Under the overall direction and guidance of the Nutrition specialist (NIS), the Nutrition Officer will manage the IM function of the nutrition section. They are responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to provide timely and adequate evidence generation to inform the program decisions, provide timely reports to the relevant stakeholders internally and externally including for donors reporting, internal unicef reporting, regular Sitreps, and reports UNICEF results and plans to the nutrition sector and implementing partners. In their effort to enable an efficient and effective nutrition programming, the NIS Officer is responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for evidence-based and strategic decisions.
Somalia has faced long-standing conflicts, political instability, and insecurity, compounded by droughts, floods, and food shortages. These factors have significantly impacted the health of the population and severely disrupted Somalia’s delicate healthcare system, leading to some of the poorest health outcomes for mothers and children worldwide.
The leading causes of under-five mortality are pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, and malnutrition, with pneumonia and diarrhoea alone claiming 21% and 18-20% of under-five deaths, respectively, while the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage and hypertension disorders.
The Somali Federal Ministry of Health, acknowledging that despite significant improvements in health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents over recent decades, progress has stalled. The trend is further exacerbated by worsening rates of malnutrition, poor water supply, sanitation and hygiene, low health literacy for young people, and the impacts of conflict, climate change, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as well as other social determinants of health. These have impeded efforts to fulfil relevant commitments made to advance the objectives and targets of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) and the related road maps.
The purpose of the assignment is to provide technical and backstopping support to WASH sector ministries to adequately prepare for and participate in the upcoming Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) high-level Sector Ministers Meeting (SMM).
L’objectif de la présente consultation est de faire l’état des lieux sur le corps de travail des services sociaux au Burundi (incluant les travailleurs sociaux étatiques et non-étatiques, les para professionnels ainsi que les acteurs communautaires) et de ressortir des recommandations qui pourront informer l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de renforcement du corps de travail des services sociaux pour le Burundi, afin de mieux protéger les enfants contre les violences, l’abus et l’exploitation.
Mis à la disposition du SEP/PMSAN et en étroite collaboration avec l’Equipe Technique Nationale mixte, le candidat retenu pour cette consultance sera chargé d’appuyer le processus d'évaluation du Plan stratégique Multisectoriel de Sécurité Alimentaire et de Nutrition et d'élaboration de la Politique Nationale Multisectorielle de Sécurité Alimentaire et de Nutrition, en collaboration avec le Consultant national et l’Equipe Technique Nationale mixte.
L'UNICEF cherche à recruter un consultant pour soutenir le gouvernement et les partenaires dans la mise en œuvre systématique et fondée sur des preuves d'activités de changement social et comportemental (SBC) liées au projet climat et paix, ainsi qu'aux pratiques et interventions en matière de nutrition et de nutrition-sensibilité, y compris celles dans les domaines de l'EAH, de la protection de l'enfance et sociale, de la santé et de l'éducation dans la région Atsimo Andrefana de Madagascar.
UNICEF Moldova is hiring a Education Policy Development Expert, to support the Ministry of Education and Research (MER) in designing a comprehensive, inclusive, and evidence-based Programme for the implementation of the second phase of the Strategy for the years 2026-2030.
UNICEF Moldova is hiring a Public Finance / Cost Estimation Expert, to support the Ministry of Education and Research (MER) in designing a comprehensive, inclusive, and evidence-based Programme for the implementation of the second phase of the Strategy for the years 2026-2030.
The Iraq Country Office (ICO) is seeking technical assistance to provide support to the Social Protection Reform supported by UNICEF. Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Social Policy, the Social Policy Consultant - will be responsible for providing technical assistance on key activities implemented as part of building blocks for SP in Iraq in the Nexus context.
Purpose of the Assignment:
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical expertise to support the effective implementation, field-level monitoring, and adaptive management of programmes aimed at improving access to education for out-of-school children (OOSC) in Afghanistan. The consultant will play a key role in operationalizing the newly developed integrated, community-owned model that addresses the needs of OOSC through a holistic approach. This includes overseeing interventions related to improving the learning environment and community-based education initiatives. In addition, the consultant will contribute to strengthening monitoring, reporting, and learning mechanisms to ensure evidence-based decision-making and adaptive programming. The consultant will also support the design of future programmes, ensuring they are grounded in field realities and respond effectively to the evolving needs of children and communities. This consultancy offers an opportunity to contribute to a transformative education agenda—shaping an inclusive, sustainable, and community-led response for reaching Afghanistan’s most marginalized children.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to to support a multi-country Digital Health initiative spanning Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, PNG, Fiji, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands. This initiative is dedicated to UNICEF’s initiatives in strengthening the digital health and immunization systems in these countries. The consultant plays a pivotal role in driving the strategic direction, implementation, and impact of "Digital Health System for Infectious Diseases Control" project portfolio, ultimately contributing to the improvement of healthcare delivery and outcomes in the 10 implementing countries.
