Under the general supervision of the Deputy Representative the candidate will provide guidance and technical assistance to support UNICEF Cash Assistance activities. Guidance and technical assistance will cover the following themes: programme design, planning and implementation, management and monitoring of programme/project activities, data analysis and progress reporting as well as Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) in support of achievement of programme goals and objectives. The candidate shall also provide strategic guidance to enable the country office to liaise at technical level with relevant national and local authorities to expand cash-based response in affected provinces.
UNICEF Zambia is seeking experienced and creative Graphic Design Consultants for a Long-Term Agreement (LTA). Successful consultants will provide professional graphic design services for a wide range of communication products, including print and digital materials, social media content, branding, advocacy, and visibility resources. The engagement is home-based and assignments will be issued on an as-needed basis during the term of the agreement.
UNICEF Zambia is seeking experienced Individual Translator Consultants for a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) to provide translation services on an as-needed basis. Consultants will deliver accurate and culturally appropriate translations between English and Zambia’s seven official local languages—Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi, Tonga, Kaonde, Luvale, and Lunda—to support UNICEF’s programme, advocacy, communication, and knowledge management activities across the country.
UNICEF Innocenti regularly requires specialist work from researchers who have expertise in comparative international research and analysis on issues of child rights and well-being and who can provide support to UNICEF offices on the usage of such data and analysis.
As convenor and administrative agent of this joint nutrition programme, UNICEF is responsible for ensuring the quality of program implementation and financial management and therefore, a Project Coordinator is required to provide direct technical guidance, coordination, and management support for the joint nutrition programme, ensuring effective implementation, quality assurance, and financial oversight of multi-sectoral interventions by UN agencies and the Government of Sierra Leone to achieve the programme’s overall goal to improve climate-resilient systems and improve food and nutrition security by 2029 in the target districts.
UNICEF seeks to engage an individual consultant to (1) develop a series of advocacy briefs on tackling child labour and related child rights issues through responsible business conduct, grounded in gaps and needs in existing approaches; and (2) identify and deliver strategic opportunities to position and disseminate these briefs to key stakeholder groups, including governments, private sector actors, industry platforms, and multi-stakeholder initiatives across high-risk sectors, remote basis/no travel for 5 months.
Support and advice UNICEF in finalization of the module and the assessment of the psychometric properties of reading items designed for the new Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0) that will be implemented in MICS and other household surveys.
The consultant will support the establishment and implementation of a Digital Toolkit for Child and Adolescent Health and Mental Wellbeing Promotion, as part of the Initiative “Promoting a comprehensive, prevention-oriented approach to children’s health”. The consultant will report to the ECARO Regional Health Adviser and work in close collaboration with UNICEF’s Regional Office specialists (ECD, Nutrition, and Immunization), the DG SANTE Project Manager, and relevant UNICEF Procurement, counterparts. The role encompasses end-to-end technical advisory and oversight to ensure the effective procurement, design, development, and deployment of the Digital Toolkit platform.
This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented finance professional to contribute to global financial stewardship within UNICEF. Working with complex financial processes, reporting, compliance, and data analytics, you will help drive informed decision-making, mitigate financial risks, and ensure the effective use of resources to advance children's rights around the world.
Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is looking for an experienced Education Specialist (Emergencies) to join its Programme Delivery and Quality Team. Supporting the Chief of Education, the Education Specialist will oversee ECW’s portfolio of country investments and ensure alignment with ECW’s strategic approach, programme priorities, standardized programme delivery, and quality assurance approaches. The role is responsible for ensuring the effective design, implementation, monitoring, and strategic oversight of ECW’s country-level investments, while promoting coherence across country portfolios, governance processes, and technical operations. Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, the postholder will contribute to ECW’s mission to deliver quality education in emergencies and protracted crises.
Under the guidance of the Market Development Manager, the incumbent will contribute as a specialist to the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of data-driven market development and fundraising approaches that support the sustainability and growth of UNICEF’s private sector fundraising operations across multiple regions..
