The BECR work plan aims to effectively support UNICEF efforts to achieve child rights outcomes in the digital environment, with a focus on influencing and fostering responsible business practices and accelerating actions in the business ecosystem to safeguard and protect all children's rights in digital contexts.
The Office of Innovation, in Stockholm, Sweden has openings for 3 positions of Programme Associate at the GS6 level.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
We are seeking a blockchain developer interested in advancing his/her career in web3 by contributing to a goal of connecting every school in the world to the Internet.
Giga is piloting web3 products which will be used to enable children to use digital technology in schools and their communities. Exploring and implementing real-life use cases for web3 is what drives us, and we have gathered an amazing group of blockchain geeks to work on this during crypto winter. Products on which we are currently working include Connectivity credits platform (think carbon credits for school connectivity), an accounting platform for real-time payments for connectivity through smart contracts, and of course – an NFT collection. We tend to come up with new product ideas quite often and follow the latest trends in web3 in order to find ways we can accelerate connecting the remaining 1.3 billion unconnected children.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive local Consultant for Samoa. The purpose of this assignment is to enhance the understanding of the rights of persons with disabilities among key national stakeholders, such as participating UN organizations, government stakeholders, OPDs, and civil society, and additional stakeholders, such as development partners. In doing so, the capacities to implement disability inclusive development approaches in the country and region are strengthened.
L'objectif de la présente consultation est d'appuyer la budgétisation et le ciblage des ressources nationales de la stratégie nationale de la vaccination sur la base de considérations d'équité et rendre disponible le document d’estimation effective du coût de la stratégie Nationale de la vaccination 2024-2030 à travers le NIS-Costing tool.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Administrative Associate, the Administrative Assistant is responsible for executing a broad variety of routine tasks requiring full knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within UNICEF Mozambique for a passionate and committed Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, NOB level based in Maputo (open to nationals only) seeking new challenges in a rewarding programming context to bring results for children. The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer reports to the Chief, Child Health and Nutrition, for general guidance and supervision.
The Senior Liaison officer reports to the Representative of the CO. The Senior Liaison officer will receive logistical and coordination support from the Sudan Temporary Outpost in Kenya (STOK), and work in close collaboration with EMOPS, MENARO, ESARO, WCARO, and SCO leadership supporting the Sudan L3 Crisis Response.
UNICEF's Emergency Preparedness Platform (EPP) serves as the central online tool utilized by over 130 offices worldwide. Its primary role is facilitating preparedness planning and monitoring, thus fostering enhanced readiness for emergency response efforts. EPP guides UNICEF offices through a structured and standardized preparedness planning process, encompassing risk analysis, scenario definitions, and identifying necessary actions to prepare for an effective humanitarian response. Building on the successes of previous versions, the EPP 3.0 version aims to enable more efficient and accurate preparedness planning and monitoring, improved preparedness for response, enhanced collaboration and communication among team members, greater flexibility and accessibility for users, and the ability to analyze and utilize data for quick decision making. The Emergency Preparedness Specialist will during 60% of his/her time support EPP 3.0 platform development as Product Owner. He/she will represent RAPS and be accountable for the backlog and for the fluid liaison with ICTD and development teams on a daily/hourly basis. During the remaining 40% of his/her time, the Emergency Preparedness Specialist will support the work of the preparedness unit in ensuring notably the effective implementation of technical assistance related to preparedness in ROs and COs. Spearheading capacity-building initiatives for governments in priority countries, focusing on government preparedness/DRR together with Program Group and ROs will also be a priority working direction for the incumbent of the position.
The appointed service provider will conduct an evaluability assessment of the NSSF under the general supervision of the Adolescent Development Specialist (Education and Adolescent Development) with close technical inputs and insights from PMRE with overall guidance from Chief of Education. The assignment will also be delivered in close collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (Director: School Safety).
The UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia seeks a results driven Regional Advisor Polio to support and advise the Regional Director, the Regional Management Team and Pakistan and Afghanistan Country Offices in developing policies, strategies, programmes and systems for the UNICEF regional polio programme support. This is in the urgency to stop polio transmission in the remaining endemic areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Outposted to Islamabad, Pakistan the Regional Advisor Polio will facilitate greater insights to the program challenges and context, allow better alignment of support to the GPEI programme and partners in the two countries, and more rapid engagement and support to the two UNICEF country teams.
UNICEF Albania office will hire an Operations associate at GS6 level on a TA to support the office with budget management, financing and administration tasks
The consultant will develop and collaborate on content development that showcases UNICEF’s climate action successes, lessons learnt, best practices and innovations that contribute to advancing UNICEF’s mission to protect children and secure their rights in the face of the climate crisis.
