This intervention, implemented by WFP and UNICEF, is an integrated Nutrition, Health, Education, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Livelihoods programme. The objective is to provide households with sustainable food security and livelihoods that enable them to produce, access and afford nutritious food. In addition, these interventions will help communities produce sufficient food to sell their surplus, and to add value and connect with higher value markets to boost household income and savings. This in turn will further improve their access to education, health, and WASH services.The candidate will be responsible for field level management and coordination of JRP activities across the four districts, including interface with communities, partners, and local authorities.
Pakistan, with a population exceeding 240 million, faces persistent challenges in poverty, social exclusion, gender inequality, and vulnerability to disasters and emergencies. Over 38% of Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty, with deep disparities at provincial and district levels, exacerbated by social exclusion, discrimination, and violence against marginalized groups, especially women, children, and minorities. The COVID-19 pandemic, recurring natural disasters, and ongoing humanitarian crises have further exposed the fragility of community systems and the urgent need for robust, inclusive, and resilient community engagement mechanisms
Social norms, information gaps, and low trust in public services further hinder service uptake. Technical solutions alone are insufficient; robust community engagement (CE) is essential to expand service reach, strengthen frontline systems, and address behavioral, social, and structural barriers. However, current CE efforts are fragmented and inconsistently linked with service delivery.
Community engagement emerged as one of the most effective components across the SBC portfolio . It relies on trusted local actors, culturally grounded approaches, participatory delivery, and regular interpersonal contact. These strategies helped shift knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours across sectors including health, WASH, education, nutrition, child protection, and polio.
The SBC formative evaluation highlights that interpersonal, community embedded delivery was the central driver of behaviour change. By leveraging community trust, local insights, and repeated face to face engagement, programmes were able to overcome social barriers, build ownership, and make desired behaviours more practical and acceptable for households.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the integration of child protection and GBV prevention and response within WASH Sectors in Liberia, ensuring that WASH policies, programmes, and investments contribute to safer environments and reduced violence risks for children, adolescents, and women.
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
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.
Consultancy to provide technical support to advance large-scale food fortification (LSFF) and iodine nutrition agenda in West and Central Africa (WCAR), Child Nutrition and Development Practice, UNICEF; Nairobi, Kenya, 10.5 months, Office based in Abuja, Nigeria (with travel across West Africa / Member States)
This assignment aims at strengthening the office’s knowledge management and communications functions — capturing institutional knowledge and lessons learned, and supporting the coordinated production of communications and visibility products such as the annual report, publications and events. The aim is to reinforce internal coordination, evidence-based advocacy, cooperation with donors in close collaboration with the Italian National Committee and the external positioning of the UNICEF National Response in Italy.
The Executive Specialist plays a central strategic, analytical and coordination role within the PPR Global Director's Office. The incumbent supports the Global Director by ensuring effective management of information flows, facilitating decision-making processes, strengthening coordination across the Division and with external partners, and helping translate emerging issues, partnership priorities and operational developments into timely action. The role contributes directly to enhancing the Global Director's capacity to lead, influence and position UNICEF within the broader UN system and global public partnerships landscape.In the Global Director’s Office, the Executive Specialist supports the Director’s leadership across PPR’s income, influence, insight and stewardship functions by ensuring that public partnership priorities, donor intelligence, political developments, divisional actions and senior-level engagements are effectively synthesized, coordinated and translated into timely decisions and follow-up.
UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire is seeking a talented specialist to drive its youth and adolescent development programme forward with the following key functions:
• Support to programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
UNICEF Liberia is seeking to hire a qualified candidate to work under the close supervision and guidance of the Deputy Representative/Operations. The Operations Assistant supports the office’s sections by carrying out a range of procedural, administrative, and operational tasks, to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The Systems Analyst consultant is required to support the development of various projects and deliverables, while ensuring effective knowledge transfer and capacity building for technical staff currently working at CEDSIF, IP and INAS,IP.
