UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and dynamic person to work in the role of Planning Specialist and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and dynamic person to work in the role of Security Manager and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF is one of the most admired organizations globally, impacting the lives of children in almost every country of the world. The work of this consultancy will support UNICEF's life-saving and critical mandate in the most direct way by strengthening digital fundraising capabilities that help raise income for children. The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships Section (PSFP) within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) works with National Committees and UNICEF Country Offices to maximize revenue and drive income growth. The Global Data and Insights team within the Individual Giving Unit is implementing a Digital Data Revenue and Audience-Centric Strategy to inspire, collaborate with, and enable markets to improve digital fundraising results through accurate measurement of online and offline acquisition and retention efforts.
Under the supervision of the Nutrition Specialist, the consultant will provide technical assistance to support the effective implementation, monitoring and documentation of UNICEF-supported nutrition programmes.
The consultancy will contribute to strengthening micronutrient deficiency control interventions, advancing food systems initiatives and improving supply management systems to ensure the timely availability of essential nutrition commodities and effective programme delivery while strengthening evidence generation, stakeholder coordination, and programme accountability.
The consultant will support in strengthening ecosystem partnerships for youth livelihoods including wage employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship, for enabling sustainable opportunities for young people at scale. This will involve driving government engagement for the continued scale-up of YuWaah-supported livelihood models, along with managing identification and partnership-building for other new scalable wage employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship models, largely with government but also with other stakeholders, for their scale-up and sustainability. The role will also involve development of an outcome-based financing (OBF)/pay-by-results approach and facilitating related partnerships to strengthen livelihood outcomes within government systems in select states as well as at the center.
UNICEF Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office is seeking a Policy Specialist (Strategic Political & Economical Foresight) to provide strategic policy advice, political analysis, and foresight to senior leadership, strengthening informed decision-making and UNICEF’s influence across the region. The role will identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities and translate complex political, social, and economic developments into actionable insights that shape regional priorities, partnerships, advocacy, and programming. Ready to make an impact for children across Latin America and the Caribbean? Apply now — this is an opportunity you won’t want to miss!
The Foresight and Policy Unit at UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence (OSE) is establishing a roster of qualified consultants to respond to a recurring need for on-demand, short- to medium-term technical support across a range of foresight methods and applications (strategic foresight, horizon scanning, and futures thinking). The roster will serve as a standing, pre-qualified pool of experts from which UNICEF and its country, regional, and headquarters offices can draw upon to support foresight-related initiatives. The roster of consultants is organized along 4 roster streams: Strategic Foresight; Facilitation and Participation; Quantitative Modelling; Knowledge Management and Capacity Building.
UNICEF Sierra Leone provides technical and operational support to the Ministry of Health to strengthen health systems, improve monitoring of results for children and women, and advance digital health transformation priorities. This includes support to HMIS/DHIS2 administration, data quality reviews, community health reporting, digital literacy and mentorship, programme dashboards, electronic data collection systems, and real-time monitoring tools for priority areas such as nutrition, RMNCH, immunization, special care baby units and community health.
The Supply Associate performs highly skilled procurement and supply work in support of the Ebola emergency response, managing complex procurement and contracting cases and client requests that frequently require evaluation of difficult situations and adaptation of procedures. Working with a high degree of operational independence, the incumbent leads to end-to-end procurement processes and contributes to the design and development of improved supply services and delivery mechanisms. The incumbent may supervise lower-level GS staff.
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.
UNICEF Sri Lanka is seeking a highly motivated, proactive, and results-driven Senior People and Culture Associate to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional who is passionate about people, organizational excellence, and making a meaningful impact on the lives of children. If you are an experienced HR practitioner who thrives on collaboration, innovation, and delivering people-centered solutions, we encourage you to apply and be part of a team that is creating lasting change for children and communities.
The P3 Advocacy and Communication Specialist is accountable for coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating advocacy and communication strategies to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
The purpose of this role is to provide technical support and oversight to the Technology for Development (T4D) activities in ESA region. The Digital Impact Manager guides country programme teams in the identification, assessment and integration of ICT and digital innovation into UNICEF programming and strengthening internal capacity to lead and support T4D related initiatives.
If you are passionate about data, technology, and creating lasting impact for children through evidence-based solutions, this is an opportunity to make a difference in the Education sector. Drive digital transformation in education and help shape data-driven decision-making across Sindh’s education sector. Lead innovative initiatives to strengthen education data systems, dashboards, and digital tools that improve planning, monitoring, and learning outcomes .Work closely with government partners, development agencies, and technical experts to modernize education management and support the implementation of the Education Sector Plan 2025–30.
