Globally, over 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, exacerbating mortality from preventable diseases. Micronutrient deficiencies in Afghanistan present a severe public health crisis, as highlighted by the last available data (National Nutrition Survey 2013). Over 40% of women and children suffer from anemia, while 50% of children under five are vitamin A deficient, which is classified as a severe problem by WHO. Zinc and iodine deficiencies are also prevalent, and vitamin D deficiency affects nearly all women (95.5%) and children (81%). Compounding this, knowledge about micronutrients is alarmingly low, with only 38.7% of Afghans aware of vitamins, and 69.8% of mothers uninformed about vitamin A. Despite iodized salt awareness (64.2%), only 43.6% of households use adequately iodized salt, and just 38.1% consume fortified foods.
UNICEF leads efforts to combat this, but scaling up interventions—like supplementation and community-based programs—requires strengthened coordination, capacity building, and nationwide implementation.
The reach and scope of nutrition service delivery for women and children in Afghanistan have expanded significantly over the past two years. UNICEF's nutrition programs, including Maternal, Infant, and young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), Community Based Nutrition Program (CBNP), Multi Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS), Micronutrient Powder (MNP), Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation, have been scaled up across all 34 provinces. This rapid expansion underscores the critical need for national-level expertise to ensure effective program reporting, monitoring, and quality assurance.
UNICEF is supporting national MIYCN and caring practices as one of the major components of nutrition program targeting maternal Nutrition which refers to the nutrition of women during adolescence, pregnancy, and lactation, as it affects their health and the health of their foetus and/or infant, through their childbearing and nurturing roles, furthermore, the program is focusing on infant and young child feeding practices.
The purpose of this Consultancy is to deepen collaboration with public and private sector partners and to facilitate scanning of the environment, knowledge exchange, partnership management and resource mobilization.
Under the supervision of the Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Section, the consultant will conduct a summative evaluation of the Safe Online funded programme titled ‘A systematic approach in making the internet safe for children in South Africa (2022–2025)’.
The purpose of the assignment is to assess the extent to which the programme achieved its intended outcomes and outputs as planned, and to evaluate its relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact.
The consultancy is for 60 days over a 6-month period.
The proposed policy analyst will address the identified capacity gaps by providing the NDPR team with hands-on support, guidance, and policy-related skills. The policy analyst will provide day to day support to the section and deliver on key tasks specified below.
The initial contract will be for 12 months but with a possibility of a further 12-month extension.
UNICEF Country Office Pakistan is actively seeking an exceptional and motivated individual to fill the role of Administrative Associate, providing vital support to the Afghanistan country office remotely. Join us in making a meaningful impact!
The purpose of the consultancy is to conduct an evaluability assessment that will provide UNICEF management and programme staff with evidence about the readiness of the office to conduct evaluation as there is doubt about the availability of planning, monitoring, and reporting documents on gender programming. The evaluability will be timely to provide recommendations to improve the gender programming in preparation for the next Country Programme and the revision of the 2021 Gender Programmatic Review.
Provide technical support to the implementation of SBC interventions with a focus on routine immunization and COVID-19 vaccination, including the development of content on immunization for IOGT based on questions received from the population, supporting the production of various communication materials such as social media posts, public service announcements, and others on routine immunization and COVID-19 vaccination, and supporting the introduction of the BCC curriculum for preservice and IPC training curriculum for in-service training of health workers.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive international Consultant. The consultant is expected to work for 34 days spread over 6 months contract period. There will be 20 days of remote work and 14 days of travel to Kiribati (7 days) and Samoa (7 days). The consultant will provide technical advice on the development of Pacific positive masculinity frameworks and culturally appropriate male role model Initiatives in consultation and collaboration with adolescent boys. Additionally, the consultation will support the development of monitoring and evaluation processes for the Pacific Adolescent Boys Advisory group, in line with the UNICEF Gender and Adolescent Action Plan and UNICEF Pacific Gender & Adolescent Strategy.
UNICEF Libya is seeking a dynamic, results-oriented, and seasoned consultant to serve as a key driver in bridging PF4C and social protection workstreams—helping to translate fiscal insights into coherent, inclusive, and fiscally sustainable policy reforms. By coordinating these two strategic pillars, the consultant will support the Libya Country Office and its partners in developing a child-sensitive, well-financed, and resilient social protection system fit for current and future challenges.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a Programme Assistant on fixed term appointment to be based in the Apia field office in Samoa. Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief Field Office in Samoa the Programme Assistant supports the Field Office by carrying out a range of procedural, administrative, and operational tasks, to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
UNICEF Liberia is seeking to hire an experienced individual to document the impact of the "Back to My Classroom" campaign through multimedia content, including videos, photography, and human-interest stories. The deliverables will serve UNICEF's advocacy, visibility, and communication objectives, targeting donors, global stakeholders, government partners, NGOs, and Liberian communities.
We are seeking a talented Technical Partnership Specialist to contribute to Giga’s work in securing support from the telecommunications industry and engage actors and influencers of the sector and connectivity technical community, including key stakeholders working on universal access.
