The vision of the UNICEF Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub (WASH Hub) is to be a global home for building, accelerating and scaling transformational climate resilient solutions for a WASH secure future of universal and equitable access to services, addressing the full ambition of the SDG6.
To deliver on this goal, the Hub will connect a passionate community of strategic stakeholders at a global event in March 2025, to co-create, advocate, enable, convene, and motivate for innovative sustainable solutions to long-standing barriers and emerging opportunities for a WASH secure and climate resilient future for every child.
The Event is planned as a physical event, but with the possibility of following selected breakout sessions online. The event will provide an opportunity for political leaders, member states, business leaders, multilateral organizations, non-governmental and civil society organizations, youth, academia, development finance institutions and our global UNICEF WASH, CEED (Climate, energy, environment and disaster) and innovation colleagues from country offices to collectively address the urgent WASH needs of children and youth affected by emergencies, climate change and political unrest.
Unicef Gambia Country Office is looking for 5 national consultants for the polio outbreak response in The Gambia. The national consultants will work with the international consultant, and EPI MoH in proper planning, utilization, stock management, disposal (if necessary) and reporting of all vaccines used in polio outbreak response campaigns and support the coordination of SBC activities in the communities. Each of the successful national consultants will be assigned to a region to support overall polio response activities including social and behavior change (SBC).
Organizational Performance Unit in DAPM is seeking the services of an Al engineer consultant to facilitate on initiatives that harness the power of Al for Performance Management.
The assignment entails providing technical support to UNICEF’s role in supporting the monitoring the Cross-Cutting Agenda for Children and Adolescents (ATCA, in its Portuguese acronym) within the Federal Multi-Year Plan (PPA) for 2024-2027. The primary responsibilities include strengthening the monitoring process by evaluating key issues that the National PPA's cross-cutting agenda for children must address.
Cette consultance a pour but de fournir un appui technique au Ministère de la Santé Publique à travers le Programme National de Nutrition (PRONANUT), dans la révision, la rédaction du protocole national de la prise en charge de la malnutrition aigüe et des outils de collecte de données et dans l’élaboration de modules de formation, et de formation de formateurs en prenant en compte les nouvelles directives de l’OMS 2023. Cette consultation représente une avancée significative vers la prévention, détection et prise en charge de la malnutrition aiguë à travers un continuum de soins en comblant le fossé entre les directives mondiales et la mise en œuvre locale.
Affordable, accessible, and quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) opportunities, provide significant and longstanding positive impacts and benefits not only for children and working mothers, but also for the business environment and the macro-economy. Investment in critical social services in the early years of a child’s life are known to be a key catalyst in boosting human capital. High-quality ECCE lays the foundation for children’s learning and development, providing the steppingstones for children to become healthy, educated, productive and contributing members of society. When ECCE systems deliver for all children, these services can mitigate against the adverse impacts of poverty and social exclusion.
The UNICEF MENA Regional Office Health Section is seeking to bring on board a Health Specialist (Maternal Newborn and Child Health), level 3, under Temporary Appointment contract, to support the Maternal Newborn and Child Health programme.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, 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. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
UNICEF Timor-Leste is seeking for a National/International Consultant to develop Performance-Based Incentive guidelines for Community Health Volunteers in Timor-Leste
Children with Disability Section is seeking a consultant to develop a policy brief containing concise, evidence-based, policy options and their impact on access to and participation in inclusive education through increased availability of assistive technology (AT).
The KM Specialist will be responsible for strengthening the KM Strategy to ensure 1) its activities meet the knowledge generation and sharing needs of the Polio SBC colleagues at HQ, regional, and country level, 2) the strategy is aligned with UNICEF’s Global Knowledge Management Strategy and 3) activities leverage any new approaches or tools available at UNICEF, which involves staying up to date with new approaches in KM, at UNICEF as well as connecting with other KM colleagues and polio SBC colleagues across UNICEF.
This role is being established to support an assessment and delivery of improved audience and market insights in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. Audience and Market Insight (AMI) have no current resourcing dedicated to LAC, and this limits both the understanding of LAC, but also the available capabilities to support fundraising, communications, and advocacy activities in the region. There are four main areas have been identified that require support:
- Insight planning: identifying the research needs of Communications, Advocacy and Fundraising Chiefs in LAC, and how those needs can be met by a multi-year program of insight.
- Localization of findings: supporting AMI global team to optimize and tailor local and global reporting and workshops to the needs of local markets, supporting the more effective communication and implementation of findings.
- Development of resource plan: the role will work with the Chief of AMI, in alignment with the LACRO Chiefs of PFP and Communications to determine a sustainable resourcing plan that accompanies the insight plan.
