¡En UNICEF Guatemala estamos contratando! Buscamos a un consultor que no brinde acompañamiento técnico el diseño de interfaces de programación de aplicaciones (API) para el fortalecimiento de la gestión de información climática y ambiental.
Many countries continue to face significant challenges in maintaining critical health technologies at PHC level, including cold chain equipment, medical devices, oxygen systems, ICT infrastructure, waste management systems, and solar energy solutions. These challenges are often driven by fragmented maintenance approaches, limited technical capacity, insufficient financing, and weak governance and coordination mechanisms. As a result, equipment downtime remains high, preventive maintenance is limited, and health facilities frequently experience disruptions in essential services.
The lack of an integrated maintenance approach also leads to inefficient use of resources, duplication of efforts across program areas, and limited accountability for equipment performance. In many settings, maintenance responsibilities are distributed across different units without clear coordination, resulting in delayed repairs, inadequate preventive maintenance, and shortened equipment lifespan. These gaps ultimately affect the reliability of health services, including immunization, oxygen delivery, diagnostics, and broader primary health care services.
This assignment aims to develop, pilot, and operationalize an integrated maintenance approach that brings together multiple health technology domains under a coordinated and efficient framework. Through pilot country implementation, baseline assessments, operational model development, and capacity strengthening, the assignment will generate evidence-based approaches tailored to different country contexts, including fragile settings and high-impact countries.
The assignment will also document lessons learned and develop scalable and sustainable models for broader adoption.
The Humanitarian Affairs Officer will be responsible for supporting the implementation of a coordinated approach to crisis response in Ecuador, ensuring alignment with international standards. During non-emergency phases, the Humanitarian Affairs Officer will work with the United Nations Resident Coordinator on advocacy campaigns, early warning actions, donor liaison, risk monitoring, information gathering and analysis, disaster preparedness, and rapid response.
UNICEF Surabaya is looking for Social Policy Officer who is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving (a) public policies to reduce child poverty; (b) innovative financing at both national and sub-national levels; (c) the transparency, adequacy, equity and efficiency of child-focused public investments and financial management; and (d) governance, decentralization and accountability measures to increase public participation and the quality, equity and coverage of social services. This encompasses both direct programme work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams working on education, health, child protection, water and sanitation, and climate change. Contract duration is for 2 years.
The Chief Health is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of health programs/projects as articulated in the Country Program Document and ongoing VISION 2030 UN Joint programs. The vision for change in health is that, by 2030 caregivers, children and adolescents, especially adolescent girls, access and utilize equitable, gender responsive quality services delivered through a strengthened and integrated primary health care system. These include neonatal, child and adolescent health, nutrition, and development interventions. The ambition of this pillar reaches beyond improving child survival through ending preventable deaths of young children to attain the growth and developmental potential and well-being of all children and adolescents. This area of work also integrates climate resilient WASH, health security, emergency preparedness and response.
UNICEF Mali is looking for a committed and professional Education Officer to support the implementation of Education Cannot Wait (ECW) programmes within the country. In this role, you will contribute to programme design, monitoring, and delivery while providing technical and operational support to ensure quality education outcomes. You will also engage with partners, promote innovation, and strengthen knowledge sharing to enhance programme impact.
