proactive Consultant for a 100-day assignment over 9 months to support legal reform in education. Working closely with the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and its Legal Services Unit, the consultant will lead a consultative review of the Education Act and related legislation and deliver a report with findings and recommendations to guide the drafting of a revised Act and supporting documents.
The consultant will support EOF’s team in relation to its ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) outcomes fund in South Africa, which is expected to launch in November 2025 and continue implementing until 2029.