- Establishing audience fundamentals: work with countries to assess the addressable audiences for communications, advocacy, and fundraising.
- Understanding of LAC audiences: aid AMI and LACRO in being connected to and understanding the addressable needs of audiences in LAC, and how local teams are prioritizing and engaging them.
Under the supervision of the Resource Mobilization Specialist and the leadership of the Chief of Communication, Advocacy and Partnerships (CAP), the Private Sector Engagement Specialist will help deepen UNICEF’s collaboration with the private sector and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, policy influence and fundraising. The Specialist will lead in updating and implementation of the private sector engagement strategy. S/he will steward and grow existing corporate partnerships as well as identify and develop new major corporate partnerships. The key result is to ensure greater income and influence for UNICEF in support of its mission in Tanzania.
To maintain the momentum gained in the past years to stemming the scourge of hunger and malnutrition, UNICEF and the African Union Commission (AUC) through the Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) is seeking the services of an expert consultant to facilitate the development of the successor ARNS 2026-2035.
Under the general supervision of the Chief, Resource Mobilization & Partnership (RM&P) and the Corporate Partnership Manager, this post will proactively identify, and secure new in-country partnerships in India. The incumbent will develop and implement resource mobilization strategies to focus on acquisition and maximization of prospect national corporate partners in support of the country programme priority focus.
Under the direct supervision of the Partnerships Manager, this post will develop new partnerships and manage key existing partnerships with the sector. The incumbent will develop and implement fundraising strategies to focus on maximizing value from India-based major donors and foundations in support of the country programme’s priority focus.
The Administrative & Finance Assistant is responsible for executing a broad variety of standardized administrative and financial tasks for the respective section(s) requiring thorough knowledge of UNICEF administrative and financial procedures, processes and policies.
In this capacity, the need to project the image of a credible and reliable service provider is imperative to quality of process delivery, and the impact of work directly reflects on the overall reputation of the team in terms of responsiveness to client needs and quality of process execution.
The Driver, at the G-2 level, provides reliable and safe driving services, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The Driver demonstrates a client-oriented approach, high sense of responsibility, courtesy, tact and the ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
The Driver post reports to the Senior Operations Associate in Chennai office who is at the G-7 level.
The vision of the UNICEF Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub (WASH Hub) is to be a global home for building, accelerating and scaling transformational climate resilient solutions for a WASH secure future of universal and equitable access to services, addressing the full ambition of the SDG6.
To deliver on this goal, the Hub will connect a passionate community of strategic stakeholders at a global event in March 2025, to co-create, advocate, enable, convene, and motivate for innovative sustainable solutions to long-standing barriers and emerging opportunities for a WASH secure and climate resilient future for every child.
The Event is planned as a physical event, but with the possibility of following selected breakout sessions online. The event will provide an opportunity for political leaders, member states, business leaders, multilateral organizations, non-governmental and civil society organizations, youth, academia, development finance institutions and our global UNICEF WASH, CEED (Climate, energy, environment and disaster) and innovation colleagues from country offices to collectively address the urgent WASH needs of children and youth affected by emergencies, climate change and political unrest.
Unicef Gambia Country Office is looking for 5 national consultants for the polio outbreak response in The Gambia. The national consultants will work with the international consultant, and EPI MoH in proper planning, utilization, stock management, disposal (if necessary) and reporting of all vaccines used in polio outbreak response campaigns and support the coordination of SBC activities in the communities. Each of the successful national consultants will be assigned to a region to support overall polio response activities including social and behavior change (SBC).
Organizational Performance Unit in DAPM is seeking the services of an Al engineer consultant to facilitate on initiatives that harness the power of Al for Performance Management.
The assignment entails providing technical support to UNICEF’s role in supporting the monitoring the Cross-Cutting Agenda for Children and Adolescents (ATCA, in its Portuguese acronym) within the Federal Multi-Year Plan (PPA) for 2024-2027. The primary responsibilities include strengthening the monitoring process by evaluating key issues that the National PPA's cross-cutting agenda for children must address.
Cette consultance a pour but de fournir un appui technique au Ministère de la Santé Publique à travers le Programme National de Nutrition (PRONANUT), dans la révision, la rédaction du protocole national de la prise en charge de la malnutrition aigüe et des outils de collecte de données et dans l’élaboration de modules de formation, et de formation de formateurs en prenant en compte les nouvelles directives de l’OMS 2023. Cette consultation représente une avancée significative vers la prévention, détection et prise en charge de la malnutrition aiguë à travers un continuum de soins en comblant le fossé entre les directives mondiales et la mise en œuvre locale.
