In 2025, UNICEF adopted a new Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029. The UGEAP covers a range of programmatic and institutional priorities for the organisation, to promote gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment. A core focus is on girls’ leadership and wellbeing.
The Programme communications, advocacy and policy Consultant is accountable to develop, support, network, implement and monitor an advocacy and programme communication strategy and associated products and activities, with the objective of raising awareness about the UGEAP within UNICEF and externally. The consultant will also support engagement with new and existing partners for gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment, with a special focus on adolescent girls.
Key tasks include designing and promoting various programme and advocacy assets on social media and other platforms; support for programme partnerships such as engagement briefs, pitch decks and resource mobilisation tools; and engaging with staff and partners to co-create easily understandably, child-friendly resources translating the theoretical principles of various policy frameworks for gender equality into practical assets. A significant focus of the consultant’s work will include actions to advance adolescent girls’ voices and rights across UNICEF and with partners in the public, private and philanthropic spheres as well as with young people themselves. in relation to the Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy implementation, and adolescent girls targeted priorities in the UGEAP 2026-2029 as well the Power4Girls and Skills4Girls portfolios.
Consultancy support on the AU State of Africa children report on WASH and preparations for the UN 2026 Water Conference & Interactive Dialogue report on Water for People
Safe Online is seeking a consultant to support the fund management portfolio, including key systems, platforms, and processes to maximise the Safe Online’s return on investment from its Safe Online grants and support its grantee network in sharing and leveraging learning. This role will contribute to the assessment of the portfolio’s needs, manage technical assistance, identify opportunities, and guide cohorts and technical collaboration between grantees and other Safe Online partners.
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations in 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) responses in State of Palestine (SoP) and Lebanon. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to lead the second and third phases of the iterative evaluation of the UNICEF’s L3 response in SoP and to lead the second phase of the Lebanon evaluation. The consultant will also contribute to a third evaluation assignment currently being planned for 2026: the evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering in volatile contexts. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide technical support to the conduct of these three humanitarian evaluations and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF.
The UNICEF Social Policy and Social Protection Programme Team is seeking a short-term consultancy to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Global Accelerator on jobs and social protection for just transitions. This includes:
- Undertaking a synthesis of literature on the effectiveness of social protection in supporting climate change adaptation outcomes for those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change ie children and young people, those living with disabilities, women and girls, and children on the move. identify the most salient evidence gaps; and
- Developing the implementation roadmap and action plan for the USP2030 financing group led Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) initiative on financing social protection.
Implementation of UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029 requires effective knowledge management systems, information exchange and the internal dissemination of gender-related materials within UNICEF for strengthening gender equality programming and results across the organization.
The Gender Equality team is seeking a Knowledge Management Consultant to provide advisory services to facilitate effective knowledge exchange and mutual learning of UGEAP-related knowledge, products, and experiences.
Taking in consideration that a majority UNICEF documents and internal communication, both via email and verbally,
are made using the English language, the UNICEF Bissau Country office would like to ensure the availability of a
qualified English Language teacher for staff members to improve their English skills, in order to facilitate
communication and improve the quality of documents produced.
The assignment will involve quality assurance for accuracy of the information presented, editing for English/French and logical flow and will also involve cross-checking information and data to ensure consistency and coherence
Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative (Operations), the incumbent undertakes administrative management support services in a country office. The incumbent assists in ensuring efficient and cost-effective administrative support services, providing guidance to administrative staff as well as supporting staff in Conakry Office administrative assignments. The incumbent ensures that the office’s administrative operations and services are in compliance with the organization's administrative policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
Le bureau de l’UNICEF en Mauritanie est à la recherche d’un (e) professionnel(le) engagé(e) et expérimenté (e) pour le poste de Spécialiste de la Communication pour le Changement Social et de Comportement (SBC) et du Genre au niveau NOC, Fixed Term. Sous la supervision du/de la Représentant(e) Adjoint(e) aux programmes, Le/la Spécialiste renforce les capacités internes du bureau, jouant un rôle central dans le transfert de compétences. Il/elle travaille en étroite collaboration avec les différentes sections, qui ont déjà identifié des thématiques prioritaires nécessitant un changement de comportement, afin de renforcer les connaissances et les compétences des spécialistes sectoriels.