Under the general guidance of the Chief Child Protection, the Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. Incumbent prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
The Partnership & Communication officer will be based at the UNICEF Gabon Country Office (CO), under the supervision of the Area Representative.The position contributes to strengthening UNICEF’s partnerships, visibility and public engagement by supporting the implementation of communication and partnership strategies aligned with country program priorities and global UNICEF frameworks.The incumbent supports the representation in enhancing collaboration with key stakeholders, contributing to environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, advocacy efforts and resource mobilization initiatives.
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’s Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest is recruiting highly dedicated individuals for managing a range of transactional and administrative tasks related to the hiring, selection, and contracting cycle of individual consultants. The role involves active engagement with contracting managers in country offices, not only to process transactions but also to provide guidance on procedures and compliance.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Senior Programme Associate manages and/or contributes to the total commitment and management of EU funds distributed for Humanitarian and/or Development aid to UNICEF Country and Regional Offices worldwide. Proposal or Programme Associate is responsible for the coordination, monitoring and quality during the project proposal preparation, design, planning and management with strategic focus on the achievement of UNICEF’s Organizational priorities and the legal requirements of the EU and UNICEF.
We are looking for the dedicated Emergency Specialist (Anticipatory Action), who will be responsible for leading the management and implementation of the insurance-backed anticipatory action (AA) programme.
The consultant will support the implementation of UNICEF Guinea's PSEA Action Plan and the inter-agency PSEA Workplan through technical leadership, coordination, capacity strengthening, partner engagement, risk mitigation and monitoring. The assignment will contribute to strengthening safeguarding systems and ensuring the effective implementation of PSEA commitments across UNICEF programmes and the wider UN system in Guinea.
Under the overall supervision of the UNICEF Representative, and in close collaboration with the Child Protection Section and other relevant programme and operations sections, the consultant will provide strategic, technical and operational support to strengthen PSEA prevention, risk mitigation, inter-agency coordination, capacity building and survivor-centred response mechanisms in Guinea.
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.
This intervention, implemented by WFP and UNICEF, is an integrated Nutrition, Health, Education, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Livelihoods programme. The objective is to provide households with sustainable food security and livelihoods that enable them to produce, access and afford nutritious food. In addition, these interventions will help communities produce sufficient food to sell their surplus, and to add value and connect with higher value markets to boost household income and savings. This in turn will further improve their access to education, health, and WASH services.The candidate will be responsible for field level management and coordination of JRP activities across the four districts, including interface with communities, partners, and local authorities.
Pakistan, with a population exceeding 240 million, faces persistent challenges in poverty, social exclusion, gender inequality, and vulnerability to disasters and emergencies. Over 38% of Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty, with deep disparities at provincial and district levels, exacerbated by social exclusion, discrimination, and violence against marginalized groups, especially women, children, and minorities. The COVID-19 pandemic, recurring natural disasters, and ongoing humanitarian crises have further exposed the fragility of community systems and the urgent need for robust, inclusive, and resilient community engagement mechanisms
Social norms, information gaps, and low trust in public services further hinder service uptake. Technical solutions alone are insufficient; robust community engagement (CE) is essential to expand service reach, strengthen frontline systems, and address behavioral, social, and structural barriers. However, current CE efforts are fragmented and inconsistently linked with service delivery.
Community engagement emerged as one of the most effective components across the SBC portfolio . It relies on trusted local actors, culturally grounded approaches, participatory delivery, and regular interpersonal contact. These strategies helped shift knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours across sectors including health, WASH, education, nutrition, child protection, and polio.
The SBC formative evaluation highlights that interpersonal, community embedded delivery was the central driver of behaviour change. By leveraging community trust, local insights, and repeated face to face engagement, programmes were able to overcome social barriers, build ownership, and make desired behaviours more practical and acceptable for households.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the integration of child protection and GBV prevention and response within WASH Sectors in Liberia, ensuring that WASH policies, programmes, and investments contribute to safer environments and reduced violence risks for children, adolescents, and women.
