UNICEF is seeking an experienced and strategic Chief of Social Policy (P5) to lead and advance a high‑impact social policy programme in a complex Ukraine country office environment. Reporting to the Deputy Representative, the role provides overall leadership for policy dialogue, advocacy, and programme delivery aimed at reducing child poverty, strengthening social protection systems, and improving child‑focused public investments. The Chief of Social Policy leads and develops a Social Policy team, ensuring high performance, strong collaboration, and results‑driven delivery across sectors. The role works closely with government counterparts, donors, civil society, and UN partners to strengthen governance, decentralization, accountability, and community participation. It also supports integrated programming with education, health, child protection, and WASH teams to maximize impact for children. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence national policy, strengthen systems, and deliver sustainable outcomes for children’s rights and well‑being. UNICEF is committed to equity and encourages candidates who are passionate about advancing social justice and inclusive development.
UNICEF Haiti is seeking for a passionate and committed person to work in the role of Chief Education (Programme/Cluster) 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 Community Engagement, Communications & Advocacy Internship supports Generation Unlimited’s mission by strengthening youth-centered communications, amplifying thought leadership, and enabling meaningful youth engagement across global platforms while offering the intern hands-on experience across digital engagement, youth participation strategies, and high-level partnerships. Through managing social media engagement, supporting AI-enabled leadership communications, contributing to newsletters, advancing youth centrality initiatives, and assisting with global events and leadership councils, the internship provides practical exposure to advocacy, communications, youth-led programming, and international partnership engagement, equipping the intern with valuable skills and professional experience within a globally recognized development platform.
The purpose of this assignment is to synthesize and translate into practical insights UNICEF Moldova’s extensive technical and analytical work on social protection into concise, accessible, and policy-relevant briefs. These briefs will communicate key findings, lessons learned, progress, policy recommendations, and financial implications in a clear and structured manner.
The Finance Associate will be responsible for providing a variety of technical and specialized tasks in finance functions, ensuring accurate and timely delivery that is in compliance with UNICEF financial rules and regulations, whilst demonstrating the capacity to research, adapt and evaluate irregular cases, and also to recommend improvements to process delivery and design.
At the G-6 level, the tasks below are expected to be carried out with some level of independence.
The UNICEF Country Office Development and Support (CODAS) section within the UNICEF Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP), based in Geneva, Switzerland, provides strategic and operational support to Country Offices (COs) and Clusters to strengthen Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) performance globally.
To support a global initiative aimed at enhancing internal processes for the hiring of payment technology services for fundraising operations across multiple country offices, PFP is seeking a Project Manager Consultant. This project involves coordination across multiple regions, diverse stakeholder engagement, and adherence to strict timelines and budgetary constraints.
The Project Manager Consultant will support the work of the PFP Digital Transaction Group, a cross-cutting team set-up to enable UNICEF offices to use the best possible payment technology vendors. This role should ensure the alignment of the group’s activities with organizational objectives and best international practices. Given the project's complex global scope, the ideal candidate must possess extensive project management experience, excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills, with proven experience in managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects across cultures in an international environment.
The purpose of the consultancy is to develop complete, detailed and technically sound specifications for building an online platform that will operationalize the system of indicators at institutional, municipal and national level.
UNICEF Moldova is contracting a National Individual Consultant to support the Ministry of Education and Research (MER) in the development of the Programme for the next phase of implementation of the Youth Strategy 2030, building on the findings and recommendations of the mid-term evaluation of the Strategy and responding to the evolving needs of young people in the Republic of Moldova.
UNICEF Ethiopia seeks to a consultant to be based in Bahar Dar (Amhara) to provide technical and construction administrative support, assessment, and coordination for the ongoing UNICEF-EU Health projects, JICA funded projects, and the GPE-STEP Construction activities, in Amhara. The consultants will also support activities in the Somali Region,
and other construction related activities as assigned by the Construction Manager.
The strategic and effective advocacy, planning and formulation of social policy programmes/projects and the achievement of sustainable results, contributes to the achievement of goals and objectives to create a protective environment for children and thus ensure their survival, development and well-being in society. Achievements in social policy programmes and projects in turn contribute to maintaining/enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to provide programme services for mothers and children that promotes greater social equality in the country.
