This consultancy will focus on delivering technical inputs to support UNICEF’s strategic engagement and policy development on issues related to child-sensitive GCM and GCR implementation, including UNICEF’s work with the UN Network on Migration, alternatives to immigration detention and return and reintegration workstreams, while supporting capacity building of UNICEF HQ, Regional and Country office colleagues on these thematic areas.
The consultant will support the Safe to Learn (STL) Secretariat in implementing the STL Strategy and donor-funded workplans through three main areas of work: Programme Management and Reporting, Learning and Documentation, and Partnership and Coordination.
Working under the supervision of the Head of the Safe to Learn Secretariat, the consultant will provide coordination, technical, and analytical support to ensure effective implementation, monitoring, and reporting of STL activities. The consultant will also help generate and package learning from STL country experiences and facilitate engagement with partners across the STL Coalition to advance the global agenda on ending violence in and around schools.
This consultancy will provide targeted capacity to:
• Strengthen UNICEF’s engagement and dialogue with key IFIs and other USG Washington DC-based financing institutions.
• Develop technical templates and tools that streamline UNICEF’s access to IFI-financed opportunities.
• Equip Country Offices with practical capacity-building resources to take full advantage of available financing modalities.
• Provide strategic and operational support to the Washington Office Director, including through high-level briefs and analysis as needed.
The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen and expand UNICEF’s strategic engagement with International Financial Institutions (IFIs), the United States, Canada, and Israel, while supporting the outreach and visibility of UNICEF’s newly established Washington, DC Office. Drawing on technical expertise, the consultant will contribute to deepening partnerships across the Public Partnerships Division’s IFI and North America Pillar by coordinating high-impact events, enhancing cross-pillar collaboration, and ensuring effective planning and organisation of key priority engagements. This consultancy will provide specialized support in advancing UNICEF’s partnership objectives, supporting strategic moments, and enabling more coherent, timely, and proactive engagement with key government and IFI stakeholders.
the Education team at UNICEF will work with partners to develop and operate the TREE (Tracking Resilience in Education for Environment) Global Observatory. A consultant is requested to implement the key functions of the Observatory, including evidence generation on climate-related learning loss and system vulnerabilities, data mobilization to inform financing, policy, and resilience-building in education systems.
The consultant will also investigate to what extent countries are positioning digital education investments as a form of climate/disaster resilience infrastructure, and if so, the degree to which they are cost-effective compared to other physical contingency investments. This work will support the production of a think piece with recommendations on how countries can themselves conduct a similar cost-effectiveness and resilience analysis, exploring key issues such as equity-adjusted cost-effectiveness, (under)utilization, and dual-use investments that can support teaching and learning during normal times. In addition, the consultant will produce 7 case studies, based on desk research, of cost-effective business models that have successfully enabled EdTech to reach scale and resilience in resource-limited country contexts.
L'objectif principal de cette consultation est de garantir des environnements propres, sûrs et durables pour les enfants grâce à des programmes basés sur l’humain. Les changements climatiques, la dégradation environnementale, les conflits et les déplacements représentent aujourd’hui de grandes menaces pour les enfants en RDC, avec le potentiel d’annuler les progrès déjà réalisés dans l’eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène.
UNICEF’s Global Advocacy Section has developed a Child Rights Advocacy Strategy to strengthen the capacity of all UNICEF offices and teams to counter the global pushback on children’s rights. Building on this foundation, UNICEF now requires an experienced advocacy strategy consultant to deliver key activities, tasks and deliverables, in the multi-year implementation and refinement phase, ensuring that the strategy translates into measurable outputs and results at country, regional, and global levels. The consultant will also contribute to the further development and delivery of UNICEF's global advocacy strategy for centering child rights in digital governance, aligning UNICEF’s advocacy practice with the rapidly evolving digital and AI governance landscape.
The majority of key stakeholders for this work are based in New York, and these deliverables require in-office presence on a regular basis to hold meetings and consultations on integration of the annualized workplan for global implementation into key teams and planning processes, including with OED, GCA and the PG Human Rights Unit, all based in the NY duty station.
The JPO will contribute to managing and strengthening partnerships with key public partners through the coordination of high-level advocacy, daily engagement with counterparts, and support to resource mobilization under the supervision of Deputy Team Lead and overall guidance of the Director, Washington DC Office.
The position’s purpose is to provide support in deepening collaboration with key stakeholders and helping to provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of assignment. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.
Positions at the P2/NOB level are considered as supportive roles to higher level professionals that are centered on providing research, analysis and recommendations . Therefore, while these positions contribute substantively to organization-wide strategies, they should also be considered as opportunities for incumbents to acquire professional expertise, organizational knowledge and exposure for further career advancement.