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
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.
Consultancy to provide technical support to advance large-scale food fortification (LSFF) and iodine nutrition agenda in West and Central Africa (WCAR), Child Nutrition and Development Practice, UNICEF; Nairobi, Kenya, 10.5 months, Office based in Abuja, Nigeria (with travel across West Africa / Member States)
This assignment aims at strengthening the office’s knowledge management and communications functions — capturing institutional knowledge and lessons learned, and supporting the coordinated production of communications and visibility products such as the annual report, publications and events. The aim is to reinforce internal coordination, evidence-based advocacy, cooperation with donors in close collaboration with the Italian National Committee and the external positioning of the UNICEF National Response in Italy.
The Executive Specialist plays a central strategic, analytical and coordination role within the PPR Global Director's Office. The incumbent supports the Global Director by ensuring effective management of information flows, facilitating decision-making processes, strengthening coordination across the Division and with external partners, and helping translate emerging issues, partnership priorities and operational developments into timely action. The role contributes directly to enhancing the Global Director's capacity to lead, influence and position UNICEF within the broader UN system and global public partnerships landscape.In the Global Director’s Office, the Executive Specialist supports the Director’s leadership across PPR’s income, influence, insight and stewardship functions by ensuring that public partnership priorities, donor intelligence, political developments, divisional actions and senior-level engagements are effectively synthesized, coordinated and translated into timely decisions and follow-up.
UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire is seeking a talented specialist to drive its youth and adolescent development programme forward with the following key functions:
• Support to programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
UNICEF Liberia is seeking to hire a qualified candidate to work under the close supervision and guidance of the Deputy Representative/Operations. The Operations Assistant supports the office’s sections by carrying out a range of procedural, administrative, and operational tasks, to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The Systems Analyst consultant is required to support the development of various projects and deliverables, while ensuring effective knowledge transfer and capacity building for technical staff currently working at CEDSIF, IP and INAS,IP.
Under the general guidance of the Chief Child Protection, the Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. Incumbent prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
The Partnership & Communication officer will be based at the UNICEF Gabon Country Office (CO), under the supervision of the Area Representative.The position contributes to strengthening UNICEF’s partnerships, visibility and public engagement by supporting the implementation of communication and partnership strategies aligned with country program priorities and global UNICEF frameworks.The incumbent supports the representation in enhancing collaboration with key stakeholders, contributing to environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, advocacy efforts and resource mobilization initiatives.
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’s Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest is recruiting highly dedicated individuals for managing a range of transactional and administrative tasks related to the hiring, selection, and contracting cycle of individual consultants. The role involves active engagement with contracting managers in country offices, not only to process transactions but also to provide guidance on procedures and compliance.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Senior Programme Associate manages and/or contributes to the total commitment and management of EU funds distributed for Humanitarian and/or Development aid to UNICEF Country and Regional Offices worldwide. Proposal or Programme Associate is responsible for the coordination, monitoring and quality during the project proposal preparation, design, planning and management with strategic focus on the achievement of UNICEF’s Organizational priorities and the legal requirements of the EU and UNICEF.
We are looking for the dedicated Emergency Specialist (Anticipatory Action), who will be responsible for leading the management and implementation of the insurance-backed anticipatory action (AA) programme.
The consultant will support the implementation of UNICEF Guinea's PSEA Action Plan and the inter-agency PSEA Workplan through technical leadership, coordination, capacity strengthening, partner engagement, risk mitigation and monitoring. The assignment will contribute to strengthening safeguarding systems and ensuring the effective implementation of PSEA commitments across UNICEF programmes and the wider UN system in Guinea.
Under the overall supervision of the UNICEF Representative, and in close collaboration with the Child Protection Section and other relevant programme and operations sections, the consultant will provide strategic, technical and operational support to strengthen PSEA prevention, risk mitigation, inter-agency coordination, capacity building and survivor-centred response mechanisms in Guinea.
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.
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