UNICEF is seeking a dedicated, proactive consultant to work closely with UNICEF Malaysia, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environmental Sustainability (NRES), and Government and Non-Government partners.
UNICEF Office for Croatia is looking for a Consultant/Lead Expert to join our team and provide technical support in all stages of the project “Strengthening the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of the National Action Plan to implement the EU Council's recommendations on establishing the European Child Guarantee (NAP CG)”, as the Croatian national component of the multi-country project supported by and in partnership with the European Commission - SG Reform, Technical Support Instrument (TSI). Under the overall coordination, management and technical guidance of UNICEF staff, the consultant is expected to provide expert advice and inputs, and coordination support services to achieve more effective planning, coordination, and monitoring of the implementation of all measures and activities planned by the national action plan for the implementation of the European Child Guarantee (NAP CG). So, if you are a self-driven professional, experienced in planning, implementation, monitoring and/or evaluation of social protection / education / public health policies and programs who understands child rights and the situation of children in Croatia, and possess a good knowledge of EU funding mechanisms and regulations as well as the Government’s budget processes, we invite you to apply for this job opportunity.
The national consultant will be helping the MoES and its affiliated institutions to develop a framework for CBE learning materials, develop sample units for selected subjects and grades, and design a financial model to support a sustainable approach to CBE learning materials.
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.
UNICEF Jamaica is seeking an experienced individual with a solid policy development background to support the revision on an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Policy for Jamaica.
We are seeking to recruit an exceptional consultant to provide support for a period of 12 months to develop and implement EOF’s communication strategy across the breadth of its work.
UNICEF Mozambique is seeking the services of an individual consultant to lead consultations with key stakeholders (as needed) and develop a comprehensive SitAn report using the latest available data and evidence. Additionally, the consultant will conduct a gender programmatic review, and a country programme evidence review.
The purpose of this consultancy is to design and carry out a participatory, gender-responsive evaluation of the “Youth in ICT World” programme that UNICEF Serbia implements with OPENS and local youth centres. The evaluation will generate evidence-based findings and actionable recommendations to guide scale-up, contextual adaptation and institutional integration of the model into Serbia’s emerging network of youth-space structures. Grounded in the EU Digital Competence Framework (DigComp), the programme offers a flexible package of non-formal learning activities, ranging from creative electronics to digital marketing and game development workshops, supported by online communities for youth aged 14-19 (with outreach to NEET, Roma and other marginalized groups). As the programme prepares to expand beyond the initial youth-centre sites, and to more communities, UNICEF requires a systematic assessment of its relevance, effectiveness, equity and sustainability.
The International Consultant will provide technical leadership and guidance to the national technical team for the introduction of whole-school approach in the process of modelling of school-based assistive technologies, devices and equipment for inclusive education.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for committed professional and expert to provide technical support to design, implement, and operationalize child-centered risk assessments, integrating the Children's Climate Risk Index (CCRI) Disaster Risk Management (DRM) frameworks, and developing climate- change- calibrated scenarios for targeted interventions. The assignment is for 10.5 months.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide graphic design support for a variety of data products for the Mortality and Demographics team and the Poverty, Equity and Gender Equality team.
The consultants will provide direct support to the Resource Centres’ (RC) staff to provide Assistive Technology (AT) to students with disabilities and introduce social robotics in the mainstream schools. The assignment will consist of several tasks which are directly connected with the usage of AT and humanoid robots in teaching and learning, including delivery of trainings and mentoring support to the RC staff on humanoid robot usage in mainstream schools. Furthermore, the consultancy will support the development and implementation of the protocol and tool developed for the usage of social robots in the classroom, and evaluation of its effectiveness in enabling and promotion of learning in inclusive education settings.
The objective of this consultancy is to support the central government and selected municipalities in Kosovo in identifying and addressing barriers to universal access to pre-primary education (age 5), while strengthening local planning capacities for sustainable ECE service expansion for children aged 0–6.
The purpose of this consultancy is the evaluation of the project “Investing in the Early Years: Accelerating Development through Integrated Early Childhood Development in Kosovo 2023-2025”, funded by the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by UNICEF (hereinafter referred to as the Evaluation).
The project aims to strengthen integrated, family-centered services in health and education, driving significant improvements in Early Childhood Development (ECD) outcomes for children from conception to five years of age. It prioritizes reaching the most vulnerable children, including those from economically disadvantaged families, as well as
children from Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian, and other minority communities, and children with disabilities or developmental delays.
