The vision of the UNICEF Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub (WASH Hub) is a global
home for building, accelerating and scaling transformational climate resilient solutions for a
WASH secure future of universal and equitable access to services, addressing the full ambition of the SDG6. WASH Hub will source, pilot and scale transformational and frontier climate resilient solutions that respond to key programmatic challenges that, if solved, will unlock faster progress for a water secure future for children and young people. One of those solutions is Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) technology, a geophysical method that uses electromagnetic induction to map sustainable deep groundwater sources.
The Consultant will support the WASH Hub by outlining the scaling pathway, approach and key considerations for the Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) solution, to support multi-country and multi-region scale.
This is a national consultancy vacancy for conducting a comprehensive field assessment of WASH facilities and services. Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant qualifications and experience are eligible to apply.
Are you passionate about creating a cleaner, safer, and more resilient environment for children? UNICEF Uganda is seeking a dynamic and committed WASH Officer (environment and climate action) to join our team in Kampala. In this pivotal role, you will support the WASH Environment and Climate Action Programme, working closely with government, private sector, civil society, and youth to drive forward child-centered policies and actions on environment, climate change, and disaster risk reduction.
This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact—strengthening national capacity, accelerating climate solutions, and ensuring that every child grows up in a safe and sustainable world.
UNICEF ECARO is seeking a motivated Communications Officer NOA for its office in Warsaw, Poland. Under the supervision of the Communication Specialist/Chief of Communication. The supervisor defines the parameters of assignments and outline approaches to problem areas. Carry out research to collect facts and data analysis in accordance with the established procedures and methodology.
This consultancy will assess the current fiscal space for WASH by reviewing government budgets, donor funding, and private sector involvement. It will identify opportunities to expand financing through domestic resource mobilization, efficiency gains, and innovative approaches such as climate and blended finance.
Based on this, a WASH Financing Strategy will be developed, outlining key financing pathways, resource mobilization options, and institutional strengthening measures. The consultant will also provide actionable policy recommendations to improve sector financing, coordination, and sustainability.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a Project Officer (Water Supply) on a fixed-term appointment to be based in Suva, Fiji. Under the general supervision of the WASH Manager at P-4 level. The Project Officer (Water Supply) is expected to support the UNICEF Pacific programme on strengthening WASH programming on climate resilient water supply systems.
The call for regional sanitation policy guidelines is not just about compliance; it’s about crafting a future where every individual has access to dignified and safely managed sanitation services. By creating a framework that emphasises political leadership, fosters partnerships, and encourages private sector involvement, South Asian governments can significantly enhance service delivery and resource allocation. These Guidelines would serve as a roadmap for sustainable sanitation development, enabling countries to harmonise their goals, share best practices, and hold each other accountable.
Therefore, robust sanitation policy guidelines are essential for addressing the challenges unique to South Asia. The Guidelines will assist governments to develop sanitation policies that reduce inequalities, improve health outcomes, and foster economic growth; elements that collectively uplift communities and pave the way for a healthier, more equitable future.
The Chief of Child Survival and Development (CSD) provides strategic leadership to an integrated programme encompassing Health, Nutrition, and WASH to advance child survival, growth, and resilience in Eritrea. This position is pivotal in ensuring that every child, especially the most vulnerable, benefits from equitable access to essential services and from improved health, nutrition, and hygienic practices during the crucial first 1,000 days of life.
With a strong technical focus on WASH, the Chief leads the design and implementation of climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene systems that directly contribute to better health outcomes and reduce disease burden. The role promotes integration between WASH, Health, and Nutrition to address both medical and social determinants of child well-being.
L’UNICEF recherche un/e consultant/e national/e pour soutenir la Direction Générale du Budget (Ministère des Finances) dans l’intégration des enjeux liés au changement climatique dans la planification stratégique et budgétaire de l’État comorien, avec un focus sur les secteurs sociaux et sur le domaine de l’eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène (WASH). La consultation appuiera la génération des évidences sur la gestion des finances publiques intégrant les questions climatiques, la promotion de la transparence budgétaire, et la prise en compte des enjeux climatiques dans la planification stratégique.
