Join UNICEF as a Programme Specialist and help advance inclusive social protection for children and young people affected by migration and forced displacement. Bring your expertise in policy, evidence, technical assistance and partnerships to strengthen national systems, support the PROSPECTS Partnership, and contribute to global advocacy and the 2027 Global Refugee Forum.
UNICEF Bangladesh’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Section works with government agencies, development partners, private-sector actors and other stakeholders to advance SDG 6.1 and 6.2 and national WASH targets.
The consultant will provide specialized technical, institutional and quality-assurance support across UNICEF Bangladesh’s sanitation and WASH infrastructure portfolio.
UNICEF seeks a consultant to support the mobilization of catalytic finance for the WASH sector and the preparation of the Sanitation Programme Facility (SPF) in Nigeria.
Join UNICEF's Global Programme Division as a Health Specialist (Adolescent Health) and play a pivotal role in advancing adolescent health and well-being worldwide. Based in Nairobi within UNICEF's Centre of Excellence, you will provide strategic leadership and technical expertise to strengthen adolescent-responsive health systems and services, influence global policy and guidance, and support countries in designing and scaling evidence-based programmes. Working closely with governments, development partners, UNICEF Regional and Country Offices, you will drive innovation, capacity development, knowledge generation, partnerships, and resource mobilization to improve equitable access to quality health services for adolescents and contribute to sustainable results at global, regional and country levels.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant will support the origination, design, quality assurance, submission, appraisal, approval, and post-approval processing of climate-finance projects, while strengthening the capacity of COs to develop high-quality Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund projects.
UNICEF Bhutan has internship opportunity for final year students of the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law to support the Child Protection Section in the area of Justice for Children.
Child wasting remains a major cause of preventable illness and death, requiring effective prevention, early identification, treatment, follow-up and relapse prevention across routine, fragile and humanitarian health systems. However, conflict, displacement, climate shocks, food insecurity and financing constraints often weaken service access, quality and continuity. Existing monitoring systems provide limited insight into service readiness, quality of care, referral completion, equity, supply continuity and populations missed by services, while data sources are often fragmented and poorly linked to decision-making. This initiative will strengthen the quality and performance of child wasting services by addressing system-level constraints and integrating quality improvement approaches into national health systems. Led by UNICEF’s Child Nutrition and Development Global Practice, the multi-country programme will support countries across Asia-Pacific and fragile and humanitarian settings through a common technical framework adapted to local contexts, in partnership with ministries of health, regional and country offices, and implementing partners.
Location:United States, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Thailand
Child wasting remains a persistent public health challenge in the Philippines, with low coverage of early identification and treatment services under the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM). While national policies and guidelines are in place, implementation gaps persist across service delivery, workforce capacity, data systems, supply chain reliability, and sustainable financing. The Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) Programme (2025–2029) supports the Government of the Philippines to accelerate reduction of wasting through five interlinked implementation components: 1. Improving access and uptake of nutrition services 2. Building a skilled and supported workforce 3. Strengthening nutrition data for action 4. Enabling reliable supply of essential nutrition supplies 5. Mobilising and optimizing nutrition financing Within this framework, UNICEF is supporting the nationwide scale-up of the PhilHealth SAM Outpatient Therapeutic Care (OTC) package, updating guidelines and capacities of service providers, strengthening PIMAM implementation across development and emergency contexts, and closing ongoing Simplified Approaches (SA) Operations Research, including Family MUAC and CHW-led treatment pilots. The Philippines through the Child Nutrition Fund channeled through UNICEF Philippines has committed to accrediting at least 2,011 primary health care facilities nationwide by 2029 under the PhilHealth SAM OTC package, alongside improvements in service utilization and admissions. Achieving these targets requires coordinated technical assistance that strengthens the wasting ecosystem across all five CNF components. This consultancy will therefore provide national technical support (capacity building, monitoring of program implementation, quality assurance, and documentation) to advance PIMAM scale-up across these components, while ensuring structured closure and policy translation of the Simplified Approaches Operations Research.
The purpose of this assignment is to support UNICEF and government partners in strengthening the enabling environment for safely managed sanitation financing in Nepal by assessing the sanitation financing landscape, identifying viable financing mechanisms and partnerships, addressing policy and institutional barriers, and developing practical approaches for mobilizing, tracking, and scaling sanitation investments.
