The purpose of the PSE Innovation Consultancy is to support the Child Protection team in delivering on UNICEF’s PSE commitments and organizational priorities, as outlined in the work plan. This support will focus on specific, targeted initiatives, including: 1) strengthening UNICEF’s digital approaches to enhance PSEA programming through innovative and effective solutions, 2) supporting learning, knowledge management, and capacity building of UNICEF staff and partners in PSEA digital innovation, including the rollout of the PSEA Digital Innovation Technical Note, 3) providing targeted technical support on PSEA, with an emphasis on effective, safe, ethical, and responsible use of technology and digital methods to strengthen PSEA programming.
UNICEF Zambia is currently hiring a consultant to review implementation modalities and progress of the Single Window Initiative across the different single window districts.
Overall purpose of the assignment is to facilitate the reform of the child disability assessment and referral to be in line with the provisions of CRC, CRPD and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO), moving away from medical assessment to rights-based approach, focusing on assessment of functions and required community-based services for a child and a family as a whole. More specifically, the consultant will provide technical expertise for the reform of child disability assessment and referral to multisector stakeholders in selected Cantons of FBiH and Republika Srpska.
To drive awareness and advocacy around the youth skills-to-opportunity gap and inspire action to better prepare young people for the future of work and life, GenU’s communications approach involves strengthening its executive thought leadership to drive peer-to-peer engagement and leveraging the reach and influence of its public-private-youth partners. To implement these strategies, GenU requires the services of a social media content consultant who will shape messaging and assets for executive leadership tailored for a diverse set of audiences, monitor results and conversations for community engagement and inform optimized content approach for LinkedIn.
The consultant will support in planning and executing key priorities under the global strategy; work with global and country teams to deliver results to partners; strengthening P2E’s MERL approach; conceptualizing, planning, and reporting results from P2E-enabled learning-to-earning pathways, including exploring integrations with other innovative solutions; coordinating the activation and management of P2E platforms; and supporting in crowding in additional resourcing.
Join UNICEF as an International Consultant to support the adaptation of the 2023 WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children under 5 years to the Syrian context. You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Syria, by 1. Reviewing the current national CMAM guideline to identify strengths and implementation gaps. 2. Based on the implementation gap analysis from task 1 above, conducting a stakeholder meeting to adapt the 2023 WHO guidelines to the Syrian context. 3. Updating the existing CMAM implementation tools including registers, patient cards, monitoring and reporting tools, training materials in alignment with the updated CMAM guideline.
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to support UNICEF in taking appropriate actions to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse by providing technical assistance in developing training and awareness-raising content on PSEA, IP assessments, and capacity building of partners.
ECW is seeking experienced consultants to enhance and streamline ECW's grant management processes. The consultants will ensure efficient systems and clear guidelines for reporting submissions, grant extension and budget revision requests, data and file management, and institutional knowledge management. This will help ECW better support its grantees, manage increasing grants, and achieve high operational efficiency.
In line with these PSEA commitments, the purpose of the PSEA Capacity Building Consultancy is to provide support to the Child Protection Specialist - PSEA global technical lead, to deliver on UNICEF’s organizational priorities as outlined in the CPHA annual rolling work plan. This support will focus on specific, discrete PSEA initiatives, addressing targeted areas of work, including: 1) contributing to the strategic rollout and evaluation of the UN Victim Assistance Protocol, 2) development of transition guidance for mission drawdowns, and 3) rollout of the government framework on PSEA.
Under the overall direction and guidance of the WASH Cluster Coordinator, the IM Officer (WASH Cluster) will manage the IM function of the Cluster at the national level. They are responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Cluster that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. In their effort to enable an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, the IM Officer (WASH Cluster) is responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for the national Cluster participants to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions and for ensuring they are adequately coordinating with the national level.
The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships Section (PSFP) within the UNICEF Division of Private Fundraising and
Partnerships (PFP) works with National Committees and UNICEF Country Offices to maximize revenue and drive income
growth. Inside PSFP, the Virtual Hub is an incubator serving as the digital function of 16 markets across MENA, ECARO
and Singapore but also as the testing ground for new technologies, marketing channels and other types of innovation. The vision is to become the largest and most successful non-profit digital fundraising program in the world.
To fully support MICS planning, implementation and dissemination activities, UNICEF HQ needs to hire a high-level sampling consultant to advise on sampling related issues, provide feedback on data analysis including the calculation of sample weights, and report writing by reviewing sampling related components of the survey final reports.
