This assignment aims to support UNICEF’s FunDoo platform, a digital, chat-based learning solution that equips young people with 21st century and employability skills. The consultant will support global deployment and monitoring, develop and adapt learning content, test and improve user experience based on feedback, and contribute to reporting, documentation, and knowledge management.
Care-related social protection provides income support and services to caregivers, primarily women, to help meet the costs of care. It provides financial or in-kind support to those who give or require care, in connection with life events such as childbirth, disability, aging, or chronic illness. It is a core feature of inclusive care and support systems. As part of Selangor‘s latest Care Economy Policy and the Selangor Early Childhood Development Policy and Action Plan, there is a concerted push towards enhancing women‘s labour force participation across Selangor by supporting their care responsibilities while simultaneously improving early childhood development outcomes, including nutrition and childcare access. Efforts to consolidate or improve these existing schemes could help pave the way towards ensuring all mothers and children are able to access support. Recognising this, Selangor, Malaysia’s most urbanised and economically developed state has had in place several care-related social protection schemes aimed at supporting working parents or legal guardians who care for children 0-6 years old to enable their workforce participation and improve early childhood development outcomes, among other goals. These are all varied standalone schemes which have slightly different aims and modalities and are also administered by different agencies under the Selangor government.
Care-related social protection provides income support and services to caregivers, primarily women, to help meet the costs of care. It provides financial or in-kind support to those who give or require care, in connection with life events such as childbirth, disability, aging, or chronic illness. It is a core feature of inclusive care and support systems. As part of Selangor‘s latest Care Economy Policy and the Selangor Early Childhood Development Policy and Action Plan, there is a concerted push towards enhancing women‘s labour force participation across Selangor by supporting their care responsibilities while simultaneously improving early childhood development outcomes, including nutrition and childcare access. Efforts to consolidate or improve these existing schemes could help pave the way towards ensuring all mothers and children are able to access support. Recognising this, Selangor, Malaysia’s most urbanised and economically developed state has had in place several care-related social protection schemes aimed at supporting working parents or legal guardians who care for children 0-6 years old to enable their workforce participation and improve early childhood development outcomes, among other goals. These are all varied standalone schemes which have slightly different aims and modalities, and are also administered by different agencies under the Selangor government
UNICEF Ukraine continues to document the impact of the war on children and families while implementing communication, advocacy, fundraising and social and behaviour change campaigns across multiple sectors. Strategic engagement of influencers, celebrities and opinion leaders is essential to amplify UNICEF's messages, expand public outreach, strengthen advocacy efforts and increase support for children's rights.
UNICEF Ukraine continues to document the impact of the war on children and families while implementing communication, advocacy, fundraising and social and behaviour change campaigns across multiple sectors. Strategic engagement of influencers, celebrities and opinion leaders is essential to amplify UNICEF's messages, expand public outreach, strengthen advocacy efforts and increase support for children's rights.
UNICEF DRC is seeking a dedicated and experienced professional to join our team as a Contracts Officer (NO-B) on a Temporary Appointment (364 days).Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children? If so, we encourage you to apply and become part of an organization that is working every day to protect children's rights and help them reach their full potential.Apply now and be part of something bigger.
UNICEF Cameroun is recruiting 12 Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) interns, deployed in two cohorts of six interns each for a period of six months. During the first phase, six interns will be deployed across UNICEF Cameroon offices as follows: Yaoundé (Centre Region):1 intern, Douala (Littoral Region):1 intern, Buea (South-West Region): 1 intern, Bertoua (East Region): 1 intern, Ngaoundéré (Adamawa Region): 1 intern, and Maroua (Far North Region): 1 intern. The interns will contribute to strengthening community engagement efforts in Child-Friendly Municipalities, expansion of Accountability to Affected Populations, expansion of birth registration and implementation of the initiative to prevent child marriage.
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.
Come join us in beautiful, complex, and diverse Malaysia to lead our high-performing child protection team and help deliver lasting results for children. As Chief, you will provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for the development, implementation, and monitoring of child protection programmes, while fostering partnerships with government, donors, UN agencies, the private sector, and business partners. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence national policies, contribute to the Malaysia MADANI framework and the 13th Malaysia Plan, and drive innovation to strengthen systems so that every child is protected, included, healthy, learning and able to realize their full potential.
Join UNICEF as Chief (Professional Practices), Internal Audit. Lead the strategy, quality, innovation, and transformation of UNICEF’s global internal audit function, driving risk-based assurance, audit excellence, and data-driven insights across a complex international organization. This senior leadership role is ideal for a seasoned audit professional with extensive experience in internal audit, risk management, quality assurance, and audit modernization who is passionate about strengthening governance and organizational impact.