Ouvert uniquement aux Mauritanien(nes).
Les candidatures féminines sont vivement encouragées et des personnes en situation de handicap.
The consultancy will provide technical assistance for modeling the integration and institutionalization of the Respectful Care and Effective Communication Toolkit in Songwe, Zanzibar, and Dar es Salaam, with the aim of generating actionable evidence and implementation lessons for national scale-up.
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.
UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) is looking for a qualified Direct Response Television (DRTV) Consultant to support ECA PSFR Cluster with DRTV market development.
The consultant will be responsible for assessing the integration of Child Protection across other sectors by identifying achievements, gaps, and challenges; verifying a minimum of 1,400 completed Child Protection Case Management booklets and harmonized CPIMS forms to ensure data accuracy; mapping partners implementing case management and providing capacity development to government and CSO/NGO partners based on identified gaps; and producing both a quarterly report for January–March 2025 and an annual case management data report for January–December 2025.
The Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), based in Geneva, aims to achieve sustainable impact for children – income and influence at scale – by maximizing UNICEF's private fundraising, partnerships, and engagement activities, including work with National Committees, regional, and country offices, for the realization of children's rights. The Humanitarian Funding Unit within the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section of PFP supports National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) countries and steers global efforts across the organization to maximize funding opportunities through and for humanitarian crises and sudden-onset disasters.
Over the last 5 years, on average 66% of private sector funding has gone to only 3 HAC appeals – many of them media-covered emergencies. Although we will continue to leverage media-driven crises, our universal mandate requires a more sustainable and equitable distribution of funding across emergencies, especially for Chronically Underfunded Emergencies (CUEs). Chronically Underfunded Emergencies are crises marked by sustained humanitarian needs that often span years or even decades. These emergencies typically occur in regions affected by chronic displacement, ongoing conflicts, or recurring natural disasters such as drought.
Closing the funding gap for chronically underfunded emergencies from the private sector demands bold action and seamless collaboration across UNICEF.
It is in this regard that UNICEF’s Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) Division is launching the Global Emergency Alliance for Children, a pioneering platform to mobilize leading businesses for sustained, flexible support to children affected by protracted and sudden-onset crises. The Alliance aims to reduce the funding gap for crises by leveraging corporate resources, expertise, and influence to deliver measurable impact for children worldwide.
Under the supervision of the Nutrition Manager from the Health and Nutrition Section, the consultant will provide technical support to DBE in enhancing learners’ knowledge, skills, and advocacy capacity through participatory, curriculum-linked nutrition education, enabling them to critically engage with their own dietary behavior and that of their peers. Furthermore, the consultant will develop toolkits for the NUSA initiative to empower learners to advocate for healthier school food environments by engaging with School Governing Bodies, School Management Teams, and food vendors to promote and enforce policies that ensure the availability and affordability of nutritious options in and around schools.
For every child, the right to NUTRITION.
The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a human-rights-based and equity-focused SitAn of the rights and well-being of children and young people in Jordan. The analysis will examine progress, challenges, and opportunities for realizing their rights and well-being, in line with the CRC, CEDAW, CRPD, and other international obligations through a participatory process, and using appropriate methodology, a human rights-based approach and an equity focus, develop a Situation Analysis on the Rights and Well-being of Children, Adolescents and Young people in Jordan.
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 Kyrgyzstan Country Office is seeking a team leader (national consultant) to lead undertaking of the evaluation of a model for integrated, child and family-centred services for children with disabilities in Suzak district. The team leader will be part of an evaluation team and work together with another national consultant who will be a team member. for 50 working days from November until February 2026
In 2025, UNICEF adopted a new Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029. The UGEAP covers a range of programmatic and institutional priorities for the organisation, to promote gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment. A core focus is on girls’ leadership and wellbeing.