The Partnership Specialist will work with our interdisciplinary team to drive progress against key partnership objectives, including communications, data sharing, and software solutions development. This role will be an important part of our Partnerships team, joining Giga in our ambitious goal to connect every school, and every community, to the internet 2030.
The Giga team is seeking a Partnerships Officer to join Giga, one of the most exciting and impactful projects coming out of the United Nations at this time. This individual will work with our interdisciplinary team to develop, prospect, and manage Giga’s portfolio of partners within our frameworks of PFP, PPP and National Committees.
This includes facilitating partnerships management towards agreed deliverables, prospecting and new business activity, drafting communications and materials for external and internal stakeholders, including pitches and investment cases, as well as knowledge management of the team’s resources, The role will be an important part of our small Partnerships Team, joining us in our ambitious goal to connect every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030
Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Director of GenU, and guidance of the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, Generation Unlimited, the consultant will:
# Develop high-quality communication assets to support GenU’s external communications, advocacy, and partnerships
# Create materials for Organizational Reporting, Messaging, and Global Programme Assets
# Facilitate and deliver assets for Education Above All Regional Partnership and imaGen Ventures programme
# Support the maintenance of the website to ensure it remains current, relevant, and engaging
The overall scope of work is to support the implementation of the UNFPA-UNICEF FGM Joint Programme to Eliminate FGM with specific focus on knowledge management, advocacy and communication initiatives linked to the Joint Programme on the Elimination of FGM. The consultant will work within the Prevention of Harmful Practices (PHP) Team in Child Protection HQ under the guidance of the FGM Manager and collaborate closely with the PHP team and other sectors including Health, Communications, Innocenti, Human Rights, and Education, ADAP as well as UNFPA.
The purpose of the consultancy is to develop global approaches to the measurement of lead exposure within the context of children’s environmental health and the provision of technical assistance to countries.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support regional and country offices in the UNICEF regions (Eastern and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa, Middle East and North Africa) in developing national programs to end child lead poisoning.
To help position GenU as the leading partnership eco-system dedicated to youth skills and livelihoods, GenU is seeking to recruit a Cross-sectoral Communications Advisor Consultant to create quality showcases of impact stories and results, while unlocking amplification and endorsements across communication channels within the partner network.
PG Senior Management will Guide the OMP development in line with the organizational requirements and shifts emanating from UNICEF Executive Management Fora, SP Governance Mechanisms, the GMT, the Executive Board, donor engagements, etc.
The consultant will work closely with the OMP drafting team under the leadership of the Deputy Director and the Chief of Strategic Operations.
Globally, over 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, exacerbating mortality from preventable diseases. Micronutrient deficiencies in Afghanistan present a severe public health crisis, as highlighted by the last available data (National Nutrition Survey 2013). Over 40% of women and children suffer from anemia, while 50% of children under five are vitamin A deficient, which is classified as a severe problem by WHO. Zinc and iodine deficiencies are also prevalent, and vitamin D deficiency affects nearly all women (95.5%) and children (81%). Compounding this, knowledge about micronutrients is alarmingly low, with only 38.7% of Afghans aware of vitamins, and 69.8% of mothers uninformed about vitamin A. Despite iodized salt awareness (64.2%), only 43.6% of households use adequately iodized salt, and just 38.1% consume fortified foods.
UNICEF leads efforts to combat this, but scaling up interventions—like supplementation and community-based programs—requires strengthened coordination, capacity building, and nationwide implementation.
The reach and scope of nutrition service delivery for women and children in Afghanistan have expanded significantly over the past two years. UNICEF's nutrition programs, including Maternal, Infant, and young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), Community Based Nutrition Program (CBNP), Multi Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS), Micronutrient Powder (MNP), Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation, have been scaled up across all 34 provinces. This rapid expansion underscores the critical need for national-level expertise to ensure effective program reporting, monitoring, and quality assurance.
UNICEF is supporting national MIYCN and caring practices as one of the major components of nutrition program targeting maternal Nutrition which refers to the nutrition of women during adolescence, pregnancy, and lactation, as it affects their health and the health of their foetus and/or infant, through their childbearing and nurturing roles, furthermore, the program is focusing on infant and young child feeding practices.
The purpose of this Consultancy is to deepen collaboration with public and private sector partners and to facilitate scanning of the environment, knowledge exchange, partnership management and resource mobilization.
Under the supervision of the Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Section, the consultant will conduct a summative evaluation of the Safe Online funded programme titled ‘A systematic approach in making the internet safe for children in South Africa (2022–2025)’.
The purpose of the assignment is to assess the extent to which the programme achieved its intended outcomes and outputs as planned, and to evaluate its relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact.
The consultancy is for 60 days over a 6-month period.
The proposed policy analyst will address the identified capacity gaps by providing the NDPR team with hands-on support, guidance, and policy-related skills. The policy analyst will provide day to day support to the section and deliver on key tasks specified below.
The initial contract will be for 12 months but with a possibility of a further 12-month extension.
UNICEF Country Office Pakistan is actively seeking an exceptional and motivated individual to fill the role of Administrative Associate, providing vital support to the Afghanistan country office remotely. Join us in making a meaningful impact!
