UNICEF is seeking experienced consultants to help countries identify and reach zero-dose and under-vaccinated children by conducting coverage and equity assessments, developing targeted immunization strategies, and strengthening integrated health services. Consultants will provide technical expertise to reduce immunization inequities, improve routine vaccination systems, and support sustainable, data-driven solutions for underserved populations, including those in remote, urban, and humanitarian settings.
UNICEF would like to engage the services of a copyeditor to support with the copyediting and proofreading stages in the finalization of knowledge products for different audiences such as the general public, donors, government and partners.
As funding for health shrinks and country budgets for immunization supply chains are dramatically cut, it is becoming increasingly important to demonstrate the impact that availability of potent vaccines make to overall health and broader economic goals. Linking the evidence of the availability of potent vaccines and an effective cold chain to reducing the zero-dose burden, increasing coverage, improving health outcomes and contributing to the economic outcomes of a country becomes an important lever to ensure that investments are made in the right places of the health system to ensure the greatest impact. There are also a multitude of different technologies with different purposes and utilities that governments can use to strengthen their immunization programmes. Some of these are excessively expensive and are not always justified in all contexts. A decision framework would be helpful to help governments navigate these decisions and decide on the system investments required when investing in new technologies in the supply chain.
The purpose of this consultancy is to generate reliable, disaggregated and integrated education evidence by analysing administrative and household survey datasets and transforming the findings into analytical reports, knowledge products and interactive dashboards that strengthen evidence-based planning, budgeting, monitoring and policy dialogue at national and state levels. The outputs developed under this consultancy will support UNICEF's national and state offices and will be shared with national and state government counterparts to strengthen data-informed planning, implementation and decision-making.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the effective operationalization and contextual implementation of child protection interventions within the education system of São Tomé and Príncipe, ensuring that systems, tools and approaches developed at central level are translated into functional, child-friendly and sustainable practices at school level. The consultancy will focus on bridging the gap between policy and practice at the school level, by ensuring that national SOPs, referral pathways and child protection tools are effectively implemented, adapted and used within pre-primary, primary and secondary schools.
Aligned with the Next-Gen Learning programme (2024–2026) and its overarching outcome of retaining more adolescents in lower secondary and supporting their transition to secondary school with improved foundational skills, this Technical Assistance (TA) will support the Department of Education, Government of Maharashtra in building a climate-resilient, coherent, scalable, and equity-focused EdTech ecosystem. This will require close collaboration with the State Education Department, MSCERT, academic institutions, and civil society organizations to ensure that technology serves pedagogical goals, reaches the most marginalized learners, and is grounded in robust evidence.
A key role of the technical assistance will be to provide technical support to the education department to enhance state capacity to leverage technology to improve retention and learning outcomes at the lower secondary and secondary levels.
To strengthen the stewardship, coordination, implementation, reporting, and growth of multi-country strategic partnerships across APRO, with an initial focus on strategic regional donors.
The position will support effective partnership management, donor engagement, knowledge management, and coordination across Country Offices, Area Offices, National Committees (e.g. UNICEF USA) and relevant headquarters divisions to ensure delivery of partnership commitments and support future resource mobilization opportunities.
UNICEF is one of the most admired organizations globally, impacting the lives of children in almost every country of the world. Your work with UNICEF will enable this life-saving and critical work in the most direct way: by raising money that lets us help the most difficult to reach.
UNICEF is looking for a Digital Data Analyst to work closely with our Global Data and Insights team, which sits within the Individual Giving Unit (IG), Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), to support a digital transformation journey aimed at increasing revenues and making an impact on children’s lives around the world.
UNICEF’s fundamental mission is to uphold the rights of every child, everywhere. Guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2026–2029, the education programme offer is designed to ensure that every child and adolescent has access to quality, inclusive, and resilient learning opportunities. It prioritises three key transitions in a child’s learning journey: readiness for school, acquisition of foundational and transferable skills, and preparation for life and work. These transitions underpin UNICEF’s focus on equitable access, improved learning outcomes, and continuity of education in emergencies and fragile contexts.
The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the legal, institutional, governance, procedural, and technical conditions required to establish interoperability between administrative data systems and registries across the education, employment, social welfare, child protection, health, and related sectors in Montenegro.
