The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
UNICEF Skopje is seeking for an International Consultant support the Ministry of Education and Science to improve the quality of inclusive education, by designing a training of trainers programme for capacity development of Teaching Assistants; and to strengthen the technical capacity of Resource schools staff to assume the responsibility for training and mentoring Teaching assistants with regards to the practical application of the International Classification of Functioning-Children & Youth (ICF-CY). Provision of teaching assistants is linked to the Law for Primary Education and the part of the Concept for Inclusive education, which aims to strengthen national education systems, so that by 2021 more children are in school and receiving high quality, primary education
UNICEF is looking for an individual consultant to support the Ministry of Health and Social Services to conduct pre-validation assessment of elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis in Namibia. The consultant will be required to undertake the following activities:
1. Assess the implementation status of existing national polices, strategic plans, national EMTCT and Syphilis plans, national guidelines and testing algorithms of EMTCT of HIV and Syphilis (where applicable), and their consistency or alignment with WHO recommended policies, algorithms and standards.
2. Identify potential gaps and areas that need more clarification and discussion and highlight key data and programme issues for both HIV and Syphilis
3. Document and analyze the available national programme data for HIV and Syphilis testing, for maternal viral load, and Early Infant Diagnosis (EID).
4. Provide a summary status and analysis of impact and process indicators for EMTCT and path to elimination of HIV and Congenital Syphilis validation
Polio Team Lead and in coordination with the Chief of C4D, the consultant will support the design and implementation of the social mobilization and community engagement component of the Polio outbreaks response
To provide technical support to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on effective and efficient introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, monitoring and coordination at the national and sub national levels.
Join our dynamic team in UNICEF Malawi on a temporary appointment where you will be responsible for managing the African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) to train African youth in 21st century skills, such as drones or geo-referenced data, and enable them to contribute to UNICEF programme objectives. As the programme specialist, you will provide technical support and advice to the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of ADDA.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief of WASH and in collaboration with the Regional Advisor WASH ESARO, the Programme Associate supports the WASH section by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their portfolios, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the Office external partners and agency counterparts in support of the sections’ work. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of activities through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.
Purpose & Expected Results
The overall objective of this consultancy is to ensure that public acceptance, demand and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in the country is adequate. As part of its commitment to enhance quality of program utilization, UNICEF C4D section seeks to further scale up people centered behavior and social change strategy to shape positive social norms, increase demand for social services, enhance service utilization and accountability by building strong dialogue, partnership and confidence with the communities.In this regard the consultant is expected. In the South Sudan context, as the vaccine roll out will be done in phased way focusing on specific population segments, differential strategies will be designed. Some key tasks for this assignment will be:
• To support development of the communication strategy and its phased roll out including monitoring
• To successfully promote and sustain the desired behaviour based on evidence for specific population groups targeted for the vaccination
• To conduct an initial assessment and analysis for key demand-related drivers including risk perception and vaccine hesitancy
• To support coordination with national and sub-national stakeholders, including government, implementing partners
• To document demand generation interventions and establish a social listening and rumour management platform to inform crisis communication activities
The objective of this consultancy is to provide support to the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan by development of a time-bound comprehensive Action Plan (Road map) for delivering high-impact HIV testing services.
The objective of this consultancy is to provide support to the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan by evaluation efficiency of HIV Laboratories in Uzbekistan and provide recommendations on improving lab efficiency.
The Division of Communication (DOC) requires consultancy services to support the Goodwill Ambassador Programme (GWA) team in identifying and implementing opportunities for GWAs to raise awareness of UNICEF Global Advocacy Priorities to include updating and modifying all written materials needed for the GWA programme with reference to GWA vaccine support.
Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) is a global partnership with over 300 members including national governments, donors, civil society organizations, private sector organizations and other development partners, working together to increase political commitment to water supply, sanitation and hygiene. More information on SWA’s website.
