The aim of this assignment is to provide technical support to improve planning and budgeting processes from a child-rights perspective, with the aim of contributing to strengthened data availability on social sector spending.
Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for providing technical support to the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all stages of social policy programing 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 WASH Officer reports to the WASH Specialist Level NO3 (based in East Area Office, Kassla) for supervision. The WASH Officer provides technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process. The Officer prepares, manages and implements a variety of technical and administrative tasks, related to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme particularly focusing on civil works related to water supply and sanitation infrastructures i.e., designing, preparation of BOQ, cost-estimation, certification and quality of construction works.
The Senior Liaison will establish and sustain UNICEF presence and programme and operations start-up, including relationship with the central Government of Sudan, UN sister agencies, and other international and national partners based in Khartoum.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the CO, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track. The duty station for this post is Port Sudan.
The Information Management Officer is a core Cluster/Sector Coordination team member. The purpose of this position is to implement, manage and provide technical capacity support and information management systems for the Nutrition Cluster in Sudan. This include managing the collection, analysis, storage and sharing of important information with nutrition cluster participants and stakeholder to make informed (evidence-based) strategic decisions. This will be done through the synthesis of nutrition information and preparation of reports, creation/updating of national and subnational level dashboards, early warning and early action analysis at various levels, preparing updates for regular and strategic sector meetings at national and sub national levels.
Reporting to the Chief of Advocacy and Communication, the Communication Officer (Digital) is accountable for developing, managing, implementing and monitoring a digital engagement communication strategy with the objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children’s rights, and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities and programmes in Sudan.
The UNICEF ROSA’s education team seeks a consultant to map, analyze, disseminate and promote the application of the best practices in relation to the use of learning and skills assessment data for improving learning and skills outcomes in South Asia, in both development and in emergency contexts. The consultant will help implementing the regional programme aiming at strengthening national capacity for improving the use of robust learning and skills assessment data for improving learning and skills outcomes. The consultant will support UNICEF’s objectives on 1) accelerating foundational learning (i.e. basic literacy and numeracy and socio-emotional skills) through upscaling the use of best practices, starting from early childhood and including digital learning solutions; 2) strengthening education and skills systems, policies, and practices; and 3) Increasing the production and use of regional and global knowledge on the best practices for improving learning and skills outcomes.
The consultants will provide direct support to the Resource Centres’ (RC) staff to provide Assistive Technology (AT) to students with disabilities and introduce social robotics in the mainstream schools. The assignment will consist of several tasks which are directly connected with the usage of AT and humanoid robots in teaching and learning, including delivery of trainings and mentoring support to the RC staff on humanoid robot usage in mainstream schools. Furthermore, the consultancy will support the development and implementation of the protocol and tool developed for the usage of social robots in the classroom, and evaluation of its effectiveness in enabling and promotion of learning in inclusive education settings.
UNICEF seeks to hire an experienced, results oriented International Individual consultant to assist UNICEF Lesotho Country Office to develop practical and implementable procedures for the MoGYSD as manager of the NISSA and the MISSA to effectively fulfil its obligation as data controller and ensure that data processing is fully aligned with the rights of the data subjects and other principles and requirements as outlined in the country’s Data Protection Act 2011, National Digital Transformation Strategy and National Digital Policy, and the Data Management Policy.
UNICEF Iraq is looking for qualified UNV social policy expert to be based in Baghdad.
Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for providing technical support in the management, coordination, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of cash transfer activities. The UNV Social Policy Expert will be responsible for the implementation of Cash Plus Pilots Projects as part of the EU-funded United Nations Joint programme.
Household surveys such as the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) enable countries to produce statistically sound and internationally comparable estimates of a range of indicators on the situation of children and women in areas such as health, education, early childhood development, child protection, water and sanitation, and nutrition. For many countries, household surveys have been among the most important data sources used for situation analyses, policy decisions, programme interventions, and informing the public about the situation of children and women.
UNICEF proposes to engage the expertise of a highly qualified WASH innovative finance (IF) specialist to facilitate the effective implementation of sustainable and innovative finance solutions for WASH in the West and Central Africa region (WCAR). These tasks encompass scoping, mapping and supporting IF solutions, and technical support to regional and country offices on IF solutions as well as providing capacity building assistance to Country Offices working on innovation projects.
This is a Junior Professional Officer position open to Finnish nationals only. The JPO will provide support across the different sectors to ensure the technical excellence and quality of programmatic work on inclusion of children with disabilities in the South Asia region to advance the DIPAS cross-sectoral strategic priorities. The JPO will also support the knowledge interchange on best practices in disability inclusive programming across the region. Overall, the funding of this position will provide much-needed support for the organization's strengthened commitment to leaving no child behind.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide high-quality technical assistance to the child protection team by supporting several initiatives for dissemination and implementation of the CPSS approach on the ground and to strengthen the inclusion agenda, especially with a focus on children on the move in national CP systems through comprehensive and effective knowledge generation, dissemination and utilization. This will include the development, validation, and dissemination of several global public goods in the form of technical notes/guidance on various aspects of the CPSS approach.
