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, jointly with UN agencies and relevant national partners, is implementing several initiatives with a focus on social and behaviour change. The interventions cover such areas as WASH in schools and inclusive education.
For the implementation of the planned activities, UNICEF is seeking the services of a local consultant to support timely accomplishment of SBC interventions, including but not limited to liaison with national partners and subject experts, coordinating the collaboration with relevant stakeholders, external vendors, and to perform quality control and overall coordination of envisaged SBC solutions.
The consultancy aims to provide overall technical support to UNICEF-supported health projects, particularly in the areas of procurement, technical specification development, installation, commissioning, monitoring, operation and maintenance, and quality assurance of medical equipment. This includes essential diagnostic and newborn care equipment such as sphygmomanometers, glucometers, bilirubinometers, hematology analyzers, and SCANU-related equipment including radiant warmers, phototherapy machines, and bubble CPAP systems.
The position is situated in the Procurement Services Accounting and Reporting, Accounting Unit (PSARU) of the Financial Management and Administrative Centre in UNICEF's Supply Division. PSARU is responsible for financial management of GAVI and Procurement Services Partners’ procurement services operations focused on procurement of vaccines and vaccine-related supplies for GAVI eligible and Procurement Services countries.
The Disability Inclusion Consultant supports the integration of disability inclusion across the Government of Ukraine’s social protection reforms led by the Ministry of Social Policy, Family. The Consultant provides high-level policy advice and technical leadership to ensure reforms are inclusive by design covering strategies, legislation, financing, delivery systems, data/monitoring, accountability, interagency coordination, and managing/overseeing national experts working on specific reform deliverables.
The Consultant maintains a dotted reporting line to the Deputy Representative (Programmes) to strengthen UNICEF’s internal capacity in disability inclusion.
The purpose of this consultancy is to lead and facilitate the development of a comprehensive, inclusive, and actionable National Digital Education Strategy (2027–2032) for Sudan, through a participatory, evidence-based, and contextually relevant process.
UNICEF, through the Centre of Excellence for WASH, Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub and in collaboration with Country Offices, is supporting the development of a Sanitation Programme Facility (SPF) to accelerate access to safely managed sanitation services to households.
This assignment will therefore focus on a desk-based analytical exercise, synthesizing available evidence into a coherent, actionable framework to support decision-making.
Nepal Country Office is seeking qualified and experienced Digital Impact Officer to provide efficient and effective comprehensive operational services, support, innovations including ICT and digital solutions.
The Global MHPSS Leadership Team requires a consultant to support the generation, communication, and use of mental health data and evidence at community, national, and global levels to guide decision-making. The consultant will support the development of operational models, guidance, and tools; facilitate stakeholder consultations; and document country experiences, case studies, and lessons learned to strengthen child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) systems. The consultancy is of a temporary, output-based nature, with deliverables tied to discrete workplan activities across a 12-month period.
Are you passionate about humanitarian action and emergency preparedness? Join UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office as an Emergency Specialist (Caribbean Multi-Country), supporting country offices and partners to strengthen child-centred emergency preparedness, anticipatory action, and resilient systems while enhancing regional collaboration to protect children in times of crisis.
The role is expected to drive tangible improvements in access to essential medicines including pediatric cancer medicines by enhancing their availability and affordability, while application of the Healthy Markets Framework. The incumbent will contribute to building sustainable market shaping activities that support long-term, equitable access to essential medicines for children, in line with UNICEF’s global mandate. Effective management of the partnership will strengthen GPACCM delivery, improve partner satisfaction, and ensure alignment between technical implementation and partnership commitments, contributing to sustainable and scalable access models.
The purpose of this assignment is to support financing, systems strengthening & policy reform, scale-up of transformative TVET programmes, and related monitoring, evaluation, research and learning for UNICEF’s Skills & Secondary Education global programme portfolio. This will engage colleagues and teams across Global Education Practice as well as other parts of UNICEF (i.e. ESP/GenU) and partners (i.e. ILO, UNESCO, World Bank).
UNICEF is seeking a Project Manager to join the UNICEF Global Individual Giving Fundraising Team, within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), that raises money for children from the public.
In this role, the Consultant will co-lead an enterprise-level Content Management System (CMS) and Digital Platform Experience (DXP) known as the Global Giving Platform 2.0 – an enterprise-level ecommerce product aimed to offer UNICEF offices across the globe a trusted, donor-centered and ease to use platform for digital fundraising.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the visibility, accessibility and strategic use of knowledge generated through the mapping and analysis of governance models and coordination mechanisms within Italy’s juvenile justice and reception systems for unaccompanied and separated children (UASC). The Knowledge Translation Consultant (Juvenile Justice) will support the systematization, capitalization and dissemination of evidence, good practices and lessons learned emerging from interinstitutional cooperation between Juvenile Courts, reception actors and public authorities, to inform policy dialogue, institutional learning and national planning processes.
