Immunization (EPI) Specialist is accountable for professional leadership in and contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and administration of the immunization programme in conjunction with Child Survival and Development, Maternal and Child Health, Health and Nutrition components within the country programme, to achieve the UNICEF's immunization plus goals and objectives for the country.
Accountable for ensuring the UNICEF Immunization programme promotes gender equality, with an emphasis on gender disaggregation, gender disparity identification and gender mainstreaming.
UNICEF is looking for a consultant to undertake following three deliverables:
1. Conduct a mapping of Early Childhood Development (ECD) policies, programmes and interventions in
the Middle East and North Africa countries with a specific focus on early years.
2. Develop a regional ECD roadmap to define the MENA ECD narrative and operationalize the UNICFE’s global
vision on ECD.
3. Build tools and capacities of the ECD country offices focal points UNICEF’s MENA ECD narrative through remote
support and a face-to-face training.
This assignment will primarily focus on understanding the programming landscape and defining the narrative and
roadmap for ECD during early years through the lens of gender and disability. It will also provide updates to the
existing parenting landscape.
The consultant will play a pivotal role in ensuring that P2E content aligns with the global content taxonomy, meets global standards, and addresses the evolving needs of young people across multiple countries. They will update the Global Library with relevant and up-to-date content for P2E users. Key responsibilities include developing a global accreditation and certification framework for P2E, providing content support for countries, assisting the Global Coordinator, and supporting the localization and contextualization of content.
Afghanistan country office is seeking an experienced Chief WASH responsible for managing and supervising all stages of the WASH programme from strategic planning and formulation to the delivery of the WASH outcome and output results.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the CO, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.
UNICEF supports vulnerable children and women in over 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. Country Offices and national governments develop multi-year Country Programmes to address child rights gaps among the most vulnerable children.
At the end of the programme cycle, Country Programme Evaluation assesses strategic aspects for accountability and learning. Managed by Regional Evaluation Advisors and conducted by external evaluation team, the evaluation inform the next programme cycle. In MENA, evaluations are planned for Libya and Palestine in 2025, and Algeria, Egypt, and Jordan in 2026.
Country Programme Evaluation covers the entire programme over multiple years. UNICEF’s internal systems collect and manage large volumes of data, but this data has been underutilized in evaluations. AI technologies, like machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP), can automate analyses, enhancing decision-making and understanding of programme results.
AI use in UNICEF evaluations is emerging, aiming to improve accuracy, efficiency, and depth. NLP has been tested for identifying themes, extracting insights, and detecting trends in evaluations. It also transcribes and analyzes interviews and meetings, and conducts sentiment analysis on social media data. The MENA Regional Office is piloting for an evaluation synthesis. The office is now planning to expand AI use in Country Programme Evaluations.
The United Nations Children’s Fund Jordan Country Office in Amman seeks a dedicated, experienced, highly motivated, and proactive Humanitarian Affairs Officer who will report to the Humanitarian Affairs Manager (P4),
The Humanitarian Affairs Officer contributes to strengthening and accelerating country humanitarian results to ensure there are needs-based and compliant with Core Commitment for Children (CCC) standards.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) and overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, the incumbent will be accountable for supporting the implementation of the Country Office’s resource mobilization strategy and monitoring of UNICEF’s partnerships and donor reporting. The duties and responsibilities detailed below will be accomplished in coordination with the programme sections, the Budget Officer (NO-B), and the Communications, Advocacy and Partnership (CAP) team. The post is crucial to accomplishing the RCO’s significantly increased volume of work in resource mobilization and donor reporting.
Within the framework of the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action, the main purpose of the assignment is to ensure support UCO is scaling up its Child Protection Emergency Response, with a focus on the provision of life saving services to children affected by armed conflict and on monitoring child rights violations. Technical capacity is required to ensure adherence to the CCCs and the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. Under the management of the Chief Child Protection, the incumbent will support Ukraine Country Office to monitor and report on grave violations of children’s rights and support the implementation of the joint prevention plan to end and prevent grave violations against children. The Child Protection in Emergencies Manager will also supervise the Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist. The P4 will report to the Chief Child Protection.
Join us as the next Child Protection Officer (Response to Violence Against Children) for UNICEF Mexico's Country Office in Mexico City!
Would you be passionate about contributing to scaling up efforts in the response to violence against children in Mexico? UNICEF Mexico is working to improve protection mechanisms and multi-sector services including legal, psychosocial and welfare. As our next Child Protection Officer, you will support us in strengthening response services to child and women survivors of violence, strengthen the national framework to respond to child online violence and provide technical support for the development of child safeguarding policies.
If you would like to make a difference, apply today!
Given the critical need to address SEA and GBV issues that continue in the Europe and Central Asia region, UNICEF is looking for a specialist to support the effective implementation of UNICEF’s PSEA strategy and relevant GBV interventions, including in countries with focal points but no dedicated staff. This includes work in countries with ongoing emergencies, such as Ukraine, countries on the emergency-development nexus, as well as high-income countries. Reporting to the Chief, Child Protection and working closely with the Regional Advisor for Child Protection and the Child Protection team, the role focuses on enhancing UNICEF’s ability to deliver in these two key areas.
