Under the guidance of the Public Partnership Manager, the Partnership Specialist works 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.
The Primary purpose of this activity/Assignment is to support the framing, writing and editing for publication of the qualitative research being undertaken by TfG and ESRF to gain a greater understanding of factors that contributed to a change in children's experiences of violence in Tanzania between 2009 and 2024
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a consultant to co-lead two qualitative study components on the long-term effects of the Mozambique Child Grant. In addition, the selected consultant will provide in-country coordination support to the study team. The ideal candidate would be based in Mozambique.
The NOB Climate Change officer is based in Bishkek and will lead the strategic development and coordination of the Climate, Energy, Environment, and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) initiatives with a primary focus on climate change.
Analizar los principales riesgos e impactos del cambio climático sobre niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes (NNAJ), los marcos de gobernanza, financiamiento, políticas y programas existentes, y proponer recomendaciones para fortalecer la acción climática centrada en la infancia en Ecuador.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a proactive Consultant for a 100-day assignment over 9 months to support legal reform in education. Working closely with the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and its Legal Services Unit, the consultant will lead a consultative review of the Education Act and related legislation and deliver a report with findings and recommendations to guide the drafting of a revised Act and supporting documents.
Specific objectives of this evaluation are as follows:
1. To assess how relevant UNICEF’s strategic positioning and conceptual approach to transferable skills development is, including its alignment with global and national education and skills agendas.
2. To assess whether UNICEF transferable skills framework(s) meet the emerging needs of all adolescents, and young people, and sufficiently target marginalized groups (Leave No One Behind), such as girls, most deprived and urban poor.
3. To examine the coherence , and progress towards intended results of UNICEF-supported programming on transferable skills across different countries and regional contexts, with attention to the contribution of UNICEF inputs on delivery mechanisms, and partnerships.
4. To determine the extent to which UNICEF commitment to partner governments and other stakeholders on transferable skills development have been met, as well as the factors that have enabled or hindered these efforts and lessons learned.
The UNICEF Strategic Plan (2022–2025) outlines the organization’s vision for achieving results for children by 2030 and provides a global roadmap for all UNICEF offices, country programmes, and National Committees. One of the core elements of the Strategic Plan is Goal Area 2, which focuses on ensuring that “Every child, including adolescents, learns and acquires skills for the future.” Within this goal area, Result Area 2 emphasizes the importance of children and adolescents developing life skills, digital skills, transferable skills, and vocational skills to prepare them for the future.
This corporate evaluation aims to generate systematic evidence on the extent to which UNICEF has supported countries in promoting the acquisition of transferable skills that will enable children, adolescents, and young people to be responsible and productive citizens. The evaluation will assess the conceptual underpinnings of UNICEF-supported transferable skills programmes, and the coherence of commitments made to programme countries. It will also examine intermediate outcomes and provide forward-looking recommendations for programme improvements.
The Education Section of UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a remote-based consultant for an estimated 214 working days to support the integration of implementation research into education programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa. The section embeds research into large-scale initiatives, including remedial education, inclusive education, and digital learning. The overarching goal of this research portfolio is to inform improvements in the delivery and scale-up of education programmes to enhance children’s learning outcomes, while synthesizing lessons across countries to contribute to global public goods.
TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) INTERNATIONAL SENIOR CONSULTANT – DEVELOPMENT AND PILOT OF AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM MODEL FOR THE SAHRAWI REFUGEE EDUCATION CONTEXT
Project Support Assistant will provide administrative and coordination support to ensure smooth management and oversight of the Defects Liability Period and to facilitate the upcoming tender process and related improvements. The PSA will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager / Officer and in collaboration with the various Operations units
While operational, several minor but essential improvements are needed to enhance functionality, safety, user comfort, and overall performance. These improvements are bundled into six (6) LOTs of works, labelled A through F, to address these improvements across various locations of the facility.
