The UNICEF Division of People and Culture is seeking experienced consultants to deliver independent, high-quality reviews of performance rebuttal cases and support a people-centered talent management approach by ensuring fairness, objectivity, and integrity in performance evaluation processes.
The post, supervised by the Chief HFSS (EMOPS Rome) and reporting technically to the Humanitarian Access Policy Specialist (EMOPS NY), supports UNICEF country and regional offices in emergency preparedness, humanitarian coordination, and access. It involves deployment or remote support for rapid response to crises, adherence to humanitarian principles, and frequent extended travel to conflict and disaster zones.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health (MOH), Maternal and Child Health Programme, with technical assistance to design, develop, and standardize a comprehensive self-paced digital training package for Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) services.
The assignment aims to strengthen health workforce capacity by ensuring equitable access to high-quality, competency-based learning aligned with national guidelines and integrated within the Ministry’s learning hub, simulation-based education, and tele-mentoring framework. The consultancy will contribute to improved quality of care, enhanced clinical competencies, and reductions in preventable maternal, neonatal, and child morbidity and mortality in Lesotho.
The role provides strategic and technical leadership to implement UNICEF’s Digital Education Strategy, focusing on empowering teachers with digital and AI-enabled tools and embedding these approaches into proven instructional models. It also leads policy dialogue, technical assistance, cross-country learning, and partnerships to help countries scale inclusive, ethical, and sustainable digital education systems.
UNICEF’s Independent Evaluation Office partners in a variety of other ways, from joint and inter-agency evaluation collaborations to networks to strengthen linkages between evaluation and programming (e.g., ALNAP), coordinate its evaluations with those of other agencies (e.g. through the United Nations Evaluation Group, the United Nations Sustainable Development Group System-Wide Evaluation Office and the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations mechanism) and the broader UN and evidence/evaluation synthesis community (e.g. the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative). It also partners to communicate its work e.g., through national, regional and global evaluation associations and other Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs).The Evaluation Specialist (Partnerships and National Evaluation Capacity Development) will deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, policy influence and potential resource mobilization within the scope of assignment. S/He will also serve as a focal point and resource for colleagues in the area of national evaluation capacity development (NECD) partnerships, including country-led NECD initiatives. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF’s partnerships and NECD work and influence in support of its mission.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical analytical support to the Urban Poverty study in the United Republic of Tanzania and produce a working paper for publication and a policy brief for advocacy.
Background
UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti (UNICEF Innocenti) and UNICEF Tanzania Country Office (TCO) are collaborating to generate high-quality, policy-relevant evidence on urban poverty and deprivation in Tanzania. The collaboration aims to produce a peer-reviewed working paper and a policy brief that will inform UNICEF advocacy, programme design, and resource mobilization in support of urban social protection, targeting, and inclusive urban development.
Rapid urbanization in Tanzania has intensified spatial inequalities, particularly within large urban centres where informal settlements and localized deprivation are often masked by aggregate statistics. While recent global studies have produced micro-estimates of wealth and poverty, these models lack the spatial granularity required to map intra-urban disparities relevant for city-level planning and intervention.
This research addresses that gap by developing an urban-focused, high-resolution poverty mapping approach, integrating geospatial data and machine-learning techniques. The analysis will focus on six Tier-1 cities—Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma, Mbeya, and Zanzibar City—where the density of survey data enables robust model training and validation.
Within this context, UNICEF Innocenti seeks to recruit a Research Analyst (Consultant) to provide technical and analytical support to the study, contributing directly to the processing of geospatial data, predictive modelling, analysis, and drafting of the working paper and the policy brief
The Programme Specialist (Climate Finance) strengthens UNICEF’s ability to support governments in accessing, designing, and sustaining child-sensitive climate finance investments. By embedding equity, accountability, and rights in technical support, the role ensures that climate finance resources protect and enhance essential services for children—especially the most disadvantaged —directly advancing UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2026–2029 and the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP) 2024–2030.