Support UNICEF's global procurement operations by managing end-to-end procurement activities, contract administration, supplier coordination and order management to ensure the timely delivery of critical supplies for children in development and humanitarian contexts.
Se requiere contar con uno o varios profesionales para brindar el servicio de diseño gráfico de acuerdo con los requerimientos del equipo de PFP de UNICEF Perú.
La presente consultoría está abierta únicamente a personas de nacionalidad peruana, que residan en el Perú al momento de la postulación y durante toda la vigencia del Acuerdo. En consecuencia, únicamente serán consideradas aquellas postulaciones que cumplan con estos requisitos.
The assessment will generate evidence and lessons learned to inform UNICEF and UNFPA on the implementation progress, emerging results, challenges, and areas for strengthening future programmes. It will also identify operational and strategic considerations to support adaptive management, improve programme delivery modalities, and generate key recommendations and good practices identified to guide stakeholders and their partners in improving future disability-inclusive programming.
Support UNICEF's global supply operations by providing technical support for education commodities, including product evaluation, procurement, supplier management, and quality assurance to ensure the timely and compliant delivery of supplies worldwide.
As part of its efforts to support the coordination of foundational learning in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Education, through the Director of Basic Education, has requested UNICEF to support the development of the FLN Policy for Nigeria. This will build on the identified gaps in the FLN Landscape analysis and other evidence on FLN implementation across the states. The consultant will also work with FME, State governments, and partners to map the number and location of non-formal learning centers. To support these requests from FME, UNICEF seeks a consultant to undertake the work which will contribute to UNICEF’s country programme for 2026 – 2027.
Be part of a movement transforming the future of young people in India.YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India), hosted by UNICEF, is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together government, private sector, civil society, philanthropy, UN agencies, and young people to create pathways from learning to earning and active citizenship. Since its launch in 2019, YuWaah and its partners have reached over 100 million young people across India through initiatives focused on employability, entrepreneurship, skilling, and youth engagement.As YuWaah enters its next phase of growth, we are looking for a dynamic and collaborative professional to support the effective functioning of its partnership ecosystem, governance mechanisms, and stakeholder engagement efforts.
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, jointly with UN agencies and relevant national partners, is implementing several initiatives with a focus on social and behaviour change. The interventions cover such areas as WASH in schools and inclusive education.
For the implementation of the planned activities, UNICEF is seeking the services of a local consultant to support timely accomplishment of SBC interventions, including but not limited to liaison with national partners and subject experts, coordinating the collaboration with relevant stakeholders, external vendors, and to perform quality control and overall coordination of envisaged SBC solutions.
The consultancy aims to provide overall technical support to UNICEF-supported health projects, particularly in the areas of procurement, technical specification development, installation, commissioning, monitoring, operation and maintenance, and quality assurance of medical equipment. This includes essential diagnostic and newborn care equipment such as sphygmomanometers, glucometers, bilirubinometers, hematology analyzers, and SCANU-related equipment including radiant warmers, phototherapy machines, and bubble CPAP systems.
The position is situated in the Procurement Services Accounting and Reporting, Accounting Unit (PSARU) of the Financial Management and Administrative Centre in UNICEF's Supply Division. PSARU is responsible for financial management of GAVI and Procurement Services Partners’ procurement services operations focused on procurement of vaccines and vaccine-related supplies for GAVI eligible and Procurement Services countries.
The Disability Inclusion Consultant supports the integration of disability inclusion across the Government of Ukraine’s social protection reforms led by the Ministry of Social Policy, Family. The Consultant provides high-level policy advice and technical leadership to ensure reforms are inclusive by design covering strategies, legislation, financing, delivery systems, data/monitoring, accountability, interagency coordination, and managing/overseeing national experts working on specific reform deliverables.
The Consultant maintains a dotted reporting line to the Deputy Representative (Programmes) to strengthen UNICEF’s internal capacity in disability inclusion.
The purpose of this consultancy is to lead and facilitate the development of a comprehensive, inclusive, and actionable National Digital Education Strategy (2027–2032) for Sudan, through a participatory, evidence-based, and contextually relevant process.
UNICEF, through the Centre of Excellence for WASH, Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub and in collaboration with Country Offices, is supporting the development of a Sanitation Programme Facility (SPF) to accelerate access to safely managed sanitation services to households.
This assignment will therefore focus on a desk-based analytical exercise, synthesizing available evidence into a coherent, actionable framework to support decision-making.
