UNICEF mandate is to ensure that children’s life, wellbeing, and rights are protected and supported. UNICEF works worldwide to strengthen institutional and governmental systems protecting children and adolescents, promoting their rights and supporting their development in a safe and conducive environment. UNICEF promotes community-based actions and programming to empower families and communities in attaining their needs fulfilled and caring for the most vulnerable groups. In a great variety of settings, from war-torn countries to disaster-affected areas, from low- to middle- and high-income countries, UNICEF commitment is to ensure that special attention is given to the most vulnerable children and adolescents so that their fullest potential can be achieved. In Italy an outposted team from UNICEF ECAMENA Regional Office is operational since 2016 to respond to the unique needs of migrant and refugee children, providing technical assistance to national authorities and civil societies and direct services when needed. Since the beginning of the migrant and refugee influx, UNICEF is responding to the unique needs of children and women who are seeking asylum in Europe, on the move, stranded or pushed back. UNICEF-supported interventions in Italy continue also to focus on strengthening the protection system through capacity development of frontline workers and key stakeholders on CP, GBV, Education, and MHPSS standards and core concepts, working closely with ministries, universities, civil society organizations and more. In this context, the UNICEF response team in Italy is looking for a consultant to support the maintenance and day-to-day functioning of UNICEF’s e-learning platform. Reporting to the Child Protection Manager, the consultant will provide technical troubleshooting, monitor platform performance, and analyze platform and course usage data.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health, Tonga to operationalize the Vaiola Hospital Infant Feeding and Breastfeeding Support Policy, Tonga 2026 through structured orientation, competency-based training, supportive supervision and the establishment of a sustainable cadre of facility-based master trainers. The assignment will strengthen consistent breastfeeding support across facility and community settings, including continuity of care in the home after discharge.
The Health & Nutrition specialist will provide international technical leadership and surge capacity for programme planning, implementation, monitoring and partnership coordination. The incumbent will support both national-level engagement and field implementation, including in humanitarian settings, while strengthening the sustainability, quality and evidence base of UNICEF-supported interventions.
The Supply and Logistics Officer supports the effective management of supply chain operations, procurement, warehousing and distribution activities to ensure the timely delivery of programmes and services for children in the Republic of the Congo.
UNICEF is seeking a National Consultant to support the development and initial implementation of a Communication Plan for the Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (STEB) of Fonfrède, in collaboration with OREPA Sud and DINEPA. The consultant will assess the existing communication strategy, conduct stakeholder consultations, develop and validate a comprehensive communication plan, create communication tools and materials, and support the launch of the plan. The assignment aims to strengthen awareness, acceptance and stakeholder engagement in order to increase the use of the treatment facility and promote improved sanitation practices in the Grand Sud region of Haiti.
UNICEF requires dedicated research analyst to support the CAMH Measurement Technical Lead in delivering the portfolio with quality and coherence. This consultancy is designed to provide substantive support across the portfolio’s core workstreams during a critical period of growth and external launch.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant who will support the Immunization Team through evidence synthesis, analytical work, manuscript review and coordination for a special journal issue on improving immunization coverage and equity, and the review and development of technical and programmatic immunization documents.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for an Education Officer (Learning for the 21st Century) who will provide professional, technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programme through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical programme information, while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Education Programme within the Country Programme. This is a Temporary Appointment contract for 364 days based in Jakarta.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for an Education Officer (Foundational Skills, Gender & Disability Inclusion) reports to the Chief of Education for close guidance and supervision. The role of the Education Officer is centred on providing research, analysis and recommendations based on advanced knowledge of foundational skills development, and matters relating to the provision of equitable and inclusive education. The position also provides quality technical support to UNICEF Indonesia’s flagship foundational skills development programme, including supporting the development and implementation of GEDSI strategies and M&E frameworks. The position contributes to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) System Capacity Grant work programme, particularly on its technical oversight of research relating to gender and inclusive education issues. This is a Temporary Appointment contract for 364 days based in Jakarta.
La présente consultance vise à fournir un appui technique ciblé afin de renforcer la planification, le suivi de la mise en oeuvre, l’analyse des performances et la capitalisation des expériences dans les zones couvertes. Le/la consultant(e) apportera un appui transversal pour améliorer la qualité des interventions, renforcer les capacités des partenaires et soutenir la production de livrables analytiques conformément aux exigences programmatiques.
