In partnership with the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE), The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) launched the South Africa ECCE Outcomes Fund (“Fund 1.0”) in December 2025. Over three years, five implementing partners (IPs) will open around 1.4k new Early learning programmes (ELPs) and support around 600 existing ones throughout the country. The Outcomes fund is a form of outcomes-based financing, wherein payment to IPs is dependent on their progress towards pre-specified target outcomes. Under this model, EOF, IPs, and pre-financers providing working capital and performance management to the IPs, will frequently collect monitoring and evaluation data related to the interventions.
Fund 1.0 was developed as a way to learn about how to improve ECCE quality, to provide space for innovation, and as an opportunity for the DBE to broaden partnerships with non-state ECCE providers. Towards the scaling objectives of the 2030 ECD strategy and as outlined in the Bana Pele Blueprint, the DBE and EOF are interested in surfacing learnings from Fund 1.0 to inform the design of a future outcomes fund (“ELP Fund 2.0”). To support that effort, EOF is looking to collaborate with a consultant who will serve as a full-time member of the South Africa country team, to lead the learning, scaling, and evidence synthesis agenda for Fund 1.0.
UNICEF is seeking a EVM/cIP and NLWG strengthening consultant to provide support EVMAs, fully develop and cost cIPs, including supporting endorsement preparations, and the set-up and strengthening of (S)NLWGs, including related capacity building.
UNICEF is seeking a Sustainable Immunization Supply Chain Financing Consultant to support development of sustainable immunization supply chain financing guidance, including appropriate tools for end-to-end costing of immunization supply chain needs, to deploy these in the development of a global immunization supply chain business case (for a subset of interventions) as well as to support operationalization of the tools to support full costing of in-country supply chains.
UNICEF is seeking a Supply chain optimization and workforce development Consultant to provide supply chain optimization, workforce development/capacity building and supply chain professionalization support to the CoE and countries.
UNICEF is engaging a consultant to facilitate and undertake consultations with key stakeholders, conduct research, analyze findings, draft Volume 4 of the Water under Fire series, prepare its publication and disseminate its results internally and externally.
UNICEF’s Gender Equality Section is seeking an Adolescent Girls’ Learning Agenda Consultant to support the design, coordination and delivery of a strategic learning agenda for and with adolescent girls during the 2026 period.
UNICEF is recruiting a consultant to support countries during the final acceleration phase of the Big Catch-Up (BCU), while simultaneously preparing for programme close-out, dose reconciliation, and transition of catch-up vaccination into routine immunization systems.
UNICEF is recruiting a consultant to support the Programme Management Office (PMO) function for the Big Catch-Up (BCU), with responsibility for global coordination, progress tracking, risk analysis, escalation of critical issues, and strategic guidance on institutionalization of catch-up vaccination.
UNICEF is recruiting a consultant to facilitate global monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), documentation, and accountability processes for the final phase of the Big Catch-Up (BCU).
The consultant will support UNICEF’s Office of Innovation by leading the development of digital programming strategies and advancing UNICEF’s approach to digital assets. The role includes research, stakeholder consultations, strategic guidance, and contributing to organizational readiness for digital innovation.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a dedicated and proactive international consultant for a 120 day assignment over six months, comprising four months in-country and two months remote. The consultant will be based in Apia, Samoa for the in country period and will provide technical assistance to the Samoa Ministry of Health to strengthen the national immunization system. This includes developing and updating the national immunization strategy, policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs), building capacity on immunization, and supporting data quality assessment. The consultant will work in close collaboration with the Samoa Ministry of Health, with overall guidance and technical support from the UNICEF Samoa Field Office. The Health Specialist at the UNICEF Samoa Field Office will provide monitoring and overall supervision.
The consultant will provide technical assistance to each professional who may need support with the platform such as difficulties with registering on a course or issuing a certificate of completion. In addition, the consultant will frequently monitor and report the number of professionals taking and completing the course of each systemic output result and social indicator per municipality and area of occupation.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The UNICEF Evaluation Office (EO), as one of the core evidence functions, aims to help UNICEF to improve its performance and results, by supporting organizational learning and accountability. Working through the network of regional evaluation teams, the UNICEF EO supports the organization’s 135+ country offices in finding evidence-based solutions for the world’s most vulnerable children.
The EO conducts strategic global, institutional effectiveness, humanitarian, and impact evaluations. It assures the quality and use of UNICEF evaluations by establishing norms, standards, guidelines as well as knowledge sharing and networking.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide quantitative data analysis support for the baseline phase of the Climate Resilient WASH impact evaluation in Karamoja, Uganda. The consultant will work as part of a multidisciplinary team including the UNICEF Impact Evaluation Specialist, WASH thematic expert, and program leads to ensure high-quality data collection, management, and analysis that meets international evaluation standards. This assignment focuses on establishing robust data collection systems, conducting baseline analysis, and creating comprehensive documentation to guide subsequent evaluation phases.
