The post is based in the Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa (MENARO) based in Amman and reports to the Regional Staff Counsellor with a non-negotiable condition for travel to Gaza and other Level 3 Emergencies locations. The Staff Counsellor will implement and contribute to a resiliency and stress management programme aimed at attending to the psychological needs of UNICEF staff in Gaza and Level 3 Emergencies. The work will be carried out from the preventive and curative perspective at the individual, team, and organizational levels.
UNICEF DRC is looking for a dedicated and experienced professional to join our dynamic team as Head of Field Office (CFO) in Lubumbashi (P-4, full-time).
In this key leadership role, you will provide overall leadership, coordination and strategic direction to UNICEF's programs and operations in the region. You will represent UNICEF at the local level, ensure program effectiveness, promote partnerships and manage staff performance and the use of financial resources in accordance with organizational objectives and humanitarian principles. You will ensure that our results are concrete, measurable and sustainable, in line with UNICEF's mission and the needs of local communities.
If you are passionate about making a significant impact on the lives of children and their families, we encourage you to apply now and be part of a mission that strives to create lasting change in the community.
UNICEF Pacific seeks to contract three evaluators/consultants with appropriate skills, expertise and capacities, to work as a team to conduct a formative evaluation of climate and disaster-resilient WASH programming in the Pacific Island countries. The evaluation will assess the extent to which the UNICEF WASH climate and disaster-resilient programming approach is set up to deliver sustainable and climate and disaster-resilient quality water and sanitation services, and to ensure that children and their families have the knowledge, skills and resources to practice safe WASH. It will also determine whether UNICEF programme activities are positioned to advance the goal for every child to have access to water, sanitation and hygiene and live in a safe and sustainable climate and environment, and to attain UNICEF vision towards realization of the human rights to water and sanitation.
The consultancy is for 150 working days divided between the 4 consultants and spread over a 5-month period. Contracts will be issued on an individual basis.
The UNICEF Office of Innovation is Looking for several interns. The Interns will gain practical experience by participating in activities across diverse portfolio areas at the Office of Innovation. Multiple interns will be recruited. Applicants are asked to specify their top two preferred areas of interest. Available positions within the innovation thematic and portfolio areas include:
• Governance Intern
• Humanitarian Intern
• Health Intern
• Climate, Energy, and Infrastructure Intern
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management intern
• UPSHIFT Intern
• Design Intern
The purpose of this position is to support the HCT team in developing the technical documentation required throughout the enhancements and maintenance of UNICEF Humanitarian cash Operations and Programme Ecosystem (HOPE) and to liaise with relevant stakeholders, internal and external. The technical documentation function entails the drafting of functional and business requirements, user stories and visualization of business and process flow to support the architectural and functional enhancements of HOPE. This function plays a critical role in ensuring adequate quality assurance and user acceptance tests are performed prior to clear the deployment to production of new features and bug fixes.
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
The role is to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the KFW/BMZ-funded ‘Strengthening the Resilience of people and Structures in drought-Affected Regions of Ethiopia’ program (estimated 75% of time) and support similar resilient WASH programs (estimated 25% of time).
UNICEF is seeking a qualified international individual consultant to support to analyse the baseline data collected by the local research company through the four IDELA tools/datasets – CFM: IDELA Child Functioning Module - HE: IDELA Home Environment/Caregiver - CA: IDELA Child Assessment - CE: IDEL-A Classroom Environment and produce a final report on the baseline study results on the Tajikistan School Readiness Assessment.
UNICEF is seeking a qualified national ICT Consultant to support the national teacher professional development system in Tajikistan by delivering high-quality, accessible, and secure digital education services. This role demands strong technical expertise, a human-centered approach, and the capacity to train and support diverse stakeholders effectively.
UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office (ACO) established an Outpost office in Termez in charge of procurement of goods for the programmes and operations of the Country Office as well as to serve as business continuity point.
In partnership with Management of Termez Cargo Center, UNICEF continues to operate the humanitarian logistical hub in Termez city along with other UN agencies and humanitarian actors.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a WASH Officer (Engineer) at the NOB level to be based in Tarawa, Kiribati. The WASH Officer will report to the WASH Specialist and provide technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process. The WASH Officer will prepare, and implement a variety of technical, management, and administrative tasks, related to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme. Specifically, this position will provide dedicated WASH engineering expertise to the WASH Programme in the country office including working closely with key government stakeholders and selected contractors in planning of improvement works and to provide close technical oversight and regular reporting of implementation of the construction works.
The Operations Manager (Risk and Compliance) will be responsible for leading the strengthening of risk assurance and compliance efforts in the context of a large/medium/small scale country office.
