Child wasting remains a persistent public health challenge in the Philippines, with low coverage of early identification and treatment services under the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM). While national policies and guidelines are in place, implementation gaps persist across service delivery, workforce capacity, data systems, supply chain reliability, and sustainable financing. The Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) Programme (2025–2029) supports the Government of the Philippines to accelerate reduction of wasting through five interlinked implementation components: 1. Improving access and uptake of nutrition services 2. Building a skilled and supported workforce 3. Strengthening nutrition data for action 4. Enabling reliable supply of essential nutrition supplies 5. Mobilising and optimizing nutrition financing Within this framework, UNICEF is supporting the nationwide scale-up of the PhilHealth SAM Outpatient Therapeutic Care (OTC) package, updating guidelines and capacities of service providers, strengthening PIMAM implementation across development and emergency contexts, and closing ongoing Simplified Approaches (SA) Operations Research, including Family MUAC and CHW-led treatment pilots. The Philippines through the Child Nutrition Fund channeled through UNICEF Philippines has committed to accrediting at least 2,011 primary health care facilities nationwide by 2029 under the PhilHealth SAM OTC package, alongside improvements in service utilization and admissions. Achieving these targets requires coordinated technical assistance that strengthens the wasting ecosystem across all five CNF components. This consultancy will therefore provide national technical support (capacity building, monitoring of program implementation, quality assurance, and documentation) to advance PIMAM scale-up across these components, while ensuring structured closure and policy translation of the Simplified Approaches Operations Research.
UNICEF Pakistan has provided critical support to the Government of Sindh in rehabilitating schools, WASH facilities, and health infrastructure. Building on these efforts, UNICEF, with support from various donors, plans to further assist the government in the rehabilitation and construction of facilities across the education, health, and WASH sectors. Further, more specifically, greater support will be directed towards the education sector to strengthen school infrastructure, enhance learning conditions, and improve accessibility for students. Additionally, in Sindh, UNICEF serves as the grant agent for both the System Transformation Grant (STG) and the System Capacity Grant (SCG), funded by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). Under the STG, the Sindh Learning Programme (SLP) has been launched as a four-year initiative targeting four districts: Dadu, Tando Allahyar, Tharparkar, and Umerkot. Key interventions under SLP include 1) Upgrading 50 primary schools to middle schools using prefabricated structures, incorporating pre-primary classrooms, separate latrines, and handwashing facilities for boys and girls.2) minor repairs and maintenance of 150 schools to enhance infrastructure and accessibility, ensuring a safer and more inclusive learning environment.
The Field Engineer/Consultant will provide technical support for planning, monitoring, supervision, quality assurance and field-level oversight of construction, rehabilitation, solarization and other related engineering activities in Sindh, with particular focus on the GPE-supported Sindh Learning Programme (SLP), especially Component 1. The assignment also allows for technical support to other UNICEF sectors, including Education, WASH and Health, where such support is required.
UNICEF Mozambique seeks an international consultant to provide 11 months of time-bound technical support on maternal and adolescent nutrition. The consultant will deliver defined outputs to prevent all forms of malnutrition in adolescent girls and women before and during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. The focus is on pregnant adolescents, young mothers and other nutritionally at-risk women.
The assignment responds to time-bound commitments under NutriNorte (EU), the Child Nutrition Fund partnership with Government of Mozambique, and the UN–Ireland Partnership on Child Wasting (2026–2030). It applies the UNICEF Programming Guidance on Maternal Nutrition (2021).
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
UNICEF Bhutan has internship opportunity for final year students of the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law to support the Child Protection Section in the area of Justice for Children.
UNICEF Lao PDR is seeking a national individual consultancy to provide programme coordination, monitoring and reporting support to the ALERT-LAO Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR) Project, including strengthening the operational readiness and coordination of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC), for a period of 12 months.
Working day-to-day within NCLE, under the technical guidance of the Director of NCLE (or the designated iSRS focal point) and the contract management of UNICEF, the Consultant provides dedicated technical coordination to set up and scale up the integrated specimen referral system. The Consultant helps NCLE finalize the iSRS framework and tools, deliver the national ToT and the provincial-to-district cascade in the 14 scale-up provinces, put the transport, packaging and data arrangements in place, and monitor and report on system performance against PSRF indicator 2.3.3. The goal is for the referral system to be functional and sustained in all 17 provinces.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations.This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
The United Nations in Tajikistan is establishing a roster of qualified national interns to support participating UN entities, offices, programmes and projects. Candidates included in the roster may be considered for specific internship opportunities through a desk review, competitive selection or other applicable process, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the respective UN entity.
