Under the guidance of the Representative, the Programme Manager is accountable for programme management, ensuring that programme initiatives are effectively planned, budgeted, implemented and monitored, in accordance with the Country Programme and Country Programme Management Plan, focused on achievement of UNICEF's Priorities. The role also involves close collaboration with the programme sections—such as education, health, child protection, and water and sanitation—to ensure that social policy interventions are integrated and contribute to broader results for children.
ECA PSFR Cluster seeks a Direct Response Television (DRTV) Specialist to support ECA PSFR Cluster with DRTV market development, to implement the 2026/2027 DRTV activity constituting one campaign implemented in 2 waves:
- Wave 1: Mid-October until Mid-December 2026 and
- Wave 2: January 2027
Since 24 February 2022, the escalation of the war in Ukraine has severely affected children and families, leaving millions in need of humanitarian assistance and disrupting access to essential services such as health, education, WASH, and social protection. In response, UNICEF has implemented an emergency response while supporting recovery and strengthening national systems. High-quality, timely evidence and evaluation are essential to ensure programmes remain effective, accountable, and responsive to the evolving needs of children. To strengthen its evaluation function, the UNICEF Ukraine Country Office is recruiting an Evaluation Specialist (NO-C) to support the planning, implementation, and dissemination of evaluations and contribute to the office's evidence generation strategy.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen disaster risk financing (DRF) systems for social sectors in selected Pacific
Island Countries (Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu) by improving the capacity of governments and
partners to mobilize and deliver financial resources effectively to protect children and essential services during shocks.
The consultancy will support UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office (MCO) to enhance its role as a strategic partner in DRF
by working closely with Ministries of Finance and line ministries responsible for education, health & nutrition, child
protection, WASH, and social protection to strengthen the integration of social sectors within DRF frameworks. This
includes assessing and improving shock-responsive delivery systems (“money-out”), identifying systemic bottlenecks, and
providing targeted technical support and initial capacity-building to ensure that financial resources translate into timely
and effective support for children.
The assignment will further contribute to elevating the role of social sectors within national DRF approaches, ensuring
that financing mechanisms explicitly account for the protection of essential services and the needs of children in disaster
contexts.
In parallel, the consultancy will facilitate engagement with key regional and international partners, including PCRIC, the
World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), to align UNICEF’s work
with broader DRF initiatives and promote coordinated, multi-sectoral approaches.
Finally, the consultancy will contribute to the development of donor-ready proposals and a UNICEF DRF roadmap,
ensuring that country-level engagement and systems improvements are translated into actionable strategies,
strengthened partnerships, and resource mobilization opportunities to better protect children from disaster impacts.
UNICEF is seeking a dynamic and committed professional to join its team as a Nutrition Officer, supporting the delivery of maternal, infant, young child and adolescent nutrition (MIYCAN) services, including wasting management, and robust monitoring systems to improve outcomes for vulnerable populations in targeted districts.
You will play a critical part in providing technical assistance, and supporting programme planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition interventions, enabling services to reach those most in need. You will work closely with government counterparts, civil society, and development partners to support systems strengthening, evidence-based approaches, and scalable solutions.Your role will be instrumental in supporting efficient utilization of resources to deliver high-quality nutrition services, which will enable improvements in the survival, growth, and well-being of children and women in Malawi.
To provide UNICEF Center of Excellence in Panama with timely, actionable and behaviourally informed intelligence on emerging narratives, concerns, misinformation trends, information needs, trust dynamics, and emerging issues related to child and adolescent health and immunization across Latin America and the Caribbean, and to generate evidenceinformed recommendations to support programme decision-making, risk communication, community engagement and demand generation efforts.
The Evaluation Office of UNICEF is conducting the Evaluation of child protection systems strengthening for prevention of and response to violence against children and women, an evaluation included in the UNICEF Plan for Global Evaluations 2026–2029. The evaluation focuses on an important programme area for the organization given the breadth of the child right deprivations that programmes intend to address, the scale of the investment and the strategic importance of violence prevention and response. The evaluation serves the purposes of accountability and the generation of learnings to inform the adjustment of programmes, policies and resource mobilization to strengthen their alignment with the Strategic Plan 2026–2029.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant to support UNICEF’s regional data tech portfolio in advancing the priorities of the Frontier Data Network (FDN) work plan with LACRO region.
UNICEF LACRO is looking for a dynamic Regional Chief of Programme & Planning (P-5) to provide strategic leadership in programme planning, monitoring, data, evidence, and regional coordination. If you are passionate about transforming evidence into action and delivering results at scale, we invite you to join our team in Panama and help advance children's rights across the region.
UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited is a global public-private-youth partnership created to meet the urgent need for expanded skilling, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities for young people aged 15–24 as they transition from learning to earning. By bridging skilling and training to employment and entrepreneurship, Generation Unlimited (GenU) supports every young person to thrive in the world of work and earn a dignified livelihood.
Launched in September 2018 by the UN Secretary General and the Executive Director of UNICEF, GenU creates public-private partnerships – globally and at the country-level – to co-create and support investment opportunities, programmes and innovations at a large scale, and help young people transition from learning to careers.
In particular, GenU modernizes skilling and training systems to build the skills young people need for the jobs of today and tomorrow – in a labor market undergoing profound changes that is increasingly being shaped by the AI and green transitions.
Through public-private partnerships, GenU works with governments, the private sector, civil society and UN agencies to attract investment at global and national levels to support national systems and deliver effective programmes to accelerate impact for millions of young people. GenU scales innovations by brokering shared-value partnerships with the private sector in areas, particularly in the digital-AI and green economies.
Under the CEO’s leadership, the GenU Global Team is responsible for strategic planning, supporting and monitoring the execution of the GenU strategy, liaising with the broad spectrum of partners, ensuring adequate level of resources for the partnership through public and private sector fundraising, distributing catalytic capital, and assisting in the work of the partnership’s governance bodies.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide specialised analytical, advocacy and partnership expertise to strengthen UNICEF’s engagement on children and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The consultancy will produce a defined set of strategic, analytical and knowledge products to inform UNICEF’s engagement with Member States and UN processes related to the 2030 Agenda.
UNICEF is launching a landmark global evaluation to transform how we prevent and respond to violence against children and women worldwide. We are seeking a dynamic Junior Evaluator to co-lead a cutting-edge Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) that turns complex country data into actionable, life-saving strategies. Apply today to use your advanced causal research skills for global impact, accountability, and the strategic scaling of child protection systems.
Under the general supervision of the Deputy Representative the candidate will provide guidance and technical assistance to support UNICEF Cash Assistance activities. Guidance and technical assistance will cover the following themes: programme design, planning and implementation, management and monitoring of programme/project activities, data analysis and progress reporting as well as Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) in support of achievement of programme goals and objectives. The candidate shall also provide strategic guidance to enable the country office to liaise at technical level with relevant national and local authorities to expand cash-based response in affected provinces.
UNICEF Zambia is seeking experienced and creative Graphic Design Consultants for a Long-Term Agreement (LTA). Successful consultants will provide professional graphic design services for a wide range of communication products, including print and digital materials, social media content, branding, advocacy, and visibility resources. The engagement is home-based and assignments will be issued on an as-needed basis during the term of the agreement.
UNICEF Zambia is seeking experienced Individual Translator Consultants for a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) to provide translation services on an as-needed basis. Consultants will deliver accurate and culturally appropriate translations between English and Zambia’s seven official local languages—Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi, Tonga, Kaonde, Luvale, and Lunda—to support UNICEF’s programme, advocacy, communication, and knowledge management activities across the country.
UNICEF Innocenti regularly requires specialist work from researchers who have expertise in comparative international research and analysis on issues of child rights and well-being and who can provide support to UNICEF offices on the usage of such data and analysis.
As convenor and administrative agent of this joint nutrition programme, UNICEF is responsible for ensuring the quality of program implementation and financial management and therefore, a Project Coordinator is required to provide direct technical guidance, coordination, and management support for the joint nutrition programme, ensuring effective implementation, quality assurance, and financial oversight of multi-sectoral interventions by UN agencies and the Government of Sierra Leone to achieve the programme’s overall goal to improve climate-resilient systems and improve food and nutrition security by 2029 in the target districts.
The GSSC is currently undergoing significant transition and organizational adjustment across several service areas. The purpose of this consultancy is to provide organizational design and transition support to Payroll and Offboarding and BIS over a three-month period, with a focus on practical recommendations, implementation.
Support and advice UNICEF in finalization of the module and the assessment of the psychometric properties of reading items designed for the new Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0) that will be implemented in MICS and other household surveys.
This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented finance professional to contribute to global financial stewardship within UNICEF. Working with complex financial processes, reporting, compliance, and data analytics, you will help drive informed decision-making, mitigate financial risks, and ensure the effective use of resources to advance children's rights around the world.
