La malnutrition demeure un problème majeur de santé publique à Madagascar et constitue un frein important
au développement humain et socio-économique du pays. Malgré les efforts entrepris par le Gouvernement et
les partenaires techniques et financiers, les indicateurs nutritionnels restent préoccupants dans plusieurs
régions, avec des disparités importantes selon les zones géographiques.
Afin de mieux comprendre les déterminants de la malnutrition et d’orienter les interventions de manière plus
efficace, le Gouvernement de Madagascar, à travers l’INSTAT, le SNUT et l’ONN, souhaite conduire une analyse
approfondie des données issues des dernières enquêtes SMART ainsi que de l’enquête MICS.
Cette analyse vise à identifier les principaux facteurs de risque associés à la malnutrition dans les six
arrondissements de la ville d’Antananarivo ainsi que dans d’autres zones du pays, selon la disponibilité des
données (SMART 2026, MICS et SMART Antananarivo 2025). Les résultats permettront de hiérarchiser les
facteurs explicatifs de la malnutrition, d’évaluer leur contribution relative et de proposer des recommandations
opérationnelles adaptées au contexte spécifique de chaque zone.
Par ailleurs, cette étude contribuera au renforcement des capacités nationales en matière d’analyse
nutritionnelle et épidémiologique grâce à un transfert de compétences au profit des équipes gouvernementales,
notamment celles de l’INSTAT, du SNUT et de l’ONN, afin de favoriser l’appropriation des méthodes et la
pérennisation des analyses futures.
Dans ce cadre, il est prévu de recruter un(e) consultant(e) spécialisé(e) en nutrition et analyse épidémiologique
afin d’apporter un appui technique à la réalisation de cette étude.
Senegal faces growing fiscal constraints that limit investments in social sectors, while child poverty and inequalities remain widespread. Many children continue to experience deprivations in health, education, nutrition, and social protection, further worsened by climate-related shocks. In response, UNICEF is strengthening its work on public finance for children, social protection, planning, and evidence-based policymaking. The Social Policy, Planning and Monitoring Specialist (P-3) TA plays a key role in advancing these efforts and improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children.
The Digital Paid Media Consultant is responsible for driving financial growth and ensuring sustainability in their assigned UNICEF markets. They collaborate closely with global UNICEF teams and regional squads to offer expertise in digital performance marketing and advertising across owned, earned, and paid media channels—primarily focusing on AI, Meta, and Google ads.
UNICEF is developing a global framework to estimate the economic cost of the learning crisis, including learning denial, deprivation, and disruption affecting millions of children worldwide. The framework will quantify the impact on economic growth, productivity, public finances, and human capital to strengthen the case for education investment.
The consultant will support the development, testing, validation, and documentation of this country-level analytical model, including data analysis and cost estimation. Country results will be aggregated to produce regional and global estimates of the learning crisis’s economic impact.
The Global MHPSS Leadership Team requires a consultant to support the generation, communication, and use of mental health data and evidence at community, national, and global levels to guide decision-making. The consultant will support the development of operational models, guidance, and tools; facilitate stakeholder consultations; and document country experiences, case studies, and lessons learned to strengthen child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) systems. The consultancy is of a temporary, output-based nature, with deliverables tied to discrete workplan activities across a 12-month period.
UNICEF Lebanon is seeking a qualified and motivated individual to provide technical, programmatic, operational, and coordination support to the implementation of Education and Child Protection programmes in the field. The incumbent will support the effective planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of programme activities, while facilitating coordination with government counterparts, implementing partners, UN agencies, and other key stakeholders. The position will contribute to the timely delivery of humanitarian and development interventions, ensuring programme continuity and supporting UNICEF's efforts to provide equitable access to quality education and child protection services for the most vulnerable children and families affected by emergencies and protracted crises.
Join UNICEF and contribute to the development of innovative education programmes that improve learning outcomes and ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all children. Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief Education P4, the Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education (or a sector of) programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of education programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist contributes to achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
UNICEF Somalia is seeking an Administrative Associate, GS-6, under a Temporary Appointment based in Mogadishu. The role will support asset management, facilities and premises operations, events coordination, staff telecommunications, transportation services, and routine administrative reporting. The position requires strong organizational skills, experience in administrative or operational support, and the ability to work effectively in a complex and fast-paced environment.
