This individual consultant assignment is to provide technical expertise and support to the overall strategic and programmatic direction advisory of the Social Protection Output and oversee support on the implementation of activities, including planning, designing, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation, outlined in the UNICEF-Government Annual Work Plan (AWP) 2026. This consultancy assignment is for 6 months durations.
To conduct an independent end-of-programme process evaluation of the UN Joint Programme on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Round 4 in Zambia (2024–2026), in order to determine the extent to which the programme achieved its intended results, strengthened disability-inclusive governance systems, operated efficiently and through effective joint programming mechanisms, and generated sustainable institutional change to advance CRPD implementation.
UNICEF Country Office is looking to establish a minimum of two and maximum of four long-term agreements with individual professional photographers and photojournalists to provide photographic services (visual documentation in digital original format) on a need’s basis. The selected photographs will be used for UNICEF advocacy and communication purposes and used to produce public campaigns, communication products and public advocacy materials to be used by UNICEF’s internal and external partners, including other UN agencies and across various platforms.
The purpose of this assignment is to review existing health and nutrition policies, strategies and guidelines for adoption of the essential maternal nutrition package within the Essential Primary Health Services, and development of maternal nutrition training package for health workers.
L’objectif de ce recrutement est de mener une analyse de traçabilité des filles adolescentes réintégrées dans le système scolaire, dans le cadre du programme visant à accroître la proportion de filles inscrites dans l’enseignement secondaire inférieur dans la région d’Atsimo-Atsinana (district de Vondrozo), à Madagascar. Cette analyse permettra d’identifier le profil des filles qui restent scolarisées ainsi que celui de celles qui ont abandonné après leur réintégration, afin de mieux comprendre les facteurs de maintien et d’abandon scolaires et d’éclairer l’amélioration des interventions du programme.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) is an institutional priority for the UN, and for UNICEF. The UNICEF Strategic Plan 2026-2029 identifies MHPSS as a priority area, building upon existing programming through child protection, education, and health.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide global and country technical support to UNICEF Country Offices and the Centre of Excellence from Nairobi, Kenya, on immunization data systems, with a focus on strengthening the quality, completeness, and use of Electronic Joint Reporting Form (eJRF) data and WUENIC estimates. The consultant will support data-driven decision-making to improve immunization programme performance, reduce the number of zeroThe consultant will operate through a collaborative and iterative approach, working closely with time zone health specialists and country teams to review, validate, and interpret immunization data. This will include real-time technical support during key reporting periods (e.g., eJRF submission cycles), remote engagement with multiple countries, and continuous feedback loops to improve data quality and consistency. The assignment will emphasize hands-on technical accompaniment, including joint data review sessions, direct support to data entry and validation processes, and co-development of analytical outputs. The consultant will ensure alignment between country-reported data and global estimates (WUENIC), while supporting the translation of data into actionable insights.
The P&C Specialist plays a pivotal role in driving talent management initiatives, with a strong focus on attracting, selecting, and onboarding top-tier talent. By anticipating workforce needs and aligning recruitment strategies with organizational priorities, the incumbent ensures a consistent pipeline of qualified candidates. Through the development and implementation of targeted talent acquisition plans, the P&C Specialist strengthens the organization’s capacity to meet current and future staffing demands while supporting broader business objectives.
National consultant vacancy in Health & Nutrition section, UNICEF Myanmar. Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant qualifications and experience are eligible to apply.
Bring stories to life and amplify impact! As Communication Officer (Digital & Content Creation), you’ll craft compelling, digital‑first content that engages diverse audiences and drives UNICEF’s mission in child rights advocacy, fundraising, and partnerships. Your creativity will help shape conversations and inspire action for every child. Apply now — turn ideas into influence and make a difference!
UNICEF China is looking for seasoned candidates for the position - Chief of Private Sector Fundraising (P-5). This post is responsible for leading, coordinating, planning, development and realization of a private sector fundraising strategy and plan for growth for the China Country Office.
If you are a committed and analytical public health professional with experience in child health and health systems, UNICEF Philippines invites you to apply as Consultant for Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) Manual Updating and Capacity Building) under the Health Section.
