UNICEF’s Innovative Finance Hub works to develop financing solutions that accelerate progress for children and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a global mandate, the Hub brings together innovation, partnerships and investment expertise to address a critical challenge: despite a global SDG financing gap exceeding USD 4 trillion, children remain largely overlooked in investment decision-making. While companies and investors have significant impacts on children’s lives through products, employment, communities and environmental practices, child rights considerations are rarely integrated into investment strategies. This assignment will support UNICEF’s efforts to mobilize capital, strengthen child-focused finance approaches, and promote investment practices that better advance child rights and development outcomes.
Location:Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Finland
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Ministry of Justice and UNICEF in developing a practical, rights-based and institutionally sustainable monitoring framework on the status of children in contact with the justice system that can be adopted and routinely applied by the Ministry of Justice. The framework should enable regular collection, consolidation and analysis of relevant data and support evidence-based policy development and monitoring of the implementation of children’s rights within the justice system.
Provide dedicated, office-based communication support to the two EU-funded programmes over 36 months, weighted to reflect UNICEF’s role in each: approximately 70% of time for EU4PEOPLE, where UNICEF is lead agency, and 30% for the Roma Assistance Programme, where UNICEF is a participating agency. Under the guidance of the Communication Officer, the Communication Associate will support communication, visibility and event management for EU4PEOPLE, including day-to-day coordination with communication colleagues from partner UN agencies; deliver UNICEF’s communication contributions to the UNDP-led Roma Assistance Programme; ensure compliance with EU and UNICEF branding and visibility rules; and produce ethical, evidence-based and human-interest content that makes programme results visible to decision-makers, professionals, communities and the general public.
The consultant will work in close coordination with the Ministry of Family Care and Demography, the Ministry of Labour,
Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, and UNICEF in planning and conducting the analysis of trends in the alternative
care system in the Republic of Serbia.
The assignment will focus on examining trends, challenges, and the quality of existing policies and practices in alternative
care, with particular attention to permanency planning, outcomes for children deprived of parental care within the child
protection system, and factors contributing to prolonged stays in alternative care.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the design, development, piloting, and operationalization of a national micro-credentialing approach for selected professions sector competencies in Iraq. The consultant will contribute to developing the methodology, competency standards, assessment tools, training materials, and implementation modalities for the micro-credentialing framework while ensuring alignment with national systems, labour market requirements, and UNICEF inclusion and safeguarding standards.
The National Consultant will provide technical/operational support and monitoring throughout implementation of
activities to facilitate the management and delivery of results and to strengthen national ownership of the activities,
ensuring efficiency, quality assurance and value for money.
The National Consultant will also contribute to ensuring close liaison with the Government at different levels and support UNICEF in the development of TORs in line with established rules and procedures.
This assignment aims to support the development of UNICEF’s global learning assessment data portal by integrating data from multiple regional and international assessments into a single platform. The consultant will contribute to data management, harmonization and visualization efforts, helping improve access to comparable foundational learning data in reading and numeracy to strengthen evidence generation, monitoring and education decision-making.
This assignment aims to support UNICEF’s MICS-EMIS initiative by integrating and analyzing education administrative data and household survey data to provide a more comprehensive understanding of enrolment, progression and learning outcomes. The consultant will acquire, clean and standardize education datasets from multiple countries, link them with MICS data, generate analytical insights, and develop reproducible processes and tools that can be scaled and applied across additional countries.
UNICEF is seeking a Consultant who will provide dedicated backend software engineering capacity to support this transition. The consultant will work closely with the product and tech team of Connectivity Credits, who will provide the overall technical direction and architecture, and will be responsible for implementing agreed backend services, event-driven workflows, integrations and supporting deployment infrastructure.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant who will contribute to the institutionalization of cost-effectiveness and impact modelling approaches within UNICEF innovation programming and support the generation of robust evidence to inform strategy, resource allocation, scale-up decisions and [LK2.1]partner engagement.
The Global Disability Team and Global Mental Health Team require time-bound programme coordination and organizational support for selected activities planned in 2027. These include coordination of disability-related meetings and events, preparations for the 2027 Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, organization of an internal MHPSS learning series, and planning and coordination of the 2027 UNICEF Global MHPSS Network Meeting.
Under the overall guidance of the ECE/D Specialist and direct supervision of the ECD Officer, the Individual Consultant will support the implementation and monitoring of preschool education initiatives, with a particular focus on the capacity development components of project activities aimed at improving the quality of preschool education in Uzbekistan.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide temporary administrative and programme-support services to the Programme Associate (PA) Hub, strengthening its capacity to manage increased transactional and documentation requirements across the programme portfolio. The consultant will support the preparation, organization, quality review, tracking, processing and follow-up of programme-related documentation and requests, ensuring that submissions received from programme sections and implementing partners are complete, properly documented and processed through established UNICEF workflows.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support in developing Guidelines on Best Interests Assessment and Determination for unaccompanied and separated children by facilitating multi-sectoral consultations, undertaking legal and policy analysis, and drafting practical guidance that strengthens decision-making on durable solutions in line with international standards and national legislation.
