Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will support the Child Protection programme of UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office in providing high-level technical expertise to the Government of Sri Lanka in developing family-based care options under the alternative care policy framework, developing responses to most prominent drivers of institutionalization and provide support for enhancing family strengthening methodologies and services. The consultant will be particularly instrumental in conducting feasibility analyses for the establishment of foster care in Sri Lanka and supporting various provinces in identifying family-type care options
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will provide support to the Child Protection programme in the UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office to strengthen the child rights monitoring bodies in Sri Lanka. The consultant will work with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka – Child Rights Unit (HRCSL) and the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) – two entities with child rights monitoring functions. The overarching purpose of the consultancy is to work with the UNICEF team and relevant partners on principles, guidelines and practical operational procedures, enabling (a) the Child Rights Unit of HRCSL to monitor children’s rights within the mandate of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Act No. 21 of 1996 and (b) the NCPA to carry out its primary mandate of monitoring Violence against Children in a coordinated manner.
UNICEF Jamaica is seeking an experienced international consultant with a solid background in child protection and case management systems to conduct a comprehensive Case Management Quality review and analysis of the Jamaica Child Protection system using the global Quality Assurance Methodology and Framework (QAF).
The purpose of this consultancy is to develop operational guidelines for the care of small and sick newborns, including Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for Somalia. Additionally, the assignment will involve the development of KMC training manuals, job aids, reporting tools, and other resources specifically tailored to the Somali context.
The UNICEF Papua New Guinea Country Office is recruiting an engaged national consultant in charge of knowledge management of UNICEF WASH interventions and documentation of funding and expenditures in WASH sector in PNG.
UNICEF seeks to hire an experienced, results oriented Individual consultant to assist UNICEF Lesotho Country Office to develop an ECE investment case for Lesotho. The investment case aims to demonstrate the value and impact of early learning on children, society and the nation as a whole. It provides evidence-based arguments to policymakers, highlighting how ECE can lead to better educational outcomes, increased economic productivity, and reduced social inequalities, among many benefits.
Working in support and responding to the Practitioner Network, the consultant will collaborate with relevant HQ divisions, field, country and regional offices, partners and extender/facilitators themselves to collect and synthesize information on the current use of programme facilitators/extenders by UNICEF country offices. This includes examining and documenting the purpose and scale of this modality, as well as operational aspects such as hiring, training, support, and oversight guidance within specific contexts.
UNICEF Comoros Office seeks to recruit a Champion in Climate and Sustainable Environment to support the implementation of the KOICA/UNICEF Climate Smart Social Services and Infrastructure Programme. The Programme Officer (Climate and Sustainable Environment) will be based at the UNICEF Office in Comoros – Moroni.
THIS APPLICATION IS OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES
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.
The Individual Consultant is expected to carry out this assignment on a home-based basis.
Under the overall guidance of the UNICEF office in Armenia and the direct supervision of UNICEF Education Specialist, the Consultant (Statistician) will be responsible for quality and timely implementation of the following activities in close cooperation with MoESCS National Analysis Team, OECD experts and other education stakeholders:
1. Run statistical analysis and produce statistical outputs (e.g. figures and tables).
2. Support knowledge mobilization and disseminating the PISA results: help organize seminars, conferences and workshops in collaboration with the MoESCS National Analysis Team.
The Consultant on Girls Vision for the Future – Cameroon Girls Movement will support the UNICEF Cameroon office by making girls ‘voices heard. The consultant will support in the preparation of the National and Regional Summit, ensure all logistics and administrative assets, while in parallel, contribute to the Girls' Movement's success until October 2025.
Along with the DOers and THINKers team, the consultant is expected to facilitate and accompany the success of the Girls Movement from June to December 2025. He/she will be held accountable for the success of the activities in a synchronized way in all 10 Regions. The consultant will ensure that the Girls' agenda in Cameroon is effectively represented at regional and global levels, aligning it with national priorities, the context of the country, and actions of the Country office.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
UNICEF’s work in the area of data analysis highlights trends and emphasizes patterns found within the data and suggests how these data can be used strategically to inform evidence-based policy and programmatic efforts. The results of UNICEF’s data analysis work appear in its flagship publications as well as data-driven thematic reports, articles, brochures, documents and other dissemination materials.