UNICEF Cambodia is strengthening Nutrition in Emergency (NiE) capacity among government health partners to enhance the quality and effectiveness of nutrition service delivery during emergency and the recovery phase. As part of this effort, an IMAM Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Initiative will be implemented in selected provinces to strengthen detection, referral, admission and treatment of children with acute malnutrition.
This consultancy will support UNICEF’s ongoing efforts to strengthen public finance for children by improving transparency, strengthening analysis of government budgets and expenditure, and supporting advocacy and capacity building initiatives that promote increased and more effective public spending for children.
The overall objective of this consultancy is to support efforts to influence government to be more transparent, equitable and effective in how public funds are allocated and spent for children.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Social Policy intern and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
Under the general supervision and guidance of the Chief Social Policy, the Social Protection/ Cash Transfers Specialist oversees the implementation, monitors, evaluates and improves the delivery and support the implementation of exit strategy, of UNICEF, MSAM and Dutch Embassy cash transfers (HCTs) programme Cash Plus Care : Faaba in Benin, and provides support to the government of Benin in other social protection interventions, including through the assistance in implementing GUPS reform.
¡Únete a nuestro equipo de UNICEF Colombia y marca la diferencia en la vida de niños, niñas y adolescentes! Esta consultoría busca apoyar el desarrollo técnico, metodológico y operativo de la herramienta de seguimiento a la implementación de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño (CDN) y el índice de realización de derechos en Colombia, en el marco de la colaboración técnica entre UNICEF y el ICBF.
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.
Objetivo de la consultoría: Apoyar la implementación del plan de trabajo IMEP 2026, mediante el desarrollo de análisis de datos, generación de evidencia estratégica y monitoreo de derechos de niños, niñas y adolescentes, que permitan fortalecer el análisis de situación, el seguimiento de desigualdades y brechas, y la toma de decisiones basadas en evidencia en el marco del Programa de Cooperación de UNICEF Chile.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
The purpose of this consultancy is to promote, strengthen and organize Data and Monitoring efforts that cut across UNICEF Boa Vista Field Office programme areas. The consultant must make sure that situation monitoring and data gathering is properly undertaken to monitor both the situation of Venezuelan children on the move and UNICEF’s development interventions.
Le Bureau de la Côte d'Ivoire recrute un spécialiste WASH chargé de soutenir l'élaboration, la préparation, la gestion, la mise en œuvre, le suivi et l'évaluation du programme WASH dans le cadre du programme de pays.
Sous la supervision du Représentant, P5, en appui et en étroite coopération avec le Bureau de pays de l'UNICEF en Mauritanie, le/la Chef(fe) du Bureau de zone est responsable du plaidoyer de l'UNICEF auprès du gouvernement et des autres partenaires pour l'amélioration du Programme de l'UNICEF dans les efforts de développement de la zone géographique assignée. Le/la titulaire est responsable de la coordination, du développement, de la planification, de la mise en œuvre, du suivi et de l'évaluation d'un large éventail de programmes/projets dans le bureau de Kiffa, axés sur la réalisation des priorités organisationnelles de l'UNICEF. Il/Elle représente le Représentant du bureau de pays de Mauritanie dans tous les aspects de la coopération de l'UNICEF avec les autorités gouvernementales et les partenaires. Il/Elle est responsable de tous les aspects de la gestion du bureau de Kiffa.
This is a batch vacancy announcement for multiple upcoming People & Culture Assistant GS-5 level positions. The recommended candidates will be considered for fixed-term and temporary posts as needed, in sections such as People Administration – Onboarding, Benefits & Entitlements, Recruitment Administration, as well as Payroll & Offboarding. They may also be placed in the talent group for direct appointments at later stage.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide dedicated technical and operational support to the Mother and Child Cash Transfer Plus (MCCT+) Programme, strengthening programme performance monitoring, learning, and evidence-based decision-making. The consultant will support effective tracking of programme performance across all components of the implementation cycle, enabling the timely identification of bottlenecks, risks, and corrective actions.