Nepal Country Office is seeking qualified and experienced Digital Impact Officer to provide efficient and effective comprehensive operational services, support, innovations including ICT and digital solutions.
The Global MHPSS Leadership Team requires a consultant to support the generation, communication, and use of mental health data and evidence at community, national, and global levels to guide decision-making. The consultant will support the development of operational models, guidance, and tools; facilitate stakeholder consultations; and document country experiences, case studies, and lessons learned to strengthen child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) systems. The consultancy is of a temporary, output-based nature, with deliverables tied to discrete workplan activities across a 12-month period.
Are you passionate about humanitarian action and emergency preparedness? Join UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office as an Emergency Specialist (Caribbean Multi-Country), supporting country offices and partners to strengthen child-centred emergency preparedness, anticipatory action, and resilient systems while enhancing regional collaboration to protect children in times of crisis.
The role is expected to drive tangible improvements in access to essential medicines including pediatric cancer medicines by enhancing their availability and affordability, while application of the Healthy Markets Framework. The incumbent will contribute to building sustainable market shaping activities that support long-term, equitable access to essential medicines for children, in line with UNICEF’s global mandate. Effective management of the partnership will strengthen GPACCM delivery, improve partner satisfaction, and ensure alignment between technical implementation and partnership commitments, contributing to sustainable and scalable access models.
The purpose of this assignment is to support financing, systems strengthening & policy reform, scale-up of transformative TVET programmes, and related monitoring, evaluation, research and learning for UNICEF’s Skills & Secondary Education global programme portfolio. This will engage colleagues and teams across Global Education Practice as well as other parts of UNICEF (i.e. ESP/GenU) and partners (i.e. ILO, UNESCO, World Bank).
UNICEF is seeking a Project Manager to join the UNICEF Global Individual Giving Fundraising Team, within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), that raises money for children from the public.
In this role, the Consultant will co-lead an enterprise-level Content Management System (CMS) and Digital Platform Experience (DXP) known as the Global Giving Platform 2.0 – an enterprise-level ecommerce product aimed to offer UNICEF offices across the globe a trusted, donor-centered and ease to use platform for digital fundraising.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the visibility, accessibility and strategic use of knowledge generated through the mapping and analysis of governance models and coordination mechanisms within Italy’s juvenile justice and reception systems for unaccompanied and separated children (UASC). The Knowledge Translation Consultant (Juvenile Justice) will support the systematization, capitalization and dissemination of evidence, good practices and lessons learned emerging from interinstitutional cooperation between Juvenile Courts, reception actors and public authorities, to inform policy dialogue, institutional learning and national planning processes.
Support UNICEF's global procurement operations by managing end-to-end procurement activities, contract administration, supplier coordination and order management to ensure the timely delivery of critical supplies for children in development and humanitarian contexts.
Se requiere contar con uno o varios profesionales para brindar el servicio de diseño gráfico de acuerdo con los requerimientos del equipo de PFP de UNICEF Perú.
La presente consultoría está abierta únicamente a personas de nacionalidad peruana, que residan en el Perú al momento de la postulación y durante toda la vigencia del Acuerdo. En consecuencia, únicamente serán consideradas aquellas postulaciones que cumplan con estos requisitos.
The assessment will generate evidence and lessons learned to inform UNICEF and UNFPA on the implementation progress, emerging results, challenges, and areas for strengthening future programmes. It will also identify operational and strategic considerations to support adaptive management, improve programme delivery modalities, and generate key recommendations and good practices identified to guide stakeholders and their partners in improving future disability-inclusive programming.
Support UNICEF's global supply operations by providing technical support for education commodities, including product evaluation, procurement, supplier management, and quality assurance to ensure the timely and compliant delivery of supplies worldwide.
As part of its efforts to support the coordination of foundational learning in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Education, through the Director of Basic Education, has requested UNICEF to support the development of the FLN Policy for Nigeria. This will build on the identified gaps in the FLN Landscape analysis and other evidence on FLN implementation across the states. The consultant will also work with FME, State governments, and partners to map the number and location of non-formal learning centers. To support these requests from FME, UNICEF seeks a consultant to undertake the work which will contribute to UNICEF’s country programme for 2026 – 2027.
Be part of a movement transforming the future of young people in India.YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India), hosted by UNICEF, is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together government, private sector, civil society, philanthropy, UN agencies, and young people to create pathways from learning to earning and active citizenship. Since its launch in 2019, YuWaah and its partners have reached over 100 million young people across India through initiatives focused on employability, entrepreneurship, skilling, and youth engagement.As YuWaah enters its next phase of growth, we are looking for a dynamic and collaborative professional to support the effective functioning of its partnership ecosystem, governance mechanisms, and stakeholder engagement efforts.
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