The objective of this consultancy is to support the government of Egypt in drafting the National Social Protection Strategic Framework (NSPF). The Egypt Vision 2030 is to be considered the overarching national strategy. This Social Protection Strategic Framework is designed to operationalize the vision’s social protection outcomes. The framework and action document should offer strategic direction, be action-oriented, and be considered a living document—updated periodically to reflect national priorities.
UNICEF Czech Republic RRO is looking for a qualified Youth Outreach Consultant to serve as a key point supporting youth representatives and other service providers to develop outreach strategies that will bring refugee adolescents and youth to connect to the CESTY programme that will help them stay on the pathway to learning, skills building, jobs engagement, with support of mental health services and community participation.
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.
To support ECCD Council and DepEd in harmonizing, expanding and digitizing the enhanced child mapping tool to improve data-driven planning for early childhood education and basic education. Specifically, the digitized child mapping tool which will be managed by the LGUs, through the Local Social Welfare Office in the interim, aims to:
1. Review further the tool which has been harmonized and expanded by UNICEF based on DepEd’s tool adopted in 2017, questions and responses in Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) and Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), and CFM.
2. Digitize the harmonized and enhanced paper-based child mapping tool.
3. Develop a secure and user-friendly digital platform for data collection, validation, and storage that will be managed by the LGU through the Local Social Welfare Office (in the interim while it has yet to be incorporated in DILG’s RBI) and can be accessed by LGUs and schools.
4. Enable basic data analysis and reporting to support tracking, targeting and planning to ensure that children aged 3-4 years are able to access ECE and smoothly transition to and complete basic education.
5. Design visual dashboards or summary views that present key data trends to LGU and DepEd decision-makers at the barangay and municipality levels.
6. Promote data integrity, accessibility, and reusability through sound data management practices and alignment with LGU, ECCD Council, DepEd and UNICEF data governance standards.
7. Support future integration of the digital tool with national platforms such as DILG’s RBI through standardized formats and metadata structures. 8. Build the capacity of the LGU and DepEd at the barangay and municipal levels in using the digitized child mapping tool for data collection and decision-making.
Le consultant sera chargé de dérouler un programme de renforcement de capacités en finance publique sur les enfants aux parlementaires, élus locaux et acteurs ministériels pour faciliter la compréhension des données budgétaires dans les secteurs sociaux. Une attention particulière sera portée sur l’analyse des allocations budgétaires dédiées à l’enfance, afin d’identifier les écarts de financement et les opportunités d’investissement en faveur des enfants, en particulier ceux en situation de vulnérabilité. Dans un premier temps, ce programme sera destiné aux parlementaires avant de se poursuivre avec les élus locaux et les ministères sectoriels.
Ce programme vise à renforcer les fonctions de contrôle et de suivi du budget des différents acteurs notamment les parlementaires, les élus locaux et les acteurs ministériels, en les dotant de compétences nécessaires pour analyser les budgets sous l'angle des impacts sociaux. L’approche encouragera une lecture des budgets intégrant des indicateurs spécifiques aux enfants, permettant d’évaluer dans quelle mesure les investissements publics contribuent à la réalisation de leurs droits et à l’amélioration de leur bien-être. De plus, ce programme permettra d’améliorer la transparence, la redevabilité et la gouvernance financière en droite ligne avec les priorités nationales. Cela inclut le développement de mécanismes permettant de suivre et d’évaluer l’exécution budgétaire en faveur de l’enfance, garantissant ainsi une meilleure traçabilité et efficacité des dépenses publiques destinées aux enfants.
UNICEF Eswatini Country Office is seeking the services of a consultant to provide technical support in the development of an advocacy strategy for disability inclusion strategy in Eswatini Mbabane. The Consultant will support capacity building activities, engagements and consultations with various project stakeholders, including recording, analysis and collation of data during capacity building activities and consultations with various project stakeholders (including traditional leaders and OPDs) towards the development of a National Advocacy Strategy for Disability Inclusion.