UNICEF’s Child Protection and Migration Programme is seeking an experienced individual consultant to develop a landmark global resource: a Practical Handbook for Governments on Developing, Financing, and Implementing a National Action Plan (NAP) to End Child Marriage. Designed as a global public good, the handbook will provide governments with practical, evidence-informed guidance to strengthen national leadership, planning, financing, implementation and accountability for ending child marriage.
UNICEF is working to strengthen immunization services and build more resilient health systems to reach vulnerable children. The Operations Specialist provides technical and operational support to ensure the effective, efficient, and accountable delivery of the Polio Programme, overseeing financial, administrative, human resources, and supply functions to support programme implementation and results for children.
The Communication Specialist will provide general communication support across the Country Office, with a particular focus on strengthening donor visibility, producing high-quality digital and multimedia content, managing social media outputs, and communicating the impact of UNICEF’s work for children. The role will support timely, accurate and compelling communication products for public audiences, donors, partners, National Committees, media and other key stakeholders.
Pakistan, with a population exceeding 240 million, faces persistent challenges in poverty, social exclusion, gender inequality, and vulnerability to disasters and emergencies. Over 38% of Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty, with deep disparities at provincial and district levels, exacerbated by social exclusion, discrimination, and violence against marginalized groups, especially women, children, and minorities. The COVID-19 pandemic, recurring natural disasters, and ongoing humanitarian crises have further exposed the fragility of community systems and the urgent need for robust, inclusive, and resilient community engagement mechanisms
Social norms, information gaps, and low trust in public services further hinder service uptake. Technical solutions alone are insufficient; robust community engagement (CE) is essential to expand service reach, strengthen frontline systems, and address behavioral, social, and structural barriers. However, current CE efforts are fragmented and inconsistently linked with service delivery.
Community engagement emerged as one of the most effective components across the SBC portfolio . It relies on trusted local actors, culturally grounded approaches, participatory delivery, and regular interpersonal contact. These strategies helped shift knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours across sectors including health, WASH, education, nutrition, child protection, and polio.
The SBC formative evaluation highlights that interpersonal, community embedded delivery was the central driver of behaviour change. By leveraging community trust, local insights, and repeated face to face engagement, programmes were able to overcome social barriers, build ownership, and make desired behaviours more practical and acceptable for households.
This assignment will support the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) to strengthen and institutionalise the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) across Kiribati, with a particular focus on ensuring sustainability, quality of care, and responsiveness to emerging climate and outbreak related child health risks. The work will contribute to improved neonatal and child health outcomes by updating national guidance, building a sustainable training and mentoring system, integrating IMNCI into pre-service education, and supporting initial operationalisation of IMNCI services in selected facilities.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide strategic, technical, and coordination support to UNICEF Pacific in its role as Secretariat to both the Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Development (PRC4ECD) and the Pacific Regional Inclusive Education Framework (PRIEF). The consultant will strengthen regional mechanisms that advance ECD and Inclusive Education, ensure continuity across upcoming high-level milestones, and help translate political commitments into practical, country-level action
UNICEF Maldives seeks to engage qualified individual(s) to provide professional photography and videography services in support of its communication and advocacy objectives. This includes delivering high-quality, on-demand visual content to document programme implementation, advocacy initiatives, donor reporting, emergency responses, and official events across the country.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant to support UNICEF’s regional data tech portfolio in advancing the priorities of the Frontier Data Network (FDN) work plan with LACRO region.
To provide UNICEF Center of Excellence in Panama with timely, actionable and behaviourally informed intelligence on emerging narratives, concerns, misinformation trends, information needs, trust dynamics, and emerging issues related to child and adolescent health and immunization across Latin America and the Caribbean, and to generate evidenceinformed recommendations to support programme decision-making, risk communication, community engagement and demand generation efforts.
The Evaluation Office of UNICEF is conducting the Evaluation of child protection systems strengthening for prevention of and response to violence against children and women, an evaluation included in the UNICEF Plan for Global Evaluations 2026–2029. The evaluation focuses on an important programme area for the organization given the breadth of the child right deprivations that programmes intend to address, the scale of the investment and the strategic importance of violence prevention and response. The evaluation serves the purposes of accountability and the generation of learnings to inform the adjustment of programmes, policies and resource mobilization to strengthen their alignment with the Strategic Plan 2026–2029.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the integration of child protection and GBV prevention and response within WASH Sectors in Liberia, ensuring that WASH policies, programmes, and investments contribute to safer environments and reduced violence risks for children, adolescents, and women.