Are you passionate about shaping how learning and skills are measured to improve education systems worldwide? Join UNICEF's Global Programme Division Centre of Excellence in Nairobi and help drive evidence-based education reforms that improve learning and skills outcomes for children and adolescents. As Education Specialist (Learning and Skills Assessment), you will provide strategic technical assistance to governments, UNICEF Country and Regional Offices, and partners to strengthen national assessment systems, learning measurement, and tracer studies, with a focus on transferable, digital and green skills, and secondary education outcomes. Working at the intersection of education policy, system strengthening, data, financing and innovation, you will contribute to UNICEF's Every Child Learns Education Strategy 2019-2030 and support countries in building more equitable, resilient and responsive education systems that prepare young people for life, work and active citizenship.
Digital Health Financing and Investment Consultant (Multi-country), Digital Health Transformation, Access and Equity (DHx) Section, Health Practice, Nairobi COE, Flexible location (home-based), with regular in-person engagement in Panama and Latin America and the Caribbean; see Working arrangement
La consultoría brindará asistencia técnica especializada al Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MAE), bajo la supervisión de UNICEF, para fortalecer los mecanismos que facilitan el acceso de los gobiernos municipales al financiamiento de proyectos de agua, saneamiento e higiene (WASH). El trabajo incluirá la revisión y mejora de los procesos de viabilidad técnica, la armonización de criterios entre el MAE y el Banco de Desarrollo del Ecuador (BDE), y el fortalecimiento de los sistemas e instrumentos de gestión utilizados en el sector.
Asimismo, la consultoría apoyará la coordinación entre instituciones públicas, organismos multilaterales y otros actores relevantes, contribuyendo al desarrollo de herramientas técnicas, la generación de evidencia y la formulación de recomendaciones para mejorar las políticas públicas y las estrategias de financiamiento del sector WASH.
Join UNICEF in strengthening safeguarding across Eastern and Southern Africa. We are looking for an experienced and passionate Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Programme Specialist to provide strategic leadership and technical support across four Country Offices. Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director, with matrix management arrangements involving the Representatives of participating Country Offices, the incumbent will work closely with country teams, to drive the implementation of UNICEF’s Safeguarding Policy, strengthen PSEA systems and capacities, and provide expert guidance on prevention, reporting and response to SEA. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to safer, more accountable programmes and help ensure that children, communities and partners remain protected from harm.
UNICEF Pakistan has provided critical support to the Government of Sindh in rehabilitating schools, WASH facilities, and health infrastructure. Building on these efforts, UNICEF, with support from various donors, plans to further assist the government in the rehabilitation and construction of facilities across the education, health, and WASH sectors. Further, more specifically, greater support will be directed towards the education sector to strengthen school infrastructure, enhance learning conditions, and improve accessibility for students. Additionally, in Sindh, UNICEF serves as the grant agent for both the System Transformation Grant (STG) and the System Capacity Grant (SCG), funded by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). Under the STG, the Sindh Learning Programme (SLP) has been launched as a four-year initiative targeting four districts: Dadu, Tando Allahyar, Tharparkar, and Umerkot. Key interventions under SLP include 1) Upgrading 50 primary schools to middle schools using prefabricated structures, incorporating pre-primary classrooms, separate latrines, and handwashing facilities for boys and girls.2) minor repairs and maintenance of 150 schools to enhance infrastructure and accessibility, ensuring a safer and more inclusive learning environment.
The Field Engineer/Consultant will provide technical support for planning, monitoring, supervision, quality assurance and field-level oversight of construction, rehabilitation, solarization and other related engineering activities in Sindh, with particular focus on the GPE-supported Sindh Learning Programme (SLP), especially Component 1. The assignment also allows for technical support to other UNICEF sectors, including Education, WASH and Health, where such support is required.
Become the next Health and Nutrition Specialist for UNICEF Mexico! We are seeking a senior professional to lead a key component of UNICEF Mexico’s Health and Nutrition agenda, providing strategic and technical leadership to strengthen national and subnational systems, influence public policy, build strategic partnerships and advance integrated Health, Nutrition and WASH approaches for school-age children and adolescents. You will lead a senior team and work closely with government and partners to translate evidence and policy commitments into sustainable results at scale.If you have the leadership, technical expertise and commitment to drive systems-level change in health and nutrition for children and adolescents, apply today!
