UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) is issuing a call for a roster of pre-approved Content Writers (consultants) with agreed, when-actually-engaged fees and terms of engagement. This will also help UNICEF EAPRO and Country Offices in the region to contract their services to document UNICEF's activities in the field on an “as needed” basis, to share with stakeholders at the national, regional and global level, and to use as an advocacy tool.
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.
The consultant will provide direct support to the Ministry of Education in usage of Assistive Technologies (AT) and social robotics in Serbian schools, supported by the Resource Centres. The assignment will consist of several tasks which are directly connected with the usage of AT and humanoid robots in teaching and learning, including: support to the training of the Resource Centre staff, upgrading mentoring program and development of a classroom observation tool, developing a protocol for usage of robots in the classroom, and providing mentoring and supervision.
The consultants will provide direct support to the Resource Centres’ (RC) staff to provide Assistive Technology (AT) to students with disabilities and introduce social robotics in the mainstream schools. The assignment will consist of several tasks which are directly connected with the usage of AT and humanoid robots in teaching and learning, including delivery of trainings and mentoring support to the RC staff on humanoid robot usage in mainstream schools. Furthermore, the consultancy will support the development and implementation of the protocol and tool developed for the usage of social robots in the classroom, and evaluation of its effectiveness in enabling and promotion of learning in inclusive education settings.
The Driver, at the G-2 level, provides reliable and safe driving services, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The primary purpose of this assignment is to assess the school food and nutrition environment in Kosovo using the Nutrition Environment Assessment Tool for Schools (NEAT-s) and other relevant methodologies. The findings will support evidence-based policymaking, enhance school nutrition programs, and strengthen inter-sectoral collaboration to improve the nutritional well-being of school-aged children.
The consultancy will be advertised in TMS, UNICEF social media and Job Portal
The objective of this consultancy is to support the central government and selected municipalities in Kosovo in identifying and addressing barriers to universal access to pre-primary education (age 5), while strengthening local planning capacities for sustainable ECE service expansion for children aged 0–6.
The purpose of this consultancy is the evaluation of the project “Investing in the Early Years: Accelerating Development through Integrated Early Childhood Development in Kosovo 2023-2025”, funded by the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by UNICEF (hereinafter referred to as the Evaluation).
The project aims to strengthen integrated, family-centered services in health and education, driving significant improvements in Early Childhood Development (ECD) outcomes for children from conception to five years of age. It prioritizes reaching the most vulnerable children, including those from economically disadvantaged families, as well as
children from Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian, and other minority communities, and children with disabilities or developmental delays.
UNICEF in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for a National Consultant Digital Action Plan to developing a costed five-year Digital Education Action Plan (2026-2030). The duration of this assignment is 8 months starting as soon as possible and the consultant will be working remotely from home.
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to coordinate disability inclusion programming at the Malaysia Country Office (MCO) through the management of national partnerships and providing technical guidance to support the dual-track integration of disability inclusive approaches across programmatic work, operational functions and communications, including at the UN level.
UNICEF’s Frontier Data Network is seeking to hire an individual who can support the team in different key tasks and projects of data communication, analysis and engineering. We are looking for an impact-driven, creative and team player with initiative and expertise who can work, with senior supervision, on different data areas to deliver joint value, create a common narrative and support specific projects, helping the team holistically to achieve impact, realize opportunity and reach key partners and champions.
The Junior Qualitative Research Consultant will support the implementation of the qualitative research component of the Data Must Speak to Strengthen Capacity and Advance Local Evidence Use (DMS SCALE) primarily through the development of research instruments, quality assurance of primary qualitative data, and coding and analysis. The consultant will also support the triangulation and validation of research results and draft policy-relevant research outputs for diverse audiences.
To deliver on its mandate, the UNICEF PHE team is looking for an Epidemiologist to reinforce the Intelligence gathering and analytics for public health event and infectious disease outbreaks that has the potential to result in a Public Health Emergency. The consultancy will have a close working relationship with two focal points in the UNICEF Immunization team and UNICEF Supply Division, with an emphasis on emerging and re-emerging pathogens to support the work of an infectious disease outbreak response cell.