He/She will be responsible for providing complementary expertise, support, and monitoring related to the management of risk, including but not limited to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of risk management practices at a process, systems, and entity level.
He/she will ensure to lead the achievement of risk management objectives follows organizational rules and regulations, and acceptable ethical behavior; internal controls; information and technology security; sustainability; and quality assurance. Moreover, he/she will provide analysis and report on the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management and internal controls.
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) is looking for a qualified Organizational Science, Foresight, and EU context advisor to work with the evaluation lead to ensure all phases of the evaluation can feed towards concrete recommendations on how best to improve the organizational structure of UNICEF in all COs under analysis.
Egypt country office is looking for a consultant for a period of 6 months starting from April till September 2025. The GBViE Consultant will report to Child Protection Officer NOB (Children on the move) at UNICEF Country Office, for guidance and general supervision, with technical support from the GBV Risk Mitigation and PSEA Specialist at the Regional Office. S/He will focus on strengthening GBV responses in existing Child Protection, including FGM and integrating efforts to address GBV and SEA in all of UNICEF’s work in Child Protection in the refugee response and UNICEF operation in the country.
UNICEF Montenegro is looking for an International Consultant to support the Ministry of Social Welfare, Demography and Family Care for Development of the Final Report on implementation of the Strategy for Exercising the Rights of the Child 2019–2023.
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates from diverse populations, including but not limited to people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
UNICEF is looking for an Individual International consultant to conduct the capacity building of professionals handling civil court cases on child rights and free legal aid.
To provide support in developing a vaccination demand plan for routine
immunization for the target beneficiaries, such as children under five, adolescent girls, and pregnant
women. This includes supporting communities and health workers in addressing concerns, trust and
misinformation through targeted interventions. Additionally, this consultancy will also help build the
capacity of health workers and volunteers in mobilizing communities and health promotion initiatives at
both the community and health facility levels.
Assignment context:
The volunteer is sought to backstop the Health Officer during their six-month leave (June to November). The volunteer will provide professional technical assistance and support for the implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of Health and Nutrition program activities in the South of Iraq. Responsibilities include data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge sharing, and capacity-building efforts, in alignment with the objectives of the field office Health and Nutrition work plan and the overall Health and Nutrition program strategy.
UNICEF Thailand is seeking a national consultant to provide support to the implementation of the activities related to nutrition within the ECD programme, as well as to support other programmes as required.
The post is based in the Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa (MENARO) based in Amman and reports to the Regional Staff Counsellor with a non-negotiable condition for travel to Gaza and other Level 3 Emergencies locations. The Staff Counsellor will implement and contribute to a resiliency and stress management programme aimed at attending to the psychological needs of UNICEF staff in Gaza and Level 3 Emergencies. The work will be carried out from the preventive and curative perspective at the individual, team, and organizational levels.
UNICEF DRC is looking for a dedicated and experienced professional to join our dynamic team as Head of Field Office (CFO) in Lubumbashi (P-4, full-time).
In this key leadership role, you will provide overall leadership, coordination and strategic direction to UNICEF's programs and operations in the region. You will represent UNICEF at the local level, ensure program effectiveness, promote partnerships and manage staff performance and the use of financial resources in accordance with organizational objectives and humanitarian principles. You will ensure that our results are concrete, measurable and sustainable, in line with UNICEF's mission and the needs of local communities.
If you are passionate about making a significant impact on the lives of children and their families, we encourage you to apply now and be part of a mission that strives to create lasting change in the community.
UNICEF Pacific seeks to contract three evaluators/consultants with appropriate skills, expertise and capacities, to work as a team to conduct a formative evaluation of climate and disaster-resilient WASH programming in the Pacific Island countries. The evaluation will assess the extent to which the UNICEF WASH climate and disaster-resilient programming approach is set up to deliver sustainable and climate and disaster-resilient quality water and sanitation services, and to ensure that children and their families have the knowledge, skills and resources to practice safe WASH. It will also determine whether UNICEF programme activities are positioned to advance the goal for every child to have access to water, sanitation and hygiene and live in a safe and sustainable climate and environment, and to attain UNICEF vision towards realization of the human rights to water and sanitation.
The consultancy is for 150 working days divided between the 4 consultants and spread over a 5-month period. Contracts will be issued on an individual basis.