Jointly implemented by the China Centre for Children’s Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA) under the Ministry of Civil Affairs
(MCA) and UNICEF China, the Integrated Child Protection Model aims to improve access to quality child protection
services through a four-tier service system at municipal, county, township and village levels. During its third phase (2026–
2027), the model is being expanded across nine western and central provinces—Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Qinghai—with a focus on strengthening specialized child protection services and support for family guardianship. The project prioritizes the strengthening of child protection case management, the development and alignment of national and subnational standards and policies, the systematic monitoring and analysis of project results, and the translation of implementation experience into practical knowledge and learning products.
UNICEF is therefore seeking a national Child Protection Consultant to provide time-bound and deliverable-based technical support to: (i) review and align subnational child protection standards and policies; (ii) strengthen continuing professional learning for child protection case workers through an online community of practice; (iii) consolidate and analyse project monitoring data to inform programme oversight and adaptive management; and (iv) develop a structured online course on the fundamentals of child protection case management.
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,
Under the supervision of the Programme Specialist (ESS Lead) and in coordination with programme sections, technical specialists, AAP/SBC, Monitoring, Risk Management, Supply, Partnerships and Safeguarding functions, the consultant will support implementation of UNICEF's Policy and Procedure on Environmental and Social Standards in programming (ESS) and Complaints and Feedback Management (CFM) Procedure within the Afghanistan Country Office. The assignment will focus on operationalizing environmental and social risk management, programme stakeholder engagement, complaints and feedback management, monitoring and adaptive management systems, while supporting environmental and social safeguards and incident-management requirements associated with World Bank funded EERA-AF project.
UNICEF Honduras is looking for a Programme Officer P2 experienced in project management to support the Education team with the implementation, monitoring and reporting and evaluation of project activities, data analysis and progress reporting, in support of programme goals and objectives.
Anchored in UNICEF, Generation Unlimited (GenU) is a leading global Public-Private-Youth Partnership, bringing together global organizations and leaders with young people to co-create and deliver innovative solutions on a global scale. Within GenU, the Global Volunteer Initiative is leading on the Green Rising, working more closely with young people to build climate resilience in their communities and foster sustainable livelihoods.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and dynamic person to work in the role of Planning Specialist and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and dynamic person to work in the role of Security Manager and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF is one of the most admired organizations globally, impacting the lives of children in almost every country of the world. The work of this consultancy will support UNICEF's life-saving and critical mandate in the most direct way by strengthening digital fundraising capabilities that help raise income for children. The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships Section (PSFP) within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) works with National Committees and UNICEF Country Offices to maximize revenue and drive income growth. The Global Data and Insights team within the Individual Giving Unit is implementing a Digital Data Revenue and Audience-Centric Strategy to inspire, collaborate with, and enable markets to improve digital fundraising results through accurate measurement of online and offline acquisition and retention efforts.
Under the supervision of the Nutrition Specialist, the consultant will provide technical assistance to support the effective implementation, monitoring and documentation of UNICEF-supported nutrition programmes.
The consultancy will contribute to strengthening micronutrient deficiency control interventions, advancing food systems initiatives and improving supply management systems to ensure the timely availability of essential nutrition commodities and effective programme delivery while strengthening evidence generation, stakeholder coordination, and programme accountability.
The consultant will support in strengthening ecosystem partnerships for youth livelihoods including wage employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship, for enabling sustainable opportunities for young people at scale. This will involve driving government engagement for the continued scale-up of YuWaah-supported livelihood models, along with managing identification and partnership-building for other new scalable wage employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship models, largely with government but also with other stakeholders, for their scale-up and sustainability. The role will also involve development of an outcome-based financing (OBF)/pay-by-results approach and facilitating related partnerships to strengthen livelihood outcomes within government systems in select states as well as at the center.
UNICEF Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office is seeking a Policy Specialist (Strategic Political & Economical Foresight) to provide strategic policy advice, political analysis, and foresight to senior leadership, strengthening informed decision-making and UNICEF’s influence across the region. The role will identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities and translate complex political, social, and economic developments into actionable insights that shape regional priorities, partnerships, advocacy, and programming. Ready to make an impact for children across Latin America and the Caribbean? Apply now — this is an opportunity you won’t want to miss!