The project has several running Legacy contracts that need to be monitored. These including:
a. Construction of the Building, that has now entered into the Defects Liability Period, [by CEMENTERS Uganda Limited] that runs upto 31st Jan 2026
b. Monitoring of the Defects Liability Period, [ARMSTRONG] that runs upto 31st Jan 2026
c. Certification of the Building as a Green Building [GBCSA] that runs upto 31st October 2025
d. Audit of the Building as a Green Building [Inside Out Inc] that runs upto 31st October 2025
The project has several new contracts and engagements that need to be monitored. These including:
a. Closure of the Final Account [FBW]
b. Structural Integrity Investigations [BUREAU VERITAS]
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight (GORaF) is seeking a consultant to coordinate and deliver a high-impact research initiative exploring the intersections between child sexual abuse (CSA) and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). The role involves managing a multi-phase project that includes stakeholder engagement, evidence synthesis, interdisciplinary research coordination, and the development of a thought leadership piece to inform global policy and practice.
The present consultancy will lead to the development of a base paper to clarify the intersections between child sexual abuse and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, highlight gaps in knowledge, identify opportunities for increased collaboration across these areas of work, and explore potential next steps for future research, policy, and practice. Importantly, it will explore different approaches to understanding how exposure to harmful content, particularly online, may be influencing norms and behaviors associated with the acceptance and perpetration of sexual violence.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for a national individual to conduct a comprehensive peer review of the Administration section and HACT (Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers) processes within UNICEF. The peer review aims to identify good practices, gaps, and challenges, and provide actionable recommendations to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
The UNICEF Libya team is seeking to hire a dynamic, experienced, and results-oriented expert to collaborate closely with the Ministry of Health (MoH), UNICEF, WHO, WFP, and relevant partners. The focus will be on supporting the development and validation of national guidelines on Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) and the prevention and treatment of wasting.
We are looking for a consultant to help define and elevate the quality of social services in Uzbekistan. The role involves designing a framework and developing standards for ten key services, especially in child protection, domestic violence, mental health, and disability support. You will engage stakeholders, propose legal improvements, and deliver training to ensure lasting impact.
The Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist, Child Protection Section, the consultant will provide technical support and monitor the multiple implementing partners in the provinces through on-site, real-time activity guidance and technical support to ensure that activities are well harmonised and implemented to achieve the planned targets and results under the same result framework.
The consultancy will monitor and provide support to implementing partners on the ground (in the field) and provide the necessary technical guidance but also attend meetings with implementing partners in the field in schools and communities. The consultant will also serve as a broker, engaging with key gatekeepers and creating alignment on the work of different agencies operating in schools and those in communities.
For every child, protection.
UNICEF is looking for a national consultant to provide support and contribute to conducting a Summative Evaluation of the IE project. The purpose of the Summative Evaluation is to assess the overall effectiveness of the IE project. It aims to determine the extent to which the intended goals and objectives of the IE project were achieved and contributed to improving the quality and accessibility of inclusive education for children with special educational needs, including children with disabilities. The findings, lessons learned and recommendations from the Summative Evaluation are intended to guide and inform all stakeholders, including UNICEF, the MoE, other implementing partners, pilot educational establishments, teachers, other educational professionals, and parents. The recommendations of the evaluation will be used to identify and shape the follow-on UNICEF programming in inclusive education to achieve goals and objectives of the new Country Programme for 2026-2030.
UNICEF is looking for an international consultant to conduct a Summative Evaluation of the IE project. The purpose of the Summative Evaluation is to assess the overall effectiveness of the IE project. It aims to determine the extent to which the intended goals and objectives of the IE project were achieved and contributed to improving the quality and accessibility of inclusive education for children with special educational needs, including children with disabilities. The findings, lessons learned and recommendations from the Summative Evaluation are intended to guide and inform all stakeholders, including UNICEF, the MoE, other implementing partners, pilot educational establishments, teachers, other educational professionals, and parents. The recommendations of the evaluation will be used to identify and shape the follow-on UNICEF programming in inclusive education to achieve goals and objectives of the new Country Programme for 2026-2030.