The Social Assistance Family Package (SAFP) is a cornerstone initiative under Cambodia’s National Social Protection Policy Framework (2024–2035), designed to uplift poor and vulnerable households by enhancing human capital and building longterm resilience. Administered by the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF) in coordination with key ministries and subnational administrations, the SAFP consolidates multiple targeted cash transfer schemes—including support for pregnant women, young children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, school children, and individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Following
its official launch in April 2024, the SAFP has transitioned from emergency COVID-19 cash transfers to a more integrated
and sustainable social protection model. A pivotal advancement is the development of the Cash Plus model for piloting, which links financial assistance with referrals to essential services such as disability inclusion and gender responsive healthcare, education and vocational training. The programme also aims to enhance household resilience to climate-related and other shocks. To effectively operationalize the Social Assistance Family Package (SAFP)—a complex, multi-sectoral programme under
Cambodia’s National Social Protection Policy Framework—and to support the development and enhancement of related applications and systems, a National IT Specialist is essential. This specialist will assist the National Social Assistance Fund
(NSAF) in designing and implementing robust digital solutions, including mobile applications for the Family Package Cash Plus referral and social services, shock responsive social assistance, as well as modules for monitoring, A key focus will be
ensuring interoperability with other social protection platforms and other relevant social protection systems, such as monitoring and evaluation systems, TVET, the Disability Management Information System (DMIS), and other relevant databases.
The purpose of the assignment is to provide confidential, demand-based psychosocial support services to UNICEF personnel, including short-term individual counselling, crisis support following critical incidents or acute stress events, and structured wellbeing workshops.
The consultant will contribute to strengthening staff resilience, supporting psychological stabilization during emergencies, promoting adaptive coping strategies, and ensuring timely referral to specialized or long-term care where needed. The assignment will be carried out in coordination with the National Staff Counsellor and aligned with emerging staff wellbeing needs and organizational priorities.
Communication and advocacy are central to UNICEF Indonesia’s efforts to promote child rights, strengthen public engagement, demonstrate thought leadership, and motivate action for children. To ensure that UNICEF communication and public advocacy products are compelling, accurate, audience-focused, and aligned with UNICEF writing standards and brand guidance, UNICEF Indonesia seeks to engage an individual consultant to deliver high-quality English writing, editing and quality assurance services over an 12-month period. The consultant will be responsible for producing agreed deliverables, including written, edited and quality-assured communication materials, based on specific requests as agreed with the communication team, timelines, and inputs provided by UNICEF.
The objective of these services is to manage finances within the UWR in accordance with the Financial Agreement and the Operational Manual for Program Implementation; to ensure compliance with budgetary procedures and payment processes within the UWR; to provide the necessary support to the Project Implementation Units (PIUs); and to compile and prepare the relevant budgetary and financial reports.
Child marriage among Roma communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia persists at high rates, driven by systemic exclusion rather than cultural tradition. UNICEF is seeking a consultant to produce a scoping review, a regional framework, and an advocacy policy paper targeting EU inclusion strategies. This initiative aims to equip UNICEF with evidence-based tools to ensure the protection and inclusion of Roma girls by 2030.
Join UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU) team and help shape the future of digital livelihoods for young people around the world. As the Innovation Specialist, Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA), you will lead the coordination, technical management and partnership delivery of YOMA, GenU’s global digital platform connecting young people to learning, employment, entrepreneurship and social impact opportunities. Working with governments, private sector partners, technology providers, donors, UNICEF Country Offices and youth-serving organizations, you will drive the implementation of YOMA’s technology roadmap, strengthen Youth Digital Identity (YoID) integration, advance YOMA’s transition as a Digital Public Good, and support country adoption across a growing global ecosystem.
UNICEF Philippines seeks an accomplished digital paid media performance marketing specialist to act as a strategic
advisor, technical leader, and quality gatekeeper for all digital paid media fundraising activities.
The Consultant will enable step‑change growth in digital fundraising performance by strengthening strategy,
decision‑making, measurement rigor, and optimization discipline—ensuring that paid media investments consistently
drive high‑quality donor acquisition, with improved retention, and increased donor lifetime value (LTV).
This role is critical to scaling sustainable digital fundraising growth and will serve as advisor to the internal fundraising
teams, and external agencies.
The purpose of this consultancy is to develop practical continental guidance on engaging community-based and informal justice mechanisms to strengthen their alignment with child rights standards and laws protecting girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage across Africa.
Strategic Scoping, Impact Assessment and Programme Design Consultancy for a Digital Literacy and Skills Initiative for Affected Communities, Digital Impact Division, Digital Empowerment in Emergencies, Valencia, Spain, remote without travel, 2 months
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Education, Science, and Innovation to develop a detailed costed investment plan for implementation of the one-shift school model, with the particular focus on selected pilot schools.
