The Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) Consultant will support the National Department of Health (NDOH), UNICEF, and
nutrition partners to prepare for and respond to the nutrition consequences of the El Niño-induced drought. The consultant
will strengthen nutrition sector coordination, emergency preparedness and contingency planning, nutrition surveillance and
early warning systems, partner capacity, and the delivery of nutrition services and supplies to affected populations. In
addition, the consultant will support the preparation of the national nutrition survey and strengthen national and
subnational capacity for the prevention, detection, and management of acute malnutrition among children. Overall, the
consultant will facilitate a timely, evidence-based, and coordinated nutrition response aimed at preventing and treating
acute malnutrition while safeguarding essential nutrition services during the Elnino driven drought emergency.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and dynamic person to work in the role of Health Specialist 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.
Join UNICEF in Ethiopia and help deliver life-saving impact for children and women. Working within the Supply and Procurement team, you will support the efficient delivery and distribution of essential supplies that strengthen child survival, development, and protection. This is an opportunity to contribute to UNICEF’s mission of advancing equity and ensuring that the most vulnerable children and families have the support they need to thrive.
The Fada Field Office is located in eastern Burkina Faso and covers four regions: Nakambe, Goulmou, Tapoa and Sirba.The Fada Field Office will play a key role in advancing the objectives of the 2027–2030 Country Programme, which adopts geographic and demographic targeting as a key implementation approach. Covering the regions of Goulmou, Sirba, Tapoa, and Nakambé, areas that face some of the highest levels of child deprivation in the country, the Field Office will be central to ensuring that program interventions effectively reach the most vulnerable children and populations, thereby contributing to more equitable and impactful results.Given the public health and humanitarian challenges in the Area of Responsibility, the position requires strong capacity to lead multisectoral field programming, with expertise in health or public health. The incumbent will provide strategic oversight of interventions that strengthen access to essential health services, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, immunization, disease prevention and surveillance, community health, emergency preparedness and response, while ensuring effective integration with nutrition, WASH, education, child protection and social policy.
Pacific Multi-Country Office is looking for an experienced Risk and Compliance professional who is excited by challenges and who wants to achieve meaningful and tangible results for children in the Pacific. The Risk and Compliance Specialist is a pivotal role within PCMO, supporting support the Senior Managers in making sure that resources are continuously, effectively and efficiently geared towards achieving results for children.
UNICEF Dominican Republic is seeking a dynamic and strategic Programme Budget Officer to support the effective planning, monitoring and coordination of the Country Programme. Beyond programme budgeting, grants management and financial oversight, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to strategic decision-making, foster collaboration across sectors and help drive integrated approaches that maximize results for children and adolescents.Working closely with programme teams and senior management, the incumbent will help translate priorities into action, strengthen programme coherence, monitor cross-cutting initiatives and support the efficient use of resources to deliver meaningful impact at scale.
Join UNICEF Cambodia as an Operations Associate. You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Cambodia by providing comprehensive operational support to ensure the effective, equitable, and efficient functioning of UNICEF’s operations.
UNICEF Maldives is seeking a local Maldivian national to Design and Deliver a Community Engagement and Communication Capacity Building Programme for Neighbourhood Police Officers. All qualified nationals are invited to apply!
UNICEF Angola is seeking qualified Angolan nationals to apply for the position of Health and Nutrition Specialist.This exciting opportunity is for a dedicated professional who is passionate about improving the health, nutrition, and well-being of children and women in Angola. The successful candidate will contribute to the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of UNICEF-supported health and nutrition programmes, working closely with government counterparts, partners, and stakeholders to achieve sustainable results for children.
UNICEF PFP’s Partnerships Advisory Support Services (PASS) team seeks additional consultant capacity. This expansion aims to support global engagement with businesses and philanthropists. The team also requires assistance in researching public opinion trends on social issues, media coverage, and reporting for profiling and analyzing potential high-value partnership prospects.
