The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) under Ministry of Planning supports the effective implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) and contributes to Bangladesh’s broader development vision. The Perspective Plan, Five-Year Plans and ADP have placed special emphasis on IMED’s role, with increasing attention to introducing results-based management norms and procedures to promote more accountable and effective implementation of ADP projects. It is against this backdrop that UNICEF is supporting IMED to develop its Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, Act and Rules to ensure effective investment and socio-economic development through monitoring and evaluation of development projects, transparency and efficiency. This initiative will strengthen results-based management, align national systems and ensure systematic generation and use of evidence in planning, budgeting, and policy decisions. UNICEF therefore is calling for applications for an international consultant to lead the assignment. The consultant will work hand in hand with a national consultant to carry out the assignment.
Shape global People & Culture policies at UNICEF and help drive impactful HR solutions across a worldwide organization. Join a dynamic international team in Istanbul and contribute to policy development, legal advisory work, and inter-agency collaboration supporting UNICEF’s mission for every child.
UNICEF is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the ADEPT Programme, working with governments, UNICEF offices, and global partners to improve importation and customs clearance processes for vaccines, medicines, and other essential supplies. The role will lead country engagement, diagnostics, stakeholder coordination, and process improvement initiatives to strengthen supply chain efficiency and accelerate the delivery of critical products for children.
Help drive global efforts to end AIDS among children and adolescents.Join UNICEF as a Health Specialist (Paediatric HIV, Child Survival and Development), where you will provide technical expertise to strengthen HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and retention programmes in high-burden countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Working across country and regional offices, you will support the integration of HIV services into primary health care and nutrition systems and contribute to key priorities such as triple elimination and differentiated service delivery.Collaborating with governments, UN partners, and civil society, you will help translate evidence into scalable solutions that improve programme quality and deliver sustainable impact for children. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of global health—shaping policies, strengthening systems, and ensuring that every child has the chance to survive and thrive.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health in Lesotho in strengthening digital health systems to enable more responsive, accountable, and resilient health service delivery. The consultancy will focus on enhancing social accountability by improving the visibility and functionality of community health governance structures, including more effective tracking and monitoring of Community Health Committees and related platforms.
UNICEF is seeking an Emergency Specialist – Cash Based Assistance Beneficiary Data (P‑3) to support regional and country offices in managing payment recipients' personal data for cash-based assistance in humanitarian contexts. Based within the Global Risk Management Cash Assistance Hub, the role supports the rollout of digital tools, including the HOPE system, strengthens data management practices, and provides technical assistance for cash programmes and frontline worker incentives. The position contributes to data protection, system development, and data analysis to support effective and accountable cash assistance programmes.
There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
UNICEF Supply Division seeks to establish a roster of pre-qualified external consultants to augment its in-house capacity for (A) technical assessment of medicinal product dossiers ('dossier assessors') and (B) audits against Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Storage and Distribution Practices (GSDP) ('auditors'). The roster will also be used to engage experts, under UNICEF supervision to support increasing demand related to UNICEF localization agenda for medicinal products and expanded supply operations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Quality assurance (QA) is central to UNICEF’s mandate to provide timely access to safe, efficacious, and quality-assured medicines. Robust QA processes—including rigorous technical assessment, GMP audits, GSDP assessments, and quality control—are essential to manage risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and safeguard beneficiaries across global and local supply chains.
UNICEF’s Immunization Section, Health, Center of Excellence, Global Program Division, is seeking to hire a qualified individual consultant to provide technical and analytical support to the New Vaccine Introduction, Integrated Delivery and Reach Team.
UNICEF, as a key partner in the global immunization agenda, continues to support countries in introducing, scaling up, and sustaining equitable access to new and underutilized vaccines. The organization plays a leading role in vaccine introduction, system strengthening, and delivery optimization, working closely with governments, Gavi, WHO, and other partners.