The Foresight and Policy Unit at UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence (OSE) is establishing a roster of qualified consultants to respond to a recurring need for on-demand, short- to medium-term technical support across a range of foresight methods and applications (strategic foresight, horizon scanning, and futures thinking). The roster will serve as a standing, pre-qualified pool of experts from which UNICEF and its country, regional, and headquarters offices can draw upon to support foresight-related initiatives. The roster of consultants is organized along 4 roster streams: Strategic Foresight; Facilitation and Participation; Quantitative Modelling; Knowledge Management and Capacity Building.
UNICEF Sierra Leone provides technical and operational support to the Ministry of Health to strengthen health systems, improve monitoring of results for children and women, and advance digital health transformation priorities. This includes support to HMIS/DHIS2 administration, data quality reviews, community health reporting, digital literacy and mentorship, programme dashboards, electronic data collection systems, and real-time monitoring tools for priority areas such as nutrition, RMNCH, immunization, special care baby units and community health.
The Supply Associate performs highly skilled procurement and supply work in support of the Ebola emergency response, managing complex procurement and contracting cases and client requests that frequently require evaluation of difficult situations and adaptation of procedures. Working with a high degree of operational independence, the incumbent leads to end-to-end procurement processes and contributes to the design and development of improved supply services and delivery mechanisms. The incumbent may supervise lower-level GS staff.
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.
UNICEF Sri Lanka is seeking a highly motivated, proactive, and results-driven Senior People and Culture Associate to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional who is passionate about people, organizational excellence, and making a meaningful impact on the lives of children. If you are an experienced HR practitioner who thrives on collaboration, innovation, and delivering people-centered solutions, we encourage you to apply and be part of a team that is creating lasting change for children and communities.
The P3 Advocacy and Communication Specialist is accountable for coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating advocacy and communication strategies to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
The purpose of this role is to provide technical support and oversight to the Technology for Development (T4D) activities in ESA region. The Digital Impact Manager guides country programme teams in the identification, assessment and integration of ICT and digital innovation into UNICEF programming and strengthening internal capacity to lead and support T4D related initiatives.
If you are passionate about data, technology, and creating lasting impact for children through evidence-based solutions, this is an opportunity to make a difference in the Education sector. Drive digital transformation in education and help shape data-driven decision-making across Sindh’s education sector. Lead innovative initiatives to strengthen education data systems, dashboards, and digital tools that improve planning, monitoring, and learning outcomes .Work closely with government partners, development agencies, and technical experts to modernize education management and support the implementation of the Education Sector Plan 2025–30.
Jointly implemented by the China Centre for Children’s Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA) under the Ministry of Civil Affairs
(MCA) and UNICEF China, the Integrated Child Protection Model aims to improve access to quality child protection
services through a four-tier service system at municipal, county, township and village levels. During its third phase (2026–
2027), the model is being expanded across nine western and central provinces—Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Qinghai—with a focus on strengthening specialized child protection services and support for family guardianship. The project prioritizes the strengthening of child protection case management, the development and alignment of national and subnational standards and policies, the systematic monitoring and analysis of project results, and the translation of implementation experience into practical knowledge and learning products.
UNICEF is therefore seeking a national Child Protection Consultant to provide time-bound and deliverable-based technical support to: (i) review and align subnational child protection standards and policies; (ii) strengthen continuing professional learning for child protection case workers through an online community of practice; (iii) consolidate and analyse project monitoring data to inform programme oversight and adaptive management; and (iv) develop a structured online course on the fundamentals of child protection case management.
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,
Under the supervision of the Programme Specialist (ESS Lead) and in coordination with programme sections, technical specialists, AAP/SBC, Monitoring, Risk Management, Supply, Partnerships and Safeguarding functions, the consultant will support implementation of UNICEF's Policy and Procedure on Environmental and Social Standards in programming (ESS) and Complaints and Feedback Management (CFM) Procedure within the Afghanistan Country Office. The assignment will focus on operationalizing environmental and social risk management, programme stakeholder engagement, complaints and feedback management, monitoring and adaptive management systems, while supporting environmental and social safeguards and incident-management requirements associated with World Bank funded EERA-AF project.
UNICEF Honduras is looking for a Programme Officer P2 experienced in project management to support the Education team with the implementation, monitoring and reporting and evaluation of project activities, data analysis and progress reporting, in support of programme goals and objectives.
Anchored in UNICEF, Generation Unlimited (GenU) is a leading global Public-Private-Youth Partnership, bringing together global organizations and leaders with young people to co-create and deliver innovative solutions on a global scale. Within GenU, the Global Volunteer Initiative is leading on the Green Rising, working more closely with young people to build climate resilience in their communities and foster sustainable livelihoods.
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