The Zimbabwe Country Office offers an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic People & Culture team and play a strategic role in shaping an inclusive, high-performing workforce. In this role, you will oversee the full employee lifecycle, providing timely, client-focused HR advisory services and ensuring fair, policy-compliant solutions.You will lead key people initiatives—including recruitment, performance management, and staff development—while promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through coaching, learning initiatives, and data-driven insights, you will strengthen workforce capacity and contribute to organizational effectiveness.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, the Chief is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of education programmes/projects. This includes strategic planning and formulation, as well as delivery of results on strengthening national education systems to improve learning outcomes, access to quality, equitable and inclusive pre-primary, primary secondary education and TVET, especially for children and young people who are marginalized, disadvantaged and excluded in society. Incumbent leads a group of professional and support staff to develop and manage the education programme in the country.The Chief is responsible for establishing the plans of action and overseeing work progress to ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable programme/project results,
Under the supervision of and in regular consultation with the supervisor, implement emergency preparedness and response in central (including Kyiv and Chernihiv) as well as western Ukraine and, in parallel, support national emergency programming at country office level. Responsible for the technical contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the emergency interventions to advance the survival and well-being of children and mothers and affected communities in an emergency situation.
The purpose of this four-month consultancy is to provide time-bound and deliverable-based construction engineering services to UNICEF Egypt. The consultant will review planned and ongoing infrastructure interventions, prepare and validate technical documentation, support procurement processes, monitor implementation and quality, and provide recommendations to address technical, contractual and implementation risks.
Join UNICEF as the Programme Officer (Climate Change and Emergency). You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Armenia by designing, implementing, monitoring and coordinating evidence-based and sustainable climate, disaster risk reduction and emergency programmes in Armenia. You will provide technical guidance and strategic support to strengthen climate resilience, reduce risks to children and communities, enhance emergency preparedness and response, and promote child-sensitive approaches in climate change and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes. Working under the general guidance of the Deputy Representative, you will collaborate closely with relevant sectoral and cross-sectoral colleagues, government counterparts and other partners.
The consultant will be deployed on an on-demand basis depending on programme needs, geographic coverage, urgency and the specific deliverables required. They will be responsible for delivering the agreed content outputs assigned through a pre-mission brief, including pre-production, filming, post-production, and any additional editorial deliverables as required, in coordination with the UNICEF Advocacy & Communications section.
Become the next Field Support Specialist for UNICEF Mexico!We are seeking a qualified Field Support Specialist at the NO-3 level to support UNICEF Mexico’s territorial presence and coordination in the Western region, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and covering Jalisco, Michoacán and Guanajuato. If selected, you will contribute to the consolidation of UNICEF’s presence in the region, support integrated programme planning and monitoring, facilitate coordination across programme, communications, partnerships, operations and security functions, and help maintain strategic engagement with state and municipal authorities, civil society, academia, private sector actors, media, influencers, cultural and sports entities, and other key stakeholders.If you have experience in field office coordination, territorial planning, integrated programme delivery, team supervision and multi-stakeholder engagement, and the commitment to help advance the rights of children and adolescents in the Bajío region, apply today!
As a key member of the Country Office, the Reporting Officer (Writer) contributes to advancing results for children, adolescents, and their families by leading the development of high-quality donor reports, funding proposals, and public partnership agreements. Through strategic writing, quality assurance, results-based management (RBM) compliance, and effective coordination with programme and partnership teams, the incumbent supports UNICEF and its partners in achieving resource mobilization and advocacy objectives. In doing so, the Reporting Officer ensures that all written deliverables meet the highest standards of quality, demonstrate measurable results, and are fully aligned with UNICEF’s strategic priorities and commitments in Colombia.
Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Social Sciences, Child Protection, Education and/or management, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or another relevant technical field.Work Experience: At minimum 5 years of relevant work experience is required in one or more of the following areas is required: Child Protection, Education, social policy, planning and management or finances Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset. Background/familiarity with emergency is considered as an asset. Relevant experience in an UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Spanish languages is required.
The Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) Consultant will support the National Department of Health (NDOH), UNICEF, and
nutrition partners to prepare for and respond to the nutrition consequences of the El Niño-induced drought. The consultant
will strengthen nutrition sector coordination, emergency preparedness and contingency planning, nutrition surveillance and
early warning systems, partner capacity, and the delivery of nutrition services and supplies to affected populations. In
addition, the consultant will support the preparation of the national nutrition survey and strengthen national and
subnational capacity for the prevention, detection, and management of acute malnutrition among children. Overall, the
consultant will facilitate a timely, evidence-based, and coordinated nutrition response aimed at preventing and treating
acute malnutrition while safeguarding essential nutrition services during the Elnino driven drought emergency.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and dynamic person to work in the role of Health Specialist 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.
Join UNICEF in Ethiopia and help deliver life-saving impact for children and women. Working within the Supply and Procurement team, you will support the efficient delivery and distribution of essential supplies that strengthen child survival, development, and protection. This is an opportunity to contribute to UNICEF’s mission of advancing equity and ensuring that the most vulnerable children and families have the support they need to thrive.
The Fada Field Office is located in eastern Burkina Faso and covers four regions: Nakambe, Goulmou, Tapoa and Sirba.The Fada Field Office will play a key role in advancing the objectives of the 2027–2030 Country Programme, which adopts geographic and demographic targeting as a key implementation approach. Covering the regions of Goulmou, Sirba, Tapoa, and Nakambé, areas that face some of the highest levels of child deprivation in the country, the Field Office will be central to ensuring that program interventions effectively reach the most vulnerable children and populations, thereby contributing to more equitable and impactful results.Given the public health and humanitarian challenges in the Area of Responsibility, the position requires strong capacity to lead multisectoral field programming, with expertise in health or public health. The incumbent will provide strategic oversight of interventions that strengthen access to essential health services, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, immunization, disease prevention and surveillance, community health, emergency preparedness and response, while ensuring effective integration with nutrition, WASH, education, child protection and social policy.
Pacific Multi-Country Office is looking for an experienced Risk and Compliance professional who is excited by challenges and who wants to achieve meaningful and tangible results for children in the Pacific. The Risk and Compliance Specialist is a pivotal role within PCMO, supporting support the Senior Managers in making sure that resources are continuously, effectively and efficiently geared towards achieving results for children.
UNICEF Dominican Republic is seeking a dynamic and strategic Programme Budget Officer to support the effective planning, monitoring and coordination of the Country Programme. Beyond programme budgeting, grants management and financial oversight, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to strategic decision-making, foster collaboration across sectors and help drive integrated approaches that maximize results for children and adolescents.Working closely with programme teams and senior management, the incumbent will help translate priorities into action, strengthen programme coherence, monitor cross-cutting initiatives and support the efficient use of resources to deliver meaningful impact at scale.
Join UNICEF Cambodia as an Operations Associate. You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Cambodia by providing comprehensive operational support to ensure the effective, equitable, and efficient functioning of UNICEF’s operations.
UNICEF Maldives is seeking a local Maldivian national to Design and Deliver a Community Engagement and Communication Capacity Building Programme for Neighbourhood Police Officers. All qualified nationals are invited to apply!
UNICEF Angola is seeking qualified Angolan nationals to apply for the position of Health and Nutrition Specialist.This exciting opportunity is for a dedicated professional who is passionate about improving the health, nutrition, and well-being of children and women in Angola. The successful candidate will contribute to the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of UNICEF-supported health and nutrition programmes, working closely with government counterparts, partners, and stakeholders to achieve sustainable results for children.
UNICEF PFP’s Partnerships Advisory Support Services (PASS) team seeks additional consultant capacity. This expansion aims to support global engagement with businesses and philanthropists. The team also requires assistance in researching public opinion trends on social issues, media coverage, and reporting for profiling and analyzing potential high-value partnership prospects.