The purpose of the consultancy is to conduct an evaluability assessment that will provide UNICEF management and programme staff with evidence about the readiness of the office to conduct evaluation as there is doubt about the availability of planning, monitoring, and reporting documents on gender programming. The evaluability will be timely to provide recommendations to improve the gender programming in preparation for the next Country Programme and the revision of the 2021 Gender Programmatic Review.
Provide technical support to the implementation of SBC interventions with a focus on routine immunization and COVID-19 vaccination, including the development of content on immunization for IOGT based on questions received from the population, supporting the production of various communication materials such as social media posts, public service announcements, and others on routine immunization and COVID-19 vaccination, and supporting the introduction of the BCC curriculum for preservice and IPC training curriculum for in-service training of health workers.
UNICEF Pacific is in search of a dedicated and proactive international Consultant. The consultant is expected to work for 34 days spread over 6 months contract period. There will be 20 days of remote work and 14 days of travel to Kiribati (7 days) and Samoa (7 days). The consultant will provide technical advice on the development of Pacific positive masculinity frameworks and culturally appropriate male role model Initiatives in consultation and collaboration with adolescent boys. Additionally, the consultation will support the development of monitoring and evaluation processes for the Pacific Adolescent Boys Advisory group, in line with the UNICEF Gender and Adolescent Action Plan and UNICEF Pacific Gender & Adolescent Strategy.
UNICEF Libya is seeking a dynamic, results-oriented, and seasoned consultant to serve as a key driver in bridging PF4C and social protection workstreams—helping to translate fiscal insights into coherent, inclusive, and fiscally sustainable policy reforms. By coordinating these two strategic pillars, the consultant will support the Libya Country Office and its partners in developing a child-sensitive, well-financed, and resilient social protection system fit for current and future challenges.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a Programme Assistant on fixed term appointment to be based in the Apia field office in Samoa. Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief Field Office in Samoa the Programme Assistant supports the Field Office by carrying out a range of procedural, administrative, and operational tasks, to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
UNICEF Liberia is seeking to hire an experienced individual to document the impact of the "Back to My Classroom" campaign through multimedia content, including videos, photography, and human-interest stories. The deliverables will serve UNICEF's advocacy, visibility, and communication objectives, targeting donors, global stakeholders, government partners, NGOs, and Liberian communities.
We are seeking a talented Technical Partnership Specialist to contribute to Giga’s work in securing support from the telecommunications industry and engage actors and influencers of the sector and connectivity technical community, including key stakeholders working on universal access.
The Partnership Specialist will work with our interdisciplinary team to drive progress against key partnership objectives, including communications, data sharing, and software solutions development. This role will be an important part of our Partnerships team, joining Giga in our ambitious goal to connect every school, and every community, to the internet 2030.
The Giga team is seeking a Partnerships Officer to join Giga, one of the most exciting and impactful projects coming out of the United Nations at this time. This individual will work with our interdisciplinary team to develop, prospect, and manage Giga’s portfolio of partners within our frameworks of PFP, PPP and National Committees.
This includes facilitating partnerships management towards agreed deliverables, prospecting and new business activity, drafting communications and materials for external and internal stakeholders, including pitches and investment cases, as well as knowledge management of the team’s resources, The role will be an important part of our small Partnerships Team, joining us in our ambitious goal to connect every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030
Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Director of GenU, and guidance of the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, Generation Unlimited, the consultant will:
# Develop high-quality communication assets to support GenU’s external communications, advocacy, and partnerships
# Create materials for Organizational Reporting, Messaging, and Global Programme Assets
# Facilitate and deliver assets for Education Above All Regional Partnership and imaGen Ventures programme
# Support the maintenance of the website to ensure it remains current, relevant, and engaging
The overall scope of work is to support the implementation of the UNFPA-UNICEF FGM Joint Programme to Eliminate FGM with specific focus on knowledge management, advocacy and communication initiatives linked to the Joint Programme on the Elimination of FGM. The consultant will work within the Prevention of Harmful Practices (PHP) Team in Child Protection HQ under the guidance of the FGM Manager and collaborate closely with the PHP team and other sectors including Health, Communications, Innocenti, Human Rights, and Education, ADAP as well as UNFPA.
The purpose of the consultancy is to develop global approaches to the measurement of lead exposure within the context of children’s environmental health and the provision of technical assistance to countries.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support regional and country offices in the UNICEF regions (Eastern and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa, Middle East and North Africa) in developing national programs to end child lead poisoning.
To help position GenU as the leading partnership eco-system dedicated to youth skills and livelihoods, GenU is seeking to recruit a Cross-sectoral Communications Advisor Consultant to create quality showcases of impact stories and results, while unlocking amplification and endorsements across communication channels within the partner network.
PG Senior Management will Guide the OMP development in line with the organizational requirements and shifts emanating from UNICEF Executive Management Fora, SP Governance Mechanisms, the GMT, the Executive Board, donor engagements, etc.
The consultant will work closely with the OMP drafting team under the leadership of the Deputy Director and the Chief of Strategic Operations.
