As an Intern with the Programme Group, you will provide vital research and analytical support, helping translate strategic recommendations into a concrete, executable plan of action. You will focus on ensuring that discussions and initiatives are scalable, sustainable, and effectively targeted, particularly in complex urban environments.
This internship offers an exceptional opportunity to gain insight into UNICEF’s programme design, policy influence, and global coordination work, while contributing directly to initiatives that enable every child to thrive through play and sport.
The purpose of this assignment is to build capability essential to achieve the Private Sector Engagement Transformation strategic building block. Specifically, to design and develop a training program that enables.
1. All staff of UNICEF PFP/the broader private sector ecosystem including National Committees and country offices to understand and value the role of audience insights in private sector engagement (i.e. the power of insight-led decisions, propositions and experiences.
2. Audience-facing sections of UNICEF PFP/the broader private sector ecosystem including National Committees and country offices to discover, distill and embed audience insights at the core to inform strategies and implementation processes.
The training will support the organization’s ambition to strengthen an audience-centric culture, where decisions are consistently informed by a deep understanding of supporter and partner motivations, perceptions, and behaviors.
As UNICEF Uganda is initiating the newly developed country programme for 2026-2030, WASH team is expanding the portfolio into Environment and Climate Action, in alignment with an urgent need and increasing adverse impact of climate change on child-critical social services such as on health, nutrition, WASH, education and protection in Uganda.
Aligned to the purpose of the country programme, a WASH in institutions programme in Karamoja sub-region for 5 years has also been initiated with financial support from the development partner such as KOICA, which includes a strategic transition to a system strengthening approach with upstream support to enhance institutional capacity, policy guidelines and financing framework for long-term sustainability whilst support the expansion of WASH facilities in total of 150 schools and 15 health care facilities in all nine districts in Karamoja subregion.
This requires specialized support to coordinate with the national and sub-national partners to undertake the planned interventions. The technical assistance is to institutionalize national guidance, operational framework and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, particularly during the inception phase.
This assignment is also stretching out to Environment and Climate Action work to ensure coordinated technical support, strategic engagement with key stakeholders and exploring innovations related to climate resilient WASH services, climate education, and renewable energy such as solarization and biogas systems at schools, health care facilities and communities.
Under the direct supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Officer-in-Charge for Country Support), under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director, Programmes, in close collaboration with the Senior Adviser Global Solutions and in coordination with wider GenU Programme team, the consultant will provide bespoke services and products to countries and regions already implementing- or in the process of establishing the full GenU model (Public Private Youth Partnership Governance structure and programme delivery) and/or delivering GenU related programmes to increase these countries ability to develop or deliver on their GenU agenda. The consultant will collaborate across the GenU Global Team and UNICEF Programme Group/to be established Center of Excellence teams to strengthen Country Offices’ ability to effectively develop their GenU agenda and operationalize programme delivery plus monitor plans intending to impact young people within the learning to earning and social impact space, in line with the GenU Strategy which is linked to the UNICEF SP. As part of this work, in close collaboration with the Senior Adviser Global Solutions, the consultant will also provide targeted support in the development of the work-based learning (WBL) programmatic portfolio, helping to design and deliver global programming aiming to increase the uptake of WBL interventions in UNICEF Country Offices and beyond, thus providing technical and operational support to the implementation of GenU’s Digital Initiatives programme supported by Global Affairs Canada. The WBL component is expected to constitute 30% of the consultant's level of effort.
Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) remains a vital child-survival intervention that significantly reduces mortality in vitamin A–deficient populations. Global VAS coverage initially peaked at 78% in 2009, dropped to 41% in 2020 due to pandemic disruptions, but recovered to the same high level in the years that followed.
The Vitamin A Supplementation in a New Age (VINA) initiative, launched in 2023 with Global Affairs Canada funding, operates across 15 sub-Saharan African countries. By 2024, over 50 million children (6–59 months) received two VAS doses. However, coverage remains unevenly distributed within and between countries, with several countries consistent posting very low coverage, highlighting persistent system and equity challenges.
VINA has a strong mandate to identify and address gender-related barriers to quality VAS services. Headquarters, regional, and country teams have integrated gender analysis and action planning into their programming with set targets to report on. Four VINA countries are implementing special studies on gender and VAS.
