Grenada’s school WASH systems face high vulnerability to intensifying climate disasters like Hurricane Beryl, causing service disruptions and prolonged closures. A new initiative aims to develop minimum climate-resilient standards for school infrastructure to ensure educational continuity. Stakeholders will be trained to implement these guidelines, improving the long-term sustainability of sanitation and water facilities.
The Caribbean is highly vulnerable to natural disasters and climate-related hazards that can disrupt education, damage school infrastructure, and affect learning continuity. To address these risks, CDEMA, with support from UNICEF, developed the online Safe Schools: Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience course to strengthen school safety and disaster preparedness among education professionals.
Building on the success of the online course, this initiative aims to develop a competency-based, face-to-face training programme that emphasizes practical skills, peer learning, and school-level action planning. The resulting training package will serve as a standardized regional resource that can be adapted and delivered by Ministries of Education and other institutions to strengthen the resilience and preparedness of education systems across the Caribbean.
Aligned with the Next-Gen Learning programme (2024–2026) and its overarching outcome of retaining more adolescents in lower secondary and supporting their transition to secondary school with improved foundational skills, this Technical Assistance (TA) will support the Department of Education, Government of Maharashtra in building a climate-resilient, coherent, scalable, and equity-focused EdTech ecosystem. This will require close collaboration with the State Education Department, MSCERT, academic institutions, and civil society organizations to ensure that technology serves pedagogical goals, reaches the most marginalized learners, and is grounded in robust evidence.
A key role of the technical assistance will be to provide technical support to the education department to enhance state capacity to leverage technology to improve retention and learning outcomes at the lower secondary and secondary levels.
The Caribbean region faces ongoing challenges in achieving universal access to safe and resilient WASH services. While basic coverage is generally high, significant gaps remain in rural areas, small island states, informal settlements, and vulnerable communities. Aging infrastructure, weak wastewater and fecal sludge management systems, limited financing, and fragmented governance continue to affect service quality, sustainability, and public health outcomes.
To address these challenges, stronger sector governance, sustainable financing, and institutional capacity are needed. UNICEF and its partners recognize that infrastructure investments alone are insufficient and emphasize the importance of strengthening human resources, sector leadership, climate-resilient planning, utility performance, and knowledge sharing. Regional cooperation, partnerships with academic institutions, and capacity-building initiatives are key to advancing resilient and safely managed WASH services across the Caribbean.
The WASH Specialist (P-3) reports to the Chief of WASH (P-5) and is responsible for supporting the planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of UNICEF's WASH programme in Sudan. The incumbent provides technical and programmatic leadership for donor-funded and emergency WASH interventions, including the Dutch-funded project, KfW-supported programmes, and other humanitarian response activities. The Specialist ensures programme quality, compliance, and achievement of results by leading performance monitoring, coordinating implementing partners, supporting infrastructure rehabilitation and service delivery, and contributing to donor reporting, risk management, and results-based management. The role supports the delivery of safe, sustainable, equitable, and climate-resilient WASH services in line with national priorities, donor commitments, and UNICEF policies and standards.
The Social Assistance Family Package (SAFP) is a cornerstone initiative under Cambodia’s National Social Protection Policy Framework (2024–2035), designed to uplift poor and vulnerable households by enhancing human capital and building longterm resilience. Administered by the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF) in coordination with key ministries and subnational administrations, the SAFP consolidates multiple targeted cash transfer schemes—including support for pregnant women, young children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, school children, and individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Following
its official launch in April 2024, the SAFP has transitioned from emergency COVID-19 cash transfers to a more integrated
and sustainable social protection model. A pivotal advancement is the development of the Cash Plus model for piloting, which links financial assistance with referrals to essential services such as disability inclusion and gender responsive healthcare, education and vocational training. The programme also aims to enhance household resilience to climate-related and other shocks. To effectively operationalize the Social Assistance Family Package (SAFP)—a complex, multi-sectoral programme under
Cambodia’s National Social Protection Policy Framework—and to support the development and enhancement of related applications and systems, a National IT Specialist is essential. This specialist will assist the National Social Assistance Fund
(NSAF) in designing and implementing robust digital solutions, including mobile applications for the Family Package Cash Plus referral and social services, shock responsive social assistance, as well as modules for monitoring, A key focus will be
ensuring interoperability with other social protection platforms and other relevant social protection systems, such as monitoring and evaluation systems, TVET, the Disability Management Information System (DMIS), and other relevant databases.