The consultant will support selected Country Offices in producing high-quality, strategic reports that clearly demonstrate results achieved, the added value of UNICEF’s contribution, and the impact of ECHO-funded interventions, while ensuring full alignment with donor requirements and expectations.
Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief, People & Culture, the Consultant will design and deliver a structured AI literacy and responsible adoption programme for UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office staff.
To help achieve the results set out in UNICEF’s Strategic Plan and respond to growing demand from country offices and government partners for technical support on ECD, UNICEF is establishing a Global Roster of ECD Expert Consultants. The roster will play a central role in supporting UNICEF’s Centers of Excellence work on ECD by providing Country Offices with timely access to specialized expertise. The roster will function as a stand-by mechanism, enabling UNICEF to rapidly mobilize pre-qualified experts to provide timely and quality support on ECD.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS), in collaboration with key stakeholders, to update the Shock Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Zambia, by incorporating recommendations from the two completed evaluations of the 2024 Drought Emergency Cash Transfer (DECT). The assignment will translate existing findings and experience into clear, practical and implementable SOP provisions responding to shocks through the social protection system, particularly the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme delivery infrastructure.
The assignment will ensure that the SOPs are aligned with relevant legislation, policies, and other legal and operational frameworks, while incorporating lessons and recommendations identified in the two DECT evaluations.
UNICEF Pakistan seeks qualified consultants across complementary areas of expertise to perform a range of duties in support of UNICEF and government partners, contributing to the development and strengthening of systems that protect children from climate- and disaster-related risks.
UNICEF works towards the realization of the rights of every child as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Under UNICEF's Strategic Plan 2026-2029, a new organizational ambition has been established through Impact Goal 5: to ensure that 500 million children are better protected from disasters and climate and environmental risks.
NICEF’s mandate is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, through programmes, advocacy and operational support. UNICEF’s North Pacific Field Office, based in Pohnpei, supports education programming across the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Palau, including through remote and in-country support to partners in RMI.In RMI, UNICEF works closely with the Public School System (PSS) on education programming and with the Office of the Chief Secretary (OCS) on early childhood development (ECD), in coordination with relevant government agencies and
development partners. Key areas of engagement include the GPE System Transformation Grant — the Rebbelib Programme
— which aims to improve learning outcomes by bringing digital connectivity to all elementary schools; the GPE System
Capacity Grant, which supports strengthened education sector capacity through improved planning, human resource
management and evidence generation; preparation for the Head Start Programme; the RENEW solarization project; and
multi-sectoral ECD support. UNICEF also provides support to other education priorities in RMI, based on available resources
and alignment with UNICEF’s comparative advantage, including under the Pacific Regional Education Framework (PacREF).
To support the effective implementation of this expanding portfolio, UNICEF seeks to engage a consultant to work within
PSS and provide dedicated technical, logistical, coordination, monitoring and reporting support to the PSS–UNICEF
partnership. The consultant will support PSS leadership and relevant focal officers to ensure coherent implementation of
agreed activities, timely follow-up on deliverables, effective coordination with UNICEF, OCS and other partners, and systematic tracking of progress, challenges, risks and results. The consultancy will help strengthen programme delivery by supporting implementation planning, identifying and addressing bottlenecks,
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Education in developing child friendly, a realistic and costed National Action Plan for the expansion of pre-primary education in Eritrea, based on the needs assessments and implementation plans submitted by all Zobas.
The consultancy will also support the development of a Multisectoral Early Childhood Development (ECD) Coordination Framework that defines institutional arrangements, roles and responsibilities, governance structures, and coordination mechanisms among key sectors and stakeholders involved in supporting young children's development.
Through a consultative process, the consultant will consolidate Zoba-level requirements, estimate resource and financing needs, identify implementation priorities, and propose practical coordination arrangements to support effective delivery of integrated ECD services.
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 Immunization Specialist (Vaccine and Cold Chain Management) will help ensure that every child and woman has equitable access to life-saving vaccines by strengthening vaccine supply chains, cold chain systems, and immunization programme performance. Through technical support, capacity building, and data-driven planning, the position will contribute to increasing immunization coverage, reducing vaccine-preventable diseases, and reaching underserved and hard-to-reach communities across Zambia.
UNICEF is seeking a Data Analysis Consultant to support the strengthening of nutrition and supply chain systems through data-driven decision-making. The consultant will contribute to the design, implementation, and optimization of digital End User Monitoring (EUM) tools, data analytics solutions, and Power BI dashboards that improve visibility, accountability, and performance across supply chains. The role will support UNICEF country offices and partners in enhancing data quality, integrating information systems, and generating actionable insights to improve access to essential health and nutrition supplies. Through advanced data analysis, visualization, and digital solutions, the consultant will help strengthen resilient and sustainable supply chain systems in low-resource and humanitarian settings.