UNICEF is looking for an experienced Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist who will develop and operationalize a robust MEL system that supports evidence-based decision-making, accountability to stakeholders, and adaptive management of the program. The Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that the MEL framework is aligned with the program’s priorities and design and UNICEF’s goals. The role will focus on tracking progress, supporting the evaluation the programs impact, and facilitating learning across sectors to inform decision-making and programming for each annual programmatic cycle.
The objective of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health in strengthening integrated maternal, newborn, and child health services with a focus on Early Childhood Development (ECD). The consultancy will advance evidence-based interventions for nurturing care, early detection of developmental difficulties, and responsive parenting. It will contribute to UNICEF Kosovo’s 2025 Annual Work Plan by integrating ECD guidelines into primary healthcare, building the capacity of frontline workers, and scaling up innovative, family-centered service models to improve health and development outcomes for all children, especially the most vulnerable.
The consultancy will be advertised in TMS, UNICEF social media and Job Portal
The Information Management Officer is a core Cluster/Sector Coordination team member. The purpose of this position is to implement, manage and provide technical capacity support and information management systems for the Nutrition Cluster in Sudan. This include managing the collection, analysis, storage and sharing of important information with nutrition cluster participants and stakeholder to make informed (evidence-based) strategic decisions. This will be done through the synthesis of nutrition information and preparation of reports, creation/updating of national and subnational level dashboards, early warning and early action analysis at various levels, preparing updates for regular and strategic sector meetings at national and sub national levels.
The national consultant will support the National Agency for Social Protection (NASP) in facilitating the reintegration of children and young people from residential care into family-based and community-based care settings. The consultant will guide and supervise staff of the residential care institutions, child protection sectors, community social workers and Inson center supervisors in needs assessment, reintegration plans development, coordinated transitions and monitoring.
This is a Junior Professional Officer position open to Finnish nationals only. The JPO will provide support across the different sectors to ensure the technical excellence and quality of programmatic work on inclusion of children with disabilities in the South Asia region to advance the DIPAS cross-sectoral strategic priorities. The JPO will also support the knowledge interchange on best practices in disability inclusive programming across the region. Overall, the funding of this position will provide much-needed support for the organization's strengthened commitment to leaving no child behind.
In response to these challenges, UNICEF is undertaking a research program aimed at contributing to policy discussions and the development of actionable responses to better protect children’s rights in the context of the debt crisis in lower and lower-middle income countries. This research seeks to (i) assess and articulate the impacts of the current debt situation on children and (ii) explore policy approaches to debt management and restructuring that prioritize child outcomes and the long-term benefits of investing in human capital.
To support this work UNICEF is seeking a subject matter expert to develop a background paper as a foundation of a chapter for a final book to investigate the role of IMF social safeguarding approaches in protecting and promoting child development.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive national or international Consultant. The consultancy is for a period of 97 days (83 remote and 14 in country) spread over 7 months. The consultancy is open to both national and international applicants and is expected to be home-based with 14 days at country level. The consultant must be available for meetings scheduled during Vanuatu working hours. The consultant will report on a day-to-day basis to the Chief of UNICEF Field Office in Vanuatu, who will provide administrative oversight and facilitate engagement with national counterparts and partners. Technical guidance, quality assurance, and coordination support will be provided by the Climate and Environmental Specialist based at the UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office in Suva, Fiji. For consultants based outside of Vanuatu, two in-country missions are anticipated over the duration of the assignment. The number, timing, and duration of these missions will be defined during the inception phase. The consultant’s financial proposal must include all the costs required to carry out the assignment. This includes professional fees, travel-related expenses such as return economy-class airfare, terminal expenses, Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) and insurance, communication cost etc. Costs associated with the organization of consultation workshops (e.g., venue hire, refreshments, materials) will be covered directly by UNICEF and should not be included in the consultant’s financial proposal.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) is issuing a call for a roster of pre-approved Content Writers (consultants) with agreed, when-actually-engaged fees and terms of engagement. This will also help UNICEF EAPRO and Country Offices in the region to contract their services to document UNICEF's activities in the field on an “as needed” basis, to share with stakeholders at the national, regional and global level, and to use as an advocacy tool.
