Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and youth? UNICEF Pacific is looking for a dynamic and proactive international consultant to join our team in Suva, Fiji. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the health and nutrition of children across the Pacific Island Countries.
UNICEF’s Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean is seeking a consultant to design a user-friendly SharePoint communication site for the Private Fundraising & Partnerships (PFP) team. The role includes enhancing collaboration across country offices and providing expert guidance on SharePoint knowledge management best practices.
As UNICEF drives practical, measurable policy change in climate action, a senior consultant is needed to provide expert analysis and input to sustain multilateral climate policy engagement at high technical quality, under the supervision of the Global Technical Director of UNICEFs Center of Excellence (CoE) for Climate Resilience for Children.
The Public Partnerships intern will work with the PPD team based in Washington DC, to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and help to provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of the assignment. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.
Under the guidance of the Social and Behaviour Change Officer, in close coordination with the Emergency Specialist and the RCCE Specialist, the consultant will support UNICEF in producing and developing a Toolkit and course on Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Brazil, liaising with all field offices that respond to humanitarian situations in the country. Throughout the 6-month period of the assignment, the consultant is expected to support the creation of a child-centered toolkit of risk communication materials to be shared with government of all levels, delivered as: a mapping of existing UNICEF materials, a matrix of key messages for different types of emergencies (droughts and floods), the finalized and tested communication materials (cards, posters, leaflets and radio scripts). The toolkit will support emergency efforts by Brazil´s Civil Protection (Defesa Civil) and the social assistance sector responsible for humanitarian shelter, with three main objectives:
1. To support child rights in humanitarian shelters across the country
2. Contribute to Brazil´s efforts on Disaster Risk Reduction (by Civil Protection)
3. Provide general life-saving risk communication messages which will be made available for municipalities affected by emergencies.
Lastly, the consultant will develop a short child-centered RCCE course to engage and build capacity of public managers involved in emergency preparedness and response.
The UNICEF Eritrea current Country Programme is approaching its end in 2026, and a new Country Programme needs to be established to commence in 2027. In preparation for this transition, a new Country Programme Document (CPD) must be developed. To ensure efficiency and strategic focus, the process will be lean. It will leverage innovative, context-adapted approaches such as participatory prioritization methods and scenario-based planning to streamline decision-making and enhance relevance. The emphasis will be on strategic content and decision-making, with deliverables that are concise, action-oriented, and aligned with UNICEF’s corporate guidance.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical support to UNICEF Eritrea in developing a high-quality, evidence-based, and results-oriented CPD. The consultant should focus on strategic content, not exhaustive documentation.
The consultant will:
• Facilitate participatory processes for prioritization using inclusive and context-sensitive facilitation techniques, including low-tech and high-touch methods suitable for the Eritrean context.
• Provide technical inputs and quality assurance for Evidence Synthesis (ES), Programme Strategy Explanatory Notes (PSENs), Strategic Moment of Reflection (SMR) and Results and Resources Plan (RRP).
• Draft the CPD narrative in line with UNICEF corporate guidance.
UNICEF is committed to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of all girls and women. Building on UNICEF’s comparative advantages, lessons learned from prior Action Plans, as well as evidence of proven strategies to effect change at scale, UNICEF will have a special focus on advancing adolescent girls rights. This includes targeting commitments to adolescent girls in each sectoral area and through multisectoral, at-scale programming. UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda. Specifically, this consultancy will focus on:
- Provision of technical, programmatic, and strategic support to new global adolescent girls’ initiatives, including under Skills4Girls, HPV Plus, and related portfolios
- Provision of support for reporting and donor engagement, for 2 major Global Adolescent Girls initiatives.
- Support knowledge and evidence generation as well as specialist support for girl-centered monitoring and evaluation.
UNGEI is a global partnership for gender equality in and through education. Our mandate is to catalyse and galvanize action locally, nationally, regionally and global for girls’ education and gender equality in education. The UNGEI Secretariat is governed by UNICEF policies of employment. We strive to uphold feminist and anti-racist principles in how we work and offer flexible work arrangements.
We bring together diverse partners to develop and implement bold commitments to gender equality in education. We convene global, regional and local conversations and action for girls’ education and gender equality in education, including through the leadership of young feminist activists around the world
The Youth Movements for Gender Equality and Education Consultant is a creative, dynamic and exciting role. You will be responsible for identifying, supporting and strengthening youth and feminist movements across the UNGEI Partnership, and to strengthen feminist leadership within UNGEI networks and the platforms it convenes.