The UNICEF Country Office Development and Support (CODAS) section within Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP) in Geneva, Switzerland, has ongoing requirements for the production and design of digital content pieces to carry out specific fundraising support for emerging and established markets in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), Europe and Central Asia (ECA), and West and Central Africa (WCA) regions. Through this LTA, CODAS would like to establish a roster of Digital Designers able to ensure smooth delivery of digital content pieces.
The high-quality content packages will be either uniquely created or adapted/refreshed based on existing and proven UNICEF global fundraising campaigns, featured for various digital platforms, including Google, Meta, and Bing, among others. The selected consultants will work on both new campaigns and adapt existing ones, designing static, dynamic, and video ads. Additionally, selected consultants will be responsible for writing engaging ad copy that drives results for both campaign and web content.
These services will be critical for frontier and established markets to deliver tests and develop their digital plans and targets. The consultants will work directly with CODAS, the ECA team, as well as digital agencies, in order to support digital activities.
Join UNICEF – Make a Lasting Impact
Are you passionate about advancing the rights and well-being of children?
UNICEF Madagascar is seeking a committed and dedicated professional for the role of Chief, Social and Behavior Change (P-3, FT). This position plays a key role in developing and implementing evidence-based SBC strategies that are integral to programme planning and execution.
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a national consultant as IT Specialist for Disability Identification System updating and data interoperability for inclusive social protection and employment. The minimum qualification required is a bachelor’s degree in IT, digital systems, coding, or other qualifications with sufficient relevant work experience.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
El propósito es ofrecer asistencia técnica o expertise específico para la implementación de actividades para restablecer o salvaguardar los intereses de la infancia después de una emergencia, en una respuesta de calidad.
Las personas retenidas en el roster proporcionarán sus servicios bajo los Términos de Referencia (TdR) específicos para la asignación al ser contactados por UNICEF.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical expertise on SBC/demand promotion for preparedness and readiness for any future pandemic and associated new vaccine rollout.
The aim of this assignment is to provide technical support to improve planning and budgeting processes from a child-rights perspective, with the aim of contributing to strengthened data availability on social sector spending.
Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for providing technical support to the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all stages of social policy programing 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 WASH Officer reports to the WASH Specialist Level NO3 (based in East Area Office, Kassla) for supervision. The WASH Officer provides technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process. The Officer prepares, manages and implements a variety of technical and administrative tasks, related to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme particularly focusing on civil works related to water supply and sanitation infrastructures i.e., designing, preparation of BOQ, cost-estimation, certification and quality of construction works.
The Senior Liaison will establish and sustain UNICEF presence and programme and operations start-up, including relationship with the central Government of Sudan, UN sister agencies, and other international and national partners based in Khartoum.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the CO, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track. The duty station for this post is Port Sudan.
The Information Management Officer is a core Cluster/Sector Coordination team member. The purpose of this position is to implement, manage and provide technical capacity support and information management systems for the Nutrition Cluster in Sudan. This include managing the collection, analysis, storage and sharing of important information with nutrition cluster participants and stakeholder to make informed (evidence-based) strategic decisions. This will be done through the synthesis of nutrition information and preparation of reports, creation/updating of national and subnational level dashboards, early warning and early action analysis at various levels, preparing updates for regular and strategic sector meetings at national and sub national levels.
Reporting to the Chief of Advocacy and Communication, the Communication Officer (Digital) is accountable for developing, managing, implementing and monitoring a digital engagement communication strategy with the objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children’s rights, and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities and programmes in Sudan.
The UNICEF ROSA’s education team seeks a consultant to map, analyze, disseminate and promote the application of the best practices in relation to the use of learning and skills assessment data for improving learning and skills outcomes in South Asia, in both development and in emergency contexts. The consultant will help implementing the regional programme aiming at strengthening national capacity for improving the use of robust learning and skills assessment data for improving learning and skills outcomes. The consultant will support UNICEF’s objectives on 1) accelerating foundational learning (i.e. basic literacy and numeracy and socio-emotional skills) through upscaling the use of best practices, starting from early childhood and including digital learning solutions; 2) strengthening education and skills systems, policies, and practices; and 3) Increasing the production and use of regional and global knowledge on the best practices for improving learning and skills outcomes.
