The Office of Strategy & Evidence - Innocenti (OSE) sets global standards, provides Organization-wide oversight and governance of evidence for the effective and methodologically sound and ethical collection, production of publications, disclosure and use of data, research and knowledge, and validates the quality of evidence, including the development of standards, tools, and systems for capturing, sharing, and applying learning across all levels of the organization. UNITE is a new corporate system that will serve as UNICEF’s next-generation platform for indicator management and reporting. It provides a unified, integrated and user-centric solution designed to streamline indicator management, enable real-time analytics and simplify reporting across the organization. To ensure the successful delivery of the UNITE system, a dedicated temporary assignment is required to support in managing the UNITE project.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring! We are seeking an experienced People and Culture professional, who supports our Pacific team as a People and Culture Officer at the NO-B level on a fixed-term appointment, based in Suva, Fiji. Under the supervision of the People & Culture Manager, this People and Culture Officer executes HR services and manages assigned HR areas through applying knowledge of HR, sound experience, and proficient understanding of organizational HR policies and procedures.
UNICEF is looking for a highly committed professional who can contribute to the effective delivery of administrative and operational support services. In this role, the Administrative Assistant will play a key role in ensuring the smooth day‑to‑day functioning of office operations and service delivery. The position offers the opportunity to support a collaborative, inclusive, and well‑organized work environment through reliable administrative support, effective coordination, and clear communication. The role requires solid, broad‑based administrative experience, a strong understanding of organizational workflows, and the ability to work independently with professionalism, attention to detail, and a consistent focus on quality and deadlines.
OSE sets global standards, provides Organization-wide oversight and governance of evidence for the effective and methodologically sound and ethical collection, production of publications, disclosure and use of data, research and knowledge, and validates the quality of evidence, including the development of standards, tools, and systems for capturing, sharing, and applying learning across all levels of the organization.UNITE is a new corporate system that will serve as UNICEF’s next-generation platform for indicator management and reporting. It provides a unified, integrated and user-centric solution designed to streamline indicator management, enable real-time analytics and simplify reporting across the organization. This role serves as a bridge between business stakeholders, DID and the vendor, ensuring that business requirements are clearly understood and addressed.
Join UNICEF`s EMOPs team and contribute to its mission by executing a broad variety of administrative transactional tasks and some specialized responsibilities for the respective section/office, requiring thorough knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
The Child Protection Officer 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. S/he prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
Her/His area of responsibility primarily covers the recovery and humanitarian child protection programme in Poltava region, with extensive support to the ongoing programme in Kharkiv and Sumy Regions, when and where necessary.
This consultancy is an opportunity to support five frontrunner countries—Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Sudan—in documenting the implementation of the Joint Action to Stop Wasting (JASW) and generating evidence-driven learning products. The consultant will provide technical and methodological support across the learning process, including designing data collection approaches, facilitating data gathering and analysis, and preparing country learning briefs and multi‑country thematic briefs. The role also synthesizes cross-country findings to identify common patterns, good practices, and lessons that inform adaptive management and strengthen the JASW partnership model, working under the guidance of global UNICEF and WFP teams.
Join UNICEF Dominican Republic as a Programme Assistant (G5) in the Education Section and contribute to impactful results for children. In this role, you will provide essential administrative, operational, and programme support that keeps our education initiatives running smoothly. You will help monitor budgets, coordinate programme activities, support procurement and travel, organize events and trainings, manage digital and physical knowledge resources, and ensure seamless collaboration between technical teams, operations, and external partners. We are looking for a highly organized, proactive, digitally savvy team‑player with strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment. If you are committed to equity, care about high‑quality delivery, and thrive in a collaborative, mission‑driven setting, we encourage you to apply and help us advance better outcomes for every child.
UNICEF Papua New Guinea is seeking to engage a national Field Coordinator who will be responsible for ensuring effective field-level coordination, community engagement, multi-sector implementation alignment, implementing partner (IP) oversight, and proactive risk management to support timely and coherent programme delivery for its KOICA Project.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a committed and proactive National Consultant for a 12-month assignment (250 working days) to support an impactful initiative in the Solomon Islands. Based at the UNICEF Solomon Islands Field Office in Honiara, the consultant will work closely with the Ministries of Agriculture and Education and conduct regular field missions to Isabel and Western Provinces (approximately one round trip to each province per month).
Reporting to the Maternal and Child Health Specialist and working with day-to-day guidance from the Nutrition Officer and remote support from the Nutrition Manager in the Pacific Multi Country Office in Suva, the consultant will play a key role in strengthening agriculture production systems that supply targeted schools with locally grown, climate resilient, and nutritious food.