The position aims to strengthen UNICEF Cameroon’s leadership in the education sector by providing high-level technical guidance, policy influence, and coordination. The role will represent UNICEF within the Local Education Group (LEG), maintain strategic donor partnerships, and lead ministerial-level advocacy to shape national education policies and mobilize resources. The incumbent will oversee Education in Emergencies (EiE) responses, including cluster coordination and field support, and drive key initiatives such as the Safe Schools Declaration, universal birth registration for primary learners, and the national strategy to prevent violence in schools. This role is essential for ensuring UNICEF’s effective engagement in sector planning, emergency response, and the advancement of children’s right to quality and safe education.
UNICEF Skopje is looking for a National Consultant to support State Statistical Office in preparation and implementation of MICS7 in North Macedonia. This is a deliverable based consultancy in a duration of 18 months
We are looking for an experienced consultant to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the digital learning landscape in South Sudan and produce a strategic report to support the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI). This work will guide efforts to expand internet connectivity and improve digital learning opportunities for children and young people.
The main purpose of the internship programme will be to support UNICEF programme implementation with key Government Ministries—Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Marine Resources and Ministry of Trade and Industry—while ensuring the development and enhancement of the intern’s professional experience through practical work assignments, exposure to UNICEF work across the country and beyond.
Under the direct supervision of the Nutrition Specialist, the Nutrition Interns will be involved in supporting key nutrition programmes and closely engagements with the Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) and Programme Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) sections as critical cross-cutting areas.
It will be expected of the interns to actively participate, collaborate and work among the teams within UNICEF and key Government line Ministries and sister UN agencies to meet the overall goal of meeting the needs and requirements for UNICEF-GoSE programmes.
The purpose of this consultancy is to assist IEDCR, in collaboration with UNICEF, in implementing the Market Survey and Home-Based Assessment activities. This includes coordinating with relevant government agencies, facilitating recruitment and training of field teams, ensuring proper sample collection and analysis, and providing timely updates and reporting to stakeholders. The consultant will provide technical support for field implementation of market surveys and home-based assessments to identify the sources of heavy metal poisoning in children linked to the MICS 2025.
Reporting to the Chief of the Health Section, the national expert will provide technical expertise, support, and guidance to UNICEF in Kazakhstan for Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes, projects, and activities within the Country Programme with focus on implementation of the joint Comprehensive Plan for Early Intervention and Early Childhood Development “Sätti Bastau". Due to lack of in-house capacity to deliver specific expertise as identified below, UNICEF intends to hire a qualified ECD expert to undertake specific task/deliverables to advance the ECD agenda in the country.
Under the direct supervision of the Cold Chain Specialist, the incumbent will assist the section in working closely with the Immunization Unit and the Health Section to provide technical support for strengthening the supply chain logistics for vaccines and vaccine consumables needed for routine immunization, including the introduction of new vaccines and supplementary immunization activities (AVS), and the effective management of vaccines at all levels of the health pyramid. He/she will provide technical, operational, and administrative assistance in the coordination, planning, implementation, and monitoring of activities related to the Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) improvement plan, the installation and maintenance of cold chain equipment, including monitoring the construction/rehabilitation of the central and sub-national warehouses.
UNICEF Cameroon is looking for a highly skilled, proactive, and dedicated professional to join our team as Deputy Representative, Operations (P-4 level) on a temporary appointment for four months. If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact on the lives of children in Cameroon and possess the necessary technical expertise and competencies, we strongly encourage you to apply.
To support the Child Protection Team, particularly the Alternative Care/Better Care pillar, to further enhance and promote the system of alternative family care, including the development of new alternative care options for children with disabilities and complex needs. The assignment will also support the transformation of baby homes, assisting in the transition from traditional residential institutions to family-based care, and ensuring that the reform of institutional settings is carried out in accordance with modern child protection standards and in the best interests of the child.
UNICEF Haiti is seeking for passionate and committed persons to work in the role of People & Culture Officer with the People & Culture team 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 purpose of this assignment is to conduct a human-rights-based and equity-focused SitAn of the rights and well-being of children and young people in Jordan. The analysis will examine progress, challenges, and opportunities for realizing their rights and well-being, in line with the CRC, CEDAW, CRPD, and other international obligations through a participatory process, and using appropriate methodology, a human rights-based approach and an equity focus, develop a Situation Analysis on the Rights and Well-being of Children, Adolescents and Young people in Jordan.
UNICEF Gambia is looking for talented and motivated individual to join our CSD team as Child Survival & Development (CSD) Manager and help shape the future for children. The CSD Manager supports the development and preparation of the Child Survival and Development program/s and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting of the Child Survival and Development program progress (i.e. Health, Nutrition and WASH) within the country program.
