The Quality Review of the Country Programme Planning process (CPP) aims to assess the extent to which the purpose, rationale, and practice of the new CPP guidance have been understood and integrated by Country Offices. More deeply, the quality review aims at assessing the extent to which the new country programmes enable and plan for programming for scale and impact and for leveraging partnerships towards the achievement of higher-level results.
Therefore, elements to be assessed will include not only the adherence to the guidance (in terms of steps, processes, and templates) but also the application of its key principles, such as:
- Shifting towards more purposeful, effective and strategic planning at the country level, using high-quality analysis to shape programme choices
- Designing adaptive country programmes that contribute to outcome-level changes in the lives of children, by responding effectively and at scale to the most critical child rights’ deprivations (programming for scale and impact)
- Linking the Theories of Change with the evidence gathered in the Evidence Synthesis
- Identifying relevant systemic changes and appropriate interventions in the ToCs
- Connecting the Results and Resources Plans with the ToC’s interventions and systemic changes
- Harmonising Humanitarian and Development analysis and planning
- Better integrating risk analysis and management throughout the process
- Leveraging of a diverse set of partnerships towards the realisation of higher results for children
- Better reflecting on government and partners’ contributions (including the private sector) and commitment in line with National Development Plans
- Ensuring effective participation of key stakeholders at the critical steps of the planning process, as appropriate to the country's context
Reporting to the Representative, and in close coordination with the deputy representative, deputy representative (Operations), field services, and the programme sections, the CFO would provide interim headship of the Cox’s Bazaar office until a replacement arrives, and will lead and coordinate the review, design, of the response to the Rohingya crisis in Cox’s Bazaar (Bangladesh). He/she will support the programme alignment, engage with partners and coordinate and manage all phases of programme formulation, new initiatives, planning, design, implementation and administration of the total programme commitment of the Cox’s Bazaar office with a broad range of projects, consistent with the organization’s goals, strategy, and priorities. This is a programme of more than one hundred million USD and represents around 150 staff and consultants.
UNICEF’s child protection in humanitarian action (CPHA) programs aim to ensure every child is protected from violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect. We partner with governments, international organizations, and civil society to actively prevent children from being harmed; to monitor grave violations committed against girls and boys and advocate for respect for international humanitarian law; and to develop programmes to support children who have experienced violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect. UNICEF’s child protection work promotes effective linkages between humanitarian and development programming and supports countries to strengthen their capacities and systems for mitigating risks, preparing for and responding to emergencies, and building resilience. UNICEF also leads the development of technical standards, guidance and advocacy efforts to support child protection actors in the field in delivering evidence-based, effective and high-quality programs to protect children.
The CPHA Team continually seeks to strengthen the evidence and data in all areas of Child Protection programming, and is committed to monitoring, evaluation, and results-based management. During the duration of the contract, the consultant will be responsible for a set of specific deliverables aiming at strengthening the CPHA programming related to planning, resource mobilization, monitoring and reporting, knowledge management, and evidence building
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
This consultancy, which will be hosted on the UNICEF-DRP GitHub, delivers a technology suite that takes outputs and figures from R scripts and makes them accessible to large language models (LLMs) for natural language querying. This approach ensures interoperability with cross-unit workflows, allowing various teams to leverage the tool regardless of their specific R script outputs. By transforming raw data into easily digestible insights, this work directly supports the Africa Data Strategy's shift "From Data to Insights," making data more accessible and useful for decision-making across the continent. This not only enhances technical assistance by improving data analysis capacity but also promotes knowledge exchange by fostering a shared, technology-driven approach to understanding child welfare data.
To support this growing portfolio, UNICEF is seeking support to:
• Strengthen global data infrastructure, analytics tools, and documentation of best practices
• Provide technical support to country offices and ministries of health to access, clean, and analyze routine data
• Finalize and scale country-specific data pipelines, dashboards, and analytics products
This role will be embedded within the MNCAH Data and Analytics team and will work closely with regional and country teams. The consultant will help close the gap between data and action, supporting more agile, accountable, and equitable health systems.
The purpose of the consultancy is to conduct costing of the multisectoral State Programme on Nutrition for the period of 2026-2030 for Tajikistan, to enable realistic resource planning, prioritization, and advocacy with partners.