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.
The consultant will provide direct support to the Ministry of Education in usage of Assistive Technologies (AT) and social robotics in Serbian schools, supported by the Resource Centres. The assignment will consist of several tasks which are directly connected with the usage of AT and humanoid robots in teaching and learning, including: support to the training of the Resource Centre staff, upgrading mentoring program and development of a classroom observation tool, developing a protocol for usage of robots in the classroom, and providing mentoring and supervision.
The consultants will provide direct support to the Resource Centres’ (RC) staff to provide Assistive Technology (AT) to students with disabilities and introduce social robotics in the mainstream schools. The assignment will consist of several tasks which are directly connected with the usage of AT and humanoid robots in teaching and learning, including delivery of trainings and mentoring support to the RC staff on humanoid robot usage in mainstream schools. Furthermore, the consultancy will support the development and implementation of the protocol and tool developed for the usage of social robots in the classroom, and evaluation of its effectiveness in enabling and promotion of learning in inclusive education settings.
The Driver, at the G-2 level, provides reliable and safe driving services, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The primary purpose of this assignment is to assess the school food and nutrition environment in Kosovo using the Nutrition Environment Assessment Tool for Schools (NEAT-s) and other relevant methodologies. The findings will support evidence-based policymaking, enhance school nutrition programs, and strengthen inter-sectoral collaboration to improve the nutritional well-being of school-aged children.
The consultancy will be advertised in TMS, UNICEF social media and Job Portal
The objective of this consultancy is to support the central government and selected municipalities in Kosovo in identifying and addressing barriers to universal access to pre-primary education (age 5), while strengthening local planning capacities for sustainable ECE service expansion for children aged 0–6.
The purpose of this consultancy is the evaluation of the project “Investing in the Early Years: Accelerating Development through Integrated Early Childhood Development in Kosovo 2023-2025”, funded by the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by UNICEF (hereinafter referred to as the Evaluation).
The project aims to strengthen integrated, family-centered services in health and education, driving significant improvements in Early Childhood Development (ECD) outcomes for children from conception to five years of age. It prioritizes reaching the most vulnerable children, including those from economically disadvantaged families, as well as
children from Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian, and other minority communities, and children with disabilities or developmental delays.
UNICEF in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for a National Consultant Digital Action Plan to developing a costed five-year Digital Education Action Plan (2026-2030). The duration of this assignment is 8 months starting as soon as possible and the consultant will be working remotely from home.
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to coordinate disability inclusion programming at the Malaysia Country Office (MCO) through the management of national partnerships and providing technical guidance to support the dual-track integration of disability inclusive approaches across programmatic work, operational functions and communications, including at the UN level.
UNICEF’s Frontier Data Network is seeking to hire an individual who can support the team in different key tasks and projects of data communication, analysis and engineering. We are looking for an impact-driven, creative and team player with initiative and expertise who can work, with senior supervision, on different data areas to deliver joint value, create a common narrative and support specific projects, helping the team holistically to achieve impact, realize opportunity and reach key partners and champions.
The Junior Qualitative Research Consultant will support the implementation of the qualitative research component of the Data Must Speak to Strengthen Capacity and Advance Local Evidence Use (DMS SCALE) primarily through the development of research instruments, quality assurance of primary qualitative data, and coding and analysis. The consultant will also support the triangulation and validation of research results and draft policy-relevant research outputs for diverse audiences.
To deliver on its mandate, the UNICEF PHE team is looking for an Epidemiologist to reinforce the Intelligence gathering and analytics for public health event and infectious disease outbreaks that has the potential to result in a Public Health Emergency. The consultancy will have a close working relationship with two focal points in the UNICEF Immunization team and UNICEF Supply Division, with an emphasis on emerging and re-emerging pathogens to support the work of an infectious disease outbreak response cell.
