The purpose of this consultancy is to work with the SBC team to support UNICEF country offices and national partners in strengthening the generation, interpretation and use of evidence, particularly through implementation research and other fit-for-purpose behavioural insight approaches to improve the design, delivery, adaptation and institutionalization of people-centred, behaviourally informed interventions for immunization and related public health priorities.
The Market Research Manager, under the overall guidance and direction of the Lead Market Research Manager is accountable for managing market research projects, playing a key role in the formulation of UNICEF and PFP strategies, supporting the operationalizing of insights across UNICEF, and ensuring the growth in effective use of audience and market insight for all relevant audiences.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support UNICEF Serbia in advancing the climate and environment agenda, with a particular focus on the impact of environmental risks on children.
UNICEF Rwanda Country Office is looking for a qualified candidate for the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, to ensure that the UNICEF Country Office has useful, valid and reliable information about children’s and women’s rights and the performance of UNICEF-supported programmes including their relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability, and in emergency contexts, their coverage, coordination and coherence.
Under the supervision of the Chief of PME, the post contributes primarily to the strategic and programme planning of a large size country programme, and by nature of its functions the post works closely with other functions such as monitoring, evaluation, information management Hub, programme and situation reporting. The post provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the planning, implementation and monitoring of the Country Programme while strengthening capacities for risk-informed rights and results based progrogamme planning and performance management of the country programme at national, sectoral and decentralized level.
A minimum of one year of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required. The following experiences would be assets: Experience in education-specific programmingExperience in the Georgian education sector or familiarity with national education reformsExperience preparing donor or programme reportsExperience liaising with government counterparts Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
L’objectif est de faire une analyse et synthèse des données probantes afin d’identifier les privations des droits de l’enfant et les goulots d’étranglement qui en sont à l’origine. La synthèse sera faite dans les domaines de la (i) santé et de la nutrition, (ii) l’éducation, (iii) l’eau l’hygiène et l’assainissement, (iv) la protection de l’enfant et (v) la politique sociale et (vi) la participation et engagement des jeunes et des adolescent (e)s
Costa Rica enfrenta un aumento sostenido de distintas formas de violencia que impactan a niñas, niños y adolescentes, en un contexto de persistentes brechas territoriales y limitaciones en el uso estratégico de datos. En respuesta, esta consultoría —coordinada con el Ministerio de Justicia y Paz, a través del Observatorio de la Violencia— busca fortalecer la generación y el análisis de evidencia para orientar decisiones públicas basadas en datos, en línea con las prioridades de UNICEF Costa Rica y promoviendo la apropiación institucional y la sostenibilidad de los resultados.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical and related support on the implementation play-based learning through the Foundation Phase Initiative within the Directorate: Curriculum Implementation and Quality Improvement of the DBE under the supervision of the Director: Curriculum Implementation and Quality Improvement (GET) and Education Specialist (UNICEF).
UNICEF ESARO is developing Scaling What Works for Children: Compendium of Good Practices in Eastern and Southern Africa to support implementation of the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2026–2029, which calls for a shift away from fragmented, small-scale efforts toward government-led policies and programmes that deliver results for children at scale through differentiated pathways. The compendium will help Country Offices learn from and prioritize system-embedded solutions and will also support partner engagement by demonstrating UNICEF’s value-add in enabling measurable results at scale through policy support, systems strengthening, partnerships, and evidence generation.
UNICEF is seeking a motivated intern to support its Climate-Resilient Education (CRE) team. The intern will provide entry-level, learning-focused support to the global CRE portfolio, assisting with coordination, documentation, knowledge management, and basic research. Working under the supervision of the Education & Climate Lead, the intern will contribute to day-to-day activities that strengthen collaboration, track technical assistance, and support knowledge sharing, while gaining practical exposure to UNICEF’s work at the intersection of education and climate resilience.
UNICEF ECARO is seeking an International Consultant with expertise in secondary education, skills development, youth work, and the social inclusion of vulnerable adolescents, including refugees, alongside strong qualitative research and evidence synthesis skills. The consultancy will enhance UNICEF’s global and regional knowledge on effective programming at the humanitarian-development nexus, informing inclusive education and youth policies and practices across the region.
The Planning Specialist will play a key role in corporate reporting, development, review, and analysis of strategic planning in UNICEF, encompassing both global planning (the Strategic Plan) and country programme planning related processes. The Specialist will provide technically sound and rigorous analysis of progress and performance of the Strategic Plan in coordination with planning focal points across HQ Divisions and Offices as well as conduct other data analyses related to the Strategic Plan and country programmes, drawing onmultiple data sources. The Specialist will also provide technical support to the rigorous analysis of Country Programme performance and alignment with the UN development system reform.