The Public Partnerships Division’s International Financial Institutions Team supports UNICEF’s work by managing partnerships with International Financial Institutions including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Regional Development Banks, some of UNICEF’s most important and multi-faceted external partnerships.
UNICEF is scaling up its partnerships with IFIs – resulting in strategic and operational partnerships in every region in over 50 countries as well as mobilizing over $1 billion in resources annually. This consultancy will support the expanding work of the PPD IFIs team, by providing strategic partnership and IFI expertise to refine UNICEF’s engagement.
UNICEF Country Office (CO) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is committed to advancing children's rights through comprehensive initiatives aimed at addressing the multifaceted challenges facing children in the region. One of the cornerstone efforts in this regard has been the Action Plan for Children of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015-2018. This Action Plan, endorsed by the BiH Council of Ministers and developed in collaboration with various ministries, targeted crucial areas such as civil rights, violence prevention and response, family welfare, healthcare, education, and special protection measures.
Joint UNICEF as an Advocacy Officer in Brasília. You will contribute to the Communication Section, in achieving UNICEF´s main goals by using communication and advocacy strategies to mobilize citizens, influence decision makers, and engage the private sector to take action for children. You will play a key role providing professional technical and operational assistance throughout the advocacy and communication strategies to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
In this position, you will support the development and execution of national and sub-national advocacy strategies. You’ll be responsible for monitoring progress, achieving results, and collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders to advance outcomes for the most vulnerable children and adolescents. Your work will focus on impactful advocacy tactics, including media engagement, evidence generation and dissemination, and direct engagement with public sector partners.
We are looking for a dynamic professional with a strong background in advocacy and stakeholder engagement. If you are passionate with a deep commitment for children’s and adolescent rights and have a successful track record in advancing advocacy and communication with government entities, civil society, the private sector, and community-based organizations, we encourage you to apply.
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. 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 personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
UNICEF Brazil is looking for a Programme Assistant to work in our Social Policy area providing technical, operational, and administrative assistance. This exciting opportunity will also work to facilitate the communication within the other teams in Brasilia and partners. UNICEF presence in Brazil is through its main office in Brasilia and another 9 field offices around the country.
This job opportunity is presential and for Brazilians only or candidates with a work permit for Brazil.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
The Consultant will support the ADAP section by strengthening data collection, analysis, and reporting mechanisms. This role is pivotal in ensuring that UNICEF’s interventions are monitored effectively, that outcomes are well-documented, and evidence-based approach to programming and advocacy efforts. The consultant will provide timely, accurate reporting on ADAP activities and support internal and external stakeholders by organizing, interpreting, and presenting data that reflects UNICEF’s commitment to youth development in Ukraine.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support achievement of UNICEF Ukraine’s goals in youth policy strengthening. In particular, it will include the following tasks:
• Support the UNICEF Ukraine Country Office through technical advice and coordination in the development of strategic frameworks and Theories of Change, relating to Youth Policy and youth employment systems and models;
• To prepare evidence and compile data to inform UNICEF’s advocacy in youth policy review and development,;
• To provide technical support and advice in UNICEF’s policy engagement on youth employment and youth as a driving force of human capital
• To support the analysis of localised youth policies and key deprivations of youth in hromadas, and provide recommendations on how to address the gaps;
• To support UNICEF and implementing partners in planning of youth policy implementation in hromadas;
• Providing technical advice to hromadas, sharing effective practices and referring them to experts or peers for knowledge sharing;
• Support UNICEF in capacity building of implementing partners to deliver sustainable youth policy in hromadas;
• Supporting UNICEF and hromadas in showcasing their practices for the purposes of upstream youth policy work.
As a Health Specialist, you will lead UNICEF’s work of supporting the Government to strengthen PHC. Working under the overall guidance and supervision of the Chief of Health and Nutrition, the Health Specialist is expected to nurture close collaboration with government partners at the national and sub-national level, UN agencies, private sector, academia and development partners. The Health Specialist will also work closely with the UNICEF South Africa colleagues responsible for Health, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and other relevant sections to effectively drive the PHC agenda.
This position offers a unique opportunity for a qualified, motivated and committed individual to make a significant impact on children’s health and nutrition. By excelling professionally, you will contribute to the overall achievement of transformative results for children.
For every child, survival and development.