This consultancy will focus on delivering technical inputs to support UNICEF’s strategic engagement and policy development on issues related to child-sensitive GCM and GCR implementation, including UNICEF’s work with the UN Network on Migration, alternatives to immigration detention and return and reintegration workstreams, while supporting capacity building of UNICEF HQ, Regional and Country office colleagues on these thematic areas.
The consultant will support the Safe to Learn (STL) Secretariat in implementing the STL Strategy and donor-funded workplans through three main areas of work: Programme Management and Reporting, Learning and Documentation, and Partnership and Coordination.
Working under the supervision of the Head of the Safe to Learn Secretariat, the consultant will provide coordination, technical, and analytical support to ensure effective implementation, monitoring, and reporting of STL activities. The consultant will also help generate and package learning from STL country experiences and facilitate engagement with partners across the STL Coalition to advance the global agenda on ending violence in and around schools.
This consultancy will provide targeted capacity to:
• Strengthen UNICEF’s engagement and dialogue with key IFIs and other USG Washington DC-based financing institutions.
• Develop technical templates and tools that streamline UNICEF’s access to IFI-financed opportunities.
• Equip Country Offices with practical capacity-building resources to take full advantage of available financing modalities.
• Provide strategic and operational support to the Washington Office Director, including through high-level briefs and analysis as needed.
The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen and expand UNICEF’s strategic engagement with International Financial Institutions (IFIs), the United States, Canada, and Israel, while supporting the outreach and visibility of UNICEF’s newly established Washington, DC Office. Drawing on technical expertise, the consultant will contribute to deepening partnerships across the Public Partnerships Division’s IFI and North America Pillar by coordinating high-impact events, enhancing cross-pillar collaboration, and ensuring effective planning and organisation of key priority engagements. This consultancy will provide specialized support in advancing UNICEF’s partnership objectives, supporting strategic moments, and enabling more coherent, timely, and proactive engagement with key government and IFI stakeholders.
the Education team at UNICEF will work with partners to develop and operate the TREE (Tracking Resilience in Education for Environment) Global Observatory. A consultant is requested to implement the key functions of the Observatory, including evidence generation on climate-related learning loss and system vulnerabilities, data mobilization to inform financing, policy, and resilience-building in education systems.
The consultant will also investigate to what extent countries are positioning digital education investments as a form of climate/disaster resilience infrastructure, and if so, the degree to which they are cost-effective compared to other physical contingency investments. This work will support the production of a think piece with recommendations on how countries can themselves conduct a similar cost-effectiveness and resilience analysis, exploring key issues such as equity-adjusted cost-effectiveness, (under)utilization, and dual-use investments that can support teaching and learning during normal times. In addition, the consultant will produce 7 case studies, based on desk research, of cost-effective business models that have successfully enabled EdTech to reach scale and resilience in resource-limited country contexts.
L'objectif principal de cette consultation est de garantir des environnements propres, sûrs et durables pour les enfants grâce à des programmes basés sur l’humain. Les changements climatiques, la dégradation environnementale, les conflits et les déplacements représentent aujourd’hui de grandes menaces pour les enfants en RDC, avec le potentiel d’annuler les progrès déjà réalisés dans l’eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène.
UNICEF’s Global Advocacy Section has developed a Child Rights Advocacy Strategy to strengthen the capacity of all UNICEF offices and teams to counter the global pushback on children’s rights. Building on this foundation, UNICEF now requires an experienced advocacy strategy consultant to deliver key activities, tasks and deliverables, in the multi-year implementation and refinement phase, ensuring that the strategy translates into measurable outputs and results at country, regional, and global levels. The consultant will also contribute to the further development and delivery of UNICEF's global advocacy strategy for centering child rights in digital governance, aligning UNICEF’s advocacy practice with the rapidly evolving digital and AI governance landscape.
The majority of key stakeholders for this work are based in New York, and these deliverables require in-office presence on a regular basis to hold meetings and consultations on integration of the annualized workplan for global implementation into key teams and planning processes, including with OED, GCA and the PG Human Rights Unit, all based in the NY duty station.
The JPO will contribute to managing and strengthening partnerships with key public partners through the coordination of high-level advocacy, daily engagement with counterparts, and support to resource mobilization under the supervision of Deputy Team Lead and overall guidance of the Director, Washington DC Office.
The position’s purpose is to provide support in deepening collaboration with key stakeholders and helping to provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of assignment. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.
Positions at the P2/NOB level are considered as supportive roles to higher level professionals that are centered on providing research, analysis and recommendations . Therefore, while these positions contribute substantively to organization-wide strategies, they should also be considered as opportunities for incumbents to acquire professional expertise, organizational knowledge and exposure for further career advancement.