With the acceleration of Gavi 6.0 strategy implementation and increasing country demand for support in new vaccine introductions (NVIs) and vaccine portfolio optimization, UNICEF provides high-quality, coordinated, and evidence-based global thought leadership and technical assistance to countries. This includes optimizing country vaccine portfolios, guiding investment prioritization, and ensuring readiness and long-term integration into primary health care and health systems strengthening frameworks. In furtherance of this effort, UNICEF would like to contract senior technical experts to carry out the below tasks.
Procurement Assistant, Child Survival Centre (Fixed-Term), Supply Division, Coepnhagen.Support the procurement and delivery of essential child survival supplies by managing purchase orders, tenders, supplier coordination, and order tracking. Ensure compliance with UNICEF procurement procedures, maintain procurement records and systems, and liaise with suppliers and country offices to facilitate timely and efficient supply chain operations.
To strengthen UNICEF Kosovo’s digital presence, audience reach, and advocacy impact through strategic digital media management, campaign execution, and data-driven optimization aligned with the 2026–2030 communication and advocacy strategy.
Graphic Design Consultant – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Education Cannot Wait (ECW) – Partnerships, Advocacy and Resource Mobilization New York, USA, Home based (no travel required)
Under the supervision of UNICEF, and the overall guidance of MoSAL, National Digital Transformation and MIS Consultant will provide hands-on coordination, technical support, and facilitation to advance the development and implementation of digital transformation projects, especially the national Social Protection MIS.
The post is aimed at providing administrative support to the Programe Risk Management team which is situated in the Operations section within the Regional Office. The role involves HACT assurance planning and execution relevant to ESAR COs through data extraction, analysis and reporting of related information/data to facilitate planning, priority setting and improvement of HACT-related activities.
To provide short-term technical support to Resource Centres (RCs) in Serbia for the diagnosis, troubleshooting, and resolution of technical issues affecting the functionality and effective use of humanoid robots (“Voli”) in educational settings, with the aim of ensuring their reliable operation in both RCs and mainstream schools, on the request of Ministry of Education. Technical issue resolution and software update-related support will be delivered in accordance with guidance and instructions provided by the external vendor, which continues to maintain the backend infrastructure, as well as the Android and web applications, through the UNICEF Office. All necessary documentation available will be provided to selected consultant by UNICEF and RCs. Access to robots will be provided by the RCs.
The Digital Education Officer provides technical, operational, and administrative support for digital transformation in education programmes. The role contributes to research, data collection, and analysis on digital education trends, such as school connectivity, digital learning, and data use, while applying UNICEF procedures to support programme development and implementation. It also supports UNICEF’s involvement in digital initiatives, including school connectivity under the Giga initiative, and contributes to digital transformation efforts across other programme areas (e.g. health, nutrition, and social protection), including activity design.
The assignment involves supporting the field implementation of Component 1 – PNG Community-based Approach to Reduce and End Stunting (PNG CARES) under the Child Nutrition and Social Protection (CNSP) project in East New Britain, Simbu, and Western provinces. Working under the direct supervision of the Nutrition Specialist and in collaboration with the Component One Manager.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide global and country technical support to UNICEF Country Offices and the Centre of Excellence from Amman, Jordan, on immunization data systems, with a focus on strengthening the quality, completeness, and use of Electronic Joint Reporting Form (eJRF) data and WUENIC estimates.
The consultant will support data-driven decision-making to improve immunization programme performance, reduce the number of zero-dose children, and strengthen advocacy for children’s rights in immunization.
The consultant will operate through a collaborative and iterative approach, working closely with time zone health specialists and country teams to review, validate, and interpret immunization data. This will include real-time technical support during key reporting periods (e.g., eJRF submission cycles), remote engagement with multiple countries, and continuous feedback loops to improve data quality and consistency.
The assignment will emphasize hands-on technical accompaniment, including joint data review sessions, direct support to data entry and validation processes, and co-development of analytical outputs. The consultant will ensure alignment between country-reported data and global estimates (WUENIC), while supporting the translation of data into actionable insights.
