UNICEF Uganda is seeking to recruit a professional to provide technical support to the Ministry of Health and District Health Officers (DHOs) in updating the mapping of private sector medical providers that offer immunization services.
This role will involve reviewing existing documentation at both national and subnational levels concerning private sector providers and their services. The selected candidate will collaborate with the DHOs to develop a questionnaire for private sector providers, which will detail the services offered, costs, and availability.
Additionally, the professional will map private sector facilities, complete the questionnaires, and draft a report that includes an analysis of the collected data along with a dynamic map of all private sector facilities.
The overall aim of the internship is to assist PME Specialist to provide oversight of office-wide programme planning, monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
The purpose of the assignment is to provide video shooting and editing services for a campaign on immunization. The aim of the campaign is to spread key messages on the benefits of immunization through digital platforms in collaboration with local social media influencers. The campaign materials are scheduled for use in April, particularly during World Immunization Week, with a focus on reaching parents of children aged 0 to 6 years.
Azerbaijan maintained high national immunization coverage rates until 2019. However, at the sub-national level, some districts experienced lower coverage due to the piloting of healthcare reforms in these areas, although this did not significantly impact national averages. Since 2020, Azerbaijan has faced a decline in immunization coverage. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted immunization services, significantly affecting DTP1 and DTP3 coverage rates, which dropped to 79% and 82%, respectively, in 2020.
There are significant regional (sub-national) variations in coverage in immunization throughout the country. The officially reported data on vaccination coverage by districts shows an increase in the number of children who did not receive DTP1 and DTP3 doses in 28 districts in 2022 compared to the previous year.
According to the Ministry of Health's report, 281 measles cases were reported in 2019. However, from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, the number of registered cases surged to 13,207, with 10,782 of these occurring among children aged 0–17 years. In response to this outbreak and to enhance preparedness for future infectious disease outbreaks, UNICEF has implemented several initiatives to support strengthening of immunization programme in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
The objective is to identify an individual to produce video content for UNICEF Country Office in Azerbaijan aimed at promoting immunization-related key messages on digital platforms.
Sous la supervision de la Chargée de Programme Protection de l’Enfance - Migration, le/ la consultant/e aura pour objectif principal de soutenir les efforts des partenaires nationaux dans la mise en place et le renforcement des services inclusifs et de qualité pour la protection des enfants en situation de migration.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive national consultant to provide administrative support for the 2025 Pacific Early Childhood development (ECD) Forum. This high-level forum will bring together leaders from 15 Pacific Island nations to reflect on the progress made since the 2017 Pasifika Call to Action on ECD, incorporating critical updates from 2023.
The consultant will support to develop and implement an Events Plan and Timeline including schedule of deliverables, budget and logistics, support with all event delivery elements within time limits and coordinate support for the event including options and agreements for interested stakeholders to support through financial, in-kind and other creative mechanisms.
Africa’s importance to global objectives, particularly in maternal and child wellbeing, cannot be overstated. By the end of the century, nearly half of the world’s children will reside in Africa. With abundant natural resources and a burgeoning youth population, the continent is poised to play a critical role in a globalized future.
Despite commendable progress in child survival and development over recent decades, Africa faces emerging challenges such as rapid urbanization, digitalization, and climate disasters, which demand innovative solutions and urgent action. African leadership has set forth visionary frameworks like the African Union’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, the Ten-Year Implementation Plan 2024-2033, and Africa’s Agenda 2040 for Children. These documents underscore the need for evolving methodologies and expanded partnerships to support African-owned agendas.
In support of these efforts, a new strategy for UNICEF’s contribution to existing African development agendas (referred to internally as the Africa Strategy) was adopted by the UNICEF Executive Board on the 5th of September 2024. UNICEF is now tasked with the complex responsibility of developing and delivering a Year-1 Implementation Plan.
This consultancy is needed to aid with fundraising for and communications regarding the Year-1 Implementation Plan. This role would then continue to oversee development out of all fundraising materials, including investment briefs, prospectuses, donor pitch decks, and all other communications necessary to fundraise for and implement the Africa
Exciting consultancy opportunity to primarily develop an adolescent Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) training manual and tools for facilitators to train and equip healthcare workers, teachers, and social welfare officers (CBVs, CWACs and peer educators) working with and for adolescents in the provision of MHPSS services in health facilities, schools, and communities. The consultant is also expected to develop a MHPSS service directory to strengthen linkages and referral systems in North Western and Luapula Provinces.