The Consultant will also support the development of targeted content for disability inclusion, advocacy and coalition building to be used to for sensitizing traditional leaders and building the capacity of OPDs for strengthened advocacy and coalition building and provide technical expertise towards the review and finalization of the National Advocacy Strategy for Disability Inclusion.
UNICEF Moldova is hiring a a National Individual Consultant to provide technical support to the NAP Coordination Unit and the MoH for the final evaluation of the current NAP and the development of the new National AIDS Programme 2026 – 2030 in an inclusive and transparent manner. Special attention must be given to the prevention of the HIV mother-to -child transmission and the mothers and children’ health in the HIV context.
This consultancy shall be engaged to provide the technical assistance needed for: (1) Conduct of the study and review of the PCB ECCD, and (2) Ensure use of the study and evidence to support development of policy and accountability framework, results and monitoring framework, and action plan/roadmap for the strengthening PCB, most particularly focused on ECD. The consultant shall be engaged and focus on the conducting the assessment of the PCB ECCD.
The consultant will be responsible in conducting an assessment/study which will aim to generate evidence that will support the government in improving budget strategy on PCB, particularly for the ECCD. Generating deeper and comprehensive analysis and insights to:
- Conduct review on the existing policy framework, processes and practices on PCB ECCD, including key gaps and challenges in policy, capacity, and coordination structures. Review shall also look into the alignment of PCB ECCD to existing ECD laws, guidelines, strategic plans, costed investment plans. The consultant is also expected to reference the findings from the EDCOM Reports.
- Generate evidence-based recommendations relevant towards strengthening PCB ECCD and its institutionalization including informing enhancements to policy and accountability mechanisms, results and monitoring framework, and governance structures.
- Identify potential areas for reforms and ways forward toward sustainability and strengthening of PCB ECCD as a budget strategy within the PFM systems.
Conduire un diagnostic approfondi des dépenses des collectivités territoriales en matière de protection sociale (allocation et exécution) afin d’identifier les écarts, les opportunités et les leviers pour augmenter l’espace budgétaire dédié, dans le cadre de l’élaboration de la feuille de route nationale du Global Accelerator sur l’emploi décent et la protection sociale.
Sign a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with UNICEF Syria Country Office and open the door to exciting opportunities. As an LTA holder, you’ll be eligible for direct Individual Contracts with the UNICEF Syria Country Office, whenever your expertise is needed, within the scope of the agreement. Your role will focus on delivering individual and group counseling, as well as psychosocial support, to UNICEF Syria staff and their dependents.
L’objectif de la présente consultation est de faire l’état des lieux sur le corps de travail des services sociaux au Burundi (incluant les travailleurs sociaux étatiques et non-étatiques, les para professionnels ainsi que les acteurs communautaires) et de ressortir des recommandations qui pourront informer l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de renforcement du corps de travail des services sociaux pour le Burundi, afin de mieux protéger les enfants contre les violences, l’abus et l’exploitation.
UNICEF Czech Republic Refugee Response Office (RRO) is looking for 2 qualified Legal Experts to formulate and develop technical inputs for the initial draft of legislation, focusing on the objectives, scope, and key provisions for child protection and family support, ensuring alignment with international standards and best practices.
UNICEF Czech Republic Refugee Response Office (RRO) is looking for 1 qualified Child Protection (CP) Expert to formulate and develop technical inputs for the initial draft of legislation, focusing on the objectives, scope, and key provisions for child protection and family support, ensuring alignment with international standards and best practices.
As an Operations Officer ( Programme Effectiveness), the incumbent will be accountable for operations functions, facilitate change, provide risk informed, support implementation of UNICEF’s Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT), solution-focused analysis, advice and services and contribute to programme and management decisions for delivering results for children in specific operational contexts
This consultancy seeks a national consultant to work for UNICEF Sri Lanka in close support of the Ministry of Education and other partners to provide technical support that helps advance: 1) developing the Climate Resilient Education Framework and 2) designing, testing, monitoring and documenting the pilot programme on Climate Smart Schools to inform further improvements to the Framework.