UNICEF hosts the Secretariat of SWA. The communications of SWA are managed and coordinated by a Communications Specialist (CS). The CS works with a wider network of suppliers, from designers to copywriters, from video producers to translators.
At the end of 2020 the SWA Communications team finalized a draft zero of the SWA Impact Booklet. In this Booklet, SWA will show the impact of the partnership's work, through collaboration with many different partners across the globe. It currently includes 16 impact stories (around 1 -page each) and reflection on tracking impact through advocacy and political engagement. The Impact Booklet will be a living document, as SWA collects and adds more case-studies. The case-studies in the Booklet will also be use in other platform, such as the SWA website or presentations.
The purpose of this consultancy is to write a coherent equity focused Programme Strategy Notes and Country Programme Document according to the latest guidance and aligned to aligned to national priorities and UNSDCF. This will include incorporating findings from the situation analysis, the common country assessments, national development plans, annual reports, as well as to write theories of change clearly articulated for each programme priority area.
The CPD, should be developed through the lens of social inclusion and will cover the following UNICEF Strategic Plan priority programme areas: Every child survives and thrives; Every child learns; Every child is protected from violence and exploitation; Every child lives in a safe and clean environment and Every child has an equitable chance in life, taking into account three UNICEF cross-cutting priorities: Humanitarian action, Climate change and Gender Equality
Location:Ghana, Nigeria, France, Germany, United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Eastern Caribbean, Jamaica
The consultant will be responsible for supporting UNICEF programming on skills development is strengthened through technical support, tools and guidance as well as knowledge management and advocacy products leading to stronger skills development programming, contributing to knowledge sharing within UNICEF.
UNICEF Sierra Leone is seeking to select an Emergency C4D Specialist to coordinate and manage UNICEF CO C4D/Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) preparedness and response to strengthen and sustain national RCCE interventions, processes, and capacities.
UNICEF’s Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) works with the private sector through UNICEF National Committees, country offices and HQ divisions to expand strategic engagement with the private sector and advocate for child rights. As UNICEF shifts into a more agile organization able to deliver on ambitious targets outlined in its Impact Plan, there is a strong need to invest in building the capacity of staff (global, regional, country office and National Committees).
To help address this need, PFP holds a number of thematic, regional and global knowledge sharing events. Content from these events are repackaged into different knowledge products as part of PFP’s end-to-end knowledge management framework. One form of repackaging is the conversion of content into e-learning courses which allow colleagues to upskill themselves in a self-paced manner. To date, PFP, under the leadership of the PRIME Section, has launched more than a dozen e-courses housed in a dedicated channel on ‘Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships’ housed in its Learning Management System called Agora.
This year, as PFP enters the last year of its Impact Plan implementation, and as it prepares for the new 4-year UNICEF Strategic Plan, there is a need for enhanced capacity building initiatives on PFP’s strategic priorities repackaged into e-learning and other interactive formats. There is also a need to update existing courses and improve the e-learning channel to ensure better user experience.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Human Resources Administration in the GSSC, the Administrative Assistant (HR Administration) is responsible to provide administrative and secretarial support services to the Chief of Section
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia seeks a dedicated, experienced and highly motivated Child Protection Specialist to join the organization. The Child Protection Specialist (Social and Gender norms, adolescents and innovation) reports to the Chief, Child Protection/Level 4 for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist will be the manager of Output 3 of the Child Protection programme “By 2023, parents, teachers, religious leaders, communities and adolescents have enhanced knowledge, skills and attitudes to protect girls and boys from violence and exploitation through the scale of Positive Discipline, Positive Parenting and Cambodia PROTECT child protection programmes”. S/he will supervise two NOB Child Protection Officers. If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
UNICEF Moldova is seeking to contract a National Individual Consultant, to conduct a review of laws and regulations related to guardianship, tutorship, legal representation and legal responsibility in the Republic of Moldova and to develop a Regulation on tutorship and guardianship of the child and, if relevant, propose updates to other relevant regulatory documents.
