In 2025, UNICEF released a report highlighting significant progress in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) across sub-Saharan Africa, with over 60 million children under the age of five having their births registered over the past five years. While this achievement is commendable, it also draws attention to the urgent challenge that remains: an estimated 60 million children are still unregistered, with the highest concentration—43 million—residing in Eastern Africa.
The Individual Consultant is expected to carry out this assignment on a home-based basis. Under the overall guidance of the UNICEF office in Armenia and the direct supervision of UNICEF Education Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for quality and timely implementation of the following activities in close cooperation with MoESCS National Analysis Team, OECD experts and other education stakeholders:
The Individual Consultant is expected to carry out this assignment on a home-based basis.
Under the overall guidance of the UNICEF office in Armenia and the direct supervision of UNICEF Education Specialist, the Consultant (Statistician) will be responsible for quality and timely implementation of the following activities in close cooperation with MoESCS National Analysis Team, OECD experts and other education stakeholders:
1. Run statistical analysis and produce statistical outputs (e.g. figures and tables).
2. Support knowledge mobilization and disseminating the PISA results: help organize seminars, conferences and workshops in collaboration with the MoESCS National Analysis Team.
UNICEF Tchad recrute un/une consultant/e pour le le suivi de mise en oeuvre des travaux de construction afin d’avoir des infrastructures répondants aux exigences techniques et aux standards requis.
The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the child protection programmes/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing, and presenting technical programme information while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Child Protection Programme within the Country Programme and particularly where attention to social norms is particularly relevant
UNICEF Thailand Country Office is seeking a qualified professional to support the following assignments: (1) To provide technical support and quality assurance for the Pilot, including the systematic documentation of lessons learned and their comparison with relevant international evidence. (2) Develop an evidence-based policy brief that draws on data and lessons from the Equity-Based Budgeting Pilot to: (i) present costed option(s) for scaling a revised funding formula to small schools; and (ii) offer broader strategic recommendations on the overall adequacy and effectiveness of school-based financing (beyond small schools) on educational equity in Thailand.
Join UNICEF as the WASH Senior Manager (Cluster Coordination) and contribute to the promotion of children's rights in Sudan by providing leadership and representation of the WASH Cluster. You will facilitate processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Cluster Working Group that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency.
In their effort to provide an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, the WASH Senior Manager (Cluster Coordination) is responsible for building relationships with stakeholders, for securing the overall coordination of sectoral responses and for ensuring inter-sectoral collaboration.
Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist - GBViE, the consultant will be responsible for completion of the following deliverables:
1. Support CCS resource package dissemination;
2. Support the next phase of the CCS resource package development;
3. Contribute to the development and dissemination of UNICEF GBViE technical resources.
The consultancy will be home-based with travels to emergency-affected contexts relevant to the above tasks, as feasible.
Sous la supervision du Spécialiste en gestion des vaccins et en collaboration avec les bureaux terrains, les consultants devront :
• Apporter un appui aux provinces d’affectation dans la préparation et mise en œuvre des activités logistiques de la réponse aux épidémies de polio, afin d’assurer la disponibilité de vaccins et autres intrants, un confinement de la totalité des flacons de nOPV2 (novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2) conformément aux SOPS (Standards Operating Procedures), d’ici fin 2025
• Contribuer à une meilleure gestion de la chaine de froid, des vaccins de routine et de toutes autres activités liées à la logistique vaccinale, d’ici fin 2025
UNICEF DRC seeks a dedicated and experienced professional to join our dynamic team as the Chief of Nutrition (P-5, Full-Time).
In this pivotal leadership role, you will shape, manage, and deliver transformative nutrition programs that enhance maternal, infant, and child health across the country. You will lead a passionate and diverse team of nutrition specialists, guiding them through the entire program cycle, from comprehensive strategic planning to effective implementation and evaluation. Your role will ensure that our outcomes are concrete, measurable, and sustainable, aligning with UNICEF’s mission and local community needs.
We are looking for a committed leader who is deeply motivated to enhance the nutritional health of vulnerable populations and is prepared to engage with stakeholders at various levels, including government agencies, local organizations, and community members.
If you possess a strong commitment to making a significant impact in the lives of children and their families, we encourage you to apply now and become part of a mission that strives to create lasting change in the community.
UNICEF Czech Republic RRO is looking for a qualified Youth Engagement and Participation Consultant to serve as a key point supporting young people in shaping the programme that impacts their lives, amplifying their voices and facilitating safe and supportive pathways for learning, skills building, jobs engagement, mental health services and community participation.
UNICE is looking for a professional consultant who can map government systems and structures that can be used to pursue accountability for SEAH violations committed by government staff, who can conduct Training of Trainers on PSEAH, Support the national PSEA Network to carry out information gathering for the sub-national SEA risk analysis, and who can support research project on staff barriers to reporting.
UNICEF’s work in the area of data analysis highlights trends and emphasizes patterns found within the data and suggests how these data can be used strategically to inform evidence-based policy and programmatic efforts. The results of UNICEF’s data analysis work appear in its flagship publications as well as data-driven thematic reports, articles, brochures, documents and other dissemination materials.
