The UNICEF WCARO is looking for consultancy to support the study will adopt a mixed-methods approach, including desk review to carry out an analysis of existing literature,reports, and policy documents; stakeholder consultations: engagement with government agencies, regional organizations, development partners and potential donors, NGOs, drilling companies, research and academic institutions, rural communities, farmers organizations, Civil society; Financial and Economic Modeling to estimate costs, benefits, and potential funding mechanisms of the Facility.
Under the direct supervision of the PG SPSP HCT team data manager, and in close collaboration with the ICTD Core Solution Unit IT Manager, the consultant will be responsible for the following deliverables:
1. Complete the front end and backend HOPE refactoring coupling within one Docker, Move from Graph QL to Django Rest Framework, ensure Code Coverage ~95%
2. Implement technical measures to pull out grievances’ modules from HOPE stack in order to benefit from independent maintenance across modules.
3. Support the development of a biometrics solution for registration/deduplication and beneficiary authentication, utilizing Voice and Face Photo information.
4. Support the Development of the Country workspace, a system enabling the manipulation of registration data before uploading into HOPE.
5. Refactor deduplication by removing data husband elastic search and enable programme specific deduplication rules
6. Complete Country Report features to allow users to have granular access to HOPE data
7. Achieve HOPE distributed architecture by defining and implementing a technical solution to have different databases (e.g.: per group of time zones) to optimize maintenance time slot and performance
Under the direct supervision of the Statistics and Monitoring Specialist (Immunization) in the Data and Analytics Section (DAPM), the consultant will focus on enhancing the quality and consistency of immunization and related health databases. This includes expanding and integrating databases to incorporate additional health indicators and environmental factors that may affect immunization coverage. The consultant will also develop and implement a robust BCU monitoring methodology to assess data quality, analyze trends before and after BCU activities, and evaluate performance at national and subnational levels.
The objective of this assignment is to provide comprehensive advisory support to DAPM digital systems by collaborating with concerned units to conceptualize and develop new digital modules and platforms, analyze help desk support systems for efficiency and better user experience and identify opportunities for performance improvements across digital platforms. The consultant will facilitate stakeholder engagement, produce analytical reports, and support the development and rollout of existing and new systems. Additionally, the consultant will coordinate efforts to maximize efficiency, reduce redundancies and enhance overall systems management within DAPM.
The UNICEF WCARO is looking for consultancy to support the analysis, interpretation, and visualization of data from various sources, including MICS, DHS, BMZ endline/baseline surveys, and administrative data.
Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist - GBViE, the consultant will be responsible for completion of the following deliverables:
1. Support CCS resource package dissemination;
2. Support the next phase of the CCS resource package development;
3. Contribute to the development and dissemination of UNICEF GBViE technical resources.
The consultancy will be home-based with travels to emergency-affected contexts relevant to the above tasks, as feasible.
Sous la supervision du Spécialiste en gestion des vaccins et en collaboration avec les bureaux terrains, les consultants devront :
• Apporter un appui aux provinces d’affectation dans la préparation et mise en œuvre des activités logistiques de la réponse aux épidémies de polio, afin d’assurer la disponibilité de vaccins et autres intrants, un confinement de la totalité des flacons de nOPV2 (novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2) conformément aux SOPS (Standards Operating Procedures), d’ici fin 2025
• Contribuer à une meilleure gestion de la chaine de froid, des vaccins de routine et de toutes autres activités liées à la logistique vaccinale, d’ici fin 2025
UNICEF DRC seeks a dedicated and experienced professional to join our dynamic team as the Chief of Nutrition (P-5, Full-Time).
In this pivotal leadership role, you will shape, manage, and deliver transformative nutrition programs that enhance maternal, infant, and child health across the country. You will lead a passionate and diverse team of nutrition specialists, guiding them through the entire program cycle, from comprehensive strategic planning to effective implementation and evaluation. Your role will ensure that our outcomes are concrete, measurable, and sustainable, aligning with UNICEF’s mission and local community needs.
We are looking for a committed leader who is deeply motivated to enhance the nutritional health of vulnerable populations and is prepared to engage with stakeholders at various levels, including government agencies, local organizations, and community members.
If you possess a strong commitment to making a significant impact in the lives of children and their families, we encourage you to apply now and become part of a mission that strives to create lasting change in the community.
The Consultant on Girls Vision for the Future – Cameroon Girls Movement will support the UNICEF Cameroon office by making girls ‘voices heard. The consultant will support in the preparation of the National and Regional Summit, ensure all logistics and administrative assets, while in parallel, contribute to the Girls' Movement's success until October 2025.