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
UNICEF Skopje is seeking for an International Consultant support the Ministry of Education and Science to improve the quality of inclusive education, by designing a training of trainers programme for capacity development of Teaching Assistants; and to strengthen the technical capacity of Resource schools staff to assume the responsibility for training and mentoring Teaching assistants with regards to the practical application of the International Classification of Functioning-Children & Youth (ICF-CY). Provision of teaching assistants is linked to the Law for Primary Education and the part of the Concept for Inclusive education, which aims to strengthen national education systems, so that by 2021 more children are in school and receiving high quality, primary education
UNICEF is looking for an individual consultant to support the Ministry of Health and Social Services to conduct pre-validation assessment of elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis in Namibia. The consultant will be required to undertake the following activities:
1. Assess the implementation status of existing national polices, strategic plans, national EMTCT and Syphilis plans, national guidelines and testing algorithms of EMTCT of HIV and Syphilis (where applicable), and their consistency or alignment with WHO recommended policies, algorithms and standards.
2. Identify potential gaps and areas that need more clarification and discussion and highlight key data and programme issues for both HIV and Syphilis
3. Document and analyze the available national programme data for HIV and Syphilis testing, for maternal viral load, and Early Infant Diagnosis (EID).
4. Provide a summary status and analysis of impact and process indicators for EMTCT and path to elimination of HIV and Congenital Syphilis validation
Polio Team Lead and in coordination with the Chief of C4D, the consultant will support the design and implementation of the social mobilization and community engagement component of the Polio outbreaks response
To provide technical support to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on effective and efficient introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, monitoring and coordination at the national and sub national levels.
Join our dynamic team in UNICEF Malawi on a temporary appointment where you will be responsible for managing the African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) to train African youth in 21st century skills, such as drones or geo-referenced data, and enable them to contribute to UNICEF programme objectives. As the programme specialist, you will provide technical support and advice to the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of ADDA.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief of WASH and in collaboration with the Regional Advisor WASH ESARO, the Programme Associate supports the WASH section by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their portfolios, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the Office external partners and agency counterparts in support of the sections’ work. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of activities through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.
Purpose & Expected Results
The overall objective of this consultancy is to ensure that public acceptance, demand and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in the country is adequate. As part of its commitment to enhance quality of program utilization, UNICEF C4D section seeks to further scale up people centered behavior and social change strategy to shape positive social norms, increase demand for social services, enhance service utilization and accountability by building strong dialogue, partnership and confidence with the communities.In this regard the consultant is expected. In the South Sudan context, as the vaccine roll out will be done in phased way focusing on specific population segments, differential strategies will be designed. Some key tasks for this assignment will be:
• To support development of the communication strategy and its phased roll out including monitoring
• To successfully promote and sustain the desired behaviour based on evidence for specific population groups targeted for the vaccination
• To conduct an initial assessment and analysis for key demand-related drivers including risk perception and vaccine hesitancy
• To support coordination with national and sub-national stakeholders, including government, implementing partners
• To document demand generation interventions and establish a social listening and rumour management platform to inform crisis communication activities
The objective of this consultancy is to provide support to the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan by development of a time-bound comprehensive Action Plan (Road map) for delivering high-impact HIV testing services.
The objective of this consultancy is to provide support to the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan by evaluation efficiency of HIV Laboratories in Uzbekistan and provide recommendations on improving lab efficiency.
The Division of Communication (DOC) requires consultancy services to support the Goodwill Ambassador Programme (GWA) team in identifying and implementing opportunities for GWAs to raise awareness of UNICEF Global Advocacy Priorities to include updating and modifying all written materials needed for the GWA programme with reference to GWA vaccine support.
Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) is a global partnership with over 300 members including national governments, donors, civil society organizations, private sector organizations and other development partners, working together to increase political commitment to water supply, sanitation and hygiene. More information on SWA’s website.