This consultancy will:
1. Consolidate and synthesize analyses, special studies, country support documents etc. for write-up into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
2. Consolidate and synthesize regional, and country office report for writeup into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
3. Support dissemination activities on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and VAS—finalizing reports, policy briefs, and facilitating webinars and design outputs.
The Midterm review is a key moment for government and partners to assess the implementation of the priority reform. It will serve as an opportunity to course- correct, strengthen alignment of partner interventions (including GPE grants), identify gaps or stubborn bottlenecks to reform delivery, mobilize additional financing, and agree that future GPE support could add value. In addition, it will also serve as the basis for the GPE Board decision on the next country allocation. The Compact mid-term review will provide space to support the following objectives:
• Review the overall progress and achievements of education reform implementation envisioned under Partnership Compact with focus priority reform theory of change, including commitments to gender equality and inclusion as well as enabling factors: (1) data and evidence; (2) sector planning, policy, and monitoring; (3) sector coordination; and (4) volume, equity, and efficiency of domestic public expenditure on education,
• Assess how different programs have contributed to progress on the priority reform,
L’objectif de cette consultance est de renforcer la capacité logistique de la centrale d'achat de medicaments de Madagascar (SALAMA) en contexte normal et d’améliorer sa résilience face aux urgences logistiques à travers le développement de capacités internes, l’amélioration des processus et la mise en place d’outils de préparation et de réponse, en collaboration avec l’équipe d’UNICEF.
UNICEF Romania invites qualified candidates to express their interest to be included in the roster of SOCIAL POLICY OF CONSULTANTS. The roster of consultants is being established to support ongoing and future interventions in all areas of the social policy programme: public finance, social protection, and local governance. The consultants will contribute to evidence generation, technical assistance and documentation of results.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
As part of its mission to skill and connect the world’s 1.8 billion youth to opportunities for education, employment, and social impact, Generation Unlimited (GenU) delivers skilling programmes supporting young people to transition to employment. To advance this work and position GenU as the global leader in learning-to-earning pathways, particularly for the Global South, GenU is recruiting a Content Specialist consultant. This role will drive innovation in content strategy, AI mainstreaming, and the development of a globally recognized certification framework that enhances employability, fosters job placement, and establishes GenU as the go-to organization for youth digital credentials in the Global South.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director Programmes, under the direct supervision of the Senior Advisor, Global Programmes, in collaboration with the Global Passport to Earning (P2E) Coordinator and UNICEF and GenU partners, the consultant will support the development and implementation of a global certification strategy, with a strong emphasis on earning outcomes. This includes supporting the implementation of the AI Action Plan (including training for GenU staff and mainstreaming AI content through the library), managing youth engagement for P2E, supporting the implementation of the Creative Academy and providing country-level support to ensure content and certifications lead to tangible employment results. The consultant will play a pivotal role in updating the Global Library, curating inclusive content, and advocating for GenU's certification model at global fora to build partnerships that connect youth to jobs.
UNICEF operates within a complex reporting environment, with multiple requirements across different organizational levels and at various points throughout the year. Over time, these reporting processes have become increasingly fragmented, characterized by overlapping data needs, differing timelines, and duplication of effort. Staff across offices spend considerable time reformatting and repackaging similar information to meet diverse internal and external reporting demands, resulting in inefficiencies and diverting attention from analytical and strategic work.
Recognizing these challenges, UNICEF seeks to engage a consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of its eco-reporting functions, requirements, and related systems. The consultancy will identify opportunities to streamline, simplify, and harmonize reporting processes and systems across the organization—reducing redundancies, alleviating staff workload, and enhancing data coherence and flow. The expected outcome is a more integrated and efficient reporting ecosystem that allows data to flow seamlessly across dashboards and systems, eliminating repetitive data entry and enabling the strategic use of artificial intelligence to support data summarization, analysis, and accessibility for end users.
UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire is recruiting an International Consultant to ensure the quality of the 2025 COAR (Country Office Annual Report) constituted by the narrative report, the assessment of the 9 outcomes and the 30 associated outputs and comments about the Core Standard Indicators (CSI) in accordance with HQ and RO guidelines
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to operationalize UNICEF’s Child-Lens Investing agenda in East Asia and the Pacific and south Asia, translating insights from an upcoming 2025 ESG Regional Review assessing how companies report on children’s rights for approx. 2,000 companies across the region. Through strategic support, the consultancy will drive advocacy, partnerships, and capacity building efforts that enable UNICEF and its partners to engage finance actors as drivers of impact for children, as well as by empowering Country Offices to engage more holistically and strategically with potential corporate partners across the region.
