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 more 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.
This assignment aims to strengthen UNICEF’s global leadership on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) by advancing advocacy, accountability, monitoring, knowledge management and partnerships. The consultant will support implementation of the global MHH agenda, including tracking progress against commitments, strengthening country-level monitoring systems, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and promoting knowledge-sharing. The role will also support the UNICEF–Kimberly-Clark partnership through advocacy, capacity building, resource development, programme learning, and cross-country exchange to improve health, education and wellbeing outcomes for girls and women.
Join UNICEF’s Global WASH Practice and help accelerate access to safely managed, climate-resilient sanitation services for children and communities worldwide. Based in Nairobi, you will provide strategic leadership and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices, driving sanitation system strengthening, sector financing, policy reform, innovation, and equitable service delivery. You will lead global efforts across sanitation, WASH in Schools, and Menstrual Health and Hygiene, while supporting climate resilience, governance reforms, digital solutions, and resource mobilization. Working with partners across development and humanitarian settings, you will help shape policies, strengthen institutions, mobilize investments, and scale sustainable solutions that improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families. This is a unique opportunity to influence global WASH priorities and contribute to UNICEF’s mission of leaving no child behind
Do you have a passion for bringing safe, reliable, and climate-resilient water supply systems to communities, schools, and health facilities most in need?
UNICEF Pacific seeks to establish long term agreement one or multiple individual Water Supply Engineering Consultants for up to 300 working days, as and when required, over 36 months across Pacific Island countries. The consultant(s) will be home-based with extensive travel for site assessments and supervision, with periods at home/office for design, reporting and planning activities.
S/he will provide specialized technical expertise in site and water source assessments, water supply system design, hydraulic modelling, quality assurance, and technical documentation. The consultant(s) will support the design, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance planning of climate- and disaster-resilient water supply systems for communities, schools and health facilities, ensuring systems are safe, reliable, efficient, durable and resilient to Pacific environmental conditions.
To expand the pool of specialized expertise available to support WASH financing initiatives, UNICEF Indonesia seeks to establish a roster of qualified WASH Financing Experts who may be engaged as individual consultants on a short-term or long-term consultancy assignments on need basis.
Under the supervision of the WASH Officer, the WASH Technical Consultant for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is accountable for the timely and quality implementation of the WASH-MHM program, under the CER Output 5.2, with particular focus on the promoting Menstrual Hygiene Management and the institutionalization of the Oky Menstrual Period Tracking App in the Philippines.
The implementation Oky under the TUSIP program and the emerging climate-environment agenda for MHM has expanded the opportunity to reach more adolescents in the Philippines. To maximize this opportunity, the WASH-MHM program, particularly the Oky project, requires continued personnel support for technical assistance delivery, marketing and user acquisition, and systems strengthening. UNICEF needs the services of a dedicated consultant to support Oky Philippines and WASH-MHM tasks/activities and provide technical assistance to CSO and government implementing partners
The purpose of this consultancy is to consolidate lessons from the 2026 cholera response and strengthen evidence-based WASH planning for cholera prevention, preparedness and risk reduction in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.
The WASH Officer reports to the Chief of Health and Nutrition (P-4), the position contributes to the achievement of UNICEF Mexico´s child survival and development goals by advancing and integrated health, nutrition and WASH agenda. The incumbent provides technical and operational leadership to strengthen WASH systems and services, with a particular focus on community and institutional capacities that support improved child health and nutrition outcomes, including prevention of stunting. The role supportsthe development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme, while fostering intersectoral collaboration, advocacy and strategic engagement with government counterparts and key stakeholders to accelerate sustainable and scalable results for children.
Can you influence the decisions that shape Angola’s WASH agenda? Are you a respected WASH professional with the experience to guide policy, strengthen institutions, and mobilize partners towards a common vision? Do you thrive on turning complex challenges into sustainable solutions that improve the lives of children and communities? UNICEF Angola is seeking an exceptional WASH Specialist to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and partnership engagement in support of equitable, climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services across the country. If you are ready to shape systems, influence change, and leave a lasting legacy for children in Angola, we encourage you to apply. For every child, safe water, sanitation, and a healthier future.
UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to hire a passionate WASH Specialist to join the WASH team. The Specialist serves as UNICEF's lead technical advisor on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) systems strengthening, WASH sector engagement, WASH policy engagement, service delivery models, and decentralized implementation. The position provides technical leadership for integrated Climate-Resilient WASH, Child Survival, Nutrition, Health and Emergency Preparedness and Response programmes.