Viet Nam Country Office is looking for a Programme Associate (Temporary Appointment), GS6 level. Under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, CCDRR-Emergency, the Programme Associate provides financial, budget, grant, partner-management and administrative support to UNICEF’s climate, disaster risk reduction, emergency, environmental health and WASH portfolio transitioning into Result Area 3.The incumbent supports programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting by ensuring accurate and timely processing and tracking of programme resources; monitoring budgets, grants and expenditures; supporting DCT and HACT processes; maintaining financial and programme records; preparing financial analyses and reports; and supporting implementing partners to comply with UNICEF financial requirements.
The Fund Raising Officer (Foundations) will work under the leadership of the Corporate Partnership Specialist (High Value Partnership) – NO-3 in São Paulo, Brazil Country Office, and in coordination with the LACRO Fundraising Team and the wider Global Fundraising team to create UNICEF’s High Value philanthropy pipeline in Brazil and maximize resources and support for UNICEF programmes to achieve results for children. Accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in philanthropy towards Foundations and the institutions of high value individual donors, with a strong focus on prospecting, relating and retaining donors; ensure maximum profitability to implement the UNICEF national and global goals and promote horizontal solidarity.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Finance Associate and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team
The Finance officer role is responsible for the preparation of complex statement of accounts, for example, the statements for grants funded by the various key donors, who are strategic partners to UNICEF. This position sits in UNICEF Division of Finance and Administration, within the Financial Reporting and Grant Management Unit, based in Brussels.
UNICEF is seeking a consultant to conduct a global cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness study of Child Protection Case Management (CPCM) services in humanitarian settings. The assignment will assess programme costs, outcomes, and value for money across selected country contexts, identify key cost drivers and efficiency factors, compare different service delivery models, and develop recommendations to strengthen workforce planning, programme design, scale-up, quality assurance, localization, and donor investment in child protection programmes.
Join UNICEF as a Programme Specialist and help advance inclusive social protection for children and young people affected by migration and forced displacement. Bring your expertise in policy, evidence, technical assistance and partnerships to strengthen national systems, support the PROSPECTS Partnership, and contribute to global advocacy and the 2027 Global Refugee Forum.
UNICEF Bangladesh’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Section works with government agencies, development partners, private-sector actors and other stakeholders to advance SDG 6.1 and 6.2 and national WASH targets.
The consultant will provide specialized technical, institutional and quality-assurance support across UNICEF Bangladesh’s sanitation and WASH infrastructure portfolio.
UNICEF seeks a consultant to support the mobilization of catalytic finance for the WASH sector and the preparation of the Sanitation Programme Facility (SPF) in Nigeria.
Join UNICEF's Global Programme Division as a Health Specialist (Adolescent Health) and play a pivotal role in advancing adolescent health and well-being worldwide. Based in Nairobi within UNICEF's Centre of Excellence, you will provide strategic leadership and technical expertise to strengthen adolescent-responsive health systems and services, influence global policy and guidance, and support countries in designing and scaling evidence-based programmes. Working closely with governments, development partners, UNICEF Regional and Country Offices, you will drive innovation, capacity development, knowledge generation, partnerships, and resource mobilization to improve equitable access to quality health services for adolescents and contribute to sustainable results at global, regional and country levels.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant will support the origination, design, quality assurance, submission, appraisal, approval, and post-approval processing of climate-finance projects, while strengthening the capacity of COs to develop high-quality Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund projects.
UNICEF Bhutan has internship opportunity for final year students of the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law to support the Child Protection Section in the area of Justice for Children.
Child wasting remains a major cause of preventable illness and death, requiring effective prevention, early identification, treatment, follow-up and relapse prevention across routine, fragile and humanitarian health systems. However, conflict, displacement, climate shocks, food insecurity and financing constraints often weaken service access, quality and continuity. Existing monitoring systems provide limited insight into service readiness, quality of care, referral completion, equity, supply continuity and populations missed by services, while data sources are often fragmented and poorly linked to decision-making. This initiative will strengthen the quality and performance of child wasting services by addressing system-level constraints and integrating quality improvement approaches into national health systems. Led by UNICEF’s Child Nutrition and Development Global Practice, the multi-country programme will support countries across Asia-Pacific and fragile and humanitarian settings through a common technical framework adapted to local contexts, in partnership with ministries of health, regional and country offices, and implementing partners.