In alignment with UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan, UNICEF’s Adolescent Girls’ Programme Strategy, and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan ‘adolescent girls accelerator’ commitments, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda for international consultants only.
UNICEF Afghanistan is seeking a Health Specialist (Level 3) to support planning, implementation, and monitoring of the Health Programme within the Country Programme. The role provides technical and operational support across maternal, neonatal, and child health priorities, working closely with partners to deliver equitable, sustainable results for children and women.
UNICEF India seeks an experienced education consultant to provide dedicated technical support to strengthen inclusive foundational learning programmes spanning early childhood care and education (ECCE) and foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN).
The consultant will contribute to evidence synthesis, high-quality technical writing, and programme model development across six key areas: needs assessment design, convergent ECCE modelling, remedial learning frameworks, disability-inclusive curriculum guidance, mother tongue-based literacy, and advocacy knowledge products.
The ideal candidate brings a minimum of 5 years' experience in ECCE and/or FLN programming, strong technical writing and stakeholder facilitation skills, and familiarity with India's education policy landscape, including NEP 2020 and NIPUN Bharat. Experience with equity-focused, disability-inclusive, and multilingual approaches is essential.
The DRC was certified free of wild poliovirus in 2015 but circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV1 and cVDPV2) remain a significant public health threat. Between 2017 and 2025, the country reported 1,292 variant poliovirus cases. Intensified response efforts reduced cases from 540 in 2022 to 18 in 2025. In 2026, four cVDPV2 cases were detected in Maniema Province, while the latest cVDPV1 case was reported in June 2025 in Tsopo Province. The DRC remains among the highest-risk countries in the WHO African Region, requiring sustained campaigns and stronger routine immunization.
Routine immunization is hindered by persistent bottlenecks, limited cold chain capacity, weak stock management, inadequate temperature monitoring, poor equipment maintenance, stock-outs, and inconsistent data quality, all of which undermine vaccine potency and programme performance.
Under the technical supervision of the Polio Coordinator, the Health Specialist (Data Management – Polio) will strengthen the cVDPV1 and cVDPV2 outbreak response, focusing on data quality, equity analysis, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making.
The incumbent will contribute to: (i) improved quality, availability, and use of polio and routine vaccination data; (ii) evidence-based decision-making for outbreak response; (iii) improved performance and equity of vaccination campaigns; (iv) strengthened accountability through digital payment systems; and (v) sustained progress toward interruption of cVDPV transmission in the DRC.
In keeping with UNICEF's global mandate to advocate for the rights of all the world’s children, UNICEF OSE- Innocenti acts as the organization’s foremost analytical capacity and serves as the lead for excellence in research and foresight on children and child rights within UNICEF. UNICEF Innocente is seeking for consultancy to support the coordination and finalization of key outputs under the Future of Immunization project,
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) in conducting a comprehensive assessment of the current Single Window Management Information System (MIS) and recommending measures to align it with the redesigned Single Window business processes. The consultant will review the
existing Single Window MIS and the concept note for the redesigned Single Window, identify gaps, and propose actionable recommendations to ensure functional, technical, and process alignment.
The consultancy aims to generate a comprehensive, human rights–based and equity focused analysis of the situation of children and adults with disabilities in Syria, with a view to strengthening national systems, informing disability inclusive policies, and improving access to services across sectors. It will examine how disability inclusion is reflected within legislation, policies, service delivery systems, and child protection structures; assess barriers to accessing justice, civil documentation, education, health, social protection, livelihoods, and humanitarian assistance; and identify protection risks, gender disparities, and gaps in institutional care, MHPSS, and early intervention services. The assignment will also evaluate system readiness, community attitudes, accessibility of justice mechanisms, existing referral pathways, and the roles of key stakeholders.
The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen UNICEF Tanzania staff and partner capacity to design, implement, and monitor Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) interventions that deliver measurable behavioural outcomes using the COMBI (Communication for Behavioural Impact) planning methodology.