The candidate will be responsible for providing expertise to strengthen national climate–health desk through the development of integrated early warning systems (EWS), predictive analytics, and decision-support tools that translate data into actionable insights for policy, planning, and preparedness. This initiative builds on existing national systems and priorities, including climate-resilient health systems, One Health coordination, and the Health National Adaptation Plan (H‑NAP)
The objective of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Mozambique in developing a comprehensive nutrition program Action Plan for the health sector that guides the planning and implementation of high impact evidence-based actions aimed at promoting nutrition and improving health throughout the life cycle. This Action Plan will contribute to improving the coverage and quality of essential nutritional actions in the Mozambican health system in a sustainable and comprehensive way, especially for vulnerable populations. The Action Plan will also be aligned with the five core pillars of the Government of Mozambique's Five-Year Program (PQG) for 2025–2029, the three key principles of the National Health Policy and the five key shifts proposed in the Lusaka Agenda 2023. To make the development of the national action plan effective, the consultant must ensure alignment with national health strategies and priorities and international standards, in particular with the guidelines of different areas of nutrition action at the level of the National Health System and the Community Health Subsystem, with an emphasis on promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation and its link with other essential sectors (e.g. education, agriculture, industry and commerce, social action, public works, among others)
Angola has made progress in child survival, with under-five mortality declining from 68 to 52 per 1,000 live births, between 2015 and 2024. This trajectory confirms that targeted investments in primary health care is yielding results. However, these gains remain fragile and uneven, with persistent geographic and socio-economic disparities requiring sustained, equity-focused efforts. At the same time, stagnation in key maternal and child health and nutrition indicators signal systemic bottlenecks. Rates of stunting (40 per cent), wasting (5 per cent), full immunization coverage (28 per cent), and access to WASH have shown limited improvement. This reflects structural challenges across the health system, including access to health care facilities, weak last-mile and community-based service delivery and quality gaps.
UNICEF is looking to hire Director, Division of Global Communication and Advocacy. The mission of UNICEF is to promote the survival, well-being and rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. As the custodian of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, UNICEF has helped transform countless children’s lives around the world. In 1965, the organization won the Nobel Prize for its work in ensuring millions of children survive and thrive and are enabled to reach their full potential. With our multisectoral programs around the world, ranging from education, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, social protection and child protection, and working with partners far and wide, UNICEF has been able to reduce child mortality 50% since 2000.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment: To generate evidence and operational insights on the impact of conflict on nutrition vulnerabilities, access, utilization, quality, and integration of nutrition services in urban and peri-urban displacement-hosting areas in Sudan, and to provide actionable recommendations to strengthen urban nutrition
programming.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the UNICEF National Response in Italy, under the supervision of the Adolescent Development Manager and in collaboration with the National Coordinator, in documenting and designing procedures and governance tools for national and local Youth Advisory Boards (YAB). This work is required to establish the framework for the 3-year YAB project and model implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, ensuring alignment with the signed institutional agreement.
The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section of UNICEF works with National Committees and Country Offices to grow fundraising income. Within this, the Individual Giving (IG) team provides global strategic guidance to enhance fundraising performance, focusing on increasing net revenue through data-driven, technology-enabled, and collaborative approaches.The Fundraising Specialist (Individual Giving) is a strategic leadership role that supports key fundraising markets in developing and executing effective IG strategies. Acting as a trusted advisor and country focal point, the role helps markets grow sustainably, improve efficiency, manage risks, and align with the global IG strategy. Based in Europe, the specialist also collaborates with headquarters teams and local stakeholders to define growth pathways and ensure coordinated, future-focused fundraising efforts.
Identity Management Interagency Collaboration Consultant, Global Cash hub, Social Policy Global Practice, Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, home based without travel
UNICEF The Office of Innovation is seeking a consultant to lead the development of a Digital and AI Strategy to strengthen the acceleration to scale of UPSHIFT for 12 months with travel.
The Evaluation Specialist (Impact Evaluation& AI/Machine Learning) generates rigorous impact evidence that enables UNICEF to scale cost-effective interventions and optimize resource allocation for children. Through innovative methodologies and standardized frameworks, the role accelerates evidence generation and enhances its credibility while building institutional impact evaluation capacity across country offices. This strengthens UNICEF's ability to demonstrate programmatic impact, attract donor investment, and maximize outcomes for children globally.
The Innovation Manager (Innovative Financing) leads the design and implementation of innovative financing strategies to increase funding for solutions benefiting children. This includes advising OOI teams, identifying financing opportunities, and managing external partnerships to execute new financing models and platforms.
The Health Officer will provide professional technical assistance and operational support for the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination of public health emergency and health in emergencies interventions
Under the overall supervision of the Child Protection Specialist, this consultancy will cover:
1. Technical expert support to UNICEF for development, review, and quality assurance of justice for children (J4C) capacity building materials and other working products;
2. Technical expert and advisory support to UNICEF in J4C advocacy, policy and system development, coordination, and strategic communication.