This assignment aims to support UNICEF’s FunDoo platform, a digital, chat-based learning solution that equips young people with 21st century and employability skills. The consultant will support global deployment and monitoring, develop and adapt learning content, test and improve user experience based on feedback, and contribute to reporting, documentation, and knowledge management.
Care-related social protection provides income support and services to caregivers, primarily women, to help meet the costs of care. It provides financial or in-kind support to those who give or require care, in connection with life events such as childbirth, disability, aging, or chronic illness. It is a core feature of inclusive care and support systems. As part of Selangor‘s latest Care Economy Policy and the Selangor Early Childhood Development Policy and Action Plan, there is a concerted push towards enhancing women‘s labour force participation across Selangor by supporting their care responsibilities while simultaneously improving early childhood development outcomes, including nutrition and childcare access. Efforts to consolidate or improve these existing schemes could help pave the way towards ensuring all mothers and children are able to access support. Recognising this, Selangor, Malaysia’s most urbanised and economically developed state has had in place several care-related social protection schemes aimed at supporting working parents or legal guardians who care for children 0-6 years old to enable their workforce participation and improve early childhood development outcomes, among other goals. These are all varied standalone schemes which have slightly different aims and modalities and are also administered by different agencies under the Selangor government.
Care-related social protection provides income support and services to caregivers, primarily women, to help meet the costs of care. It provides financial or in-kind support to those who give or require care, in connection with life events such as childbirth, disability, aging, or chronic illness. It is a core feature of inclusive care and support systems. As part of Selangor‘s latest Care Economy Policy and the Selangor Early Childhood Development Policy and Action Plan, there is a concerted push towards enhancing women‘s labour force participation across Selangor by supporting their care responsibilities while simultaneously improving early childhood development outcomes, including nutrition and childcare access. Efforts to consolidate or improve these existing schemes could help pave the way towards ensuring all mothers and children are able to access support. Recognising this, Selangor, Malaysia’s most urbanised and economically developed state has had in place several care-related social protection schemes aimed at supporting working parents or legal guardians who care for children 0-6 years old to enable their workforce participation and improve early childhood development outcomes, among other goals. These are all varied standalone schemes which have slightly different aims and modalities, and are also administered by different agencies under the Selangor government
UNICEF Ukraine continues to document the impact of the war on children and families while implementing communication, advocacy, fundraising and social and behaviour change campaigns across multiple sectors. Strategic engagement of influencers, celebrities and opinion leaders is essential to amplify UNICEF's messages, expand public outreach, strengthen advocacy efforts and increase support for children's rights.
UNICEF Ukraine continues to document the impact of the war on children and families while implementing communication, advocacy, fundraising and social and behaviour change campaigns across multiple sectors. Strategic engagement of influencers, celebrities and opinion leaders is essential to amplify UNICEF's messages, expand public outreach, strengthen advocacy efforts and increase support for children's rights.
UNICEF DRC is seeking a dedicated and experienced professional to join our team as a Contracts Officer (NO-B) on a Temporary Appointment (364 days).Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children? If so, we encourage you to apply and become part of an organization that is working every day to protect children's rights and help them reach their full potential.Apply now and be part of something bigger.
UNICEF Cameroun is recruiting 12 Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) interns, deployed in two cohorts of six interns each for a period of six months. During the first phase, six interns will be deployed across UNICEF Cameroon offices as follows: Yaoundé (Centre Region):1 intern, Douala (Littoral Region):1 intern, Buea (South-West Region): 1 intern, Bertoua (East Region): 1 intern, Ngaoundéré (Adamawa Region): 1 intern, and Maroua (Far North Region): 1 intern. The interns will contribute to strengthening community engagement efforts in Child-Friendly Municipalities, expansion of Accountability to Affected Populations, expansion of birth registration and implementation of the initiative to prevent child marriage.
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.
Come join us in beautiful, complex, and diverse Malaysia to lead our high-performing child protection team and help deliver lasting results for children. As Chief, you will provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for the development, implementation, and monitoring of child protection programmes, while fostering partnerships with government, donors, UN agencies, the private sector, and business partners. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence national policies, contribute to the Malaysia MADANI framework and the 13th Malaysia Plan, and drive innovation to strengthen systems so that every child is protected, included, healthy, learning and able to realize their full potential.
Join UNICEF as Chief (Professional Practices), Internal Audit. Lead the strategy, quality, innovation, and transformation of UNICEF’s global internal audit function, driving risk-based assurance, audit excellence, and data-driven insights across a complex international organization. This senior leadership role is ideal for a seasoned audit professional with extensive experience in internal audit, risk management, quality assurance, and audit modernization who is passionate about strengthening governance and organizational impact.
