UNICEF Office of Innovation is looking for an Innovation Manager (Accessible Digital Textbooks) who will play a key role in advancing UNICEF’s goals for inclusive education by leading the Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) initiative. The position is responsible for driving disability inclusion within the Learning Innovation Hub, focusing on developing and scaling accessible digital learning tools for children with diverse learning needs.
UNICEF's Office of Innovation (OOI) is looking for an experienced Partnership Manager who will deepen collaboration between the office, its key internal stakeholders, and its most valued public and private sector partners. The role will be responsible for both leading the management of OOI’s existing partnership portfolio of high value public and private sector partners as well as securing a diverse range of new partners.
The Programme Manager (Connectivity Credits Lead) is entrusted with spearheading the creation and strategic evolution of the Global Connectivity Marketplace. This role involves comprehensive responsibility for the marketplace's concept development, ensuring it is grounded in a solid understanding of the regulatory, legal, and financial landscapes.
The Programme Manager is the architect behind the platform's operational framework, harmonizing the efforts of a specialized team across geographies, notably in Geneva and Barcelona. In partnership with global tech leaders and governments, particularly the Swiss Government, the incumbent is instrumental in fostering relationships that enhance the marketplace's international functionality and influence.
The consultant will provide support to the ‘Emerging Opportunities Unit’ managing Project AIM (Alternative Ingredients for Malnutrition) as well as scoping and developing Product Innovation Projects within Nutrition and Education. The consultant will conduct needs assessments, market landscape analyses, scope innovation projects, develop implementation strategies and liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including private sector and academia, to lead the projects to their completion.
Developing and maintaining partnerships with other UN agencies is central to the role, as is coordination across multiple divisions within UNICEF. The role requires regular presentations on product updates to the Innovation Review Board that oversees product innovation projects.
The Business Development Manager (Connectivity Credits) at UNICEF's Giga initiative plays a crucial role in the growth and adoption of the Connectivity Credits Marketplace. Tasked with the challenging job of steering Giga and UNICEF teams from pilot phase to global adoption, this position will at times require the Manager to take initiative and get first results directly themselves, and later evolve to enabling other teams inside UNICEF to generate opportunities at scale. This position is a senior business development role, requiring the ability to quickly establish credibility around global development and connectivity with government and IFI stakeholders.
Success in this position would steadily drive financial buy-in through stages of growth – the first $1m, $10m, $100m and $1bn, adapting their role with each phase, and bringing significant resource mobilization to Giga’s goal of global connectivity.
UNICEF is seeking for a Pilot Project Coordinator (Connectivity Credits) to join Giga, a UNICEF-ITU initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in the establishment of the Connectivity Credits system. Tasked with being a bridge between on-the-ground implementation in specific pilot countries, and a digital product team that is building a scalable global marketplace, this role is key to ensuring that what the Connectivity Credits becomes is based on learnings from real users and stakeholders in countries.
Success in this role will mean that Connectivity Credits is proven as a viable and attractive method for financing local, small ISPs that can connect the second half of the world, enabling enhanced educational and socioeconomic opportunities in underserved communities worldwide.
We are seeking a talented Senior UI Designer to join Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. The UI designer will work within an interdisciplinary team to develop, prototype, and advise on new products and solutions that will help us achieve the goal of connecting every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030.
We are seeking a blockchain developer interested in advancing his/her career in web3 by contributing to a goal of connecting every school in the world to the Internet.
Giga is piloting web3 products which will be used to enable children to use digital technology in schools and their communities. Exploring and implementing real-life use cases for web3 is what drives us, and we have gathered an amazing group of blockchain geeks to work on this during crypto winter. Products on which we are currently working include Connectivity credits platform (think carbon credits for school connectivity), an accounting platform for real-time payments for connectivity through smart contracts, and of course – an NFT collection. We tend to come up with new product ideas quite often and follow the latest trends in web3 in order to find ways we can accelerate connecting the remaining 1.3 billion unconnected children.
We are seeking a talented and versatile Junior Graphic Designer to join Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. The UI designer will work within an interdisciplinary team to develop, prototype, and advise on new products and solutions that will help us achieve the goal of connecting every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030.
We are seeking a highly skilled data scientist to join our team and support the analysis and processing of a diverse range of datasets including geospatial data, school location data, mobile coverage data, internet Quality of Service (QoS) data, Internet Provider’s data, connectivity pricing data and other socioeconomic data. The successful candidate will support the development of machine learning and/or statistical models to generate new insights that will help Giga achieve its goal of connecting every school to the internet, with a particular focus on developing models to help UNICEF and governments to scale up the procurement of affordable school connectivity services.