UNICEF seeks to hire a senior technical consultant to support the implementation of key activities as part of the acceleration plan for pilot implementation of revised 2023 WHO Guidelines on prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema among children under five in Katsina state.
UNICEF Costa Rica is looking for a passionate Health & Nutrition Officer to support the design, implementation, and monitoring of impactful health and nutrition programmes. In this role, you’ll provide technical expertise and operational support to ensure the successful delivery of initiatives aligned with UNICEF’s strategic goals.
Climate change in Central Asia threatens essential services like WASH, MNCH, nutrition, and primary health care. UNICEF is leading efforts to secure resilient supply chains, strengthen health systems, and scale green financing solutions with global partners.
We seek a consultant to develop a Climate-Smart Supply Financing strategy for Uzbekistan and the region aligning investments with sustainability and equity. Your work will shape pathways for reliable medicines, vaccines, safe water, and nutrition services, ensuring continuity during climate shocks.
UNICEF requires the services of an external consultant to support the development and maintenance of GenAI (RAG and RPA) and data science driven spatial and other data discovery, harmonization, validation, curation and analytics in several areas: Wash Insecurity Analysis (WIA), automation of SDG Country Brief Production, automation of indicator data pipelines, and delivery of SDG abd CRAVE consultation results indexed and pushed through SOLR, made available for consultation, and deployed to multiple platforms including GeoSight and its Indicator Data Warehouse.
The WIA work shall be performed iteratively in coordination with the Global WASH Cluster (GWC), PG-WASH and Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) team, maintaining the 2024 and 2026 focus countries, and delivering on the 2026 focus countries as they are determined. Working with the GWC, PG-WASH and JMP team and a regular part of virtual and physical team meetings, the consultant will also work to identify novel frontier data technology approaches as an innovation workstream.
The consultancy shall also assist in further testing, validation, and refinement of AI-driven data workflow for the Data and Analytics Section of the Office of Strategy and Evidence, in Data Bricks, GeoRepo, GeoSight, Consult, Indicator Data Warahouse, and other platforms as required.
Finally, the consultancy will support the Frontier Data Network as it continues to enable new data and technology capabilities at Frontier Data Nodes and with other UNICEF data science teams including leveraging big data assets with spatial analytics, machine learning, and other AI approaches.
The objective of the consultancy assignment is to facilitate finalization of the existing logical framework of the KOICA-funded Climate Action for the Last Mile: Reaching the Most Vulnerable Children in the East and Southern Africa Region, and to conduct a baseline survey based on the final logical framework.
The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen UNICEF’s emergency preparedness, monitoring, and response capacity in Somalia’s Central and Southern Regions (CSS). The consultant will provide critical support in sustaining UNICEF’s field presence, coordinating humanitarian interventions, and ensuring timely, effective, and context-sensitive responses to emerging crises.
This role is essential to maintain UNICEF’s humanitarian engagement and operational continuity in hard-to-reach and newly recovered areas where access remains challenging. Working closely with the Emergency Manager, the consultant will support early warning, contingency planning, and partner monitoring, ensuring that UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) are met through coordinated, multisectoral emergency response and resilience programming.
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Operations.
The Supply and Logistics Specialist reports to the Deputy Representative Operations as per the Country Office (CO) set-up and is responsible for managing the supply chains of a small sized country office, and/or small sized emergency response operation, or elements of the supply chains of a larger supply operation. The supply chain operations include planning, procurement, contracting, customs clearance, warehousing, in country transport and distribution, as well as monitoring of supplies, services and construction works. The incumbent supports management collaboration with programmes in defining supply interventions to meet programmatic needs and achieve results for children, and provides technical and advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management.
Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the Social Policy officer is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving (a) public policies to reduce child poverty; (b) social protection coverage and impact on children; (c) the transparency, adequacy, equity and efficiency of child-focused public investments and financial management; and (d) governance, decentralization and accountability measures to increase public participation and the quality, equity and coverage of social services. This encompasses both direct programme work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams working on education, health, child protection, water and sanitation, and HIV.
The partner research and due diligence (DD) function, managed for the organization by the Partnership Advisory Support Services (PASS) team in the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP), aims to support UNICEF’s effective engagement with business and private philanthropy entities. Recognizing that AI presents a unique opportunity for the PASS team at PFP to enhance due diligence research and processes, the PASS team is looking for a Data Engineering Consultant with experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine-Learning Operations (MLOps) for the PASS AI Project to explore ways to utilize AI in our due diligence process.
MICS enables countries to produce statistically sound and internationally comparable estimates of a range of indicators on the situation of children, women and their families, in areas such as health, education, early childhood development, child protection, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene. For many countries, MICS surveys are among the most important sources of data used for situation analyses, policy decisions, programme interventions, and for informing the public about the situation of children and women.
Currently, the MICS programme is in its 7th round and over 50 surveys are already formally listed as part of MICS7: Just over 20 have or are completing fieldwork, with the remaining still in the design phase. The number of MICS7 surveys is expected to increase by 10-20% in 2026 mainly due to closure of USAID’s Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) program and a few other countries currently in the process of finalizing the Memorandum of Understanding documents.
Current work on the questionnaire architecture and content of standard MICS7 questionnaires is nearly completed and 8 regional/global Survey Design and 5 Data Processing Workshops have been completed so far. Current and future MICS participating country/survey teams will need additional technical support on:
• ongoing and future MICS surveys including planning, sample design, questionnaire customisation, pre-test of questionnaires, customisation of tabulation plans, fieldworkers training, fieldwork monitoring, data analysis and report drafting, and dissemination, and
• planning and organisation of any potential local, regional, or global MICS Survey Design, Data Processing and Data Interpretation and Further Analysis workshops.
The vision of the UNICEF Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub (WASH Hub) is a global
home for building, accelerating and scaling transformational climate resilient solutions for a
WASH secure future of universal and equitable access to services, addressing the full ambition of the SDG6. WASH Hub will source, pilot and scale transformational and frontier climate resilient solutions that respond to key programmatic challenges that, if solved, will unlock faster progress for a water secure future for children and young people. One of those solutions is Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) technology, a geophysical method that uses electromagnetic induction to map sustainable deep groundwater sources.
The Consultant will support the WASH Hub by outlining the scaling pathway, approach and key considerations for the Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) solution, to support multi-country and multi-region scale.
This is a national consultancy vacancy for conducting a comprehensive field assessment of WASH facilities and services. Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant qualifications and experience are eligible to apply.
Are you passionate about creating a cleaner, safer, and more resilient environment for children? UNICEF Uganda is seeking a dynamic and committed WASH Officer (environment and climate action) to join our team in Kampala. In this pivotal role, you will support the WASH Environment and Climate Action Programme, working closely with government, private sector, civil society, and youth to drive forward child-centered policies and actions on environment, climate change, and disaster risk reduction.
This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact—strengthening national capacity, accelerating climate solutions, and ensuring that every child grows up in a safe and sustainable world.
UNICEF ECARO is seeking a motivated Communications Officer NOA for its office in Warsaw, Poland. Under the supervision of the Communication Specialist/Chief of Communication. The supervisor defines the parameters of assignments and outline approaches to problem areas. Carry out research to collect facts and data analysis in accordance with the established procedures and methodology.
This consultancy will assess the current fiscal space for WASH by reviewing government budgets, donor funding, and private sector involvement. It will identify opportunities to expand financing through domestic resource mobilization, efficiency gains, and innovative approaches such as climate and blended finance.