UNICEF Libya is seeking a dynamic, results-oriented, and seasoned consultant to serve as a key driver in bridging PF4C and social protection workstreams—helping to translate fiscal insights into coherent, inclusive, and fiscally sustainable policy reforms. By coordinating these two strategic pillars, the consultant will support the Libya Country Office and its partners in developing a child-sensitive, well-financed, and resilient social protection system fit for current and future challenges.
Since January 2021 UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa has actively been involved with scaling cross and multi sectoral mental health and psychosocial support programmes in line with the current UNICEF Strategic Plan 2022 – 2025 and Regional Office Management Plan (ROMP) which identified child and adolescent mental health as a priority. In response to these plans UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) undertook a comprehensive situational analysis of the MHPSS regional landscape and in 2023 developed the first ever Regional Programme Note and a consolidated cross sectoral workplan (2023-2025).
The MHPSS Programme Note and associated workplan are strongly aligned to the UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, the Regional Operational Management Plan and Regional Collaboration for Children, the Core Commitments for Children and Global Multisectoral Operational Framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support of Children, Adolescents and Caregivers Across Settings. It was developed using the UNICEF Theory of Change to ensure conceptual alignment to UNICEFs global vision, however, remains a fully localized agenda driven by country office’s needs and supported by the regional office MHPSS Technical Working Group (TWG).
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide expert guidance on the development of a research and thought leadership agenda on the debt crisis and its impacts on children. The consultant will support the shaping of the research direction, advise on the production of key outputs, and contribute to the delivery of a flagship publication. This includes identifying and engaging contributing authors, facilitating research activities, supporting coherence across outputs, and advising on the preparation of a final book that synthesizes findings and policy insights.
The objective of this consultancy is to support the government of Egypt in drafting the National Social Protection Strategic Framework (NSPF). The Egypt Vision 2030 is to be considered the overarching national strategy. This Social Protection Strategic Framework is designed to operationalize the vision’s social protection outcomes. The framework and action document should offer strategic direction, be action-oriented, and be considered a living document—updated periodically to reflect national priorities.
UNICEF Czech Republic RRO is looking for a qualified Youth Outreach Consultant to serve as a key point supporting youth representatives and other service providers to develop outreach strategies that will bring refugee adolescents and youth to connect to the CESTY programme that will help them stay on the pathway to learning, skills building, jobs engagement, with support of mental health services and community participation.
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.
To support ECCD Council and DepEd in harmonizing, expanding and digitizing the enhanced child mapping tool to improve data-driven planning for early childhood education and basic education. Specifically, the digitized child mapping tool which will be managed by the LGUs, through the Local Social Welfare Office in the interim, aims to:
1. Review further the tool which has been harmonized and expanded by UNICEF based on DepEd’s tool adopted in 2017, questions and responses in Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) and Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), and CFM.
2. Digitize the harmonized and enhanced paper-based child mapping tool.
3. Develop a secure and user-friendly digital platform for data collection, validation, and storage that will be managed by the LGU through the Local Social Welfare Office (in the interim while it has yet to be incorporated in DILG’s RBI) and can be accessed by LGUs and schools.
4. Enable basic data analysis and reporting to support tracking, targeting and planning to ensure that children aged 3-4 years are able to access ECE and smoothly transition to and complete basic education.
5. Design visual dashboards or summary views that present key data trends to LGU and DepEd decision-makers at the barangay and municipality levels.
6. Promote data integrity, accessibility, and reusability through sound data management practices and alignment with LGU, ECCD Council, DepEd and UNICEF data governance standards.