The role also focuses on building sustainable links between schools and community agriculture, applying agroforestry and ecological design principles to enhance biodiversity, soil health, and climate resilience. Working alongside school staff, students, and community stakeholders, the consultant will co-develop practical, context appropriate solutions that contribute to healthier school environments and more resilient local food systems.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now.
Location:Fiji/Pacific Island Countries, Solomon Islands
The consultant will provide strategic guidance on the implementation of EOF’s Education Outcomes Fund in Lagos State, Nigeria, to ensure the timely achievement of key programme milestones, support stakeholder engagement (Lagos State Universal Education Board (LASUBEB), Local Government Area (LGA) departments, Federal Ministry of Education (FME), evaluators, donors), support implementation of outcomes-based financing to enable sustainability and evidence uptake into public systems.
The Gender, Rights, and Protection unit is establishing a Roster of Consultants to pre-qualify candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. Consultants on the roster may be called upon to:
• Conduct evidence reviews and quality appraisals of programmatic research on child marriage, FGM, and related interventions (e.g. social protection, cash transfers, health, social and behavioural change)
• Draft high-quality research outputs including reports, briefs, academic articles, and presentations.
• Provide technical assistance on harmful practice research to UNICEF and UNFPA country and regional offices to support evidence-informed programming.
• Support evidence-agenda setting processes including research consultations, evidence synthesis, engaging stakeholders, and developing knowledge translation tools to enhance evidence uptake.
The position serves as the PPD’s sole strategic planning, monitoring, reporting and evaluation function, ensuring alignment of PPD’s activities with UNICEF’s corporate planning and reporting processes. The incumbent leads PPD’s engagement in the Structured Funding Dialogue with the Executive Board and Funding Compact commitments, coordinating senior leadership inputs and cross-divisional processes. The role provides strategic analysis and policy advice to inform executive decision-making and representation in various external and internal governance forums. It strengthens divisional performance monitoring, reporting, and evaluation coordination.
The consultant will support the site assessment, quality assurance and documentation of progress of construction activities within the timeline specified for each project including reviewing of detailed design and documentation, preparing tendering documents, construction supervision for quality assurance and strengthening O&M WASH systems.
This context, this consultancy will provide services to UNICEF for 10 months, with monthly deliverables, to map and structure opportunities for public policies, government financing, and STI instruments (including the Partnership Agreement for Research, Development, and Innovation – APPD&I/APPDI), as well as incorporating scientific forums as levers for mobilizing partnerships in favor of innovations focused on children and adolescents.
This consultancy will provide technical support to UNICEF Brazil to: (i) conduct an applied study and develop UNICEF Brazil's Blockchain/Web3 Strategy integrated with the innovation strategy, with principles, safeguards, governance, and prioritized use cases; and (ii) implement the Youth Challenge Blockchain by August, using the program as a platform to mobilize the ecosystem (government, CTI, startups, companies, foundations), consolidate a qualified network of partners, and generate evidence for adoption and scale.
The Digital Impact Assistant performs procedural and some specialized activities of UNICEF’s Digital Systems, which include desktop administration and server operations. Specialized activities typically pertain to the installation and routine configuration of ICT system components and user orientation.
UNICEF is piloting the use of stablecoins as a new modality for cash-based assistance in humanitarian settings. To support this effort, a consultant is required to develop and update programmatic tools for two pilot contexts and provide technical guidance to country offices on program design and operational considerations. The role will help translate emerging blockchain and digital asset approaches into practical, field-ready processes. The consultant will work under the Global Cash Hub, in close collaboration with relevant COs, DFAM, and the Office of Innovation.
As part of the Ukraine refugee response, the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) established a Refugee Response Office in Poland. As a strategic business partner, the incumbent will coordinate operational activities in the Refugee Response Office in Warsaw with the aim of supporting programme implementation, driving change, providing risk-informed and solution-focused analysis, advice, and services, and contributing to programme and management decisions to deliver results for children. The role will support the operational and legal closure of the Refugee Response Office in Poland, in line with the planned office closure on 31 March 2027.
The Operations Officer will work closely with the Country Coordinator in the Poland Refugee Response Office and will report to, and be supported by, the Regional Chief of Operations and the RO Operations team.
The Help Desk Associate plays a vital role in ensuring smooth and efficient delivery of information and communication technology (ICT) services and user support. The main goal is to help UNICEF staff to effectively use ICT tools and systems to achieve UNICEF’s mission.The Help Desk Associate serves as the first point of contact for ICT-related issues within the UNICEF Digital Core office, providing technical support, maintaining ICT systems, ensuring office network reliability, and contributing to the efficient use of UNICEF’s digital resources. This role is both technical and service-oriented, supporting staff in their day-to-day use of IT equipment and applications.Additionally, the role involves improving processes and boosting office efficiency and user productivity through the development of customized applications and automation solutions using the Power Apps platform, Power Automate, and other relevant automation technologies.