Based on this, a WASH Financing Strategy will be developed, outlining key financing pathways, resource mobilization options, and institutional strengthening measures. The consultant will also provide actionable policy recommendations to improve sector financing, coordination, and sustainability.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a Project Officer (Water Supply) on a fixed-term appointment to be based in Suva, Fiji. Under the general supervision of the WASH Manager at P-4 level. The Project Officer (Water Supply) is expected to support the UNICEF Pacific programme on strengthening WASH programming on climate resilient water supply systems.
The call for regional sanitation policy guidelines is not just about compliance; it’s about crafting a future where every individual has access to dignified and safely managed sanitation services. By creating a framework that emphasises political leadership, fosters partnerships, and encourages private sector involvement, South Asian governments can significantly enhance service delivery and resource allocation. These Guidelines would serve as a roadmap for sustainable sanitation development, enabling countries to harmonise their goals, share best practices, and hold each other accountable.
Therefore, robust sanitation policy guidelines are essential for addressing the challenges unique to South Asia. The Guidelines will assist governments to develop sanitation policies that reduce inequalities, improve health outcomes, and foster economic growth; elements that collectively uplift communities and pave the way for a healthier, more equitable future.
The Chief of Child Survival and Development (CSD) provides strategic leadership to an integrated programme encompassing Health, Nutrition, and WASH to advance child survival, growth, and resilience in Eritrea. This position is pivotal in ensuring that every child, especially the most vulnerable, benefits from equitable access to essential services and from improved health, nutrition, and hygienic practices during the crucial first 1,000 days of life.
With a strong technical focus on WASH, the Chief leads the design and implementation of climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene systems that directly contribute to better health outcomes and reduce disease burden. The role promotes integration between WASH, Health, and Nutrition to address both medical and social determinants of child well-being.
L’UNICEF recherche un/e consultant/e national/e pour soutenir la Direction Générale du Budget (Ministère des Finances) dans l’intégration des enjeux liés au changement climatique dans la planification stratégique et budgétaire de l’État comorien, avec un focus sur les secteurs sociaux et sur le domaine de l’eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène (WASH). La consultation appuiera la génération des évidences sur la gestion des finances publiques intégrant les questions climatiques, la promotion de la transparence budgétaire, et la prise en compte des enjeux climatiques dans la planification stratégique.
UNICEF seeks to hire a senior technical consultant to support the implementation of key activities as part of the acceleration plan for pilot implementation of revised 2023 WHO Guidelines on prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema among children under five in Katsina state.
UNICEF Costa Rica is looking for a passionate Health & Nutrition Officer to support the design, implementation, and monitoring of impactful health and nutrition programmes. In this role, you’ll provide technical expertise and operational support to ensure the successful delivery of initiatives aligned with UNICEF’s strategic goals.
Climate change in Central Asia threatens essential services like WASH, MNCH, nutrition, and primary health care. UNICEF is leading efforts to secure resilient supply chains, strengthen health systems, and scale green financing solutions with global partners.
We seek a consultant to develop a Climate-Smart Supply Financing strategy for Uzbekistan and the region aligning investments with sustainability and equity. Your work will shape pathways for reliable medicines, vaccines, safe water, and nutrition services, ensuring continuity during climate shocks.
UNICEF requires the services of an external consultant to support the development and maintenance of GenAI (RAG and RPA) and data science driven spatial and other data discovery, harmonization, validation, curation and analytics in several areas: Wash Insecurity Analysis (WIA), automation of SDG Country Brief Production, automation of indicator data pipelines, and delivery of SDG abd CRAVE consultation results indexed and pushed through SOLR, made available for consultation, and deployed to multiple platforms including GeoSight and its Indicator Data Warehouse.
The WIA work shall be performed iteratively in coordination with the Global WASH Cluster (GWC), PG-WASH and Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) team, maintaining the 2024 and 2026 focus countries, and delivering on the 2026 focus countries as they are determined. Working with the GWC, PG-WASH and JMP team and a regular part of virtual and physical team meetings, the consultant will also work to identify novel frontier data technology approaches as an innovation workstream.