The UNICEF Division of People and Culture is seeking experienced consultants to deliver independent, high-quality reviews of performance rebuttal cases and support a people-centered talent management approach by ensuring fairness, objectivity, and integrity in performance evaluation processes.
The post, supervised by the Chief HFSS (EMOPS Rome) and reporting technically to the Humanitarian Access Policy Specialist (EMOPS NY), supports UNICEF country and regional offices in emergency preparedness, humanitarian coordination, and access. It involves deployment or remote support for rapid response to crises, adherence to humanitarian principles, and frequent extended travel to conflict and disaster zones.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health (MOH), Maternal and Child Health Programme, with technical assistance to design, develop, and standardize a comprehensive self-paced digital training package for Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) services.
The assignment aims to strengthen health workforce capacity by ensuring equitable access to high-quality, competency-based learning aligned with national guidelines and integrated within the Ministry’s learning hub, simulation-based education, and tele-mentoring framework. The consultancy will contribute to improved quality of care, enhanced clinical competencies, and reductions in preventable maternal, neonatal, and child morbidity and mortality in Lesotho.
The role provides strategic and technical leadership to implement UNICEF’s Digital Education Strategy, focusing on empowering teachers with digital and AI-enabled tools and embedding these approaches into proven instructional models. It also leads policy dialogue, technical assistance, cross-country learning, and partnerships to help countries scale inclusive, ethical, and sustainable digital education systems.
UNICEF’s Independent Evaluation Office partners in a variety of other ways, from joint and inter-agency evaluation collaborations to networks to strengthen linkages between evaluation and programming (e.g., ALNAP), coordinate its evaluations with those of other agencies (e.g. through the United Nations Evaluation Group, the United Nations Sustainable Development Group System-Wide Evaluation Office and the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations mechanism) and the broader UN and evidence/evaluation synthesis community (e.g. the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative). It also partners to communicate its work e.g., through national, regional and global evaluation associations and other Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs).The Evaluation Specialist (Partnerships and National Evaluation Capacity Development) will deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, policy influence and potential resource mobilization within the scope of assignment. S/He will also serve as a focal point and resource for colleagues in the area of national evaluation capacity development (NECD) partnerships, including country-led NECD initiatives. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF’s partnerships and NECD work and influence in support of its mission.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical analytical support to the Urban Poverty study in the United Republic of Tanzania and produce a working paper for publication and a policy brief for advocacy.
Background
UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti (UNICEF Innocenti) and UNICEF Tanzania Country Office (TCO) are collaborating to generate high-quality, policy-relevant evidence on urban poverty and deprivation in Tanzania. The collaboration aims to produce a peer-reviewed working paper and a policy brief that will inform UNICEF advocacy, programme design, and resource mobilization in support of urban social protection, targeting, and inclusive urban development.
Rapid urbanization in Tanzania has intensified spatial inequalities, particularly within large urban centres where informal settlements and localized deprivation are often masked by aggregate statistics. While recent global studies have produced micro-estimates of wealth and poverty, these models lack the spatial granularity required to map intra-urban disparities relevant for city-level planning and intervention.
This research addresses that gap by developing an urban-focused, high-resolution poverty mapping approach, integrating geospatial data and machine-learning techniques. The analysis will focus on six Tier-1 cities—Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma, Mbeya, and Zanzibar City—where the density of survey data enables robust model training and validation.
Within this context, UNICEF Innocenti seeks to recruit a Research Analyst (Consultant) to provide technical and analytical support to the study, contributing directly to the processing of geospatial data, predictive modelling, analysis, and drafting of the working paper and the policy brief
The Programme Specialist (Climate Finance) strengthens UNICEF’s ability to support governments in accessing, designing, and sustaining child-sensitive climate finance investments. By embedding equity, accountability, and rights in technical support, the role ensures that climate finance resources protect and enhance essential services for children—especially the most disadvantaged —directly advancing UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2026–2029 and the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP) 2024–2030.