The Office of Strategy & Evidence - Innocenti (OSE) sets global standards, provides Organization-wide oversight and governance of evidence for the effective and methodologically sound and ethical collection, production of publications, disclosure and use of data, research and knowledge, and validates the quality of evidence, including the development of standards, tools, and systems for capturing, sharing, and applying learning across all levels of the organization. UNITE is a new corporate system that will serve as UNICEF’s next-generation platform for indicator management and reporting. It provides a unified, integrated and user-centric solution designed to streamline indicator management, enable real-time analytics and simplify reporting across the organization. To ensure the successful delivery of the UNITE system, a dedicated temporary assignment is required to support in managing the UNITE project.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring! We are seeking an experienced People and Culture professional, who supports our Pacific team as a People and Culture Officer at the NO-B level on a fixed-term appointment, based in Suva, Fiji. Under the supervision of the People & Culture Manager, this People and Culture Officer executes HR services and manages assigned HR areas through applying knowledge of HR, sound experience, and proficient understanding of organizational HR policies and procedures.
UNICEF is looking for a highly committed professional who can contribute to the effective delivery of administrative and operational support services. In this role, the Administrative Assistant will play a key role in ensuring the smooth day‑to‑day functioning of office operations and service delivery. The position offers the opportunity to support a collaborative, inclusive, and well‑organized work environment through reliable administrative support, effective coordination, and clear communication. The role requires solid, broad‑based administrative experience, a strong understanding of organizational workflows, and the ability to work independently with professionalism, attention to detail, and a consistent focus on quality and deadlines.
OSE sets global standards, provides Organization-wide oversight and governance of evidence for the effective and methodologically sound and ethical collection, production of publications, disclosure and use of data, research and knowledge, and validates the quality of evidence, including the development of standards, tools, and systems for capturing, sharing, and applying learning across all levels of the organization.UNITE is a new corporate system that will serve as UNICEF’s next-generation platform for indicator management and reporting. It provides a unified, integrated and user-centric solution designed to streamline indicator management, enable real-time analytics and simplify reporting across the organization. This role serves as a bridge between business stakeholders, DID and the vendor, ensuring that business requirements are clearly understood and addressed.
Join UNICEF`s EMOPs team and contribute to its mission by executing a broad variety of administrative transactional tasks and some specialized responsibilities for the respective section/office, requiring thorough knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
The Child Protection Officer 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. S/he prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
Her/His area of responsibility primarily covers the recovery and humanitarian child protection programme in Poltava region, with extensive support to the ongoing programme in Kharkiv and Sumy Regions, when and where necessary.
This consultancy is an opportunity to support five frontrunner countries—Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Sudan—in documenting the implementation of the Joint Action to Stop Wasting (JASW) and generating evidence-driven learning products. The consultant will provide technical and methodological support across the learning process, including designing data collection approaches, facilitating data gathering and analysis, and preparing country learning briefs and multi‑country thematic briefs. The role also synthesizes cross-country findings to identify common patterns, good practices, and lessons that inform adaptive management and strengthen the JASW partnership model, working under the guidance of global UNICEF and WFP teams.
Join UNICEF Dominican Republic as a Programme Assistant (G5) in the Education Section and contribute to impactful results for children. In this role, you will provide essential administrative, operational, and programme support that keeps our education initiatives running smoothly. You will help monitor budgets, coordinate programme activities, support procurement and travel, organize events and trainings, manage digital and physical knowledge resources, and ensure seamless collaboration between technical teams, operations, and external partners. We are looking for a highly organized, proactive, digitally savvy team‑player with strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment. If you are committed to equity, care about high‑quality delivery, and thrive in a collaborative, mission‑driven setting, we encourage you to apply and help us advance better outcomes for every child.
UNICEF Papua New Guinea is seeking to engage a national Field Coordinator who will be responsible for ensuring effective field-level coordination, community engagement, multi-sector implementation alignment, implementing partner (IP) oversight, and proactive risk management to support timely and coherent programme delivery for its KOICA Project.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a committed and proactive National Consultant for a 12-month assignment (250 working days) to support an impactful initiative in the Solomon Islands. Based at the UNICEF Solomon Islands Field Office in Honiara, the consultant will work closely with the Ministries of Agriculture and Education and conduct regular field missions to Isabel and Western Provinces (approximately one round trip to each province per month).
Reporting to the Maternal and Child Health Specialist and working with day-to-day guidance from the Nutrition Officer and remote support from the Nutrition Manager in the Pacific Multi Country Office in Suva, the consultant will play a key role in strengthening agriculture production systems that supply targeted schools with locally grown, climate resilient, and nutritious food.