The Chief of Communication will be accountable for developing, managing, co-ordinating, networking, implementing and monitoring an advocacy and communication strategy and associated products and activities on a regular and on-going basis with public audiences, with the objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children’s and women’s rights, and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities and programmes in the country office and at a global level and those of the UN Country Team.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office, Abuja is seeking a passionate and dynamic individual to join its team as a Programme Assistant. We invite applications from highly motivated and dedicated candidates who are committed to making a difference in the lives of children. If you are driven by impact and excellence, we encourage you to apply and become part of a committed and results oriented team.
UNICEF Kenya seeks an Innovation Consultant to provide technical, coordination, and implementation support across its innovation, digital transformation, youth engagement, and humanitarian innovation portfolio
To conduct a comprehensive costing analysis of nutrition programmes in Afghanistan and estimate the financial resources required to achieve national nutrition targets over the medium term. The assignment will generate evidence on programme costs, resource needs, financing gaps, investment priorities, and cost-effectiveness to support strategic planning, budgeting, advocacy, and resource mobilization. It will also determine unit costs and assess the relative costeffectiveness of key nutrition interventions, delivery platforms, and service delivery models to identify the most efficient approaches for improving nutrition outcomes at scale.
The consultant will conduct a Nutrition Programme Costing Analysis to estimate recurrent, capital, and total programme costs at national and sub-national levels, including costs per beneficiary reached, service delivered, child treated for SAM and HR-MAM, pregnant and lactating woman served, FHH supported, CNDCC supported, and health facility delivering nutrition services. . The consultant will also develop 3–5-year resource requirement projections. Based on these findings, the consultant will develop a Nutrition Investment Case demonstrating the burden of malnutrition. The consultant will be required to undertake travel to four UNICEF zonal offices (Mazar, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Herat) within Afghanistan to collect primary data. This may include visits to selected provinces representing different programme delivery modalities and operational contexts. The consultant will conduct consultations with government counterparts, implementing partners, health facility staff, community representatives, and other relevant stakeholders involved in nutrition programming. The number and destinations of field missions will be agreed upon during the inception phase,
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated professional with strong networking, fundraising and partnership development skills to help expand UNICEF Sri Lanka’s private sector engagement and resource mobilization efforts.
The purpose of this consultancy is therefore to coordinate UNICEF Thailand’s emergency preparedness and response for 2027: maintaining an up-to-date risk analysis and preparedness plan, ensuring timely and quality situation monitoring and reporting, strengthening cross-border planning with neighbouring UNICEF Country Offices, readying supplies and partners (including with the private sector), building the capacity of staff and partners, piloting and documenting the engagement of community volunteers in emergency response in the Southern Border Provinces, and informing UNICEF’s strategic positioning in emergencies in an upper-middle-income country.
Join UNICEF’s Caribbean Multi-Country Office as an Operations Associate and help deliver seamless operational services across 12 countries. We are looking for four Operations Associates, with one position based in each of Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. As part of an integrated regional Operations team, you will manage a specialized portfolio while supporting service delivery, business continuity, operational performance and cross-country collaboration. Your contribution will help ensure consistent, responsive and efficient operational support that enables teams across the Caribbean to deliver results for children.
Location:Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize
Join UNICEF's Multi-Country Office (MCO) for the Caribbean as a People & Culture Officer, and support the consistent, equitable delivery of HR solutions across 12 countries. Working closely with managers and teams, you will bring advanced technical knowledge across P&C subject matters, and contribute to the talent acquisition, staff engagement, and performance management and development priorities that will build a strong P&C function as the MCO comes together. If you believe good HR is built through the people who deliver it every day, this is your chance to bring your P&C acumen to the heart of one of the Caribbean's most ambitious transformations.
Help turn programme plans into results for children across the Caribbean. UNICEF’s Caribbean Multi-Country Office is looking for four Programme Associates- one each in Belize, Barbados, Guyana, and Suriname - to form a regional programme support group. Working locally while collaborating as part of a regional team, you will support programme planning, budgeting, partner engagement, monitoring and implementation, helping turn programme priorities into effective and accountable results for children across the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's UNICEF's Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean as an Emergency Specialist and provide leadership for emergency preparedness, response and organizational resilience across the region. You will coordinate the planning, implementation and monitoring of the MCO's emergency preparedness and response for the Caribbean. Your expertise will help ensure UNICEF is prepared to delivery timely and effective support for children, families and communities affected by emergencies.