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to coordinate disability inclusion programming at the Malaysia Country Office (MCO) through the management of national partnerships and providing technical guidance to support the dual-track integration of disability inclusive approaches across programmatic work, operational functions and communications, including at the UN level.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive international Consultant. The consultancy is for a period of 348 days spread over 16 months. The international consultant will be based in Majuro, RMI for the duration of the assignment with frequent in-country field missions. S/he will supervised on a day-to-day basis by the WASH Specialist of North Pacific Field Office, SBC Specialist of North Pacific Field Office, and with the support of the Chief of Field Office and the Chief of WASH programme at Suva office. S/he will to carry out the technical support and regular dialogues with government counterparts and UNICEF.
UNICEF’s Frontier Data Network is seeking to hire an individual who can support the team in different key tasks and projects of data communication, analysis and engineering. We are looking for an impact-driven, creative and team player with initiative and expertise who can work, with senior supervision, on different data areas to deliver joint value, create a common narrative and support specific projects, helping the team holistically to achieve impact, realize opportunity and reach key partners and champions.
To deliver on its mandate, the UNICEF PHE team is looking for an Epidemiologist to reinforce the Intelligence gathering and analytics for public health event and infectious disease outbreaks that has the potential to result in a Public Health Emergency. The consultancy will have a close working relationship with two focal points in the UNICEF Immunization team and UNICEF Supply Division, with an emphasis on emerging and re-emerging pathogens to support the work of an infectious disease outbreak response cell.
Despite the clear benefits, ECEC enrolment rates in BiH remain alarmingly low. Only 42 percent of children aged 3 to 5 participate in early education, and just 59 percent are enrolled in the year before primary school. This limited access is largely due to infrastructural constraints, inadequate investments, and regional disparities, with long waiting lists highlighting the urgent need for expansion.
To address these challenges, this engagement will first support 20 municipalities/cities in conducting a situation analysis and needs assessment for ECEC service expansion. Based on the findings, two municipalities/cities (one in Federation of BiH and one in Republika Srpska) will be selected and supported with this engagement in developing comprehensive ECEC expansion plans, to be further adopted by the local governances. The initiative will prioritize increasing access to ECEC, particularly for marginalized and vulnerable children, by leveraging innovative financing solutions, strengthening policy frameworks, and mobilizing stakeholders to drive sustainable change.
UNICEF is seeking a dedicated, proactive consultant to work closely with UNICEF Malaysia, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environmental Sustainability (NRES), and Government and Non-Government partners.
UNICEF Office for Croatia is looking for a Consultant/Lead Expert to join our team and provide technical support in all stages of the project “Strengthening the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of the National Action Plan to implement the EU Council's recommendations on establishing the European Child Guarantee (NAP CG)”, as the Croatian national component of the multi-country project supported by and in partnership with the European Commission - SG Reform, Technical Support Instrument (TSI). Under the overall coordination, management and technical guidance of UNICEF staff, the consultant is expected to provide expert advice and inputs, and coordination support services to achieve more effective planning, coordination, and monitoring of the implementation of all measures and activities planned by the national action plan for the implementation of the European Child Guarantee (NAP CG). So, if you are a self-driven professional, experienced in planning, implementation, monitoring and/or evaluation of social protection / education / public health policies and programs who understands child rights and the situation of children in Croatia, and possess a good knowledge of EU funding mechanisms and regulations as well as the Government’s budget processes, we invite you to apply for this job opportunity.
The national consultant will be helping the MoES and its affiliated institutions to develop a framework for CBE learning materials, develop sample units for selected subjects and grades, and design a financial model to support a sustainable approach to CBE learning materials.
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.
UNICEF Jamaica is seeking an experienced individual with a solid policy development background to support the revision on an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Policy for Jamaica.
We are seeking to recruit an exceptional consultant to provide support for a period of 12 months to develop and implement EOF’s communication strategy across the breadth of its work.
UNICEF Mozambique is seeking the services of an individual consultant to lead consultations with key stakeholders (as needed) and develop a comprehensive SitAn report using the latest available data and evidence. Additionally, the consultant will conduct a gender programmatic review, and a country programme evidence review.
The purpose of this consultancy is to design and carry out a participatory, gender-responsive evaluation of the “Youth in ICT World” programme that UNICEF Serbia implements with OPENS and local youth centres. The evaluation will generate evidence-based findings and actionable recommendations to guide scale-up, contextual adaptation and institutional integration of the model into Serbia’s emerging network of youth-space structures. Grounded in the EU Digital Competence Framework (DigComp), the programme offers a flexible package of non-formal learning activities, ranging from creative electronics to digital marketing and game development workshops, supported by online communities for youth aged 14-19 (with outreach to NEET, Roma and other marginalized groups). As the programme prepares to expand beyond the initial youth-centre sites, and to more communities, UNICEF requires a systematic assessment of its relevance, effectiveness, equity and sustainability.