UNICEF hosts the Secretariat of SWA. The communications of SWA are managed and coordinated by a Communications Specialist (CS). The CS works with a wider network of suppliers, from designers to copywriters, from video producers to translators.
At the end of 2020 the SWA Communications team finalized a draft zero of the SWA Impact Booklet. In this Booklet, SWA will show the impact of the partnership's work, through collaboration with many different partners across the globe. It currently includes 16 impact stories (around 1 -page each) and reflection on tracking impact through advocacy and political engagement. The Impact Booklet will be a living document, as SWA collects and adds more case-studies. The case-studies in the Booklet will also be use in other platform, such as the SWA website or presentations.
The purpose of this consultancy is to write a coherent equity focused Programme Strategy Notes and Country Programme Document according to the latest guidance and aligned to aligned to national priorities and UNSDCF. This will include incorporating findings from the situation analysis, the common country assessments, national development plans, annual reports, as well as to write theories of change clearly articulated for each programme priority area.
The CPD, should be developed through the lens of social inclusion and will cover the following UNICEF Strategic Plan priority programme areas: Every child survives and thrives; Every child learns; Every child is protected from violence and exploitation; Every child lives in a safe and clean environment and Every child has an equitable chance in life, taking into account three UNICEF cross-cutting priorities: Humanitarian action, Climate change and Gender Equality
Location:Ghana, Nigeria, France, Germany, United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Eastern Caribbean, Jamaica
The consultant will be responsible for supporting UNICEF programming on skills development is strengthened through technical support, tools and guidance as well as knowledge management and advocacy products leading to stronger skills development programming, contributing to knowledge sharing within UNICEF.
UNICEF Sierra Leone is seeking to select an Emergency C4D Specialist to coordinate and manage UNICEF CO C4D/Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) preparedness and response to strengthen and sustain national RCCE interventions, processes, and capacities.
UNICEF’s Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) works with the private sector through UNICEF National Committees, country offices and HQ divisions to expand strategic engagement with the private sector and advocate for child rights. As UNICEF shifts into a more agile organization able to deliver on ambitious targets outlined in its Impact Plan, there is a strong need to invest in building the capacity of staff (global, regional, country office and National Committees).
To help address this need, PFP holds a number of thematic, regional and global knowledge sharing events. Content from these events are repackaged into different knowledge products as part of PFP’s end-to-end knowledge management framework. One form of repackaging is the conversion of content into e-learning courses which allow colleagues to upskill themselves in a self-paced manner. To date, PFP, under the leadership of the PRIME Section, has launched more than a dozen e-courses housed in a dedicated channel on ‘Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships’ housed in its Learning Management System called Agora.
This year, as PFP enters the last year of its Impact Plan implementation, and as it prepares for the new 4-year UNICEF Strategic Plan, there is a need for enhanced capacity building initiatives on PFP’s strategic priorities repackaged into e-learning and other interactive formats. There is also a need to update existing courses and improve the e-learning channel to ensure better user experience.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Human Resources Administration in the GSSC, the Administrative Assistant (HR Administration) is responsible to provide administrative and secretarial support services to the Chief of Section
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia seeks a dedicated, experienced and highly motivated Child Protection Specialist to join the organization. The Child Protection Specialist (Social and Gender norms, adolescents and innovation) reports to the Chief, Child Protection/Level 4 for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist will be the manager of Output 3 of the Child Protection programme “By 2023, parents, teachers, religious leaders, communities and adolescents have enhanced knowledge, skills and attitudes to protect girls and boys from violence and exploitation through the scale of Positive Discipline, Positive Parenting and Cambodia PROTECT child protection programmes”. S/he will supervise two NOB Child Protection Officers. If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
UNICEF Moldova is seeking to contract a National Individual Consultant, to conduct a review of laws and regulations related to guardianship, tutorship, legal representation and legal responsibility in the Republic of Moldova and to develop a Regulation on tutorship and guardianship of the child and, if relevant, propose updates to other relevant regulatory documents.