The purpose of the PSE Innovation Consultancy is to support the Child Protection team in delivering on UNICEF’s PSE commitments and organizational priorities, as outlined in the work plan. This support will focus on specific, targeted initiatives, including: 1) strengthening UNICEF’s digital approaches to enhance PSEA programming through innovative and effective solutions, 2) supporting learning, knowledge management, and capacity building of UNICEF staff and partners in PSEA digital innovation, including the rollout of the PSEA Digital Innovation Technical Note, 3) providing targeted technical support on PSEA, with an emphasis on effective, safe, ethical, and responsible use of technology and digital methods to strengthen PSEA programming.
UNICEF Zambia is currently hiring a consultant to review implementation modalities and progress of the Single Window Initiative across the different single window districts.
Overall purpose of the assignment is to facilitate the reform of the child disability assessment and referral to be in line with the provisions of CRC, CRPD and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO), moving away from medical assessment to rights-based approach, focusing on assessment of functions and required community-based services for a child and a family as a whole. More specifically, the consultant will provide technical expertise for the reform of child disability assessment and referral to multisector stakeholders in selected Cantons of FBiH and Republika Srpska.
To drive awareness and advocacy around the youth skills-to-opportunity gap and inspire action to better prepare young people for the future of work and life, GenU’s communications approach involves strengthening its executive thought leadership to drive peer-to-peer engagement and leveraging the reach and influence of its public-private-youth partners. To implement these strategies, GenU requires the services of a social media content consultant who will shape messaging and assets for executive leadership tailored for a diverse set of audiences, monitor results and conversations for community engagement and inform optimized content approach for LinkedIn.
The consultant will support in planning and executing key priorities under the global strategy; work with global and country teams to deliver results to partners; strengthening P2E’s MERL approach; conceptualizing, planning, and reporting results from P2E-enabled learning-to-earning pathways, including exploring integrations with other innovative solutions; coordinating the activation and management of P2E platforms; and supporting in crowding in additional resourcing.
Join UNICEF as an International Consultant to support the adaptation of the 2023 WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children under 5 years to the Syrian context. You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Syria, by 1. Reviewing the current national CMAM guideline to identify strengths and implementation gaps. 2. Based on the implementation gap analysis from task 1 above, conducting a stakeholder meeting to adapt the 2023 WHO guidelines to the Syrian context. 3. Updating the existing CMAM implementation tools including registers, patient cards, monitoring and reporting tools, training materials in alignment with the updated CMAM guideline.
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to support UNICEF in taking appropriate actions to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse by providing technical assistance in developing training and awareness-raising content on PSEA, IP assessments, and capacity building of partners.
ECW is seeking experienced consultants to enhance and streamline ECW's grant management processes. The consultants will ensure efficient systems and clear guidelines for reporting submissions, grant extension and budget revision requests, data and file management, and institutional knowledge management. This will help ECW better support its grantees, manage increasing grants, and achieve high operational efficiency.
In line with these PSEA commitments, the purpose of the PSEA Capacity Building Consultancy is to provide support to the Child Protection Specialist - PSEA global technical lead, to deliver on UNICEF’s organizational priorities as outlined in the CPHA annual rolling work plan. This support will focus on specific, discrete PSEA initiatives, addressing targeted areas of work, including: 1) contributing to the strategic rollout and evaluation of the UN Victim Assistance Protocol, 2) development of transition guidance for mission drawdowns, and 3) rollout of the government framework on PSEA.
Under the overall direction and guidance of the WASH Cluster Coordinator, the IM Officer (WASH Cluster) will manage the IM function of the Cluster at the national level. They are responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Cluster that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. In their effort to enable an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, the IM Officer (WASH Cluster) is responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for the national Cluster participants to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions and for ensuring they are adequately coordinating with the national level.
The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships Section (PSFP) within the UNICEF Division of Private Fundraising and
Partnerships (PFP) works with National Committees and UNICEF Country Offices to maximize revenue and drive income
growth. Inside PSFP, the Virtual Hub is an incubator serving as the digital function of 16 markets across MENA, ECARO
and Singapore but also as the testing ground for new technologies, marketing channels and other types of innovation. The vision is to become the largest and most successful non-profit digital fundraising program in the world.
To fully support MICS planning, implementation and dissemination activities, UNICEF HQ needs to hire a high-level sampling consultant to advise on sampling related issues, provide feedback on data analysis including the calculation of sample weights, and report writing by reviewing sampling related components of the survey final reports.