Location:United States, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Thailand
Child wasting remains a persistent public health challenge in the Philippines, with low coverage of early identification and treatment services under the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM). While national policies and guidelines are in place, implementation gaps persist across service delivery, workforce capacity, data systems, supply chain reliability, and sustainable financing. The Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) Programme (2025–2029) supports the Government of the Philippines to accelerate reduction of wasting through five interlinked implementation components: 1. Improving access and uptake of nutrition services 2. Building a skilled and supported workforce 3. Strengthening nutrition data for action 4. Enabling reliable supply of essential nutrition supplies 5. Mobilising and optimizing nutrition financing Within this framework, UNICEF is supporting the nationwide scale-up of the PhilHealth SAM Outpatient Therapeutic Care (OTC) package, updating guidelines and capacities of service providers, strengthening PIMAM implementation across development and emergency contexts, and closing ongoing Simplified Approaches (SA) Operations Research, including Family MUAC and CHW-led treatment pilots. The Philippines through the Child Nutrition Fund channeled through UNICEF Philippines has committed to accrediting at least 2,011 primary health care facilities nationwide by 2029 under the PhilHealth SAM OTC package, alongside improvements in service utilization and admissions. Achieving these targets requires coordinated technical assistance that strengthens the wasting ecosystem across all five CNF components. This consultancy will therefore provide national technical support (capacity building, monitoring of program implementation, quality assurance, and documentation) to advance PIMAM scale-up across these components, while ensuring structured closure and policy translation of the Simplified Approaches Operations Research.
The purpose of this assignment is to support UNICEF and government partners in strengthening the enabling environment for safely managed sanitation financing in Nepal by assessing the sanitation financing landscape, identifying viable financing mechanisms and partnerships, addressing policy and institutional barriers, and developing practical approaches for mobilizing, tracking, and scaling sanitation investments.
Are you passionate about shaping how learning and skills are measured to improve education systems worldwide? Join UNICEF's Global Programme Division Centre of Excellence in Nairobi and help drive evidence-based education reforms that improve learning and skills outcomes for children and adolescents. As Education Specialist (Learning and Skills Assessment), you will provide strategic technical assistance to governments, UNICEF Country and Regional Offices, and partners to strengthen national assessment systems, learning measurement, and tracer studies, with a focus on transferable, digital and green skills, and secondary education outcomes. Working at the intersection of education policy, system strengthening, data, financing and innovation, you will contribute to UNICEF's Every Child Learns Education Strategy 2019-2030 and support countries in building more equitable, resilient and responsive education systems that prepare young people for life, work and active citizenship.
Digital Health Financing and Investment Consultant (Multi-country), Digital Health Transformation, Access and Equity (DHx) Section, Health Practice, Nairobi COE, Flexible location (home-based), with regular in-person engagement in Panama and Latin America and the Caribbean; see Working arrangement
La consultoría brindará asistencia técnica especializada al Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MAE), bajo la supervisión de UNICEF, para fortalecer los mecanismos que facilitan el acceso de los gobiernos municipales al financiamiento de proyectos de agua, saneamiento e higiene (WASH). El trabajo incluirá la revisión y mejora de los procesos de viabilidad técnica, la armonización de criterios entre el MAE y el Banco de Desarrollo del Ecuador (BDE), y el fortalecimiento de los sistemas e instrumentos de gestión utilizados en el sector.
Asimismo, la consultoría apoyará la coordinación entre instituciones públicas, organismos multilaterales y otros actores relevantes, contribuyendo al desarrollo de herramientas técnicas, la generación de evidencia y la formulación de recomendaciones para mejorar las políticas públicas y las estrategias de financiamiento del sector WASH.
