This consultancy will produce an evidence-based analytical report and operational toolkit enabling governments and UNICEF to plan, cost, and finance regular MICS and child-centred household surveys through domestic PFM systems (budget lines, MTEF, program budgeting)—including tested guidance and country-ready templates.
The AU Women and Youth Financial and Economic Inclusion (WYFEI) 2030 initiative is a cornerstone of the African Women's Decade (2020–2030), aiming to eliminate systemic barriers to financial and economic inclusion for women and youth across Africa. Through public-private partnership and alignment with Agenda 2063, WYFEI 2030 drives empowerment via entrepreneurship, job creation, and inclusive policies. UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU) and the African Union have launched the EmPowerHer Africa programme to empower 50 million adolescent girls and young women by 2030, expanding access to market-relevant skills, financial inclusion, and entrepreneurship opportunities.
PURPOSE OF CONSULTANCY:
Provide strategic, operational, and technical support to EmPowerHer Africa, supporting AU and UNICEF frameworks for programme delivery, partnership strengthening, knowledge generation, and roll-out of targeted interventions across Member States. The role is responsible for programme planning, coordination, and stakeholder engagement to ensure high-quality, scalable implementation.
This assignment helps ensure the ranking of UNICEF’s Parenting Hub on traditional search engines and strengthens its visibility in AI platforms. It takes place during a period of transition, limited staffing and major technological shifts in these areas. Operating under a deliverables-based contract, the consultant will play a critical role in researching keyword gaps and opportunities, developing content to rank on search engines and feature in AI responses, as well as tracking and optimizing performance.
Working closely with the Web Editorial team, the consultant will combine an editorial and technical lens to develop and optimize content that is 1. Engaging and useful for its target audience, and 2. Maximizes the likelihood of the audience discovering this content on search engines and AI platforms. The work will directly support UNICEF’s Parenting Hub by ensuring the accessibility, visibility and relevance of content, which is key to our ability to achieve our digital goals and grant deliverables.
UNICEF Costa Rica está en busca de una persona comprometida y con vocación de liderazgo para ocupar una posición de conducción dentro de nuestra oficina. Si tienes experiencia en labores de manejo de vehículos, pasión por los derechos de la niñez y deseas contribuir al bienestar de las comunidades más vulnerables, esta oportunidad es para ti.
This role will assist the Social & Behavior Change Specialist in UNICEF Guinea to develop, implement and monitor effective and engaging advocacy campaigns involving young people. Under the leadership of the Social & Behavior Change Specialist NOC #133370 role will support the development and implementation and monitoring of youth advocacy campaign strategies, partnerships management, and content creation.
Join our UNICEF Colombia team and make a difference in the lives of children and adolescents!
UNICEF Colombia is looking for a professional passionate for the improvement of health and nutrition conditions for children and adolescents, professional with experience in program management and/or technical expertise in child survival and healthcare, and with knowledge of emergency situations. Experience in policy formulation, management, promotion, and public health policies focused on children is an asset.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical, coordination, and capacity-building support to UNICEF Guinea for the implementation of the project “Reaching Every Child: Gender-Responsive Polio Strategies in Dubreka”, which is part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Gender Equality Strategy. The consultant will contribute to strengthening gender-responsive planning, delivery, and monitoring of polio immunisation services in Dubreka, a high-risk prefecture with persistent coverage gaps due to social and gender-related barriers.
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Operations.
The Finance Officer is responsible for providing support to the supervisors and colleagues in the office by administering and executing a variety of professional and technical financial transactions and processes, applying theoretical skills and thorough knowledge of organizational goals, objectives, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to complete the tasks.
The Finance Officer when supervising support staff will be responsible for planning and guiding work in progress and for reviewing work completed by subordinate staff to verify accuracy and compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), UNICEF Financial Regulations and Rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of accountability, and ethics
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Operations.
The Supply and Logistics Specialist reports to the Deputy Representative Operations as per the Country Office (CO) set-up and is responsible for managing the supply chains of a small sized country office, and/or small sized emergency response operation, or elements of the supply chains of a larger supply operation. The supply chain operations include planning, procurement, contracting, customs clearance, warehousing, in country transport and distribution, as well as monitoring of supplies, services and construction works. The incumbent supports management collaboration with programmes in defining supply interventions to meet programmatic needs and achieve results for children, and provides technical and advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management.
Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the Social Policy officer is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving (a) public policies to reduce child poverty; (b) social protection coverage and impact on children; (c) the transparency, adequacy, equity and efficiency of child-focused public investments and financial management; and (d) governance, decentralization and accountability measures to increase public participation and the quality, equity and coverage of social services. This encompasses both direct programme work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams working on education, health, child protection, water and sanitation, and HIV.
The consultant will support UNICEF Guinea-Bissau with delivering the final draft Country Programme Document, with adherence to corporate guidance contained in the UNICEF CPP Guidance Note 2022, as well as the CPD development guidelines and template. Working under the supervision of the UNICEF Guinea-Bissau’s Deputy Representative Programme in collaboration with the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) Section, the consultant is expected to collaborate with all Country Office sections and the Regional Office PM&E team (WCARO) to ensure robust internal and external engagement process and collective reflections by country office, through video calls or simple phone calls, with the selected parties during in completing key preparatory phases/documents as part of the country programme planning will be articulated in the Country Programme Document (2027-2031).
The Consultant will support the Corporate Partnerships team at PFP and designated National Committees and UNICEF country offices by:
- Facilitating understanding and use of agreement templates and tools.
- Supporting the drafting and negotiation of business terms for private sector partnership agreements.
- Providing guidance on negotiations and alignment with UNICEF policies.
- Monitoring and tracking agreements through the approval process.
- Supporting post-signature contract management (remedial actions, amendments, terminations).
- Acting as a knowledge center for best practices in agreements and partnership management.
The partner research and due diligence (DD) function, managed for the organization by the Partnership Advisory Support Services (PASS) team in the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP), aims to support UNICEF’s effective engagement with business and private philanthropy entities. Recognizing that AI presents a unique opportunity for the PASS team at PFP to enhance due diligence research and processes, the PASS team is looking for a Data Engineering Consultant with experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine-Learning Operations (MLOps) for the PASS AI Project to explore ways to utilize AI in our due diligence process.
UNICEF works towards the realization of every child’s right, everywhere. Grounded in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and guided by the Sustainable Development Goals. UNICEF prioritizes risk-informed programming, social protection and preparedness strategies to support resilient communities, protecting their development gains from external shocks, even as the overall humanitarian funding environment becomes ever more stretched with availability of flexible funds to mitigate, prevent and respond to new crises becoming extremely limited. UNICEF's Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) in Geneva is pivotal to advancing UNICEF’s mission to strengthen systems and drive collective action to help children survive and thrive, focusing on fostering partnerships that leverage and maximize the potential of the private sector to achieve results for children.
UNICEF in North Macedonia is hiring a National Consultant for legal review and adaptation of key healthcare laws. This is home-based, short-term consultancy in a duration of four months.
UNICEF Angola is recruiting a qualified designer to develop a high-quality and engaging Logo for the Minha Kamba Program to position and promote girls’ access to comprehensive information on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and to protection.
Support the UNICEF Angola Country Office (ACO) on quality review of reporting, knowledge management and evidence generation activities to ensure high-quality products developed, when the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation team’s human resource capacity is constrained during year-end reporting and planning period.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for a national individual consultant to for supporting the vaccination programme in the planning, use, stock management, capacity building, immunization supply chain management, disposal (if necessary) and tracking of all vaccines and cold chain equipment used in Routine Immunization (RI) and Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIA).
This is an internship opportunity at UNICEF’s Global Learning Innovation Hub to advance the Hub’s Edtech for Good initiative that includes the EdTech for Good Framework, the Learning Cabinet and the Blue Unicorn Portfolio. We are looking for two enthusiastic, fast-learning, early-career professionals with a strong interest in education, digital learning, and EdTech.
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a Cambodian national consultant to enable and strengthen the provision of mental health and psychosocial support services for children, adolescents, caregivers, health workers and caregivers in the conflict-affected vulnerable communities and beyond, by prioritizing and implementing key gaps from the CAMH Landscape Assessment and promoting emotional resilience, healing, and protective environments.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
This consultancy will produce an evidence-based analytical report and operational toolkit enabling governments and UNICEF to plan, cost, and finance regular MICS and child-centred household surveys through domestic PFM systems (budget lines, MTEF, program budgeting)—including tested guidance and country-ready templates.