Under the guidance of the Public Partnership Manager, the Partnership Specialist works 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.
The Primary purpose of this activity/Assignment is to support the framing, writing and editing for publication of the qualitative research being undertaken by TfG and ESRF to gain a greater understanding of factors that contributed to a change in children's experiences of violence in Tanzania between 2009 and 2024
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a consultant to co-lead two qualitative study components on the long-term effects of the Mozambique Child Grant. In addition, the selected consultant will provide in-country coordination support to the study team. The ideal candidate would be based in Mozambique.
The NOB Climate Change officer is based in Bishkek and will lead the strategic development and coordination of the Climate, Energy, Environment, and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) initiatives with a primary focus on climate change.
Analizar los principales riesgos e impactos del cambio climático sobre niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes (NNAJ), los marcos de gobernanza, financiamiento, políticas y programas existentes, y proponer recomendaciones para fortalecer la acción climática centrada en la infancia en Ecuador.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a proactive Consultant for a 100-day assignment over 9 months to support legal reform in education. Working closely with the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and its Legal Services Unit, the consultant will lead a consultative review of the Education Act and related legislation and deliver a report with findings and recommendations to guide the drafting of a revised Act and supporting documents.
Specific objectives of this evaluation are as follows:
1. To assess how relevant UNICEF’s strategic positioning and conceptual approach to transferable skills development is, including its alignment with global and national education and skills agendas.
2. To assess whether UNICEF transferable skills framework(s) meet the emerging needs of all adolescents, and young people, and sufficiently target marginalized groups (Leave No One Behind), such as girls, most deprived and urban poor.
3. To examine the coherence , and progress towards intended results of UNICEF-supported programming on transferable skills across different countries and regional contexts, with attention to the contribution of UNICEF inputs on delivery mechanisms, and partnerships.
4. To determine the extent to which UNICEF commitment to partner governments and other stakeholders on transferable skills development have been met, as well as the factors that have enabled or hindered these efforts and lessons learned.
The UNICEF Strategic Plan (2022–2025) outlines the organization’s vision for achieving results for children by 2030 and provides a global roadmap for all UNICEF offices, country programmes, and National Committees. One of the core elements of the Strategic Plan is Goal Area 2, which focuses on ensuring that “Every child, including adolescents, learns and acquires skills for the future.” Within this goal area, Result Area 2 emphasizes the importance of children and adolescents developing life skills, digital skills, transferable skills, and vocational skills to prepare them for the future.
This corporate evaluation aims to generate systematic evidence on the extent to which UNICEF has supported countries in promoting the acquisition of transferable skills that will enable children, adolescents, and young people to be responsible and productive citizens. The evaluation will assess the conceptual underpinnings of UNICEF-supported transferable skills programmes, and the coherence of commitments made to programme countries. It will also examine intermediate outcomes and provide forward-looking recommendations for programme improvements.
The Education Section of UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a remote-based consultant for an estimated 214 working days to support the integration of implementation research into education programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa. The section embeds research into large-scale initiatives, including remedial education, inclusive education, and digital learning. The overarching goal of this research portfolio is to inform improvements in the delivery and scale-up of education programmes to enhance children’s learning outcomes, while synthesizing lessons across countries to contribute to global public goods.
TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) INTERNATIONAL SENIOR CONSULTANT – DEVELOPMENT AND PILOT OF AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM MODEL FOR THE SAHRAWI REFUGEE EDUCATION CONTEXT
Project Support Assistant will provide administrative and coordination support to ensure smooth management and oversight of the Defects Liability Period and to facilitate the upcoming tender process and related improvements. The PSA will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager / Officer and in collaboration with the various Operations units
While operational, several minor but essential improvements are needed to enhance functionality, safety, user comfort, and overall performance. These improvements are bundled into six (6) LOTs of works, labelled A through F, to address these improvements across various locations of the facility.
