UNICEF Moldova is seeking to contract a National Individual Consultant, to provide supervision and strategic support for the implementation of communication efforts aimed at preventing Violence Against Children (VAC) and Violence Against Women (VAW) of the National Agency for the Prevention and Combating of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. Through these efforts, the consultancy will contribute to a coordinated and impactful approach to violence prevention, ultimately fostering safer, more supportive, and gender-responsive environments for children and women across the Republic of Moldova.
UNICEF Ethiopia is seeking to hire a national consultant to develop an evidence-based case study that documents how P-RECs can be measured, verified, traded and reinvested to sustain UNICEF-supported solar assets in Ethiopia’s health, and WASH areas, and to provide a practical monitoring framework that national partners can replicate at scale.
The consultant will support the implementation of UNICEF’s social protection component of the joint UN Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programme, supported by the Government of Switzerland, and implemented jointly with UNDP, UNESCO and FAO, by strengthening disaster risk and protection planning capacities within the social protection sector in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), in line with shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) principles.
The consultant will support the implementation of UNICEF’s social protection component of the joint UN Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programme, supported by the Government of Switzerland, and implemented jointly with UNDP, UNESCO and FAO, by strengthening disaster risk and protection planning capacities within the social protection sector in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), in line with shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) principles.
UNICEF Czech Republic RRO is looking for a qualified Consultant for regional stakeholder consultation and advisory engagement to support the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) in coordinating regional-level engagement and feedback within the framework of the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) project for the development of the new Child Protection and Family Support legislation.
UNICEF Jordan Office is seeking to hire several illustrators to produce engaging, high-quality illustrations for the Kawakbna series.
Kawkabuna (Our Planet) –is an innovative remedial reading programme that integrates foundational literacy with climate action and life skills education. The programme targets children in Grades 4–9 who are significantly behind in reading and at risk of dropping out of the education system.
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 Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
Somalia has faced long-standing conflicts, political instability, and insecurity, compounded by droughts, floods, and food shortages. These factors have significantly impacted the health of the population and severely disrupted Somalia’s delicate healthcare system, leading to some of the poorest health outcomes for mothers and children worldwide.
The leading causes of under-five mortality are pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, and malnutrition, with pneumonia and diarrhoea alone claiming 21% and 18-20% of under-five deaths, respectively, while the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage and hypertension disorders.
The Somali Federal Ministry of Health, acknowledging that despite significant improvements in health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents over recent decades, progress has stalled. The trend is further exacerbated by worsening rates of malnutrition, poor water supply, sanitation and hygiene, low health literacy for young people, and the impacts of conflict, climate change, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as well as other social determinants of health. These have impeded efforts to fulfil relevant commitments made to advance the objectives and targets of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) and the related road maps.
UNICEF Mozambique is seeking a motivated, experienced and dynamic Programme Specialist, P3 level to join its Maputo Office. The incumbent is responsible for supporting the Representative, Deputy Representatives and wider team in implementing and following up on key strategic priorities of the Country Office and the Country Management Team; coordinating, managing and planning activities in a systematic and organized manner; leading knowledge management and internal communications; supporting risk management; and managing an effective system for developing SOPs, key documents, decision memos and managing incoming and outgoing information. If you meet the requirements and you are passionate about making a difference, we highly encourage you to apply.
The Market Development Specialist (Innovative Finance) at UNICEF's Giga initiative plays a crucial role in the establishment and operation of the Connectivity Credits Marketplace. Tasked with the intricate job of understanding and navigating unconventional asset markets, this position is central to developing a unique marketplace for connectivity credits. The role demands a deep dive into financial modeling, leveraging innovative technologies such as blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi) to build a transparent and efficient trading platform.
In this position, the specialist is responsible for tailoring market strategies to diverse regulatory and economic landscapes across various countries. This involves close collaboration with in-country teams to understand local market dynamics and regulatory constraints. The success in this position not only advances Giga's goal of global connectivity but also bridges the digital divide, enabling enhanced educational and socioeconomic opportunities in underserved communities worldwide.
The consultant will be responsible for providing high-level technical support to the Ministry of Health and partners for the effective planning and implementation of additional polio outbreak response campaigns.
The incumbent will also strengthen immunization systems by supporting microplanning, supply chain logistics, campaign monitoring, real-time data use, and waste management strategies. This role is essential to ensure that all children in targeted areas are reached during the upcoming rounds and that the campaigns are carried out with maximum effectiveness and accountability.