UNICEF is looking for an experienced Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist who will develop and operationalize a robust MEL system that supports evidence-based decision-making, accountability to stakeholders, and adaptive management of the program. The Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that the MEL framework is aligned with the program’s priorities and design and UNICEF’s goals. The role will focus on tracking progress, supporting the evaluation the programs impact, and facilitating learning across sectors to inform decision-making and programming for each annual programmatic cycle.
The objective of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health in strengthening integrated maternal, newborn, and child health services with a focus on Early Childhood Development (ECD). The consultancy will advance evidence-based interventions for nurturing care, early detection of developmental difficulties, and responsive parenting. It will contribute to UNICEF Kosovo’s 2025 Annual Work Plan by integrating ECD guidelines into primary healthcare, building the capacity of frontline workers, and scaling up innovative, family-centered service models to improve health and development outcomes for all children, especially the most vulnerable.
The consultancy will be advertised in TMS, UNICEF social media and Job Portal
The Information Management Officer is a core Cluster/Sector Coordination team member. The purpose of this position is to implement, manage and provide technical capacity support and information management systems for the Nutrition Cluster in Sudan. This include managing the collection, analysis, storage and sharing of important information with nutrition cluster participants and stakeholder to make informed (evidence-based) strategic decisions. This will be done through the synthesis of nutrition information and preparation of reports, creation/updating of national and subnational level dashboards, early warning and early action analysis at various levels, preparing updates for regular and strategic sector meetings at national and sub national levels.
The national consultant will support the National Agency for Social Protection (NASP) in facilitating the reintegration of children and young people from residential care into family-based and community-based care settings. The consultant will guide and supervise staff of the residential care institutions, child protection sectors, community social workers and Inson center supervisors in needs assessment, reintegration plans development, coordinated transitions and monitoring.
This is a Junior Professional Officer position open to Finnish nationals only. The JPO will provide support across the different sectors to ensure the technical excellence and quality of programmatic work on inclusion of children with disabilities in the South Asia region to advance the DIPAS cross-sectoral strategic priorities. The JPO will also support the knowledge interchange on best practices in disability inclusive programming across the region. Overall, the funding of this position will provide much-needed support for the organization's strengthened commitment to leaving no child behind.
In response to these challenges, UNICEF is undertaking a research program aimed at contributing to policy discussions and the development of actionable responses to better protect children’s rights in the context of the debt crisis in lower and lower-middle income countries. This research seeks to (i) assess and articulate the impacts of the current debt situation on children and (ii) explore policy approaches to debt management and restructuring that prioritize child outcomes and the long-term benefits of investing in human capital.
To support this work UNICEF is seeking a subject matter expert to develop a background paper as a foundation of a chapter for a final book to investigate the role of IMF social safeguarding approaches in protecting and promoting child development.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive national or international Consultant. The consultancy is for a period of 97 days (83 remote and 14 in country) spread over 7 months. The consultancy is open to both national and international applicants and is expected to be home-based with 14 days at country level. The consultant must be available for meetings scheduled during Vanuatu working hours. The consultant will report on a day-to-day basis to the Chief of UNICEF Field Office in Vanuatu, who will provide administrative oversight and facilitate engagement with national counterparts and partners. Technical guidance, quality assurance, and coordination support will be provided by the Climate and Environmental Specialist based at the UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office in Suva, Fiji. For consultants based outside of Vanuatu, two in-country missions are anticipated over the duration of the assignment. The number, timing, and duration of these missions will be defined during the inception phase. The consultant’s financial proposal must include all the costs required to carry out the assignment. This includes professional fees, travel-related expenses such as return economy-class airfare, terminal expenses, Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) and insurance, communication cost etc. Costs associated with the organization of consultation workshops (e.g., venue hire, refreshments, materials) will be covered directly by UNICEF and should not be included in the consultant’s financial proposal.