This position, reporting to the Chief Statistician, leads UNICEF’s Computational Analytics and Geospatial Intelligence Unit, advancing data-driven strategies through cutting-edge analytics, geospatial intelligence, and frontier technologies. The primary function of this role is to strengthen UNICEF’s data capabilities by integrating computational modeling, predictive analytics, machine learning, and geospatial insights. The incumbent is responsible for leading the development of advanced analytics tools, automating data workflows, and supporting innovative data collection platforms and administrative records, ensuring that UNICEF can make impactful, real-time decisions across health, nutrition, migration, child-mortality, education, protection, WASH, poverty, climate, and emergency response.
The Program Officer (Sub-national Cluster Coordinator) will work impartially, serving the needs of all members of the WASH Cluster and should work closely with the WASH Regional Coordinator (East/South) and/or the Chief of Field Office (in their absence), OCHA focal points, and Local Government counterparts as appropriate.
The objective of the sub-national WASH Cluster is to facilitate and support operational coordination of humanitarian/early recovery actions and plans amongst all local WASH stakeholders at the oblast / region level.
The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Chief for close guidance and supervision and 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.
Join our UNICEF Colombia team and make a difference in the lives of children and adolescents. UNICEF Colombia is looking for a Child Protection Officer who provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. Additionally, h/she must have knowledge in Specialized Protection system in Colombia, issues of violence against children with emphasis on fiscal-emotional violence, gender-based violence and Criminal Responsibility System for Adolescents and restorative justice issues.
Under the general supervision of the Chief Health Section, the Programme Budget Officer provide professional technical assistance and support for program design, planning and implementation, management and evaluation of program/project activities, analysis of funding data (allocation and expenditure) and reporting on the use of funds and their justification.
To fully support MICS planning, implementation and dissemination activities, UNICEF HQ needs to hire a high-level sampling consultant to advise on sampling related issues, provide feedback on data analysis including the calculation of sample weights, and report writing by reviewing sampling related components of the survey final reports.
The Child Protection Officer reports to the Chief of Field Office with close technical guidance of the Chief of Child Protection. Together the Chief of Field Office and the Chief of Child Protection guide the Child Protection Officer to acquire organizational knowledge of rules, regulations and processes to supplement academic and theoretical knowledge of the profession for upward mobility to higher responsibilities.
The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the child protection programs/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing, and presenting technical program information while learning organizational rules, regulations, and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Child Protection Programme within the Country Programme.
Immunization (EPI) Specialist is accountable for professional leadership in and contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and administration of the immunization programme in conjunction with Child Survival and Development, Maternal and Child Health, Health and Nutrition components within the country programme, to achieve the UNICEF's immunization plus goals and objectives for the country.
Accountable for ensuring the UNICEF Immunization programme promotes gender equality, with an emphasis on gender disaggregation, gender disparity identification and gender mainstreaming.
UNICEF is looking for a consultant to undertake following three deliverables:
1. Conduct a mapping of Early Childhood Development (ECD) policies, programmes and interventions in
the Middle East and North Africa countries with a specific focus on early years.
2. Develop a regional ECD roadmap to define the MENA ECD narrative and operationalize the UNICFE’s global
vision on ECD.
3. Build tools and capacities of the ECD country offices focal points UNICEF’s MENA ECD narrative through remote
support and a face-to-face training.
This assignment will primarily focus on understanding the programming landscape and defining the narrative and
roadmap for ECD during early years through the lens of gender and disability. It will also provide updates to the
existing parenting landscape.
The consultant will play a pivotal role in ensuring that P2E content aligns with the global content taxonomy, meets global standards, and addresses the evolving needs of young people across multiple countries. They will update the Global Library with relevant and up-to-date content for P2E users. Key responsibilities include developing a global accreditation and certification framework for P2E, providing content support for countries, assisting the Global Coordinator, and supporting the localization and contextualization of content.
Afghanistan country office is seeking an experienced Chief WASH responsible for managing and supervising all stages of the WASH programme from strategic planning and formulation to the delivery of the WASH outcome and output results.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the CO, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.
UNICEF supports vulnerable children and women in over 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. Country Offices and national governments develop multi-year Country Programmes to address child rights gaps among the most vulnerable children.
At the end of the programme cycle, Country Programme Evaluation assesses strategic aspects for accountability and learning. Managed by Regional Evaluation Advisors and conducted by external evaluation team, the evaluation inform the next programme cycle. In MENA, evaluations are planned for Libya and Palestine in 2025, and Algeria, Egypt, and Jordan in 2026.
Country Programme Evaluation covers the entire programme over multiple years. UNICEF’s internal systems collect and manage large volumes of data, but this data has been underutilized in evaluations. AI technologies, like machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP), can automate analyses, enhancing decision-making and understanding of programme results.