UNICEF is seeking experienced consultants to help countries identify and reach zero-dose and under-vaccinated children by conducting coverage and equity assessments, developing targeted immunization strategies, and strengthening integrated health services. Consultants will provide technical expertise to reduce immunization inequities, improve routine vaccination systems, and support sustainable, data-driven solutions for underserved populations, including those in remote, urban, and humanitarian settings.
UNICEF would like to engage the services of a copyeditor to support with the copyediting and proofreading stages in the finalization of knowledge products for different audiences such as the general public, donors, government and partners.
As funding for health shrinks and country budgets for immunization supply chains are dramatically cut, it is becoming increasingly important to demonstrate the impact that availability of potent vaccines make to overall health and broader economic goals. Linking the evidence of the availability of potent vaccines and an effective cold chain to reducing the zero-dose burden, increasing coverage, improving health outcomes and contributing to the economic outcomes of a country becomes an important lever to ensure that investments are made in the right places of the health system to ensure the greatest impact. There are also a multitude of different technologies with different purposes and utilities that governments can use to strengthen their immunization programmes. Some of these are excessively expensive and are not always justified in all contexts. A decision framework would be helpful to help governments navigate these decisions and decide on the system investments required when investing in new technologies in the supply chain.
The purpose of this consultancy is to generate reliable, disaggregated and integrated education evidence by analysing administrative and household survey datasets and transforming the findings into analytical reports, knowledge products and interactive dashboards that strengthen evidence-based planning, budgeting, monitoring and policy dialogue at national and state levels. The outputs developed under this consultancy will support UNICEF's national and state offices and will be shared with national and state government counterparts to strengthen data-informed planning, implementation and decision-making.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the effective operationalization and contextual implementation of child protection interventions within the education system of São Tomé and Príncipe, ensuring that systems, tools and approaches developed at central level are translated into functional, child-friendly and sustainable practices at school level. The consultancy will focus on bridging the gap between policy and practice at the school level, by ensuring that national SOPs, referral pathways and child protection tools are effectively implemented, adapted and used within pre-primary, primary and secondary schools.
Aligned with the Next-Gen Learning programme (2024–2026) and its overarching outcome of retaining more adolescents in lower secondary and supporting their transition to secondary school with improved foundational skills, this Technical Assistance (TA) will support the Department of Education, Government of Maharashtra in building a climate-resilient, coherent, scalable, and equity-focused EdTech ecosystem. This will require close collaboration with the State Education Department, MSCERT, academic institutions, and civil society organizations to ensure that technology serves pedagogical goals, reaches the most marginalized learners, and is grounded in robust evidence.
A key role of the technical assistance will be to provide technical support to the education department to enhance state capacity to leverage technology to improve retention and learning outcomes at the lower secondary and secondary levels.
To strengthen the stewardship, coordination, implementation, reporting, and growth of multi-country strategic partnerships across APRO, with an initial focus on strategic regional donors.
The position will support effective partnership management, donor engagement, knowledge management, and coordination across Country Offices, Area Offices, National Committees (e.g. UNICEF USA) and relevant headquarters divisions to ensure delivery of partnership commitments and support future resource mobilization opportunities.
UNICEF is one of the most admired organizations globally, impacting the lives of children in almost every country of the world. Your work with UNICEF will enable this life-saving and critical work in the most direct way: by raising money that lets us help the most difficult to reach.
UNICEF is looking for a Digital Data Analyst to work closely with our Global Data and Insights team, which sits within the Individual Giving Unit (IG), Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), to support a digital transformation journey aimed at increasing revenues and making an impact on children’s lives around the world.
UNICEF’s fundamental mission is to uphold the rights of every child, everywhere. Guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2026–2029, the education programme offer is designed to ensure that every child and adolescent has access to quality, inclusive, and resilient learning opportunities. It prioritises three key transitions in a child’s learning journey: readiness for school, acquisition of foundational and transferable skills, and preparation for life and work. These transitions underpin UNICEF’s focus on equitable access, improved learning outcomes, and continuity of education in emergencies and fragile contexts.
The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the legal, institutional, governance, procedural, and technical conditions required to establish interoperability between administrative data systems and registries across the education, employment, social welfare, child protection, health, and related sectors in Montenegro.