UNICEF is seeking an experienced and strategic Chief of Social Policy (P5) to lead and advance a high‑impact social policy programme in a complex Ukraine country office environment. Reporting to the Deputy Representative, the role provides overall leadership for policy dialogue, advocacy, and programme delivery aimed at reducing child poverty, strengthening social protection systems, and improving child‑focused public investments. The Chief of Social Policy leads and develops a Social Policy team, ensuring high performance, strong collaboration, and results‑driven delivery across sectors. The role works closely with government counterparts, donors, civil society, and UN partners to strengthen governance, decentralization, accountability, and community participation. It also supports integrated programming with education, health, child protection, and WASH teams to maximize impact for children. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence national policy, strengthen systems, and deliver sustainable outcomes for children’s rights and well‑being. UNICEF is committed to equity and encourages candidates who are passionate about advancing social justice and inclusive development.
UNICEF Haiti is seeking for a passionate and committed person to work in the role of Chief Education (Programme/Cluster) 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 Community Engagement, Communications & Advocacy Internship supports Generation Unlimited’s mission by strengthening youth-centered communications, amplifying thought leadership, and enabling meaningful youth engagement across global platforms while offering the intern hands-on experience across digital engagement, youth participation strategies, and high-level partnerships. Through managing social media engagement, supporting AI-enabled leadership communications, contributing to newsletters, advancing youth centrality initiatives, and assisting with global events and leadership councils, the internship provides practical exposure to advocacy, communications, youth-led programming, and international partnership engagement, equipping the intern with valuable skills and professional experience within a globally recognized development platform.
The purpose of this assignment is to synthesize and translate into practical insights UNICEF Moldova’s extensive technical and analytical work on social protection into concise, accessible, and policy-relevant briefs. These briefs will communicate key findings, lessons learned, progress, policy recommendations, and financial implications in a clear and structured manner.
The Finance Associate will be responsible for providing a variety of technical and specialized tasks in finance functions, ensuring accurate and timely delivery that is in compliance with UNICEF financial rules and regulations, whilst demonstrating the capacity to research, adapt and evaluate irregular cases, and also to recommend improvements to process delivery and design.
At the G-6 level, the tasks below are expected to be carried out with some level of independence.
The UNICEF Country Office Development and Support (CODAS) section within the UNICEF Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP), based in Geneva, Switzerland, provides strategic and operational support to Country Offices (COs) and Clusters to strengthen Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) performance globally.
To support a global initiative aimed at enhancing internal processes for the hiring of payment technology services for fundraising operations across multiple country offices, PFP is seeking a Project Manager Consultant. This project involves coordination across multiple regions, diverse stakeholder engagement, and adherence to strict timelines and budgetary constraints.
The Project Manager Consultant will support the work of the PFP Digital Transaction Group, a cross-cutting team set-up to enable UNICEF offices to use the best possible payment technology vendors. This role should ensure the alignment of the group’s activities with organizational objectives and best international practices. Given the project's complex global scope, the ideal candidate must possess extensive project management experience, excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills, with proven experience in managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects across cultures in an international environment.
The purpose of the consultancy is to develop complete, detailed and technically sound specifications for building an online platform that will operationalize the system of indicators at institutional, municipal and national level.
UNICEF Moldova is contracting a National Individual Consultant to support the Ministry of Education and Research (MER) in the development of the Programme for the next phase of implementation of the Youth Strategy 2030, building on the findings and recommendations of the mid-term evaluation of the Strategy and responding to the evolving needs of young people in the Republic of Moldova.
UNICEF Ethiopia seeks to a consultant to be based in Bahar Dar (Amhara) to provide technical and construction administrative support, assessment, and coordination for the ongoing UNICEF-EU Health projects, JICA funded projects, and the GPE-STEP Construction activities, in Amhara. The consultants will also support activities in the Somali Region,
and other construction related activities as assigned by the Construction Manager.
The strategic and effective advocacy, planning and formulation of social policy programmes/projects and the achievement of sustainable results, contributes to the achievement of goals and objectives to create a protective environment for children and thus ensure their survival, development and well-being in society. Achievements in social policy programmes and projects in turn contribute to maintaining/enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to provide programme services for mothers and children that promotes greater social equality in the country.