UNICEF seeks a consultant to support the mobilization of catalytic finance for the WASH sector and the preparation of the Sanitation Programme Facility (SPF) in Nigeria.
This assignment aims to support Education Cannot Wait (ECW) in strengthening the design, implementation, monitoring and quality assurance of education programmes in crisis-affected contexts. The consultant will provide technical and operational support for ECW’s country investments, including CORE programmes and the Acceleration Facility, while promoting high standards in protection, gender and inclusion, localization, climate resilience, safeguarding and accountability. The role will also contribute to strategic planning, portfolio management and programme performance, helping ensure high-quality, results-based education responses for children affected by emergencies.
UNICEF Lao PDR seeks an experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist to support emergency preparedness, coordination, and response interventions across WASH, Nutrition, Protection, and Education sectors, with a particular focus on child-centred disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, warehouse management, water, sanitation and hygiene, humanitarian coordination, and emergency supply preparedness.
Join UNICEF Ukraine as a WASH Manager (P-4, TA) in Odesa and lead WASH programme implementation, emergency response, and partnerships across southern Ukraine, helping deliver essential services and sustainable solutions for vulnerable children and communities.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide temporary administrative and programme-support services to the Programme Associate (PA) Hub, strengthening its capacity to manage increased transactional and documentation requirements across the programme portfolio. The consultant will support the preparation, organization, quality review, tracking, processing and follow-up of programme-related documentation and requests, ensuring that submissions received from programme sections and implementing partners are complete, properly documented and processed through established UNICEF workflows.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support in developing Guidelines on Best Interests Assessment and Determination for unaccompanied and separated children by facilitating multi-sectoral consultations, undertaking legal and policy analysis, and drafting practical guidance that strengthens decision-making on durable solutions in line with international standards and national legislation.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide professional editing, copy-editing, structural review and publication-readiness support for 15 papers that will form book chapters developed under the UNICEF Lesotho Thought Leadership Series. The consultant will support UNICEF Lesotho to transform selected full papers into polished, accessible and policy-relevant manuscripts suitable for presentation at the 2027 National Dialogue and for possible inclusion in an edited open-access book.
The Process Consultant will coordinate this process end to end for the Climate and Environment Unit: navigating the Government’s procedure, mapping actors and interventions, running the consultations and providing the technical adaptation and mitigation analysis needed to mature the project, so that UNICEF obtains national endorsement, submits a high-quality concept note and launches the preparation of the full project proposal for submission in 2027. The consultant works under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, Climate and Environment, and in coordination with the technical consultancy support to the concept note.
This consultancy will provide technical support to the IE and ECD/E projects to ensure that project outcomes are effectively consolidated, documented, and elevated for policy influence. The consultant will provide full-time-equivalent technical support over 12 months to assist UNICEF and national and subnational partners in consolidating the quality, consistency, sustainability and visibility of Inclusive education and the consultation and documentation of the ECE/D teacher training implementation strategy to inform national teacher’s development strategy. The consultant will translate agreed priorities into coordinated workplans, capacity-strengthening activities, quality assurance and monitoring mechanisms, sustainability support, knowledge products and transition arrangements.
UNICEF mandate is to ensure that children’s life, wellbeing, and rights are protected and supported. UNICEF works worldwide to strengthen institutional and governmental systems protecting children and adolescents, promoting their rights and supporting their development in a safe and conducive environment. UNICEF promotes community-based actions and programming to empower families and communities in attaining their needs fulfilled and caring for the most vulnerable groups. In a great variety of settings, from war-torn countries to disaster-affected areas, from low- to middle- and high-income countries, UNICEF commitment is to ensure that special attention is given to the most vulnerable children and adolescents so that their fullest potential can be achieved. In Italy an outposted team from UNICEF ECAMENA Regional Office is operational since 2016 to respond to the unique needs of migrant and refugee children, providing technical assistance to national authorities and civil societies and direct services when needed. Since the beginning of the migrant and refugee influx, UNICEF is responding to the unique needs of children and women who are seeking asylum in Europe, on the move, stranded or pushed back. UNICEF-supported interventions in Italy continue also to focus on strengthening the protection system through capacity development of frontline workers and key stakeholders on CP, GBV, Education, and MHPSS standards and core concepts, working closely with ministries, universities, civil society organizations and more. In this context, the UNICEF response team in Italy is looking for a consultant to support the maintenance and day-to-day functioning of UNICEF’s e-learning platform. Reporting to the Child Protection Manager, the consultant will provide technical troubleshooting, monitor platform performance, and analyze platform and course usage data.
