The assignment aims to strengthen the governance, coordination and operational effectiveness of Italy’s protection system for unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) through the mapping and capitalization of existing good practices and interinstitutional coordination mechanisms developed within the juvenile justice system and its interaction with the reception system, with a view to supporting national authorities—particularly the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Interior—in enhancing the consistency and timeliness of child protection pathways across territories, in line with Law 47/2017 and the implementation priorities stemming from the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and Regulation (EU) 2024/1351.
The assignment will deliver a concise, synthesis-driven product that will support strategic humanitarian learning within ECARO and contribute to cross-regional learning considering the forthcoming merging of the ECA and MENA regional office. By systematizing evaluative evidence and lessons from the ECA region, the synthesis will serve as a “state of the art” reference on regional approaches to emergency preparedness and response, with an emphasis on transferable lessons, and good practices. In this sense, the final product is intended not only as an evaluative synthesis but also as a knowledge management resource, to guide future preparedness and response strategies, across regional comparable humanitarian environments.
The Regional Staff Counsellor (P-4) in the Latin America Caribbean region will contribute towards the development of a corporate framework for staff well-being and promote its implementation at the regional level. The framework will identify activities aimed at: raising awareness about healthy work practices; improving the work-life balance of UNICEF staff; facilitating the provision of assistance to staff/family experiencing work-related and/or personal problems; facilitating the provision of immediate support following a traumatic incident. As the Latin America Caribbean region is prone to emergencies, there is a need for frequent support across the region.
The Regional Staff Counsellor will work in coordination with the network of UN counsellors globally. Frequent field missions and/or virtual sessions as well as close collaboration with Country Offices are required.
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Join our UNICEF Colombia team and make a difference in the lives of children and adolescents!
UNICEF Colombia is looking for a Fundraising Associate (Digital Paid Media). In this role, you will be responsible for implementing and optimizing UNICEF’s digital fundraising strategy through paid media channels. Working under the guidance of the Digital Fundraising Officer, you will support the execution and monitoring of digital acquisition campaigns, ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s global fundraising objectives.
Your expertise in data-driven insights and innovative digital approaches will help maximize paid media investments and engage potential donors online. By strengthening UNICEF’s digital fundraising capabilities, you will contribute to long-term financial sustainability and create a greater impact for children in need.
This position covers a broad range of HR functions, however, depending on the context, the incumbent may focus on all, some, or only one or two areas with great depth.
UNICEF is seeking a Communications Specialist (P‑4) for Generation Unlimited, based in Rome, to develop, manage and implement communication strategies to promote awareness, understanding, investment and action towards skilling and connecting young people to opportunities. The role is responsible for activating Generation Unlimited’s partnership network, leading communication campaigns, strengthening partnerships, supporting resource mobilization, and driving multimedia storytelling and advocacy. The position contributes to amplifying impact and engagement across global and country levels, supporting Generation Unlimited’s mission to ensure that every young person is in school, learning, training or employment.
We are looking for a Programme Manager (Infrastructure Finance) who will play a key role in operationalizing Giga’s financing strategy, building on existing approaches and project finance tools. The role leads and coordinates engagement with international financial institutions (IFIs), development finance institutions (DFIs), and private sector partners, and contributes to the structuring of financing solutions and the development of digital infrastructure investment pipelines.
The Innovation Specialist (P3 TA) – Connect operates under the strategic direction of the Innovation Manager (Design and Connect), and is responsible for providing project oversight, coordination, and quality assurance for UNICEF’s SPARK and COMPASS initiatives within the Office of Innovation. The position serves as a central point of integration between strategy, delivery capacity, and country engagement, ensuring that these initiatives are implemented coherently, to a high standard, and in alignment with Office of Innovation priorities.
The SIKAI Learning Assessment and Data Use programme, under UNICEF Global Education Practice, supports countries with strengthening the generation, analysis, interpretation, and effective use of learning assessment data to inform evidence-based education policy, sector planning, and classroom practice. The programme places particular emphasis on advancing equitable learning outcomes in resource-constrained, fragile, and crisis-affected contexts.
Through technical leadership and strategic support, SIKAI aims to enhance national capacities for designing, implementing, and institutionalizing learning assessments, while ensuring that assessment data are translated into actionable insights that drive policy reform and education system improvement.
The consultancy will contribute to the delivery of high-quality, timely, and strategic direct technical assistance to UNICEF Country Offices and government counterparts on the use of learning assessment data.