The consultant will provide strategic guidance on the implementation of EOF’s Education Outcomes Fund in Lagos State, Nigeria, to ensure the timely achievement of key programme milestones, support stakeholder engagement (Lagos State Universal Education Board (LASUBEB), Local Government Area (LGA) departments, Federal Ministry of Education (FME), evaluators, donors), support implementation of outcomes-based financing to enable sustainability and evidence uptake into public systems.
UNICEF Lebanon is looking to hire a consultant to update and rollout of Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Operational Guidelines, SOP, training material and Training of vaccinators, program managers and other immunization stakeholders on various aspects of immunization program, including vaccine stock management reporting and monitoring
The overall purpose of the assignment is to support International Consultant recruited by UNICEF to develop and implement a WASH focused conflict and peace analysis (CPA) including gender equality, disability, and social inclusion considerations, and to use its findings to effectively integrate conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding into WASH programming in Somaliland Office. The participatory conflict analysis will help to identify and address the root causes of WASH-related conflict in Somaliland, whilst the targeted capacity development support will equip UNICEF staff and sector partners to effectively integrate the findings to develop and implement conflict sensitive and peacebuilding programming.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for an International Writer Consultant to develop text for the 2025 UNICEF Zimbabwe public facing version of the annual report.
UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office invites applications from qualified national candidates. The National Consultant will support the WASH-NAP formulation process by providing technical and logistical assistance across several components of the assignment. Specifically, the consultant will contribute to evidence gathering, stakeholder engagement, field-level assessments, and planning processes to ensure the adaptation plan is grounded in local realities and reflects a broad base of stakeholder input.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Health, UNICEF Lao PDR, and in close collaboration with the Health Section and Social Policy Section, the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB), relevant Ministry of Health departments including the Nutrition Center, and WHO, LuxDev and other RMNCH partners. Regular progress updates will be provided through Bi-weekly coordination meetings and Written progress updates aligned with key milestones.
This study will apply a mixed-methods approach combining secondary quantitative analysis with primary qualitative research to identify the causes, bottlenecks, and inequities driving preventable maternal, neonatal, and child morbidity and mortality in Lao PDR. The analysis will be guided by an equity lens and structured around the Four Delays Model across the RMNCH continuum of care.
The consultant will:
• Analyze recent national data (LSIS III, LECS, and other relevant sources) to identify patterns, disparities and risk factors across the RMNCH continuum of care;
• Examine bottlenecks using the Four Delay Model to understand barriers in care-seeking, access, quality and referral;
• Triangulate quantitative findings with qualitative evidence from key informants and communities;
• Generate practical, policy-relevant recommendations to inform the RMNCAH Strategy 2026+, UNICEF programming and partner investments.
In partnership with the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE), The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) launched the South Africa ECCE Outcomes Fund (“Fund 1.0”) in December 2025. Over three years, five implementing partners (IPs) will open around 1.4k new Early learning programmes (ELPs) and support around 600 existing ones throughout the country. The Outcomes fund is a form of outcomes-based financing, wherein payment to IPs is dependent on their progress towards pre-specified target outcomes. Under this model, EOF, IPs, and pre-financers providing working capital and performance management to the IPs, will frequently collect monitoring and evaluation data related to the interventions.
Fund 1.0 was developed as a way to learn about how to improve ECCE quality, to provide space for innovation, and as an opportunity for the DBE to broaden partnerships with non-state ECCE providers. Towards the scaling objectives of the 2030 ECD strategy and as outlined in the Bana Pele Blueprint, the DBE and EOF are interested in surfacing learnings from Fund 1.0 to inform the design of a future outcomes fund (“ELP Fund 2.0”). To support that effort, EOF is looking to collaborate with a consultant who will serve as a full-time member of the South Africa country team, to lead the learning, scaling, and evidence synthesis agenda for Fund 1.0.
UNICEF is seeking a EVM/cIP and NLWG strengthening consultant to provide support EVMAs, fully develop and cost cIPs, including supporting endorsement preparations, and the set-up and strengthening of (S)NLWGs, including related capacity building.
UNICEF is seeking a Sustainable Immunization Supply Chain Financing Consultant to support development of sustainable immunization supply chain financing guidance, including appropriate tools for end-to-end costing of immunization supply chain needs, to deploy these in the development of a global immunization supply chain business case (for a subset of interventions) as well as to support operationalization of the tools to support full costing of in-country supply chains.
UNICEF is seeking a Supply chain optimization and workforce development Consultant to provide supply chain optimization, workforce development/capacity building and supply chain professionalization support to the CoE and countries.
UNICEF is engaging a consultant to facilitate and undertake consultations with key stakeholders, conduct research, analyze findings, draft Volume 4 of the Water under Fire series, prepare its publication and disseminate its results internally and externally.
UNICEF’s Gender Equality Section is seeking an Adolescent Girls’ Learning Agenda Consultant to support the design, coordination and delivery of a strategic learning agenda for and with adolescent girls during the 2026 period.
UNICEF is recruiting a consultant to support countries during the final acceleration phase of the Big Catch-Up (BCU), while simultaneously preparing for programme close-out, dose reconciliation, and transition of catch-up vaccination into routine immunization systems.