Affordable, accessible, and quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) opportunities, provide significant and longstanding positive impacts and benefits not only for children and working mothers, but also for the business environment and the macro-economy. Investment in critical social services in the early years of a child’s life are known to be a key catalyst in boosting human capital. High-quality ECCE lays the foundation for children’s learning and development, providing the steppingstones for children to become healthy, educated, productive and contributing members of society. When ECCE systems deliver for all children, these services can mitigate against the adverse impacts of poverty and social exclusion.
The UNICEF MENA Regional Office Health Section is seeking to bring on board a Health Specialist (Maternal Newborn and Child Health), level 3, under Temporary Appointment contract, to support the Maternal Newborn and Child Health programme.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, 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. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
UNICEF Timor-Leste is seeking for a National/International Consultant to develop Performance-Based Incentive guidelines for Community Health Volunteers in Timor-Leste
Children with Disability Section is seeking a consultant to develop a policy brief containing concise, evidence-based, policy options and their impact on access to and participation in inclusive education through increased availability of assistive technology (AT).
The KM Specialist will be responsible for strengthening the KM Strategy to ensure 1) its activities meet the knowledge generation and sharing needs of the Polio SBC colleagues at HQ, regional, and country level, 2) the strategy is aligned with UNICEF’s Global Knowledge Management Strategy and 3) activities leverage any new approaches or tools available at UNICEF, which involves staying up to date with new approaches in KM, at UNICEF as well as connecting with other KM colleagues and polio SBC colleagues across UNICEF.
This role is being established to support an assessment and delivery of improved audience and market insights in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. Audience and Market Insight (AMI) have no current resourcing dedicated to LAC, and this limits both the understanding of LAC, but also the available capabilities to support fundraising, communications, and advocacy activities in the region. There are four main areas have been identified that require support:
- Insight planning: identifying the research needs of Communications, Advocacy and Fundraising Chiefs in LAC, and how those needs can be met by a multi-year program of insight.
- Localization of findings: supporting AMI global team to optimize and tailor local and global reporting and workshops to the needs of local markets, supporting the more effective communication and implementation of findings.
- Development of resource plan: the role will work with the Chief of AMI, in alignment with the LACRO Chiefs of PFP and Communications to determine a sustainable resourcing plan that accompanies the insight plan.
- Establishing audience fundamentals: work with countries to assess the addressable audiences for communications, advocacy, and fundraising.
- Understanding of LAC audiences: aid AMI and LACRO in being connected to and understanding the addressable needs of audiences in LAC, and how local teams are prioritizing and engaging them.
Under the supervision of the Resource Mobilization Specialist and the leadership of the Chief of Communication, Advocacy and Partnerships (CAP), the Private Sector Engagement Specialist will help deepen UNICEF’s collaboration with the private sector and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, policy influence and fundraising. The Specialist will lead in updating and implementation of the private sector engagement strategy. S/he will steward and grow existing corporate partnerships as well as identify and develop new major corporate partnerships. The key result is to ensure greater income and influence for UNICEF in support of its mission in Tanzania.
To maintain the momentum gained in the past years to stemming the scourge of hunger and malnutrition, UNICEF and the African Union Commission (AUC) through the Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) is seeking the services of an expert consultant to facilitate the development of the successor ARNS 2026-2035.
Under the general supervision of the Chief, Resource Mobilization & Partnership (RM&P) and the Corporate Partnership Manager, this post will proactively identify, and secure new in-country partnerships in India. The incumbent will develop and implement resource mobilization strategies to focus on acquisition and maximization of prospect national corporate partners in support of the country programme priority focus.
Under the direct supervision of the Partnerships Manager, this post will develop new partnerships and manage key existing partnerships with the sector. The incumbent will develop and implement fundraising strategies to focus on maximizing value from India-based major donors and foundations in support of the country programme’s priority focus.
The Administrative & Finance Assistant is responsible for executing a broad variety of standardized administrative and financial tasks for the respective section(s) requiring thorough knowledge of UNICEF administrative and financial procedures, processes and policies.
In this capacity, the need to project the image of a credible and reliable service provider is imperative to quality of process delivery, and the impact of work directly reflects on the overall reputation of the team in terms of responsiveness to client needs and quality of process execution.
The Driver, at the G-2 level, provides reliable and safe driving services, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The Driver demonstrates a client-oriented approach, high sense of responsibility, courtesy, tact and the ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
The Driver post reports to the Senior Operations Associate in Chennai office who is at the G-7 level.