The purpose of this assignment is to support UNICEF and government partners in strengthening the enabling environment for safely managed sanitation financing in Nepal by assessing the sanitation financing landscape, identifying viable financing mechanisms and partnerships, addressing policy and institutional barriers, and developing practical approaches for mobilizing, tracking, and scaling sanitation investments.
UNICEF Mongolia seeks to establish a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with qualified individual consultants to provide simultaneous and consecutive interpretation, written translation, and editing services between Mongolian and English (and vice versa) to the UNICEF Mongolia Country Office.
The LTA will be established for a two-year period, with services requested on an as-needed, call-down basis. It aims to ensure timely access to qualified language professionals, maintain the quality and consistency of language services, and streamline the engagement of consultants while reducing the need for repeated competitive selection processes for individual assignments.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) as an Education Specialist (Early Learning) and help shape the foundations of learning for young children across 12 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries. This is an exciting opportunity for an education professional with strong expertise in early childhood education to influence policy, strengthen systems, build strategic partnerships, and drive impactful solutions that help children enter school ready to learn and thrive. Through collaboration across the region, the position contributes directly to UNICEF's vision of ensuring every child has access to quality, inclusive, and resilient learning opportunities from the earliest years of life.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Legal & Policy Frameworks) and help strengthen the laws, policies and systems that protect children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in child rights, legal and policy reform, and government engagement to advance stronger, rights-based frameworks that prevent and respond to violence, exploitation, abuse and harmful practices.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as Senior Communication Associate and help advance the rights and well-being of children through strategic communication, advocacy and public engagement. Working with the Team Lead and colleagues across our 12-country MCO, you will support the planning and implementation of campaigns, digital communication, media relations, content development, and youth and stakeholder engagement that strengthen UNICEF's visibility, influence and impact. You will help turn evidence and advocacy priorities into compelling products that promote health, learning, child protection and resilience, while providing the operational and team support that keeps our work running smoothly and showcasing results for children throughout the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Health Specialist (Policy & Budget) and help shape stronger, more equitable health systems across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in health policy, financing and health systems strengthening to support governments in making evidence-informed investment decisions, strengthening sustainable financing, and ensuring public resources deliver better health outcomes for children and adolescents.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Knowledge Management Specialist (Evaluation and Data) and help strengthen how evidence informs decisions and results for children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in evidence generation, evaluation and knowledge management to generate cross-country insights, translate complex evidence into actionable recommendations, and strengthen programme strategy and evidence-informed decision-making across the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Health & Nutrition Specialist (Primary Health Care & Nutrition) and help strengthen health and nutrition outcomes for children and families across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in primary health care and nutrition to support stronger health systems, expand equitable access to integrated services, and help ensure that every child has the opportunity to grow, develop and thrive.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as Education Specialist (Policy & Budget) and help shape stronger, more equitable education systems across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in education policy, planning, financing and budgeting to support governments and partners in turning evidence into effective reforms, strengthening public investment and accountability, and ensuring resources are allocated fairly and used efficiently, and ensuring resources deliver better learning opportunities and outcomes for every child.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Social Policy Specialist (Shock-Responsive Social Protection) and help strengthen social protection systems for children and families across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in social protection and resilience to support governments in building inclusive, shock-responsive systems that reduce child poverty and vulnerability and protect the most vulnerable children and families before, during and after crises.
Join UNICEF's Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean as a Senior Partnerships Associate and help shape transformative partnerships that deliver lasting results for children across 12 countries. You will support the Partnerships team in coordinating and tracking partnership initiatives, resource mobilization, donor relations and partner stewardship, working with governments, regional organizations, international financial institutions, UN entities and the private sector. You will help ensure timely partner engagement, quality documentation and reporting, and strong visibility for UNICEF, making it a trusted partner for children throughout the Caribbean.