UNICEF is recruiting a consultant to support the Programme Management Office (PMO) function for the Big Catch-Up (BCU), with responsibility for global coordination, progress tracking, risk analysis, escalation of critical issues, and strategic guidance on institutionalization of catch-up vaccination.
UNICEF is recruiting a consultant to facilitate global monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), documentation, and accountability processes for the final phase of the Big Catch-Up (BCU).
The consultant will support UNICEF’s Office of Innovation by leading the development of digital programming strategies and advancing UNICEF’s approach to digital assets. The role includes research, stakeholder consultations, strategic guidance, and contributing to organizational readiness for digital innovation.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a dedicated and proactive international consultant for a 120 day assignment over six months, comprising four months in-country and two months remote. The consultant will be based in Apia, Samoa for the in country period and will provide technical assistance to the Samoa Ministry of Health to strengthen the national immunization system. This includes developing and updating the national immunization strategy, policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs), building capacity on immunization, and supporting data quality assessment. The consultant will work in close collaboration with the Samoa Ministry of Health, with overall guidance and technical support from the UNICEF Samoa Field Office. The Health Specialist at the UNICEF Samoa Field Office will provide monitoring and overall supervision.
The consultant will provide technical assistance to each professional who may need support with the platform such as difficulties with registering on a course or issuing a certificate of completion. In addition, the consultant will frequently monitor and report the number of professionals taking and completing the course of each systemic output result and social indicator per municipality and area of occupation.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The UNICEF Evaluation Office (EO), as one of the core evidence functions, aims to help UNICEF to improve its performance and results, by supporting organizational learning and accountability. Working through the network of regional evaluation teams, the UNICEF EO supports the organization’s 135+ country offices in finding evidence-based solutions for the world’s most vulnerable children.
The EO conducts strategic global, institutional effectiveness, humanitarian, and impact evaluations. It assures the quality and use of UNICEF evaluations by establishing norms, standards, guidelines as well as knowledge sharing and networking.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide quantitative data analysis support for the baseline phase of the Climate Resilient WASH impact evaluation in Karamoja, Uganda. The consultant will work as part of a multidisciplinary team including the UNICEF Impact Evaluation Specialist, WASH thematic expert, and program leads to ensure high-quality data collection, management, and analysis that meets international evaluation standards. This assignment focuses on establishing robust data collection systems, conducting baseline analysis, and creating comprehensive documentation to guide subsequent evaluation phases.
The consultant will provide strategic guidance on the implementation of EOF’s Education Outcomes Fund in Lagos State, Nigeria, to ensure the timely achievement of key programme milestones, support stakeholder engagement (Lagos State Universal Education Board (LASUBEB), Local Government Area (LGA) departments, Federal Ministry of Education (FME), evaluators, donors), support implementation of outcomes-based financing to enable sustainability and evidence uptake into public systems.
UNICEF Lebanon is looking to hire a consultant to update and rollout of Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Operational Guidelines, SOP, training material and Training of vaccinators, program managers and other immunization stakeholders on various aspects of immunization program, including vaccine stock management reporting and monitoring
The overall purpose of the assignment is to support International Consultant recruited by UNICEF to develop and implement a WASH focused conflict and peace analysis (CPA) including gender equality, disability, and social inclusion considerations, and to use its findings to effectively integrate conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding into WASH programming in Somaliland Office. The participatory conflict analysis will help to identify and address the root causes of WASH-related conflict in Somaliland, whilst the targeted capacity development support will equip UNICEF staff and sector partners to effectively integrate the findings to develop and implement conflict sensitive and peacebuilding programming.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for an International Writer Consultant to develop text for the 2025 UNICEF Zimbabwe public facing version of the annual report.
UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office invites applications from qualified national candidates. The National Consultant will support the WASH-NAP formulation process by providing technical and logistical assistance across several components of the assignment. Specifically, the consultant will contribute to evidence gathering, stakeholder engagement, field-level assessments, and planning processes to ensure the adaptation plan is grounded in local realities and reflects a broad base of stakeholder input.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Health, UNICEF Lao PDR, and in close collaboration with the Health Section and Social Policy Section, the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB), relevant Ministry of Health departments including the Nutrition Center, and WHO, LuxDev and other RMNCH partners. Regular progress updates will be provided through Bi-weekly coordination meetings and Written progress updates aligned with key milestones.
This study will apply a mixed-methods approach combining secondary quantitative analysis with primary qualitative research to identify the causes, bottlenecks, and inequities driving preventable maternal, neonatal, and child morbidity and mortality in Lao PDR. The analysis will be guided by an equity lens and structured around the Four Delays Model across the RMNCH continuum of care.
The consultant will:
• Analyze recent national data (LSIS III, LECS, and other relevant sources) to identify patterns, disparities and risk factors across the RMNCH continuum of care;
• Examine bottlenecks using the Four Delay Model to understand barriers in care-seeking, access, quality and referral;
• Triangulate quantitative findings with qualitative evidence from key informants and communities;
• Generate practical, policy-relevant recommendations to inform the RMNCAH Strategy 2026+, UNICEF programming and partner investments.