Join UNICEF in strengthening safeguarding across Eastern and Southern Africa. We are looking for an experienced and passionate Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Programme Specialist to provide strategic leadership and technical support across four Country Offices. Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director, with matrix management arrangements involving the Representatives of participating Country Offices, the incumbent will work closely with country teams, to drive the implementation of UNICEF’s Safeguarding Policy, strengthen PSEA systems and capacities, and provide expert guidance on prevention, reporting and response to SEA. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to safer, more accountable programmes and help ensure that children, communities and partners remain protected from harm.
UNICEF Pakistan has provided critical support to the Government of Sindh in rehabilitating schools, WASH facilities, and health infrastructure. Building on these efforts, UNICEF, with support from various donors, plans to further assist the government in the rehabilitation and construction of facilities across the education, health, and WASH sectors. Further, more specifically, greater support will be directed towards the education sector to strengthen school infrastructure, enhance learning conditions, and improve accessibility for students. Additionally, in Sindh, UNICEF serves as the grant agent for both the System Transformation Grant (STG) and the System Capacity Grant (SCG), funded by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). Under the STG, the Sindh Learning Programme (SLP) has been launched as a four-year initiative targeting four districts: Dadu, Tando Allahyar, Tharparkar, and Umerkot. Key interventions under SLP include 1) Upgrading 50 primary schools to middle schools using prefabricated structures, incorporating pre-primary classrooms, separate latrines, and handwashing facilities for boys and girls.2) minor repairs and maintenance of 150 schools to enhance infrastructure and accessibility, ensuring a safer and more inclusive learning environment.
The Field Engineer/Consultant will provide technical support for planning, monitoring, supervision, quality assurance and field-level oversight of construction, rehabilitation, solarization and other related engineering activities in Sindh, with particular focus on the GPE-supported Sindh Learning Programme (SLP), especially Component 1. The assignment also allows for technical support to other UNICEF sectors, including Education, WASH and Health, where such support is required.
Become the next Health and Nutrition Specialist for UNICEF Mexico! We are seeking a senior professional to lead a key component of UNICEF Mexico’s Health and Nutrition agenda, providing strategic and technical leadership to strengthen national and subnational systems, influence public policy, build strategic partnerships and advance integrated Health, Nutrition and WASH approaches for school-age children and adolescents. You will lead a senior team and work closely with government and partners to translate evidence and policy commitments into sustainable results at scale.If you have the leadership, technical expertise and commitment to drive systems-level change in health and nutrition for children and adolescents, apply today!
Viet Nam Country Office is looking for a Programme Associate (Temporary Appointment), GS6 level. Under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, CCDRR-Emergency, the Programme Associate provides financial, budget, grant, partner-management and administrative support to UNICEF’s climate, disaster risk reduction, emergency, environmental health and WASH portfolio transitioning into Result Area 3.The incumbent supports programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting by ensuring accurate and timely processing and tracking of programme resources; monitoring budgets, grants and expenditures; supporting DCT and HACT processes; maintaining financial and programme records; preparing financial analyses and reports; and supporting implementing partners to comply with UNICEF financial requirements.
The Fund Raising Officer (Foundations) will work under the leadership of the Corporate Partnership Specialist (High Value Partnership) – NO-3 in São Paulo, Brazil Country Office, and in coordination with the LACRO Fundraising Team and the wider Global Fundraising team to create UNICEF’s High Value philanthropy pipeline in Brazil and maximize resources and support for UNICEF programmes to achieve results for children. Accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in philanthropy towards Foundations and the institutions of high value individual donors, with a strong focus on prospecting, relating and retaining donors; ensure maximum profitability to implement the UNICEF national and global goals and promote horizontal solidarity.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Finance Associate and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team
The Finance officer role is responsible for the preparation of complex statement of accounts, for example, the statements for grants funded by the various key donors, who are strategic partners to UNICEF. This position sits in UNICEF Division of Finance and Administration, within the Financial Reporting and Grant Management Unit, based in Brussels.
UNICEF is seeking a consultant to conduct a global cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness study of Child Protection Case Management (CPCM) services in humanitarian settings. The assignment will assess programme costs, outcomes, and value for money across selected country contexts, identify key cost drivers and efficiency factors, compare different service delivery models, and develop recommendations to strengthen workforce planning, programme design, scale-up, quality assurance, localization, and donor investment in child protection programmes.
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