The communications and knowledge management consultant is a creative, dynamic and exciting role. You will be responsible for creating and disseminating responsive and strategic content to engage audiences across UNGEI platforms, and managing the digital platform including websites, newsletters and social media. For Safe to Learn, you will provide support for the design of publications, website engagement and digital content. This will include refreshing the Safe to Learn brand and ensuring a consistent and appealing visual identity for the Coalition.
To this end, UNICEF is hiring a consultant who will engage with country offices and generate quality digital outputs at global level, ensuring alignment with contents generated by Country Offices and improving visibility on programmatic work in countries. The Consultant will contribute to enhancing the visibility of key immunization partnerships and communication campaigns—including those funded by Gavi, Gates, the Government of Canada (CanGIVE grant), Alwaleed Philanthropies, and the Republic of Korea—as well as spotlight major immunization activities such as the measles and rubella campaigns in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The role will ensure ethical storytelling practices and foster collaboration with the Division of Global Advocacy and Communications, National Committees and other partners to amplify reach across digital platforms and explore additional opportunities for visibility.
This consultancy aims to strengthen the Global UNICEF HQ PHC Metrics, where the global health architecture has convened in collaboration with WHO and country encouragement, to report on results of PHC and not on interventions and diseases, as recommended in the Lusaka Agenda. Under a BMGF funded project, UNICEF supports four flagship countries, including Sierra Leone, to establish PHC metrics within national strategies and report on them.
This consultancy aims to support Sierra Leone to develop indicators and data for PHC reporting through the Health and Nutrition Programme in Sierra Leone by enhancing health system performance, improving health information management, including PHC metrics, supporting digital health initiatives, and providing technical guidance on HSS interventions. The consultancy will contribute to improved decision-making, service delivery, and overall health outcomes at the national, district, and PHC levels.
The consultant will support the development, delivery, and governance of key CMS features and enhancements, as well as the roll-out of the content lifecycle project. Applying both a business analysis and content architecture lens, the consultant will ensure that user needs, editorial strategy, and governance requirements are translated into functional, high-quality technical solutions.
The Education & Adolescent Development Section of Programme Group (PG) at New York Headquarters (NYHQ) requires the services of an Advocacy Specialist to deliver critical and time-bound interventions for the implementation of 2025-26 advocacy activities on the learning crisis.
This includes ensuring strategic and aligned roll-out of advocacy and communication efforts for Foundational Learning; a) developing strategic advocacy planning documents, resources and materials as key deliverables under a number of external partnerships; and b) developing and monitoring delivery under advocacy and communications workplans.
Positioned within the Stewardship and Oversight Pillar of PPD and under the supervision of the Risk Manager, the Public Partnerships Specialist (Governance, Risk and Compliance), P3 will be responsible for supporting the negotiation of UNICEF’s contribution agreements with public sector partners in line with established policy. This includes maintaining a pipeline of negotiations and catalogue of donor conditionalities and supporting the escalation of material risk cases to appropriate decision-makers. This role will interact regularly with the Legal Office and will also support initiatives related to overall partnerships risk management. Successful completion of these deliverables will result in strong and harmonized arrangements across public sector partners which will secure significant income to UNICEF in line with relevant policy.
UNICEF Brazil is looking for a Social Protection consultant to support the development of technical guidance for Social Assistance workers on Social Assistance Benefits and Cash Transfer programs in emergency contexts. Under the supervision of the Chief of Social Policy, the consultant will work closely with SNAS and SENARC technical teams and support coordination efforts led by UNICEF.
The development of a comprehensive Strategic Purchasing Manual for the Zanzibar Health Services Fund (ZHSF) is a critical step in strengthening health financing reforms and advancing the broader health sector transformation agenda of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar. The manual will ensure alignment of ZHSF’s purchasing functions with the ongoing health sector reforms and contribute to the achievement of the government’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goal.
The development of the manual is timely, since ZHSF is in the process of expanding its UHI coverage to include the informal sector and vulnerable groups. A comprehensive strategic purchasing manual that clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders is essential to the achievement of the UHC goal as coverage expends.
ZHSF will use the manual to guide its strategic purchasing functions, which will promote efficient and equitable financing, and the delivery of quality health care services in Zanzibar. The manual will increase ZHSF’s capacity in ensuring value for money of health expenditures and creating stronger incentives for providers to deliver affordable, accessible, and quality health services.
The consultancy includes training and mentoring of ZHSF staff on operationalization of the manual to be produced. This will enhance the institutional capacity of ZHSF in making decisions on provider payment mechanisms, benefit package design, and service provider performance monitoring, all of which will improve access to equitable and quality health care services for the people of Zanzibar.