L’objectif général de la consultation est de réaliser l’étude de référence pour la mise en œuvre et le suivi du programme PASEREC sur l’ensemble des composantes du PASEREC en faisant ressortir le contexte actuel de la situation de l’eau, l’hygiène et l’assainissement dans les zones cibles du projet et au niveau de la gouvernance.
The Legal Affairs Specialist will give recommendations and advice on a wide range of organizational activities and interests, including, among other things, the interaction of UNICEF with governments and other key partners as well as on strategic initiatives across UNICEF. This support helps UNICEF to take advantage of development opportunities as well as safeguard the organization from risk. The Legal Team aims to identify and mitigate exposure to potential liability and financial loss, to safeguard the ability of the organization to be accountable to its stakeholders, and to preserve credibility as well as funding from member states and other donors, both public and private.
Support Nigeria, Syria, Ukraine, South Sudan country offices on payment recipients' personal data management function to process individual cash transfers for people affected by humanitarian crisis and Frontline workers.
Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) is looking for an exceptional Consultant (Fundraising) to support EOF’s Chief of Operations to grow EOF’s partnerships and fundraising efforts, advising EOF’s leadership team about EOF's pipeline of future programs and strengthening relationships at senior levels of government around the world.
The UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office is looking for a Immunization specialist to provide UNICEF's strategic and technical leadership on polio eradication agenda in the five countries of Lake Chad Basin, namely Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.
The Market Development Specialist will support UNICEF Supply Division and Giga to implement a market acceleration strategy to create a more efficient school connectivity market. This role will help develop the demand for Giga’s procurement & market shaping tools that aim to help governments massively scale their ability to connect schools and health centers to the internet. To achieve this, the consultant will develop partnerships with governments, cultivate collaboration opportunities with multilateral organizations, and advocate for improved access to connectivity for schools and health centers. Market intelligence and research will be developed to help design and implement a market development strategy that creates a healthy pipeline of countries working alongside UNICEF’s procurement teams to close the digital divide affecting schools and health centers in low-income countries.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
Under the supervision of the Senior Finance Manager – Global Cash-Based Transfers, you will provide technical financial and fiduciary expertise to support Country Offices (COs) in implementing Cash-Based Transfer (CBT) programs through Financial Service Providers (FSPs). Your responsibilities include building capacity to ensure a cash-fit workforce, managing CBT programs, and contributing to the development of management information systems.You will focus on strengthening Regional and Country Office monitoring, compliance, and risk management by providing policy advice, establishing tools and processes, and implementing controls to mitigate financial risks in cash transfers. You will also work closely with various UNICEF HQ divisions, including the Program Group (PG) Social Policy Section, Emergency Programmes Division (EMOPS), Supply Division, ICTD, Division of Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM), and the Global Shared Services Center (GSSC).Key responsibilities include providing technical support, ensuring compliance, and enhancing operational efficiency in cash-based programs.
The overall objective of the study is to provide technical support for assessment of the socioeconomic, cultural, and gender related factors, including social and gender norms, that drive child marriages in Tajikistan. Additionally, the study will assess the consequences of child marriage on various development outcomes, with a focus on understanding the economic and social costs associated with these impacts, particularly the disproportionate effects on girls’ education, health, economic participation and overall well-being.
The international consultant will play a key role in providing technical advisory support, helping to interpret UNICEF’s engineering reports and recommendations for local engineers, design institutes, construction companies, and other technical staff engaged in the project.
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a national consultant for formulation of national guideline on safe school zone. The minimum qualification required is at least a master’s degree in social sciences, economics, public policy, public administration, urban planning/ development, international development, or other related fields with at least 5 years or more of professional experience related to road safety, urban planning/ development, research studies, strategic planning, governance, programme management.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
Under the overall supervision of the Programme Specialist (UNICEF) with day-to-day supervision by the Youth Environment Living Labs (YELL) Manager, this internship is to support the daily tasks that are essential towards the execution of YELL’s programmes.