UNICEF is seeking an individual consultant to produce a Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit. The Training Kit will include 3 sets of complementary materials:
1) Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Manual.
2) Supporting materials for trainers (e.g., foundational reading to strengthen background knowledge; handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).
3) Supporting materials for trainees/practitioners (e.g., handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).
To this end, UNICEF is hiring a consultant who will engage with country offices and generate quality digital outputs at global level, ensuring alignment with contents generated by Country Offices and improving visibility on programmatic work in countries. The Consultant will contribute to enhancing the visibility of key immunization partnerships and communication campaigns—including those funded by Gavi, Gates, the Government of Canada (CanGIVE grant), Alwaleed Philanthropies, and the Republic of Korea—as well as spotlight major immunization activities such as the measles and rubella campaigns in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The role will ensure ethical storytelling practices and foster collaboration with the Division of Global Advocacy and Communications, National Committees and other partners to amplify reach across digital platforms and explore additional opportunities for visibility.
The communications and knowledge management consultant is a creative, dynamic and exciting role. You will be responsible for creating and disseminating responsive and strategic content to engage audiences across UNGEI platforms, and managing the digital platform including websites, newsletters and social media. For Safe to Learn, you will provide support for the design of publications, website engagement and digital content. This will include refreshing the Safe to Learn brand and ensuring a consistent and appealing visual identity for the Coalition.
This consultancy aims to strengthen the Global UNICEF HQ PHC Metrics, where the global health architecture has convened in collaboration with WHO and country encouragement, to report on results of PHC and not on interventions and diseases, as recommended in the Lusaka Agenda. Under a BMGF funded project, UNICEF supports four flagship countries, including Sierra Leone, to establish PHC metrics within national strategies and report on them.
This consultancy aims to support Sierra Leone to develop indicators and data for PHC reporting through the Health and Nutrition Programme in Sierra Leone by enhancing health system performance, improving health information management, including PHC metrics, supporting digital health initiatives, and providing technical guidance on HSS interventions. The consultancy will contribute to improved decision-making, service delivery, and overall health outcomes at the national, district, and PHC levels.
The grants of Accelerating Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA, Phase 3) funded by the government of the Netherlands, and the Beyond Pipes and Toilets grant, funded by the EU, are both critical grants for UNICEF to implement key aspects of the WASH components of its strategic plan. It is critical that UNICEF can create visibility for these two critical donors on these two grants, but also that the work completed by the grants is communicated well in a range of forms such as social media posting, dissemination of developed reports and achievements, and production of communication materials.
The ASWA III grant focuses on the delivery of climate resilient WASH programming in eight countries across Africa. Focus on both service delivery and systems strengthening, with a particular focus on key thematic areas of sustainability, gender transformative WASH, climate resilient WASH, and as applicable on the Head of State Initiative (HoSI). The programme is designed to run until the end of December 2027.
The EU funded Beyond Taps and Toilets focuses on similar areas of WASH and climate, and the HoSI, as well as monitoring and sustainability, with the programme due to expire at the end of March 2027. The programme is implemented in partnership with the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership.
The consultant will support the development, delivery, and governance of key CMS features and enhancements, as well as the roll-out of the content lifecycle project. Applying both a business analysis and content architecture lens, the consultant will ensure that user needs, editorial strategy, and governance requirements are translated into functional, high-quality technical solutions.
Positioned within the Stewardship and Oversight Pillar of PPD and under the supervision of the Risk Manager, the Public Partnerships Specialist (Governance, Risk and Compliance), P3 will be responsible for supporting the negotiation of UNICEF’s contribution agreements with public sector partners in line with established policy. This includes maintaining a pipeline of negotiations and catalogue of donor conditionalities and supporting the escalation of material risk cases to appropriate decision-makers. This role will interact regularly with the Legal Office and will also support initiatives related to overall partnerships risk management. Successful completion of these deliverables will result in strong and harmonized arrangements across public sector partners which will secure significant income to UNICEF in line with relevant policy.