UNICEF’s Global Digital Education Team is seeking a dynamic Evidence and Evaluation Specialist to help drive the rollout of UNICEF’s Digital Education & AI Strategy 2025–2030. In this role, you will support the coordination of the research and M&E across Cohort 1 countries of the Digital Education Strategy implementation, engage closely with UNICEF’s country offices and partners, provide expert technical advisory services, manage independent research contracts, turn KPIs and monitoring data into actionable insights, and coordinate multi-country evidence generation on cutting-edge digital education programming.
The consultant will work with the UNICEF Global Digital Education and Learning Innovation Hub Team, the Education Centre of Excellence, and UNICEF Country Offices to coordinate monitoring, evaluation, and research approaches to understand progress, performance, and emerging evidence on the implementation of a range of digital education activities, with a particular focus on the effect of these implementations on learning and skilling outcomes.
The successful candidate will be a part of UNICEF’s Global Digital Education and Learning Innovation team based in Finland. The consultant may work on site or in a hybrid modality and is expected to be available during the EET time zone.
Limited travel may be required in line with the 2026–2027 workplan. For such travel, the Consultant is not required to include an estimated duty-related travel budget in the all-inclusive fee. UNICEF will provide the duty travel budget when travel is approved and will reimburse actual costs incurred upon submission of receipts, in accordance with UNICEF policies and procedures.
UNICEF’s Global Digital Education Team is seeking a dynamic Research and M&E Coordinator to help drive the rollout of UNICEF’s Digital Education & AI Strategy 2025–2030. In this role, you will support the coordination of the research and M&E across Cohort 1 countries of the Digital Education Strategy implementation, engage closely with UNICEF’s country offices and partners, provide expert technical advisory services, manage independent research contracts, turn KPIs and monitoring data into actionable insights, and coordinate multi-country evidence generation on cutting-edge digital education programming.
The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) under Ministry of Planning supports the effective implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) and contributes to Bangladesh’s broader development vision. The Perspective Plan, Five-Year Plans and ADP have placed special emphasis on IMED’s role, with increasing attention to introducing results-based management norms and procedures to promote more accountable and effective implementation of ADP projects. It is against this backdrop that UNICEF is supporting IMED to develop its Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, Act and Rules to ensure effective investment and socio-economic development through monitoring and evaluation of development projects, transparency and efficiency. This initiative will strengthen results-based management, align national systems and ensure systematic generation and use of evidence in planning, budgeting, and policy decisions. UNICEF therefore is calling for applications for an international consultant to lead the assignment. The consultant will work hand in hand with a national consultant to carry out the assignment.
Shape global People & Culture policies at UNICEF and help drive impactful HR solutions across a worldwide organization. Join a dynamic international team in Istanbul and contribute to policy development, legal advisory work, and inter-agency collaboration supporting UNICEF’s mission for every child.
UNICEF is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the ADEPT Programme, working with governments, UNICEF offices, and global partners to improve importation and customs clearance processes for vaccines, medicines, and other essential supplies. The role will lead country engagement, diagnostics, stakeholder coordination, and process improvement initiatives to strengthen supply chain efficiency and accelerate the delivery of critical products for children.
Help drive global efforts to end AIDS among children and adolescents.Join UNICEF as a Health Specialist (Paediatric HIV, Child Survival and Development), where you will provide technical expertise to strengthen HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and retention programmes in high-burden countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Working across country and regional offices, you will support the integration of HIV services into primary health care and nutrition systems and contribute to key priorities such as triple elimination and differentiated service delivery.Collaborating with governments, UN partners, and civil society, you will help translate evidence into scalable solutions that improve programme quality and deliver sustainable impact for children. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of global health—shaping policies, strengthening systems, and ensuring that every child has the chance to survive and thrive.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health in Lesotho in strengthening digital health systems to enable more responsive, accountable, and resilient health service delivery. The consultancy will focus on enhancing social accountability by improving the visibility and functionality of community health governance structures, including more effective tracking and monitoring of Community Health Committees and related platforms.