The overall objective of this consultancy is to provide technical and coordination support to the UN Country Team for the effective facilitation of the UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard assessment.
The NOB Social Policy Officer (PF4C) Officer will report to the Chief Child Protection and Social Policy and work closely with technical leads working on Social Protection, Child Protection, Health and Nutrition, Education, and Climate. The Officer provides strong management and leadership to the work on PFM to deliver timely and quality results against the annual workplan and in line with the Country Programme Document (CPD). S/he will also be responsible for effective budget management, as well as ensuring compliance with donor conditionalities and effective coordination with development partners in the areas of responsibility.
The Guidance Note of the UN Secretary General (S-G) on Child Rights Mainstreaming (CRM) 2023 aims to integrate child rights across all United Nations (UN) activities. The evaluability assessment is being planned to understand UNICEF and the UN system’s capacities and readiness to implement the Guidance Note. This evaluability assessment will provide credible evidence in relation to existing mechanisms, actions, capacities, barriers and enablers for the mainstreaming of children’s rights across the UN system with the aim of providing actionable insights to strengthen implementation.
The evaluation will be managed by the UNICEF Evaluation Office using a blended management approach with a team comprising two internal staff members and two external consultants. The two external consultants will bring complementary expertise, with one serving as the Evaluation Team Leader/ and the other as the Child Rights Consultant. Close collaboration with the UNICEF Human Rights Team in the Programme Group, the Office of the Executive Director, and other stakeholders is expected.
This ToR relates specifically to the Evaluation Team Leader role. The consultant will provide strategic and methodological support for the evaluation, ensuring high-quality, timely, and credible deliverables through effective coordination, stakeholder engagement, and rigorous design, data collection, analysis and reporting.
The primary purpose of this consultancy is to enable UNICEF immunization team to lead in organizing Hub calls and convening meetings, such as the Demand Hub Steering Committee (DHSC), monthly meetings and face to face meetings of the Expanded Partners; produce documentation of actions agreed upon; organize agreed number of technical sessions to build capacity on the new emerging areas in demand and supporting the Demand Hub leadership team to convene and discuss strategic discussion to guide the Demand Hub.
The consultant will:
1. Institutionalize creative, and where appropriate innovative, approaches (e.g., in impact evaluation methods, processes, or overall evaluation data approaches) for all programme evaluations -and other portfolios as possible- to maximize the timeliness, efficiency, rigor cost‐efficiency and/or rigour and credibility of the evaluation
2. Use data science to generating new meaningful and timely evidence for evaluations with secondary data sources. Develop code for evaluations that allows customization for rapid analysis of secondary and non-traditional sources (e.g. big data such as mobile phone data, satellite imagery, tapping on internal textual monitoring and reporting data) of data using machine learning and artificial intelligence can strengthen the evidence derived from traditional evaluation methods. .
3. Improve efficiencies in evaluations by developing data processing solutions that can be replicated across evaluations thematic and data types. The resources and time spent in conducting data processing and analytics tasks can be reduced significantly by automating tasks that are often repeated across evaluations. For example, facilitating the identification and analysis of relevant evaluation reports during the planning and scoping phases; reviewing programme documents, monitoring, reporting and expenditure data.
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is a global network of operational agencies, academic institutions, policymakers, donors and practitioners that facilitates inter-agency technical collaboration on child protection in all humanitarian contexts. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-leads the Alliance with rotating NGO, currently the International Rescue Committee and Hurras Network. The Alliance sets standards and produces technical guidance for use by the various stakeholders, particularly field practitioners. Its mission is to support humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in humanitarian contexts, in both refugee and non-refugee settings.
UNICEF also co-leads the Learning and Development Working Group (L&D WG) and provides a dedicated human resource to lead L&D activities within the Alliance. The purpose of the assignment is to support implementing activities of the L&D WG guided by the Alliance Strategic Brief: Sustaining Child Protection in a Changing Humanitarian Landscape as well as the Alliance CPHA L&D Roadmap, while also taking into account the development of a new strategy to be formulated over the course of 2026 to guide the subsequent strategic period commencing mid-2026
As an Intern with the Programme Group, you will provide vital research and analytical support, helping translate strategic recommendations into a concrete, executable plan of action. You will focus on ensuring that discussions and initiatives are scalable, sustainable, and effectively targeted, particularly in complex urban environments.