The Public Partnerships Division’s International Financial Institutions Team supports UNICEF’s work by managing partnerships with International Financial Institutions including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Regional Development Banks, some of UNICEF’s most important and multi-faceted external partnerships.
UNICEF is scaling up its partnerships with IFIs – resulting in strategic and operational partnerships in every region in over 50 countries as well as mobilizing over $1 billion in resources annually. This consultancy will support the expanding work of the PPD IFIs team, by providing strategic partnership and IFI expertise to refine UNICEF’s engagement.
UNICEF Country Office (CO) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is committed to advancing children's rights through comprehensive initiatives aimed at addressing the multifaceted challenges facing children in the region. One of the cornerstone efforts in this regard has been the Action Plan for Children of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015-2018. This Action Plan, endorsed by the BiH Council of Ministers and developed in collaboration with various ministries, targeted crucial areas such as civil rights, violence prevention and response, family welfare, healthcare, education, and special protection measures.
Joint UNICEF as an Advocacy Officer in Brasília. You will contribute to the Communication Section, in achieving UNICEF´s main goals by using communication and advocacy strategies to mobilize citizens, influence decision makers, and engage the private sector to take action for children. You will play a key role providing professional technical and operational assistance throughout the advocacy and communication strategies to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
In this position, you will support the development and execution of national and sub-national advocacy strategies. You’ll be responsible for monitoring progress, achieving results, and collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders to advance outcomes for the most vulnerable children and adolescents. Your work will focus on impactful advocacy tactics, including media engagement, evidence generation and dissemination, and direct engagement with public sector partners.
We are looking for a dynamic professional with a strong background in advocacy and stakeholder engagement. If you are passionate with a deep commitment for children’s and adolescent rights and have a successful track record in advancing advocacy and communication with government entities, civil society, the private sector, and community-based organizations, we encourage you to apply.
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. 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 personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
UNICEF Brazil is looking for a Programme Assistant to work in our Social Policy area providing technical, operational, and administrative assistance. This exciting opportunity will also work to facilitate the communication within the other teams in Brasilia and partners. UNICEF presence in Brazil is through its main office in Brasilia and another 9 field offices around the country.
This job opportunity is presential and for Brazilians only or candidates with a work permit for Brazil.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
The Consultant will support the ADAP section by strengthening data collection, analysis, and reporting mechanisms. This role is pivotal in ensuring that UNICEF’s interventions are monitored effectively, that outcomes are well-documented, and evidence-based approach to programming and advocacy efforts. The consultant will provide timely, accurate reporting on ADAP activities and support internal and external stakeholders by organizing, interpreting, and presenting data that reflects UNICEF’s commitment to youth development in Ukraine.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support achievement of UNICEF Ukraine’s goals in youth policy strengthening. In particular, it will include the following tasks:
• Support the UNICEF Ukraine Country Office through technical advice and coordination in the development of strategic frameworks and Theories of Change, relating to Youth Policy and youth employment systems and models;
• To prepare evidence and compile data to inform UNICEF’s advocacy in youth policy review and development,;
• To provide technical support and advice in UNICEF’s policy engagement on youth employment and youth as a driving force of human capital
• To support the analysis of localised youth policies and key deprivations of youth in hromadas, and provide recommendations on how to address the gaps;
• To support UNICEF and implementing partners in planning of youth policy implementation in hromadas;
• Providing technical advice to hromadas, sharing effective practices and referring them to experts or peers for knowledge sharing;
• Support UNICEF in capacity building of implementing partners to deliver sustainable youth policy in hromadas;
• Supporting UNICEF and hromadas in showcasing their practices for the purposes of upstream youth policy work.
As a Health Specialist, you will lead UNICEF’s work of supporting the Government to strengthen PHC. Working under the overall guidance and supervision of the Chief of Health and Nutrition, the Health Specialist is expected to nurture close collaboration with government partners at the national and sub-national level, UN agencies, private sector, academia and development partners. The Health Specialist will also work closely with the UNICEF South Africa colleagues responsible for Health, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and other relevant sections to effectively drive the PHC agenda.
This position offers a unique opportunity for a qualified, motivated and committed individual to make a significant impact on children’s health and nutrition. By excelling professionally, you will contribute to the overall achievement of transformative results for children.
For every child, survival and development.