¡En UNICEF Guatemala estamos contratando! Buscamos a un consultor que no brinde acompañamiento técnico el diseño de interfaces de programación de aplicaciones (API) para el fortalecimiento de la gestión de información climática y ambiental.
Many countries continue to face significant challenges in maintaining critical health technologies at PHC level, including cold chain equipment, medical devices, oxygen systems, ICT infrastructure, waste management systems, and solar energy solutions. These challenges are often driven by fragmented maintenance approaches, limited technical capacity, insufficient financing, and weak governance and coordination mechanisms. As a result, equipment downtime remains high, preventive maintenance is limited, and health facilities frequently experience disruptions in essential services.
The lack of an integrated maintenance approach also leads to inefficient use of resources, duplication of efforts across program areas, and limited accountability for equipment performance. In many settings, maintenance responsibilities are distributed across different units without clear coordination, resulting in delayed repairs, inadequate preventive maintenance, and shortened equipment lifespan. These gaps ultimately affect the reliability of health services, including immunization, oxygen delivery, diagnostics, and broader primary health care services.
This assignment aims to develop, pilot, and operationalize an integrated maintenance approach that brings together multiple health technology domains under a coordinated and efficient framework. Through pilot country implementation, baseline assessments, operational model development, and capacity strengthening, the assignment will generate evidence-based approaches tailored to different country contexts, including fragile settings and high-impact countries.
The assignment will also document lessons learned and develop scalable and sustainable models for broader adoption.
The Humanitarian Affairs Officer will be responsible for supporting the implementation of a coordinated approach to crisis response in Ecuador, ensuring alignment with international standards. During non-emergency phases, the Humanitarian Affairs Officer will work with the United Nations Resident Coordinator on advocacy campaigns, early warning actions, donor liaison, risk monitoring, information gathering and analysis, disaster preparedness, and rapid response.
UNICEF Surabaya is looking for Social Policy Officer who is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving (a) public policies to reduce child poverty; (b) innovative financing at both national and sub-national levels; (c) the transparency, adequacy, equity and efficiency of child-focused public investments and financial management; and (d) governance, decentralization and accountability measures to increase public participation and the quality, equity and coverage of social services. This encompasses both direct programme work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams working on education, health, child protection, water and sanitation, and climate change. Contract duration is for 2 years.
The Chief Health is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of health programs/projects as articulated in the Country Program Document and ongoing VISION 2030 UN Joint programs. The vision for change in health is that, by 2030 caregivers, children and adolescents, especially adolescent girls, access and utilize equitable, gender responsive quality services delivered through a strengthened and integrated primary health care system. These include neonatal, child and adolescent health, nutrition, and development interventions. The ambition of this pillar reaches beyond improving child survival through ending preventable deaths of young children to attain the growth and developmental potential and well-being of all children and adolescents. This area of work also integrates climate resilient WASH, health security, emergency preparedness and response.
UNICEF Mali is looking for a committed and professional Education Officer to support the implementation of Education Cannot Wait (ECW) programmes within the country. In this role, you will contribute to programme design, monitoring, and delivery while providing technical and operational support to ensure quality education outcomes. You will also engage with partners, promote innovation, and strengthen knowledge sharing to enhance programme impact.