7. Support future integration of the digital tool with national platforms such as DILG’s RBI through standardized formats and metadata structures. 8. Build the capacity of the LGU and DepEd at the barangay and municipal levels in using the digitized child mapping tool for data collection and decision-making.
Le consultant sera chargé de dérouler un programme de renforcement de capacités en finance publique sur les enfants aux parlementaires, élus locaux et acteurs ministériels pour faciliter la compréhension des données budgétaires dans les secteurs sociaux. Une attention particulière sera portée sur l’analyse des allocations budgétaires dédiées à l’enfance, afin d’identifier les écarts de financement et les opportunités d’investissement en faveur des enfants, en particulier ceux en situation de vulnérabilité. Dans un premier temps, ce programme sera destiné aux parlementaires avant de se poursuivre avec les élus locaux et les ministères sectoriels.
Ce programme vise à renforcer les fonctions de contrôle et de suivi du budget des différents acteurs notamment les parlementaires, les élus locaux et les acteurs ministériels, en les dotant de compétences nécessaires pour analyser les budgets sous l'angle des impacts sociaux. L’approche encouragera une lecture des budgets intégrant des indicateurs spécifiques aux enfants, permettant d’évaluer dans quelle mesure les investissements publics contribuent à la réalisation de leurs droits et à l’amélioration de leur bien-être. De plus, ce programme permettra d’améliorer la transparence, la redevabilité et la gouvernance financière en droite ligne avec les priorités nationales. Cela inclut le développement de mécanismes permettant de suivre et d’évaluer l’exécution budgétaire en faveur de l’enfance, garantissant ainsi une meilleure traçabilité et efficacité des dépenses publiques destinées aux enfants.
UNICEF Eswatini Country Office is seeking the services of a consultant to provide technical support in the development of an advocacy strategy for disability inclusion strategy in Eswatini Mbabane. The Consultant will support capacity building activities, engagements and consultations with various project stakeholders, including recording, analysis and collation of data during capacity building activities and consultations with various project stakeholders (including traditional leaders and OPDs) towards the development of a National Advocacy Strategy for Disability Inclusion.
The Consultant will also support the development of targeted content for disability inclusion, advocacy and coalition building to be used to for sensitizing traditional leaders and building the capacity of OPDs for strengthened advocacy and coalition building and provide technical expertise towards the review and finalization of the National Advocacy Strategy for Disability Inclusion.
UNICEF Moldova is hiring a a National Individual Consultant to provide technical support to the NAP Coordination Unit and the MoH for the final evaluation of the current NAP and the development of the new National AIDS Programme 2026 – 2030 in an inclusive and transparent manner. Special attention must be given to the prevention of the HIV mother-to -child transmission and the mothers and children’ health in the HIV context.
This consultancy shall be engaged to provide the technical assistance needed for: (1) Conduct of the study and review of the PCB ECCD, and (2) Ensure use of the study and evidence to support development of policy and accountability framework, results and monitoring framework, and action plan/roadmap for the strengthening PCB, most particularly focused on ECD. The consultant shall be engaged and focus on the conducting the assessment of the PCB ECCD.
The consultant will be responsible in conducting an assessment/study which will aim to generate evidence that will support the government in improving budget strategy on PCB, particularly for the ECCD. Generating deeper and comprehensive analysis and insights to:
- Conduct review on the existing policy framework, processes and practices on PCB ECCD, including key gaps and challenges in policy, capacity, and coordination structures. Review shall also look into the alignment of PCB ECCD to existing ECD laws, guidelines, strategic plans, costed investment plans. The consultant is also expected to reference the findings from the EDCOM Reports.
- Generate evidence-based recommendations relevant towards strengthening PCB ECCD and its institutionalization including informing enhancements to policy and accountability mechanisms, results and monitoring framework, and governance structures.
- Identify potential areas for reforms and ways forward toward sustainability and strengthening of PCB ECCD as a budget strategy within the PFM systems.