The consultant will support the Department of Health (DOH) in updating the IMNCI Manual and strengthening training protocols in line with national guidelines and evolving health needs. The role includes conducting stakeholder consultations and a landscape analysis to identify opportunities for integrating community-based IMNCI through Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs). Working closely with DOH and partners, the consultant will help enhance service delivery and capacity of health workers at the primary health care level. This assignment contributes to improving quality, equitable health services and reducing childhood morbidity and mortality in line with national priorities.
If you are a dedicated and analytical public health professional with experience in maternal and early childhood nutrition, UNICEF Philippines invites you to apply as Consultant for Nutrition under the Health Section. The consultant will provide technical and operational support in advancing nutrition initiatives through advocacy, policy development, and systems strengthening in close collaboration with the Department of Health. The role will focus on supporting the development and finalization of key policies, including the Administrative Order on the Establishment of Nutrition Support Groups, as well as strengthening maternal nutrition interventions such as the transition to Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation. Working under the supervision of the Nutrition Specialist, the consultant will coordinate with national and subnational stakeholders to ensure effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition programs. The assignment will contribute to improving maternal and child nutrition outcomes and ensuring alignment with national priorities and global standards.
UNICEF Mongolia is seeking a Programme Officer to provide technical and programmatic support to strengthen child-sensitive DRR and climate resilience and ensure effective emergency preparedness and response.
Positioned within the Director’s Office of PPD and under the supervision of the Public Partnerships Manager (Risk), the Partnerships Specialist (Contracts and Compliance) plays a central role in ensuring that UNICEF’s public-sector partnership agreements are negotiated, reviewed and cleared in line with organizational policies and requirements. The incumbent serves as the initial point of contact for PPD teams on contractual and donor conditionality issues, providing analytical support, facilitating internal escalation and decision-making, and maintaining internal records on pipeline of negotiations and donor conditions.In close collaboration with the Legal Team in OED, the Specialist supports decision-making around non‑standard conditions, ensures adherence to the Delegation of Authority framework for agreement signature, and contributes to governance mechanisms related to resource mobilization decisions. The role strengthens organizational compliance by documenting and analyzing donor‑conditionality trends, advising on operational risks, and supporting process improvements related to agreement negotiation and signature workflows.The Specialist also leads capacity‑building and knowledge‑management efforts related to contracting, maintaining consolidated tools, guidance, and trackers that promote consistent, policy‑aligned decision‑making across PPD. Additionally, the role contributes to broader partnerships risk‑management initiatives by coordinating exchanges on donor conditions and compliance issues, preparing senior‑level materials, and providing backstopping support across the Risk Management Team.
The consultant is expected to manage the pedagogical content production of 1MiO initiative by providing technical support for the implementation of curation and pedagogical content production. Travel is required.
To concretise the GenU approach in South Africa and shift towards actionable plans, the services of a consultant are required. The consultant will lead the integration of a local university’s entrepreneurship training content into the Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA) digital platform to scale youth access to entrepreneurship training. This includes content assessments, cost–impact analysis and negotiating partnership terms (subject to agreement). The role also involves brokering partnerships across private, public and civil society sectors to build a pipeline of gig and work opportunities for the YOMA impact marketplace and developing incentives to encourage opportunity listings. In addition, the consultant will support project management and coordination for the broader project.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical and quality assurance support for the development, testing and enhancement of the OASIS/Common Back Office (CBO) platform within UNICEF’s digital service infrastructure.
The consultant will support the GSSC team in ensuring that the OASIS/CBO platform and associated enterprise systems operate effectively and meet UNICEF’s operational requirements.
Join our team and make people strategy count!As a People & Culture professional, you will partner with leaders to deliver practical, people‑centred solutions that strengthen performance, inclusion, and staff capability. From business partnering and learning to HR analytics and strategic P&C initiatives, your work will directly support organizational effectiveness and results for children.
UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest is recruiting highly dedicated individuals with structured, service-oriented working styles to join UNICEF GSSC`s Travel Unit which will be responsible for the travel administration and management of UNICEF Offices worldwide. The ideal candidates should have experience in travel administration and management functions.
