UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
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.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
UNICEF is committed to advancing climate‑resilient development and exploring innovative financing approaches that can support child-focused climate action. As part of this work, UNICEF is assessing opportunities to design, pilot, and evaluate carbon credit schemes that can mobilize high-integrity climate finance to safeguard children’s rights and accelerate sustainable financing for WASH. In the context of this, UNICEF now seeks to engage a highly qualified Sustainable Finance Specialist with technical expertise in carbon credit project development, climate finance mechanisms, and sustainable and blended financing models supporting UNICEF’s climate action programming.
UNICEF is committed to advancing climate‑resilient development and exploring innovative financing approaches that can support child-focused climate action. As part of this work, UNICEF is assessing opportunities for design, pilot, and scaling of models that can mobilize and accelerate sustainable and blended financing for WASH.
In the context of this, UNICEF proposes to engage the expertise of a highly qualified Sustainable and Blended Finance specialist to facilitate the effective implementation of sustainable and innovative finance solutions for WASH. These tasks encompass scoping, mapping, and supporting Sustainable Finance solutions, and technical support to regional and country offices as well as advising HQ, regional, and country offices working on scaling solutions and projects.
The consultant will support the implementation of the WASH Work Plan and KM under the multi-country grants, working closely with team members and regional WASH colleagues.
The UNICEF Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub (‘the Hub’) is accelerating the scaling of transformative water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) innovations for vulnerable children and their families, and strong collaboration is at the heart of this mission. The WASH Hub sources, pilots and scales transformational climate-resilient solutions that respond to key programmatic challenges that, if solved, will unlock faster progress for a water secure future for children and young people. This consultancy will strengthen the Hub’s role as a global catalyst, bringing together innovators, practitioners, researchers, and communities to solve the most pressing WASH challenges facing children.
The Hub acts as a global accelerator for climate-resilient solutions. To scale these solutions, the Hub requires flexible and agile contracting pathways that allow for co-creation within UNICEF Country offices. This consultancy is designed to map, review, assess and provide clear guidance on the specific contracting instruments available within the UN system, specifically focusing on UNICEF, UNDP, WFP and UNOPS frameworks for the innovation and co-creation contracting procedures, and to provide actionable feedback and recommendations that strengthen the WASH Innovation Hub’s ability to select and apply the most suitable contracting pathways that support innovation and co-creation.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
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.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
UNICEF is committed to advancing climate‑resilient development and exploring innovative financing approaches that can support child-focused climate action. As part of this work, UNICEF is assessing opportunities to design, pilot, and evaluate carbon credit schemes that can mobilize high-integrity climate finance to safeguard children’s rights and accelerate sustainable financing for WASH. In the context of this, UNICEF now seeks to engage a highly qualified Sustainable Finance Specialist with technical expertise in carbon credit project development, climate finance mechanisms, and sustainable and blended financing models supporting UNICEF’s climate action programming.
UNICEF is committed to advancing climate‑resilient development and exploring innovative financing approaches that can support child-focused climate action. As part of this work, UNICEF is assessing opportunities for design, pilot, and scaling of models that can mobilize and accelerate sustainable and blended financing for WASH.
In the context of this, UNICEF proposes to engage the expertise of a highly qualified Sustainable and Blended Finance specialist to facilitate the effective implementation of sustainable and innovative finance solutions for WASH. These tasks encompass scoping, mapping, and supporting Sustainable Finance solutions, and technical support to regional and country offices as well as advising HQ, regional, and country offices working on scaling solutions and projects.
The consultant will support the implementation of the WASH Work Plan and KM under the multi-country grants, working closely with team members and regional WASH colleagues.
The UNICEF Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub (‘the Hub’) is accelerating the scaling of transformative water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) innovations for vulnerable children and their families, and strong collaboration is at the heart of this mission. The WASH Hub sources, pilots and scales transformational climate-resilient solutions that respond to key programmatic challenges that, if solved, will unlock faster progress for a water secure future for children and young people. This consultancy will strengthen the Hub’s role as a global catalyst, bringing together innovators, practitioners, researchers, and communities to solve the most pressing WASH challenges facing children.
The Hub acts as a global accelerator for climate-resilient solutions. To scale these solutions, the Hub requires flexible and agile contracting pathways that allow for co-creation within UNICEF Country offices. This consultancy is designed to map, review, assess and provide clear guidance on the specific contracting instruments available within the UN system, specifically focusing on UNICEF, UNDP, WFP and UNOPS frameworks for the innovation and co-creation contracting procedures, and to provide actionable feedback and recommendations that strengthen the WASH Innovation Hub’s ability to select and apply the most suitable contracting pathways that support innovation and co-creation.