La malnutrition demeure un problème majeur de santé publique à Madagascar et constitue un frein important
au développement humain et socio-économique du pays. Malgré les efforts entrepris par le Gouvernement et
les partenaires techniques et financiers, les indicateurs nutritionnels restent préoccupants dans plusieurs
régions, avec des disparités importantes selon les zones géographiques.
Afin de mieux comprendre les déterminants de la malnutrition et d’orienter les interventions de manière plus
efficace, le Gouvernement de Madagascar, à travers l’INSTAT, le SNUT et l’ONN, souhaite conduire une analyse
approfondie des données issues des dernières enquêtes SMART ainsi que de l’enquête MICS.
Cette analyse vise à identifier les principaux facteurs de risque associés à la malnutrition dans les six
arrondissements de la ville d’Antananarivo ainsi que dans d’autres zones du pays, selon la disponibilité des
données (SMART 2026, MICS et SMART Antananarivo 2025). Les résultats permettront de hiérarchiser les
facteurs explicatifs de la malnutrition, d’évaluer leur contribution relative et de proposer des recommandations
opérationnelles adaptées au contexte spécifique de chaque zone.
Par ailleurs, cette étude contribuera au renforcement des capacités nationales en matière d’analyse
nutritionnelle et épidémiologique grâce à un transfert de compétences au profit des équipes gouvernementales,
notamment celles de l’INSTAT, du SNUT et de l’ONN, afin de favoriser l’appropriation des méthodes et la
pérennisation des analyses futures.
Dans ce cadre, il est prévu de recruter un(e) consultant(e) spécialisé(e) en nutrition et analyse épidémiologique
afin d’apporter un appui technique à la réalisation de cette étude.
Senegal faces growing fiscal constraints that limit investments in social sectors, while child poverty and inequalities remain widespread. Many children continue to experience deprivations in health, education, nutrition, and social protection, further worsened by climate-related shocks. In response, UNICEF is strengthening its work on public finance for children, social protection, planning, and evidence-based policymaking. The Social Policy, Planning and Monitoring Specialist (P-3) TA plays a key role in advancing these efforts and improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children.
The Digital Paid Media Consultant is responsible for driving financial growth and ensuring sustainability in their assigned UNICEF markets. They collaborate closely with global UNICEF teams and regional squads to offer expertise in digital performance marketing and advertising across owned, earned, and paid media channels—primarily focusing on AI, Meta, and Google ads.
UNICEF is developing a global framework to estimate the economic cost of the learning crisis, including learning denial, deprivation, and disruption affecting millions of children worldwide. The framework will quantify the impact on economic growth, productivity, public finances, and human capital to strengthen the case for education investment.
The consultant will support the development, testing, validation, and documentation of this country-level analytical model, including data analysis and cost estimation. Country results will be aggregated to produce regional and global estimates of the learning crisis’s economic impact.
The Global MHPSS Leadership Team requires a consultant to support the generation, communication, and use of mental health data and evidence at community, national, and global levels to guide decision-making. The consultant will support the development of operational models, guidance, and tools; facilitate stakeholder consultations; and document country experiences, case studies, and lessons learned to strengthen child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) systems. The consultancy is of a temporary, output-based nature, with deliverables tied to discrete workplan activities across a 12-month period.
UNICEF Lebanon is seeking a qualified and motivated individual to provide technical, programmatic, operational, and coordination support to the implementation of Education and Child Protection programmes in the field. The incumbent will support the effective planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of programme activities, while facilitating coordination with government counterparts, implementing partners, UN agencies, and other key stakeholders. The position will contribute to the timely delivery of humanitarian and development interventions, ensuring programme continuity and supporting UNICEF's efforts to provide equitable access to quality education and child protection services for the most vulnerable children and families affected by emergencies and protracted crises.
Join UNICEF and contribute to the development of innovative education programmes that improve learning outcomes and ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all children. Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief Education P4, the Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education (or a sector of) programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of education programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist contributes to achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
UNICEF Somalia is seeking an Administrative Associate, GS-6, under a Temporary Appointment based in Mogadishu. The role will support asset management, facilities and premises operations, events coordination, staff telecommunications, transportation services, and routine administrative reporting. The position requires strong organizational skills, experience in administrative or operational support, and the ability to work effectively in a complex and fast-paced environment.