The Social Assistance Family Package (SAFP) is a cornerstone initiative under Cambodia’s National Social Protection Policy Framework (2024–2035), designed to uplift poor and vulnerable households by enhancing human capital and building longterm resilience. Administered by the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF) in coordination with key ministries and subnational administrations, the SAFP consolidates multiple targeted cash transfer schemes—including support for pregnant women, young children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, school children, and individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Following
its official launch in April 2024, the SAFP has transitioned from emergency COVID-19 cash transfers to a more integrated
and sustainable social protection model. A pivotal advancement is the development of the Cash Plus model for piloting, which links financial assistance with referrals to essential services such as disability inclusion and gender responsive healthcare, education and vocational training. The programme also aims to enhance household resilience to climate-related and other shocks. To effectively operationalize the Social Assistance Family Package (SAFP)—a complex, multi-sectoral programme under
Cambodia’s National Social Protection Policy Framework—and to support the development and enhancement of related applications and systems, a National IT Specialist is essential. This specialist will assist the National Social Assistance Fund
(NSAF) in designing and implementing robust digital solutions, including mobile applications for the Family Package Cash Plus referral and social services, shock responsive social assistance, as well as modules for monitoring, A key focus will be
ensuring interoperability with other social protection platforms and other relevant social protection systems, such as monitoring and evaluation systems, TVET, the Disability Management Information System (DMIS), and other relevant databases.
The purpose of the assignment is to provide confidential, demand-based psychosocial support services to UNICEF personnel, including short-term individual counselling, crisis support following critical incidents or acute stress events, and structured wellbeing workshops.
The consultant will contribute to strengthening staff resilience, supporting psychological stabilization during emergencies, promoting adaptive coping strategies, and ensuring timely referral to specialized or long-term care where needed. The assignment will be carried out in coordination with the National Staff Counsellor and aligned with emerging staff wellbeing needs and organizational priorities.
Communication and advocacy are central to UNICEF Indonesia’s efforts to promote child rights, strengthen public engagement, demonstrate thought leadership, and motivate action for children. To ensure that UNICEF communication and public advocacy products are compelling, accurate, audience-focused, and aligned with UNICEF writing standards and brand guidance, UNICEF Indonesia seeks to engage an individual consultant to deliver high-quality English writing, editing and quality assurance services over an 12-month period. The consultant will be responsible for producing agreed deliverables, including written, edited and quality-assured communication materials, based on specific requests as agreed with the communication team, timelines, and inputs provided by UNICEF.
The objective of these services is to manage finances within the UWR in accordance with the Financial Agreement and the Operational Manual for Program Implementation; to ensure compliance with budgetary procedures and payment processes within the UWR; to provide the necessary support to the Project Implementation Units (PIUs); and to compile and prepare the relevant budgetary and financial reports.
Child marriage among Roma communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia persists at high rates, driven by systemic exclusion rather than cultural tradition. UNICEF is seeking a consultant to produce a scoping review, a regional framework, and an advocacy policy paper targeting EU inclusion strategies. This initiative aims to equip UNICEF with evidence-based tools to ensure the protection and inclusion of Roma girls by 2030.
Join UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU) team and help shape the future of digital livelihoods for young people around the world. As the Innovation Specialist, Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA), you will lead the coordination, technical management and partnership delivery of YOMA, GenU’s global digital platform connecting young people to learning, employment, entrepreneurship and social impact opportunities. Working with governments, private sector partners, technology providers, donors, UNICEF Country Offices and youth-serving organizations, you will drive the implementation of YOMA’s technology roadmap, strengthen Youth Digital Identity (YoID) integration, advance YOMA’s transition as a Digital Public Good, and support country adoption across a growing global ecosystem.
UNICEF Philippines seeks an accomplished digital paid media performance marketing specialist to act as a strategic
advisor, technical leader, and quality gatekeeper for all digital paid media fundraising activities.
The Consultant will enable step‑change growth in digital fundraising performance by strengthening strategy,
decision‑making, measurement rigor, and optimization discipline—ensuring that paid media investments consistently
drive high‑quality donor acquisition, with improved retention, and increased donor lifetime value (LTV).
This role is critical to scaling sustainable digital fundraising growth and will serve as advisor to the internal fundraising
teams, and external agencies.
The purpose of this consultancy is to develop practical continental guidance on engaging community-based and informal justice mechanisms to strengthen their alignment with child rights standards and laws protecting girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage across Africa.
Strategic Scoping, Impact Assessment and Programme Design Consultancy for a Digital Literacy and Skills Initiative for Affected Communities, Digital Impact Division, Digital Empowerment in Emergencies, Valencia, Spain, remote without travel, 2 months
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Education, Science, and Innovation to develop a detailed costed investment plan for implementation of the one-shift school model, with the particular focus on selected pilot schools.
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