UNICEF is seeking an Emergency Specialist – Cash Based Assistance Beneficiary Data (P‑3) to support regional and country offices in managing payment recipients' personal data for cash-based assistance in humanitarian contexts. Based within the Global Risk Management Cash Assistance Hub, the role supports the rollout of digital tools, including the HOPE system, strengthens data management practices, and provides technical assistance for cash programmes and frontline worker incentives. The position contributes to data protection, system development, and data analysis to support effective and accountable cash assistance programmes.
There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
UNICEF Supply Division seeks to establish a roster of pre-qualified external consultants to augment its in-house capacity for (A) technical assessment of medicinal product dossiers ('dossier assessors') and (B) audits against Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Storage and Distribution Practices (GSDP) ('auditors'). The roster will also be used to engage experts, under UNICEF supervision to support increasing demand related to UNICEF localization agenda for medicinal products and expanded supply operations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Quality assurance (QA) is central to UNICEF’s mandate to provide timely access to safe, efficacious, and quality-assured medicines. Robust QA processes—including rigorous technical assessment, GMP audits, GSDP assessments, and quality control—are essential to manage risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and safeguard beneficiaries across global and local supply chains.
UNICEF’s Immunization Section, Health, Center of Excellence, Global Program Division, is seeking to hire a qualified individual consultant to provide technical and analytical support to the New Vaccine Introduction, Integrated Delivery and Reach Team.
UNICEF, as a key partner in the global immunization agenda, continues to support countries in introducing, scaling up, and sustaining equitable access to new and underutilized vaccines. The organization plays a leading role in vaccine introduction, system strengthening, and delivery optimization, working closely with governments, Gavi, WHO, and other partners.
With the acceleration of Gavi 6.0 strategy implementation and increasing country demand for support in new vaccine introductions (NVIs) and vaccine portfolio optimization, UNICEF provides high-quality, coordinated, and evidence-based global thought leadership and technical assistance to countries. This includes optimizing country vaccine portfolios, guiding investment prioritization, and ensuring readiness and long-term integration into primary health care and health systems strengthening frameworks. In furtherance of this effort, UNICEF would like to contract senior technical experts to carry out the below tasks.
Procurement Assistant, Child Survival Centre (Fixed-Term), Supply Division, Coepnhagen.Support the procurement and delivery of essential child survival supplies by managing purchase orders, tenders, supplier coordination, and order tracking. Ensure compliance with UNICEF procurement procedures, maintain procurement records and systems, and liaise with suppliers and country offices to facilitate timely and efficient supply chain operations.
To strengthen UNICEF Kosovo’s digital presence, audience reach, and advocacy impact through strategic digital media management, campaign execution, and data-driven optimization aligned with the 2026–2030 communication and advocacy strategy.
Graphic Design Consultant – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Education Cannot Wait (ECW) – Partnerships, Advocacy and Resource Mobilization New York, USA, Home based (no travel required)
Under the supervision of UNICEF, and the overall guidance of MoSAL, National Digital Transformation and MIS Consultant will provide hands-on coordination, technical support, and facilitation to advance the development and implementation of digital transformation projects, especially the national Social Protection MIS.
The post is aimed at providing administrative support to the Programe Risk Management team which is situated in the Operations section within the Regional Office. The role involves HACT assurance planning and execution relevant to ESAR COs through data extraction, analysis and reporting of related information/data to facilitate planning, priority setting and improvement of HACT-related activities.