Child wasting remains a persistent public health challenge in the Philippines, with low coverage of early identification and treatment services under the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM). While national policies and guidelines are in place, implementation gaps persist across service delivery, workforce capacity, data systems, supply chain reliability, and sustainable financing. The Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) Programme (2025–2029) supports the Government of the Philippines to accelerate reduction of wasting through five interlinked implementation components: 1. Improving access and uptake of nutrition services 2. Building a skilled and supported workforce 3. Strengthening nutrition data for action 4. Enabling reliable supply of essential nutrition supplies 5. Mobilising and optimizing nutrition financing Within this framework, UNICEF is supporting the nationwide scale-up of the PhilHealth SAM Outpatient Therapeutic Care (OTC) package, updating guidelines and capacities of service providers, strengthening PIMAM implementation across development and emergency contexts, and closing ongoing Simplified Approaches (SA) Operations Research, including Family MUAC and CHW-led treatment pilots. The Philippines through the Child Nutrition Fund channeled through UNICEF Philippines has committed to accrediting at least 2,011 primary health care facilities nationwide by 2029 under the PhilHealth SAM OTC package, alongside improvements in service utilization and admissions. Achieving these targets requires coordinated technical assistance that strengthens the wasting ecosystem across all five CNF components. This consultancy will therefore provide national technical support (capacity building, monitoring of program implementation, quality assurance, and documentation) to advance PIMAM scale-up across these components, while ensuring structured closure and policy translation of the Simplified Approaches Operations Research.
UNICEF Pakistan has provided critical support to the Government of Sindh in rehabilitating schools, WASH facilities, and health infrastructure. Building on these efforts, UNICEF, with support from various donors, plans to further assist the government in the rehabilitation and construction of facilities across the education, health, and WASH sectors. Further, more specifically, greater support will be directed towards the education sector to strengthen school infrastructure, enhance learning conditions, and improve accessibility for students. Additionally, in Sindh, UNICEF serves as the grant agent for both the System Transformation Grant (STG) and the System Capacity Grant (SCG), funded by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). Under the STG, the Sindh Learning Programme (SLP) has been launched as a four-year initiative targeting four districts: Dadu, Tando Allahyar, Tharparkar, and Umerkot. Key interventions under SLP include 1) Upgrading 50 primary schools to middle schools using prefabricated structures, incorporating pre-primary classrooms, separate latrines, and handwashing facilities for boys and girls.2) minor repairs and maintenance of 150 schools to enhance infrastructure and accessibility, ensuring a safer and more inclusive learning environment.
The Field Engineer/Consultant will provide technical support for planning, monitoring, supervision, quality assurance and field-level oversight of construction, rehabilitation, solarization and other related engineering activities in Sindh, with particular focus on the GPE-supported Sindh Learning Programme (SLP), especially Component 1. The assignment also allows for technical support to other UNICEF sectors, including Education, WASH and Health, where such support is required.
UNICEF Mozambique seeks an international consultant to provide 11 months of time-bound technical support on maternal and adolescent nutrition. The consultant will deliver defined outputs to prevent all forms of malnutrition in adolescent girls and women before and during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. The focus is on pregnant adolescents, young mothers and other nutritionally at-risk women.
The assignment responds to time-bound commitments under NutriNorte (EU), the Child Nutrition Fund partnership with Government of Mozambique, and the UN–Ireland Partnership on Child Wasting (2026–2030). It applies the UNICEF Programming Guidance on Maternal Nutrition (2021).
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
UNICEF Bhutan has internship opportunity for final year students of the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law to support the Child Protection Section in the area of Justice for Children.
UNICEF Lao PDR is seeking a national individual consultancy to provide programme coordination, monitoring and reporting support to the ALERT-LAO Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR) Project, including strengthening the operational readiness and coordination of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC), for a period of 12 months.
Working day-to-day within NCLE, under the technical guidance of the Director of NCLE (or the designated iSRS focal point) and the contract management of UNICEF, the Consultant provides dedicated technical coordination to set up and scale up the integrated specimen referral system. The Consultant helps NCLE finalize the iSRS framework and tools, deliver the national ToT and the provincial-to-district cascade in the 14 scale-up provinces, put the transport, packaging and data arrangements in place, and monitor and report on system performance against PSRF indicator 2.3.3. The goal is for the referral system to be functional and sustained in all 17 provinces.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations.This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
The United Nations in Tajikistan is establishing a roster of qualified national interns to support participating UN entities, offices, programmes and projects. Candidates included in the roster may be considered for specific internship opportunities through a desk review, competitive selection or other applicable process, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the respective UN entity.
