The consultant will work in close coordination with the SPA team and will contribute to the following objectives and deliverables of these analytical processes:
•
Assess the current progress towards achieving the Impact Results of the Strategic Plan 2026-2029;
• Analyse the role and effectiveness of its Strategies, Enablers, and Accelerators and assess their effectiveness in enabling evidence-based support to governments and improving outcomes for children;
• Generate evidence-informed recommendations for targeted, actionable corrective actions based on synthesized evidence to guide the implementation and resource allocation of the Strategic Plan towards catalysing the pace of the pursued change towards achieving tangible and transformative outcomes for children;
• Strengthen the practical application of the Strategic Plan’s approach to focus, scale and impact, and differentiation.
1. CONTEXTE ET JUSTIFICATION
L’UNICEF travaille dans certains des environnements les plus difficiles au monde afin d’atteindre les enfants les plus
défavorisés, de défendre leurs droits et de les aider à réaliser leur plein potentiel. En République centrafricaine, l’UNICEF
contribue à la réalisation des droits de chaque enfant à travers ses programmes et ses opérations, y compris dans les
contextes humanitaires.
Dans le cadre de son engagement en faveur du développement des jeunes talents, le Bureau de l’UNICEF en
République centrafricaine souhaite accueillir deux stagiaires au sein de la section People & Culture. Ce programme de
deux (2) mois vise à constituer un vivier de jeunes professionnels qualifiés, motivés et dynamiques, capables de
contribuer positivement à leurs communautés et au mandat de l’UNICEF.
Les stagiaires bénéficieront d’une expérience structurée combinant apprentissage pratique, mentorat, accompagnement
professionnel et exposition aux différentes fonctions People & Culture. Les activités seront réalisées sous la supervision
et l’encadrement des responsables et professionnels de la section. À l’issue du stage, les participants ayant démontré
des performances remarquables pourront, sous réserve des règles et besoins applicables, être considérés dans le cadre
de futurs viviers ou opportunités de talents. Le stage ne constitue toutefois pas une garantie d’emploi à l’UNICEF.
2. OBJECTIF GENERAL DU STAGE
Renforcer l’appui opérationnel, analytique, administratif et communicationnel de la section People & Culture, tout en
offrant à deux jeunes talents une expérience professionnelle encadrée leur permettant d’appliquer leurs connaissances
académiques, de développer leurs compétences et de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement de l’UNICEF.
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UNICEF Yemen is seeking a highly qualified and experienced professional to join its team as Chief of Health (P-5), based in Aden. This is a unique opportunity to have a role on the strategic and effective planning and formulation of health programmes/projects and the achievement of sustainable results. This will directly impact the improvement of the health of the most marginalized and vulnerable women and children in the country, and this in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to provide programme services to protect the rights of children and promote greater social equality to enable children to survive, develop and reach their full potential in society. If you are ready to take on a challenging and impactful leadership role, we encourage you to apply.
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The purpose of this consultancy is to provide time-bound technical support to UNICEF Bangladesh’s Education Programme and Generation Unlimited (GenU) agenda through the development and delivery of specific outputs that strengthen pathways from learning to earning for adolescents and young people.
To provide technical and coordination support to the UNICEF Thailand Country Office in the planning, management, quality assurance and use of research and evaluation, ensuring these are designed and implemented in line with UNICEF and UNEG norms and standards, and that findings inform programmes and policy decisions for children in Thailand; evidence generation, including planning, management, conduct and reporting.
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UNICEF China is seeking a qualified intern to support its Communications and Advocacy Section's work on content development, social media engagement, media monitoring and advocacy campaigns.
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Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) as an Education Specialist (Early Learning) and help shape the foundations of learning for young children across 12 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries. This is an exciting opportunity for an education professional with strong expertise in early childhood education to influence policy, strengthen systems, build strategic partnerships, and drive impactful solutions that help children enter school ready to learn and thrive. Through collaboration across the region, the position contributes directly to UNICEF's vision of ensuring every child has access to quality, inclusive, and resilient learning opportunities from the earliest years of life.