Toward this end, the Child Protection and Development Unit (CPD) within the Data and Analytics Section produces data and knowledge products on key thematic issues pertaining to child protection, early childhood development (ECD), children with disabilities and adolescents.
There is an ongoing requirement for the production of high-quality data packages that include data processing, tabulating findings, assessing data quality, and trends on various thematic topics covered by the CPD data team. The primary source of this data will be household surveys such as MICS and DHS, but there may, on occasion, other types of data sources requiring data processing and/or analysis such as censuses. The end products will be disseminated through various channels, including the data warehouse, data.unicef.org, and data-driven publications.
The consultant under the overall guidance of the WASH Officer will support the development of Eritrea’s SCAP 2025–2030, ensuring alignment with national priorities and UNICEF’s global framework, with a strong focus on child-centered climate adaptation and mitigation. Use existing evidence, including CLAC and national climate documents, to inform programming. Initiate the Climate, Children and Environment Strategy (CCES), advise on integrating climate actions across sectors, and strengthen partnerships with key ministries. Facilitate a multi-sectoral workshop to build consensus, lead SCAP finalization with an implementation and M&E framework, and develop a climate financing strategy for UNICEF Eritrea.
to seek professional, consultancy services to support with coordination, communication and advocacy efforts for community health and the Community Health Delivery Partnership (CHDP). The target audience includes governments, key private and public sector audiences, implementing partners and donors, and UNICEF regional and country offices. This workstream is closely linked with the broader goals and objectives of the CHDP and contributes to UNICEF’s renewed vision for community health and corporate priority on community action for better health and nutrition outcomes for vulnerable populations especially women and children.
This work is essential to advancing community health and nutrition related priorities by effectively documenting and communicating impact, advocating for countries’ priority needs in advancing and scaling community health and nutrition and showcasing UNICEF’s efforts to support countries in these efforts and protecting children’s right to health. As such, the consultant will produce communication and advocacy materials, enhance the visibility of countries’ and regional priorities for resource mobilization by developing fact sheets and keeping existing resources and materials up-to-date, and coordinate advocacy and communication work. She/he will also work in coordination with other teams/units in the MNCAH section to ensure complementary of efforts and linkages across workstreams and liaise with regional and country offices as well as external partners to ensure there is robust visibility around UNICEF’s work and that of the CHDP related to community health and nutrition.
Help eliminate childhood lead poisoning worldwide.Join UNICEF as a Programme Specialist [Lead (Pb) Knowledge Generation and Use], where you’ll lead the development of cutting-edge tools—like the “Toolkit to End Childhood Lead Poisoning”—and transform data and research into actionable resources for countries and partners.The Programme Specialist [Lead-Free Future Programme] will play an important role in driving progress, at a country and global level, toward the mitigation of lead. They will ensure the technical rigor of UNICEF’s programmes against lead by providing technical guidance, support and quality assurance to ROs/COs, global programme management , global programme support and contribute learnings in support of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future.
The Partnership Specialist position’s purpose is to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface
for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of
assignment. S/He may also serve as focal point and resource for colleagues on specific thematic areas of strategic
relevance for partnership development. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support
of its mission and humanitarian action for children in the State of Palestine.
The Senior Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office, Afar, Amahara and Tigray Field Offices, external partners and agency counterparts in support of the implementation of the programme. S/He regularly monitors financial and programme implementation milestones, provides regular feedback on the status of programme and financial indicators and advises on improvements to keep programme activities on track.
To support ECCD Council and DepEd in harmonizing, expanding and digitizing the enhanced child mapping tool to improve data-driven planning for early childhood education and basic education. Specifically, the digitized child mapping tool which will be managed by the LGUs, through the Local Social Welfare Office in the interim, aims to:
1. Review further the tool which has been harmonized and expanded by UNICEF based on DepEd’s tool adopted in 2017, questions and responses in Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) and Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), and CFM.