The Programme communications, advocacy and policy Consultant is accountable to develop, support, network, implement and monitor an advocacy and programme communication strategy and associated products and activities, with the objective of raising awareness about the UGEAP within UNICEF and externally. The consultant will also support engagement with new and existing partners for gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment, with a special focus on adolescent girls.
Key tasks include designing and promoting various programme and advocacy assets on social media and other platforms; support for programme partnerships such as engagement briefs, pitch decks and resource mobilisation tools; and engaging with staff and partners to co-create easily understandably, child-friendly resources translating the theoretical principles of various policy frameworks for gender equality into practical assets. A significant focus of the consultant’s work will include actions to advance adolescent girls’ voices and rights across UNICEF and with partners in the public, private and philanthropic spheres as well as with young people themselves. in relation to the Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy implementation, and adolescent girls targeted priorities in the UGEAP 2026-2029 as well the Power4Girls and Skills4Girls portfolios.
Consultancy support on the AU State of Africa children report on WASH and preparations for the UN 2026 Water Conference & Interactive Dialogue report on Water for People
Safe Online is seeking a consultant to support the fund management portfolio, including key systems, platforms, and processes to maximise the Safe Online’s return on investment from its Safe Online grants and support its grantee network in sharing and leveraging learning. This role will contribute to the assessment of the portfolio’s needs, manage technical assistance, identify opportunities, and guide cohorts and technical collaboration between grantees and other Safe Online partners.
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations in 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) responses in State of Palestine (SoP) and Lebanon. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to lead the second and third phases of the iterative evaluation of the UNICEF’s L3 response in SoP and to lead the second phase of the Lebanon evaluation. The consultant will also contribute to a third evaluation assignment currently being planned for 2026: the evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering in volatile contexts. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide technical support to the conduct of these three humanitarian evaluations and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF.
The UNICEF Social Policy and Social Protection Programme Team is seeking a short-term consultancy to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Global Accelerator on jobs and social protection for just transitions. This includes:
- Undertaking a synthesis of literature on the effectiveness of social protection in supporting climate change adaptation outcomes for those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change ie children and young people, those living with disabilities, women and girls, and children on the move. identify the most salient evidence gaps; and
- Developing the implementation roadmap and action plan for the USP2030 financing group led Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) initiative on financing social protection.
Implementation of UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan (UGEAP) 2026-2029 requires effective knowledge management systems, information exchange and the internal dissemination of gender-related materials within UNICEF for strengthening gender equality programming and results across the organization.
The Gender Equality team is seeking a Knowledge Management Consultant to provide advisory services to facilitate effective knowledge exchange and mutual learning of UGEAP-related knowledge, products, and experiences.
Taking in consideration that a majority UNICEF documents and internal communication, both via email and verbally,
are made using the English language, the UNICEF Bissau Country office would like to ensure the availability of a
qualified English Language teacher for staff members to improve their English skills, in order to facilitate
communication and improve the quality of documents produced.
The assignment will involve quality assurance for accuracy of the information presented, editing for English/French and logical flow and will also involve cross-checking information and data to ensure consistency and coherence
Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative (Operations), the incumbent undertakes administrative management support services in a country office. The incumbent assists in ensuring efficient and cost-effective administrative support services, providing guidance to administrative staff as well as supporting staff in Conakry Office administrative assignments. The incumbent ensures that the office’s administrative operations and services are in compliance with the organization's administrative policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
Le bureau de l’UNICEF en Mauritanie est à la recherche d’un (e) professionnel(le) engagé(e) et expérimenté (e) pour le poste de Spécialiste de la Communication pour le Changement Social et de Comportement (SBC) et du Genre au niveau NOC, Fixed Term. Sous la supervision du/de la Représentant(e) Adjoint(e) aux programmes, Le/la Spécialiste renforce les capacités internes du bureau, jouant un rôle central dans le transfert de compétences. Il/elle travaille en étroite collaboration avec les différentes sections, qui ont déjà identifié des thématiques prioritaires nécessitant un changement de comportement, afin de renforcer les connaissances et les compétences des spécialistes sectoriels.