This internship offers an exceptional opportunity to gain insight into UNICEF’s programme design, policy influence, and global coordination work, while contributing directly to initiatives that enable every child to thrive through play and sport.
The purpose of this assignment is to build capability essential to achieve the Private Sector Engagement Transformation strategic building block. Specifically, to design and develop a training program that enables.
1. All staff of UNICEF PFP/the broader private sector ecosystem including National Committees and country offices to understand and value the role of audience insights in private sector engagement (i.e. the power of insight-led decisions, propositions and experiences.
2. Audience-facing sections of UNICEF PFP/the broader private sector ecosystem including National Committees and country offices to discover, distill and embed audience insights at the core to inform strategies and implementation processes.
The training will support the organization’s ambition to strengthen an audience-centric culture, where decisions are consistently informed by a deep understanding of supporter and partner motivations, perceptions, and behaviors.
As UNICEF Uganda is initiating the newly developed country programme for 2026-2030, WASH team is expanding the portfolio into Environment and Climate Action, in alignment with an urgent need and increasing adverse impact of climate change on child-critical social services such as on health, nutrition, WASH, education and protection in Uganda.
Aligned to the purpose of the country programme, a WASH in institutions programme in Karamoja sub-region for 5 years has also been initiated with financial support from the development partner such as KOICA, which includes a strategic transition to a system strengthening approach with upstream support to enhance institutional capacity, policy guidelines and financing framework for long-term sustainability whilst support the expansion of WASH facilities in total of 150 schools and 15 health care facilities in all nine districts in Karamoja subregion.
This requires specialized support to coordinate with the national and sub-national partners to undertake the planned interventions. The technical assistance is to institutionalize national guidance, operational framework and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, particularly during the inception phase.
This assignment is also stretching out to Environment and Climate Action work to ensure coordinated technical support, strategic engagement with key stakeholders and exploring innovations related to climate resilient WASH services, climate education, and renewable energy such as solarization and biogas systems at schools, health care facilities and communities.
Under the direct supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Officer-in-Charge for Country Support), under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director, Programmes, in close collaboration with the Senior Adviser Global Solutions and in coordination with wider GenU Programme team, the consultant will provide bespoke services and products to countries and regions already implementing- or in the process of establishing the full GenU model (Public Private Youth Partnership Governance structure and programme delivery) and/or delivering GenU related programmes to increase these countries ability to develop or deliver on their GenU agenda. The consultant will collaborate across the GenU Global Team and UNICEF Programme Group/to be established Center of Excellence teams to strengthen Country Offices’ ability to effectively develop their GenU agenda and operationalize programme delivery plus monitor plans intending to impact young people within the learning to earning and social impact space, in line with the GenU Strategy which is linked to the UNICEF SP. As part of this work, in close collaboration with the Senior Adviser Global Solutions, the consultant will also provide targeted support in the development of the work-based learning (WBL) programmatic portfolio, helping to design and deliver global programming aiming to increase the uptake of WBL interventions in UNICEF Country Offices and beyond, thus providing technical and operational support to the implementation of GenU’s Digital Initiatives programme supported by Global Affairs Canada. The WBL component is expected to constitute 30% of the consultant's level of effort.
Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) remains a vital child-survival intervention that significantly reduces mortality in vitamin A–deficient populations. Global VAS coverage initially peaked at 78% in 2009, dropped to 41% in 2020 due to pandemic disruptions, but recovered to the same high level in the years that followed.
The Vitamin A Supplementation in a New Age (VINA) initiative, launched in 2023 with Global Affairs Canada funding, operates across 15 sub-Saharan African countries. By 2024, over 50 million children (6–59 months) received two VAS doses. However, coverage remains unevenly distributed within and between countries, with several countries consistent posting very low coverage, highlighting persistent system and equity challenges.
VINA has a strong mandate to identify and address gender-related barriers to quality VAS services. Headquarters, regional, and country teams have integrated gender analysis and action planning into their programming with set targets to report on. Four VINA countries are implementing special studies on gender and VAS.