2. Digitize the harmonized and enhanced paper-based child mapping tool.
3. Develop a secure and user-friendly digital platform for data collection, validation, and storage that will be managed by the LGU through the Local Social Welfare Office (in the interim while it has yet to be incorporated in DILG’s RBI) and can be accessed by LGUs and schools.
4. Enable basic data analysis and reporting to support tracking, targeting and planning to ensure that children aged 3-4 years are able to access ECE and smoothly transition to and complete basic education.
5. Design visual dashboards or summary views that present key data trends to LGU and DepEd decision-makers at the barangay and municipality levels.
6. Promote data integrity, accessibility, and reusability through sound data management practices and alignment with LGU, ECCD Council, DepEd and UNICEF data governance standards.
7. Support future integration of the digital tool with national platforms such as DILG’s RBI through standardized formats and metadata structures. 8. Build the capacity of the LGU and DepEd at the barangay and municipal levels in using the digitized child mapping tool for data collection and decision-making.
The purpose of this assignment is to support UNICEF’s Education in Emergencies (EiE) team in knowledge management, reporting, programme monitoring and evaluation, grant management, data management, communication/advocacy, and resource mobilization to reinforce UNICEF’s commitment to ensuring uninterrupted education for children affected by humanitarian crises.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will support the Child Protection programme of UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office in providing high-level technical expertise to the Government of Sri Lanka in developing family-based care options under the alternative care policy framework, developing responses to most prominent drivers of institutionalization and provide support for enhancing family strengthening methodologies and services. The consultant will be particularly instrumental in conducting feasibility analyses for the establishment of foster care in Sri Lanka and supporting various provinces in identifying family-type care options
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the Consultant will provide support to the Child Protection programme in the UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office to strengthen the child rights monitoring bodies in Sri Lanka. The consultant will work with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka – Child Rights Unit (HRCSL) and the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) – two entities with child rights monitoring functions. The overarching purpose of the consultancy is to work with the UNICEF team and relevant partners on principles, guidelines and practical operational procedures, enabling (a) the Child Rights Unit of HRCSL to monitor children’s rights within the mandate of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Act No. 21 of 1996 and (b) the NCPA to carry out its primary mandate of monitoring Violence against Children in a coordinated manner.
UNICEF Jamaica is seeking an experienced international consultant with a solid background in child protection and case management systems to conduct a comprehensive Case Management Quality review and analysis of the Jamaica Child Protection system using the global Quality Assurance Methodology and Framework (QAF).
The purpose of this consultancy is to develop operational guidelines for the care of small and sick newborns, including Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for Somalia. Additionally, the assignment will involve the development of KMC training manuals, job aids, reporting tools, and other resources specifically tailored to the Somali context.
The UNICEF Papua New Guinea Country Office is recruiting an engaged national consultant in charge of knowledge management of UNICEF WASH interventions and documentation of funding and expenditures in WASH sector in PNG.
UNICEF seeks to hire an experienced, results oriented Individual consultant to assist UNICEF Lesotho Country Office to develop an ECE investment case for Lesotho. The investment case aims to demonstrate the value and impact of early learning on children, society and the nation as a whole. It provides evidence-based arguments to policymakers, highlighting how ECE can lead to better educational outcomes, increased economic productivity, and reduced social inequalities, among many benefits.
Working in support and responding to the Practitioner Network, the consultant will collaborate with relevant HQ divisions, field, country and regional offices, partners and extender/facilitators themselves to collect and synthesize information on the current use of programme facilitators/extenders by UNICEF country offices. This includes examining and documenting the purpose and scale of this modality, as well as operational aspects such as hiring, training, support, and oversight guidance within specific contexts.