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 more 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.
This assignment aims to strengthen UNICEF’s global leadership on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) by advancing advocacy, accountability, monitoring, knowledge management and partnerships. The consultant will support implementation of the global MHH agenda, including tracking progress against commitments, strengthening country-level monitoring systems, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and promoting knowledge-sharing. The role will also support the UNICEF–Kimberly-Clark partnership through advocacy, capacity building, resource development, programme learning, and cross-country exchange to improve health, education and wellbeing outcomes for girls and women.
Join UNICEF’s Global WASH Practice and help accelerate access to safely managed, climate-resilient sanitation services for children and communities worldwide. Based in Nairobi, you will provide strategic leadership and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices, driving sanitation system strengthening, sector financing, policy reform, innovation, and equitable service delivery. You will lead global efforts across sanitation, WASH in Schools, and Menstrual Health and Hygiene, while supporting climate resilience, governance reforms, digital solutions, and resource mobilization. Working with partners across development and humanitarian settings, you will help shape policies, strengthen institutions, mobilize investments, and scale sustainable solutions that improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families. This is a unique opportunity to influence global WASH priorities and contribute to UNICEF’s mission of leaving no child behind
Do you have a passion for bringing safe, reliable, and climate-resilient water supply systems to communities, schools, and health facilities most in need?
UNICEF Pacific seeks to establish long term agreement one or multiple individual Water Supply Engineering Consultants for up to 300 working days, as and when required, over 36 months across Pacific Island countries. The consultant(s) will be home-based with extensive travel for site assessments and supervision, with periods at home/office for design, reporting and planning activities.
S/he will provide specialized technical expertise in site and water source assessments, water supply system design, hydraulic modelling, quality assurance, and technical documentation. The consultant(s) will support the design, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance planning of climate- and disaster-resilient water supply systems for communities, schools and health facilities, ensuring systems are safe, reliable, efficient, durable and resilient to Pacific environmental conditions.
To expand the pool of specialized expertise available to support WASH financing initiatives, UNICEF Indonesia seeks to establish a roster of qualified WASH Financing Experts who may be engaged as individual consultants on a short-term or long-term consultancy assignments on need basis.
Under the supervision of the WASH Officer, the WASH Technical Consultant for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is accountable for the timely and quality implementation of the WASH-MHM program, under the CER Output 5.2, with particular focus on the promoting Menstrual Hygiene Management and the institutionalization of the Oky Menstrual Period Tracking App in the Philippines.
The implementation Oky under the TUSIP program and the emerging climate-environment agenda for MHM has expanded the opportunity to reach more adolescents in the Philippines. To maximize this opportunity, the WASH-MHM program, particularly the Oky project, requires continued personnel support for technical assistance delivery, marketing and user acquisition, and systems strengthening. UNICEF needs the services of a dedicated consultant to support Oky Philippines and WASH-MHM tasks/activities and provide technical assistance to CSO and government implementing partners
The purpose of this consultancy is to consolidate lessons from the 2026 cholera response and strengthen evidence-based WASH planning for cholera prevention, preparedness and risk reduction in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.
The WASH Officer reports to the Chief of Health and Nutrition (P-4), the position contributes to the achievement of UNICEF Mexico´s child survival and development goals by advancing and integrated health, nutrition and WASH agenda. The incumbent provides technical and operational leadership to strengthen WASH systems and services, with a particular focus on community and institutional capacities that support improved child health and nutrition outcomes, including prevention of stunting. The role supportsthe development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme, while fostering intersectoral collaboration, advocacy and strategic engagement with government counterparts and key stakeholders to accelerate sustainable and scalable results for children.
Can you influence the decisions that shape Angola’s WASH agenda? Are you a respected WASH professional with the experience to guide policy, strengthen institutions, and mobilize partners towards a common vision? Do you thrive on turning complex challenges into sustainable solutions that improve the lives of children and communities? UNICEF Angola is seeking an exceptional WASH Specialist to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and partnership engagement in support of equitable, climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services across the country. If you are ready to shape systems, influence change, and leave a lasting legacy for children in Angola, we encourage you to apply. For every child, safe water, sanitation, and a healthier future.
UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to hire a passionate WASH Specialist to join the WASH team. The Specialist serves as UNICEF's lead technical advisor on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) systems strengthening, WASH sector engagement, WASH policy engagement, service delivery models, and decentralized implementation. The position provides technical leadership for integrated Climate-Resilient WASH, Child Survival, Nutrition, Health and Emergency Preparedness and Response programmes.