The consultant will support the development of technical guidance, knowledge products, analytical outputs, and cross-country learning initiatives, while ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s broader education priorities and global commitments.
UNICEF is seeking a WASH Specialist (Level 4) to provide expertise on cholera and other public health emergencies (PHE) at global and field levels. The role supports UNICEF Country Offices and partners in strengthening preparedness, response and prevention of WASH-related diseases through technical assistance, programme development and implementation, and partnership coordination. Based within the Centre of Excellence, the position contributes to WASH, Humanitarian and Resilience priorities, supports Pandemic Fund implementation, and ensures delivery of high impact WASH interventions in emergency contexts.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical leadership and project management for UNICEF’s Foundational Learning (FL) portfolio. Working in seamless coordination with the Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE), the consultant will lead the co-design, quality assurance, and implementation of evidence-based interventions. The focus is on scaling evidence based models across primary, preparatory, and TVET levels to ensure every learner achieves foundational mastery in alignment with national priorities.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the use of the Integrated Data System (IDS) as a core decision-support platform within UNICEF Pakistan.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for Education Officer who will provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistance, particularly to activities related to foundational (literacy and numeracy) learning, including gender and disability inclusive education in the context of reaching ‘last mile’ learners in early education. The Officer will under key tasks relating to education programme planning for delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, monitoring, evaluating and reporting. The Officer’s tasks will be particularly focused on facilitating sub-national programme implementation. The Officer will also contribute to the preparation of research activities, aimed at education system strengthening, focusing on improving learning quality. The contract is under Temporary Appointment for 364 days.
India Country Office is seeking an experienced Education Specialist for their Field offices in Mumbai and Gandhinagar who will be responsible and contributes to the development and preparation of the education programme and is accountable for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on education interventions. The role focuses on providing technical guidance and management support across all stages of programming to ensure the achievement of sustainable results in line with organizational strategies, results-based management approaches, and accountability frameworks, with particular attention to improving learning outcomes and advancing equitable and inclusive education for marginalized and disadvantaged children.
The purpose of the assignment, is to engage a technical expert for a short-term consultancy to conduct a situation analysis of current Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) practices, including the management of immunization sharps waste, in public health care facilities in Myanmar. The consultant will adapt the existing guidelines and ensure their alignment with international standards. In addition, the consultant will review the existing policy and guidelines, update training materials, develop a costed five-year roadmap of activities with feasible business models, and conduct Training of Trainers (TOT) sessions on waste management, including immunization and sharp waste management.
UNICEF seeks an experienced Consultant to provide high-level technical, policy and coordination support to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat, ASEAN Health Cluster 1 and Member States to accelerate progress on large-scale food fortification (LSFF) across the East Asia and Pacific Region (EAPR).
UNICEF Global Programme Division is seeking an individual consultant to provide technical support and guidance on key initiatives under gender-transformative education programmes, with a focus on the empowerment of girls, skills building for girls, and young people’s transition to decent work.
The objective of this consultancy is to develop a comprehensive, standardized biomedical equipment list aligned with the
Kiribati RDP, enabling: a) appropriate equipping of health facilities by level of care; b) standardized specifications to guide
procurement and costing; c) improved functionality, maintenance, and sustainability of equipment; d) alignment between
service delivery packages and infrastructure capacity.
UNICEF seeks to create a digital platform to connect universities across Africa. This platform will serve as a network for academia to share resources, optimize faculty development programs, discuss pedagogical approaches to integrating SBC courses into current curricula, and provide a space to share success stories.
UNICEF en Cuba se complace en anunciar 2 puestos vacantes de Asociados/as de Programa , nivel G-6 con nombramiento a término fijo (Fixed Term Appointment). UNICEF Cuba comienza en 2026 un nuevo CPD (2026-2030) y estas posiciones contribuirán al apoyo especializado, tanto programático como administrativo, para facilitar el desarrollo, la implementación y el seguimiento de los programas de UNICEF. Esta función implica una participación sustancial en el análisis de datos, el seguimiento presupuestario, la elaboración de informes y la coordinación con actores internos y externos, a fin de asegurar una ejecución eficaz y el cumplimiento de las normas organizacionales.
Te animamos a consultar la descripción del pefil y si te consideras una candidatura potencial y cumples los requerimientos, bienvenida tu postulación a esta excelente oportunidad de ser parte del equipo de UNICEF en Cuba.