UNICEF’s Child Protection and Migration Programme is seeking an experienced individual consultant to develop a landmark global resource: a Practical Handbook for Governments on Developing, Financing, and Implementing a National Action Plan (NAP) to End Child Marriage. Designed as a global public good, the handbook will provide governments with practical, evidence-informed guidance to strengthen national leadership, planning, financing, implementation and accountability for ending child marriage.
UNICEF is working to strengthen immunization services and build more resilient health systems to reach vulnerable children. The Operations Specialist provides technical and operational support to ensure the effective, efficient, and accountable delivery of the Polio Programme, overseeing financial, administrative, human resources, and supply functions to support programme implementation and results for children.
The Communication Specialist will provide general communication support across the Country Office, with a particular focus on strengthening donor visibility, producing high-quality digital and multimedia content, managing social media outputs, and communicating the impact of UNICEF’s work for children. The role will support timely, accurate and compelling communication products for public audiences, donors, partners, National Committees, media and other key stakeholders.
Pakistan, with a population exceeding 240 million, faces persistent challenges in poverty, social exclusion, gender inequality, and vulnerability to disasters and emergencies. Over 38% of Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty, with deep disparities at provincial and district levels, exacerbated by social exclusion, discrimination, and violence against marginalized groups, especially women, children, and minorities. The COVID-19 pandemic, recurring natural disasters, and ongoing humanitarian crises have further exposed the fragility of community systems and the urgent need for robust, inclusive, and resilient community engagement mechanisms
Social norms, information gaps, and low trust in public services further hinder service uptake. Technical solutions alone are insufficient; robust community engagement (CE) is essential to expand service reach, strengthen frontline systems, and address behavioral, social, and structural barriers. However, current CE efforts are fragmented and inconsistently linked with service delivery.
Community engagement emerged as one of the most effective components across the SBC portfolio . It relies on trusted local actors, culturally grounded approaches, participatory delivery, and regular interpersonal contact. These strategies helped shift knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours across sectors including health, WASH, education, nutrition, child protection, and polio.
The SBC formative evaluation highlights that interpersonal, community embedded delivery was the central driver of behaviour change. By leveraging community trust, local insights, and repeated face to face engagement, programmes were able to overcome social barriers, build ownership, and make desired behaviours more practical and acceptable for households.
This assignment will support the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) to strengthen and institutionalise the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) across Kiribati, with a particular focus on ensuring sustainability, quality of care, and responsiveness to emerging climate and outbreak related child health risks. The work will contribute to improved neonatal and child health outcomes by updating national guidance, building a sustainable training and mentoring system, integrating IMNCI into pre-service education, and supporting initial operationalisation of IMNCI services in selected facilities.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide strategic, technical, and coordination support to UNICEF Pacific in its role as Secretariat to both the Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Development (PRC4ECD) and the Pacific Regional Inclusive Education Framework (PRIEF). The consultant will strengthen regional mechanisms that advance ECD and Inclusive Education, ensure continuity across upcoming high-level milestones, and help translate political commitments into practical, country-level action
UNICEF Maldives seeks to engage qualified individual(s) to provide professional photography and videography services in support of its communication and advocacy objectives. This includes delivering high-quality, on-demand visual content to document programme implementation, advocacy initiatives, donor reporting, emergency responses, and official events across the country.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant to support UNICEF’s regional data tech portfolio in advancing the priorities of the Frontier Data Network (FDN) work plan with LACRO region.
To provide UNICEF Center of Excellence in Panama with timely, actionable and behaviourally informed intelligence on emerging narratives, concerns, misinformation trends, information needs, trust dynamics, and emerging issues related to child and adolescent health and immunization across Latin America and the Caribbean, and to generate evidenceinformed recommendations to support programme decision-making, risk communication, community engagement and demand generation efforts.
The Evaluation Office of UNICEF is conducting the Evaluation of child protection systems strengthening for prevention of and response to violence against children and women, an evaluation included in the UNICEF Plan for Global Evaluations 2026–2029. The evaluation focuses on an important programme area for the organization given the breadth of the child right deprivations that programmes intend to address, the scale of the investment and the strategic importance of violence prevention and response. The evaluation serves the purposes of accountability and the generation of learnings to inform the adjustment of programmes, policies and resource mobilization to strengthen their alignment with the Strategic Plan 2026–2029.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the integration of child protection and GBV prevention and response within WASH Sectors in Liberia, ensuring that WASH policies, programmes, and investments contribute to safer environments and reduced violence risks for children, adolescents, and women.
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