UNICEF Cambodia is strengthening Nutrition in Emergency (NiE) capacity among government health partners to enhance the quality and effectiveness of nutrition service delivery during emergency and the recovery phase. As part of this effort, an IMAM Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Initiative will be implemented in selected provinces to strengthen detection, referral, admission and treatment of children with acute malnutrition.
This consultancy will support UNICEF’s ongoing efforts to strengthen public finance for children by improving transparency, strengthening analysis of government budgets and expenditure, and supporting advocacy and capacity building initiatives that promote increased and more effective public spending for children.
The overall objective of this consultancy is to support efforts to influence government to be more transparent, equitable and effective in how public funds are allocated and spent for children.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Social Policy intern and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
Under the general supervision and guidance of the Chief Social Policy, the Social Protection/ Cash Transfers Specialist oversees the implementation, monitors, evaluates and improves the delivery and support the implementation of exit strategy, of UNICEF, MSAM and Dutch Embassy cash transfers (HCTs) programme Cash Plus Care : Faaba in Benin, and provides support to the government of Benin in other social protection interventions, including through the assistance in implementing GUPS reform.
¡Únete a nuestro equipo de UNICEF Colombia y marca la diferencia en la vida de niños, niñas y adolescentes! Esta consultoría busca apoyar el desarrollo técnico, metodológico y operativo de la herramienta de seguimiento a la implementación de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño (CDN) y el índice de realización de derechos en Colombia, en el marco de la colaboración técnica entre UNICEF y el ICBF.
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.
Objetivo de la consultoría: Apoyar la implementación del plan de trabajo IMEP 2026, mediante el desarrollo de análisis de datos, generación de evidencia estratégica y monitoreo de derechos de niños, niñas y adolescentes, que permitan fortalecer el análisis de situación, el seguimiento de desigualdades y brechas, y la toma de decisiones basadas en evidencia en el marco del Programa de Cooperación de UNICEF Chile.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
The purpose of this consultancy is to promote, strengthen and organize Data and Monitoring efforts that cut across UNICEF Boa Vista Field Office programme areas. The consultant must make sure that situation monitoring and data gathering is properly undertaken to monitor both the situation of Venezuelan children on the move and UNICEF’s development interventions.
Le Bureau de la Côte d'Ivoire recrute un spécialiste WASH chargé de soutenir l'élaboration, la préparation, la gestion, la mise en œuvre, le suivi et l'évaluation du programme WASH dans le cadre du programme de pays.
Sous la supervision du Représentant, P5, en appui et en étroite coopération avec le Bureau de pays de l'UNICEF en Mauritanie, le/la Chef(fe) du Bureau de zone est responsable du plaidoyer de l'UNICEF auprès du gouvernement et des autres partenaires pour l'amélioration du Programme de l'UNICEF dans les efforts de développement de la zone géographique assignée. Le/la titulaire est responsable de la coordination, du développement, de la planification, de la mise en œuvre, du suivi et de l'évaluation d'un large éventail de programmes/projets dans le bureau de Kiffa, axés sur la réalisation des priorités organisationnelles de l'UNICEF. Il/Elle représente le Représentant du bureau de pays de Mauritanie dans tous les aspects de la coopération de l'UNICEF avec les autorités gouvernementales et les partenaires. Il/Elle est responsable de tous les aspects de la gestion du bureau de Kiffa.
This is a batch vacancy announcement for multiple upcoming People & Culture Assistant GS-5 level positions. The recommended candidates will be considered for fixed-term and temporary posts as needed, in sections such as People Administration – Onboarding, Benefits & Entitlements, Recruitment Administration, as well as Payroll & Offboarding. They may also be placed in the talent group for direct appointments at later stage.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide dedicated technical and operational support to the Mother and Child Cash Transfer Plus (MCCT+) Programme, strengthening programme performance monitoring, learning, and evidence-based decision-making. The consultant will support effective tracking of programme performance across all components of the implementation cycle, enabling the timely identification of bottlenecks, risks, and corrective actions.