UNICEF Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for a qualified home-based Consultant to document the work and achievements of the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) since its establishment in 2016, with a brief introduction to its predecessor, the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG).
L'objectif global de cette consultance est de renforcer les mesures de mitigation des risques de Violence Basée sur le Genre (VBG) y compris les Exploitations et Abus Sexuels (EAS) (VBG/EAS) au sein de la programmation de l’UNICEF Madagascar. Ce travail aidera le bureau de l’UNICEF Madagascar à identifier et à systématiser l’intégration des mesures de mitigation de risques appropriées dans les quatre secteurs d’interventions : Education, Santé, WASH et Politiques sociales/cash transfert.
Le/la Consultant.e individuel.le fournira, pour les quatre secteurs d’interventions mentionnés,
i. Une analyse approfondie des risques de VBG/EAS dans la programmation de l’UNICEF Madagascar et ;
ii. Des recommandations opérationnelles des mesures de mitigation des risques VBG/EAS, traduit dans un plan d’actions incluant des indicateurs.
Join UNICEF as a Senior Information Communication Technology AssociateYou will play a key role in supporting the Istanbul Global Office by ensuring smooth delivery of ICT operations and strategic data support. This includes providing technical and help desk services, managing system operations, and contributing to systems development and data-driven decision-making in a dynamic, multicultural UN environment.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for a national individual consultant to support the coordination and implementation of the UNICEF supported HIV prevention programme .The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health and Child Care in strengthening the coordination of UNICEF supported HIV prevention intervention for adolescents and young people being implemented in the two provinces of Harare (Epworth and Hopley) and Mashonaland Central (Mazowe, Mt Darwin and Shamva).
UNICEF seeks to engage a National Knowledge Management Support Consultant who will support the systematic documentation, organization, and dissemination of knowledge. The consultant will be supporting with capturing evidence, lessons learned, and best practices, developing user-friendly knowledge products, including case studies, human interest stories and reports.
L’objectif de la présente consultation est de faire l’état des lieux sur le corps de travail des services sociaux au Burundi (incluant les travailleurs sociaux étatiques et non-étatiques, les para professionnels ainsi que les acteurs communautaires) et de ressortir des recommandations qui pourront informer l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de renforcement du corps de travail des services sociaux pour le Burundi, afin de mieux protéger les enfants contre les violences, l’abus et l’exploitation.
The consultant will support the development, delivery, and governance of key CMS features and enhancements, as well as the roll-out of the content lifecycle project. Applying both a business analysis and content architecture lens, the consultant will ensure that user needs, editorial strategy, and governance requirements are translated into functional, high-quality technical solutions.
In alignment with UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan, UNICEF’s Adolescent Girls’ Programme Strategy, and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan ‘adolescent girls accelerator’ commitments, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda. Specifically, this consultancy will focus on:
- Delivery of key briefings on strategy, partner engagement and policy to advance the adolescent girls agenda
- Deliver key programmatic outputs in collaboration with Senior Gender Advisor – including a robust Results Framework for the global POWER4Girls initiatives; annual adolescent girls report for partners summarising key results and programmatic lessons
- Undertake research and support the evaluation of POWER4Girls programmes
UNICEF is looking for an International Consultant for Risk-Based Water Safety Planning.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
Identifier des pistes d’action stratégiques et opérationnelles permettant de prévenir et répondre de manière intégrée aux violences faites aux femmes et aux filles (VAW/G) et aux violences à l’égard des enfants (VAC) en Tunisie. L’étude visera à renforcer la cohérence des politiques publiques, l’articulation entre les dispositifs institutionnels, et la complémentarité des interventions communautaires, dans le but d’améliorer les résultats de protection pour l’ensemble des enfants, des adolescentes et des femmes.
Provide technical support to EOF for the delivery of EOF’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Outcomes Fund in South Africa. The Programme Consultant - South Africa will support EOF's team with engagements with implementing partners, providing support to solve implementation challenges and ensure smooth technical and operational delivery. The consultant will also provide support and guidance on the programs’ policy alignment and integration of learning into broader systemic change.
