UNICEF is seeking a Health Specialist (Health Emergency Preparedness and Response – HEPR), P‑4 to support governments and UNICEF Country Offices in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from public health emergencies and humanitarian crises. Based within UNICEF’s Centre of Excellence, this role provides high‑quality technical assistance, including surge deployments, to strengthen health systems, ensure continuity of essential services, and uphold the Core Commitments for Children in emergency settings. The position contributes to global health security, multi‑sectoral coordination, and implementation of Pandemic Fund–supported initiatives, directly advancing UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2026–2029 and health emergency priorities.
The Central African Republic continues to face structural challenges affecting equitable access to basic social services, particularly in areas with limited-service coverage. These constraints, combined with population movements observed in certain parts of the country, continue to affect the protective environment of children.
Children are consequently exposed to protection-related vulnerabilities, including family separation, limited access to essential services, and harmful practices. The availability and accessibility of child protection services and community-based mechanisms remain limited, particularly in remote or underserved areas.
Recent regional developments, including the situation in neighboring Sudan, have contributed to population movements toward the northern regions of the country, requiring sustained attention to ensure that services remain responsive to the needs of affected populations, particularly children.
In response, UNICEF supports national authorities in strengthening child protection systems and delivering prevention and response services, including case management, psychosocial support, and reintegration assistance for children in vulnerable situations.
These efforts are complemented by the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agenda which supports the protection of children from grave violations, promotes their release and reintegration, and strengthens prevention and response mechanisms in line with international standards.
Against this backdrop, the Consultant will support the strengthening of Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) in the Central African Republic, with a focus on advancing the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agenda. The Consultant will contribute to enhancing the quality, coherence, and reach of child protection responses in complex operational settings, including by strengthening linkages between prevention, service delivery, and coordination mechanisms, in alignment with international standards.
UNICEF’s Independent Evaluation Office partners in a variety of other ways, from joint and inter-agency evaluation collaborations to networks to strengthen linkages between evaluation and programming (e.g., ALNAP), coordinate its evaluations with those of other agencies (e.g. through the United Nations Evaluation Group, the United Nations Sustainable Development Group System-Wide Evaluation Office and the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations mechanism) and the broader UN and evidence/evaluation synthesis community (e.g. the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative). It also partners to communicate its work e.g., through national, regional and global evaluation associations and other Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs).The Evaluation Specialist (Partnerships and National Evaluation Capacity Development) will deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, policy influence and potential resource mobilization within the scope of assignment. S/He will also serve as a focal point and resource for colleagues in the area of national evaluation capacity development (NECD) partnerships, including country-led NECD initiatives. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF’s partnerships and NECD work and influence in support of its mission.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical analytical support to the Urban Poverty study in the United Republic of Tanzania and produce a working paper for publication and a policy brief for advocacy.
Background
UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti (UNICEF Innocenti) and UNICEF Tanzania Country Office (TCO) are collaborating to generate high-quality, policy-relevant evidence on urban poverty and deprivation in Tanzania. The collaboration aims to produce a peer-reviewed working paper and a policy brief that will inform UNICEF advocacy, programme design, and resource mobilization in support of urban social protection, targeting, and inclusive urban development.
Rapid urbanization in Tanzania has intensified spatial inequalities, particularly within large urban centres where informal settlements and localized deprivation are often masked by aggregate statistics. While recent global studies have produced micro-estimates of wealth and poverty, these models lack the spatial granularity required to map intra-urban disparities relevant for city-level planning and intervention.
This research addresses that gap by developing an urban-focused, high-resolution poverty mapping approach, integrating geospatial data and machine-learning techniques. The analysis will focus on six Tier-1 cities—Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma, Mbeya, and Zanzibar City—where the density of survey data enables robust model training and validation.