To provide technical and analytical support to UNICEF's evidence generation and policy work on household vulnerability and shock-responsive social protection, including collaborative analytical products and policy recommendations with UN partners in the context of recent and compound shocks, including the Middle East crisis.
UNICEF Sri Lanka generates evidence and policy recommendations to strengthen household resilience and shock responsive social protection in the context of recurrent and overlapping economic, climate, disaster and external shocks.
As part of this evidence generation, UNICEF is undertaking a rapid telephone-based household survey to examine household socioeconomic conditions, exposure to recent shocks, coping responses, social protection, access to essential services and child wellbeing, including household-level impacts associated with the Middle East crisis. UNICEF also collaborates with other UN partners on complementary analytical work that brings together different evidence streams and translates them into practical policy recommendations. This consultancy will support two connected areas of UNICEF's evidence and policy work. First, it will use relevant findings from the rapid telephone-based household survey, together with complementary evidence generated with UN partners,
to contribute to a focused live case study on shock-responsive social protection, using Aswesuma as the principal entry
point. Second, it will support the household vulnerability and social protection component of a broader collaborativeanal Es. This second analytical stream will be explicitly built on the upstream enterprise and value-chain analysis undertaken by the collaborating UN partner(s). Based on the priority
sectors, affected worker groups, employment channels and enterprise-level impacts identified through that analysis.
The Consultant will identify and cultivate strategic partnerships aligned with YuWaah's priorities, develop compelling partnership propositions and engagement materials, and support the advancement of opportunities across corporates, foundations, philanthropies, and other ecosystem partners. The role will strengthen partner stewardship, support high-level convenings and collaborative platforms that catalyse cross-sector action for youth.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health in the planning, implementation,
monitoring, and reporting of preventive and curative nutrition interventions delivered through the health system. The
consultant will work closely with relevant departments of the Ministry of Health to enhance coordination, support evidence
based programming, and contribute to the effective delivery of nutrition services and interventions.
Within this context, UNICEF is increasing its focus on delivering climate-resilient social services and strengthening the capacity of staff and partners to design and deliver them. The consultant will support this shift through a combination of capacity strengthening, knowledge management and technical assistance.
The consultant will support capacity-strengthening initiatives, contribute to internal knowledge management and communications, and provide technical support on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, as well as resource mobilization efforts. The consultant will work closely with the Climate Resilience CoE, other CoEs, relevant divisions, satellite offices, and regional and country offices to strengthen UNICEF’s institutional capacity to deliver results for children in a changing climate.
UNICEF’s Innovative Finance Hub works to develop financing solutions that accelerate progress for children and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a global mandate, the Hub brings together innovation, partnerships and investment expertise to address a critical challenge: despite a global SDG financing gap exceeding USD 4 trillion, children remain largely overlooked in investment decision-making. While companies and investors have significant impacts on children’s lives through products, employment, communities and environmental practices, child rights considerations are rarely integrated into investment strategies. This assignment will support UNICEF’s efforts to mobilize capital, strengthen child-focused finance approaches, and promote investment practices that better advance child rights and development outcomes.
Location:Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Finland
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Ministry of Justice and UNICEF in developing a practical, rights-based and institutionally sustainable monitoring framework on the status of children in contact with the justice system that can be adopted and routinely applied by the Ministry of Justice. The framework should enable regular collection, consolidation and analysis of relevant data and support evidence-based policy development and monitoring of the implementation of children’s rights within the justice system.
Provide dedicated, office-based communication support to the two EU-funded programmes over 36 months, weighted to reflect UNICEF’s role in each: approximately 70% of time for EU4PEOPLE, where UNICEF is lead agency, and 30% for the Roma Assistance Programme, where UNICEF is a participating agency. Under the guidance of the Communication Officer, the Communication Associate will support communication, visibility and event management for EU4PEOPLE, including day-to-day coordination with communication colleagues from partner UN agencies; deliver UNICEF’s communication contributions to the UNDP-led Roma Assistance Programme; ensure compliance with EU and UNICEF branding and visibility rules; and produce ethical, evidence-based and human-interest content that makes programme results visible to decision-makers, professionals, communities and the general public.
The consultant will work in close coordination with the Ministry of Family Care and Demography, the Ministry of Labour,
Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, and UNICEF in planning and conducting the analysis of trends in the alternative
care system in the Republic of Serbia.
The assignment will focus on examining trends, challenges, and the quality of existing policies and practices in alternative
care, with particular attention to permanency planning, outcomes for children deprived of parental care within the child
protection system, and factors contributing to prolonged stays in alternative care.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the design, development, piloting, and operationalization of a national micro-credentialing approach for selected professions sector competencies in Iraq. The consultant will contribute to developing the methodology, competency standards, assessment tools, training materials, and implementation modalities for the micro-credentialing framework while ensuring alignment with national systems, labour market requirements, and UNICEF inclusion and safeguarding standards.
The National Consultant will provide technical/operational support and monitoring throughout implementation of
activities to facilitate the management and delivery of results and to strengthen national ownership of the activities,
ensuring efficiency, quality assurance and value for money.
