The main purpose of the assignment is to work as part of the Partnerships team to support UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight to achieve the goals of the partnerships strategy in delivering convening moments for new and current partners to the office. Under the guidance of the office and in collaboration with UNICEF PFP, the consultant will support on the creation and delivery of events, convenings and partnership cultivation to support fundraising for the office.
The role will report into the Director's office.
The Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) is issuing a call for a roster of pre-approved Content Writers (consultants) with agreed, when-actually-engaged fees and terms of engagement. This will also help UNICEF EAPRO and Country Offices in the region to contract their services to document UNICEF's activities in the field on an “as needed” basis, to share with stakeholders at the national, regional and global level, and to use as an advocacy tool.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to undertake research for UNICEF regional office to ascertain the situation of adolescents in EAP in relation suicide and the key drivers of suicide and self harm, in order to inform advocacy and future programming.
The Security Officer provides technical, operational and administrative assistance in security management and services through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical security related information/data while learning organizational/UN system rules, regulations and procedures in the area of security management and emergency/crisis preparedness.
UNICEF’s core mission is to deliver measurable and sustainable results that improve the lives of children globally. In alignment with the 2022–2025 Strategic Plan (SP) and our continued commitment to strengthening results-based management (RBM), it is essential to reinforce the linkage between organizational results and the resources allocated to achieve them.
To support this objective, UNICEF is implementing the eZPLAN solution—an integral initiative designed to enhance strategic planning and optimize resource allocation. eZPLAN facilitates a more results-driven approach by aligning financial planning with expected outputs and outcomes, ensuring its full integration into existing programming processes and supporting the Strategic Plan both now and in future cycles.
This initiative will enhance evidence-based spending analysis and enable a shift in focus from inputs to the results those inputs are intended to achieve. In doing so, eZPLAN will replace the Integrated Budget Costing System (IBCS), providing a more accurate, efficient, and results-oriented framework for resource management.
The Play and Heal project is targeting children with mental health and psychosocial support needs following the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye and Northwest Syria and the protracted humanitarian crisis and recent conflict escalation in Lebanon. The project supports the most vulnerable children, including refugee children, by integrating play based facilitated activities that target mental health outcomes in UNICEF's emergency response and Early Childhood Development, Education, and Child Protection Programmes, with the aim of providing children at risk of poor mental health with emotionally safe and healing experiences.
LEGO’s Play and Learn has been rolled out already in 2024 in the project’s target areas in Northwest Syria, earthquake affected areas of Türkiye, and southern Lebanon, in preparation for the training later in the year with the new Play and Heal model.
UNICEF Libya Country Office is seeking to hire a qualified and experienced national consultant to provide construction engineering services for its construction-related projects. The construction engineer will offer technical support, which includes managing amendments, variations, duration extensions, and the application of liquidated damages to contracts.
The Young People Team of the UNICEF Thailand Country Office is seeking a qualified consultant to conduct a feasibility assessment of the pilot project for the future institutionalisation and scale up of integrated services for youth Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) situations, with the goal of facilitating its nationwide scale-up and supporting its adoption as a national policy instrument by the relevant Government authorities.
Are you passionate about promoting the rights of every child and ensuring equitable access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services? UNICEF is seeking a dedicated WASH Officer to join our team in Deir Ez Zor.
The Nutrition Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the nutrition programmes/projects within the Country Programme, from development planning to delivery of results. In doing so, the incumbent implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of results.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive international Consultant. The consultant is expected to work remotely (70 days) with in-country mission to Fiji (25 days) over 7-month contract period. All costs related to the work will be included in the financial proposal and subsequent contract. Overall monitoring and supervision will be provided by Nutrition Manager, UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office, in close coordination with Social Policy Specialist.
In light of this, UNICEF in collaboration with the Fiji Ministry of Health and the Consumer Council of Fiji, is seeking a consultant to undertake a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis and creating an investment case for two key regulatory measures: the mandatory implementation of FOPNL and UFBMR.
Assignment context:
Within the UNICEF Country Programme 2025 – 2029 and under the supervision of the Education Specialist P3, the Education Officer mainly provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance for the ITALEEM Programme funded by the EU (75%) and implemented jointly with UNESCO. Furthermore, the Education Officer supports the Life Skills programmes funded by Canada (25%), for the reintegration of conflict-affected children returning from Northeast Syria (NES). Overall responsibility includes a variety of technical and administrative tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, progress monitoring, evaluation, and reporting for these programmes.
Technically, the position focuses on supporting the General Directorates of Education (GDoEs) and more widely the Ministry of Education (MoE) on three components: system building and strengthening the governance of the education system; expanding equitable access to quality learning opportunities through formal, non-formal and early childhood education; and improvement of learning, learning outcomes, and skills development.