Within this context, UNICEF Innocenti seeks to recruit a Research Analyst (Consultant) to provide technical and analytical support to the study, contributing directly to the processing of geospatial data, predictive modelling, analysis, and drafting of the working paper and the policy brief
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
UNICEF is seeking a Health Specialist (Health Emergency Preparedness and Response – HEPR), P‑4 to support governments and UNICEF Country Offices in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from public health emergencies and humanitarian crises. Based within UNICEF’s Centre of Excellence, this role provides high‑quality technical assistance, including surge deployments, to strengthen health systems, ensure continuity of essential services, and uphold the Core Commitments for Children in emergency settings. The position contributes to global health security, multi‑sectoral coordination, and implementation of Pandemic Fund–supported initiatives, directly advancing UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2026–2029 and health emergency priorities.
The Central African Republic continues to face structural challenges affecting equitable access to basic social services, particularly in areas with limited-service coverage. These constraints, combined with population movements observed in certain parts of the country, continue to affect the protective environment of children.
Children are consequently exposed to protection-related vulnerabilities, including family separation, limited access to essential services, and harmful practices. The availability and accessibility of child protection services and community-based mechanisms remain limited, particularly in remote or underserved areas.
Recent regional developments, including the situation in neighboring Sudan, have contributed to population movements toward the northern regions of the country, requiring sustained attention to ensure that services remain responsive to the needs of affected populations, particularly children.
In response, UNICEF supports national authorities in strengthening child protection systems and delivering prevention and response services, including case management, psychosocial support, and reintegration assistance for children in vulnerable situations.
These efforts are complemented by the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agenda which supports the protection of children from grave violations, promotes their release and reintegration, and strengthens prevention and response mechanisms in line with international standards.
Against this backdrop, the Consultant will support the strengthening of Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) in the Central African Republic, with a focus on advancing the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agenda. The Consultant will contribute to enhancing the quality, coherence, and reach of child protection responses in complex operational settings, including by strengthening linkages between prevention, service delivery, and coordination mechanisms, in alignment with international standards.
UNICEF’s Independent Evaluation Office partners in a variety of other ways, from joint and inter-agency evaluation collaborations to networks to strengthen linkages between evaluation and programming (e.g., ALNAP), coordinate its evaluations with those of other agencies (e.g. through the United Nations Evaluation Group, the United Nations Sustainable Development Group System-Wide Evaluation Office and the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations mechanism) and the broader UN and evidence/evaluation synthesis community (e.g. the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative). It also partners to communicate its work e.g., through national, regional and global evaluation associations and other Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs).The Evaluation Specialist (Partnerships and National Evaluation Capacity Development) will deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, policy influence and potential resource mobilization within the scope of assignment. S/He will also serve as a focal point and resource for colleagues in the area of national evaluation capacity development (NECD) partnerships, including country-led NECD initiatives. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF’s partnerships and NECD work and influence in support of its mission.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical analytical support to the Urban Poverty study in the United Republic of Tanzania and produce a working paper for publication and a policy brief for advocacy.
Background
UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti (UNICEF Innocenti) and UNICEF Tanzania Country Office (TCO) are collaborating to generate high-quality, policy-relevant evidence on urban poverty and deprivation in Tanzania. The collaboration aims to produce a peer-reviewed working paper and a policy brief that will inform UNICEF advocacy, programme design, and resource mobilization in support of urban social protection, targeting, and inclusive urban development.
Rapid urbanization in Tanzania has intensified spatial inequalities, particularly within large urban centres where informal settlements and localized deprivation are often masked by aggregate statistics. While recent global studies have produced micro-estimates of wealth and poverty, these models lack the spatial granularity required to map intra-urban disparities relevant for city-level planning and intervention.
This research addresses that gap by developing an urban-focused, high-resolution poverty mapping approach, integrating geospatial data and machine-learning techniques. The analysis will focus on six Tier-1 cities—Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma, Mbeya, and Zanzibar City—where the density of survey data enables robust model training and validation.
Within this context, UNICEF Innocenti seeks to recruit a Research Analyst (Consultant) to provide technical and analytical support to the study, contributing directly to the processing of geospatial data, predictive modelling, analysis, and drafting of the working paper and the policy brief
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
