To strengthen risk management and implementing partnership practices across UNICEF’s MENA region by advancing the sanctions workstream, developing practical compliance and audit-informed guidance, supporting engagement with Supreme Audit Institutions, and strengthening country office delegated authority frameworks. The consultant will
work closely with the Risk Management Unit to ensure that country offices are equipped to meet evolving compliance requirements and audit expectations, manage sanctions-related risks through appropriate guidance and tools, and apply a consistent and risk-informed framework for SAI engagement where applicable.
Under the leadership of the Unit Chief and Senior Advisor, Nutrition Data, in the Data and Analytics Section and the Senior Nutrition Advisor, Child Nutrition and Development in Emergencies in Nairobi, this role will be the focal point for UNICEF’s global engagement on nutrition risk assessment, strengthening the use of nutrition data in emergency, supporting country teams to estimate the number of children at risk of wasting in humanitarian contexts, and enhancing UNICEF engagement in critical global food security initiatives (such as Integrated Phase Classification (IPC).
This consultancy is designed to establish a structured supervisory framework that strengthens both the capacity and the professional oversight of social workers. The national supervisory programme further ensures long-term sustainability while reducing the risk of subjective or inconsistent decision-making.
As a Strategic Business Partner, the incumbent will be accountable for operations functions, facilitate change, provide risk informed, solution-focused analysis, advice and services and contribute to programme and management decisions for delivering results for children in specific operational contexts. Operations Officer will accomplish this by:
The UNICEF WCARO is looking for consultancy to:
• Supporting country office deep dives to define the design, planning, and implementation of advocacy strategies.
• Providing a menu of options to support (media and content, visibility, strategic partnerships) and oversee the creation of media products.
• Creating a community of practice among countries who have identified similar challenges
• Establishing a dashboard to monitor progress via dashboard and regular forums.
• Organizing a regional meeting on Out of School Children
If you are a motivated and creative student or recent graduate who is passionate about making a meaningful difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would be pleased to hear from you.
This consultant will support government to strengthen the social service workforce through finalization of the national operational framework for social care and support and social service workforce.
Working closely with ArmStat consultant, the National Data Processing (DP) Consultant will work under the close coordination and technical guidance of UNICEF, to ensure the end-to-end customization, implementation, and management of MICS data processing systems throughout the survey lifecycle, from preparation and testing through fieldwork support, data processing, and final dataset production.
Under the overall guidance of the UNICEF Armenia Child Rights Monitoring and Evaluation (CRM/E) Specialist, and in close coordination with the National MICS Coordinator at the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia (ArmStat), the Survey Coordination Consultant will provide coordination, oversight, quality assurance and substantive technical support to the implementation of MICS Armenia 2026. The Consultant will not replace or duplicate national coordination functions but will complement them by supporting UNICEF in managing multiple consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders; ensuring quality assurance across survey phases; and guaranteeing that all processes, decisions, and outputs are properly documented and communicated to the UNICEF Regional Office and Global MICS teams.
As part of UNICEF international technical assistance, at the ministry request, and in coordination with EIB UNICEF will support the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (MinDev) by financing the maintenance of the PMSU. To ensure sustainability of UNICEF’s ongoing system-strengthening support to the water and sanitation sector. The Consultant shall perform functions defined by the Financial Agreement and Project Operations Manual, with due diligence, quality, efficiency and economy in accordance with professional standards. The Head of PMSU is responsible for Project management, coordination, monitoring and control, performing the assigned tasks.
The objective of engaging the consultant within the Programme Management Support Unit (PMSU) is to ensure the implementation of engineering and technical support activities related to the selection of sub-projects, contract execution under the Project, monitoring of the technical performance of contracts, and technical assessment of progress achieved by the final beneficiaries.
The Consultant will support the PMSU Team in carrying out day-to-day operational activities related to the Project, in order to achieve its objectives.
The Consultant will work in close coordination with the PMSU Head and other Consultants engaged or associated with the Project, and will ensure collaborative, systematic, efficient, and high-quality execution of engineering tasks.
The objectives of this assignment for the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Consultant are to support sustainable and robust M&E practices for reporting on Project activities in accordance with the Financial Agreement, the EIB Procurement Guidance, and other applicable EIB and EU Directives as described in this Terms of Reference.
UNICEF Cameroon is looking for a highly skilled, proactive, and dedicated professional to join our team as Deputy Representative, Operations (P-4 level) on a temporary appointment for four months. If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact on the lives of children in Cameroon and possess the necessary technical expertise and competencies, we strongly encourage you to apply.
UNICEF Belize is seeking an experienced Child Protection Officer to provide high-level technical and strategic support to advance national priorities on Ending Violence Against Children (EVAC), gender equality, child care reform, and resource mobilization.
The role will support the Government of Belize and national partners to strengthen multi-sectoral prevention and response systems, integrate gender-responsive and gender-transformative approaches across policies and programmes, and deliver concrete, costed frameworks and reform pathways aligned with global and regional commitments.