Conduire un diagnostic approfondi des dépenses des collectivités territoriales en matière de protection sociale (allocation et exécution) afin d’identifier les écarts, les opportunités et les leviers pour augmenter l’espace budgétaire dédié, dans le cadre de l’élaboration de la feuille de route nationale du Global Accelerator sur l’emploi décent et la protection sociale.
Sign a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with UNICEF Syria Country Office and open the door to exciting opportunities. As an LTA holder, you’ll be eligible for direct Individual Contracts with the UNICEF Syria Country Office, whenever your expertise is needed, within the scope of the agreement. Your role will focus on delivering individual and group counseling, as well as psychosocial support, to UNICEF Syria staff and their dependents.
L’objectif de la présente consultation est de faire l’état des lieux sur le corps de travail des services sociaux au Burundi (incluant les travailleurs sociaux étatiques et non-étatiques, les para professionnels ainsi que les acteurs communautaires) et de ressortir des recommandations qui pourront informer l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de renforcement du corps de travail des services sociaux pour le Burundi, afin de mieux protéger les enfants contre les violences, l’abus et l’exploitation.
UNICEF Czech Republic Refugee Response Office (RRO) is looking for 2 qualified Legal Experts to formulate and develop technical inputs for the initial draft of legislation, focusing on the objectives, scope, and key provisions for child protection and family support, ensuring alignment with international standards and best practices.
UNICEF Czech Republic Refugee Response Office (RRO) is looking for 1 qualified Child Protection (CP) Expert to formulate and develop technical inputs for the initial draft of legislation, focusing on the objectives, scope, and key provisions for child protection and family support, ensuring alignment with international standards and best practices.
As an Operations Officer ( Programme Effectiveness), the incumbent will be accountable for operations functions, facilitate change, provide risk informed, support implementation of UNICEF’s Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT), solution-focused analysis, advice and services and contribute to programme and management decisions for delivering results for children in specific operational contexts
This consultancy seeks a national consultant to work for UNICEF Sri Lanka in close support of the Ministry of Education and other partners to provide technical support that helps advance: 1) developing the Climate Resilient Education Framework and 2) designing, testing, monitoring and documenting the pilot programme on Climate Smart Schools to inform further improvements to the Framework.
UNICEF Libya is seeking a dynamic, results-oriented, and seasoned consultant to serve as a key driver in bridging PF4C and social protection workstreams—helping to translate fiscal insights into coherent, inclusive, and fiscally sustainable policy reforms. By coordinating these two strategic pillars, the consultant will support the Libya Country Office and its partners in developing a child-sensitive, well-financed, and resilient social protection system fit for current and future challenges.
Since January 2021 UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa has actively been involved with scaling cross and multi sectoral mental health and psychosocial support programmes in line with the current UNICEF Strategic Plan 2022 – 2025 and Regional Office Management Plan (ROMP) which identified child and adolescent mental health as a priority. In response to these plans UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) undertook a comprehensive situational analysis of the MHPSS regional landscape and in 2023 developed the first ever Regional Programme Note and a consolidated cross sectoral workplan (2023-2025).
The MHPSS Programme Note and associated workplan are strongly aligned to the UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, the Regional Operational Management Plan and Regional Collaboration for Children, the Core Commitments for Children and Global Multisectoral Operational Framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support of Children, Adolescents and Caregivers Across Settings. It was developed using the UNICEF Theory of Change to ensure conceptual alignment to UNICEFs global vision, however, remains a fully localized agenda driven by country office’s needs and supported by the regional office MHPSS Technical Working Group (TWG).
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide expert guidance on the development of a research and thought leadership agenda on the debt crisis and its impacts on children. The consultant will support the shaping of the research direction, advise on the production of key outputs, and contribute to the delivery of a flagship publication. This includes identifying and engaging contributing authors, facilitating research activities, supporting coherence across outputs, and advising on the preparation of a final book that synthesizes findings and policy insights.