The International Consultant will provide technical expertise to develop, pilot, and refine the Inclusive Education Programmatic Framework (IEPF) for preschools in Uzbekistan. This will include supporting the establishment of pilot inclusive preschools, designing and delivering a comprehensive capacity-building programme for preschool staff, and generating evidence to inform scale-up and integration into national policy and professional development systems.
The overall goal is to further support the integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation and environmental issues into the education system. The purpose of the consultancy is to build the capacity of local experts in green school standards conceptualization and its roll out in Kazakhstan. This consultancy aims to guide the established technical working group in developing standards and self-assessment tools for green schools and capacities for implementation nationwide.
Under the supervision of the Health Officer, supported by the Social and Behaviour Change Manager, the consultant will undertake a mixed method case study on Elma-funded implementation of the RED Strategy with the National Department of Health, the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provincial Departments of Health, and selected district health teams, to strengthen the EPI programme, and develop tailored strategies to reach zero dose and under immunised children.
The objective of the assignment is to explore and describe the operational effectiveness, barriers, facilitators, and outcomes of the RED Strategy implementation in selected urban districts, and to generate actionable insights for scaling and strengthening immunisation services.
For every child, the right to Immunisation.
This consultancy will support the development of a National Framework on the Use of AI in Education, providing policymakers, practitioners, and development partners with a practical tool to evaluate current conditions, identify gaps, and prioritize investments.
Under the supervision of UNICEF Uzbekistan’s Child Protection Officer and in collaboration with NASP and the Uzbekistan Columbia Centre, the consultant will review and enhance existing foster care training materials. This includes integrating trauma-informed care and positive parenting approaches, developing supplementary modules to support children with complex psychosocial needs, and conducting a Training of Trainers for key stakeholders. The final deliverable will be a comprehensive, culturally appropriate training package tailored to Uzbekistan’s context.
Under the overall supervision of the Deputy Representative and direct supervision of the Innovation Specialist, the consultant will support UNICEF/GenU South Africa by:
1. Creating an integration strategy to align/embed GenU with government efforts, particularly the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention.
2. Conducting a comprehensive scoping of the private sector landscape related to youth opportunities.
3. Developing a strategy for private sector engagement around youth livelihoods, skilling, and employment.
4. Conduct comprehensive scoping on digital marketplace systems in South Africa that offer work/gig opportunities to self-employed/entrepreneurial youth.
For every child, the right to sustainable development and empowerment, through innovation.
UNICEF is planning to engage an international expert in Behavioral Science to support the evidence generation on inclusive education uptake related behaviours and development of Social and Behaviour Change strategy on inclusive education.
UNICEF China wishes to set up a Long Term Arrangement (LTA) for the procurement of services of individual consultants who can help support the creation and crafting of compelling digital content, which engages audiences in a dynamic, interactive and meaningful way and sparks conversations around issues related to UNICEF’s mandate.
Climate change, disasters and environmental degradation threaten child rights and essential services, especially in fragile and humanitarian contexts.
The Center of Excellence on Climate Resilience for Children, in partnership with the Education in Emergencies (EiE) team, seeks a consultant to:
1. Promote child-responsive priorities in global DRR and climate loss and damage (L&D) processes and finance.
2. Support countries and partners to strengthen the resilience of child-critical sectors.
3. Empower children and youth as climate champions through EiE programming to enhance skills development and participation.
The consultant will provide technical, policy and capacity-building support to UNICEF staff, governments and partners, aligning with UNICEF’s 2023–2030 Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP). This includes advancing SCAP’s integration across intergovernmental processes and national policies.
UNICEF Moldova CO is looking for a national individual legal consultant to provide technical support to the GBV agency to promote the specialization of justice sector professionals in cases of violence against women, domestic violence, and violence against children
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a National sociological consultant to support to the GBV agency in promoting the specialization of justice sector professionals in cases of violence against women, children, and domestic violence.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for committed and well experienced senior expert to provide strategic technical support to UNICEF Nepal in facilitating the 2026 Programme Budget Review (PBR) preparation process. The assignment is for 4-5 months. Travel to Nepal during the assignment will likely be needed.
Provide technical support to EOF for the delivery of EOF’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Outcomes Fund in South Africa. The Programme Consultant - South Africa will support EOF's team with engagements with implementing partners, providing support to solve implementation challenges and ensure smooth technical and operational delivery. The consultant will also provide support and guidance on the programs’ policy alignment and integration of learning into broader systemic change.
