The consultancy will provide specialized, time-bound technical expertise to sustain the quality, continuity, and performance of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) in Helmand Province, a high-priority and high-risk province for polio transmission. The assignment is designed to address critical technical and operational priorities during a temporary programme capacity gap and is not intended to replace a staff position or perform routine administrative functions. The consultant will provide advanced technical support to strengthen evidence-based planning, implementation, monitoring, and quality improvement of routine immunization and supplementary immunization activities (SIAs). This includes analysing immunization and surveillance data using DHIS2, EPI dashboards, Excel, and other programme monitoring tools to identify immunity gaps, monitor programme performance, prioritize high-risk populations, and support timely corrective actions. The consultant will also strengthen integrated immunization services by providing technical guidance on microplanning, supportive supervision, vaccine and cold chain management, surveillance, outbreak preparedness and response, and strategies to identify and reach zero-dose and under-immunized children. The consultancy will further support effective coordination among the Provincial EPI Management Team (PEMT), BPHS and non-BPHS implementing partners, provincial and district health authorities, and other stakeholders to improve programme quality, strengthen accountability, enhance community engagement and demand generation for immunization, and build the technical capacity of frontline health workers through mentoring and on-the-job support. By providing this specialized technical expertise, the consultancy will help maintain uninterrupted implementation of UNICEF supported immunization activities, improve vaccination coverage and equity, and accelerate progress.
The Chief, Admin and Finance reports to the Deputy Representative, Operations (DRO) for general direction and guidance. The Chief is responsible for providing support to the DRO in managing monitoring and overseeing the full range of financial and administrative services in support of program and operational activities (i.e. financial planning, disbursements of funds and payments, treasury and accounting, financial analysis and reporting of resources, transport. travel and premises management, protocol administration), ensuring compliance of all financial and administrative operations with organizational plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of performance, ethics and integrity.As the manager and functional expert of financial and administrative management services ln a large country office with thirteen field offices, the incumbent is accountable for provision of managerial leadership and policy guidance for achievement of effective service management and staff capacity development. Ensures management of staff for cost effective, quality and efficient administrative and financial operations in support of office operations and the country programmes.The Chief, Admin and Finance, when supervising support staff, will be responsible for planning and guiding work in progress and for reviewing work completed by subordinate staff to verify accuracy and compliance with Internal Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), UNICEF Financial Regulations and Rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of accountability and ethics.The role focuses on upstream engagement through systems strengthening, strategic partnerships, governance, and advancing UNICEF's 3Cs for Every Child approach—Convene, Converge, and Catalyze—to achieve sustainable improvements in administrative and financial management outcomes at scale.
The purpose of this consultancy is to generate reliable, disaggregated and integrated education evidence by analysing administrative and household survey datasets and transforming the findings into analytical reports, knowledge products and interactive dashboards that strengthen evidence-based planning, budgeting, monitoring and policy dialogue at national and state levels. The outputs developed under this consultancy will support UNICEF's national and state offices and will be shared with national and state government counterparts to strengthen data-informed planning, implementation and decision-making.
Adolescence is a critical period of development during which mental health challenges can have lasting impacts. In Bhutan, mental health concerns among children, adolescents, young people, and women are increasing, with anxiety and depression accounting for more than 55% of reported cases, followed by alcohol -related mental and behavioral disorders. In response, WHO and UNICEF launched the Helping Adolescents Thrive (HAT) Initiative, including evidence -based guidelines, an implementation toolkit, a teacher’ s Guide, and a Comic Book to promote adolescent mental health and socio -emotional learning. To pilot the initiative in Bhutan, UNICEF partnered with the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MOESD) and the PEMA Secretariat in 2025, implementing the adapted HAT toolkit in 24 schools over six months through school counsellors in 12 schools and mentor -mentee programmes in the remaining 12 schools.