UNICEF mandate is to ensure that children’s life, wellbeing, and rights are protected and supported. UNICEF works worldwide to strengthen institutional and governmental systems protecting children and adolescents, promoting their rights and supporting their development in a safe and conducive environment. UNICEF promotes community-based actions and programming to empower families and communities in attaining their needs fulfilled and caring for the most vulnerable groups. In a great variety of settings, from war-torn countries to disaster-affected areas, from low- to middle- and high-income countries, UNICEF commitment is to ensure that special attention is given to the most vulnerable children and adolescents so that their fullest potential can be achieved. In Italy an outposted team from UNICEF ECAMENA Regional Office is operational since 2016 to respond to the unique needs of migrant and refugee children, providing technical assistance to national authorities and civil societies and direct services when needed. Since the beginning of the migrant and refugee influx, UNICEF is responding to the unique needs of children and women who are seeking asylum in Europe, on the move, stranded or pushed back. UNICEF-supported interventions in Italy continue also to focus on strengthening the protection system through capacity development of frontline workers and key stakeholders on CP, GBV, Education, and MHPSS standards and core concepts, working closely with ministries, universities, civil society organizations and more. In this context, the UNICEF response team in Italy is looking for a consultant to support the maintenance and day-to-day functioning of UNICEF’s e-learning platform. Reporting to the Child Protection Manager, the consultant will provide technical troubleshooting, monitor platform performance, and analyze platform and course usage data.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Ministry of Health, Tonga to operationalize the Vaiola Hospital Infant Feeding and Breastfeeding Support Policy, Tonga 2026 through structured orientation, competency-based training, supportive supervision and the establishment of a sustainable cadre of facility-based master trainers. The assignment will strengthen consistent breastfeeding support across facility and community settings, including continuity of care in the home after discharge.
The Health & Nutrition specialist will provide international technical leadership and surge capacity for programme planning, implementation, monitoring and partnership coordination. The incumbent will support both national-level engagement and field implementation, including in humanitarian settings, while strengthening the sustainability, quality and evidence base of UNICEF-supported interventions.
The Supply and Logistics Officer supports the effective management of supply chain operations, procurement, warehousing and distribution activities to ensure the timely delivery of programmes and services for children in the Republic of the Congo.
UNICEF is seeking a National Consultant to support the development and initial implementation of a Communication Plan for the Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (STEB) of Fonfrède, in collaboration with OREPA Sud and DINEPA. The consultant will assess the existing communication strategy, conduct stakeholder consultations, develop and validate a comprehensive communication plan, create communication tools and materials, and support the launch of the plan. The assignment aims to strengthen awareness, acceptance and stakeholder engagement in order to increase the use of the treatment facility and promote improved sanitation practices in the Grand Sud region of Haiti.
UNICEF requires dedicated research analyst to support the CAMH Measurement Technical Lead in delivering the portfolio with quality and coherence. This consultancy is designed to provide substantive support across the portfolio’s core workstreams during a critical period of growth and external launch.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant who will support the Immunization Team through evidence synthesis, analytical work, manuscript review and coordination for a special journal issue on improving immunization coverage and equity, and the review and development of technical and programmatic immunization documents.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for an Education Officer (Learning for the 21st Century) who will provide professional, technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programme through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical programme information, while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Education Programme within the Country Programme. This is a Temporary Appointment contract for 364 days based in Jakarta.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for an Education Officer (Foundational Skills, Gender & Disability Inclusion) reports to the Chief of Education for close guidance and supervision. The role of the Education Officer is centred on providing research, analysis and recommendations based on advanced knowledge of foundational skills development, and matters relating to the provision of equitable and inclusive education. The position also provides quality technical support to UNICEF Indonesia’s flagship foundational skills development programme, including supporting the development and implementation of GEDSI strategies and M&E frameworks. The position contributes to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) System Capacity Grant work programme, particularly on its technical oversight of research relating to gender and inclusive education issues. This is a Temporary Appointment contract for 364 days based in Jakarta.
La présente consultance vise à fournir un appui technique ciblé afin de renforcer la planification, le suivi de la mise en oeuvre, l’analyse des performances et la capitalisation des expériences dans les zones couvertes. Le/la consultant(e) apportera un appui transversal pour améliorer la qualité des interventions, renforcer les capacités des partenaires et soutenir la production de livrables analytiques conformément aux exigences programmatiques.