The International Consultant will provide technical leadership and guidance to the national technical team for the introduction of whole-school approach in the process of modelling of school-based assistive technologies, devices and equipment for inclusive education.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for committed professional and expert to provide technical support to design, implement, and operationalize child-centered risk assessments, integrating the Children's Climate Risk Index (CCRI) Disaster Risk Management (DRM) frameworks, and developing climate- change- calibrated scenarios for targeted interventions. The assignment is for 10.5 months.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide graphic design support for a variety of data products for the Mortality and Demographics team and the Poverty, Equity and Gender Equality team.
The consultants will provide direct support to the Resource Centres’ (RC) staff to provide Assistive Technology (AT) to students with disabilities and introduce social robotics in the mainstream schools. The assignment will consist of several tasks which are directly connected with the usage of AT and humanoid robots in teaching and learning, including delivery of trainings and mentoring support to the RC staff on humanoid robot usage in mainstream schools. Furthermore, the consultancy will support the development and implementation of the protocol and tool developed for the usage of social robots in the classroom, and evaluation of its effectiveness in enabling and promotion of learning in inclusive education settings.
The objective of this consultancy is to support the central government and selected municipalities in Kosovo in identifying and addressing barriers to universal access to pre-primary education (age 5), while strengthening local planning capacities for sustainable ECE service expansion for children aged 0–6.
The purpose of this consultancy is the evaluation of the project “Investing in the Early Years: Accelerating Development through Integrated Early Childhood Development in Kosovo 2023-2025”, funded by the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by UNICEF (hereinafter referred to as the Evaluation).
The project aims to strengthen integrated, family-centered services in health and education, driving significant improvements in Early Childhood Development (ECD) outcomes for children from conception to five years of age. It prioritizes reaching the most vulnerable children, including those from economically disadvantaged families, as well as
children from Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian, and other minority communities, and children with disabilities or developmental delays.
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to coordinate disability inclusion programming at the Malaysia Country Office (MCO) through the management of national partnerships and providing technical guidance to support the dual-track integration of disability inclusive approaches across programmatic work, operational functions and communications, including at the UN level.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive international Consultant. The consultancy is for a period of 348 days spread over 16 months. The international consultant will be based in Majuro, RMI for the duration of the assignment with frequent in-country field missions. S/he will supervised on a day-to-day basis by the WASH Specialist of North Pacific Field Office, SBC Specialist of North Pacific Field Office, and with the support of the Chief of Field Office and the Chief of WASH programme at Suva office. S/he will to carry out the technical support and regular dialogues with government counterparts and UNICEF.
UNICEF’s Frontier Data Network is seeking to hire an individual who can support the team in different key tasks and projects of data communication, analysis and engineering. We are looking for an impact-driven, creative and team player with initiative and expertise who can work, with senior supervision, on different data areas to deliver joint value, create a common narrative and support specific projects, helping the team holistically to achieve impact, realize opportunity and reach key partners and champions.
To deliver on its mandate, the UNICEF PHE team is looking for an Epidemiologist to reinforce the Intelligence gathering and analytics for public health event and infectious disease outbreaks that has the potential to result in a Public Health Emergency. The consultancy will have a close working relationship with two focal points in the UNICEF Immunization team and UNICEF Supply Division, with an emphasis on emerging and re-emerging pathogens to support the work of an infectious disease outbreak response cell.
Despite the clear benefits, ECEC enrolment rates in BiH remain alarmingly low. Only 42 percent of children aged 3 to 5 participate in early education, and just 59 percent are enrolled in the year before primary school. This limited access is largely due to infrastructural constraints, inadequate investments, and regional disparities, with long waiting lists highlighting the urgent need for expansion.
To address these challenges, this engagement will first support 20 municipalities/cities in conducting a situation analysis and needs assessment for ECEC service expansion. Based on the findings, two municipalities/cities (one in Federation of BiH and one in Republika Srpska) will be selected and supported with this engagement in developing comprehensive ECEC expansion plans, to be further adopted by the local governances. The initiative will prioritize increasing access to ECEC, particularly for marginalized and vulnerable children, by leveraging innovative financing solutions, strengthening policy frameworks, and mobilizing stakeholders to drive sustainable change.