The UNICEF Office of Innovation is Looking for several interns. The Interns will gain practical experience by participating in activities across diverse portfolio areas at the Office of Innovation. Multiple interns will be recruited. Applicants are asked to specify their top two preferred areas of interest. Available positions within the innovation thematic and portfolio areas include:
• Governance Intern
• Humanitarian Intern
• Health Intern
• Climate, Energy, and Infrastructure Intern
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management intern
• UPSHIFT Intern
• Design Intern
The purpose of this position is to support the HCT team in developing the technical documentation required throughout the enhancements and maintenance of UNICEF Humanitarian cash Operations and Programme Ecosystem (HOPE) and to liaise with relevant stakeholders, internal and external. The technical documentation function entails the drafting of functional and business requirements, user stories and visualization of business and process flow to support the architectural and functional enhancements of HOPE. This function plays a critical role in ensuring adequate quality assurance and user acceptance tests are performed prior to clear the deployment to production of new features and bug fixes.
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
The role is to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the KFW/BMZ-funded ‘Strengthening the Resilience of people and Structures in drought-Affected Regions of Ethiopia’ program (estimated 75% of time) and support similar resilient WASH programs (estimated 25% of time).
UNICEF is seeking a qualified international individual consultant to support to analyse the baseline data collected by the local research company through the four IDELA tools/datasets – CFM: IDELA Child Functioning Module - HE: IDELA Home Environment/Caregiver - CA: IDELA Child Assessment - CE: IDEL-A Classroom Environment and produce a final report on the baseline study results on the Tajikistan School Readiness Assessment.
UNICEF is seeking a qualified national ICT Consultant to support the national teacher professional development system in Tajikistan by delivering high-quality, accessible, and secure digital education services. This role demands strong technical expertise, a human-centered approach, and the capacity to train and support diverse stakeholders effectively.
UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office (ACO) established an Outpost office in Termez in charge of procurement of goods for the programmes and operations of the Country Office as well as to serve as business continuity point.
In partnership with Management of Termez Cargo Center, UNICEF continues to operate the humanitarian logistical hub in Termez city along with other UN agencies and humanitarian actors.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a WASH Officer (Engineer) at the NOB level to be based in Tarawa, Kiribati. The WASH Officer will report to the WASH Specialist and provide technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process. The WASH Officer will prepare, and implement a variety of technical, management, and administrative tasks, related to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme. Specifically, this position will provide dedicated WASH engineering expertise to the WASH Programme in the country office including working closely with key government stakeholders and selected contractors in planning of improvement works and to provide close technical oversight and regular reporting of implementation of the construction works.
The Operations Manager (Risk and Compliance) will be responsible for leading the strengthening of risk assurance and compliance efforts in the context of a large/medium/small scale country office.
He/She will be responsible for providing complementary expertise, support, and monitoring related to the management of risk, including but not limited to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of risk management practices at a process, systems, and entity level.
He/she will ensure to lead the achievement of risk management objectives follows organizational rules and regulations, and acceptable ethical behavior; internal controls; information and technology security; sustainability; and quality assurance. Moreover, he/she will provide analysis and report on the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management and internal controls.
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) is looking for a qualified Organizational Science, Foresight, and EU context advisor to work with the evaluation lead to ensure all phases of the evaluation can feed towards concrete recommendations on how best to improve the organizational structure of UNICEF in all COs under analysis.
Egypt country office is looking for a consultant for a period of 6 months starting from April till September 2025. The GBViE Consultant will report to Child Protection Officer NOB (Children on the move) at UNICEF Country Office, for guidance and general supervision, with technical support from the GBV Risk Mitigation and PSEA Specialist at the Regional Office. S/He will focus on strengthening GBV responses in existing Child Protection, including FGM and integrating efforts to address GBV and SEA in all of UNICEF’s work in Child Protection in the refugee response and UNICEF operation in the country.
UNICEF Montenegro is looking for an International Consultant to support the Ministry of Social Welfare, Demography and Family Care for Development of the Final Report on implementation of the Strategy for Exercising the Rights of the Child 2019–2023.
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates from diverse populations, including but not limited to people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
UNICEF is looking for an Individual International consultant to conduct the capacity building of professionals handling civil court cases on child rights and free legal aid.
To provide support in developing a vaccination demand plan for routine
immunization for the target beneficiaries, such as children under five, adolescent girls, and pregnant
women. This includes supporting communities and health workers in addressing concerns, trust and
misinformation through targeted interventions. Additionally, this consultancy will also help build the
capacity of health workers and volunteers in mobilizing communities and health promotion initiatives at
both the community and health facility levels.
Assignment context:
The volunteer is sought to backstop the Health Officer during their six-month leave (June to November). The volunteer will provide professional technical assistance and support for the implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of Health and Nutrition program activities in the South of Iraq. Responsibilities include data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge sharing, and capacity-building efforts, in alignment with the objectives of the field office Health and Nutrition work plan and the overall Health and Nutrition program strategy.
UNICEF Thailand is seeking a national consultant to provide support to the implementation of the activities related to nutrition within the ECD programme, as well as to support other programmes as required.