Working under the supervision of the Child Protection Officer, the consultant will collaborate closely with government counterparts, civil society, UN agencies, and UNICEF regional advisers, contributing to sustainable, system-level results for children and families in Belize.
To provide technical support to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in developing a scientifically grounded, gender-responsive, and coherent framework for implementing career guidance in general secondary education through: 1) Conducting a comprehensive desk research on international best practice in school-based career guidance, systems with attention to elimination of gender-based stereotypes in career exploration and providing recommendations for Ukraine. 2) Reviewing and aligning Ukraine’s current legislative and regulatory documents with these practices, ensuring coherence with global standards.
The main goal of the consultancy is to ensure timely, effective, and coordinated humanitarian action in Ethiopia by enhancing emergency preparedness systems, supporting the transition of cluster coordination mechanisms, and facilitating safe and well-planned IDP returns.
Join us as the next Operations Associate for UNICEF Mexico Country Office!
We’re seeking a dedicated professional to help strengthen UNICEF’s operational backbone in Mexico. In this role, you’ll support the Deputy Representative for Operations in ensuring core functions—finance, supply and logistics, administration, and ICT—run efficiently and in full compliance with UNICEF policies. Help us drive operational excellence aligned with UNICEF’s five pillars: Valuing People, Money, Risk Management, Systems, and Partners.
Ready to use your talent to deliver results for children in Mexico? Apply today!
This consultancy will strengthen UNICEF Bosnia and Herzegovina’s digital communications to drive advocacy efforts by providing consistent, high-quality support in planning, producing, and managing digital content across platforms. The consultant will ensure planning of a digital communications strategy, smooth execution of daily social media and web operations, deliver timely and engaging digital outputs, and support the implementation of data-informed communication and advocacy activities that advance UNICEF’s programme priorities. The assignment also includes targeted support to fundraising through the development and optimization of digital content and campaign materials that enhance donor engagement and contribute to sustainable resource mobilization.
The Operations function is a strategic Business Partner role within the Senior Management Team, assuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children. The function supports the Head of the Office on managing the office and monitoring operations and programmes as needed while providing advice on best and innovative management practices to enhance office performance.
The Generic Job Profile for a Deputy Representative, Operations, at the P4/NOD level, can be used in a large UNICEF country office, typically reporting to the Head of Office at D1/P5 level for general supervision and management.
To strengthen risk management and implementing partnership practices across UNICEF’s MENA region by advancing the sanctions workstream, developing practical compliance and audit-informed guidance, supporting engagement with Supreme Audit Institutions, and strengthening country office delegated authority frameworks. The consultant will
work closely with the Risk Management Unit to ensure that country offices are equipped to meet evolving compliance requirements and audit expectations, manage sanctions-related risks through appropriate guidance and tools, and apply a consistent and risk-informed framework for SAI engagement where applicable.
Under the leadership of the Unit Chief and Senior Advisor, Nutrition Data, in the Data and Analytics Section and the Senior Nutrition Advisor, Child Nutrition and Development in Emergencies in Nairobi, this role will be the focal point for UNICEF’s global engagement on nutrition risk assessment, strengthening the use of nutrition data in emergency, supporting country teams to estimate the number of children at risk of wasting in humanitarian contexts, and enhancing UNICEF engagement in critical global food security initiatives (such as Integrated Phase Classification (IPC).
This consultancy is designed to establish a structured supervisory framework that strengthens both the capacity and the professional oversight of social workers. The national supervisory programme further ensures long-term sustainability while reducing the risk of subjective or inconsistent decision-making.
As a Strategic Business Partner, the incumbent will be accountable for operations functions, facilitate change, provide risk informed, solution-focused analysis, advice and services and contribute to programme and management decisions for delivering results for children in specific operational contexts. Operations Officer will accomplish this by:
The UNICEF WCARO is looking for consultancy to:
• Supporting country office deep dives to define the design, planning, and implementation of advocacy strategies.
• Providing a menu of options to support (media and content, visibility, strategic partnerships) and oversee the creation of media products.
• Creating a community of practice among countries who have identified similar challenges
• Establishing a dashboard to monitor progress via dashboard and regular forums.
• Organizing a regional meeting on Out of School Children
If you are a motivated and creative student or recent graduate who is passionate about making a meaningful difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would be pleased to hear from you.
This consultant will support government to strengthen the social service workforce through finalization of the national operational framework for social care and support and social service workforce.
Working closely with ArmStat consultant, the National Data Processing (DP) Consultant will work under the close coordination and technical guidance of UNICEF, to ensure the end-to-end customization, implementation, and management of MICS data processing systems throughout the survey lifecycle, from preparation and testing through fieldwork support, data processing, and final dataset production.