Along with the DOers and THINKers team, the consultant is expected to facilitate and accompany the success of the Girls Movement from June to December 2025. He/she will be held accountable for the success of the activities in a synchronized way in all 10 Regions. The consultant will ensure that the Girls' agenda in Cameroon is effectively represented at regional and global levels, aligning it with national priorities, the context of the country, and actions of the Country office.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
UNICEF Lebanon is looking for a consultant to draft Adolescent Boys Package. The main purpose of the package is to support boys to address harmful gender social norms impacting them and their choices in life.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will support the Child Protection programme of UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office in providing high-level technical expertise to the Government of Sri Lanka in developing family-based care options under the alternative care policy framework, developing responses to most prominent drivers of institutionalization and provide support for enhancing family strengthening methodologies and services. The consultant will be particularly instrumental in conducting feasibility analyses for the establishment of foster care in Sri Lanka and supporting various provinces in identifying family-type care options
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will provide support to the Child Protection programme in the UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office to strengthen the child rights monitoring bodies in Sri Lanka. The consultant will work with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka – Child Rights Unit (HRCSL) and the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) – two entities with child rights monitoring functions. The overarching purpose of the consultancy is to work with the UNICEF team and relevant partners on principles, guidelines and practical operational procedures, enabling (a) the Child Rights Unit of HRCSL to monitor children’s rights within the mandate of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Act No. 21 of 1996 and (b) the NCPA to carry out its primary mandate of monitoring Violence against Children in a coordinated manner.
UNICEF Jamaica is seeking an experienced international consultant with a solid background in child protection and case management systems to conduct a comprehensive Case Management Quality review and analysis of the Jamaica Child Protection system using the global Quality Assurance Methodology and Framework (QAF).
Help eliminate childhood lead poisoning worldwide.Join UNICEF as a Programme Specialist [Lead (Pb) Knowledge Generation and Use], where you’ll lead the development of cutting-edge tools—like the “Toolkit to End Childhood Lead Poisoning”—and transform data and research into actionable resources for countries and partners.The Programme Specialist [Lead-Free Future Programme] will play an important role in driving progress, at a country and global level, toward the mitigation of lead. They will ensure the technical rigor of UNICEF’s programmes against lead by providing technical guidance, support and quality assurance to ROs/COs, global programme management , global programme support and contribute learnings in support of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future.
Be a driving force behind a lead-free future for every child.UNICEF is seeking a dynamic and visionary Senior Programme Specialist (Lead [Pb] Knowledge Generation and Use) to join the Secretariat of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future. In this role, you’ll lead the development and dissemination of cutting-edge technical tools, including the flagship Toolkit to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, and manage a central knowledge hub that empowers governments and partners to act on this urgent public health crisis.This is your opportunity to shape policy, influence global practice, and work alongside top researchers, policymakers, and technical experts to eliminate lead exposure—one of the most widespread, yet preventable threats to child health. If you’re passionate about turning science into action, strengthening country systems, and driving meaningful, lasting change, this role is your platform to make a lasting global impact.Join us and help catalyze a world where no child is poisoned by lead.
UNICEF BENIN recrute un consultant national pour appuyer le Ministère de la Santé, à travers l’ANSSP, et le Ministère en charge du Cadre de Vie dans l’élaboration d’une feuille de route budgétisée, réaliste et contextualisée pour la mise en œuvre du WASH FIT dans les établissements de santé au Bénin.
The objective of this consultancy is to lead a functional review and skills gap analysis of the UNICEF Venezuela Country Office structure, taking into account current funding constraints and the programme planned for implementation in 2026. The process should be consultative and inclusive, ensuring the participation of all office staff and empowerment of all management levels.
Under the guidance of the Lead for the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future (PLF) and in collaboration with the PLF Secretariat, UNICEF divisions, and the Health Environments for Healthy Children Team, the Consultant will create and aggregate best practices and technical tools through a central knowledge and resource hub to support country-led efforts.
The Internal Auditor (Professional Practices) supports the Internal Audit Manager and Deputy Director in upholding high standards of audit performance and management. The role focuses on ensuring the efficient operation of the audit function through technical, administrative, and quality assurance support. Key responsibilities include maintaining and supporting the TeamMate+ audit application, managing vendor relations, overseeing audit knowledge systems, and coordinating outsourced talent.The position also involves quality assessments of audit engagements, ensuring compliance with IIA Standards, and contributing to continuous improvement efforts. Additionally, the incumbent supports reporting processes, including public disclosures, committee updates, and executive board reports. Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills, along with expertise in Microsoft Office and audit tools, are essential.