AI use in UNICEF evaluations is emerging, aiming to improve accuracy, efficiency, and depth. NLP has been tested for identifying themes, extracting insights, and detecting trends in evaluations. It also transcribes and analyzes interviews and meetings, and conducts sentiment analysis on social media data. The MENA Regional Office is piloting for an evaluation synthesis. The office is now planning to expand AI use in Country Programme Evaluations.
The United Nations Children’s Fund Jordan Country Office in Amman seeks a dedicated, experienced, highly motivated, and proactive Humanitarian Affairs Officer who will report to the Humanitarian Affairs Manager (P4),
The Humanitarian Affairs Officer contributes to strengthening and accelerating country humanitarian results to ensure there are needs-based and compliant with Core Commitment for Children (CCC) standards.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) and overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, the incumbent will be accountable for supporting the implementation of the Country Office’s resource mobilization strategy and monitoring of UNICEF’s partnerships and donor reporting. The duties and responsibilities detailed below will be accomplished in coordination with the programme sections, the Budget Officer (NO-B), and the Communications, Advocacy and Partnership (CAP) team. The post is crucial to accomplishing the RCO’s significantly increased volume of work in resource mobilization and donor reporting.
Within the framework of the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action, the main purpose of the assignment is to ensure support UCO is scaling up its Child Protection Emergency Response, with a focus on the provision of life saving services to children affected by armed conflict and on monitoring child rights violations. Technical capacity is required to ensure adherence to the CCCs and the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. Under the management of the Chief Child Protection, the incumbent will support Ukraine Country Office to monitor and report on grave violations of children’s rights and support the implementation of the joint prevention plan to end and prevent grave violations against children. The Child Protection in Emergencies Manager will also supervise the Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist. The P4 will report to the Chief Child Protection.
Join us as the next Child Protection Officer (Response to Violence Against Children) for UNICEF Mexico's Country Office in Mexico City!
Would you be passionate about contributing to scaling up efforts in the response to violence against children in Mexico? UNICEF Mexico is working to improve protection mechanisms and multi-sector services including legal, psychosocial and welfare. As our next Child Protection Officer, you will support us in strengthening response services to child and women survivors of violence, strengthen the national framework to respond to child online violence and provide technical support for the development of child safeguarding policies.
If you would like to make a difference, apply today!
Given the critical need to address SEA and GBV issues that continue in the Europe and Central Asia region, UNICEF is looking for a specialist to support the effective implementation of UNICEF’s PSEA strategy and relevant GBV interventions, including in countries with focal points but no dedicated staff. This includes work in countries with ongoing emergencies, such as Ukraine, countries on the emergency-development nexus, as well as high-income countries. Reporting to the Chief, Child Protection and working closely with the Regional Advisor for Child Protection and the Child Protection team, the role focuses on enhancing UNICEF’s ability to deliver in these two key areas.
This position, reporting to the Chief Statistician, leads UNICEF’s Computational Analytics and Geospatial Intelligence Unit, advancing data-driven strategies through cutting-edge analytics, geospatial intelligence, and frontier technologies. The primary function of this role is to strengthen UNICEF’s data capabilities by integrating computational modeling, predictive analytics, machine learning, and geospatial insights. The incumbent is responsible for leading the development of advanced analytics tools, automating data workflows, and supporting innovative data collection platforms and administrative records, ensuring that UNICEF can make impactful, real-time decisions across health, nutrition, migration, child-mortality, education, protection, WASH, poverty, climate, and emergency response.
The Program Officer (Sub-national Cluster Coordinator) will work impartially, serving the needs of all members of the WASH Cluster and should work closely with the WASH Regional Coordinator (East/South) and/or the Chief of Field Office (in their absence), OCHA focal points, and Local Government counterparts as appropriate.
The objective of the sub-national WASH Cluster is to facilitate and support operational coordination of humanitarian/early recovery actions and plans amongst all local WASH stakeholders at the oblast / region level.
The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Chief for close guidance and supervision and 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.
Join our UNICEF Colombia team and make a difference in the lives of children and adolescents. UNICEF Colombia is looking for a Child Protection Officer who provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. Additionally, h/she must have knowledge in Specialized Protection system in Colombia, issues of violence against children with emphasis on fiscal-emotional violence, gender-based violence and Criminal Responsibility System for Adolescents and restorative justice issues.
Under the general supervision of the Chief Health Section, the Programme Budget Officer provide professional technical assistance and support for program design, planning and implementation, management and evaluation of program/project activities, analysis of funding data (allocation and expenditure) and reporting on the use of funds and their justification.
To fully support MICS planning, implementation and dissemination activities, UNICEF HQ needs to hire a high-level sampling consultant to advise on sampling related issues, provide feedback on data analysis including the calculation of sample weights, and report writing by reviewing sampling related components of the survey final reports.
The Child Protection Officer reports to the Chief of Field Office with close technical guidance of the Chief of Child Protection. Together the Chief of Field Office and the Chief of Child Protection guide the Child Protection Officer to acquire organizational knowledge of rules, regulations and processes to supplement academic and theoretical knowledge of the profession for upward mobility to higher responsibilities.
The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the child protection programs/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing, and presenting technical program information while learning organizational rules, regulations, and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Child Protection Programme within the Country Programme.