Under the overall supervision of UNICEF Syria (Adolescent Development and Participation Section) and in close coordination with the Ministry of Sports and Youth, the International Consultant will provide strategic, technical, and facilitation support to strengthen youth governance and institutional systems in Syria.
UNICEF seeks an international consultant to help countries strengthen the alignment between education systems, skills development programmes, and labor market needs. While many countries track educational participation and completion, there is limited evidence on employment outcomes, employer satisfaction, school-to-work transitions, and the relevance of skills training to labor market demand.
The consultant will support the development of global tools and provide technical assistance on labor market monitoring systems, graduate tracer studies, employer surveys, and education–labor market observatories. The work aims to improve evidence-based policymaking, strengthen education and skills programmes, and support successful transitions from education to employment for young people.
Join UNICEF to help transform food systems and improve the diets of children, adolescents and women in Madagascar.As the Nutrition Specialist, you will lead and support the design, implementation, monitoring and innovation of programmes that strengthen nutrition-sensitive value chains, food systems and nutrition governance. Working closely with government, development partners and communities, you will provide strategic and technical leadership to advance evidence-based policies and multi-sectoral interventions, with a particular focus on agriculture and food systems.Through your expertise in programme management, partnership building and results-based management, you will contribute to delivering sustainable improvements in nutrition outcomes and advancing every child's right to survive, grow and thrive.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry to recruit an experienced consultant to facilitate the national consultation process and lead the drafting, validation, and finalization of the NM-AHWP 2026/27–2030/31. UNFPA will be supporting the costs related to stakeholder consultations, printing, and dissemination.
Education: An Advanced University Degree in human resource management, business management, international relations, psychology or another related field is required. Experience: 8 years of professional experience in human resource management in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.Demonstrated experience in supporting/managing/leading organizational change is highly desirable; Experience working in complex environments and/or emergency duty stations is considered an asset;Experience in UNICEF and/or UN common system organization is an asset;Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic or French) or a local language is an asset.
The Chief of Health will provide strategic leadership for UNICEF's health programme, overseeing a broad portfolio encompassing maternal, newborn and child health, immunization, disease prevention, health system strengthening, emergency preparedness and response, and health equity. The role requires a leader who can navigate complexity, engage effectively with de facto authorities and partners, and balance immediate humanitarian priorities with sustainable systems strengthening.
UNICEF Bangladesh is seeking a dynamic and analytically strong Programme Officer (Budget), P2 to support programme financial management for the Rohingya Refugee Response in Cox’s Bazar. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a large-scale and complex humanitarian operation, supporting the planning, allocation, and monitoring of a diverse portfolio of grants from multiple donors. Working at the intersection of programme and grant management, you will play a critical role in ensuring resources are used efficiently, compliantly, and strategically to maximize results for children and vulnerable communities. In this role, you will go beyond traditional budgeting by providing high-quality financial analysis, funding gap insights, and decision support to senior management in a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment. You will contribute to inter-agency financial transparency through reporting to platforms such as the Rohingya Coordination Platform (RCP) and the Financial Tracking Service (FTS), while strengthening grant management systems and capacity across programme teams. If you are detail-oriented, solutions-driven, and motivated to apply your financial expertise to humanitarian impact on a scale, this role offers a meaningful opportunity to shape how resources translate into results on the ground.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical leadership and programme guidance to operationalize the Clean Air for Healthy Children agenda by delivering air-quality monitoring and data expertise, exposure and health-impact assessment, a maintained global knowledge library, direct Country Office support, and coordination of cross UN reporting.
The efficiency and effectiveness of support provided by the Communication Associate (Digital) to the planning, development, implementation and monitoring of communication programme facilitates the delivery of concrete and sustainable results for the respective section, which in turn enhances the offices and UNICEF’s capacity in helping the most vulnerable women and children.