In alignment with UNICEF’s Gender Equality Action Plan, UNICEF’s Adolescent Girls’ Programme Strategy, and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan ‘adolescent girls accelerator’ commitments, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the adolescent girls’ agenda for international consultants only.
UNICEF Afghanistan is seeking a Health Specialist (Level 3) to support planning, implementation, and monitoring of the Health Programme within the Country Programme. The role provides technical and operational support across maternal, neonatal, and child health priorities, working closely with partners to deliver equitable, sustainable results for children and women.
UNICEF India seeks an experienced education consultant to provide dedicated technical support to strengthen inclusive foundational learning programmes spanning early childhood care and education (ECCE) and foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN).
The consultant will contribute to evidence synthesis, high-quality technical writing, and programme model development across six key areas: needs assessment design, convergent ECCE modelling, remedial learning frameworks, disability-inclusive curriculum guidance, mother tongue-based literacy, and advocacy knowledge products.
The ideal candidate brings a minimum of 5 years' experience in ECCE and/or FLN programming, strong technical writing and stakeholder facilitation skills, and familiarity with India's education policy landscape, including NEP 2020 and NIPUN Bharat. Experience with equity-focused, disability-inclusive, and multilingual approaches is essential.
The DRC was certified free of wild poliovirus in 2015 but circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV1 and cVDPV2) remain a significant public health threat. Between 2017 and 2025, the country reported 1,292 variant poliovirus cases. Intensified response efforts reduced cases from 540 in 2022 to 18 in 2025. In 2026, four cVDPV2 cases were detected in Maniema Province, while the latest cVDPV1 case was reported in June 2025 in Tsopo Province. The DRC remains among the highest-risk countries in the WHO African Region, requiring sustained campaigns and stronger routine immunization.
Routine immunization is hindered by persistent bottlenecks, limited cold chain capacity, weak stock management, inadequate temperature monitoring, poor equipment maintenance, stock-outs, and inconsistent data quality, all of which undermine vaccine potency and programme performance.
Under the technical supervision of the Polio Coordinator, the Health Specialist (Data Management – Polio) will strengthen the cVDPV1 and cVDPV2 outbreak response, focusing on data quality, equity analysis, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making.
The incumbent will contribute to: (i) improved quality, availability, and use of polio and routine vaccination data; (ii) evidence-based decision-making for outbreak response; (iii) improved performance and equity of vaccination campaigns; (iv) strengthened accountability through digital payment systems; and (v) sustained progress toward interruption of cVDPV transmission in the DRC.
In keeping with UNICEF's global mandate to advocate for the rights of all the world’s children, UNICEF OSE- Innocenti acts as the organization’s foremost analytical capacity and serves as the lead for excellence in research and foresight on children and child rights within UNICEF. UNICEF Innocente is seeking for consultancy to support the coordination and finalization of key outputs under the Future of Immunization project,
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) in conducting a comprehensive assessment of the current Single Window Management Information System (MIS) and recommending measures to align it with the redesigned Single Window business processes. The consultant will review the
existing Single Window MIS and the concept note for the redesigned Single Window, identify gaps, and propose actionable recommendations to ensure functional, technical, and process alignment.
The consultancy aims to generate a comprehensive, human rights–based and equity focused analysis of the situation of children and adults with disabilities in Syria, with a view to strengthening national systems, informing disability inclusive policies, and improving access to services across sectors. It will examine how disability inclusion is reflected within legislation, policies, service delivery systems, and child protection structures; assess barriers to accessing justice, civil documentation, education, health, social protection, livelihoods, and humanitarian assistance; and identify protection risks, gender disparities, and gaps in institutional care, MHPSS, and early intervention services. The assignment will also evaluate system readiness, community attitudes, accessibility of justice mechanisms, existing referral pathways, and the roles of key stakeholders.
The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen UNICEF Tanzania staff and partner capacity to design, implement, and monitor Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) interventions that deliver measurable behavioural outcomes using the COMBI (Communication for Behavioural Impact) planning methodology.