The National Consultant will also contribute to ensuring close liaison with the Government at different levels and support UNICEF in the development of TORs in line with established rules and procedures.
This assignment aims to support the development of UNICEF’s global learning assessment data portal by integrating data from multiple regional and international assessments into a single platform. The consultant will contribute to data management, harmonization and visualization efforts, helping improve access to comparable foundational learning data in reading and numeracy to strengthen evidence generation, monitoring and education decision-making.
This assignment aims to support UNICEF’s MICS-EMIS initiative by integrating and analyzing education administrative data and household survey data to provide a more comprehensive understanding of enrolment, progression and learning outcomes. The consultant will acquire, clean and standardize education datasets from multiple countries, link them with MICS data, generate analytical insights, and develop reproducible processes and tools that can be scaled and applied across additional countries.
UNICEF is seeking a Consultant who will provide dedicated backend software engineering capacity to support this transition. The consultant will work closely with the product and tech team of Connectivity Credits, who will provide the overall technical direction and architecture, and will be responsible for implementing agreed backend services, event-driven workflows, integrations and supporting deployment infrastructure.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant who will contribute to the institutionalization of cost-effectiveness and impact modelling approaches within UNICEF innovation programming and support the generation of robust evidence to inform strategy, resource allocation, scale-up decisions and [LK2.1]partner engagement.
The Global Disability Team and Global Mental Health Team require time-bound programme coordination and organizational support for selected activities planned in 2027. These include coordination of disability-related meetings and events, preparations for the 2027 Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, organization of an internal MHPSS learning series, and planning and coordination of the 2027 UNICEF Global MHPSS Network Meeting.
Under the overall guidance of the ECE/D Specialist and direct supervision of the ECD Officer, the Individual Consultant will support the implementation and monitoring of preschool education initiatives, with a particular focus on the capacity development components of project activities aimed at improving the quality of preschool education in Uzbekistan.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide temporary administrative and programme-support services to the Programme Associate (PA) Hub, strengthening its capacity to manage increased transactional and documentation requirements across the programme portfolio. The consultant will support the preparation, organization, quality review, tracking, processing and follow-up of programme-related documentation and requests, ensuring that submissions received from programme sections and implementing partners are complete, properly documented and processed through established UNICEF workflows.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support in developing Guidelines on Best Interests Assessment and Determination for unaccompanied and separated children by facilitating multi-sectoral consultations, undertaking legal and policy analysis, and drafting practical guidance that strengthens decision-making on durable solutions in line with international standards and national legislation.
To provide technical and analytical support to UNICEF's evidence generation and policy work on household vulnerability and shock-responsive social protection, including collaborative analytical products and policy recommendations with UN partners in the context of recent and compound shocks, including the Middle East crisis.
UNICEF Sri Lanka generates evidence and policy recommendations to strengthen household resilience and shock responsive social protection in the context of recurrent and overlapping economic, climate, disaster and external shocks.
As part of this evidence generation, UNICEF is undertaking a rapid telephone-based household survey to examine household socioeconomic conditions, exposure to recent shocks, coping responses, social protection, access to essential services and child wellbeing, including household-level impacts associated with the Middle East crisis. UNICEF also collaborates with other UN partners on complementary analytical work that brings together different evidence streams and translates them into practical policy recommendations. This consultancy will support two connected areas of UNICEF's evidence and policy work. First, it will use relevant findings from the rapid telephone-based household survey, together with complementary evidence generated with UN partners,
to contribute to a focused live case study on shock-responsive social protection, using Aswesuma as the principal entry
point. Second, it will support the household vulnerability and social protection component of a broader collaborativeanal Es. This second analytical stream will be explicitly built on the upstream enterprise and value-chain analysis undertaken by the collaborating UN partner(s). Based on the priority
sectors, affected worker groups, employment channels and enterprise-level impacts identified through that analysis.
The Consultant will identify and cultivate strategic partnerships aligned with YuWaah's priorities, develop compelling partnership propositions and engagement materials, and support the advancement of opportunities across corporates, foundations, philanthropies, and other ecosystem partners. The role will strengthen partner stewardship, support high-level convenings and collaborative platforms that catalyse cross-sector action for youth.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health in the planning, implementation,
monitoring, and reporting of preventive and curative nutrition interventions delivered through the health system. The
consultant will work closely with relevant departments of the Ministry of Health to enhance coordination, support evidence
based programming, and contribute to the effective delivery of nutrition services and interventions.
Within this context, UNICEF is increasing its focus on delivering climate-resilient social services and strengthening the capacity of staff and partners to design and deliver them. The consultant will support this shift through a combination of capacity strengthening, knowledge management and technical assistance.
The consultant will support capacity-strengthening initiatives, contribute to internal knowledge management and communications, and provide technical support on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, as well as resource mobilization efforts. The consultant will work closely with the Climate Resilience CoE, other CoEs, relevant divisions, satellite offices, and regional and country offices to strengthen UNICEF’s institutional capacity to deliver results for children in a changing climate.
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