Under the guidance of the Representative, the Programme Manager is accountable for programme management, ensuring that programme initiatives are effectively planned, budgeted, implemented and monitored, in accordance with the Country Programme and Country Programme Management Plan, focused on achievement of UNICEF's Priorities. The role also involves close collaboration with the programme sections—such as education, health, child protection, and water and sanitation—to ensure that social policy interventions are integrated and contribute to broader results for children.
ECA PSFR Cluster seeks a Direct Response Television (DRTV) Specialist to support ECA PSFR Cluster with DRTV market development, to implement the 2026/2027 DRTV activity constituting one campaign implemented in 2 waves:
- Wave 1: Mid-October until Mid-December 2026 and
- Wave 2: January 2027
Since 24 February 2022, the escalation of the war in Ukraine has severely affected children and families, leaving millions in need of humanitarian assistance and disrupting access to essential services such as health, education, WASH, and social protection. In response, UNICEF has implemented an emergency response while supporting recovery and strengthening national systems. High-quality, timely evidence and evaluation are essential to ensure programmes remain effective, accountable, and responsive to the evolving needs of children. To strengthen its evaluation function, the UNICEF Ukraine Country Office is recruiting an Evaluation Specialist (NO-C) to support the planning, implementation, and dissemination of evaluations and contribute to the office's evidence generation strategy.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen disaster risk financing (DRF) systems for social sectors in selected Pacific
Island Countries (Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu) by improving the capacity of governments and
partners to mobilize and deliver financial resources effectively to protect children and essential services during shocks.
The consultancy will support UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office (MCO) to enhance its role as a strategic partner in DRF
by working closely with Ministries of Finance and line ministries responsible for education, health & nutrition, child
protection, WASH, and social protection to strengthen the integration of social sectors within DRF frameworks. This
includes assessing and improving shock-responsive delivery systems (“money-out”), identifying systemic bottlenecks, and
providing targeted technical support and initial capacity-building to ensure that financial resources translate into timely
and effective support for children.
The assignment will further contribute to elevating the role of social sectors within national DRF approaches, ensuring
that financing mechanisms explicitly account for the protection of essential services and the needs of children in disaster
contexts.
In parallel, the consultancy will facilitate engagement with key regional and international partners, including PCRIC, the
World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), to align UNICEF’s work
with broader DRF initiatives and promote coordinated, multi-sectoral approaches.
Finally, the consultancy will contribute to the development of donor-ready proposals and a UNICEF DRF roadmap,
ensuring that country-level engagement and systems improvements are translated into actionable strategies,
strengthened partnerships, and resource mobilization opportunities to better protect children from disaster impacts.
UNICEF is seeking a dynamic and committed professional to join its team as a Nutrition Officer, supporting the delivery of maternal, infant, young child and adolescent nutrition (MIYCAN) services, including wasting management, and robust monitoring systems to improve outcomes for vulnerable populations in targeted districts.
You will play a critical part in providing technical assistance, and supporting programme planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition interventions, enabling services to reach those most in need. You will work closely with government counterparts, civil society, and development partners to support systems strengthening, evidence-based approaches, and scalable solutions.Your role will be instrumental in supporting efficient utilization of resources to deliver high-quality nutrition services, which will enable improvements in the survival, growth, and well-being of children and women in Malawi.
To provide UNICEF Center of Excellence in Panama with timely, actionable and behaviourally informed intelligence on emerging narratives, concerns, misinformation trends, information needs, trust dynamics, and emerging issues related to child and adolescent health and immunization across Latin America and the Caribbean, and to generate evidenceinformed recommendations to support programme decision-making, risk communication, community engagement and demand generation efforts.
The Evaluation Office of UNICEF is conducting the Evaluation of child protection systems strengthening for prevention of and response to violence against children and women, an evaluation included in the UNICEF Plan for Global Evaluations 2026–2029. The evaluation focuses on an important programme area for the organization given the breadth of the child right deprivations that programmes intend to address, the scale of the investment and the strategic importance of violence prevention and response. The evaluation serves the purposes of accountability and the generation of learnings to inform the adjustment of programmes, policies and resource mobilization to strengthen their alignment with the Strategic Plan 2026–2029.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant to support UNICEF’s regional data tech portfolio in advancing the priorities of the Frontier Data Network (FDN) work plan with LACRO region.
UNICEF LACRO is looking for a dynamic Regional Chief of Programme & Planning (P-5) to provide strategic leadership in programme planning, monitoring, data, evidence, and regional coordination. If you are passionate about transforming evidence into action and delivering results at scale, we invite you to join our team in Panama and help advance children's rights across the region.
UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited is a global public-private-youth partnership created to meet the urgent need for expanded skilling, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities for young people aged 15–24 as they transition from learning to earning. By bridging skilling and training to employment and entrepreneurship, Generation Unlimited (GenU) supports every young person to thrive in the world of work and earn a dignified livelihood.
Launched in September 2018 by the UN Secretary General and the Executive Director of UNICEF, GenU creates public-private partnerships – globally and at the country-level – to co-create and support investment opportunities, programmes and innovations at a large scale, and help young people transition from learning to careers.
In particular, GenU modernizes skilling and training systems to build the skills young people need for the jobs of today and tomorrow – in a labor market undergoing profound changes that is increasingly being shaped by the AI and green transitions.
Through public-private partnerships, GenU works with governments, the private sector, civil society and UN agencies to attract investment at global and national levels to support national systems and deliver effective programmes to accelerate impact for millions of young people. GenU scales innovations by brokering shared-value partnerships with the private sector in areas, particularly in the digital-AI and green economies.
Under the CEO’s leadership, the GenU Global Team is responsible for strategic planning, supporting and monitoring the execution of the GenU strategy, liaising with the broad spectrum of partners, ensuring adequate level of resources for the partnership through public and private sector fundraising, distributing catalytic capital, and assisting in the work of the partnership’s governance bodies.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide specialised analytical, advocacy and partnership expertise to strengthen UNICEF’s engagement on children and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The consultancy will produce a defined set of strategic, analytical and knowledge products to inform UNICEF’s engagement with Member States and UN processes related to the 2030 Agenda.
UNICEF is launching a landmark global evaluation to transform how we prevent and respond to violence against children and women worldwide. We are seeking a dynamic Junior Evaluator to co-lead a cutting-edge Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) that turns complex country data into actionable, life-saving strategies. Apply today to use your advanced causal research skills for global impact, accountability, and the strategic scaling of child protection systems.
Under the general supervision of the Deputy Representative the candidate will provide guidance and technical assistance to support UNICEF Cash Assistance activities. Guidance and technical assistance will cover the following themes: programme design, planning and implementation, management and monitoring of programme/project activities, data analysis and progress reporting as well as Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) in support of achievement of programme goals and objectives. The candidate shall also provide strategic guidance to enable the country office to liaise at technical level with relevant national and local authorities to expand cash-based response in affected provinces.
UNICEF Zambia is seeking experienced and creative Graphic Design Consultants for a Long-Term Agreement (LTA). Successful consultants will provide professional graphic design services for a wide range of communication products, including print and digital materials, social media content, branding, advocacy, and visibility resources. The engagement is home-based and assignments will be issued on an as-needed basis during the term of the agreement.
UNICEF Zambia is seeking experienced Individual Translator Consultants for a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) to provide translation services on an as-needed basis. Consultants will deliver accurate and culturally appropriate translations between English and Zambia’s seven official local languages—Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi, Tonga, Kaonde, Luvale, and Lunda—to support UNICEF’s programme, advocacy, communication, and knowledge management activities across the country.
UNICEF Innocenti regularly requires specialist work from researchers who have expertise in comparative international research and analysis on issues of child rights and well-being and who can provide support to UNICEF offices on the usage of such data and analysis.
As convenor and administrative agent of this joint nutrition programme, UNICEF is responsible for ensuring the quality of program implementation and financial management and therefore, a Project Coordinator is required to provide direct technical guidance, coordination, and management support for the joint nutrition programme, ensuring effective implementation, quality assurance, and financial oversight of multi-sectoral interventions by UN agencies and the Government of Sierra Leone to achieve the programme’s overall goal to improve climate-resilient systems and improve food and nutrition security by 2029 in the target districts.
The GSSC is currently undergoing significant transition and organizational adjustment across several service areas. The purpose of this consultancy is to provide organizational design and transition support to Payroll and Offboarding and BIS over a three-month period, with a focus on practical recommendations, implementation.
Support and advice UNICEF in finalization of the module and the assessment of the psychometric properties of reading items designed for the new Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0) that will be implemented in MICS and other household surveys.
This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented finance professional to contribute to global financial stewardship within UNICEF. Working with complex financial processes, reporting, compliance, and data analytics, you will help drive informed decision-making, mitigate financial risks, and ensure the effective use of resources to advance children's rights around the world.
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