In 2025, UNICEF adopted a new Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029. The UGEAP covers a range of programmatic and institutional priorities for the organisation, to promote gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment. A core focus is on girls’ leadership and wellbeing.
The Programme communications, advocacy and policy Consultant is accountable to develop, support, network, implement and monitor an advocacy and programme communication strategy and associated products and activities, with the objective of raising awareness about the UGEAP within UNICEF and externally. The consultant will also support engagement with new and existing partners for gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment, with a special focus on adolescent girls.
Key tasks include designing and promoting various programme and advocacy assets on social media and other platforms; support for programme partnerships such as engagement briefs, pitch decks and resource mobilisation tools; and engaging with staff and partners to co-create easily understandably, child-friendly resources translating the theoretical principles of various policy frameworks for gender equality into practical assets. A significant focus of the consultant’s work will include actions to advance adolescent girls’ voices and rights across UNICEF and with partners in the public, private and philanthropic spheres as well as with young people themselves. in relation to the Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy implementation, and adolescent girls targeted priorities in the UGEAP 2026-2029 as well the Power4Girls and Skills4Girls portfolios.
Safe Online is seeking a consultant to support the fund management portfolio, including key systems, platforms, and processes to maximise the Safe Online’s return on investment from its Safe Online grants and support its grantee network in sharing and leveraging learning. This role will contribute to the assessment of the portfolio’s needs, manage technical assistance, identify opportunities, and guide cohorts and technical collaboration between grantees and other Safe Online partners.
The UNICEF Social Policy and Social Protection Programme Team is seeking a short-term consultancy to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Global Accelerator on jobs and social protection for just transitions. This includes:
- Undertaking a synthesis of literature on the effectiveness of social protection in supporting climate change adaptation outcomes for those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change ie children and young people, those living with disabilities, women and girls, and children on the move. identify the most salient evidence gaps; and
- Developing the implementation roadmap and action plan for the USP2030 financing group led Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) initiative on financing social protection.
Implementation of UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029 requires effective knowledge management systems, information exchange and the internal dissemination of gender-related materials within UNICEF for strengthening gender equality programming and results across the organization.
The Gender Equality team is seeking a Knowledge Management Consultant to provide advisory services to facilitate effective knowledge exchange and mutual learning of UGEAP-related knowledge, products, and experiences.
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) is an international household survey programme developed and supported by UNICEF. MICS is designed to collect data on key indicators that are used to assess the situation of children and women. Over the past three decades, MICS has continuously evolved to respond to changing data needs, expanding from 28 indicators in the first round in the mid-1990s to more than 250 indicators in the current seventh round, and has become a key source of data on child protection, early childhood education, and a major source of data on child health and nutrition. In addition to being a data collection tool to generate data for monitoring the progress towards national goals and global commitments for promoting the welfare of children, MICS provided valuable data for MDG and recently for SDG monitoring and reporting.
Under the overall supervision of the Household Survey Specialist, the Global Blood Testing Consultant has the responsibility for finalising the standard MICS questionnaire modules and associated protocols. In collaboration with the Global MICS Team in UNICEF Headquarters (HQ) and Regional Offices (ROs), and the respective UNICEF Country Offices (COs), as well the UNICEF Programme Group staff on Climate, Environment, Energy & Disaster and national partners, the Consultant will support the preparation, implementation, and completion of up to three MICS surveys (or similar UNICEF-supported survey) in relation to the blood testing component. When possible, the consultant will further provide input to UNICEF’s global efforts and support to data collection including blood sample, outside the MICS Programme.
Designs and protocols will follow those established for other components of the MICS Programme. The Consultant will work together with the Global MICS Team’s experts on sampling, data processing, and household survey support.
In 2025, UNICEF adopted a new Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029. The UGEAP covers a range of programmatic and institutional priorities for the organisation, to promote gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment. A core focus is on girls’ leadership and wellbeing.
The Programme communications, advocacy and policy Consultant is accountable to develop, support, network, implement and monitor an advocacy and programme communication strategy and associated products and activities, with the objective of raising awareness about the UGEAP within UNICEF and externally. The consultant will also support engagement with new and existing partners for gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment, with a special focus on adolescent girls.
Key tasks include designing and promoting various programme and advocacy assets on social media and other platforms; support for programme partnerships such as engagement briefs, pitch decks and resource mobilisation tools; and engaging with staff and partners to co-create easily understandably, child-friendly resources translating the theoretical principles of various policy frameworks for gender equality into practical assets. A significant focus of the consultant’s work will include actions to advance adolescent girls’ voices and rights across UNICEF and with partners in the public, private and philanthropic spheres as well as with young people themselves. in relation to the Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy implementation, and adolescent girls targeted priorities in the UGEAP 2026-2029 as well the Power4Girls and Skills4Girls portfolios.
Safe Online is seeking a consultant to support the fund management portfolio, including key systems, platforms, and processes to maximise the Safe Online’s return on investment from its Safe Online grants and support its grantee network in sharing and leveraging learning. This role will contribute to the assessment of the portfolio’s needs, manage technical assistance, identify opportunities, and guide cohorts and technical collaboration between grantees and other Safe Online partners.
The UNICEF Social Policy and Social Protection Programme Team is seeking a short-term consultancy to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Global Accelerator on jobs and social protection for just transitions. This includes:
- Undertaking a synthesis of literature on the effectiveness of social protection in supporting climate change adaptation outcomes for those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change ie children and young people, those living with disabilities, women and girls, and children on the move. identify the most salient evidence gaps; and
- Developing the implementation roadmap and action plan for the USP2030 financing group led Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) initiative on financing social protection.
Implementation of UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029 requires effective knowledge management systems, information exchange and the internal dissemination of gender-related materials within UNICEF for strengthening gender equality programming and results across the organization.
The Gender Equality team is seeking a Knowledge Management Consultant to provide advisory services to facilitate effective knowledge exchange and mutual learning of UGEAP-related knowledge, products, and experiences.
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) is an international household survey programme developed and supported by UNICEF. MICS is designed to collect data on key indicators that are used to assess the situation of children and women. Over the past three decades, MICS has continuously evolved to respond to changing data needs, expanding from 28 indicators in the first round in the mid-1990s to more than 250 indicators in the current seventh round, and has become a key source of data on child protection, early childhood education, and a major source of data on child health and nutrition. In addition to being a data collection tool to generate data for monitoring the progress towards national goals and global commitments for promoting the welfare of children, MICS provided valuable data for MDG and recently for SDG monitoring and reporting.
Under the overall supervision of the Household Survey Specialist, the Global Blood Testing Consultant has the responsibility for finalising the standard MICS questionnaire modules and associated protocols. In collaboration with the Global MICS Team in UNICEF Headquarters (HQ) and Regional Offices (ROs), and the respective UNICEF Country Offices (COs), as well the UNICEF Programme Group staff on Climate, Environment, Energy & Disaster and national partners, the Consultant will support the preparation, implementation, and completion of up to three MICS surveys (or similar UNICEF-supported survey) in relation to the blood testing component. When possible, the consultant will further provide input to UNICEF’s global efforts and support to data collection including blood sample, outside the MICS Programme.
Designs and protocols will follow those established for other components of the MICS Programme. The Consultant will work together with the Global MICS Team’s experts on sampling, data processing, and household survey support.