As part of UNICEF’s Future Focus Initiative (FFI), a corporate-wide transformation launched in 2025 to ensure UNICEF remains fit for purpose in an era of declining Official Development Assistance and increasing complexity, the offices in Belize, Jamaica, Guyana & Suriname, and the Eastern Caribbean Area (ECA) are consolidating into a new Caribbean Multi-Country Office — a regional platform combining policy influence, technical depth, and strategic partnerships across 12 countries, designed for systems-level impact and results at scale.
For the transition, UNICEF is seeking a Knowledge Specialist professional to join a dynamic team driving one of the most organization transformation processes in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: the consolidation of the new Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean.
The incumbent will provide support during the transition, establishing systems, templates, and capacity for effective knowledge handover. The purpose of this assignment is to facilitate a smooth and effective transition of knowledge during the restructuring by ensuring that essential institutional knowledge is systematically documented, retained, transferred, and made accessible to relevant teams and staff across the four offices.
The assignment will support offices to operationalize practical, time bound KM processes that safeguard continuity of programmes, partnerships, and internal operations during and immediately after the transition period.
Are you a student or recent graduate with a passion for technology, innovation, and problem-solving? This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the emerging field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital innovation within a dynamic organizational environment. Whether you are looking to develop your digital skills, expand your understanding of AI, or gain meaningful workplace experience, this internship will provide a strong foundation for your future career.
UNICEF Nigeria in Abuja, is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of an education consultant for the Development of Safe Schools Guide and IEC Materials for Learners and Teachers and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
Assistance at the municipal and state levels across Brazil. The initiative will result in technical guidelines for the elaboration of contingency plans that can be tailored to the specific territorial risk profiles of different states and municipalities.
UNICEF Mozambique is supporting the Government of Mozambique to implement an integrated programme to strengthen climate-resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services in healthcare facilities and surrounding communities.
The consultancy aims to accelerate programme delivery by providing day-to-day implementation support, technical oversight, quality assurance, monitoring, reporting, and coordination across all programme components.
UNICEF Liberia is hiring a qualified and experienced consultant to support in aligning the interministerial governance structures and support the finalization of a fast-tracked roadmap. Qualified candidates with the required qualifications are especially encouraged to apply.
Government approved a national “Plan of Actions to Prevent the Health Effects of Heat” in 2022, which outlines preventive and response measures for the health sector.
However, this plan now needs to be translated into on-the-ground protocols and capacities, further reaching communities with appropriate messages. Implementing heatwave and sand and dust storms’ standard operating procedures (SOPs) in health and education services is a priority adaptation measure to protect communities and children.
In parallel, UNICEF will support institutionalizing knowledge through revision and update of the teachers' manual Basics of Life Skills: A Methodological Guide for Teachers, used in higher education institutions to convey life-skills content to their students.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and dynamic person to work in the role of Social Behaviour Change Specialist (Polio) and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
The WASH Specialist (P-3) reports to the WASH Manager (P-4) and is responsible for providing technical leadership, programme management, and coordination support for UNICEF's WASH programme in Sudan. The incumbent leads the planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of WASH interventions to ensure the timely achievement of programme results, effective utilization of resources, and compliance with UNICEF policies, standards, and donor requirements.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office, based in Abuja, is looking for a talented and dedicated Senior Finance Associate to join its team. We invite applications from motivated professionals who are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children. If you are committed to humanitarian action and driving meaningful results, we encourage you to apply and become part of our dynamic team.
Join us at UNICEF Pakistan as a Risk & Safeguarding Manager where you will play a critical role in ensuring UNICEF Pakistan adheres to high level of accountability and proactively identify, assess and respond to the risks associated with the achievement of its goal and results.
We are looking for a dedicating Chief, who supports the Deputy Director in corporate decision-making and prioritization processes, ensuring that risks are systematically identified, analyzed, and translated into actionable recommendations for resource allocation, preparedness investment, and early action. The Chief, Risk Analysis and Preparedness also supervises the Risk and Preparedness Unit, a small team of professionals working on risk analysis and preparedness within EMOPS.