The Market Research Specialist will support UNICEF Supply Division and Giga to implement interventions aimed at incentivizing the telecommunications industry to improve availability and affordability of school connectivity solutions. This role will support, with solid market research and evidence, the development and implementation of procurement strategies for school connectivity. Demand forecasts and market shaping strategies will be developed where needed to help UNICEF accelerate market development, improve availability of connectivity solutions for schools, and reduce prices for this essential service for children. High-quality business intelligence will be maintained and kept up to date to inform UNICEF’s strategic engagement with key industry suppliers, ensuring core business are postured to meet the needs of children.
The Technical Specialist for Connectivity Solutions will significantly enhance the capacity of UNICEF and Giga to deliver high-quality, reliable, and sustainable connectivity solutions to schools. By ensuring the implementation of robust technical standards and quality assurance measures, the specialist will contribute to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of school connectivity projects. This role will help bridge the digital divide, providing children in unconnected schools with access to educational resources and opportunities, thus supporting UNICEF’s mission to promote equity and the right to education for every child. The specialist’s work in monitoring and adapting service requirements, evaluating suppliers, and managing product portfolios will ensure that connectivity solutions are fit for purpose, cost-effective, and aligned with the latest industry advancements. This will ultimately lead to improved educational outcomes and a stronger foundation for the future development of connected learning environments globally.
Given related strategies such as the Youth for Children (Y4C) approach, Green Rising (green), young people in HPV+ adoption (girls), and digital skilling (digital), the importance of Yunitok as a youth engagement tool is evident. Furthermore, given the ongoing programs of BeGreen, EKYAN, and YOMA (digital skilling), the importance of engaging a consultant is clear to capitalize on the momentum and contribute to the three pillars of focus for GenU—digital, green, and girls.
UNICEF Moldova is contracting a National Individual Consultant, to support the MER in the development of the new National Curriculum documents for the selected sections. The consultant will also conduct the public consultations and develop the reports on the results of public consultations.
The main purpose of the assignment is to embed research into innovations in education programmes with a focus on data analysis and visualization. Participatory mixed-methods research will focus on testing innovations in education programmes with an aim to synthesize global lessons on how to best harness innovative education practices (including but not limited to digital learning) across contexts worldwide.
The implementation research consultant will support the implementation of education research on innovative education across countries (Timor-Leste, Bangladesh, and Myanmar) by:
1. Programming and adapting data collection tools and protocols based on the research plans.
2. Performing data cleaning, analysis, real-time feedback loops generation and data visualization.
3. Supporting research output writing to inform implementation and scale of innovations in education.
The Education section of UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a remote-based consultant for an estimated 120 working days to support the research design and data analysis of innovative education programmes across multiple countries. The innovations in education research portfolio embeds implementation research into large-scale and cross-country innovative partnerships and programmes, these innovations include digital learning, low tech, and no tech solutions. The overall aim of the research portfolio is to inform improvements in innovations in education delivery to improve children’s learning, and to synthesize lessons across countries to build global public goods.
Under the overall guidance and direction of the Chief of Field office (P5) and in consultation with the Emergency Manager (P4) and the Chief of Learning and Development (P5), the Education Specialist will support the Education Programme in managing the Education in Emergencies and Recovery/rehabilitation response plan for the Tigray region, contributing to knowledge development/innovation, supporting resource mobilization, grants and project management and developing and preparing education in emergency and recovery strategies, and programs/projects.
The Specialist will provide authoritative technical guidance/operational support throughout all stages of programming to facilitate the management and delivery of results on strengthening the education in emergencies response, and the recovery of institutions and systems to harness the humanitarian-development nexus, improve learning outcomes, promote universal access to and equitable and inclusive primary, pre-primary, secondary and alternative skills development learning programmes.
UNICEF Geneva Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for Individual Consultants to provide specialized expertise in operationalizing Complaints, Feedback, and Redressal Mechanisms with a strong digital background.
UNICEF Geneva Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for Individual Consultants to support UNICEF’s Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) to develop and implement strategies that ensure meaningful engagement of children in global policies and programmes.
UNICEF Geneva Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for Individual Consultants to support UNICEF’s Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) team to enhance the integration of people-centered accountability across UNICEF’s strategic and operational frameworks.
