The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) responses in State of Palestine (SoP), Lebanon, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition, HEEP will begin designing a new thematic evaluation focusing on UNICEF’s humanitarian access, in line with the forthcoming Plan of Global Evaluations (PGE). Furthermore, HEEP is planning the launch of various humanitarian evaluation syntheses in response to the increased number of requests from various UNICEF Offices and Divisions. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to support some of the portfolio’s most high-profile activities. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide technical support for scheduled humanitarian evaluations, contribute to thematic reviews, and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF.
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 Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations in 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) responses in State of Palestine (SoP) and Lebanon. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to lead the second and third phases of the iterative evaluation of the UNICEF’s L3 response in SoP and to lead the second phase of the Lebanon evaluation. The consultant will also contribute to a third evaluation assignment currently being planned for 2026: the evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering in volatile contexts. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide technical support to the conduct of these three humanitarian evaluations and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF.
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.
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) responses in State of Palestine (SoP), Lebanon, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition, HEEP will begin designing a new thematic evaluation focusing on UNICEF’s humanitarian access, in line with the forthcoming Plan of Global Evaluations (PGE). Furthermore, HEEP is planning the launch of various humanitarian evaluation syntheses in response to the increased number of requests from various UNICEF Offices and Divisions. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to support some of the portfolio’s most high-profile activities. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide technical support for scheduled humanitarian evaluations, contribute to thematic reviews, and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF.
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 Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations in 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) responses in State of Palestine (SoP) and Lebanon. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to lead the second and third phases of the iterative evaluation of the UNICEF’s L3 response in SoP and to lead the second phase of the Lebanon evaluation. The consultant will also contribute to a third evaluation assignment currently being planned for 2026: the evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering in volatile contexts. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide technical support to the conduct of these three humanitarian evaluations and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF.
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.