Under the overall direction and guidance of the Nutrition specialist (NIS), the Nutrition Officer will manage the IM function of the nutrition section. They are responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to provide timely and adequate evidence generation to inform the program decisions, provide timely reports to the relevant stakeholders internally and externally including for donors reporting, internal unicef reporting, regular Sitreps, and reports UNICEF results and plans to the nutrition sector and implementing partners. In their effort to enable an efficient and effective nutrition programming, the NIS Officer is responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for evidence-based and strategic decisions.
Somalia has faced long-standing conflicts, political instability, and insecurity, compounded by droughts, floods, and food shortages. These factors have significantly impacted the health of the population and severely disrupted Somalia’s delicate healthcare system, leading to some of the poorest health outcomes for mothers and children worldwide.
The leading causes of under-five mortality are pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, and malnutrition, with pneumonia and diarrhoea alone claiming 21% and 18-20% of under-five deaths, respectively, while the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage and hypertension disorders.
The Somali Federal Ministry of Health, acknowledging that despite significant improvements in health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents over recent decades, progress has stalled. The trend is further exacerbated by worsening rates of malnutrition, poor water supply, sanitation and hygiene, low health literacy for young people, and the impacts of conflict, climate change, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as well as other social determinants of health. These have impeded efforts to fulfil relevant commitments made to advance the objectives and targets of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) and the related road maps.
The purpose of the assignment is to provide technical and backstopping support to WASH sector ministries to adequately prepare for and participate in the upcoming Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) high-level Sector Ministers Meeting (SMM).
L’objectif de la présente consultation est de faire l’état des lieux sur le corps de travail des services sociaux au Burundi (incluant les travailleurs sociaux étatiques et non-étatiques, les para professionnels ainsi que les acteurs communautaires) et de ressortir des recommandations qui pourront informer l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de renforcement du corps de travail des services sociaux pour le Burundi, afin de mieux protéger les enfants contre les violences, l’abus et l’exploitation.
Mis à la disposition du SEP/PMSAN et en étroite collaboration avec l’Equipe Technique Nationale mixte, le candidat retenu pour cette consultance sera chargé d’appuyer le processus d'évaluation du Plan stratégique Multisectoriel de Sécurité Alimentaire et de Nutrition et d'élaboration de la Politique Nationale Multisectorielle de Sécurité Alimentaire et de Nutrition, en collaboration avec le Consultant national et l’Equipe Technique Nationale mixte.
L'UNICEF cherche à recruter un consultant pour soutenir le gouvernement et les partenaires dans la mise en œuvre systématique et fondée sur des preuves d'activités de changement social et comportemental (SBC) liées au projet climat et paix, ainsi qu'aux pratiques et interventions en matière de nutrition et de nutrition-sensibilité, y compris celles dans les domaines de l'EAH, de la protection de l'enfance et sociale, de la santé et de l'éducation dans la région Atsimo Andrefana de Madagascar.
UNICEF Moldova is hiring a Education Policy Development Expert, to support the Ministry of Education and Research (MER) in designing a comprehensive, inclusive, and evidence-based Programme for the implementation of the second phase of the Strategy for the years 2026-2030.
UNICEF Moldova is hiring a Public Finance / Cost Estimation Expert, to support the Ministry of Education and Research (MER) in designing a comprehensive, inclusive, and evidence-based Programme for the implementation of the second phase of the Strategy for the years 2026-2030.
The Iraq Country Office (ICO) is seeking technical assistance to provide support to the Social Protection Reform supported by UNICEF. Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Social Policy, the Social Policy Consultant - will be responsible for providing technical assistance on key activities implemented as part of building blocks for SP in Iraq in the Nexus context.
Purpose of the Assignment:
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical expertise to support the effective implementation, field-level monitoring, and adaptive management of programmes aimed at improving access to education for out-of-school children (OOSC) in Afghanistan. The consultant will play a key role in operationalizing the newly developed integrated, community-owned model that addresses the needs of OOSC through a holistic approach. This includes overseeing interventions related to improving the learning environment and community-based education initiatives. In addition, the consultant will contribute to strengthening monitoring, reporting, and learning mechanisms to ensure evidence-based decision-making and adaptive programming. The consultant will also support the design of future programmes, ensuring they are grounded in field realities and respond effectively to the evolving needs of children and communities. This consultancy offers an opportunity to contribute to a transformative education agenda—shaping an inclusive, sustainable, and community-led response for reaching Afghanistan’s most marginalized children.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to to support a multi-country Digital Health initiative spanning Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, PNG, Fiji, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands. This initiative is dedicated to UNICEF’s initiatives in strengthening the digital health and immunization systems in these countries. The consultant plays a pivotal role in driving the strategic direction, implementation, and impact of "Digital Health System for Infectious Diseases Control" project portfolio, ultimately contributing to the improvement of healthcare delivery and outcomes in the 10 implementing countries.