The assignment aims to strengthen the governance, coordination and operational effectiveness of Italy’s protection system for unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) through the mapping and capitalization of existing good practices and interinstitutional coordination mechanisms developed within the juvenile justice system and its interaction with the reception system, with a view to supporting national authorities—particularly the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Interior—in enhancing the consistency and timeliness of child protection pathways across territories, in line with Law 47/2017 and the implementation priorities stemming from the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and Regulation (EU) 2024/1351.
The assignment will deliver a concise, synthesis-driven product that will support strategic humanitarian learning within ECARO and contribute to cross-regional learning considering the forthcoming merging of the ECA and MENA regional office. By systematizing evaluative evidence and lessons from the ECA region, the synthesis will serve as a “state of the art” reference on regional approaches to emergency preparedness and response, with an emphasis on transferable lessons, and good practices. In this sense, the final product is intended not only as an evaluative synthesis but also as a knowledge management resource, to guide future preparedness and response strategies, across regional comparable humanitarian environments.
The Regional Staff Counsellor (P-4) in the Latin America Caribbean region will contribute towards the development of a corporate framework for staff well-being and promote its implementation at the regional level. The framework will identify activities aimed at: raising awareness about healthy work practices; improving the work-life balance of UNICEF staff; facilitating the provision of assistance to staff/family experiencing work-related and/or personal problems; facilitating the provision of immediate support following a traumatic incident. As the Latin America Caribbean region is prone to emergencies, there is a need for frequent support across the region.
The Regional Staff Counsellor will work in coordination with the network of UN counsellors globally. Frequent field missions and/or virtual sessions as well as close collaboration with Country Offices are required.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, the right to a Future
Join our UNICEF Colombia team and make a difference in the lives of children and adolescents!
UNICEF Colombia is looking for a Fundraising Associate (Digital Paid Media). In this role, you will be responsible for implementing and optimizing UNICEF’s digital fundraising strategy through paid media channels. Working under the guidance of the Digital Fundraising Officer, you will support the execution and monitoring of digital acquisition campaigns, ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s global fundraising objectives.
Your expertise in data-driven insights and innovative digital approaches will help maximize paid media investments and engage potential donors online. By strengthening UNICEF’s digital fundraising capabilities, you will contribute to long-term financial sustainability and create a greater impact for children in need.
This position covers a broad range of HR functions, however, depending on the context, the incumbent may focus on all, some, or only one or two areas with great depth.
UNICEF is seeking a Communications Specialist (P‑4) for Generation Unlimited, based in Rome, to develop, manage and implement communication strategies to promote awareness, understanding, investment and action towards skilling and connecting young people to opportunities. The role is responsible for activating Generation Unlimited’s partnership network, leading communication campaigns, strengthening partnerships, supporting resource mobilization, and driving multimedia storytelling and advocacy. The position contributes to amplifying impact and engagement across global and country levels, supporting Generation Unlimited’s mission to ensure that every young person is in school, learning, training or employment.
We are looking for a Programme Manager (Infrastructure Finance) who will play a key role in operationalizing Giga’s financing strategy, building on existing approaches and project finance tools. The role leads and coordinates engagement with international financial institutions (IFIs), development finance institutions (DFIs), and private sector partners, and contributes to the structuring of financing solutions and the development of digital infrastructure investment pipelines.
The Innovation Specialist (P3 TA) – Connect operates under the strategic direction of the Innovation Manager (Design and Connect), and is responsible for providing project oversight, coordination, and quality assurance for UNICEF’s SPARK and COMPASS initiatives within the Office of Innovation. The position serves as a central point of integration between strategy, delivery capacity, and country engagement, ensuring that these initiatives are implemented coherently, to a high standard, and in alignment with Office of Innovation priorities.
The SIKAI Learning Assessment and Data Use programme, under UNICEF Global Education Practice, supports countries with strengthening the generation, analysis, interpretation, and effective use of learning assessment data to inform evidence-based education policy, sector planning, and classroom practice. The programme places particular emphasis on advancing equitable learning outcomes in resource-constrained, fragile, and crisis-affected contexts.
Through technical leadership and strategic support, SIKAI aims to enhance national capacities for designing, implementing, and institutionalizing learning assessments, while ensuring that assessment data are translated into actionable insights that drive policy reform and education system improvement.
The consultancy will contribute to the delivery of high-quality, timely, and strategic direct technical assistance to UNICEF Country Offices and government counterparts on the use of learning assessment data.