The consultants will provide direct support to the Resource Centres’ (RC) staff to provide Assistive Technology (AT) to students with disabilities and introduce social robotics in the mainstream schools. The assignment will consist of several tasks which are directly connected with the usage of AT and humanoid robots in teaching and learning, including delivery of trainings and mentoring support to the RC staff on humanoid robot usage in mainstream schools. Furthermore, the consultancy will support the development and implementation of the protocol and tool developed for the usage of social robots in the classroom, and evaluation of its effectiveness in enabling and promotion of learning in inclusive education settings.
UNICEF seeks to hire an experienced, results oriented International Individual consultant to assist UNICEF Lesotho Country Office to develop practical and implementable procedures for the MoGYSD as manager of the NISSA and the MISSA to effectively fulfil its obligation as data controller and ensure that data processing is fully aligned with the rights of the data subjects and other principles and requirements as outlined in the country’s Data Protection Act 2011, National Digital Transformation Strategy and National Digital Policy, and the Data Management Policy.
UNICEF Iraq is looking for qualified UNV social policy expert to be based in Baghdad.
Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for providing technical support in the management, coordination, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of cash transfer activities. The UNV Social Policy Expert will be responsible for the implementation of Cash Plus Pilots Projects as part of the EU-funded United Nations Joint programme.
Household surveys such as the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) enable countries to produce statistically sound and internationally comparable estimates of a range of indicators on the situation of children and women in areas such as health, education, early childhood development, child protection, water and sanitation, and nutrition. For many countries, household surveys have been among the most important data sources used for situation analyses, policy decisions, programme interventions, and informing the public about the situation of children and women.
UNICEF proposes to engage the expertise of a highly qualified WASH innovative finance (IF) specialist to facilitate the effective implementation of sustainable and innovative finance solutions for WASH in the West and Central Africa region (WCAR). These tasks encompass scoping, mapping and supporting IF solutions, and technical support to regional and country offices on IF solutions as well as providing capacity building assistance to Country Offices working on innovation projects.
This is a Junior Professional Officer position open to Finnish nationals only. The JPO will provide support across the different sectors to ensure the technical excellence and quality of programmatic work on inclusion of children with disabilities in the South Asia region to advance the DIPAS cross-sectoral strategic priorities. The JPO will also support the knowledge interchange on best practices in disability inclusive programming across the region. Overall, the funding of this position will provide much-needed support for the organization's strengthened commitment to leaving no child behind.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide high-quality technical assistance to the child protection team by supporting several initiatives for dissemination and implementation of the CPSS approach on the ground and to strengthen the inclusion agenda, especially with a focus on children on the move in national CP systems through comprehensive and effective knowledge generation, dissemination and utilization. This will include the development, validation, and dissemination of several global public goods in the form of technical notes/guidance on various aspects of the CPSS approach.
The UNICEF Country Office Development and Support (CODAS) section within Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP) in Geneva, Switzerland, has ongoing requirements for the production and design of digital content pieces to carry out specific fundraising support for emerging and established markets in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), Europe and Central Asia (ECA), and West and Central Africa (WCA) regions. Through this LTA, CODAS would like to establish a roster of Digital Designers able to ensure smooth delivery of digital content pieces.
The high-quality content packages will be either uniquely created or adapted/refreshed based on existing and proven UNICEF global fundraising campaigns, featured for various digital platforms, including Google, Meta, and Bing, among others. The selected consultants will work on both new campaigns and adapt existing ones, designing static, dynamic, and video ads. Additionally, selected consultants will be responsible for writing engaging ad copy that drives results for both campaign and web content.
These services will be critical for frontier and established markets to deliver tests and develop their digital plans and targets. The consultants will work directly with CODAS, the ECA team, as well as digital agencies, in order to support digital activities.
Join UNICEF – Make a Lasting Impact
Are you passionate about advancing the rights and well-being of children?
UNICEF Madagascar is seeking a committed and dedicated professional for the role of Chief, Social and Behavior Change (P-3, FT). This position plays a key role in developing and implementing evidence-based SBC strategies that are integral to programme planning and execution.
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a national consultant as IT Specialist for Disability Identification System updating and data interoperability for inclusive social protection and employment. The minimum qualification required is a bachelor’s degree in IT, digital systems, coding, or other qualifications with sufficient relevant work experience.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
El propósito es ofrecer asistencia técnica o expertise específico para la implementación de actividades para restablecer o salvaguardar los intereses de la infancia después de una emergencia, en una respuesta de calidad.
Las personas retenidas en el roster proporcionarán sus servicios bajo los Términos de Referencia (TdR) específicos para la asignación al ser contactados por UNICEF.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical expertise on SBC/demand promotion for preparedness and readiness for any future pandemic and associated new vaccine rollout.