UNICEF Uganda is seeking to recruit a professional to provide technical support to the Ministry of Health and District Health Officers (DHOs) in updating the mapping of private sector medical providers that offer immunization services.
This role will involve reviewing existing documentation at both national and subnational levels concerning private sector providers and their services. The selected candidate will collaborate with the DHOs to develop a questionnaire for private sector providers, which will detail the services offered, costs, and availability.
Additionally, the professional will map private sector facilities, complete the questionnaires, and draft a report that includes an analysis of the collected data along with a dynamic map of all private sector facilities.
The overall aim of the internship is to assist PME Specialist to provide oversight of office-wide programme planning, monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
The purpose of the assignment is to provide video shooting and editing services for a campaign on immunization. The aim of the campaign is to spread key messages on the benefits of immunization through digital platforms in collaboration with local social media influencers. The campaign materials are scheduled for use in April, particularly during World Immunization Week, with a focus on reaching parents of children aged 0 to 6 years.
Azerbaijan maintained high national immunization coverage rates until 2019. However, at the sub-national level, some districts experienced lower coverage due to the piloting of healthcare reforms in these areas, although this did not significantly impact national averages. Since 2020, Azerbaijan has faced a decline in immunization coverage. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted immunization services, significantly affecting DTP1 and DTP3 coverage rates, which dropped to 79% and 82%, respectively, in 2020.
There are significant regional (sub-national) variations in coverage in immunization throughout the country. The officially reported data on vaccination coverage by districts shows an increase in the number of children who did not receive DTP1 and DTP3 doses in 28 districts in 2022 compared to the previous year.
According to the Ministry of Health's report, 281 measles cases were reported in 2019. However, from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, the number of registered cases surged to 13,207, with 10,782 of these occurring among children aged 0–17 years. In response to this outbreak and to enhance preparedness for future infectious disease outbreaks, UNICEF has implemented several initiatives to support strengthening of immunization programme in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
The objective is to identify an individual to produce video content for UNICEF Country Office in Azerbaijan aimed at promoting immunization-related key messages on digital platforms.
Sous la supervision de la Chargée de Programme Protection de l’Enfance - Migration, le/ la consultant/e aura pour objectif principal de soutenir les efforts des partenaires nationaux dans la mise en place et le renforcement des services inclusifs et de qualité pour la protection des enfants en situation de migration.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive national consultant to provide administrative support for the 2025 Pacific Early Childhood development (ECD) Forum. This high-level forum will bring together leaders from 15 Pacific Island nations to reflect on the progress made since the 2017 Pasifika Call to Action on ECD, incorporating critical updates from 2023.
The consultant will support to develop and implement an Events Plan and Timeline including schedule of deliverables, budget and logistics, support with all event delivery elements within time limits and coordinate support for the event including options and agreements for interested stakeholders to support through financial, in-kind and other creative mechanisms.
Africa’s importance to global objectives, particularly in maternal and child wellbeing, cannot be overstated. By the end of the century, nearly half of the world’s children will reside in Africa. With abundant natural resources and a burgeoning youth population, the continent is poised to play a critical role in a globalized future.
Despite commendable progress in child survival and development over recent decades, Africa faces emerging challenges such as rapid urbanization, digitalization, and climate disasters, which demand innovative solutions and urgent action. African leadership has set forth visionary frameworks like the African Union’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, the Ten-Year Implementation Plan 2024-2033, and Africa’s Agenda 2040 for Children. These documents underscore the need for evolving methodologies and expanded partnerships to support African-owned agendas.
In support of these efforts, a new strategy for UNICEF’s contribution to existing African development agendas (referred to internally as the Africa Strategy) was adopted by the UNICEF Executive Board on the 5th of September 2024. UNICEF is now tasked with the complex responsibility of developing and delivering a Year-1 Implementation Plan.
This consultancy is needed to aid with fundraising for and communications regarding the Year-1 Implementation Plan. This role would then continue to oversee development out of all fundraising materials, including investment briefs, prospectuses, donor pitch decks, and all other communications necessary to fundraise for and implement the Africa
Exciting consultancy opportunity to primarily develop an adolescent Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) training manual and tools for facilitators to train and equip healthcare workers, teachers, and social welfare officers (CBVs, CWACs and peer educators) working with and for adolescents in the provision of MHPSS services in health facilities, schools, and communities. The consultant is also expected to develop a MHPSS service directory to strengthen linkages and referral systems in North Western and Luapula Provinces.