To provide short-term technical support to Resource Centres (RCs) in Serbia for the diagnosis, troubleshooting, and resolution of technical issues affecting the functionality and effective use of humanoid robots (“Voli”) in educational settings, with the aim of ensuring their reliable operation in both RCs and mainstream schools, on the request of Ministry of Education. Technical issue resolution and software update-related support will be delivered in accordance with guidance and instructions provided by the external vendor, which continues to maintain the backend infrastructure, as well as the Android and web applications, through the UNICEF Office. All necessary documentation available will be provided to selected consultant by UNICEF and RCs. Access to robots will be provided by the RCs.
The Digital Education Officer provides technical, operational, and administrative support for digital transformation in education programmes. The role contributes to research, data collection, and analysis on digital education trends, such as school connectivity, digital learning, and data use, while applying UNICEF procedures to support programme development and implementation. It also supports UNICEF’s involvement in digital initiatives, including school connectivity under the Giga initiative, and contributes to digital transformation efforts across other programme areas (e.g. health, nutrition, and social protection), including activity design.
The assignment involves supporting the field implementation of Component 1 – PNG Community-based Approach to Reduce and End Stunting (PNG CARES) under the Child Nutrition and Social Protection (CNSP) project in East New Britain, Simbu, and Western provinces. Working under the direct supervision of the Nutrition Specialist and in collaboration with the Component One Manager.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide global and country technical support to UNICEF Country Offices and the Centre of Excellence from Amman, Jordan, on immunization data systems, with a focus on strengthening the quality, completeness, and use of Electronic Joint Reporting Form (eJRF) data and WUENIC estimates.
The consultant will support data-driven decision-making to improve immunization programme performance, reduce the number of zero-dose children, and strengthen advocacy for children’s rights in immunization.
The consultant will operate through a collaborative and iterative approach, working closely with time zone health specialists and country teams to review, validate, and interpret immunization data. This will include real-time technical support during key reporting periods (e.g., eJRF submission cycles), remote engagement with multiple countries, and continuous feedback loops to improve data quality and consistency.
The assignment will emphasize hands-on technical accompaniment, including joint data review sessions, direct support to data entry and validation processes, and co-development of analytical outputs. The consultant will ensure alignment between country-reported data and global estimates (WUENIC), while supporting the translation of data into actionable insights.
UNICEF’s Global Digital Education Team is seeking a dynamic Evidence and Evaluation Specialist to help drive the rollout of UNICEF’s Digital Education & AI Strategy 2025–2030. In this role, you will support the coordination of the research and M&E across Cohort 1 countries of the Digital Education Strategy implementation, engage closely with UNICEF’s country offices and partners, provide expert technical advisory services, manage independent research contracts, turn KPIs and monitoring data into actionable insights, and coordinate multi-country evidence generation on cutting-edge digital education programming.
The consultant will work with the UNICEF Global Digital Education and Learning Innovation Hub Team, the Education Centre of Excellence, and UNICEF Country Offices to coordinate monitoring, evaluation, and research approaches to understand progress, performance, and emerging evidence on the implementation of a range of digital education activities, with a particular focus on the effect of these implementations on learning and skilling outcomes.
The successful candidate will be a part of UNICEF’s Global Digital Education and Learning Innovation team based in Finland. The consultant may work on site or in a hybrid modality and is expected to be available during the EET time zone.
Limited travel may be required in line with the 2026–2027 workplan. For such travel, the Consultant is not required to include an estimated duty-related travel budget in the all-inclusive fee. UNICEF will provide the duty travel budget when travel is approved and will reimburse actual costs incurred upon submission of receipts, in accordance with UNICEF policies and procedures.
UNICEF’s Global Digital Education Team is seeking a dynamic Research and M&E Coordinator to help drive the rollout of UNICEF’s Digital Education & AI Strategy 2025–2030. In this role, you will support the coordination of the research and M&E across Cohort 1 countries of the Digital Education Strategy implementation, engage closely with UNICEF’s country offices and partners, provide expert technical advisory services, manage independent research contracts, turn KPIs and monitoring data into actionable insights, and coordinate multi-country evidence generation on cutting-edge digital education programming.
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