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Consultancy Title: Adolescent Health Consultant

Section/Division/Duty Station: Health Section - Programme Division, NYHQ

Duration: July 2025 to December 31, 2026

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / REMOTE

About UNICEF

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For over 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

Under supervision of the Health Specialist (Adolescent Health, Mental Health, School Health) the Adolescent Health Consultant will provide support reporting, analysis, planning, and documentation within the Maternal Newborn Adolescent Health Unit. This includes implementation, monitoring, and reporting on adolescent and mental health program partnerships with AstraZeneca, Z-Zurich, and SONY. The consultant provides support around coordination and communication with Regional and Country teams, as well as implementation and reporting of achievements according to partnership agreements in 17 UNICEF countries.

Scope of Work:

•           Implementation and Monitoring Support:

o          Assist with review and consolidation of annual workplans from country and regional offices under AstraZeneca, Zurich Foundation, and SONY partnerships.

o          Track regional and country level implementation progress and compile updates for internal monitoring.

o          Support alignment of activities across different partnership with technical guidance from Health Specialist.

•           Coordination and Reporting:

o          Help coordinate inputs from cross-sectoral teams (CP, Education, WASH, DAPM, DGCA ADAP), regional, and country offices for annual reporting and proposal development/partnership renewals.

o          Support documentation and technical validation process of adolescent health and mental health program tools (i.e. WHO-UNICEF child and adolescent mental health training package for PHC providers).

•           Capacity Building and Knowledge Management:

o          Assist in organizing and documenting capacity-building activities for regional and country teams on adolescent health, mental health, and NCD prevention.

o          Contribute to the development of knowledge products (case studies, technical briefs) by compiling content, reviewing drafts, and coordinating inputs.

o          Support peer learning and exchange events through content collation and communications.

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables: 

Work Assignment Overview: Deliverable/Outputs    Delivery deadline

1. Mid-year progress report on cross sectoral, regional and country level implementation of activities and funds utilization under AstraZeneca, Z Zurich Foundation and SONY Partnerships           

July 30 2025

2. Facilitate coordination of Helping Adolescents Thrive training across regions and consolidation of cascade training plans in 8 countries 

August 30 2025

3. Assist on coordinatinating  and supportting on mental health campaign activations across 4 countries and 2 regions, including development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans     

Sept 30 2025

4. Collect and consolidate information from 8 country offices to prepare draft of the 2025 annual donor report (AstraZeneca Partnership)       

October 30 2025

5. Collect and consolidate information from 15 country offices and prepare draft of the 2025 annual donor report (Z Zurich Foundation Partnership)      

November 30 2025

6. Consolidated folder of annual work plans by cross sectoral, regional and country teams for Z Zurich Foundation (15 countries)      

December 30 2025

7. Support kick of planning and implementation of AstraZeneca phase 2 program activities at RO and CO level    

January 30 2026

8. Development of 4 country case studies on best practices around adolescent NCD prevention programming based on AZ partnership work

February 30 2026

9. Draft of AZ Final partnership donor report and Q1 update slides for UNICEF AZ and ZZF partnership progress, including tracking of budget utilization and program recommendations for COs and ROs           

March 30 2026

10. Development of 4 country case studies on best practices around integration of child/adolescent mental health services in primary care implemented with UNICEF support

April 30 2026

11. Collect and consolidate information from country offices for donor annual report (SONY)- Nepal, India, Iraq, Paraguay, Mali, Cambodia, Kenya, Belize, Argentina)

May 30 2026

12. Q2 update slides for UNICEF AZ and ZZF partnership progress, including tracking of budget utilization and at least 3 program recommendations for COs and ROs 

June 30 2026

13. Mid-year progress report on cross sectoral, regional and country level implementation of activities and funds utilization under AstraZeneca, Z Zurich Foundation and SONY Partnerships           

July 30 2026

14. Support on coordinatinating  and supportting on U-Report chatbot for adolescent health, including development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans         

August 30 2026

15. Q3 update slides for UNICEF AZ and ZZF partnership progress, including tracking of budget utilization and at least 3 program recommendations for COs and ROs 

Sept 30 2026

16. Collect and consolidate information from 8 country offices to prepare draft of the 2025 annual donor report (AstraZeneca Partnership)       

October 30 2026

17. Collect and consolidate information from 15 country offices and prepare draft of the 2025 annual donor report (Z Zurich Foundation Partnership)      

November 30 2026

18. Consolidated folder of annual work plans by cross sectoral, regional and country teams for Z Zurich Foundation (15 countries) 

Qualifications

Education:

An advanced university degree (Masters) in Public Health, School Health, Global Health, nursing, or medicine 

Work experience:

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

•      Master's degree in public health, international health, global health, medicine, nursing etc.

•      proven experience in adolescent health programme for more than 7 years in country, regional and international level.

•      Prior experience working with UNICEF at global or regional and country level on adolescent health programming

•      Strong command English is required.

Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and

• Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that will include/ reflect :
  • the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

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Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.