UNICEF is seeking an individual consultant to produce a Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit. The Training Kit will include 3 sets of complementary materials:
1) Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Manual.
2) Supporting materials for trainers (e.g., foundational reading to strengthen background knowledge; handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).
3) Supporting materials for trainees/practitioners (e.g., handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).
To this end, UNICEF is hiring a consultant who will engage with country offices and generate quality digital outputs at global level, ensuring alignment with contents generated by Country Offices and improving visibility on programmatic work in countries. The Consultant will contribute to enhancing the visibility of key immunization partnerships and communication campaigns—including those funded by Gavi, Gates, the Government of Canada (CanGIVE grant), Alwaleed Philanthropies, and the Republic of Korea—as well as spotlight major immunization activities such as the measles and rubella campaigns in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The role will ensure ethical storytelling practices and foster collaboration with the Division of Global Advocacy and Communications, National Committees and other partners to amplify reach across digital platforms and explore additional opportunities for visibility.
The communications and knowledge management consultant is a creative, dynamic and exciting role. You will be responsible for creating and disseminating responsive and strategic content to engage audiences across UNGEI platforms, and managing the digital platform including websites, newsletters and social media. For Safe to Learn, you will provide support for the design of publications, website engagement and digital content. This will include refreshing the Safe to Learn brand and ensuring a consistent and appealing visual identity for the Coalition.
This consultancy aims to strengthen the Global UNICEF HQ PHC Metrics, where the global health architecture has convened in collaboration with WHO and country encouragement, to report on results of PHC and not on interventions and diseases, as recommended in the Lusaka Agenda. Under a BMGF funded project, UNICEF supports four flagship countries, including Sierra Leone, to establish PHC metrics within national strategies and report on them.
This consultancy aims to support Sierra Leone to develop indicators and data for PHC reporting through the Health and Nutrition Programme in Sierra Leone by enhancing health system performance, improving health information management, including PHC metrics, supporting digital health initiatives, and providing technical guidance on HSS interventions. The consultancy will contribute to improved decision-making, service delivery, and overall health outcomes at the national, district, and PHC levels.
The grants of Accelerating Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA, Phase 3) funded by the government of the Netherlands, and the Beyond Pipes and Toilets grant, funded by the EU, are both critical grants for UNICEF to implement key aspects of the WASH components of its strategic plan. It is critical that UNICEF can create visibility for these two critical donors on these two grants, but also that the work completed by the grants is communicated well in a range of forms such as social media posting, dissemination of developed reports and achievements, and production of communication materials.
The ASWA III grant focuses on the delivery of climate resilient WASH programming in eight countries across Africa. Focus on both service delivery and systems strengthening, with a particular focus on key thematic areas of sustainability, gender transformative WASH, climate resilient WASH, and as applicable on the Head of State Initiative (HoSI). The programme is designed to run until the end of December 2027.
The EU funded Beyond Taps and Toilets focuses on similar areas of WASH and climate, and the HoSI, as well as monitoring and sustainability, with the programme due to expire at the end of March 2027. The programme is implemented in partnership with the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership.
The consultant will support the development, delivery, and governance of key CMS features and enhancements, as well as the roll-out of the content lifecycle project. Applying both a business analysis and content architecture lens, the consultant will ensure that user needs, editorial strategy, and governance requirements are translated into functional, high-quality technical solutions.
Positioned within the Stewardship and Oversight Pillar of PPD and under the supervision of the Risk Manager, the Public Partnerships Specialist (Governance, Risk and Compliance), P3 will be responsible for supporting the negotiation of UNICEF’s contribution agreements with public sector partners in line with established policy. This includes maintaining a pipeline of negotiations and catalogue of donor conditionalities and supporting the escalation of material risk cases to appropriate decision-makers. This role will interact regularly with the Legal Office and will also support initiatives related to overall partnerships risk management. Successful completion of these deliverables will result in strong and harmonized arrangements across public sector partners which will secure significant income to UNICEF in line with relevant policy.
