The Finance Officer provides support to the supervisor and colleagues in the office by administering and executing a variety of technical and professional transactions/initiatives in financial management and services, applying theoretical skills and acquiring thorough knowledge of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and organizational goals and objectives, Financial Regulations and Rules, policies and procedures through the performance of tasks.
The Child Protection Section of the UNICEF Thailand Country Office is seeking an individual consultant to provide specialized knowledge, guidance, and strategies to enhance the effectiveness of TICAC’s operations and responses to online child sexual exploitation and abuse cases in Thailand. This includes improving information sharing, strengthening expertise in handling online crimes, enhancing collaboration with global platforms, increasing law enforcement capacity, and improving data analysis.
Due to the nature of this assignment, it is considered an ‘elevated risk role’ from UNICEF’s child safeguarding perspective. The consultant will undergo a comprehensive assessment, which includes rigorous background checks.
The Market Research Specialist will support UNICEF Supply Division and Giga to implement interventions aimed at incentivizing the telecommunications industry to improve availability and affordability of school connectivity solutions. This role will support, with solid market research and evidence, the development and implementation of procurement strategies for school connectivity. Demand forecasts and market shaping strategies will be developed where needed to help UNICEF accelerate market development, improve availability of connectivity solutions for schools, and reduce prices for this essential service for children. High-quality business intelligence will be maintained and kept up to date to inform UNICEF’s strategic engagement with key industry suppliers, ensuring core business are postured to meet the needs of children.
UNICEF’s Middle East and North Africa Regional Office (MENARO) invites qualified subject matter experts and individual consultants to express their interest in being included in the Regional Roster. There are four key areas that UNICEF is looking for experts in:
1. Social Protection.
2. Cash-based Transfers.
3. Public Finance for Children.
4. Child Poverty.
5. Local governance including child friendly cities, and urbanization.
The UNICEF Botswana Country Office is seeking a local expert to undertake feasibility assessment for setting up Behavioural Insight and Research Design (BIRD) Hub in Botswana.
The overall objective of the assignment is to explore different approaches used in similar projects or initiatives to establish framing of the feasibility assessment and engage with identified stakeholders to assess viability of conceptualized potential approaches and ultimately make analysis and conclusion on feasibility of the planned intervention (BIRD Hub). The assessment will respond to below questions:
• What is the level of interest and demonstrated demand for BIRD hub services among target stakeholders?
• What are the key factors that will enable access and utilization of services by target stakeholders?
• To what extent is there interest and capacity by potential technical and funding partners to collaborate on setting up a BIRD Hub in Botswana and fund it through institutional support or demand for services?
• What is the capacity of potential academic partners to host the BIRD Hub and mobilize resources to sustain its services for at least 3-5 years beyond the initial establishment supported by UNICEF?
• To what extent is the BIRD Hub sustainable in Botswana in its current envisioned format?
• Are there any emerging lessons and approaches from the assessment that demonstrate potential feasibility or impact?
The Finance Officer provides support to the supervisor and colleagues in the office by administering and executing a variety of technical and professional transactions/initiatives in financial management and services, applying theoretical skills and acquiring thorough knowledge of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and organizational goals and objectives, Financial Regulations and Rules, policies and procedures through the performance of tasks.
The Child Protection Section of the UNICEF Thailand Country Office is seeking an individual consultant to provide specialized knowledge, guidance, and strategies to enhance the effectiveness of TICAC’s operations and responses to online child sexual exploitation and abuse cases in Thailand. This includes improving information sharing, strengthening expertise in handling online crimes, enhancing collaboration with global platforms, increasing law enforcement capacity, and improving data analysis.
Due to the nature of this assignment, it is considered an ‘elevated risk role’ from UNICEF’s child safeguarding perspective. The consultant will undergo a comprehensive assessment, which includes rigorous background checks.
The Market Research Specialist will support UNICEF Supply Division and Giga to implement interventions aimed at incentivizing the telecommunications industry to improve availability and affordability of school connectivity solutions. This role will support, with solid market research and evidence, the development and implementation of procurement strategies for school connectivity. Demand forecasts and market shaping strategies will be developed where needed to help UNICEF accelerate market development, improve availability of connectivity solutions for schools, and reduce prices for this essential service for children. High-quality business intelligence will be maintained and kept up to date to inform UNICEF’s strategic engagement with key industry suppliers, ensuring core business are postured to meet the needs of children.
UNICEF’s Middle East and North Africa Regional Office (MENARO) invites qualified subject matter experts and individual consultants to express their interest in being included in the Regional Roster. There are four key areas that UNICEF is looking for experts in:
1. Social Protection.
2. Cash-based Transfers.
3. Public Finance for Children.
4. Child Poverty.
5. Local governance including child friendly cities, and urbanization.
The UNICEF Botswana Country Office is seeking a local expert to undertake feasibility assessment for setting up Behavioural Insight and Research Design (BIRD) Hub in Botswana.
The overall objective of the assignment is to explore different approaches used in similar projects or initiatives to establish framing of the feasibility assessment and engage with identified stakeholders to assess viability of conceptualized potential approaches and ultimately make analysis and conclusion on feasibility of the planned intervention (BIRD Hub). The assessment will respond to below questions:
• What is the level of interest and demonstrated demand for BIRD hub services among target stakeholders?
• What are the key factors that will enable access and utilization of services by target stakeholders?
• To what extent is there interest and capacity by potential technical and funding partners to collaborate on setting up a BIRD Hub in Botswana and fund it through institutional support or demand for services?
• What is the capacity of potential academic partners to host the BIRD Hub and mobilize resources to sustain its services for at least 3-5 years beyond the initial establishment supported by UNICEF?
• To what extent is the BIRD Hub sustainable in Botswana in its current envisioned format?
• Are there any emerging lessons and approaches from the assessment that demonstrate potential feasibility or impact?