The UNICEF WCARO is looking for consultancy to support the study will adopt a mixed-methods approach, including desk review to carry out an analysis of existing literature,reports, and policy documents; stakeholder consultations: engagement with government agencies, regional organizations, development partners and potential donors, NGOs, drilling companies, research and academic institutions, rural communities, farmers organizations, Civil society; Financial and Economic Modeling to estimate costs, benefits, and potential funding mechanisms of the Facility.
Under the direct supervision of the PG SPSP HCT team data manager, and in close collaboration with the ICTD Core Solution Unit IT Manager, the consultant will be responsible for the following deliverables:
1. Complete the front end and backend HOPE refactoring coupling within one Docker, Move from Graph QL to Django Rest Framework, ensure Code Coverage ~95%
2. Implement technical measures to pull out grievances’ modules from HOPE stack in order to benefit from independent maintenance across modules.
3. Support the development of a biometrics solution for registration/deduplication and beneficiary authentication, utilizing Voice and Face Photo information.
4. Support the Development of the Country workspace, a system enabling the manipulation of registration data before uploading into HOPE.
5. Refactor deduplication by removing data husband elastic search and enable programme specific deduplication rules
6. Complete Country Report features to allow users to have granular access to HOPE data
7. Achieve HOPE distributed architecture by defining and implementing a technical solution to have different databases (e.g.: per group of time zones) to optimize maintenance time slot and performance
Under the direct supervision of the Statistics and Monitoring Specialist (Immunization) in the Data and Analytics Section (DAPM), the consultant will focus on enhancing the quality and consistency of immunization and related health databases. This includes expanding and integrating databases to incorporate additional health indicators and environmental factors that may affect immunization coverage. The consultant will also develop and implement a robust BCU monitoring methodology to assess data quality, analyze trends before and after BCU activities, and evaluate performance at national and subnational levels.
The objective of this assignment is to provide comprehensive advisory support to DAPM digital systems by collaborating with concerned units to conceptualize and develop new digital modules and platforms, analyze help desk support systems for efficiency and better user experience and identify opportunities for performance improvements across digital platforms. The consultant will facilitate stakeholder engagement, produce analytical reports, and support the development and rollout of existing and new systems. Additionally, the consultant will coordinate efforts to maximize efficiency, reduce redundancies and enhance overall systems management within DAPM.
The UNICEF WCARO is looking for consultancy to support the analysis, interpretation, and visualization of data from various sources, including MICS, DHS, BMZ endline/baseline surveys, and administrative data.
Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist - GBViE, the consultant will be responsible for completion of the following deliverables:
1. Support CCS resource package dissemination;
2. Support the next phase of the CCS resource package development;
3. Contribute to the development and dissemination of UNICEF GBViE technical resources.
The consultancy will be home-based with travels to emergency-affected contexts relevant to the above tasks, as feasible.
Sous la supervision du Spécialiste en gestion des vaccins et en collaboration avec les bureaux terrains, les consultants devront :
• Apporter un appui aux provinces d’affectation dans la préparation et mise en œuvre des activités logistiques de la réponse aux épidémies de polio, afin d’assurer la disponibilité de vaccins et autres intrants, un confinement de la totalité des flacons de nOPV2 (novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2) conformément aux SOPS (Standards Operating Procedures), d’ici fin 2025
• Contribuer à une meilleure gestion de la chaine de froid, des vaccins de routine et de toutes autres activités liées à la logistique vaccinale, d’ici fin 2025
UNICEF DRC seeks a dedicated and experienced professional to join our dynamic team as the Chief of Nutrition (P-5, Full-Time).
In this pivotal leadership role, you will shape, manage, and deliver transformative nutrition programs that enhance maternal, infant, and child health across the country. You will lead a passionate and diverse team of nutrition specialists, guiding them through the entire program cycle, from comprehensive strategic planning to effective implementation and evaluation. Your role will ensure that our outcomes are concrete, measurable, and sustainable, aligning with UNICEF’s mission and local community needs.
We are looking for a committed leader who is deeply motivated to enhance the nutritional health of vulnerable populations and is prepared to engage with stakeholders at various levels, including government agencies, local organizations, and community members.
If you possess a strong commitment to making a significant impact in the lives of children and their families, we encourage you to apply now and become part of a mission that strives to create lasting change in the community.
The Consultant on Girls Vision for the Future – Cameroon Girls Movement will support the UNICEF Cameroon office by making girls ‘voices heard. The consultant will support in the preparation of the National and Regional Summit, ensure all logistics and administrative assets, while in parallel, contribute to the Girls' Movement's success until October 2025.