The primary purpose of this consultancy is to lead and oversee the implementation of the existing health procurement action plan, ensuring that identified inefficiencies are addressed, procurement efficiencies are gained and monitored on an ongoing basis and savings are reinvested into the health sector. This information will be used by the Ministry of Health, the Central Medical Stores, the President’s Office of Finance and Planning, the Zanzibar Public Procurement and Disposal Authority, the Zanzibar Food and Drugs Authority, and the Zanzibar Health Services Fund to strengthen the procurement ecosystem.
UNICEF Supply Division (SD) has identified strengthening national vaccine procurement practices as a key component of its approach to supporting Gavi transitioning and other middle-income countries (MICs) in ensuring sustainable access to and timely supply of affordable vaccines. To this end, UNICEF Supply Division has been supporting countries by facilitating such learning via multiple projects, including hosting the annual Vaccine Procurement Forum (VPF) since 2015, and establishing a community of practice in 2016, to further the aims of the VPPEF by initiating the Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN). VPPN, as a virtual community of practice primarily targeting national stakeholders in the vaccine procurement process, aims towards providing a platform for the continuous exchange of theoretical and practical knowledge, joint learning and collaborative problem-solving. The VPPN was migrated to TechNet-21, a large platform co-owned by WHO and UNICEF, which mission is to bring together immunization professionals to build relationships, coordinate activities, share knowledge, and align priorities and goals. The Community of Practice (CoP) Management Consultant will play a leading role in lifting the community of practice off the ground, by initiating, coordinating and fostering peer-to-peer knowledge exchange via South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in close synergy with the TechNet-21 platform.
If you are a committed, creative professional and you would like to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better and safe world for children, we would like to hear from you. Our State of Palestine Office is seeking a dynamic qualified candidate to join our team as Procurement Officer at P-2 level based in Gaza, SOP.
Under the direct supervision of the Representative, the Coordinator serves as the team leader, ensuring strategic coordination with Technical and Financial Partners (TFPs), CAMOS, institutional system bodies, and management of the I&D/Proman consulting firm, working alongside AFD and Switzerland.
Afghanistan country office is seeking an Information Management Specialist (Education Cluster), responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Cluster that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. The incumbent is also responsible to enable an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, the IM Specialist is responsible for leading and managing the collection, analysis, and sharing of information that is essential for the Education Cluster partners to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens addressing inequity not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries.
The BECR work plan aims to effectively support UNICEF efforts to achieve child rights outcomes in the digital environment, with a focus on influencing and fostering responsible business practices and accelerating actions in the business ecosystem to safeguard and protect all children's rights in digital contexts.
The Office of Innovation, in Stockholm, Sweden has openings for 3 positions of Programme Associate at the GS6 level.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
We are seeking a blockchain developer interested in advancing his/her career in web3 by contributing to a goal of connecting every school in the world to the Internet.
Giga is piloting web3 products which will be used to enable children to use digital technology in schools and their communities. Exploring and implementing real-life use cases for web3 is what drives us, and we have gathered an amazing group of blockchain geeks to work on this during crypto winter. Products on which we are currently working include Connectivity credits platform (think carbon credits for school connectivity), an accounting platform for real-time payments for connectivity through smart contracts, and of course – an NFT collection. We tend to come up with new product ideas quite often and follow the latest trends in web3 in order to find ways we can accelerate connecting the remaining 1.3 billion unconnected children.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive local Consultant for Samoa. The purpose of this assignment is to enhance the understanding of the rights of persons with disabilities among key national stakeholders, such as participating UN organizations, government stakeholders, OPDs, and civil society, and additional stakeholders, such as development partners. In doing so, the capacities to implement disability inclusive development approaches in the country and region are strengthened.
L'objectif de la présente consultation est d'appuyer la budgétisation et le ciblage des ressources nationales de la stratégie nationale de la vaccination sur la base de considérations d'équité et rendre disponible le document d’estimation effective du coût de la stratégie Nationale de la vaccination 2024-2030 à travers le NIS-Costing tool.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Administrative Associate, the Administrative Assistant is responsible for executing a broad variety of routine tasks requiring full knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within UNICEF Mozambique for a passionate and committed Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, NOB level based in Maputo (open to nationals only) seeking new challenges in a rewarding programming context to bring results for children. The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer reports to the Chief, Child Health and Nutrition, for general guidance and supervision.
The Senior Liaison officer reports to the Representative of the CO. The Senior Liaison officer will receive logistical and coordination support from the Sudan Temporary Outpost in Kenya (STOK), and work in close collaboration with EMOPS, MENARO, ESARO, WCARO, and SCO leadership supporting the Sudan L3 Crisis Response.