The Quality Review of the Country Programme Planning process (CPP) aims to assess the extent to which the purpose, rationale, and practice of the new CPP guidance have been understood and integrated by Country Offices. More deeply, the quality review aims at assessing the extent to which the new country programmes enable and plan for programming for scale and impact and for leveraging partnerships towards the achievement of higher-level results.
Therefore, elements to be assessed will include not only the adherence to the guidance (in terms of steps, processes, and templates) but also the application of its key principles, such as:
- Shifting towards more purposeful, effective and strategic planning at the country level, using high-quality analysis to shape programme choices
- Designing adaptive country programmes that contribute to outcome-level changes in the lives of children, by responding effectively and at scale to the most critical child rights’ deprivations (programming for scale and impact)
- Linking the Theories of Change with the evidence gathered in the Evidence Synthesis
- Identifying relevant systemic changes and appropriate interventions in the ToCs
- Connecting the Results and Resources Plans with the ToC’s interventions and systemic changes
- Harmonising Humanitarian and Development analysis and planning
- Better integrating risk analysis and management throughout the process
- Leveraging of a diverse set of partnerships towards the realisation of higher results for children
- Better reflecting on government and partners’ contributions (including the private sector) and commitment in line with National Development Plans
- Ensuring effective participation of key stakeholders at the critical steps of the planning process, as appropriate to the country's context
Reporting to the Representative, and in close coordination with the deputy representative, deputy representative (Operations), field services, and the programme sections, the CFO would provide interim headship of the Cox’s Bazaar office until a replacement arrives, and will lead and coordinate the review, design, of the response to the Rohingya crisis in Cox’s Bazaar (Bangladesh). He/she will support the programme alignment, engage with partners and coordinate and manage all phases of programme formulation, new initiatives, planning, design, implementation and administration of the total programme commitment of the Cox’s Bazaar office with a broad range of projects, consistent with the organization’s goals, strategy, and priorities. This is a programme of more than one hundred million USD and represents around 150 staff and consultants.
UNICEF’s child protection in humanitarian action (CPHA) programs aim to ensure every child is protected from violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect. We partner with governments, international organizations, and civil society to actively prevent children from being harmed; to monitor grave violations committed against girls and boys and advocate for respect for international humanitarian law; and to develop programmes to support children who have experienced violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect. UNICEF’s child protection work promotes effective linkages between humanitarian and development programming and supports countries to strengthen their capacities and systems for mitigating risks, preparing for and responding to emergencies, and building resilience. UNICEF also leads the development of technical standards, guidance and advocacy efforts to support child protection actors in the field in delivering evidence-based, effective and high-quality programs to protect children.
The CPHA Team continually seeks to strengthen the evidence and data in all areas of Child Protection programming, and is committed to monitoring, evaluation, and results-based management. During the duration of the contract, the consultant will be responsible for a set of specific deliverables aiming at strengthening the CPHA programming related to planning, resource mobilization, monitoring and reporting, knowledge management, and evidence building
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
This consultancy, which will be hosted on the UNICEF-DRP GitHub, delivers a technology suite that takes outputs and figures from R scripts and makes them accessible to large language models (LLMs) for natural language querying. This approach ensures interoperability with cross-unit workflows, allowing various teams to leverage the tool regardless of their specific R script outputs. By transforming raw data into easily digestible insights, this work directly supports the Africa Data Strategy's shift "From Data to Insights," making data more accessible and useful for decision-making across the continent. This not only enhances technical assistance by improving data analysis capacity but also promotes knowledge exchange by fostering a shared, technology-driven approach to understanding child welfare data.
To support this growing portfolio, UNICEF is seeking support to:
• Strengthen global data infrastructure, analytics tools, and documentation of best practices
• Provide technical support to country offices and ministries of health to access, clean, and analyze routine data
• Finalize and scale country-specific data pipelines, dashboards, and analytics products
This role will be embedded within the MNCAH Data and Analytics team and will work closely with regional and country teams. The consultant will help close the gap between data and action, supporting more agile, accountable, and equitable health systems.
The purpose of the consultancy is to conduct costing of the multisectoral State Programme on Nutrition for the period of 2026-2030 for Tajikistan, to enable realistic resource planning, prioritization, and advocacy with partners.