Geographically, the position focuses on (but is not limited to) the following governorates: Baghdad, Babil, Wasit, Karbala, Najaf, Diyala, Salah-A-Din, and Anbar.
The Child Protection Officer (Child Online Protection and Digital Rights) will provide technical
and operational assistance for the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluating and
reporting for the child online protection and digital rights programme.
UNICEF Thailand Country Office (TCO) is seeking to engage an individual consultant with strong expertise in knowledge management and documentation to support the capture of key discussions, insights, and reflections from the four regional forums. The “Children & Youth Forums: Driving Climate Change and Environmental Action at the Local Level” forums will be held across Thailand’s North, Northeast, South, and Central regions. The consultant will be responsible for collecting and organizing inputs from participating children and young people and producing four regional reports and one consolidated national report.
UNICEF's ICTD Digital Centre of Excellence Gender and Technology team is seeking services of individual Gender and Technology consultants to provide a range of support services and technical assistance to enhance the ability of UNICEF Offices at global, regional, and field level to lead and deliver high quality digital programmatic results that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, as specified within the UNICEF Strategic Plan and the Gender Action Plan 2022-25.
Applicants will be considered for current and upcoming Gender and Technology consultancy opportunities, and for placement on the ICTD Gender and Technology Consultant Roster 2025-2027.
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a consultant for a (remote) assignment of approximately 90 working days. The consultant will be engaged to implement the quantitative component of a mixed-method study on the costs associated with raising a child with disability in the Tunisian context.
El propósito es ofrecer asistencia técnica o expertise específico para la implementación de actividades para restablecer o salvaguardar los intereses de la infancia después de una emergencia, en una respuesta de calidad.
Las personas retenidas en el roster proporcionarán sus servicios bajo los Términos de Referencia (TdR) específicos para la asignación al ser contactados por UNICEF.
UNICEF Country Office in Croatia is looking for Face-to-Face (F2F) Fundraiser for the direct recruitment of pledge donors during all of 2025. Fundraising activities will be conducted in Zagreb and Rijeka as well as in cities across the country with mobile teams. To reach our fundraising targets, a team of 35 - 50 Fundraisers is required continuously.
UNICEF requiere de una consultoría para capitalizar la experiencia de trabajo en terreno del actual CPD sistematizando aprendizajes para garantizar la sostenibilidad de las intervenciones y fortalecer sus vínculos con los Socios Implementadores y Aliados Corporativos.
The main purpose of the assignment is to work as part of the Partnerships team to support UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight to achieve the goals of the partnerships strategy in delivering convening moments for new and current partners to the office. Under the guidance of the office and in collaboration with UNICEF PFP, the consultant will support on the creation and delivery of events, convenings and partnership cultivation to support fundraising for the office.
The role will report into the Director's office.
The Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) is issuing a call for a roster of pre-approved Content Writers (consultants) with agreed, when-actually-engaged fees and terms of engagement. This will also help UNICEF EAPRO and Country Offices in the region to contract their services to document UNICEF's activities in the field on an “as needed” basis, to share with stakeholders at the national, regional and global level, and to use as an advocacy tool.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to undertake research for UNICEF regional office to ascertain the situation of adolescents in EAP in relation suicide and the key drivers of suicide and self harm, in order to inform advocacy and future programming.
The Security Officer provides technical, operational and administrative assistance in security management and services through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical security related information/data while learning organizational/UN system rules, regulations and procedures in the area of security management and emergency/crisis preparedness.
UNICEF’s core mission is to deliver measurable and sustainable results that improve the lives of children globally. In alignment with the 2022–2025 Strategic Plan (SP) and our continued commitment to strengthening results-based management (RBM), it is essential to reinforce the linkage between organizational results and the resources allocated to achieve them.
To support this objective, UNICEF is implementing the eZPLAN solution—an integral initiative designed to enhance strategic planning and optimize resource allocation. eZPLAN facilitates a more results-driven approach by aligning financial planning with expected outputs and outcomes, ensuring its full integration into existing programming processes and supporting the Strategic Plan both now and in future cycles.
This initiative will enhance evidence-based spending analysis and enable a shift in focus from inputs to the results those inputs are intended to achieve. In doing so, eZPLAN will replace the Integrated Budget Costing System (IBCS), providing a more accurate, efficient, and results-oriented framework for resource management.
The Play and Heal project is targeting children with mental health and psychosocial support needs following the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye and Northwest Syria and the protracted humanitarian crisis and recent conflict escalation in Lebanon. The project supports the most vulnerable children, including refugee children, by integrating play based facilitated activities that target mental health outcomes in UNICEF's emergency response and Early Childhood Development, Education, and Child Protection Programmes, with the aim of providing children at risk of poor mental health with emotionally safe and healing experiences.