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Join UNICEF's Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean and help build strategic partnerships that create lasting impact for children. As a Partnerships Specialist, you will help develop and implement financial and non-financial partnership strategies, building strong relationships with businesses, foundations, philanthropists, public-private partnerships, and faith-based organizations to mobilize resources and expertise across the region. Be part of a dynamic team driving the MCO’s partnership and resource-leveraging
agenda throughout the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Health Specialist (Policy & Budget) and help shape stronger, more equitable health systems across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in health policy, financing and health systems strengthening to support governments in making evidence-informed investment decisions, strengthening sustainable financing, and ensuring public resources deliver better health outcomes for children and adolescents.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Legal & Policy Frameworks) and help strengthen the laws, policies and systems that protect children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in child rights, legal and policy reform, and government engagement to advance stronger, rights-based frameworks that prevent and respond to violence, exploitation, abuse and harmful practices.
The consultant will work in close coordination with the SPA team and will contribute to the following objectives and deliverables of these analytical processes:
•
Assess the current progress towards achieving the Impact Results of the Strategic Plan 2026-2029;
• Analyse the role and effectiveness of its Strategies, Enablers, and Accelerators and assess their effectiveness in enabling evidence-based support to governments and improving outcomes for children;
• Generate evidence-informed recommendations for targeted, actionable corrective actions based on synthesized evidence to guide the implementation and resource allocation of the Strategic Plan towards catalysing the pace of the pursued change towards achieving tangible and transformative outcomes for children;
• Strengthen the practical application of the Strategic Plan’s approach to focus, scale and impact, and differentiation.
1. CONTEXTE ET JUSTIFICATION
L’UNICEF travaille dans certains des environnements les plus difficiles au monde afin d’atteindre les enfants les plus
défavorisés, de défendre leurs droits et de les aider à réaliser leur plein potentiel. En République centrafricaine, l’UNICEF
contribue à la réalisation des droits de chaque enfant à travers ses programmes et ses opérations, y compris dans les
contextes humanitaires.
Dans le cadre de son engagement en faveur du développement des jeunes talents, le Bureau de l’UNICEF en
République centrafricaine souhaite accueillir deux stagiaires au sein de la section People & Culture. Ce programme de
deux (2) mois vise à constituer un vivier de jeunes professionnels qualifiés, motivés et dynamiques, capables de
contribuer positivement à leurs communautés et au mandat de l’UNICEF.
Les stagiaires bénéficieront d’une expérience structurée combinant apprentissage pratique, mentorat, accompagnement
professionnel et exposition aux différentes fonctions People & Culture. Les activités seront réalisées sous la supervision
et l’encadrement des responsables et professionnels de la section. À l’issue du stage, les participants ayant démontré
des performances remarquables pourront, sous réserve des règles et besoins applicables, être considérés dans le cadre
de futurs viviers ou opportunités de talents. Le stage ne constitue toutefois pas une garantie d’emploi à l’UNICEF.
2. OBJECTIF GENERAL DU STAGE
Renforcer l’appui opérationnel, analytique, administratif et communicationnel de la section People & Culture, tout en
offrant à deux jeunes talents une expérience professionnelle encadrée leur permettant d’appliquer leurs connaissances
académiques, de développer leurs compétences et de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement de l’UNICEF.
The Office of Strategy and Evidence- Innocenti requires an events vendor to support the production of major conferences in Florence. It is crucial that the event be carried out in a highly professional and sophisticated way. This includes maximizing the experience of the participants before, during and after the event. To allow the guests to be fully focused on the content, logistics need to be run smoothly, be well-conceived and emotionally resonant.
Individual Consulting Services Expert Consultant, GSSC Finance section, Budapest, Hungary, 12 months, office-based, with travel. UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) provides Individual Consultant Services (ICS) supporting the contracting and administration of individual consultants across UNICEF. As part of the continued evolution of ICS, UNICEF is seeking to strengthen the way individual consultant talent is identified, accessed, managed and evaluated. Current opportunities include greater use of Long-Term Agreements (LTAs), stronger consultant talent data, simplified access to exceptional expertise, improved rate transparency and stronger guidance for both UNICEF users and consultants
Are you passionate about transforming education and creating better learning opportunities for every child? UNICEF Rwanda CO is looking for an experienced and strategic professional to join our team as Chief of Education. Bring your leadership, expertise, and passion to help shape impactful education programmes and deliver lasting results for children.
The DR serves as principal support and adviser on the overall management of the CO, development of CO policies and strategies; and under delegated authority, for coordinating and managing all phases of the Country Office Program from formulation to delivery of results in accordance with the UNICEF Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework, ethics and integrity. The DR advocates the office culture change to create and retain a work environment based on UNICEF values and competencies as well as matrix management structures based on cross-silo collaboration and knowledge sharing.