The AU Women and Youth Financial and Economic Inclusion (WYFEI) 2030 initiative is a cornerstone of the African Women's Decade (2020–2030), aiming to eliminate systemic barriers to financial and economic inclusion for women and youth across Africa. Through public-private partnership and alignment with Agenda 2063, WYFEI 2030 drives empowerment via entrepreneurship, job creation, and inclusive policies. UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU) and the African Union have launched the EmPowerHer Africa programme to empower 50 million adolescent girls and young women by 2030, expanding access to market-relevant skills, financial inclusion, and entrepreneurship opportunities.
PURPOSE OF CONSULTANCY:
Provide strategic, operational, and technical support to EmPowerHer Africa, supporting AU and UNICEF frameworks for programme delivery, partnership strengthening, knowledge generation, and roll-out of targeted interventions across Member States. The role is responsible for programme planning, coordination, and stakeholder engagement to ensure high-quality, scalable implementation.
This assignment helps ensure the ranking of UNICEF’s Parenting Hub on traditional search engines and strengthens its visibility in AI platforms. It takes place during a period of transition, limited staffing and major technological shifts in these areas. Operating under a deliverables-based contract, the consultant will play a critical role in researching keyword gaps and opportunities, developing content to rank on search engines and feature in AI responses, as well as tracking and optimizing performance.
Working closely with the Web Editorial team, the consultant will combine an editorial and technical lens to develop and optimize content that is 1. Engaging and useful for its target audience, and 2. Maximizes the likelihood of the audience discovering this content on search engines and AI platforms. The work will directly support UNICEF’s Parenting Hub by ensuring the accessibility, visibility and relevance of content, which is key to our ability to achieve our digital goals and grant deliverables.
UNICEF Costa Rica está en busca de una persona comprometida y con vocación de liderazgo para ocupar una posición de conducción dentro de nuestra oficina. Si tienes experiencia en labores de manejo de vehículos, pasión por los derechos de la niñez y deseas contribuir al bienestar de las comunidades más vulnerables, esta oportunidad es para ti.
This role will assist the Social & Behavior Change Specialist in UNICEF Guinea to develop, implement and monitor effective and engaging advocacy campaigns involving young people. Under the leadership of the Social & Behavior Change Specialist NOC #133370 role will support the development and implementation and monitoring of youth advocacy campaign strategies, partnerships management, and content creation.
Join our UNICEF Colombia team and make a difference in the lives of children and adolescents!
UNICEF Colombia is looking for a professional passionate for the improvement of health and nutrition conditions for children and adolescents, professional with experience in program management and/or technical expertise in child survival and healthcare, and with knowledge of emergency situations. Experience in policy formulation, management, promotion, and public health policies focused on children is an asset.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical, coordination, and capacity-building support to UNICEF Guinea for the implementation of the project “Reaching Every Child: Gender-Responsive Polio Strategies in Dubreka”, which is part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Gender Equality Strategy. The consultant will contribute to strengthening gender-responsive planning, delivery, and monitoring of polio immunisation services in Dubreka, a high-risk prefecture with persistent coverage gaps due to social and gender-related barriers.
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Operations.
The Finance Officer is responsible for providing support to the supervisors and colleagues in the office by administering and executing a variety of professional and technical financial transactions and processes, applying theoretical skills and thorough knowledge of organizational goals, objectives, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to complete the tasks.
The Finance Officer when supervising support staff will be responsible for planning and guiding work in progress and for reviewing work completed by subordinate staff to verify accuracy and compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), UNICEF Financial Regulations and Rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of accountability, and ethics
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Operations.
The Supply and Logistics Specialist reports to the Deputy Representative Operations as per the Country Office (CO) set-up and is responsible for managing the supply chains of a small sized country office, and/or small sized emergency response operation, or elements of the supply chains of a larger supply operation. The supply chain operations include planning, procurement, contracting, customs clearance, warehousing, in country transport and distribution, as well as monitoring of supplies, services and construction works. The incumbent supports management collaboration with programmes in defining supply interventions to meet programmatic needs and achieve results for children, and provides technical and advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management.
Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the Social Policy officer is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving (a) public policies to reduce child poverty; (b) social protection coverage and impact on children; (c) the transparency, adequacy, equity and efficiency of child-focused public investments and financial management; and (d) governance, decentralization and accountability measures to increase public participation and the quality, equity and coverage of social services. This encompasses both direct programme work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams working on education, health, child protection, water and sanitation, and HIV.
The consultant will support UNICEF Guinea-Bissau with delivering the final draft Country Programme Document, with adherence to corporate guidance contained in the UNICEF CPP Guidance Note 2022, as well as the CPD development guidelines and template. Working under the supervision of the UNICEF Guinea-Bissau’s Deputy Representative Programme in collaboration with the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) Section, the consultant is expected to collaborate with all Country Office sections and the Regional Office PM&E team (WCARO) to ensure robust internal and external engagement process and collective reflections by country office, through video calls or simple phone calls, with the selected parties during in completing key preparatory phases/documents as part of the country programme planning will be articulated in the Country Programme Document (2027-2031).
The Consultant will support the Corporate Partnerships team at PFP and designated National Committees and UNICEF country offices by:
- Facilitating understanding and use of agreement templates and tools.
- Supporting the drafting and negotiation of business terms for private sector partnership agreements.
- Providing guidance on negotiations and alignment with UNICEF policies.
- Monitoring and tracking agreements through the approval process.
- Supporting post-signature contract management (remedial actions, amendments, terminations).
- Acting as a knowledge center for best practices in agreements and partnership management.
The partner research and due diligence (DD) function, managed for the organization by the Partnership Advisory Support Services (PASS) team in the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP), aims to support UNICEF’s effective engagement with business and private philanthropy entities. Recognizing that AI presents a unique opportunity for the PASS team at PFP to enhance due diligence research and processes, the PASS team is looking for a Data Engineering Consultant with experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine-Learning Operations (MLOps) for the PASS AI Project to explore ways to utilize AI in our due diligence process.
UNICEF works towards the realization of every child’s right, everywhere. Grounded in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and guided by the Sustainable Development Goals. UNICEF prioritizes risk-informed programming, social protection and preparedness strategies to support resilient communities, protecting their development gains from external shocks, even as the overall humanitarian funding environment becomes ever more stretched with availability of flexible funds to mitigate, prevent and respond to new crises becoming extremely limited. UNICEF's Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) in Geneva is pivotal to advancing UNICEF’s mission to strengthen systems and drive collective action to help children survive and thrive, focusing on fostering partnerships that leverage and maximize the potential of the private sector to achieve results for children.
UNICEF in North Macedonia is hiring a National Consultant for legal review and adaptation of key healthcare laws. This is home-based, short-term consultancy in a duration of four months.
UNICEF Angola is recruiting a qualified designer to develop a high-quality and engaging Logo for the Minha Kamba Program to position and promote girls’ access to comprehensive information on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and to protection.
Support the UNICEF Angola Country Office (ACO) on quality review of reporting, knowledge management and evidence generation activities to ensure high-quality products developed, when the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation team’s human resource capacity is constrained during year-end reporting and planning period.
UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for a national individual consultant to for supporting the vaccination programme in the planning, use, stock management, capacity building, immunization supply chain management, disposal (if necessary) and tracking of all vaccines and cold chain equipment used in Routine Immunization (RI) and Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIA).
This is an internship opportunity at UNICEF’s Global Learning Innovation Hub to advance the Hub’s Edtech for Good initiative that includes the EdTech for Good Framework, the Learning Cabinet and the Blue Unicorn Portfolio. We are looking for two enthusiastic, fast-learning, early-career professionals with a strong interest in education, digital learning, and EdTech.
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a Cambodian national consultant to enable and strengthen the provision of mental health and psychosocial support services for children, adolescents, caregivers, health workers and caregivers in the conflict-affected vulnerable communities and beyond, by prioritizing and implementing key gaps from the CAMH Landscape Assessment and promoting emotional resilience, healing, and protective environments.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