UNICEF's Emergency Preparedness Platform (EPP) serves as the central online tool utilized by over 130 offices worldwide. Its primary role is facilitating preparedness planning and monitoring, thus fostering enhanced readiness for emergency response efforts. EPP guides UNICEF offices through a structured and standardized preparedness planning process, encompassing risk analysis, scenario definitions, and identifying necessary actions to prepare for an effective humanitarian response. Building on the successes of previous versions, the EPP 3.0 version aims to enable more efficient and accurate preparedness planning and monitoring, improved preparedness for response, enhanced collaboration and communication among team members, greater flexibility and accessibility for users, and the ability to analyze and utilize data for quick decision making. The Emergency Preparedness Specialist will during 60% of his/her time support EPP 3.0 platform development as Product Owner. He/she will represent RAPS and be accountable for the backlog and for the fluid liaison with ICTD and development teams on a daily/hourly basis. During the remaining 40% of his/her time, the Emergency Preparedness Specialist will support the work of the preparedness unit in ensuring notably the effective implementation of technical assistance related to preparedness in ROs and COs. Spearheading capacity-building initiatives for governments in priority countries, focusing on government preparedness/DRR together with Program Group and ROs will also be a priority working direction for the incumbent of the position.
The appointed service provider will conduct an evaluability assessment of the NSSF under the general supervision of the Adolescent Development Specialist (Education and Adolescent Development) with close technical inputs and insights from PMRE with overall guidance from Chief of Education. The assignment will also be delivered in close collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (Director: School Safety).
The UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia seeks a results driven Regional Advisor Polio to support and advise the Regional Director, the Regional Management Team and Pakistan and Afghanistan Country Offices in developing policies, strategies, programmes and systems for the UNICEF regional polio programme support. This is in the urgency to stop polio transmission in the remaining endemic areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Outposted to Islamabad, Pakistan the Regional Advisor Polio will facilitate greater insights to the program challenges and context, allow better alignment of support to the GPEI programme and partners in the two countries, and more rapid engagement and support to the two UNICEF country teams.
UNICEF Albania office will hire an Operations associate at GS6 level on a TA to support the office with budget management, financing and administration tasks
The consultant will develop and collaborate on content development that showcases UNICEF’s climate action successes, lessons learnt, best practices and innovations that contribute to advancing UNICEF’s mission to protect children and secure their rights in the face of the climate crisis.
The primary purpose of this consultancy is to lead and oversee the implementation of the existing health procurement action plan, ensuring that identified inefficiencies are addressed, procurement efficiencies are gained and monitored on an ongoing basis and savings are reinvested into the health sector. This information will be used by the Ministry of Health, the Central Medical Stores, the President’s Office of Finance and Planning, the Zanzibar Public Procurement and Disposal Authority, the Zanzibar Food and Drugs Authority, and the Zanzibar Health Services Fund to strengthen the procurement ecosystem.
UNICEF Supply Division (SD) has identified strengthening national vaccine procurement practices as a key component of its approach to supporting Gavi transitioning and other middle-income countries (MICs) in ensuring sustainable access to and timely supply of affordable vaccines. To this end, UNICEF Supply Division has been supporting countries by facilitating such learning via multiple projects, including hosting the annual Vaccine Procurement Forum (VPF) since 2015, and establishing a community of practice in 2016, to further the aims of the VPPEF by initiating the Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN). VPPN, as a virtual community of practice primarily targeting national stakeholders in the vaccine procurement process, aims towards providing a platform for the continuous exchange of theoretical and practical knowledge, joint learning and collaborative problem-solving. The VPPN was migrated to TechNet-21, a large platform co-owned by WHO and UNICEF, which mission is to bring together immunization professionals to build relationships, coordinate activities, share knowledge, and align priorities and goals. The Community of Practice (CoP) Management Consultant will play a leading role in lifting the community of practice off the ground, by initiating, coordinating and fostering peer-to-peer knowledge exchange via South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in close synergy with the TechNet-21 platform.
If you are a committed, creative professional and you would like to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better and safe world for children, we would like to hear from you. Our State of Palestine Office is seeking a dynamic qualified candidate to join our team as Procurement Officer at P-2 level based in Gaza, SOP.
Under the direct supervision of the Representative, the Coordinator serves as the team leader, ensuring strategic coordination with Technical and Financial Partners (TFPs), CAMOS, institutional system bodies, and management of the I&D/Proman consulting firm, working alongside AFD and Switzerland.
Afghanistan country office is seeking an Information Management Specialist (Education Cluster), responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Cluster that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. The incumbent is also responsible to enable an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, the IM Specialist is responsible for leading and managing the collection, analysis, and sharing of information that is essential for the Education Cluster partners to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens addressing inequity not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries.