Toward this end, the Child Protection and Development Unit (CPD) within the Data and Analytics Section produces data and knowledge products on key thematic issues pertaining to child protection, early childhood development (ECD), children with disabilities and adolescents.
There is an ongoing requirement for the production of high-quality data packages that include data processing, tabulating findings, assessing data quality, and trends on various thematic topics covered by the CPD data team. The primary source of this data will be household surveys such as MICS and DHS, but there may, on occasion, other types of data sources requiring data processing and/or analysis such as censuses. The end products will be disseminated through various channels, including the data warehouse, data.unicef.org, and data-driven publications.
UNICEF Lebanon is seeking to establish a roster for Arabic writers and editors to provide documents in Arabic that are concise and easy for the readers, and that consist of solid Arabic language.
The consultant under the overall guidance of the WASH Officer will support the development of Eritrea’s SCAP 2025–2030, ensuring alignment with national priorities and UNICEF’s global framework, with a strong focus on child-centered climate adaptation and mitigation. Use existing evidence, including CLAC and national climate documents, to inform programming. Initiate the Climate, Children and Environment Strategy (CCES), advise on integrating climate actions across sectors, and strengthen partnerships with key ministries. Facilitate a multi-sectoral workshop to build consensus, lead SCAP finalization with an implementation and M&E framework, and develop a climate financing strategy for UNICEF Eritrea.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will support the Child Protection programme of UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office in providing high-level technical expertise to the Government of Sri Lanka in developing family-based care options under the alternative care policy framework, developing responses to most prominent drivers of institutionalization and provide support for enhancing family strengthening methodologies and services. The consultant will be particularly instrumental in conducting feasibility analyses for the establishment of foster care in Sri Lanka and supporting various provinces in identifying family-type care options
The Partnership Specialist position’s purpose is to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface
for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of
assignment. S/He may also serve as focal point and resource for colleagues on specific thematic areas of strategic
relevance for partnership development. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support
of its mission and humanitarian action for children in the State of Palestine.
The purpose of this consultancy is to develop operational guidelines for the care of small and sick newborns, including Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for Somalia. Additionally, the assignment will involve the development of KMC training manuals, job aids, reporting tools, and other resources specifically tailored to the Somali context.
The consultant will support the Maternal Newborn Adolescent Health Unit on advancing UNICEF’s school and adolescent health agenda under supervision of the Health Specialist (Adolescents, School, Mental Health).
In 2025, UNICEF released a report highlighting significant progress in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) across sub-Saharan Africa, with over 60 million children under the age of five having their births registered over the past five years. While this achievement is commendable, it also draws attention to the urgent challenge that remains: an estimated 60 million children are still unregistered, with the highest concentration—43 million—residing in Eastern Africa.
The Individual Consultant is expected to carry out this assignment on a home-based basis. Under the overall guidance of the UNICEF office in Armenia and the direct supervision of UNICEF Education Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for quality and timely implementation of the following activities in close cooperation with MoESCS National Analysis Team, OECD experts and other education stakeholders:
The Individual Consultant is expected to carry out this assignment on a home-based basis.
Under the overall guidance of the UNICEF office in Armenia and the direct supervision of UNICEF Education Specialist, the Consultant (Statistician) will be responsible for quality and timely implementation of the following activities in close cooperation with MoESCS National Analysis Team, OECD experts and other education stakeholders:
1. Run statistical analysis and produce statistical outputs (e.g. figures and tables).
2. Support knowledge mobilization and disseminating the PISA results: help organize seminars, conferences and workshops in collaboration with the MoESCS National Analysis Team.
UNICEF Tchad recrute un/une consultant/e pour le le suivi de mise en oeuvre des travaux de construction afin d’avoir des infrastructures répondants aux exigences techniques et aux standards requis.
The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the child protection programmes/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing, and presenting technical programme information while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Child Protection Programme within the Country Programme and particularly where attention to social norms is particularly relevant
UNICEF Thailand Country Office is seeking a qualified professional to support the following assignments: (1) To provide technical support and quality assurance for the Pilot, including the systematic documentation of lessons learned and their comparison with relevant international evidence. (2) Develop an evidence-based policy brief that draws on data and lessons from the Equity-Based Budgeting Pilot to: (i) present costed option(s) for scaling a revised funding formula to small schools; and (ii) offer broader strategic recommendations on the overall adequacy and effectiveness of school-based financing (beyond small schools) on educational equity in Thailand.
Join UNICEF as the WASH Senior Manager (Cluster Coordination) and contribute to the promotion of children's rights in Sudan by providing leadership and representation of the WASH Cluster. You will facilitate processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Cluster Working Group that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency.
In their effort to provide an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, the WASH Senior Manager (Cluster Coordination) is responsible for building relationships with stakeholders, for securing the overall coordination of sectoral responses and for ensuring inter-sectoral collaboration.
Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist - GBViE, the consultant will be responsible for completion of the following deliverables:
1. Support CCS resource package dissemination;
2. Support the next phase of the CCS resource package development;
3. Contribute to the development and dissemination of UNICEF GBViE technical resources.
The consultancy will be home-based with travels to emergency-affected contexts relevant to the above tasks, as feasible.
Sous la supervision du Spécialiste en gestion des vaccins et en collaboration avec les bureaux terrains, les consultants devront :
• Apporter un appui aux provinces d’affectation dans la préparation et mise en œuvre des activités logistiques de la réponse aux épidémies de polio, afin d’assurer la disponibilité de vaccins et autres intrants, un confinement de la totalité des flacons de nOPV2 (novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2) conformément aux SOPS (Standards Operating Procedures), d’ici fin 2025
• Contribuer à une meilleure gestion de la chaine de froid, des vaccins de routine et de toutes autres activités liées à la logistique vaccinale, d’ici fin 2025
UNICEF DRC seeks a dedicated and experienced professional to join our dynamic team as the Chief of Nutrition (P-5, Full-Time).
In this pivotal leadership role, you will shape, manage, and deliver transformative nutrition programs that enhance maternal, infant, and child health across the country. You will lead a passionate and diverse team of nutrition specialists, guiding them through the entire program cycle, from comprehensive strategic planning to effective implementation and evaluation. Your role will ensure that our outcomes are concrete, measurable, and sustainable, aligning with UNICEF’s mission and local community needs.
We are looking for a committed leader who is deeply motivated to enhance the nutritional health of vulnerable populations and is prepared to engage with stakeholders at various levels, including government agencies, local organizations, and community members.
If you possess a strong commitment to making a significant impact in the lives of children and their families, we encourage you to apply now and become part of a mission that strives to create lasting change in the community.
UNICEF Czech Republic RRO is looking for a qualified Youth Engagement and Participation Consultant to serve as a key point supporting young people in shaping the programme that impacts their lives, amplifying their voices and facilitating safe and supportive pathways for learning, skills building, jobs engagement, mental health services and community participation.
UNICE is looking for a professional consultant who can map government systems and structures that can be used to pursue accountability for SEAH violations committed by government staff, who can conduct Training of Trainers on PSEAH, Support the national PSEA Network to carry out information gathering for the sub-national SEA risk analysis, and who can support research project on staff barriers to reporting.
UNICEF’s work in the area of data analysis highlights trends and emphasizes patterns found within the data and suggests how these data can be used strategically to inform evidence-based policy and programmatic efforts. The results of UNICEF’s data analysis work appear in its flagship publications as well as data-driven thematic reports, articles, brochures, documents and other dissemination materials.
Toward this end, the Child Protection and Development Unit (CPD) within the Data and Analytics Section produces data and knowledge products on key thematic issues pertaining to child protection, early childhood development (ECD), children with disabilities and adolescents.
There is an ongoing requirement for the production of high-quality data packages that include data processing, tabulating findings, assessing data quality, and trends on various thematic topics covered by the CPD data team. The primary source of this data will be household surveys such as MICS and DHS, but there may, on occasion, other types of data sources requiring data processing and/or analysis such as censuses. The end products will be disseminated through various channels, including the data warehouse, data.unicef.org, and data-driven publications.
UNICEF Lebanon is seeking to establish a roster for Arabic writers and editors to provide documents in Arabic that are concise and easy for the readers, and that consist of solid Arabic language.
The consultant under the overall guidance of the WASH Officer will support the development of Eritrea’s SCAP 2025–2030, ensuring alignment with national priorities and UNICEF’s global framework, with a strong focus on child-centered climate adaptation and mitigation. Use existing evidence, including CLAC and national climate documents, to inform programming. Initiate the Climate, Children and Environment Strategy (CCES), advise on integrating climate actions across sectors, and strengthen partnerships with key ministries. Facilitate a multi-sectoral workshop to build consensus, lead SCAP finalization with an implementation and M&E framework, and develop a climate financing strategy for UNICEF Eritrea.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will support the Child Protection programme of UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office in providing high-level technical expertise to the Government of Sri Lanka in developing family-based care options under the alternative care policy framework, developing responses to most prominent drivers of institutionalization and provide support for enhancing family strengthening methodologies and services. The consultant will be particularly instrumental in conducting feasibility analyses for the establishment of foster care in Sri Lanka and supporting various provinces in identifying family-type care options
The Partnership Specialist position’s purpose is to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface
for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of
assignment. S/He may also serve as focal point and resource for colleagues on specific thematic areas of strategic
relevance for partnership development. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support
of its mission and humanitarian action for children in the State of Palestine.
The purpose of this consultancy is to develop operational guidelines for the care of small and sick newborns, including Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for Somalia. Additionally, the assignment will involve the development of KMC training manuals, job aids, reporting tools, and other resources specifically tailored to the Somali context.
The consultant will support the Maternal Newborn Adolescent Health Unit on advancing UNICEF’s school and adolescent health agenda under supervision of the Health Specialist (Adolescents, School, Mental Health).