Grenada’s school WASH systems face high vulnerability to intensifying climate disasters like Hurricane Beryl, causing service disruptions and prolonged closures. A new initiative aims to develop minimum climate-resilient standards for school infrastructure to ensure educational continuity. Stakeholders will be trained to implement these guidelines, improving the long-term sustainability of sanitation and water facilities.
The Caribbean is highly vulnerable to natural disasters and climate-related hazards that can disrupt education, damage school infrastructure, and affect learning continuity. To address these risks, CDEMA, with support from UNICEF, developed the online Safe Schools: Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience course to strengthen school safety and disaster preparedness among education professionals.
Building on the success of the online course, this initiative aims to develop a competency-based, face-to-face training programme that emphasizes practical skills, peer learning, and school-level action planning. The resulting training package will serve as a standardized regional resource that can be adapted and delivered by Ministries of Education and other institutions to strengthen the resilience and preparedness of education systems across the Caribbean.
Aligned with the Next-Gen Learning programme (2024–2026) and its overarching outcome of retaining more adolescents in lower secondary and supporting their transition to secondary school with improved foundational skills, this Technical Assistance (TA) will support the Department of Education, Government of Maharashtra in building a climate-resilient, coherent, scalable, and equity-focused EdTech ecosystem. This will require close collaboration with the State Education Department, MSCERT, academic institutions, and civil society organizations to ensure that technology serves pedagogical goals, reaches the most marginalized learners, and is grounded in robust evidence.
A key role of the technical assistance will be to provide technical support to the education department to enhance state capacity to leverage technology to improve retention and learning outcomes at the lower secondary and secondary levels.
The Caribbean region faces ongoing challenges in achieving universal access to safe and resilient WASH services. While basic coverage is generally high, significant gaps remain in rural areas, small island states, informal settlements, and vulnerable communities. Aging infrastructure, weak wastewater and fecal sludge management systems, limited financing, and fragmented governance continue to affect service quality, sustainability, and public health outcomes.
To address these challenges, stronger sector governance, sustainable financing, and institutional capacity are needed. UNICEF and its partners recognize that infrastructure investments alone are insufficient and emphasize the importance of strengthening human resources, sector leadership, climate-resilient planning, utility performance, and knowledge sharing. Regional cooperation, partnerships with academic institutions, and capacity-building initiatives are key to advancing resilient and safely managed WASH services across the Caribbean.
The WASH Specialist (P-3) reports to the Chief of WASH (P-5) and is responsible for supporting the planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of UNICEF's WASH programme in Sudan. The incumbent provides technical and programmatic leadership for donor-funded and emergency WASH interventions, including the Dutch-funded project, KfW-supported programmes, and other humanitarian response activities. The Specialist ensures programme quality, compliance, and achievement of results by leading performance monitoring, coordinating implementing partners, supporting infrastructure rehabilitation and service delivery, and contributing to donor reporting, risk management, and results-based management. The role supports the delivery of safe, sustainable, equitable, and climate-resilient WASH services in line with national priorities, donor commitments, and UNICEF policies and standards.
The Social Assistance Family Package (SAFP) is a cornerstone initiative under Cambodia’s National Social Protection Policy Framework (2024–2035), designed to uplift poor and vulnerable households by enhancing human capital and building longterm resilience. Administered by the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF) in coordination with key ministries and subnational administrations, the SAFP consolidates multiple targeted cash transfer schemes—including support for pregnant women, young children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, school children, and individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Following
its official launch in April 2024, the SAFP has transitioned from emergency COVID-19 cash transfers to a more integrated
and sustainable social protection model. A pivotal advancement is the development of the Cash Plus model for piloting, which links financial assistance with referrals to essential services such as disability inclusion and gender responsive healthcare, education and vocational training. The programme also aims to enhance household resilience to climate-related and other shocks. To effectively operationalize the Social Assistance Family Package (SAFP)—a complex, multi-sectoral programme under
Cambodia’s National Social Protection Policy Framework—and to support the development and enhancement of related applications and systems, a National IT Specialist is essential. This specialist will assist the National Social Assistance Fund
(NSAF) in designing and implementing robust digital solutions, including mobile applications for the Family Package Cash Plus referral and social services, shock responsive social assistance, as well as modules for monitoring, A key focus will be
ensuring interoperability with other social protection platforms and other relevant social protection systems, such as monitoring and evaluation systems, TVET, the Disability Management Information System (DMIS), and other relevant databases.