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and youth? UNICEF Pacific is looking for a dynamic and proactive international consultant to join our team in Suva, Fiji. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the health and nutrition of children across the Pacific Island Countries.
UNICEF’s Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean is seeking a consultant to design a user-friendly SharePoint communication site for the Private Fundraising & Partnerships (PFP) team. The role includes enhancing collaboration across country offices and providing expert guidance on SharePoint knowledge management best practices.
As UNICEF drives practical, measurable policy change in climate action, a senior consultant is needed to provide expert analysis and input to sustain multilateral climate policy engagement at high technical quality, under the supervision of the Global Technical Director of UNICEFs Center of Excellence (CoE) for Climate Resilience for Children.
The Public Partnerships intern will work with the PPD team based in Washington DC, to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and help to provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of the assignment. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.
Under the guidance of the Social and Behaviour Change Officer, in close coordination with the Emergency Specialist and the RCCE Specialist, the consultant will support UNICEF in producing and developing a Toolkit and course on Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Brazil, liaising with all field offices that respond to humanitarian situations in the country. Throughout the 6-month period of the assignment, the consultant is expected to support the creation of a child-centered toolkit of risk communication materials to be shared with government of all levels, delivered as: a mapping of existing UNICEF materials, a matrix of key messages for different types of emergencies (droughts and floods), the finalized and tested communication materials (cards, posters, leaflets and radio scripts). The toolkit will support emergency efforts by Brazil´s Civil Protection (Defesa Civil) and the social assistance sector responsible for humanitarian shelter, with three main objectives:
1. To support child rights in humanitarian shelters across the country
2. Contribute to Brazil´s efforts on Disaster Risk Reduction (by Civil Protection)
3. Provide general life-saving risk communication messages which will be made available for municipalities affected by emergencies.
Lastly, the consultant will develop a short child-centered RCCE course to engage and build capacity of public managers involved in emergency preparedness and response.
The UNICEF Eritrea current Country Programme is approaching its end in 2026, and a new Country Programme needs to be established to commence in 2027. In preparation for this transition, a new Country Programme Document (CPD) must be developed. To ensure efficiency and strategic focus, the process will be lean. It will leverage innovative, context-adapted approaches such as participatory prioritization methods and scenario-based planning to streamline decision-making and enhance relevance. The emphasis will be on strategic content and decision-making, with deliverables that are concise, action-oriented, and aligned with UNICEF’s corporate guidance.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical support to UNICEF Eritrea in developing a high-quality, evidence-based, and results-oriented CPD. The consultant should focus on strategic content, not exhaustive documentation.
The consultant will:
• Facilitate participatory processes for prioritization using inclusive and context-sensitive facilitation techniques, including low-tech and high-touch methods suitable for the Eritrean context.
• Provide technical inputs and quality assurance for Evidence Synthesis (ES), Programme Strategy Explanatory Notes (PSENs), Strategic Moment of Reflection (SMR) and Results and Resources Plan (RRP).
• Draft the CPD narrative in line with UNICEF corporate guidance.
UNICEF is committed to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of all girls and women. Building on UNICEF’s comparative advantages, lessons learned from prior Action Plans, as well as evidence of proven strategies to effect change at scale, UNICEF will have a special focus on advancing adolescent girls rights. This includes targeting commitments to adolescent girls in each sectoral area and through multisectoral, at-scale programming. UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda. Specifically, this consultancy will focus on:
- Provision of technical, programmatic, and strategic support to new global adolescent girls’ initiatives, including under Skills4Girls, HPV Plus, and related portfolios
- Provision of support for reporting and donor engagement, for 2 major Global Adolescent Girls initiatives.
- Support knowledge and evidence generation as well as specialist support for girl-centered monitoring and evaluation.
UNGEI is a global partnership for gender equality in and through education. Our mandate is to catalyse and galvanize action locally, nationally, regionally and global for girls’ education and gender equality in education. The UNGEI Secretariat is governed by UNICEF policies of employment. We strive to uphold feminist and anti-racist principles in how we work and offer flexible work arrangements.
We bring together diverse partners to develop and implement bold commitments to gender equality in education. We convene global, regional and local conversations and action for girls’ education and gender equality in education, including through the leadership of young feminist activists around the world
The Youth Movements for Gender Equality and Education Consultant is a creative, dynamic and exciting role. You will be responsible for identifying, supporting and strengthening youth and feminist movements across the UNGEI Partnership, and to strengthen feminist leadership within UNGEI networks and the platforms it convenes.