The project has several running Legacy contracts that need to be monitored. These including:
a. Construction of the Building, that has now entered into the Defects Liability Period, [by CEMENTERS Uganda Limited] that runs upto 31st Jan 2026
b. Monitoring of the Defects Liability Period, [ARMSTRONG] that runs upto 31st Jan 2026
c. Certification of the Building as a Green Building [GBCSA] that runs upto 31st October 2025
d. Audit of the Building as a Green Building [Inside Out Inc] that runs upto 31st October 2025
The project has several new contracts and engagements that need to be monitored. These including:
a. Closure of the Final Account [FBW]
b. Structural Integrity Investigations [BUREAU VERITAS]
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight (GORaF) is seeking a consultant to coordinate and deliver a high-impact research initiative exploring the intersections between child sexual abuse (CSA) and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). The role involves managing a multi-phase project that includes stakeholder engagement, evidence synthesis, interdisciplinary research coordination, and the development of a thought leadership piece to inform global policy and practice.
The present consultancy will lead to the development of a base paper to clarify the intersections between child sexual abuse and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, highlight gaps in knowledge, identify opportunities for increased collaboration across these areas of work, and explore potential next steps for future research, policy, and practice. Importantly, it will explore different approaches to understanding how exposure to harmful content, particularly online, may be influencing norms and behaviors associated with the acceptance and perpetration of sexual violence.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for a national individual to conduct a comprehensive peer review of the Administration section and HACT (Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers) processes within UNICEF. The peer review aims to identify good practices, gaps, and challenges, and provide actionable recommendations to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
The UNICEF Libya team is seeking to hire a dynamic, experienced, and results-oriented expert to collaborate closely with the Ministry of Health (MoH), UNICEF, WHO, WFP, and relevant partners. The focus will be on supporting the development and validation of national guidelines on Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) and the prevention and treatment of wasting.
We are looking for a consultant to help define and elevate the quality of social services in Uzbekistan. The role involves designing a framework and developing standards for ten key services, especially in child protection, domestic violence, mental health, and disability support. You will engage stakeholders, propose legal improvements, and deliver training to ensure lasting impact.
The Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist, Child Protection Section, the consultant will provide technical support and monitor the multiple implementing partners in the provinces through on-site, real-time activity guidance and technical support to ensure that activities are well harmonised and implemented to achieve the planned targets and results under the same result framework.
The consultancy will monitor and provide support to implementing partners on the ground (in the field) and provide the necessary technical guidance but also attend meetings with implementing partners in the field in schools and communities. The consultant will also serve as a broker, engaging with key gatekeepers and creating alignment on the work of different agencies operating in schools and those in communities.
For every child, protection.
UNICEF is looking for a national consultant to provide support and contribute to conducting a Summative Evaluation of the IE project. The purpose of the Summative Evaluation is to assess the overall effectiveness of the IE project. It aims to determine the extent to which the intended goals and objectives of the IE project were achieved and contributed to improving the quality and accessibility of inclusive education for children with special educational needs, including children with disabilities. The findings, lessons learned and recommendations from the Summative Evaluation are intended to guide and inform all stakeholders, including UNICEF, the MoE, other implementing partners, pilot educational establishments, teachers, other educational professionals, and parents. The recommendations of the evaluation will be used to identify and shape the follow-on UNICEF programming in inclusive education to achieve goals and objectives of the new Country Programme for 2026-2030.
UNICEF is looking for an international consultant to conduct a Summative Evaluation of the IE project. The purpose of the Summative Evaluation is to assess the overall effectiveness of the IE project. It aims to determine the extent to which the intended goals and objectives of the IE project were achieved and contributed to improving the quality and accessibility of inclusive education for children with special educational needs, including children with disabilities. The findings, lessons learned and recommendations from the Summative Evaluation are intended to guide and inform all stakeholders, including UNICEF, the MoE, other implementing partners, pilot educational establishments, teachers, other educational professionals, and parents. The recommendations of the evaluation will be used to identify and shape the follow-on UNICEF programming in inclusive education to achieve goals and objectives of the new Country Programme for 2026-2030.