UNICEF Office of Innovation is looking for an Innovation Manager (Accessible Digital Textbooks) who will play a key role in advancing UNICEF’s goals for inclusive education by leading the Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) initiative. The position is responsible for driving disability inclusion within the Learning Innovation Hub, focusing on developing and scaling accessible digital learning tools for children with diverse learning needs.
UNICEF's Office of Innovation (OOI) is looking for an experienced Partnership Manager who will deepen collaboration between the office, its key internal stakeholders, and its most valued public and private sector partners. The role will be responsible for both leading the management of OOI’s existing partnership portfolio of high value public and private sector partners as well as securing a diverse range of new partners.
The Programme Manager (Connectivity Credits Lead) is entrusted with spearheading the creation and strategic evolution of the Global Connectivity Marketplace. This role involves comprehensive responsibility for the marketplace's concept development, ensuring it is grounded in a solid understanding of the regulatory, legal, and financial landscapes.
The Programme Manager is the architect behind the platform's operational framework, harmonizing the efforts of a specialized team across geographies, notably in Geneva and Barcelona. In partnership with global tech leaders and governments, particularly the Swiss Government, the incumbent is instrumental in fostering relationships that enhance the marketplace's international functionality and influence.
The consultant will provide support to the ‘Emerging Opportunities Unit’ managing Project AIM (Alternative Ingredients for Malnutrition) as well as scoping and developing Product Innovation Projects within Nutrition and Education. The consultant will conduct needs assessments, market landscape analyses, scope innovation projects, develop implementation strategies and liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including private sector and academia, to lead the projects to their completion.
Developing and maintaining partnerships with other UN agencies is central to the role, as is coordination across multiple divisions within UNICEF. The role requires regular presentations on product updates to the Innovation Review Board that oversees product innovation projects.
The Business Development Manager (Connectivity Credits) at UNICEF's Giga initiative plays a crucial role in the growth and adoption of the Connectivity Credits Marketplace. Tasked with the challenging job of steering Giga and UNICEF teams from pilot phase to global adoption, this position will at times require the Manager to take initiative and get first results directly themselves, and later evolve to enabling other teams inside UNICEF to generate opportunities at scale. This position is a senior business development role, requiring the ability to quickly establish credibility around global development and connectivity with government and IFI stakeholders.
Success in this position would steadily drive financial buy-in through stages of growth – the first $1m, $10m, $100m and $1bn, adapting their role with each phase, and bringing significant resource mobilization to Giga’s goal of global connectivity.
UNICEF is seeking for a Pilot Project Coordinator (Connectivity Credits) to join Giga, a UNICEF-ITU initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in the establishment of the Connectivity Credits system. Tasked with being a bridge between on-the-ground implementation in specific pilot countries, and a digital product team that is building a scalable global marketplace, this role is key to ensuring that what the Connectivity Credits becomes is based on learnings from real users and stakeholders in countries.
Success in this role will mean that Connectivity Credits is proven as a viable and attractive method for financing local, small ISPs that can connect the second half of the world, enabling enhanced educational and socioeconomic opportunities in underserved communities worldwide.
We are seeking a talented Senior UI Designer to join Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. The UI designer will work within an interdisciplinary team to develop, prototype, and advise on new products and solutions that will help us achieve the goal of connecting every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030.
We are seeking a blockchain developer interested in advancing his/her career in web3 by contributing to a goal of connecting every school in the world to the Internet.
Giga is piloting web3 products which will be used to enable children to use digital technology in schools and their communities. Exploring and implementing real-life use cases for web3 is what drives us, and we have gathered an amazing group of blockchain geeks to work on this during crypto winter. Products on which we are currently working include Connectivity credits platform (think carbon credits for school connectivity), an accounting platform for real-time payments for connectivity through smart contracts, and of course – an NFT collection. We tend to come up with new product ideas quite often and follow the latest trends in web3 in order to find ways we can accelerate connecting the remaining 1.3 billion unconnected children.
We are seeking a talented and versatile Junior Graphic Designer to join Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. The UI designer will work within an interdisciplinary team to develop, prototype, and advise on new products and solutions that will help us achieve the goal of connecting every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030.
We are seeking a highly skilled data scientist to join our team and support the analysis and processing of a diverse range of datasets including geospatial data, school location data, mobile coverage data, internet Quality of Service (QoS) data, Internet Provider’s data, connectivity pricing data and other socioeconomic data. The successful candidate will support the development of machine learning and/or statistical models to generate new insights that will help Giga achieve its goal of connecting every school to the internet, with a particular focus on developing models to help UNICEF and governments to scale up the procurement of affordable school connectivity services.