As part of UNICEF’s Future Focus Initiative (FFI), a corporate-wide transformation launched in 2025 to ensure UNICEF remains fit for purpose in an era of declining Official Development Assistance and increasing complexity, the offices in Belize, Jamaica, Guyana & Suriname, and the Eastern Caribbean Area (ECA) are consolidating into a new Caribbean Multi-Country Office — a regional platform combining policy influence, technical depth, and strategic partnerships across 12 countries, designed for systems-level impact and results at scale.
For the transition, UNICEF is seeking a Knowledge Specialist professional to join a dynamic team driving one of the most organization transformation processes in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: the consolidation of the new Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean.
The incumbent will provide support during the transition, establishing systems, templates, and capacity for effective knowledge handover. The purpose of this assignment is to facilitate a smooth and effective transition of knowledge during the restructuring by ensuring that essential institutional knowledge is systematically documented, retained, transferred, and made accessible to relevant teams and staff across the four offices.
The assignment will support offices to operationalize practical, time bound KM processes that safeguard continuity of programmes, partnerships, and internal operations during and immediately after the transition period.
Are you a student or recent graduate with a passion for technology, innovation, and problem-solving? This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the emerging field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital innovation within a dynamic organizational environment. Whether you are looking to develop your digital skills, expand your understanding of AI, or gain meaningful workplace experience, this internship will provide a strong foundation for your future career.
UNICEF Nigeria in Abuja, is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of an education consultant for the Development of Safe Schools Guide and IEC Materials for Learners and Teachers and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
Assistance at the municipal and state levels across Brazil. The initiative will result in technical guidelines for the elaboration of contingency plans that can be tailored to the specific territorial risk profiles of different states and municipalities.
UNICEF Mozambique is supporting the Government of Mozambique to implement an integrated programme to strengthen climate-resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services in healthcare facilities and surrounding communities.
The consultancy aims to accelerate programme delivery by providing day-to-day implementation support, technical oversight, quality assurance, monitoring, reporting, and coordination across all programme components.
UNICEF Liberia is hiring a qualified and experienced consultant to support in aligning the interministerial governance structures and support the finalization of a fast-tracked roadmap. Qualified candidates with the required qualifications are especially encouraged to apply.
Government approved a national “Plan of Actions to Prevent the Health Effects of Heat” in 2022, which outlines preventive and response measures for the health sector.
However, this plan now needs to be translated into on-the-ground protocols and capacities, further reaching communities with appropriate messages. Implementing heatwave and sand and dust storms’ standard operating procedures (SOPs) in health and education services is a priority adaptation measure to protect communities and children.
In parallel, UNICEF will support institutionalizing knowledge through revision and update of the teachers' manual Basics of Life Skills: A Methodological Guide for Teachers, used in higher education institutions to convey life-skills content to their students.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and dynamic person to work in the role of Social Behaviour Change Specialist (Polio) and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
The WASH Specialist (P-3) reports to the WASH Manager (P-4) and is responsible for providing technical leadership, programme management, and coordination support for UNICEF's WASH programme in Sudan. The incumbent leads the planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of WASH interventions to ensure the timely achievement of programme results, effective utilization of resources, and compliance with UNICEF policies, standards, and donor requirements.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office, based in Abuja, is looking for a talented and dedicated Senior Finance Associate to join its team. We invite applications from motivated professionals who are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children. If you are committed to humanitarian action and driving meaningful results, we encourage you to apply and become part of our dynamic team.
Join us at UNICEF Pakistan as a Risk & Safeguarding Manager where you will play a critical role in ensuring UNICEF Pakistan adheres to high level of accountability and proactively identify, assess and respond to the risks associated with the achievement of its goal and results.
We are looking for a dedicating Chief, who supports the Deputy Director in corporate decision-making and prioritization processes, ensuring that risks are systematically identified, analyzed, and translated into actionable recommendations for resource allocation, preparedness investment, and early action. The Chief, Risk Analysis and Preparedness also supervises the Risk and Preparedness Unit, a small team of professionals working on risk analysis and preparedness within EMOPS.
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