Join UNICEF’s Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Division (PPR) as a Public Partnerships Intern with the North America and International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Pillar in Washington, D.C., for an internship supporting engagement with the U.S. Government, international financial institutions, and key partners to advance children’s rights. In this role, you will conduct research and analysis, draft briefing and advocacy materials, support high-level meetings and events, and contribute to partnership development, grant processes, and knowledge management to enhance UNICEF’s visibility and impact. This opportunity is ideal for graduate students or recent graduates in international relations, political science, communications, international development, or related fields, with strong analytical, research, and communication skills and familiarity with U.S. Government processes considered an asset.
As a key driver of donor growth within the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFR) team’s Individual Giving unit, the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition Lead) plays a central role in executing the strategy to expand UNICEF’s supporter base. Anchored in the team’s broader vision to achieve sustainable income growth through segmentation and funnel-based marketing, this role leads the development and implementation of acquisition campaigns—particularly across digital channels, which are identified as critical engines for scale. By leveraging market research, optimizing conversion funnels, and managing profit and loss, the incumbent ensures that acquisition efforts are data-driven, cost-effective, and aligned with UNICEF’s mission. Their leadership in campaign planning and budget oversight directly contributes to the organization’s strategic goals for 2026–2030, enhancing donor engagement and accelerating revenue growth.
Under the Acquisition unit of Individual Giving on the PSFR team, the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition lead) manages the development and implementation of strategies to attract and acquire new donors across various channels with a primary focus on Digital channels as one of the key drivers for growth. Responsibilities include profit and loss, campaign execution, market research, campaign planning, lead generation, and optimizing conversion funnels. Specifically, managing and implementing strategies to grow the organization's donor base. This role is critical in driving UNICEF's growth, enhancing donor engagement, and increasing donations. The incumbent will oversee donor acquisition campaigns, analyse acquisition data, develop an acquisition budget, and lead the donor acquisition team.
An Acquisition lead will play a key role in the Fundraising team, contributing significantly to the development of donor acquisition initiatives that promote UNICEF's mission and increase donations.
The new Office of Strategy and Evidence (OSE) aims to strengthen UNICEF’s global credibility and ability to be a global voice, influencer, and evidence leader for child rights. In today’s complex and rapidly changing operating environment and decreasing resources, high quality evidence and foresight will underpin UNICEF’s credibility and ability to deliver results and be a global voice, influencer, and leader for child rights.
UNICEF Sudan implements a significant and growing portfolio from development partners including IFIs, focusing on building resilient systems for children in Sudan.Under the supervision of the Public Partnership Specialist (Development Portfolio), the Partnership Officer position’s purpose is to enhance UNICEF Sudan capacities to efficiently, effectively, and accountably protect and expand UNICEF Sudan’s partnership and resource base with development partners (including IFIs, BMZ/KfW and other development partners). They will engage teams across UNICEF Sudan Sections, WB PMU, and multiple field offices. They may also serve as internal focal point on specific donor portfolios. The key result is to ensure sustained and expanded support for UNICEF Sudan resilience and development programming.
UNICEF commissioned multi-country Behavioural and Social Drivers (BeSD) surveys which have generated a rich body of evidence across diverse contexts, providing insights into vaccine confidence, access barriers, social norms, and service delivery challenges. However, there remains a critical need to translate this evidence into high-quality, accessible knowledge products that can inform global and country-level policy, programming, and practice. The consultant will closely work with the team in drafting, development, and submission of scientific manuscripts based on BeSD study findings and related programme evidence.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up. UNICEF’s Digital Education and Learning Innovation Hub-Education CoE is looking for an experienced Digital Learning and AI Literacy Expert who will bring strong theoretical and practical knowledge on the integration of technology into teaching-learning together with best practices for supporting UNICEF Country Offices and Ministries of Education deliver impactful digital education programming to accelerate improvements in student learning outcomes, particularly for the most vulnerable children. The role will provide high-quality technical assistance, advisory, and coordination support to the implementation of the Hub’s Learning Pioneers Programme providing expert advice to UNICEF Country Offices and their respective government partners on the scaling and systems integration of digital learning tools and upskilling on digital transformation. This includes strengthening national capacities for digital transformation, with a particular focus on teacher empowerment, AI literacy, and future-ready skills development. The consultant will also provide technical support to the implementation and integration of digital skills and AI literacy in national education systems through, among others, UNICEF’s Tinkering with Tech and AI initiative ensuring alignment with the UNICEF Digital Education Strategy 2025–2030 and broader EdTech for Good principles.