This individual consultant assignment is to provide technical expertise and support to the overall strategic and programmatic direction advisory of the Social Protection Output and oversee support on the implementation of activities, including planning, designing, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation, outlined in the UNICEF-Government Annual Work Plan (AWP) 2026. This consultancy assignment is for 6 months durations.
To conduct an independent end-of-programme process evaluation of the UN Joint Programme on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Round 4 in Zambia (2024–2026), in order to determine the extent to which the programme achieved its intended results, strengthened disability-inclusive governance systems, operated efficiently and through effective joint programming mechanisms, and generated sustainable institutional change to advance CRPD implementation.
UNICEF Country Office is looking to establish a minimum of two and maximum of four long-term agreements with individual professional photographers and photojournalists to provide photographic services (visual documentation in digital original format) on a need’s basis. The selected photographs will be used for UNICEF advocacy and communication purposes and used to produce public campaigns, communication products and public advocacy materials to be used by UNICEF’s internal and external partners, including other UN agencies and across various platforms.
The purpose of this assignment is to review existing health and nutrition policies, strategies and guidelines for adoption of the essential maternal nutrition package within the Essential Primary Health Services, and development of maternal nutrition training package for health workers.
L’objectif de ce recrutement est de mener une analyse de traçabilité des filles adolescentes réintégrées dans le système scolaire, dans le cadre du programme visant à accroître la proportion de filles inscrites dans l’enseignement secondaire inférieur dans la région d’Atsimo-Atsinana (district de Vondrozo), à Madagascar. Cette analyse permettra d’identifier le profil des filles qui restent scolarisées ainsi que celui de celles qui ont abandonné après leur réintégration, afin de mieux comprendre les facteurs de maintien et d’abandon scolaires et d’éclairer l’amélioration des interventions du programme.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) is an institutional priority for the UN, and for UNICEF. The UNICEF Strategic Plan 2026-2029 identifies MHPSS as a priority area, building upon existing programming through child protection, education, and health.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide global and country technical support to UNICEF Country Offices and the Centre of Excellence from Nairobi, Kenya, on immunization data systems, with a focus on strengthening the quality, completeness, and use of Electronic Joint Reporting Form (eJRF) data and WUENIC estimates. The consultant will support data-driven decision-making to improve immunization programme performance, reduce the number of zeroThe consultant will operate through a collaborative and iterative approach, working closely with time zone health specialists and country teams to review, validate, and interpret immunization data. This will include real-time technical support during key reporting periods (e.g., eJRF submission cycles), remote engagement with multiple countries, and continuous feedback loops to improve data quality and consistency. The assignment will emphasize hands-on technical accompaniment, including joint data review sessions, direct support to data entry and validation processes, and co-development of analytical outputs. The consultant will ensure alignment between country-reported data and global estimates (WUENIC), while supporting the translation of data into actionable insights.
The P&C Specialist plays a pivotal role in driving talent management initiatives, with a strong focus on attracting, selecting, and onboarding top-tier talent. By anticipating workforce needs and aligning recruitment strategies with organizational priorities, the incumbent ensures a consistent pipeline of qualified candidates. Through the development and implementation of targeted talent acquisition plans, the P&C Specialist strengthens the organization’s capacity to meet current and future staffing demands while supporting broader business objectives.
National consultant vacancy in Health & Nutrition section, UNICEF Myanmar. Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant qualifications and experience are eligible to apply.
Bring stories to life and amplify impact! As Communication Officer (Digital & Content Creation), you’ll craft compelling, digital‑first content that engages diverse audiences and drives UNICEF’s mission in child rights advocacy, fundraising, and partnerships. Your creativity will help shape conversations and inspire action for every child. Apply now — turn ideas into influence and make a difference!
UNICEF China is looking for seasoned candidates for the position - Chief of Private Sector Fundraising (P-5). This post is responsible for leading, coordinating, planning, development and realization of a private sector fundraising strategy and plan for growth for the China Country Office.
If you are a committed and analytical public health professional with experience in child health and health systems, UNICEF Philippines invites you to apply as Consultant for Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) Manual Updating and Capacity Building) under the Health Section.