The Market Research Specialist will support UNICEF Supply Division and Giga to implement interventions aimed at incentivizing the telecommunications industry to improve availability and affordability of school connectivity solutions. This role will support, with solid market research and evidence, the development and implementation of procurement strategies for school connectivity. Demand forecasts and market shaping strategies will be developed where needed to help UNICEF accelerate market development, improve availability of connectivity solutions for schools, and reduce prices for this essential service for children. High-quality business intelligence will be maintained and kept up to date to inform UNICEF’s strategic engagement with key industry suppliers, ensuring core business are postured to meet the needs of children.
The Technical Specialist for Connectivity Solutions will significantly enhance the capacity of UNICEF and Giga to deliver high-quality, reliable, and sustainable connectivity solutions to schools. By ensuring the implementation of robust technical standards and quality assurance measures, the specialist will contribute to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of school connectivity projects. This role will help bridge the digital divide, providing children in unconnected schools with access to educational resources and opportunities, thus supporting UNICEF’s mission to promote equity and the right to education for every child. The specialist’s work in monitoring and adapting service requirements, evaluating suppliers, and managing product portfolios will ensure that connectivity solutions are fit for purpose, cost-effective, and aligned with the latest industry advancements. This will ultimately lead to improved educational outcomes and a stronger foundation for the future development of connected learning environments globally.
Given related strategies such as the Youth for Children (Y4C) approach, Green Rising (green), young people in HPV+ adoption (girls), and digital skilling (digital), the importance of Yunitok as a youth engagement tool is evident. Furthermore, given the ongoing programs of BeGreen, EKYAN, and YOMA (digital skilling), the importance of engaging a consultant is clear to capitalize on the momentum and contribute to the three pillars of focus for GenU—digital, green, and girls.
UNICEF Moldova is contracting a National Individual Consultant, to support the MER in the development of the new National Curriculum documents for the selected sections. The consultant will also conduct the public consultations and develop the reports on the results of public consultations.
The main purpose of the assignment is to embed research into innovations in education programmes with a focus on data analysis and visualization. Participatory mixed-methods research will focus on testing innovations in education programmes with an aim to synthesize global lessons on how to best harness innovative education practices (including but not limited to digital learning) across contexts worldwide.
The implementation research consultant will support the implementation of education research on innovative education across countries (Timor-Leste, Bangladesh, and Myanmar) by:
1. Programming and adapting data collection tools and protocols based on the research plans.
2. Performing data cleaning, analysis, real-time feedback loops generation and data visualization.
3. Supporting research output writing to inform implementation and scale of innovations in education.
The Education section of UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is seeking a remote-based consultant for an estimated 120 working days to support the research design and data analysis of innovative education programmes across multiple countries. The innovations in education research portfolio embeds implementation research into large-scale and cross-country innovative partnerships and programmes, these innovations include digital learning, low tech, and no tech solutions. The overall aim of the research portfolio is to inform improvements in innovations in education delivery to improve children’s learning, and to synthesize lessons across countries to build global public goods.
Under the overall guidance and direction of the Chief of Field office (P5) and in consultation with the Emergency Manager (P4) and the Chief of Learning and Development (P5), the Education Specialist will support the Education Programme in managing the Education in Emergencies and Recovery/rehabilitation response plan for the Tigray region, contributing to knowledge development/innovation, supporting resource mobilization, grants and project management and developing and preparing education in emergency and recovery strategies, and programs/projects.
The Specialist will provide authoritative technical guidance/operational support throughout all stages of programming to facilitate the management and delivery of results on strengthening the education in emergencies response, and the recovery of institutions and systems to harness the humanitarian-development nexus, improve learning outcomes, promote universal access to and equitable and inclusive primary, pre-primary, secondary and alternative skills development learning programmes.
UNICEF Geneva Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for Individual Consultants to provide specialized expertise in operationalizing Complaints, Feedback, and Redressal Mechanisms with a strong digital background.
UNICEF Geneva Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for Individual Consultants to support UNICEF’s Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) to develop and implement strategies that ensure meaningful engagement of children in global policies and programmes.
UNICEF Geneva Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) is looking for Individual Consultants to support UNICEF’s Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) team to enhance the integration of people-centered accountability across UNICEF’s strategic and operational frameworks.