The purpose of this consultancy is to work with the SBC team to support UNICEF country offices and national partners in strengthening the generation, interpretation and use of evidence, particularly through implementation research and other fit-for-purpose behavioural insight approaches to improve the design, delivery, adaptation and institutionalization of people-centred, behaviourally informed interventions for immunization and related public health priorities.
The Market Research Manager, under the overall guidance and direction of the Lead Market Research Manager is accountable for managing market research projects, playing a key role in the formulation of UNICEF and PFP strategies, supporting the operationalizing of insights across UNICEF, and ensuring the growth in effective use of audience and market insight for all relevant audiences.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support UNICEF Serbia in advancing the climate and environment agenda, with a particular focus on the impact of environmental risks on children.
UNICEF Rwanda Country Office is looking for a qualified candidate for the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, to ensure that the UNICEF Country Office has useful, valid and reliable information about children’s and women’s rights and the performance of UNICEF-supported programmes including their relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability, and in emergency contexts, their coverage, coordination and coherence.
Under the supervision of the Chief of PME, the post contributes primarily to the strategic and programme planning of a large size country programme, and by nature of its functions the post works closely with other functions such as monitoring, evaluation, information management Hub, programme and situation reporting. The post provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the planning, implementation and monitoring of the Country Programme while strengthening capacities for risk-informed rights and results based progrogamme planning and performance management of the country programme at national, sectoral and decentralized level.
A minimum of one year of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required. The following experiences would be assets: Experience in education-specific programmingExperience in the Georgian education sector or familiarity with national education reformsExperience preparing donor or programme reportsExperience liaising with government counterparts Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
L’objectif est de faire une analyse et synthèse des données probantes afin d’identifier les privations des droits de l’enfant et les goulots d’étranglement qui en sont à l’origine. La synthèse sera faite dans les domaines de la (i) santé et de la nutrition, (ii) l’éducation, (iii) l’eau l’hygiène et l’assainissement, (iv) la protection de l’enfant et (v) la politique sociale et (vi) la participation et engagement des jeunes et des adolescent (e)s
Costa Rica enfrenta un aumento sostenido de distintas formas de violencia que impactan a niñas, niños y adolescentes, en un contexto de persistentes brechas territoriales y limitaciones en el uso estratégico de datos. En respuesta, esta consultoría —coordinada con el Ministerio de Justicia y Paz, a través del Observatorio de la Violencia— busca fortalecer la generación y el análisis de evidencia para orientar decisiones públicas basadas en datos, en línea con las prioridades de UNICEF Costa Rica y promoviendo la apropiación institucional y la sostenibilidad de los resultados.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical and related support on the implementation play-based learning through the Foundation Phase Initiative within the Directorate: Curriculum Implementation and Quality Improvement of the DBE under the supervision of the Director: Curriculum Implementation and Quality Improvement (GET) and Education Specialist (UNICEF).
UNICEF ESARO is developing Scaling What Works for Children: Compendium of Good Practices in Eastern and Southern Africa to support implementation of the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2026–2029, which calls for a shift away from fragmented, small-scale efforts toward government-led policies and programmes that deliver results for children at scale through differentiated pathways. The compendium will help Country Offices learn from and prioritize system-embedded solutions and will also support partner engagement by demonstrating UNICEF’s value-add in enabling measurable results at scale through policy support, systems strengthening, partnerships, and evidence generation.
UNICEF is seeking a motivated intern to support its Climate-Resilient Education (CRE) team. The intern will provide entry-level, learning-focused support to the global CRE portfolio, assisting with coordination, documentation, knowledge management, and basic research. Working under the supervision of the Education & Climate Lead, the intern will contribute to day-to-day activities that strengthen collaboration, track technical assistance, and support knowledge sharing, while gaining practical exposure to UNICEF’s work at the intersection of education and climate resilience.
UNICEF ECARO is seeking an International Consultant with expertise in secondary education, skills development, youth work, and the social inclusion of vulnerable adolescents, including refugees, alongside strong qualitative research and evidence synthesis skills. The consultancy will enhance UNICEF’s global and regional knowledge on effective programming at the humanitarian-development nexus, informing inclusive education and youth policies and practices across the region.
The Planning Specialist will play a key role in corporate reporting, development, review, and analysis of strategic planning in UNICEF, encompassing both global planning (the Strategic Plan) and country programme planning related processes. The Specialist will provide technically sound and rigorous analysis of progress and performance of the Strategic Plan in coordination with planning focal points across HQ Divisions and Offices as well as conduct other data analyses related to the Strategic Plan and country programmes, drawing onmultiple data sources. The Specialist will also provide technical support to the rigorous analysis of Country Programme performance and alignment with the UN development system reform.