UNICEF Moldova is seeking to contract a National Individual Consultant, to provide supervision and strategic support for the implementation of communication efforts aimed at preventing Violence Against Children (VAC) and Violence Against Women (VAW) of the National Agency for the Prevention and Combating of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. Through these efforts, the consultancy will contribute to a coordinated and impactful approach to violence prevention, ultimately fostering safer, more supportive, and gender-responsive environments for children and women across the Republic of Moldova.
UNICEF Ethiopia is seeking to hire a national consultant to develop an evidence-based case study that documents how P-RECs can be measured, verified, traded and reinvested to sustain UNICEF-supported solar assets in Ethiopia’s health, and WASH areas, and to provide a practical monitoring framework that national partners can replicate at scale.
The consultant will support the implementation of UNICEF’s social protection component of the joint UN Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programme, supported by the Government of Switzerland, and implemented jointly with UNDP, UNESCO and FAO, by strengthening disaster risk and protection planning capacities within the social protection sector in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), in line with shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) principles.
The consultant will support the implementation of UNICEF’s social protection component of the joint UN Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programme, supported by the Government of Switzerland, and implemented jointly with UNDP, UNESCO and FAO, by strengthening disaster risk and protection planning capacities within the social protection sector in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), in line with shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) principles.
UNICEF Czech Republic RRO is looking for a qualified Consultant for regional stakeholder consultation and advisory engagement to support the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) in coordinating regional-level engagement and feedback within the framework of the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) project for the development of the new Child Protection and Family Support legislation.
UNICEF Jordan Office is seeking to hire several illustrators to produce engaging, high-quality illustrations for the Kawakbna series.
Kawkabuna (Our Planet) –is an innovative remedial reading programme that integrates foundational literacy with climate action and life skills education. The programme targets children in Grades 4–9 who are significantly behind in reading and at risk of dropping out of the education system.
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 Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
Somalia has faced long-standing conflicts, political instability, and insecurity, compounded by droughts, floods, and food shortages. These factors have significantly impacted the health of the population and severely disrupted Somalia’s delicate healthcare system, leading to some of the poorest health outcomes for mothers and children worldwide.
The leading causes of under-five mortality are pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, and malnutrition, with pneumonia and diarrhoea alone claiming 21% and 18-20% of under-five deaths, respectively, while the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage and hypertension disorders.
The Somali Federal Ministry of Health, acknowledging that despite significant improvements in health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents over recent decades, progress has stalled. The trend is further exacerbated by worsening rates of malnutrition, poor water supply, sanitation and hygiene, low health literacy for young people, and the impacts of conflict, climate change, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as well as other social determinants of health. These have impeded efforts to fulfil relevant commitments made to advance the objectives and targets of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) and the related road maps.
UNICEF Mozambique is seeking a motivated, experienced and dynamic Programme Specialist, P3 level to join its Maputo Office. The incumbent is responsible for supporting the Representative, Deputy Representatives and wider team in implementing and following up on key strategic priorities of the Country Office and the Country Management Team; coordinating, managing and planning activities in a systematic and organized manner; leading knowledge management and internal communications; supporting risk management; and managing an effective system for developing SOPs, key documents, decision memos and managing incoming and outgoing information. If you meet the requirements and you are passionate about making a difference, we highly encourage you to apply.
The Market Development Specialist (Innovative Finance) at UNICEF's Giga initiative plays a crucial role in the establishment and operation of the Connectivity Credits Marketplace. Tasked with the intricate job of understanding and navigating unconventional asset markets, this position is central to developing a unique marketplace for connectivity credits. The role demands a deep dive into financial modeling, leveraging innovative technologies such as blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi) to build a transparent and efficient trading platform.
In this position, the specialist is responsible for tailoring market strategies to diverse regulatory and economic landscapes across various countries. This involves close collaboration with in-country teams to understand local market dynamics and regulatory constraints. The success in this position not only advances Giga's goal of global connectivity but also bridges the digital divide, enabling enhanced educational and socioeconomic opportunities in underserved communities worldwide.
The consultant will be responsible for providing high-level technical support to the Ministry of Health and partners for the effective planning and implementation of additional polio outbreak response campaigns.
The incumbent will also strengthen immunization systems by supporting microplanning, supply chain logistics, campaign monitoring, real-time data use, and waste management strategies. This role is essential to ensure that all children in targeted areas are reached during the upcoming rounds and that the campaigns are carried out with maximum effectiveness and accountability.