Under the general supervision of the Deputy Representative the candidate will provide guidance and technical assistance to support UNICEF Cash Assistance activities. Guidance and technical assistance will cover the following themes: programme design, planning and implementation, management and monitoring of programme/project activities, data analysis and progress reporting as well as Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) in support of achievement of programme goals and objectives. The candidate shall also provide strategic guidance to enable the country office to liaise at technical level with relevant national and local authorities to expand cash-based response in affected provinces.
UNICEF Zambia is seeking experienced and creative Graphic Design Consultants for a Long-Term Agreement (LTA). Successful consultants will provide professional graphic design services for a wide range of communication products, including print and digital materials, social media content, branding, advocacy, and visibility resources. The engagement is home-based and assignments will be issued on an as-needed basis during the term of the agreement.
UNICEF Zambia is seeking experienced Individual Translator Consultants for a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) to provide translation services on an as-needed basis. Consultants will deliver accurate and culturally appropriate translations between English and Zambia’s seven official local languages—Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi, Tonga, Kaonde, Luvale, and Lunda—to support UNICEF’s programme, advocacy, communication, and knowledge management activities across the country.
UNICEF Innocenti regularly requires specialist work from researchers who have expertise in comparative international research and analysis on issues of child rights and well-being and who can provide support to UNICEF offices on the usage of such data and analysis.
As convenor and administrative agent of this joint nutrition programme, UNICEF is responsible for ensuring the quality of program implementation and financial management and therefore, a Project Coordinator is required to provide direct technical guidance, coordination, and management support for the joint nutrition programme, ensuring effective implementation, quality assurance, and financial oversight of multi-sectoral interventions by UN agencies and the Government of Sierra Leone to achieve the programme’s overall goal to improve climate-resilient systems and improve food and nutrition security by 2029 in the target districts.
UNICEF seeks to engage an individual consultant to (1) develop a series of advocacy briefs on tackling child labour and related child rights issues through responsible business conduct, grounded in gaps and needs in existing approaches; and (2) identify and deliver strategic opportunities to position and disseminate these briefs to key stakeholder groups, including governments, private sector actors, industry platforms, and multi-stakeholder initiatives across high-risk sectors, remote basis/no travel for 5 months.
Support and advice UNICEF in finalization of the module and the assessment of the psychometric properties of reading items designed for the new Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0) that will be implemented in MICS and other household surveys.
The consultant will support the establishment and implementation of a Digital Toolkit for Child and Adolescent Health and Mental Wellbeing Promotion, as part of the Initiative “Promoting a comprehensive, prevention-oriented approach to children’s health”. The consultant will report to the ECARO Regional Health Adviser and work in close collaboration with UNICEF’s Regional Office specialists (ECD, Nutrition, and Immunization), the DG SANTE Project Manager, and relevant UNICEF Procurement, counterparts. The role encompasses end-to-end technical advisory and oversight to ensure the effective procurement, design, development, and deployment of the Digital Toolkit platform.
This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented finance professional to contribute to global financial stewardship within UNICEF. Working with complex financial processes, reporting, compliance, and data analytics, you will help drive informed decision-making, mitigate financial risks, and ensure the effective use of resources to advance children's rights around the world.
Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is looking for an experienced Education Specialist (Emergencies) to join its Programme Delivery and Quality Team. Supporting the Chief of Education, the Education Specialist will oversee ECW’s portfolio of country investments and ensure alignment with ECW’s strategic approach, programme priorities, standardized programme delivery, and quality assurance approaches. The role is responsible for ensuring the effective design, implementation, monitoring, and strategic oversight of ECW’s country-level investments, while promoting coherence across country portfolios, governance processes, and technical operations. Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, the postholder will contribute to ECW’s mission to deliver quality education in emergencies and protracted crises.
Under the guidance of the Market Development Manager, the incumbent will contribute as a specialist to the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of data-driven market development and fundraising approaches that support the sustainability and growth of UNICEF’s private sector fundraising operations across multiple regions..