The candidate will be responsible for providing expertise to strengthen national climate–health desk through the development of integrated early warning systems (EWS), predictive analytics, and decision-support tools that translate data into actionable insights for policy, planning, and preparedness. This initiative builds on existing national systems and priorities, including climate-resilient health systems, One Health coordination, and the Health National Adaptation Plan (H‑NAP)
The objective of this consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Mozambique in developing a comprehensive nutrition program Action Plan for the health sector that guides the planning and implementation of high impact evidence-based actions aimed at promoting nutrition and improving health throughout the life cycle. This Action Plan will contribute to improving the coverage and quality of essential nutritional actions in the Mozambican health system in a sustainable and comprehensive way, especially for vulnerable populations. The Action Plan will also be aligned with the five core pillars of the Government of Mozambique's Five-Year Program (PQG) for 2025–2029, the three key principles of the National Health Policy and the five key shifts proposed in the Lusaka Agenda 2023. To make the development of the national action plan effective, the consultant must ensure alignment with national health strategies and priorities and international standards, in particular with the guidelines of different areas of nutrition action at the level of the National Health System and the Community Health Subsystem, with an emphasis on promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation and its link with other essential sectors (e.g. education, agriculture, industry and commerce, social action, public works, among others)
Angola has made progress in child survival, with under-five mortality declining from 68 to 52 per 1,000 live births, between 2015 and 2024. This trajectory confirms that targeted investments in primary health care is yielding results. However, these gains remain fragile and uneven, with persistent geographic and socio-economic disparities requiring sustained, equity-focused efforts. At the same time, stagnation in key maternal and child health and nutrition indicators signal systemic bottlenecks. Rates of stunting (40 per cent), wasting (5 per cent), full immunization coverage (28 per cent), and access to WASH have shown limited improvement. This reflects structural challenges across the health system, including access to health care facilities, weak last-mile and community-based service delivery and quality gaps.
UNICEF is looking to hire Director, Division of Global Communication and Advocacy. The mission of UNICEF is to promote the survival, well-being and rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. As the custodian of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, UNICEF has helped transform countless children’s lives around the world. In 1965, the organization won the Nobel Prize for its work in ensuring millions of children survive and thrive and are enabled to reach their full potential. With our multisectoral programs around the world, ranging from education, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, social protection and child protection, and working with partners far and wide, UNICEF has been able to reduce child mortality 50% since 2000.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment: To generate evidence and operational insights on the impact of conflict on nutrition vulnerabilities, access, utilization, quality, and integration of nutrition services in urban and peri-urban displacement-hosting areas in Sudan, and to provide actionable recommendations to strengthen urban nutrition
programming.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the UNICEF National Response in Italy, under the supervision of the Adolescent Development Manager and in collaboration with the National Coordinator, in documenting and designing procedures and governance tools for national and local Youth Advisory Boards (YAB). This work is required to establish the framework for the 3-year YAB project and model implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, ensuring alignment with the signed institutional agreement.
The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section of UNICEF works with National Committees and Country Offices to grow fundraising income. Within this, the Individual Giving (IG) team provides global strategic guidance to enhance fundraising performance, focusing on increasing net revenue through data-driven, technology-enabled, and collaborative approaches.The Fundraising Specialist (Individual Giving) is a strategic leadership role that supports key fundraising markets in developing and executing effective IG strategies. Acting as a trusted advisor and country focal point, the role helps markets grow sustainably, improve efficiency, manage risks, and align with the global IG strategy. Based in Europe, the specialist also collaborates with headquarters teams and local stakeholders to define growth pathways and ensure coordinated, future-focused fundraising efforts.
Identity Management Interagency Collaboration Consultant, Global Cash hub, Social Policy Global Practice, Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, home based without travel
UNICEF The Office of Innovation is seeking a consultant to lead the development of a Digital and AI Strategy to strengthen the acceleration to scale of UPSHIFT for 12 months with travel.
The Evaluation Specialist (Impact Evaluation& AI/Machine Learning) generates rigorous impact evidence that enables UNICEF to scale cost-effective interventions and optimize resource allocation for children. Through innovative methodologies and standardized frameworks, the role accelerates evidence generation and enhances its credibility while building institutional impact evaluation capacity across country offices. This strengthens UNICEF's ability to demonstrate programmatic impact, attract donor investment, and maximize outcomes for children globally.
The Innovation Manager (Innovative Financing) leads the design and implementation of innovative financing strategies to increase funding for solutions benefiting children. This includes advising OOI teams, identifying financing opportunities, and managing external partnerships to execute new financing models and platforms.
The Health Officer will provide professional technical assistance and operational support for the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination of public health emergency and health in emergencies interventions
Under the overall supervision of the Child Protection Specialist, this consultancy will cover:
1. Technical expert support to UNICEF for development, review, and quality assurance of justice for children (J4C) capacity building materials and other working products;
2. Technical expert and advisory support to UNICEF in J4C advocacy, policy and system development, coordination, and strategic communication.
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