L’objectif général de la consultation est de réaliser l’étude de référence pour la mise en œuvre et le suivi du programme PASEREC sur l’ensemble des composantes du PASEREC en faisant ressortir le contexte actuel de la situation de l’eau, l’hygiène et l’assainissement dans les zones cibles du projet et au niveau de la gouvernance.
The Legal Affairs Specialist will give recommendations and advice on a wide range of organizational activities and interests, including, among other things, the interaction of UNICEF with governments and other key partners as well as on strategic initiatives across UNICEF. This support helps UNICEF to take advantage of development opportunities as well as safeguard the organization from risk. The Legal Team aims to identify and mitigate exposure to potential liability and financial loss, to safeguard the ability of the organization to be accountable to its stakeholders, and to preserve credibility as well as funding from member states and other donors, both public and private.
Support Nigeria, Syria, Ukraine, South Sudan country offices on payment recipients' personal data management function to process individual cash transfers for people affected by humanitarian crisis and Frontline workers.
Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) is looking for an exceptional Consultant (Fundraising) to support EOF’s Chief of Operations to grow EOF’s partnerships and fundraising efforts, advising EOF’s leadership team about EOF's pipeline of future programs and strengthening relationships at senior levels of government around the world.
The UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office is looking for a Immunization specialist to provide UNICEF's strategic and technical leadership on polio eradication agenda in the five countries of Lake Chad Basin, namely Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.
The Market Development Specialist will support UNICEF Supply Division and Giga to implement a market acceleration strategy to create a more efficient school connectivity market. This role will help develop the demand for Giga’s procurement & market shaping tools that aim to help governments massively scale their ability to connect schools and health centers to the internet. To achieve this, the consultant will develop partnerships with governments, cultivate collaboration opportunities with multilateral organizations, and advocate for improved access to connectivity for schools and health centers. Market intelligence and research will be developed to help design and implement a market development strategy that creates a healthy pipeline of countries working alongside UNICEF’s procurement teams to close the digital divide affecting schools and health centers in low-income countries.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
Under the supervision of the Senior Finance Manager – Global Cash-Based Transfers, you will provide technical financial and fiduciary expertise to support Country Offices (COs) in implementing Cash-Based Transfer (CBT) programs through Financial Service Providers (FSPs). Your responsibilities include building capacity to ensure a cash-fit workforce, managing CBT programs, and contributing to the development of management information systems.You will focus on strengthening Regional and Country Office monitoring, compliance, and risk management by providing policy advice, establishing tools and processes, and implementing controls to mitigate financial risks in cash transfers. You will also work closely with various UNICEF HQ divisions, including the Program Group (PG) Social Policy Section, Emergency Programmes Division (EMOPS), Supply Division, ICTD, Division of Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM), and the Global Shared Services Center (GSSC).Key responsibilities include providing technical support, ensuring compliance, and enhancing operational efficiency in cash-based programs.
The overall objective of the study is to provide technical support for assessment of the socioeconomic, cultural, and gender related factors, including social and gender norms, that drive child marriages in Tajikistan. Additionally, the study will assess the consequences of child marriage on various development outcomes, with a focus on understanding the economic and social costs associated with these impacts, particularly the disproportionate effects on girls’ education, health, economic participation and overall well-being.
The international consultant will play a key role in providing technical advisory support, helping to interpret UNICEF’s engineering reports and recommendations for local engineers, design institutes, construction companies, and other technical staff engaged in the project.
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a national consultant for formulation of national guideline on safe school zone. The minimum qualification required is at least a master’s degree in social sciences, economics, public policy, public administration, urban planning/ development, international development, or other related fields with at least 5 years or more of professional experience related to road safety, urban planning/ development, research studies, strategic planning, governance, programme management.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
Under the overall supervision of the Programme Specialist (UNICEF) with day-to-day supervision by the Youth Environment Living Labs (YELL) Manager, this internship is to support the daily tasks that are essential towards the execution of YELL’s programmes.