The International Consultant will provide technical expertise to develop, pilot, and refine the Inclusive Education Programmatic Framework (IEPF) for preschools in Uzbekistan. This will include supporting the establishment of pilot inclusive preschools, designing and delivering a comprehensive capacity-building programme for preschool staff, and generating evidence to inform scale-up and integration into national policy and professional development systems.
The overall goal is to further support the integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation and environmental issues into the education system. The purpose of the consultancy is to build the capacity of local experts in green school standards conceptualization and its roll out in Kazakhstan. This consultancy aims to guide the established technical working group in developing standards and self-assessment tools for green schools and capacities for implementation nationwide.
Under the supervision of the Health Officer, supported by the Social and Behaviour Change Manager, the consultant will undertake a mixed method case study on Elma-funded implementation of the RED Strategy with the National Department of Health, the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provincial Departments of Health, and selected district health teams, to strengthen the EPI programme, and develop tailored strategies to reach zero dose and under immunised children.
The objective of the assignment is to explore and describe the operational effectiveness, barriers, facilitators, and outcomes of the RED Strategy implementation in selected urban districts, and to generate actionable insights for scaling and strengthening immunisation services.
For every child, the right to Immunisation.
This consultancy will support the development of a National Framework on the Use of AI in Education, providing policymakers, practitioners, and development partners with a practical tool to evaluate current conditions, identify gaps, and prioritize investments.
Under the supervision of UNICEF Uzbekistan’s Child Protection Officer and in collaboration with NASP and the Uzbekistan Columbia Centre, the consultant will review and enhance existing foster care training materials. This includes integrating trauma-informed care and positive parenting approaches, developing supplementary modules to support children with complex psychosocial needs, and conducting a Training of Trainers for key stakeholders. The final deliverable will be a comprehensive, culturally appropriate training package tailored to Uzbekistan’s context.
Under the overall supervision of the Deputy Representative and direct supervision of the Innovation Specialist, the consultant will support UNICEF/GenU South Africa by:
1. Creating an integration strategy to align/embed GenU with government efforts, particularly the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention.
2. Conducting a comprehensive scoping of the private sector landscape related to youth opportunities.
3. Developing a strategy for private sector engagement around youth livelihoods, skilling, and employment.
4. Conduct comprehensive scoping on digital marketplace systems in South Africa that offer work/gig opportunities to self-employed/entrepreneurial youth.
For every child, the right to sustainable development and empowerment, through innovation.
UNICEF is planning to engage an international expert in Behavioral Science to support the evidence generation on inclusive education uptake related behaviours and development of Social and Behaviour Change strategy on inclusive education.
UNICEF China wishes to set up a Long Term Arrangement (LTA) for the procurement of services of individual consultants who can help support the creation and crafting of compelling digital content, which engages audiences in a dynamic, interactive and meaningful way and sparks conversations around issues related to UNICEF’s mandate.
Climate change, disasters and environmental degradation threaten child rights and essential services, especially in fragile and humanitarian contexts.
The Center of Excellence on Climate Resilience for Children, in partnership with the Education in Emergencies (EiE) team, seeks a consultant to:
1. Promote child-responsive priorities in global DRR and climate loss and damage (L&D) processes and finance.
2. Support countries and partners to strengthen the resilience of child-critical sectors.
3. Empower children and youth as climate champions through EiE programming to enhance skills development and participation.
The consultant will provide technical, policy and capacity-building support to UNICEF staff, governments and partners, aligning with UNICEF’s 2023–2030 Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP). This includes advancing SCAP’s integration across intergovernmental processes and national policies.
UNICEF Moldova CO is looking for a national individual legal consultant to provide technical support to the GBV agency to promote the specialization of justice sector professionals in cases of violence against women, domestic violence, and violence against children
UNICEF Moldova is looking for a National sociological consultant to support to the GBV agency in promoting the specialization of justice sector professionals in cases of violence against women, children, and domestic violence.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for committed and well experienced senior expert to provide strategic technical support to UNICEF Nepal in facilitating the 2026 Programme Budget Review (PBR) preparation process. The assignment is for 4-5 months. Travel to Nepal during the assignment will likely be needed.
Provide technical support to EOF for the delivery of EOF’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Outcomes Fund in South Africa. The Programme Consultant - South Africa will support EOF's team with engagements with implementing partners, providing support to solve implementation challenges and ensure smooth technical and operational delivery. The consultant will also provide support and guidance on the programs’ policy alignment and integration of learning into broader systemic change.