The communications and knowledge management consultant is a creative, dynamic and exciting role. You will be responsible for creating and disseminating responsive and strategic content to engage audiences across UNGEI platforms, and managing the digital platform including websites, newsletters and social media. For Safe to Learn, you will provide support for the design of publications, website engagement and digital content. This will include refreshing the Safe to Learn brand and ensuring a consistent and appealing visual identity for the Coalition.
To this end, UNICEF is hiring a consultant who will engage with country offices and generate quality digital outputs at global level, ensuring alignment with contents generated by Country Offices and improving visibility on programmatic work in countries. The Consultant will contribute to enhancing the visibility of key immunization partnerships and communication campaigns—including those funded by Gavi, Gates, the Government of Canada (CanGIVE grant), Alwaleed Philanthropies, and the Republic of Korea—as well as spotlight major immunization activities such as the measles and rubella campaigns in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The role will ensure ethical storytelling practices and foster collaboration with the Division of Global Advocacy and Communications, National Committees and other partners to amplify reach across digital platforms and explore additional opportunities for visibility.
This consultancy aims to strengthen the Global UNICEF HQ PHC Metrics, where the global health architecture has convened in collaboration with WHO and country encouragement, to report on results of PHC and not on interventions and diseases, as recommended in the Lusaka Agenda. Under a BMGF funded project, UNICEF supports four flagship countries, including Sierra Leone, to establish PHC metrics within national strategies and report on them.
This consultancy aims to support Sierra Leone to develop indicators and data for PHC reporting through the Health and Nutrition Programme in Sierra Leone by enhancing health system performance, improving health information management, including PHC metrics, supporting digital health initiatives, and providing technical guidance on HSS interventions. The consultancy will contribute to improved decision-making, service delivery, and overall health outcomes at the national, district, and PHC levels.
The consultant will support the development, delivery, and governance of key CMS features and enhancements, as well as the roll-out of the content lifecycle project. Applying both a business analysis and content architecture lens, the consultant will ensure that user needs, editorial strategy, and governance requirements are translated into functional, high-quality technical solutions.
The Education & Adolescent Development Section of Programme Group (PG) at New York Headquarters (NYHQ) requires the services of an Advocacy Specialist to deliver critical and time-bound interventions for the implementation of 2025-26 advocacy activities on the learning crisis.
This includes ensuring strategic and aligned roll-out of advocacy and communication efforts for Foundational Learning; a) developing strategic advocacy planning documents, resources and materials as key deliverables under a number of external partnerships; and b) developing and monitoring delivery under advocacy and communications workplans.
Positioned within the Stewardship and Oversight Pillar of PPD and under the supervision of the Risk Manager, the Public Partnerships Specialist (Governance, Risk and Compliance), P3 will be responsible for supporting the negotiation of UNICEF’s contribution agreements with public sector partners in line with established policy. This includes maintaining a pipeline of negotiations and catalogue of donor conditionalities and supporting the escalation of material risk cases to appropriate decision-makers. This role will interact regularly with the Legal Office and will also support initiatives related to overall partnerships risk management. Successful completion of these deliverables will result in strong and harmonized arrangements across public sector partners which will secure significant income to UNICEF in line with relevant policy.
UNICEF Brazil is looking for a Social Protection consultant to support the development of technical guidance for Social Assistance workers on Social Assistance Benefits and Cash Transfer programs in emergency contexts. Under the supervision of the Chief of Social Policy, the consultant will work closely with SNAS and SENARC technical teams and support coordination efforts led by UNICEF.
The development of a comprehensive Strategic Purchasing Manual for the Zanzibar Health Services Fund (ZHSF) is a critical step in strengthening health financing reforms and advancing the broader health sector transformation agenda of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar. The manual will ensure alignment of ZHSF’s purchasing functions with the ongoing health sector reforms and contribute to the achievement of the government’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goal.
The development of the manual is timely, since ZHSF is in the process of expanding its UHI coverage to include the informal sector and vulnerable groups. A comprehensive strategic purchasing manual that clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders is essential to the achievement of the UHC goal as coverage expends.
ZHSF will use the manual to guide its strategic purchasing functions, which will promote efficient and equitable financing, and the delivery of quality health care services in Zanzibar. The manual will increase ZHSF’s capacity in ensuring value for money of health expenditures and creating stronger incentives for providers to deliver affordable, accessible, and quality health services.
The consultancy includes training and mentoring of ZHSF staff on operationalization of the manual to be produced. This will enhance the institutional capacity of ZHSF in making decisions on provider payment mechanisms, benefit package design, and service provider performance monitoring, all of which will improve access to equitable and quality health care services for the people of Zanzibar.