UNICEF Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for a qualified home-based Consultant to document the work and achievements of the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) since its establishment in 2016, with a brief introduction to its predecessor, the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG).
L'objectif global de cette consultance est de renforcer les mesures de mitigation des risques de Violence Basée sur le Genre (VBG) y compris les Exploitations et Abus Sexuels (EAS) (VBG/EAS) au sein de la programmation de l’UNICEF Madagascar. Ce travail aidera le bureau de l’UNICEF Madagascar à identifier et à systématiser l’intégration des mesures de mitigation de risques appropriées dans les quatre secteurs d’interventions : Education, Santé, WASH et Politiques sociales/cash transfert.
Le/la Consultant.e individuel.le fournira, pour les quatre secteurs d’interventions mentionnés,
i. Une analyse approfondie des risques de VBG/EAS dans la programmation de l’UNICEF Madagascar et ;
ii. Des recommandations opérationnelles des mesures de mitigation des risques VBG/EAS, traduit dans un plan d’actions incluant des indicateurs.
Join UNICEF as a Senior Information Communication Technology AssociateYou will play a key role in supporting the Istanbul Global Office by ensuring smooth delivery of ICT operations and strategic data support. This includes providing technical and help desk services, managing system operations, and contributing to systems development and data-driven decision-making in a dynamic, multicultural UN environment.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for a national individual consultant to support the coordination and implementation of the UNICEF supported HIV prevention programme .The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health and Child Care in strengthening the coordination of UNICEF supported HIV prevention intervention for adolescents and young people being implemented in the two provinces of Harare (Epworth and Hopley) and Mashonaland Central (Mazowe, Mt Darwin and Shamva).
UNICEF seeks to engage a National Knowledge Management Support Consultant who will support the systematic documentation, organization, and dissemination of knowledge. The consultant will be supporting with capturing evidence, lessons learned, and best practices, developing user-friendly knowledge products, including case studies, human interest stories and reports.
L’objectif de la présente consultation est de faire l’état des lieux sur le corps de travail des services sociaux au Burundi (incluant les travailleurs sociaux étatiques et non-étatiques, les para professionnels ainsi que les acteurs communautaires) et de ressortir des recommandations qui pourront informer l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de renforcement du corps de travail des services sociaux pour le Burundi, afin de mieux protéger les enfants contre les violences, l’abus et l’exploitation.
The consultant will support the development, delivery, and governance of key CMS features and enhancements, as well as the roll-out of the content lifecycle project. Applying both a business analysis and content architecture lens, the consultant will ensure that user needs, editorial strategy, and governance requirements are translated into functional, high-quality technical solutions.
In alignment with UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan, UNICEF’s Adolescent Girls’ Programme Strategy, and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan ‘adolescent girls accelerator’ commitments, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda. Specifically, this consultancy will focus on:
- Delivery of key briefings on strategy, partner engagement and policy to advance the adolescent girls agenda
- Deliver key programmatic outputs in collaboration with Senior Gender Advisor – including a robust Results Framework for the global POWER4Girls initiatives; annual adolescent girls report for partners summarising key results and programmatic lessons
- Undertake research and support the evaluation of POWER4Girls programmes
UNICEF is looking for an International Consultant for Risk-Based Water Safety Planning.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
Identifier des pistes d’action stratégiques et opérationnelles permettant de prévenir et répondre de manière intégrée aux violences faites aux femmes et aux filles (VAW/G) et aux violences à l’égard des enfants (VAC) en Tunisie. L’étude visera à renforcer la cohérence des politiques publiques, l’articulation entre les dispositifs institutionnels, et la complémentarité des interventions communautaires, dans le but d’améliorer les résultats de protection pour l’ensemble des enfants, des adolescentes et des femmes.
Provide technical support to EOF for the delivery of EOF’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Outcomes Fund in South Africa. The Programme Consultant - South Africa will support EOF's team with engagements with implementing partners, providing support to solve implementation challenges and ensure smooth technical and operational delivery. The consultant will also provide support and guidance on the programs’ policy alignment and integration of learning into broader systemic change.