This consultancy will:
1. Consolidate and synthesize analyses, special studies, country support documents etc. for write-up into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
2. Consolidate and synthesize regional, and country office report for writeup into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
3. Support dissemination activities on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and VAS—finalizing reports, policy briefs, and facilitating webinars and design outputs.
The Midterm review is a key moment for government and partners to assess the implementation of the priority reform. It will serve as an opportunity to course- correct, strengthen alignment of partner interventions (including GPE grants), identify gaps or stubborn bottlenecks to reform delivery, mobilize additional financing, and agree that future GPE support could add value. In addition, it will also serve as the basis for the GPE Board decision on the next country allocation. The Compact mid-term review will provide space to support the following objectives:
• Review the overall progress and achievements of education reform implementation envisioned under Partnership Compact with focus priority reform theory of change, including commitments to gender equality and inclusion as well as enabling factors: (1) data and evidence; (2) sector planning, policy, and monitoring; (3) sector coordination; and (4) volume, equity, and efficiency of domestic public expenditure on education,
• Assess how different programs have contributed to progress on the priority reform,
L’objectif de cette consultance est de renforcer la capacité logistique de la centrale d'achat de medicaments de Madagascar (SALAMA) en contexte normal et d’améliorer sa résilience face aux urgences logistiques à travers le développement de capacités internes, l’amélioration des processus et la mise en place d’outils de préparation et de réponse, en collaboration avec l’équipe d’UNICEF.
UNICEF Romania invites qualified candidates to express their interest to be included in the roster of SOCIAL POLICY OF CONSULTANTS. The roster of consultants is being established to support ongoing and future interventions in all areas of the social policy programme: public finance, social protection, and local governance. The consultants will contribute to evidence generation, technical assistance and documentation of results.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
As part of its mission to skill and connect the world’s 1.8 billion youth to opportunities for education, employment, and social impact, Generation Unlimited (GenU) delivers skilling programmes supporting young people to transition to employment. To advance this work and position GenU as the global leader in learning-to-earning pathways, particularly for the Global South, GenU is recruiting a Content Specialist consultant. This role will drive innovation in content strategy, AI mainstreaming, and the development of a globally recognized certification framework that enhances employability, fosters job placement, and establishes GenU as the go-to organization for youth digital credentials in the Global South.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director Programmes, under the direct supervision of the Senior Advisor, Global Programmes, in collaboration with the Global Passport to Earning (P2E) Coordinator and UNICEF and GenU partners, the consultant will support the development and implementation of a global certification strategy, with a strong emphasis on earning outcomes. This includes supporting the implementation of the AI Action Plan (including training for GenU staff and mainstreaming AI content through the library), managing youth engagement for P2E, supporting the implementation of the Creative Academy and providing country-level support to ensure content and certifications lead to tangible employment results. The consultant will play a pivotal role in updating the Global Library, curating inclusive content, and advocating for GenU's certification model at global fora to build partnerships that connect youth to jobs.
UNICEF operates within a complex reporting environment, with multiple requirements across different organizational levels and at various points throughout the year. Over time, these reporting processes have become increasingly fragmented, characterized by overlapping data needs, differing timelines, and duplication of effort. Staff across offices spend considerable time reformatting and repackaging similar information to meet diverse internal and external reporting demands, resulting in inefficiencies and diverting attention from analytical and strategic work.
Recognizing these challenges, UNICEF seeks to engage a consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of its eco-reporting functions, requirements, and related systems. The consultancy will identify opportunities to streamline, simplify, and harmonize reporting processes and systems across the organization—reducing redundancies, alleviating staff workload, and enhancing data coherence and flow. The expected outcome is a more integrated and efficient reporting ecosystem that allows data to flow seamlessly across dashboards and systems, eliminating repetitive data entry and enabling the strategic use of artificial intelligence to support data summarization, analysis, and accessibility for end users.
UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire is recruiting an International Consultant to ensure the quality of the 2025 COAR (Country Office Annual Report) constituted by the narrative report, the assessment of the 9 outcomes and the 30 associated outputs and comments about the Core Standard Indicators (CSI) in accordance with HQ and RO guidelines
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to operationalize UNICEF’s Child-Lens Investing agenda in East Asia and the Pacific and south Asia, translating insights from an upcoming 2025 ESG Regional Review assessing how companies report on children’s rights for approx. 2,000 companies across the region. Through strategic support, the consultancy will drive advocacy, partnerships, and capacity building efforts that enable UNICEF and its partners to engage finance actors as drivers of impact for children, as well as by empowering Country Offices to engage more holistically and strategically with potential corporate partners across the region.