UNICEF Yemen is seeking a highly qualified and experienced professional to join its team as Chief of Health (P-5), based in Aden. This is a unique opportunity to have a role on the strategic and effective planning and formulation of health programmes/projects and the achievement of sustainable results. This will directly impact the improvement of the health of the most marginalized and vulnerable women and children in the country, and this in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to provide programme services to protect the rights of children and promote greater social equality to enable children to survive, develop and reach their full potential in society. If you are ready to take on a challenging and impactful leadership role, we encourage you to apply.
Join UNICEF Madagascar as a Partnerships Specialist and help build strategic collaborations with companies, foundations, and business networks to mobilize resources and advance children's rights. This role combines private sector engagement, resource mobilization, and advocacy to drive sustainable impact for children while promoting responsible business practices across key industries.
UNICEF Afghanistan is seeking a Child Protection Specialist (P-3) to support and strengthen child protection programmes for children affected by armed conflict, displacement, migration, and other protection risks. The position will lead programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and partnership building, with a focus on Children Associated with Armed Conflict (CAAC), Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM), family tracing and reunification, reintegration, case management, and community-based child protection services.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide time-bound technical support to UNICEF Bangladesh’s Education Programme and Generation Unlimited (GenU) agenda through the development and delivery of specific outputs that strengthen pathways from learning to earning for adolescents and young people.
To provide technical and coordination support to the UNICEF Thailand Country Office in the planning, management, quality assurance and use of research and evaluation, ensuring these are designed and implemented in line with UNICEF and UNEG norms and standards, and that findings inform programmes and policy decisions for children in Thailand; evidence generation, including planning, management, conduct and reporting.
The consultant will support the National Nutrition Committee (NNC) Secretariat in operationalizing these provisions through quarterly coordination support, monitoring of NPAN implementation, facilitation of evidence-based planning and review processes, and capacity strengthening of Provincial Nutrition Committees (PNCs) in priority provinces
UNICEF China is seeking a qualified intern to support its Communications and Advocacy Section's work on content development, social media engagement, media monitoring and advocacy campaigns.
Join UNICEF's Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean and help build the partnerships that drive change for children. As a Partnerships Officer, you will cultivate strategic relationships, support resource mobilization, and engage public and private sector partners to advance UNICEF's mission across the region. Be part of a dynamic team strengthening influence, visibility, and impact for children throughout the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) as an Education Specialist (Early Learning) and help shape the foundations of learning for young children across 12 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries. This is an exciting opportunity for an education professional with strong expertise in early childhood education to influence policy, strengthen systems, build strategic partnerships, and drive impactful solutions that help children enter school ready to learn and thrive. Through collaboration across the region, the position contributes directly to UNICEF's vision of ensuring every child has access to quality, inclusive, and resilient learning opportunities from the earliest years of life.
Deliver defined project cycle management, technical support, partnership coordination and institutional review outputs for UNICEF’s climate finance portfolio. The assignment covers coordination of the Senegal GCF proposal through finalization, resubmission, fund review and Board consideration, with transition planning following approval; Adaptation Fund engagement and proposal support; and technical assistance and practical guidance for country offices on locally led adaptation and meaningful, inclusive and safe child and youth-led action.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as Senior Communication Associate and help advance the rights and well-being of children through strategic communication, advocacy and public engagement. Working with the Team Lead and colleagues across our 12-country MCO, you will support the planning and implementation of campaigns, digital communication, media relations, content development, and youth and stakeholder engagement that strengthen UNICEF's visibility, influence and impact. You will help turn evidence and advocacy priorities into compelling products that promote health, learning, child protection and resilience, while providing the operational and team support that keeps our work running smoothly and showcasing results for children throughout the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean and help build strategic partnerships that create lasting impact for children. As a Partnerships Specialist, you will help develop and implement financial and non-financial partnership strategies, building strong relationships with businesses, foundations, philanthropists, public-private partnerships, and faith-based organizations to mobilize resources and expertise across the region. Be part of a dynamic team driving the MCO’s partnership and resource-leveraging
agenda throughout the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Health Specialist (Policy & Budget) and help shape stronger, more equitable health systems across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in health policy, financing and health systems strengthening to support governments in making evidence-informed investment decisions, strengthening sustainable financing, and ensuring public resources deliver better health outcomes for children and adolescents.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Legal & Policy Frameworks) and help strengthen the laws, policies and systems that protect children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in child rights, legal and policy reform, and government engagement to advance stronger, rights-based frameworks that prevent and respond to violence, exploitation, abuse and harmful practices.
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