The purpose of this assignment is to support UNICEF and government partners in strengthening the enabling environment for safely managed sanitation financing in Nepal by assessing the sanitation financing landscape, identifying viable financing mechanisms and partnerships, addressing policy and institutional barriers, and developing practical approaches for mobilizing, tracking, and scaling sanitation investments.
UNICEF Mongolia seeks to establish a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with qualified individual consultants to provide simultaneous and consecutive interpretation, written translation, and editing services between Mongolian and English (and vice versa) to the UNICEF Mongolia Country Office.
The LTA will be established for a two-year period, with services requested on an as-needed, call-down basis. It aims to ensure timely access to qualified language professionals, maintain the quality and consistency of language services, and streamline the engagement of consultants while reducing the need for repeated competitive selection processes for individual assignments.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) as an Education Specialist (Early Learning) and help shape the foundations of learning for young children across 12 English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries. This is an exciting opportunity for an education professional with strong expertise in early childhood education to influence policy, strengthen systems, build strategic partnerships, and drive impactful solutions that help children enter school ready to learn and thrive. Through collaboration across the region, the position contributes directly to UNICEF's vision of ensuring every child has access to quality, inclusive, and resilient learning opportunities from the earliest years of life.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Child Protection Specialist (Legal & Policy Frameworks) and help strengthen the laws, policies and systems that protect children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in child rights, legal and policy reform, and government engagement to advance stronger, rights-based frameworks that prevent and respond to violence, exploitation, abuse and harmful practices.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as Senior Communication Associate and help advance the rights and well-being of children through strategic communication, advocacy and public engagement. Working with the Team Lead and colleagues across our 12-country MCO, you will support the planning and implementation of campaigns, digital communication, media relations, content development, and youth and stakeholder engagement that strengthen UNICEF's visibility, influence and impact. You will help turn evidence and advocacy priorities into compelling products that promote health, learning, child protection and resilience, while providing the operational and team support that keeps our work running smoothly and showcasing results for children throughout the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Health Specialist (Policy & Budget) and help shape stronger, more equitable health systems across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in health policy, financing and health systems strengthening to support governments in making evidence-informed investment decisions, strengthening sustainable financing, and ensuring public resources deliver better health outcomes for children and adolescents.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Knowledge Management Specialist (Evaluation and Data) and help strengthen how evidence informs decisions and results for children across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in evidence generation, evaluation and knowledge management to generate cross-country insights, translate complex evidence into actionable recommendations, and strengthen programme strategy and evidence-informed decision-making across the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Health & Nutrition Specialist (Primary Health Care & Nutrition) and help strengthen health and nutrition outcomes for children and families across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in primary health care and nutrition to support stronger health systems, expand equitable access to integrated services, and help ensure that every child has the opportunity to grow, develop and thrive.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as Education Specialist (Policy & Budget) and help shape stronger, more equitable education systems across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in education policy, planning, financing and budgeting to support governments and partners in turning evidence into effective reforms, strengthening public investment and accountability, and ensuring resources are allocated fairly and used efficiently, and ensuring resources deliver better learning opportunities and outcomes for every child.
Join UNICEF's Caribbean Multi-Country Office as a Social Policy Specialist (Shock-Responsive Social Protection) and help strengthen social protection systems for children and families across 12 Caribbean countries. Bring your expertise in social protection and resilience to support governments in building inclusive, shock-responsive systems that reduce child poverty and vulnerability and protect the most vulnerable children and families before, during and after crises.
Join UNICEF's Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean as a Senior Partnerships Associate and help shape transformative partnerships that deliver lasting results for children across 12 countries. You will support the Partnerships team in coordinating and tracking partnership initiatives, resource mobilization, donor relations and partner stewardship, working with governments, regional organizations, international financial institutions, UN entities and the private sector. You will help ensure timely partner engagement, quality documentation and reporting, and strong visibility for UNICEF, making it a trusted partner for children throughout the Caribbean.
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