Join UNICEF’s Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Division (PPR) as a Public Partnerships Intern with the North America and International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Pillar in Washington, D.C., for an internship supporting engagement with the U.S. Government, international financial institutions, and key partners to advance children’s rights. In this role, you will conduct research and analysis, draft briefing and advocacy materials, support high-level meetings and events, and contribute to partnership development, grant processes, and knowledge management to enhance UNICEF’s visibility and impact. This opportunity is ideal for graduate students or recent graduates in international relations, political science, communications, international development, or related fields, with strong analytical, research, and communication skills and familiarity with U.S. Government processes considered an asset.
As a key driver of donor growth within the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFR) team’s Individual Giving unit, the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition Lead) plays a central role in executing the strategy to expand UNICEF’s supporter base. Anchored in the team’s broader vision to achieve sustainable income growth through segmentation and funnel-based marketing, this role leads the development and implementation of acquisition campaigns—particularly across digital channels, which are identified as critical engines for scale. By leveraging market research, optimizing conversion funnels, and managing profit and loss, the incumbent ensures that acquisition efforts are data-driven, cost-effective, and aligned with UNICEF’s mission. Their leadership in campaign planning and budget oversight directly contributes to the organization’s strategic goals for 2026–2030, enhancing donor engagement and accelerating revenue growth.
Under the Acquisition unit of Individual Giving on the PSFR team, the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition lead) manages the development and implementation of strategies to attract and acquire new donors across various channels with a primary focus on Digital channels as one of the key drivers for growth. Responsibilities include profit and loss, campaign execution, market research, campaign planning, lead generation, and optimizing conversion funnels. Specifically, managing and implementing strategies to grow the organization's donor base. This role is critical in driving UNICEF's growth, enhancing donor engagement, and increasing donations. The incumbent will oversee donor acquisition campaigns, analyse acquisition data, develop an acquisition budget, and lead the donor acquisition team.
An Acquisition lead will play a key role in the Fundraising team, contributing significantly to the development of donor acquisition initiatives that promote UNICEF's mission and increase donations.
The new Office of Strategy and Evidence (OSE) aims to strengthen UNICEF’s global credibility and ability to be a global voice, influencer, and evidence leader for child rights. In today’s complex and rapidly changing operating environment and decreasing resources, high quality evidence and foresight will underpin UNICEF’s credibility and ability to deliver results and be a global voice, influencer, and leader for child rights.
UNICEF Sudan implements a significant and growing portfolio from development partners including IFIs, focusing on building resilient systems for children in Sudan.Under the supervision of the Public Partnership Specialist (Development Portfolio), the Partnership Officer position’s purpose is to enhance UNICEF Sudan capacities to efficiently, effectively, and accountably protect and expand UNICEF Sudan’s partnership and resource base with development partners (including IFIs, BMZ/KfW and other development partners). They will engage teams across UNICEF Sudan Sections, WB PMU, and multiple field offices. They may also serve as internal focal point on specific donor portfolios. The key result is to ensure sustained and expanded support for UNICEF Sudan resilience and development programming.
UNICEF commissioned multi-country Behavioural and Social Drivers (BeSD) surveys which have generated a rich body of evidence across diverse contexts, providing insights into vaccine confidence, access barriers, social norms, and service delivery challenges. However, there remains a critical need to translate this evidence into high-quality, accessible knowledge products that can inform global and country-level policy, programming, and practice. The consultant will closely work with the team in drafting, development, and submission of scientific manuscripts based on BeSD study findings and related programme evidence.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up. UNICEF’s Digital Education and Learning Innovation Hub-Education CoE is looking for an experienced Digital Learning and AI Literacy Expert who will bring strong theoretical and practical knowledge on the integration of technology into teaching-learning together with best practices for supporting UNICEF Country Offices and Ministries of Education deliver impactful digital education programming to accelerate improvements in student learning outcomes, particularly for the most vulnerable children. The role will provide high-quality technical assistance, advisory, and coordination support to the implementation of the Hub’s Learning Pioneers Programme providing expert advice to UNICEF Country Offices and their respective government partners on the scaling and systems integration of digital learning tools and upskilling on digital transformation. This includes strengthening national capacities for digital transformation, with a particular focus on teacher empowerment, AI literacy, and future-ready skills development. The consultant will also provide technical support to the implementation and integration of digital skills and AI literacy in national education systems through, among others, UNICEF’s Tinkering with Tech and AI initiative ensuring alignment with the UNICEF Digital Education Strategy 2025–2030 and broader EdTech for Good principles.