UNICEF seeks a consultant to support the mobilization of catalytic finance for the WASH sector and the preparation of the Sanitation Programme Facility (SPF) in Nigeria.
This assignment aims to support Education Cannot Wait (ECW) in strengthening the design, implementation, monitoring and quality assurance of education programmes in crisis-affected contexts. The consultant will provide technical and operational support for ECW’s country investments, including CORE programmes and the Acceleration Facility, while promoting high standards in protection, gender and inclusion, localization, climate resilience, safeguarding and accountability. The role will also contribute to strategic planning, portfolio management and programme performance, helping ensure high-quality, results-based education responses for children affected by emergencies.
UNICEF Lao PDR seeks an experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist to support emergency preparedness, coordination, and response interventions across WASH, Nutrition, Protection, and Education sectors, with a particular focus on child-centred disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, warehouse management, water, sanitation and hygiene, humanitarian coordination, and emergency supply preparedness.
Join UNICEF Ukraine as a WASH Manager (P-4, TA) in Odesa and lead WASH programme implementation, emergency response, and partnerships across southern Ukraine, helping deliver essential services and sustainable solutions for vulnerable children and communities.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide temporary administrative and programme-support services to the Programme Associate (PA) Hub, strengthening its capacity to manage increased transactional and documentation requirements across the programme portfolio. The consultant will support the preparation, organization, quality review, tracking, processing and follow-up of programme-related documentation and requests, ensuring that submissions received from programme sections and implementing partners are complete, properly documented and processed through established UNICEF workflows.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support in developing Guidelines on Best Interests Assessment and Determination for unaccompanied and separated children by facilitating multi-sectoral consultations, undertaking legal and policy analysis, and drafting practical guidance that strengthens decision-making on durable solutions in line with international standards and national legislation.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide professional editing, copy-editing, structural review and publication-readiness support for 15 papers that will form book chapters developed under the UNICEF Lesotho Thought Leadership Series. The consultant will support UNICEF Lesotho to transform selected full papers into polished, accessible and policy-relevant manuscripts suitable for presentation at the 2027 National Dialogue and for possible inclusion in an edited open-access book.
The Process Consultant will coordinate this process end to end for the Climate and Environment Unit: navigating the Government’s procedure, mapping actors and interventions, running the consultations and providing the technical adaptation and mitigation analysis needed to mature the project, so that UNICEF obtains national endorsement, submits a high-quality concept note and launches the preparation of the full project proposal for submission in 2027. The consultant works under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, Climate and Environment, and in coordination with the technical consultancy support to the concept note.
This consultancy will provide technical support to the IE and ECD/E projects to ensure that project outcomes are effectively consolidated, documented, and elevated for policy influence. The consultant will provide full-time-equivalent technical support over 12 months to assist UNICEF and national and subnational partners in consolidating the quality, consistency, sustainability and visibility of Inclusive education and the consultation and documentation of the ECE/D teacher training implementation strategy to inform national teacher’s development strategy. The consultant will translate agreed priorities into coordinated workplans, capacity-strengthening activities, quality assurance and monitoring mechanisms, sustainability support, knowledge products and transition arrangements.
UNICEF mandate is to ensure that children’s life, wellbeing, and rights are protected and supported. UNICEF works worldwide to strengthen institutional and governmental systems protecting children and adolescents, promoting their rights and supporting their development in a safe and conducive environment. UNICEF promotes community-based actions and programming to empower families and communities in attaining their needs fulfilled and caring for the most vulnerable groups. In a great variety of settings, from war-torn countries to disaster-affected areas, from low- to middle- and high-income countries, UNICEF commitment is to ensure that special attention is given to the most vulnerable children and adolescents so that their fullest potential can be achieved. In Italy an outposted team from UNICEF ECAMENA Regional Office is operational since 2016 to respond to the unique needs of migrant and refugee children, providing technical assistance to national authorities and civil societies and direct services when needed. Since the beginning of the migrant and refugee influx, UNICEF is responding to the unique needs of children and women who are seeking asylum in Europe, on the move, stranded or pushed back. UNICEF-supported interventions in Italy continue also to focus on strengthening the protection system through capacity development of frontline workers and key stakeholders on CP, GBV, Education, and MHPSS standards and core concepts, working closely with ministries, universities, civil society organizations and more. In this context, the UNICEF response team in Italy is looking for a consultant to support the maintenance and day-to-day functioning of UNICEF’s e-learning platform. Reporting to the Child Protection Manager, the consultant will provide technical troubleshooting, monitor platform performance, and analyze platform and course usage data.
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