The position aims to strengthen UNICEF Cameroon’s leadership in the education sector by providing high-level technical guidance, policy influence, and coordination. The role will represent UNICEF within the Local Education Group (LEG), maintain strategic donor partnerships, and lead ministerial-level advocacy to shape national education policies and mobilize resources. The incumbent will oversee Education in Emergencies (EiE) responses, including cluster coordination and field support, and drive key initiatives such as the Safe Schools Declaration, universal birth registration for primary learners, and the national strategy to prevent violence in schools. This role is essential for ensuring UNICEF’s effective engagement in sector planning, emergency response, and the advancement of children’s right to quality and safe education.
UNICEF Skopje is looking for a National Consultant to support State Statistical Office in preparation and implementation of MICS7 in North Macedonia. This is a deliverable based consultancy in a duration of 18 months
We are looking for an experienced consultant to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the digital learning landscape in South Sudan and produce a strategic report to support the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI). This work will guide efforts to expand internet connectivity and improve digital learning opportunities for children and young people.
The main purpose of the internship programme will be to support UNICEF programme implementation with key Government Ministries—Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Marine Resources and Ministry of Trade and Industry—while ensuring the development and enhancement of the intern’s professional experience through practical work assignments, exposure to UNICEF work across the country and beyond.
Under the direct supervision of the Nutrition Specialist, the Nutrition Interns will be involved in supporting key nutrition programmes and closely engagements with the Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) and Programme Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) sections as critical cross-cutting areas.
It will be expected of the interns to actively participate, collaborate and work among the teams within UNICEF and key Government line Ministries and sister UN agencies to meet the overall goal of meeting the needs and requirements for UNICEF-GoSE programmes.
The purpose of this consultancy is to assist IEDCR, in collaboration with UNICEF, in implementing the Market Survey and Home-Based Assessment activities. This includes coordinating with relevant government agencies, facilitating recruitment and training of field teams, ensuring proper sample collection and analysis, and providing timely updates and reporting to stakeholders. The consultant will provide technical support for field implementation of market surveys and home-based assessments to identify the sources of heavy metal poisoning in children linked to the MICS 2025.
Reporting to the Chief of the Health Section, the national expert will provide technical expertise, support, and guidance to UNICEF in Kazakhstan for Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes, projects, and activities within the Country Programme with focus on implementation of the joint Comprehensive Plan for Early Intervention and Early Childhood Development “Sätti Bastau". Due to lack of in-house capacity to deliver specific expertise as identified below, UNICEF intends to hire a qualified ECD expert to undertake specific task/deliverables to advance the ECD agenda in the country.
Under the direct supervision of the Cold Chain Specialist, the incumbent will assist the section in working closely with the Immunization Unit and the Health Section to provide technical support for strengthening the supply chain logistics for vaccines and vaccine consumables needed for routine immunization, including the introduction of new vaccines and supplementary immunization activities (AVS), and the effective management of vaccines at all levels of the health pyramid. He/she will provide technical, operational, and administrative assistance in the coordination, planning, implementation, and monitoring of activities related to the Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) improvement plan, the installation and maintenance of cold chain equipment, including monitoring the construction/rehabilitation of the central and sub-national warehouses.
UNICEF Cameroon is looking for a highly skilled, proactive, and dedicated professional to join our team as Deputy Representative, Operations (P-4 level) on a temporary appointment for four months. If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact on the lives of children in Cameroon and possess the necessary technical expertise and competencies, we strongly encourage you to apply.
To support the Child Protection Team, particularly the Alternative Care/Better Care pillar, to further enhance and promote the system of alternative family care, including the development of new alternative care options for children with disabilities and complex needs. The assignment will also support the transformation of baby homes, assisting in the transition from traditional residential institutions to family-based care, and ensuring that the reform of institutional settings is carried out in accordance with modern child protection standards and in the best interests of the child.
UNICEF Haiti is seeking for passionate and committed persons to work in the role of People & Culture Officer with the People & Culture team 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 purpose of this assignment is to conduct a human-rights-based and equity-focused SitAn of the rights and well-being of children and young people in Jordan. The analysis will examine progress, challenges, and opportunities for realizing their rights and well-being, in line with the CRC, CEDAW, CRPD, and other international obligations through a participatory process, and using appropriate methodology, a human rights-based approach and an equity focus, develop a Situation Analysis on the Rights and Well-being of Children, Adolescents and Young people in Jordan.
UNICEF Gambia is looking for talented and motivated individual to join our CSD team as Child Survival & Development (CSD) Manager and help shape the future for children. The CSD Manager supports the development and preparation of the Child Survival and Development program/s and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting of the Child Survival and Development program progress (i.e. Health, Nutrition and WASH) within the country program.