Under the overall supervision of UNICEF Syria (Adolescent Development and Participation Section) and in close coordination with the Ministry of Sports and Youth, the International Consultant will provide strategic, technical, and facilitation support to strengthen youth governance and institutional systems in Syria.
UNICEF seeks an international consultant to help countries strengthen the alignment between education systems, skills development programmes, and labor market needs. While many countries track educational participation and completion, there is limited evidence on employment outcomes, employer satisfaction, school-to-work transitions, and the relevance of skills training to labor market demand.
The consultant will support the development of global tools and provide technical assistance on labor market monitoring systems, graduate tracer studies, employer surveys, and education–labor market observatories. The work aims to improve evidence-based policymaking, strengthen education and skills programmes, and support successful transitions from education to employment for young people.
Join UNICEF to help transform food systems and improve the diets of children, adolescents and women in Madagascar.As the Nutrition Specialist, you will lead and support the design, implementation, monitoring and innovation of programmes that strengthen nutrition-sensitive value chains, food systems and nutrition governance. Working closely with government, development partners and communities, you will provide strategic and technical leadership to advance evidence-based policies and multi-sectoral interventions, with a particular focus on agriculture and food systems.Through your expertise in programme management, partnership building and results-based management, you will contribute to delivering sustainable improvements in nutrition outcomes and advancing every child's right to survive, grow and thrive.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry to recruit an experienced consultant to facilitate the national consultation process and lead the drafting, validation, and finalization of the NM-AHWP 2026/27–2030/31. UNFPA will be supporting the costs related to stakeholder consultations, printing, and dissemination.
Education: An Advanced University Degree in human resource management, business management, international relations, psychology or another related field is required. Experience: 8 years of professional experience in human resource management in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.Demonstrated experience in supporting/managing/leading organizational change is highly desirable; Experience working in complex environments and/or emergency duty stations is considered an asset;Experience in UNICEF and/or UN common system organization is an asset;Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic or French) or a local language is an asset.
The Chief of Health will provide strategic leadership for UNICEF's health programme, overseeing a broad portfolio encompassing maternal, newborn and child health, immunization, disease prevention, health system strengthening, emergency preparedness and response, and health equity. The role requires a leader who can navigate complexity, engage effectively with de facto authorities and partners, and balance immediate humanitarian priorities with sustainable systems strengthening.
UNICEF Bangladesh is seeking a dynamic and analytically strong Programme Officer (Budget), P2 to support programme financial management for the Rohingya Refugee Response in Cox’s Bazar. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a large-scale and complex humanitarian operation, supporting the planning, allocation, and monitoring of a diverse portfolio of grants from multiple donors. Working at the intersection of programme and grant management, you will play a critical role in ensuring resources are used efficiently, compliantly, and strategically to maximize results for children and vulnerable communities. In this role, you will go beyond traditional budgeting by providing high-quality financial analysis, funding gap insights, and decision support to senior management in a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment. You will contribute to inter-agency financial transparency through reporting to platforms such as the Rohingya Coordination Platform (RCP) and the Financial Tracking Service (FTS), while strengthening grant management systems and capacity across programme teams. If you are detail-oriented, solutions-driven, and motivated to apply your financial expertise to humanitarian impact on a scale, this role offers a meaningful opportunity to shape how resources translate into results on the ground.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical leadership and programme guidance to operationalize the Clean Air for Healthy Children agenda by delivering air-quality monitoring and data expertise, exposure and health-impact assessment, a maintained global knowledge library, direct Country Office support, and coordination of cross UN reporting.
The efficiency and effectiveness of support provided by the Communication Associate (Digital) to the planning, development, implementation and monitoring of communication programme facilitates the delivery of concrete and sustainable results for the respective section, which in turn enhances the offices and UNICEF’s capacity in helping the most vulnerable women and children.
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