Along with the DOers and THINKers team, the consultant is expected to facilitate and accompany the success of the Girls Movement from June to December 2025. He/she will be held accountable for the success of the activities in a synchronized way in all 10 Regions. The consultant will ensure that the Girls' agenda in Cameroon is effectively represented at regional and global levels, aligning it with national priorities, the context of the country, and actions of the Country office.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
UNICEF Lebanon is looking for a consultant to draft Adolescent Boys Package. The main purpose of the package is to support boys to address harmful gender social norms impacting them and their choices in life.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will support the Child Protection programme of UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office in providing high-level technical expertise to the Government of Sri Lanka in developing family-based care options under the alternative care policy framework, developing responses to most prominent drivers of institutionalization and provide support for enhancing family strengthening methodologies and services. The consultant will be particularly instrumental in conducting feasibility analyses for the establishment of foster care in Sri Lanka and supporting various provinces in identifying family-type care options
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will provide support to the Child Protection programme in the UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office to strengthen the child rights monitoring bodies in Sri Lanka. The consultant will work with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka – Child Rights Unit (HRCSL) and the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) – two entities with child rights monitoring functions. The overarching purpose of the consultancy is to work with the UNICEF team and relevant partners on principles, guidelines and practical operational procedures, enabling (a) the Child Rights Unit of HRCSL to monitor children’s rights within the mandate of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Act No. 21 of 1996 and (b) the NCPA to carry out its primary mandate of monitoring Violence against Children in a coordinated manner.
UNICEF Jamaica is seeking an experienced international consultant with a solid background in child protection and case management systems to conduct a comprehensive Case Management Quality review and analysis of the Jamaica Child Protection system using the global Quality Assurance Methodology and Framework (QAF).
Help eliminate childhood lead poisoning worldwide.Join UNICEF as a Programme Specialist [Lead (Pb) Knowledge Generation and Use], where you’ll lead the development of cutting-edge tools—like the “Toolkit to End Childhood Lead Poisoning”—and transform data and research into actionable resources for countries and partners.The Programme Specialist [Lead-Free Future Programme] will play an important role in driving progress, at a country and global level, toward the mitigation of lead. They will ensure the technical rigor of UNICEF’s programmes against lead by providing technical guidance, support and quality assurance to ROs/COs, global programme management , global programme support and contribute learnings in support of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future.
Be a driving force behind a lead-free future for every child.UNICEF is seeking a dynamic and visionary Senior Programme Specialist (Lead [Pb] Knowledge Generation and Use) to join the Secretariat of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future. In this role, you’ll lead the development and dissemination of cutting-edge technical tools, including the flagship Toolkit to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, and manage a central knowledge hub that empowers governments and partners to act on this urgent public health crisis.This is your opportunity to shape policy, influence global practice, and work alongside top researchers, policymakers, and technical experts to eliminate lead exposure—one of the most widespread, yet preventable threats to child health. If you’re passionate about turning science into action, strengthening country systems, and driving meaningful, lasting change, this role is your platform to make a lasting global impact.Join us and help catalyze a world where no child is poisoned by lead.
UNICEF BENIN recrute un consultant national pour appuyer le Ministère de la Santé, à travers l’ANSSP, et le Ministère en charge du Cadre de Vie dans l’élaboration d’une feuille de route budgétisée, réaliste et contextualisée pour la mise en œuvre du WASH FIT dans les établissements de santé au Bénin.
The objective of this consultancy is to lead a functional review and skills gap analysis of the UNICEF Venezuela Country Office structure, taking into account current funding constraints and the programme planned for implementation in 2026. The process should be consultative and inclusive, ensuring the participation of all office staff and empowerment of all management levels.
Under the guidance of the Lead for the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future (PLF) and in collaboration with the PLF Secretariat, UNICEF divisions, and the Health Environments for Healthy Children Team, the Consultant will create and aggregate best practices and technical tools through a central knowledge and resource hub to support country-led efforts.
The Internal Auditor (Professional Practices) supports the Internal Audit Manager and Deputy Director in upholding high standards of audit performance and management. The role focuses on ensuring the efficient operation of the audit function through technical, administrative, and quality assurance support. Key responsibilities include maintaining and supporting the TeamMate+ audit application, managing vendor relations, overseeing audit knowledge systems, and coordinating outsourced talent.The position also involves quality assessments of audit engagements, ensuring compliance with IIA Standards, and contributing to continuous improvement efforts. Additionally, the incumbent supports reporting processes, including public disclosures, committee updates, and executive board reports. Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills, along with expertise in Microsoft Office and audit tools, are essential.