The consultant will support the development of technical guidance, knowledge products, analytical outputs, and cross-country learning initiatives, while ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s broader education priorities and global commitments.
UNICEF is seeking a WASH Specialist (Level 4) to provide expertise on cholera and other public health emergencies (PHE) at global and field levels. The role supports UNICEF Country Offices and partners in strengthening preparedness, response and prevention of WASH-related diseases through technical assistance, programme development and implementation, and partnership coordination. Based within the Centre of Excellence, the position contributes to WASH, Humanitarian and Resilience priorities, supports Pandemic Fund implementation, and ensures delivery of high impact WASH interventions in emergency contexts.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical leadership and project management for UNICEF’s Foundational Learning (FL) portfolio. Working in seamless coordination with the Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE), the consultant will lead the co-design, quality assurance, and implementation of evidence-based interventions. The focus is on scaling evidence based models across primary, preparatory, and TVET levels to ensure every learner achieves foundational mastery in alignment with national priorities.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the use of the Integrated Data System (IDS) as a core decision-support platform within UNICEF Pakistan.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for Education Officer who will provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistance, particularly to activities related to foundational (literacy and numeracy) learning, including gender and disability inclusive education in the context of reaching ‘last mile’ learners in early education. The Officer will under key tasks relating to education programme planning for delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, monitoring, evaluating and reporting. The Officer’s tasks will be particularly focused on facilitating sub-national programme implementation. The Officer will also contribute to the preparation of research activities, aimed at education system strengthening, focusing on improving learning quality. The contract is under Temporary Appointment for 364 days.
India Country Office is seeking an experienced Education Specialist for their Field offices in Mumbai and Gandhinagar who will be responsible and contributes to the development and preparation of the education programme and is accountable for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on education interventions. The role focuses on providing technical guidance and management support across all stages of programming to ensure the achievement of sustainable results in line with organizational strategies, results-based management approaches, and accountability frameworks, with particular attention to improving learning outcomes and advancing equitable and inclusive education for marginalized and disadvantaged children.
The purpose of the assignment, is to engage a technical expert for a short-term consultancy to conduct a situation analysis of current Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) practices, including the management of immunization sharps waste, in public health care facilities in Myanmar. The consultant will adapt the existing guidelines and ensure their alignment with international standards. In addition, the consultant will review the existing policy and guidelines, update training materials, develop a costed five-year roadmap of activities with feasible business models, and conduct Training of Trainers (TOT) sessions on waste management, including immunization and sharp waste management.
UNICEF seeks an experienced Consultant to provide high-level technical, policy and coordination support to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat, ASEAN Health Cluster 1 and Member States to accelerate progress on large-scale food fortification (LSFF) across the East Asia and Pacific Region (EAPR).
UNICEF Global Programme Division is seeking an individual consultant to provide technical support and guidance on key initiatives under gender-transformative education programmes, with a focus on the empowerment of girls, skills building for girls, and young people’s transition to decent work.
The objective of this consultancy is to develop a comprehensive, standardized biomedical equipment list aligned with the
Kiribati RDP, enabling: a) appropriate equipping of health facilities by level of care; b) standardized specifications to guide
procurement and costing; c) improved functionality, maintenance, and sustainability of equipment; d) alignment between
service delivery packages and infrastructure capacity.
UNICEF seeks to create a digital platform to connect universities across Africa. This platform will serve as a network for academia to share resources, optimize faculty development programs, discuss pedagogical approaches to integrating SBC courses into current curricula, and provide a space to share success stories.
UNICEF en Cuba se complace en anunciar 2 puestos vacantes de Asociados/as de Programa , nivel G-6 con nombramiento a término fijo (Fixed Term Appointment). UNICEF Cuba comienza en 2026 un nuevo CPD (2026-2030) y estas posiciones contribuirán al apoyo especializado, tanto programático como administrativo, para facilitar el desarrollo, la implementación y el seguimiento de los programas de UNICEF. Esta función implica una participación sustancial en el análisis de datos, el seguimiento presupuestario, la elaboración de informes y la coordinación con actores internos y externos, a fin de asegurar una ejecución eficaz y el cumplimiento de las normas organizacionales.
Te animamos a consultar la descripción del pefil y si te consideras una candidatura potencial y cumples los requerimientos, bienvenida tu postulación a esta excelente oportunidad de ser parte del equipo de UNICEF en Cuba.
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