The overall objective of this consultancy is to provide technical and coordination support to the UN Country Team for the effective facilitation of the UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard assessment.
The NOB Social Policy Officer (PF4C) Officer will report to the Chief Child Protection and Social Policy and work closely with technical leads working on Social Protection, Child Protection, Health and Nutrition, Education, and Climate. The Officer provides strong management and leadership to the work on PFM to deliver timely and quality results against the annual workplan and in line with the Country Programme Document (CPD). S/he will also be responsible for effective budget management, as well as ensuring compliance with donor conditionalities and effective coordination with development partners in the areas of responsibility.
The Guidance Note of the UN Secretary General (S-G) on Child Rights Mainstreaming (CRM) 2023 aims to integrate child rights across all United Nations (UN) activities. The evaluability assessment is being planned to understand UNICEF and the UN system’s capacities and readiness to implement the Guidance Note. This evaluability assessment will provide credible evidence in relation to existing mechanisms, actions, capacities, barriers and enablers for the mainstreaming of children’s rights across the UN system with the aim of providing actionable insights to strengthen implementation.
The evaluation will be managed by the UNICEF Evaluation Office using a blended management approach with a team comprising two internal staff members and two external consultants. The two external consultants will bring complementary expertise, with one serving as the Evaluation Team Leader/ and the other as the Child Rights Consultant. Close collaboration with the UNICEF Human Rights Team in the Programme Group, the Office of the Executive Director, and other stakeholders is expected.
This ToR relates specifically to the Evaluation Team Leader role. The consultant will provide strategic and methodological support for the evaluation, ensuring high-quality, timely, and credible deliverables through effective coordination, stakeholder engagement, and rigorous design, data collection, analysis and reporting.
The primary purpose of this consultancy is to enable UNICEF immunization team to lead in organizing Hub calls and convening meetings, such as the Demand Hub Steering Committee (DHSC), monthly meetings and face to face meetings of the Expanded Partners; produce documentation of actions agreed upon; organize agreed number of technical sessions to build capacity on the new emerging areas in demand and supporting the Demand Hub leadership team to convene and discuss strategic discussion to guide the Demand Hub.
The consultant will:
1. Institutionalize creative, and where appropriate innovative, approaches (e.g., in impact evaluation methods, processes, or overall evaluation data approaches) for all programme evaluations -and other portfolios as possible- to maximize the timeliness, efficiency, rigor cost‐efficiency and/or rigour and credibility of the evaluation
2. Use data science to generating new meaningful and timely evidence for evaluations with secondary data sources. Develop code for evaluations that allows customization for rapid analysis of secondary and non-traditional sources (e.g. big data such as mobile phone data, satellite imagery, tapping on internal textual monitoring and reporting data) of data using machine learning and artificial intelligence can strengthen the evidence derived from traditional evaluation methods. .
3. Improve efficiencies in evaluations by developing data processing solutions that can be replicated across evaluations thematic and data types. The resources and time spent in conducting data processing and analytics tasks can be reduced significantly by automating tasks that are often repeated across evaluations. For example, facilitating the identification and analysis of relevant evaluation reports during the planning and scoping phases; reviewing programme documents, monitoring, reporting and expenditure data.
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is a global network of operational agencies, academic institutions, policymakers, donors and practitioners that facilitates inter-agency technical collaboration on child protection in all humanitarian contexts. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-leads the Alliance with rotating NGO, currently the International Rescue Committee and Hurras Network. The Alliance sets standards and produces technical guidance for use by the various stakeholders, particularly field practitioners. Its mission is to support humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in humanitarian contexts, in both refugee and non-refugee settings.
UNICEF also co-leads the Learning and Development Working Group (L&D WG) and provides a dedicated human resource to lead L&D activities within the Alliance. The purpose of the assignment is to support implementing activities of the L&D WG guided by the Alliance Strategic Brief: Sustaining Child Protection in a Changing Humanitarian Landscape as well as the Alliance CPHA L&D Roadmap, while also taking into account the development of a new strategy to be formulated over the course of 2026 to guide the subsequent strategic period commencing mid-2026