LEGO’s Play and Learn has been rolled out already in 2024 in the project’s target areas in Northwest Syria, earthquake affected areas of Türkiye, and southern Lebanon, in preparation for the training later in the year with the new Play and Heal model.
UNICEF Libya Country Office is seeking to hire a qualified and experienced national consultant to provide construction engineering services for its construction-related projects. The construction engineer will offer technical support, which includes managing amendments, variations, duration extensions, and the application of liquidated damages to contracts.
The Young People Team of the UNICEF Thailand Country Office is seeking a qualified consultant to conduct a feasibility assessment of the pilot project for the future institutionalisation and scale up of integrated services for youth Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) situations, with the goal of facilitating its nationwide scale-up and supporting its adoption as a national policy instrument by the relevant Government authorities.
Are you passionate about promoting the rights of every child and ensuring equitable access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services? UNICEF is seeking a dedicated WASH Officer to join our team in Deir Ez Zor.
The Nutrition Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the nutrition programmes/projects within the Country Programme, from development planning to delivery of results. In doing so, the incumbent implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of results.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive international Consultant. The consultant is expected to work remotely (70 days) with in-country mission to Fiji (25 days) over 7-month contract period. All costs related to the work will be included in the financial proposal and subsequent contract. Overall monitoring and supervision will be provided by Nutrition Manager, UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office, in close coordination with Social Policy Specialist.
In light of this, UNICEF in collaboration with the Fiji Ministry of Health and the Consumer Council of Fiji, is seeking a consultant to undertake a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis and creating an investment case for two key regulatory measures: the mandatory implementation of FOPNL and UFBMR.
Assignment context:
Within the UNICEF Country Programme 2025 – 2029 and under the supervision of the Education Specialist P3, the Education Officer mainly provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance for the ITALEEM Programme funded by the EU (75%) and implemented jointly with UNESCO. Furthermore, the Education Officer supports the Life Skills programmes funded by Canada (25%), for the reintegration of conflict-affected children returning from Northeast Syria (NES). Overall responsibility includes a variety of technical and administrative tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, progress monitoring, evaluation, and reporting for these programmes.
Technically, the position focuses on supporting the General Directorates of Education (GDoEs) and more widely the Ministry of Education (MoE) on three components: system building and strengthening the governance of the education system; expanding equitable access to quality learning opportunities through formal, non-formal and early childhood education; and improvement of learning, learning outcomes, and skills development.
Geographically, the position focuses on (but is not limited to) the following governorates: Baghdad, Babil, Wasit, Karbala, Najaf, Diyala, Salah-A-Din, and Anbar.
The Child Protection Officer (Child Online Protection and Digital Rights) will provide technical
and operational assistance for the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluating and
reporting for the child online protection and digital rights programme.
UNICEF Thailand Country Office (TCO) is seeking to engage an individual consultant with strong expertise in knowledge management and documentation to support the capture of key discussions, insights, and reflections from the four regional forums. The “Children & Youth Forums: Driving Climate Change and Environmental Action at the Local Level” forums will be held across Thailand’s North, Northeast, South, and Central regions. The consultant will be responsible for collecting and organizing inputs from participating children and young people and producing four regional reports and one consolidated national report.
UNICEF's ICTD Digital Centre of Excellence Gender and Technology team is seeking services of individual Gender and Technology consultants to provide a range of support services and technical assistance to enhance the ability of UNICEF Offices at global, regional, and field level to lead and deliver high quality digital programmatic results that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, as specified within the UNICEF Strategic Plan and the Gender Action Plan 2022-25.
Applicants will be considered for current and upcoming Gender and Technology consultancy opportunities, and for placement on the ICTD Gender and Technology Consultant Roster 2025-2027.
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a consultant for a (remote) assignment of approximately 90 working days. The consultant will be engaged to implement the quantitative component of a mixed-method study on the costs associated with raising a child with disability in the Tunisian context.
El propósito es ofrecer asistencia técnica o expertise específico para la implementación de actividades para restablecer o salvaguardar los intereses de la infancia después de una emergencia, en una respuesta de calidad.
Las personas retenidas en el roster proporcionarán sus servicios bajo los Términos de Referencia (TdR) específicos para la asignación al ser contactados por UNICEF.
UNICEF Country Office in Croatia is looking for Face-to-Face (F2F) Fundraiser for the direct recruitment of pledge donors during all of 2025. Fundraising activities will be conducted in Zagreb and Rijeka as well as in cities across the country with mobile teams. To reach our fundraising targets, a team of 35 - 50 Fundraisers is required continuously.
UNICEF requiere de una consultoría para capitalizar la experiencia de trabajo en terreno del actual CPD sistematizando aprendizajes para garantizar la sostenibilidad de las intervenciones y fortalecer sus vínculos con los Socios Implementadores y Aliados Corporativos.