The pilot implementation of the HAT initiative demonstrated positive outcomes in strengthening adolescents’ social -emotional skills, with participants showing improved emotional awareness and a greater willingness to seek support from peers, counsellors, and wellbeing focal persons. Teachers observed that students felt more comfortable discussing their challenges, while parents and caregivers reported being better equipped to understand and support their children after participating in the programme. A major factor contributing to the pilot’s success was the adaptation of the resources to the Bhutanese context, particularly the comic book Magnificent Meto and Friends , whose relatable characters and storylines resonated strongly with adolescents. Due to high demand, including among older adolescents aged 15 –19 years,
The consultancy will provide specialized, time-bound technical expertise to sustain the quality, continuity, and performance of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) in Helmand Province, a high-priority and high-risk province for polio transmission. The assignment is designed to address critical technical and operational priorities during a temporary programme capacity gap and is not intended to replace a staff position or perform routine administrative functions. The consultant will provide advanced technical support to strengthen evidence-based planning, implementation, monitoring, and quality improvement of routine immunization and supplementary immunization activities (SIAs). This includes analysing immunization and surveillance data using DHIS2, EPI dashboards, Excel, and other programme monitoring tools to identify immunity gaps, monitor programme performance, prioritize high-risk populations, and support timely corrective actions. The consultant will also strengthen integrated immunization services by providing technical guidance on microplanning, supportive supervision, vaccine and cold chain management, surveillance, outbreak preparedness and response, and strategies to identify and reach zero-dose and under-immunized children. The consultancy will further support effective coordination among the Provincial EPI Management Team (PEMT), BPHS and non-BPHS implementing partners, provincial and district health authorities, and other stakeholders to improve programme quality, strengthen accountability, enhance community engagement and demand generation for immunization, and build the technical capacity of frontline health workers through mentoring and on-the-job support. By providing this specialized technical expertise, the consultancy will help maintain uninterrupted implementation of UNICEF supported immunization activities, improve vaccination coverage and equity, and accelerate progress.
The Chief, Admin and Finance reports to the Deputy Representative, Operations (DRO) for general direction and guidance. The Chief is responsible for providing support to the DRO in managing monitoring and overseeing the full range of financial and administrative services in support of program and operational activities (i.e. financial planning, disbursements of funds and payments, treasury and accounting, financial analysis and reporting of resources, transport. travel and premises management, protocol administration), ensuring compliance of all financial and administrative operations with organizational plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of performance, ethics and integrity.As the manager and functional expert of financial and administrative management services ln a large country office with thirteen field offices, the incumbent is accountable for provision of managerial leadership and policy guidance for achievement of effective service management and staff capacity development. Ensures management of staff for cost effective, quality and efficient administrative and financial operations in support of office operations and the country programmes.The Chief, Admin and Finance, when supervising support staff, will be responsible for planning and guiding work in progress and for reviewing work completed by subordinate staff to verify accuracy and compliance with Internal Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), UNICEF Financial Regulations and Rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of accountability and ethics.The role focuses on upstream engagement through systems strengthening, strategic partnerships, governance, and advancing UNICEF's 3Cs for Every Child approach—Convene, Converge, and Catalyze—to achieve sustainable improvements in administrative and financial management outcomes at scale.
The purpose of this consultancy is to generate reliable, disaggregated and integrated education evidence by analysing administrative and household survey datasets and transforming the findings into analytical reports, knowledge products and interactive dashboards that strengthen evidence-based planning, budgeting, monitoring and policy dialogue at national and state levels. The outputs developed under this consultancy will support UNICEF's national and state offices and will be shared with national and state government counterparts to strengthen data-informed planning, implementation and decision-making.
Adolescence is a critical period of development during which mental health challenges can have lasting impacts. In Bhutan, mental health concerns among children, adolescents, young people, and women are increasing, with anxiety and depression accounting for more than 55% of reported cases, followed by alcohol -related mental and behavioral disorders. In response, WHO and UNICEF launched the Helping Adolescents Thrive (HAT) Initiative, including evidence -based guidelines, an implementation toolkit, a teacher’ s Guide, and a Comic Book to promote adolescent mental health and socio -emotional learning. To pilot the initiative in Bhutan, UNICEF partnered with the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MOESD) and the PEMA Secretariat in 2025, implementing the adapted HAT toolkit in 24 schools over six months through school counsellors in 12 schools and mentor -mentee programmes in the remaining 12 schools.
The pilot implementation of the HAT initiative demonstrated positive outcomes in strengthening adolescents’ social -emotional skills, with participants showing improved emotional awareness and a greater willingness to seek support from peers, counsellors, and wellbeing focal persons. Teachers observed that students felt more comfortable discussing their challenges, while parents and caregivers reported being better equipped to understand and support their children after participating in the programme. A major factor contributing to the pilot’s success was the adaptation of the resources to the Bhutanese context, particularly the comic book Magnificent Meto and Friends , whose relatable characters and storylines resonated strongly with adolescents. Due to high demand, including among older adolescents aged 15 –19 years,
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