Ouvert uniquement aux Mauritanien(nes).
Les candidatures féminines sont vivement encouragées et des personnes en situation de handicap.
The consultancy will provide technical assistance for modeling the integration and institutionalization of the Respectful Care and Effective Communication Toolkit in Songwe, Zanzibar, and Dar es Salaam, with the aim of generating actionable evidence and implementation lessons for national scale-up.
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.
UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) is looking for a qualified Direct Response Television (DRTV) Consultant to support ECA PSFR Cluster with DRTV market development.
The consultant will be responsible for assessing the integration of Child Protection across other sectors by identifying achievements, gaps, and challenges; verifying a minimum of 1,400 completed Child Protection Case Management booklets and harmonized CPIMS forms to ensure data accuracy; mapping partners implementing case management and providing capacity development to government and CSO/NGO partners based on identified gaps; and producing both a quarterly report for January–March 2025 and an annual case management data report for January–December 2025.
The Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), based in Geneva, aims to achieve sustainable impact for children – income and influence at scale – by maximizing UNICEF's private fundraising, partnerships, and engagement activities, including work with National Committees, regional, and country offices, for the realization of children's rights. The Humanitarian Funding Unit within the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section of PFP supports National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) countries and steers global efforts across the organization to maximize funding opportunities through and for humanitarian crises and sudden-onset disasters.
Over the last 5 years, on average 66% of private sector funding has gone to only 3 HAC appeals – many of them media-covered emergencies. Although we will continue to leverage media-driven crises, our universal mandate requires a more sustainable and equitable distribution of funding across emergencies, especially for Chronically Underfunded Emergencies (CUEs). Chronically Underfunded Emergencies are crises marked by sustained humanitarian needs that often span years or even decades. These emergencies typically occur in regions affected by chronic displacement, ongoing conflicts, or recurring natural disasters such as drought.
Closing the funding gap for chronically underfunded emergencies from the private sector demands bold action and seamless collaboration across UNICEF.
It is in this regard that UNICEF’s Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) Division is launching the Global Emergency Alliance for Children, a pioneering platform to mobilize leading businesses for sustained, flexible support to children affected by protracted and sudden-onset crises. The Alliance aims to reduce the funding gap for crises by leveraging corporate resources, expertise, and influence to deliver measurable impact for children worldwide.
Under the supervision of the Nutrition Manager from the Health and Nutrition Section, the consultant will provide technical support to DBE in enhancing learners’ knowledge, skills, and advocacy capacity through participatory, curriculum-linked nutrition education, enabling them to critically engage with their own dietary behavior and that of their peers. Furthermore, the consultant will develop toolkits for the NUSA initiative to empower learners to advocate for healthier school food environments by engaging with School Governing Bodies, School Management Teams, and food vendors to promote and enforce policies that ensure the availability and affordability of nutritious options in and around schools.
For every child, the right to NUTRITION.
The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a human-rights-based and equity-focused SitAn of the rights and well-being of children and young people in Jordan. The analysis will examine progress, challenges, and opportunities for realizing their rights and well-being, in line with the CRC, CEDAW, CRPD, and other international obligations through a participatory process, and using appropriate methodology, a human rights-based approach and an equity focus, develop a Situation Analysis on the Rights and Well-being of Children, Adolescents and Young people in Jordan.
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 Kyrgyzstan Country Office is seeking a team leader (national consultant) to lead undertaking of the evaluation of a model for integrated, child and family-centred services for children with disabilities in Suzak district. The team leader will be part of an evaluation team and work together with another national consultant who will be a team member. for 50 working days from November until February 2026