The consultant will support selected Country Offices in producing high-quality, strategic reports that clearly demonstrate results achieved, the added value of UNICEF’s contribution, and the impact of ECHO-funded interventions, while ensuring full alignment with donor requirements and expectations.
Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief, People & Culture, the Consultant will design and deliver a structured AI literacy and responsible adoption programme for UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office staff.
To help achieve the results set out in UNICEF’s Strategic Plan and respond to growing demand from country offices and government partners for technical support on ECD, UNICEF is establishing a Global Roster of ECD Expert Consultants. The roster will play a central role in supporting UNICEF’s Centers of Excellence work on ECD by providing Country Offices with timely access to specialized expertise. The roster will function as a stand-by mechanism, enabling UNICEF to rapidly mobilize pre-qualified experts to provide timely and quality support on ECD.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS), in collaboration with key stakeholders, to update the Shock Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Zambia, by incorporating recommendations from the two completed evaluations of the 2024 Drought Emergency Cash Transfer (DECT). The assignment will translate existing findings and experience into clear, practical and implementable SOP provisions responding to shocks through the social protection system, particularly the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme delivery infrastructure.
The assignment will ensure that the SOPs are aligned with relevant legislation, policies, and other legal and operational frameworks, while incorporating lessons and recommendations identified in the two DECT evaluations.
UNICEF Pakistan seeks qualified consultants across complementary areas of expertise to perform a range of duties in support of UNICEF and government partners, contributing to the development and strengthening of systems that protect children from climate- and disaster-related risks.
UNICEF works towards the realization of the rights of every child as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Under UNICEF's Strategic Plan 2026-2029, a new organizational ambition has been established through Impact Goal 5: to ensure that 500 million children are better protected from disasters and climate and environmental risks.
NICEF’s mandate is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, through programmes, advocacy and operational support. UNICEF’s North Pacific Field Office, based in Pohnpei, supports education programming across the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Palau, including through remote and in-country support to partners in RMI.In RMI, UNICEF works closely with the Public School System (PSS) on education programming and with the Office of the Chief Secretary (OCS) on early childhood development (ECD), in coordination with relevant government agencies and
development partners. Key areas of engagement include the GPE System Transformation Grant — the Rebbelib Programme
— which aims to improve learning outcomes by bringing digital connectivity to all elementary schools; the GPE System
Capacity Grant, which supports strengthened education sector capacity through improved planning, human resource
management and evidence generation; preparation for the Head Start Programme; the RENEW solarization project; and
multi-sectoral ECD support. UNICEF also provides support to other education priorities in RMI, based on available resources
and alignment with UNICEF’s comparative advantage, including under the Pacific Regional Education Framework (PacREF).
To support the effective implementation of this expanding portfolio, UNICEF seeks to engage a consultant to work within
PSS and provide dedicated technical, logistical, coordination, monitoring and reporting support to the PSS–UNICEF
partnership. The consultant will support PSS leadership and relevant focal officers to ensure coherent implementation of
agreed activities, timely follow-up on deliverables, effective coordination with UNICEF, OCS and other partners, and systematic tracking of progress, challenges, risks and results. The consultancy will help strengthen programme delivery by supporting implementation planning, identifying and addressing bottlenecks,
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Education in developing child friendly, a realistic and costed National Action Plan for the expansion of pre-primary education in Eritrea, based on the needs assessments and implementation plans submitted by all Zobas.
The consultancy will also support the development of a Multisectoral Early Childhood Development (ECD) Coordination Framework that defines institutional arrangements, roles and responsibilities, governance structures, and coordination mechanisms among key sectors and stakeholders involved in supporting young children's development.
Through a consultative process, the consultant will consolidate Zoba-level requirements, estimate resource and financing needs, identify implementation priorities, and propose practical coordination arrangements to support effective delivery of integrated ECD services.
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 Immunization Specialist (Vaccine and Cold Chain Management) will help ensure that every child and woman has equitable access to life-saving vaccines by strengthening vaccine supply chains, cold chain systems, and immunization programme performance. Through technical support, capacity building, and data-driven planning, the position will contribute to increasing immunization coverage, reducing vaccine-preventable diseases, and reaching underserved and hard-to-reach communities across Zambia.
UNICEF is seeking a Data Analysis Consultant to support the strengthening of nutrition and supply chain systems through data-driven decision-making. The consultant will contribute to the design, implementation, and optimization of digital End User Monitoring (EUM) tools, data analytics solutions, and Power BI dashboards that improve visibility, accountability, and performance across supply chains. The role will support UNICEF country offices and partners in enhancing data quality, integrating information systems, and generating actionable insights to improve access to essential health and nutrition supplies. Through advanced data analysis, visualization, and digital solutions, the consultant will help strengthen resilient and sustainable supply chain systems in low-resource and humanitarian settings.
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