The Zimbabwe Country Office offers an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic People & Culture team and play a strategic role in shaping an inclusive, high-performing workforce. In this role, you will oversee the full employee lifecycle, providing timely, client-focused HR advisory services and ensuring fair, policy-compliant solutions.You will lead key people initiatives—including recruitment, performance management, and staff development—while promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through coaching, learning initiatives, and data-driven insights, you will strengthen workforce capacity and contribute to organizational effectiveness.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, the Chief is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of education programmes/projects. This includes strategic planning and formulation, as well as delivery of results on strengthening national education systems to improve learning outcomes, access to quality, equitable and inclusive pre-primary, primary secondary education and TVET, especially for children and young people who are marginalized, disadvantaged and excluded in society. Incumbent leads a group of professional and support staff to develop and manage the education programme in the country.The Chief is responsible for establishing the plans of action and overseeing work progress to ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable programme/project results,
Under the supervision of and in regular consultation with the supervisor, implement emergency preparedness and response in central (including Kyiv and Chernihiv) as well as western Ukraine and, in parallel, support national emergency programming at country office level. Responsible for the technical contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the emergency interventions to advance the survival and well-being of children and mothers and affected communities in an emergency situation.
The purpose of this four-month consultancy is to provide time-bound and deliverable-based construction engineering services to UNICEF Egypt. The consultant will review planned and ongoing infrastructure interventions, prepare and validate technical documentation, support procurement processes, monitor implementation and quality, and provide recommendations to address technical, contractual and implementation risks.
Join UNICEF as the Programme Officer (Climate Change and Emergency). You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Armenia by designing, implementing, monitoring and coordinating evidence-based and sustainable climate, disaster risk reduction and emergency programmes in Armenia. You will provide technical guidance and strategic support to strengthen climate resilience, reduce risks to children and communities, enhance emergency preparedness and response, and promote child-sensitive approaches in climate change and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes. Working under the general guidance of the Deputy Representative, you will collaborate closely with relevant sectoral and cross-sectoral colleagues, government counterparts and other partners.
The consultant will be deployed on an on-demand basis depending on programme needs, geographic coverage, urgency and the specific deliverables required. They will be responsible for delivering the agreed content outputs assigned through a pre-mission brief, including pre-production, filming, post-production, and any additional editorial deliverables as required, in coordination with the UNICEF Advocacy & Communications section.
Become the next Field Support Specialist for UNICEF Mexico!We are seeking a qualified Field Support Specialist at the NO-3 level to support UNICEF Mexico’s territorial presence and coordination in the Western region, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and covering Jalisco, Michoacán and Guanajuato. If selected, you will contribute to the consolidation of UNICEF’s presence in the region, support integrated programme planning and monitoring, facilitate coordination across programme, communications, partnerships, operations and security functions, and help maintain strategic engagement with state and municipal authorities, civil society, academia, private sector actors, media, influencers, cultural and sports entities, and other key stakeholders.If you have experience in field office coordination, territorial planning, integrated programme delivery, team supervision and multi-stakeholder engagement, and the commitment to help advance the rights of children and adolescents in the Bajío region, apply today!
As a key member of the Country Office, the Reporting Officer (Writer) contributes to advancing results for children, adolescents, and their families by leading the development of high-quality donor reports, funding proposals, and public partnership agreements. Through strategic writing, quality assurance, results-based management (RBM) compliance, and effective coordination with programme and partnership teams, the incumbent supports UNICEF and its partners in achieving resource mobilization and advocacy objectives. In doing so, the Reporting Officer ensures that all written deliverables meet the highest standards of quality, demonstrate measurable results, and are fully aligned with UNICEF’s strategic priorities and commitments in Colombia.
Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Social Sciences, Child Protection, Education and/or management, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or another relevant technical field.Work Experience: At minimum 5 years of relevant work experience is required in one or more of the following areas is required: Child Protection, Education, social policy, planning and management or finances Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset. Background/familiarity with emergency is considered as an asset. Relevant experience in an UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Spanish languages is required.
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