The role also focuses on building sustainable links between schools and community agriculture, applying agroforestry and ecological design principles to enhance biodiversity, soil health, and climate resilience. Working alongside school staff, students, and community stakeholders, the consultant will co-develop practical, context appropriate solutions that contribute to healthier school environments and more resilient local food systems.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now.
Location:Fiji/Pacific Island Countries, Solomon Islands
The consultant will provide strategic guidance on the implementation of EOF’s Education Outcomes Fund in Lagos State, Nigeria, to ensure the timely achievement of key programme milestones, support stakeholder engagement (Lagos State Universal Education Board (LASUBEB), Local Government Area (LGA) departments, Federal Ministry of Education (FME), evaluators, donors), support implementation of outcomes-based financing to enable sustainability and evidence uptake into public systems.
The Gender, Rights, and Protection unit is establishing a Roster of Consultants to pre-qualify candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. Consultants on the roster may be called upon to:
• Conduct evidence reviews and quality appraisals of programmatic research on child marriage, FGM, and related interventions (e.g. social protection, cash transfers, health, social and behavioural change)
• Draft high-quality research outputs including reports, briefs, academic articles, and presentations.
• Provide technical assistance on harmful practice research to UNICEF and UNFPA country and regional offices to support evidence-informed programming.
• Support evidence-agenda setting processes including research consultations, evidence synthesis, engaging stakeholders, and developing knowledge translation tools to enhance evidence uptake.
The position serves as the PPD’s sole strategic planning, monitoring, reporting and evaluation function, ensuring alignment of PPD’s activities with UNICEF’s corporate planning and reporting processes. The incumbent leads PPD’s engagement in the Structured Funding Dialogue with the Executive Board and Funding Compact commitments, coordinating senior leadership inputs and cross-divisional processes. The role provides strategic analysis and policy advice to inform executive decision-making and representation in various external and internal governance forums. It strengthens divisional performance monitoring, reporting, and evaluation coordination.
The consultant will support the site assessment, quality assurance and documentation of progress of construction activities within the timeline specified for each project including reviewing of detailed design and documentation, preparing tendering documents, construction supervision for quality assurance and strengthening O&M WASH systems.
This context, this consultancy will provide services to UNICEF for 10 months, with monthly deliverables, to map and structure opportunities for public policies, government financing, and STI instruments (including the Partnership Agreement for Research, Development, and Innovation – APPD&I/APPDI), as well as incorporating scientific forums as levers for mobilizing partnerships in favor of innovations focused on children and adolescents.
This consultancy will provide technical support to UNICEF Brazil to: (i) conduct an applied study and develop UNICEF Brazil's Blockchain/Web3 Strategy integrated with the innovation strategy, with principles, safeguards, governance, and prioritized use cases; and (ii) implement the Youth Challenge Blockchain by August, using the program as a platform to mobilize the ecosystem (government, CTI, startups, companies, foundations), consolidate a qualified network of partners, and generate evidence for adoption and scale.
The Digital Impact Assistant performs procedural and some specialized activities of UNICEF’s Digital Systems, which include desktop administration and server operations. Specialized activities typically pertain to the installation and routine configuration of ICT system components and user orientation.
UNICEF is piloting the use of stablecoins as a new modality for cash-based assistance in humanitarian settings. To support this effort, a consultant is required to develop and update programmatic tools for two pilot contexts and provide technical guidance to country offices on program design and operational considerations. The role will help translate emerging blockchain and digital asset approaches into practical, field-ready processes. The consultant will work under the Global Cash Hub, in close collaboration with relevant COs, DFAM, and the Office of Innovation.
As part of the Ukraine refugee response, the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) established a Refugee Response Office in Poland. As a strategic business partner, the incumbent will coordinate operational activities in the Refugee Response Office in Warsaw with the aim of supporting programme implementation, driving change, providing risk-informed and solution-focused analysis, advice, and services, and contributing to programme and management decisions to deliver results for children. The role will support the operational and legal closure of the Refugee Response Office in Poland, in line with the planned office closure on 31 March 2027.
The Operations Officer will work closely with the Country Coordinator in the Poland Refugee Response Office and will report to, and be supported by, the Regional Chief of Operations and the RO Operations team.
The Help Desk Associate plays a vital role in ensuring smooth and efficient delivery of information and communication technology (ICT) services and user support. The main goal is to help UNICEF staff to effectively use ICT tools and systems to achieve UNICEF’s mission.The Help Desk Associate serves as the first point of contact for ICT-related issues within the UNICEF Digital Core office, providing technical support, maintaining ICT systems, ensuring office network reliability, and contributing to the efficient use of UNICEF’s digital resources. This role is both technical and service-oriented, supporting staff in their day-to-day use of IT equipment and applications.Additionally, the role involves improving processes and boosting office efficiency and user productivity through the development of customized applications and automation solutions using the Power Apps platform, Power Automate, and other relevant automation technologies.