Under the overall guidance of the UNICEF Armenia Child Rights Monitoring and Evaluation (CRM/E) Specialist, and in close coordination with the National MICS Coordinator at the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia (ArmStat), the Survey Coordination Consultant will provide coordination, oversight, quality assurance and substantive technical support to the implementation of MICS Armenia 2026. The Consultant will not replace or duplicate national coordination functions but will complement them by supporting UNICEF in managing multiple consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders; ensuring quality assurance across survey phases; and guaranteeing that all processes, decisions, and outputs are properly documented and communicated to the UNICEF Regional Office and Global MICS teams.
As part of UNICEF international technical assistance, at the ministry request, and in coordination with EIB UNICEF will support the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (MinDev) by financing the maintenance of the PMSU. To ensure sustainability of UNICEF’s ongoing system-strengthening support to the water and sanitation sector. The Consultant shall perform functions defined by the Financial Agreement and Project Operations Manual, with due diligence, quality, efficiency and economy in accordance with professional standards. The Head of PMSU is responsible for Project management, coordination, monitoring and control, performing the assigned tasks.
The objective of engaging the consultant within the Programme Management Support Unit (PMSU) is to ensure the implementation of engineering and technical support activities related to the selection of sub-projects, contract execution under the Project, monitoring of the technical performance of contracts, and technical assessment of progress achieved by the final beneficiaries.
The Consultant will support the PMSU Team in carrying out day-to-day operational activities related to the Project, in order to achieve its objectives.
The Consultant will work in close coordination with the PMSU Head and other Consultants engaged or associated with the Project, and will ensure collaborative, systematic, efficient, and high-quality execution of engineering tasks.
The objectives of this assignment for the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Consultant are to support sustainable and robust M&E practices for reporting on Project activities in accordance with the Financial Agreement, the EIB Procurement Guidance, and other applicable EIB and EU Directives as described in this Terms of Reference.
UNICEF Cameroon is looking for a highly skilled, proactive, and dedicated professional to join our team as Deputy Representative, Operations (P-4 level) on a temporary appointment for four months. If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact on the lives of children in Cameroon and possess the necessary technical expertise and competencies, we strongly encourage you to apply.
UNICEF Belize is seeking an experienced Child Protection Officer to provide high-level technical and strategic support to advance national priorities on Ending Violence Against Children (EVAC), gender equality, child care reform, and resource mobilization.
The role will support the Government of Belize and national partners to strengthen multi-sectoral prevention and response systems, integrate gender-responsive and gender-transformative approaches across policies and programmes, and deliver concrete, costed frameworks and reform pathways aligned with global and regional commitments.
Working under the supervision of the Child Protection Officer, the consultant will collaborate closely with government counterparts, civil society, UN agencies, and UNICEF regional advisers, contributing to sustainable, system-level results for children and families in Belize.
To provide technical support to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in developing a scientifically grounded, gender-responsive, and coherent framework for implementing career guidance in general secondary education through: 1) Conducting a comprehensive desk research on international best practice in school-based career guidance, systems with attention to elimination of gender-based stereotypes in career exploration and providing recommendations for Ukraine. 2) Reviewing and aligning Ukraine’s current legislative and regulatory documents with these practices, ensuring coherence with global standards.
The main goal of the consultancy is to ensure timely, effective, and coordinated humanitarian action in Ethiopia by enhancing emergency preparedness systems, supporting the transition of cluster coordination mechanisms, and facilitating safe and well-planned IDP returns.
Join us as the next Operations Associate for UNICEF Mexico Country Office!
We’re seeking a dedicated professional to help strengthen UNICEF’s operational backbone in Mexico. In this role, you’ll support the Deputy Representative for Operations in ensuring core functions—finance, supply and logistics, administration, and ICT—run efficiently and in full compliance with UNICEF policies. Help us drive operational excellence aligned with UNICEF’s five pillars: Valuing People, Money, Risk Management, Systems, and Partners.
Ready to use your talent to deliver results for children in Mexico? Apply today!
This consultancy will strengthen UNICEF Bosnia and Herzegovina’s digital communications to drive advocacy efforts by providing consistent, high-quality support in planning, producing, and managing digital content across platforms. The consultant will ensure planning of a digital communications strategy, smooth execution of daily social media and web operations, deliver timely and engaging digital outputs, and support the implementation of data-informed communication and advocacy activities that advance UNICEF’s programme priorities. The assignment also includes targeted support to fundraising through the development and optimization of digital content and campaign materials that enhance donor engagement and contribute to sustainable resource mobilization.
The Operations function is a strategic Business Partner role within the Senior Management Team, assuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children. The function supports the Head of the Office on managing the office and monitoring operations and programmes as needed while providing advice on best and innovative management practices to enhance office performance.
The Generic Job Profile for a Deputy Representative, Operations, at the P4/NOD level, can be used in a large UNICEF country office, typically reporting to the Head of Office at D1/P5 level for general supervision and management.