The consultant will support the Department of Health (DOH) in updating the IMNCI Manual and strengthening training protocols in line with national guidelines and evolving health needs. The role includes conducting stakeholder consultations and a landscape analysis to identify opportunities for integrating community-based IMNCI through Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs). Working closely with DOH and partners, the consultant will help enhance service delivery and capacity of health workers at the primary health care level. This assignment contributes to improving quality, equitable health services and reducing childhood morbidity and mortality in line with national priorities.
If you are a dedicated and analytical public health professional with experience in maternal and early childhood nutrition, UNICEF Philippines invites you to apply as Consultant for Nutrition under the Health Section. The consultant will provide technical and operational support in advancing nutrition initiatives through advocacy, policy development, and systems strengthening in close collaboration with the Department of Health. The role will focus on supporting the development and finalization of key policies, including the Administrative Order on the Establishment of Nutrition Support Groups, as well as strengthening maternal nutrition interventions such as the transition to Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation. Working under the supervision of the Nutrition Specialist, the consultant will coordinate with national and subnational stakeholders to ensure effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition programs. The assignment will contribute to improving maternal and child nutrition outcomes and ensuring alignment with national priorities and global standards.
UNICEF Mongolia is seeking a Programme Officer to provide technical and programmatic support to strengthen child-sensitive DRR and climate resilience and ensure effective emergency preparedness and response.
Positioned within the Director’s Office of PPD and under the supervision of the Public Partnerships Manager (Risk), the Partnerships Specialist (Contracts and Compliance) plays a central role in ensuring that UNICEF’s public-sector partnership agreements are negotiated, reviewed and cleared in line with organizational policies and requirements. The incumbent serves as the initial point of contact for PPD teams on contractual and donor conditionality issues, providing analytical support, facilitating internal escalation and decision-making, and maintaining internal records on pipeline of negotiations and donor conditions.In close collaboration with the Legal Team in OED, the Specialist supports decision-making around non‑standard conditions, ensures adherence to the Delegation of Authority framework for agreement signature, and contributes to governance mechanisms related to resource mobilization decisions. The role strengthens organizational compliance by documenting and analyzing donor‑conditionality trends, advising on operational risks, and supporting process improvements related to agreement negotiation and signature workflows.The Specialist also leads capacity‑building and knowledge‑management efforts related to contracting, maintaining consolidated tools, guidance, and trackers that promote consistent, policy‑aligned decision‑making across PPD. Additionally, the role contributes to broader partnerships risk‑management initiatives by coordinating exchanges on donor conditions and compliance issues, preparing senior‑level materials, and providing backstopping support across the Risk Management Team.
The consultant is expected to manage the pedagogical content production of 1MiO initiative by providing technical support for the implementation of curation and pedagogical content production. Travel is required.
To concretise the GenU approach in South Africa and shift towards actionable plans, the services of a consultant are required. The consultant will lead the integration of a local university’s entrepreneurship training content into the Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA) digital platform to scale youth access to entrepreneurship training. This includes content assessments, cost–impact analysis and negotiating partnership terms (subject to agreement). The role also involves brokering partnerships across private, public and civil society sectors to build a pipeline of gig and work opportunities for the YOMA impact marketplace and developing incentives to encourage opportunity listings. In addition, the consultant will support project management and coordination for the broader project.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical and quality assurance support for the development, testing and enhancement of the OASIS/Common Back Office (CBO) platform within UNICEF’s digital service infrastructure.
The consultant will support the GSSC team in ensuring that the OASIS/CBO platform and associated enterprise systems operate effectively and meet UNICEF’s operational requirements.
Join our team and make people strategy count!As a People & Culture professional, you will partner with leaders to deliver practical, people‑centred solutions that strengthen performance, inclusion, and staff capability. From business partnering and learning to HR analytics and strategic P&C initiatives, your work will directly support organizational effectiveness and results for children.
UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest is recruiting highly dedicated individuals with structured, service-oriented working styles to join UNICEF GSSC`s Travel Unit which will be responsible for the travel administration and management of UNICEF Offices worldwide. The ideal candidates should have experience in travel administration and management functions.