The consultancy shall also assist in further testing, validation, and refinement of AI-driven data workflow for the Data and Analytics Section of the Office of Strategy and Evidence, in Data Bricks, GeoRepo, GeoSight, Consult, Indicator Data Warahouse, and other platforms as required.
Finally, the consultancy will support the Frontier Data Network as it continues to enable new data and technology capabilities at Frontier Data Nodes and with other UNICEF data science teams including leveraging big data assets with spatial analytics, machine learning, and other AI approaches.
The objective of the consultancy assignment is to facilitate finalization of the existing logical framework of the KOICA-funded Climate Action for the Last Mile: Reaching the Most Vulnerable Children in the East and Southern Africa Region, and to conduct a baseline survey based on the final logical framework.
The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen UNICEF’s emergency preparedness, monitoring, and response capacity in Somalia’s Central and Southern Regions (CSS). The consultant will provide critical support in sustaining UNICEF’s field presence, coordinating humanitarian interventions, and ensuring timely, effective, and context-sensitive responses to emerging crises.
This role is essential to maintain UNICEF’s humanitarian engagement and operational continuity in hard-to-reach and newly recovered areas where access remains challenging. Working closely with the Emergency Manager, the consultant will support early warning, contingency planning, and partner monitoring, ensuring that UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) are met through coordinated, multisectoral emergency response and resilience programming.
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Operations.
The Supply and Logistics Specialist reports to the Deputy Representative Operations as per the Country Office (CO) set-up and is responsible for managing the supply chains of a small sized country office, and/or small sized emergency response operation, or elements of the supply chains of a larger supply operation. The supply chain operations include planning, procurement, contracting, customs clearance, warehousing, in country transport and distribution, as well as monitoring of supplies, services and construction works. The incumbent supports management collaboration with programmes in defining supply interventions to meet programmatic needs and achieve results for children, and provides technical and advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management.
Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the Social Policy officer is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving (a) public policies to reduce child poverty; (b) social protection coverage and impact on children; (c) the transparency, adequacy, equity and efficiency of child-focused public investments and financial management; and (d) governance, decentralization and accountability measures to increase public participation and the quality, equity and coverage of social services. This encompasses both direct programme work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams working on education, health, child protection, water and sanitation, and HIV.
The partner research and due diligence (DD) function, managed for the organization by the Partnership Advisory Support Services (PASS) team in the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP), aims to support UNICEF’s effective engagement with business and private philanthropy entities. Recognizing that AI presents a unique opportunity for the PASS team at PFP to enhance due diligence research and processes, the PASS team is looking for a Data Engineering Consultant with experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine-Learning Operations (MLOps) for the PASS AI Project to explore ways to utilize AI in our due diligence process.
MICS enables countries to produce statistically sound and internationally comparable estimates of a range of indicators on the situation of children, women and their families, in areas such as health, education, early childhood development, child protection, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene. For many countries, MICS surveys are among the most important sources of data used for situation analyses, policy decisions, programme interventions, and for informing the public about the situation of children and women.
Currently, the MICS programme is in its 7th round and over 50 surveys are already formally listed as part of MICS7: Just over 20 have or are completing fieldwork, with the remaining still in the design phase. The number of MICS7 surveys is expected to increase by 10-20% in 2026 mainly due to closure of USAID’s Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) program and a few other countries currently in the process of finalizing the Memorandum of Understanding documents.
Current work on the questionnaire architecture and content of standard MICS7 questionnaires is nearly completed and 8 regional/global Survey Design and 5 Data Processing Workshops have been completed so far. Current and future MICS participating country/survey teams will need additional technical support on:
• ongoing and future MICS surveys including planning, sample design, questionnaire customisation, pre-test of questionnaires, customisation of tabulation plans, fieldworkers training, fieldwork monitoring, data analysis and report drafting, and dissemination, and
• planning and organisation of any potential local, regional, or global MICS Survey Design, Data Processing and Data Interpretation and Further Analysis workshops.