The Chief of Communication will be accountable for developing, managing, co-ordinating, networking, implementing and monitoring an advocacy and communication strategy and associated products and activities on a regular and on-going basis with public audiences, with the objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children’s and women’s rights, and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities and programmes in the country office and at a global level and those of the UN Country Team.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office, Abuja is seeking a passionate and dynamic individual to join its team as a Programme Assistant. We invite applications from highly motivated and dedicated candidates who are committed to making a difference in the lives of children. If you are driven by impact and excellence, we encourage you to apply and become part of a committed and results oriented team.
UNICEF Kenya seeks an Innovation Consultant to provide technical, coordination, and implementation support across its innovation, digital transformation, youth engagement, and humanitarian innovation portfolio
To conduct a comprehensive costing analysis of nutrition programmes in Afghanistan and estimate the financial resources required to achieve national nutrition targets over the medium term. The assignment will generate evidence on programme costs, resource needs, financing gaps, investment priorities, and cost-effectiveness to support strategic planning, budgeting, advocacy, and resource mobilization. It will also determine unit costs and assess the relative costeffectiveness of key nutrition interventions, delivery platforms, and service delivery models to identify the most efficient approaches for improving nutrition outcomes at scale.
The consultant will conduct a Nutrition Programme Costing Analysis to estimate recurrent, capital, and total programme costs at national and sub-national levels, including costs per beneficiary reached, service delivered, child treated for SAM and HR-MAM, pregnant and lactating woman served, FHH supported, CNDCC supported, and health facility delivering nutrition services. . The consultant will also develop 3–5-year resource requirement projections. Based on these findings, the consultant will develop a Nutrition Investment Case demonstrating the burden of malnutrition. The consultant will be required to undertake travel to four UNICEF zonal offices (Mazar, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Herat) within Afghanistan to collect primary data. This may include visits to selected provinces representing different programme delivery modalities and operational contexts. The consultant will conduct consultations with government counterparts, implementing partners, health facility staff, community representatives, and other relevant stakeholders involved in nutrition programming. The number and destinations of field missions will be agreed upon during the inception phase,
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated professional with strong networking, fundraising and partnership development skills to help expand UNICEF Sri Lanka’s private sector engagement and resource mobilization efforts.
The purpose of this consultancy is therefore to coordinate UNICEF Thailand’s emergency preparedness and response for 2027: maintaining an up-to-date risk analysis and preparedness plan, ensuring timely and quality situation monitoring and reporting, strengthening cross-border planning with neighbouring UNICEF Country Offices, readying supplies and partners (including with the private sector), building the capacity of staff and partners, piloting and documenting the engagement of community volunteers in emergency response in the Southern Border Provinces, and informing UNICEF’s strategic positioning in emergencies in an upper-middle-income country.
Join UNICEF’s Caribbean Multi-Country Office as an Operations Associate and help deliver seamless operational services across 12 countries. We are looking for four Operations Associates, with one position based in each of Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. As part of an integrated regional Operations team, you will manage a specialized portfolio while supporting service delivery, business continuity, operational performance and cross-country collaboration. Your contribution will help ensure consistent, responsive and efficient operational support that enables teams across the Caribbean to deliver results for children.
Location:Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize
Join UNICEF's Multi-Country Office (MCO) for the Caribbean as a People & Culture Officer, and support the consistent, equitable delivery of HR solutions across 12 countries. Working closely with managers and teams, you will bring advanced technical knowledge across P&C subject matters, and contribute to the talent acquisition, staff engagement, and performance management and development priorities that will build a strong P&C function as the MCO comes together. If you believe good HR is built through the people who deliver it every day, this is your chance to bring your P&C acumen to the heart of one of the Caribbean's most ambitious transformations.
Help turn programme plans into results for children across the Caribbean. UNICEF’s Caribbean Multi-Country Office is looking for four Programme Associates- one each in Belize, Barbados, Guyana, and Suriname - to form a regional programme support group. Working locally while collaborating as part of a regional team, you will support programme planning, budgeting, partner engagement, monitoring and implementation, helping turn programme priorities into effective and accountable results for children across the Caribbean.
Join UNICEF's UNICEF's Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean as an Emergency Specialist and provide leadership for emergency preparedness, response and organizational resilience across the region. You will coordinate the planning, implementation and monitoring of the MCO's emergency preparedness and response for the Caribbean. Your expertise will help ensure UNICEF is prepared to delivery timely and effective support for children, families and communities affected by emergencies.
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