UNICEF Comoros Office seeks to recruit a Champion in Climate and Sustainable Environment to support the implementation of the KOICA/UNICEF Climate Smart Social Services and Infrastructure Programme. The Programme Officer (Climate and Sustainable Environment) will be based at the UNICEF Office in Comoros – Moroni.
THIS APPLICATION IS OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES
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.
The Individual Consultant is expected to carry out this assignment on a home-based basis.
Under the overall guidance of the UNICEF office in Armenia and the direct supervision of UNICEF Education Specialist, the Consultant (Statistician) will be responsible for quality and timely implementation of the following activities in close cooperation with MoESCS National Analysis Team, OECD experts and other education stakeholders:
1. Run statistical analysis and produce statistical outputs (e.g. figures and tables).
2. Support knowledge mobilization and disseminating the PISA results: help organize seminars, conferences and workshops in collaboration with the MoESCS National Analysis Team.
The Consultant on Girls Vision for the Future – Cameroon Girls Movement will support the UNICEF Cameroon office by making girls ‘voices heard. The consultant will support in the preparation of the National and Regional Summit, ensure all logistics and administrative assets, while in parallel, contribute to the Girls' Movement's success until October 2025.
Along with the DOers and THINKers team, the consultant is expected to facilitate and accompany the success of the Girls Movement from June to December 2025. He/she will be held accountable for the success of the activities in a synchronized way in all 10 Regions. The consultant will ensure that the Girls' agenda in Cameroon is effectively represented at regional and global levels, aligning it with national priorities, the context of the country, and actions of the Country office.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
UNICEF’s work in the area of data analysis highlights trends and emphasizes patterns found within the data and suggests how these data can be used strategically to inform evidence-based policy and programmatic efforts. The results of UNICEF’s data analysis work appear in its flagship publications as well as data-driven thematic reports, articles, brochures, documents and other dissemination materials.
Toward this end, the Child Protection and Development Unit (CPD) within the Data and Analytics Section produces data and knowledge products on key thematic issues pertaining to child protection, early childhood development (ECD), children with disabilities and adolescents.
There is an ongoing requirement for the production of high-quality data packages that include data processing, tabulating findings, assessing data quality, and trends on various thematic topics covered by the CPD data team. The primary source of this data will be household surveys such as MICS and DHS, but there may, on occasion, other types of data sources requiring data processing and/or analysis such as censuses. The end products will be disseminated through various channels, including the data warehouse, data.unicef.org, and data-driven publications.
The consultant under the overall guidance of the WASH Officer will support the development of Eritrea’s SCAP 2025–2030, ensuring alignment with national priorities and UNICEF’s global framework, with a strong focus on child-centered climate adaptation and mitigation. Use existing evidence, including CLAC and national climate documents, to inform programming. Initiate the Climate, Children and Environment Strategy (CCES), advise on integrating climate actions across sectors, and strengthen partnerships with key ministries. Facilitate a multi-sectoral workshop to build consensus, lead SCAP finalization with an implementation and M&E framework, and develop a climate financing strategy for UNICEF Eritrea.
to seek professional, consultancy services to support with coordination, communication and advocacy efforts for community health and the Community Health Delivery Partnership (CHDP). The target audience includes governments, key private and public sector audiences, implementing partners and donors, and UNICEF regional and country offices. This workstream is closely linked with the broader goals and objectives of the CHDP and contributes to UNICEF’s renewed vision for community health and corporate priority on community action for better health and nutrition outcomes for vulnerable populations especially women and children.
This work is essential to advancing community health and nutrition related priorities by effectively documenting and communicating impact, advocating for countries’ priority needs in advancing and scaling community health and nutrition and showcasing UNICEF’s efforts to support countries in these efforts and protecting children’s right to health. As such, the consultant will produce communication and advocacy materials, enhance the visibility of countries’ and regional priorities for resource mobilization by developing fact sheets and keeping existing resources and materials up-to-date, and coordinate advocacy and communication work. She/he will also work in coordination with other teams/units in the MNCAH section to ensure complementary of efforts and linkages across workstreams and liaise with regional and country offices as well as external partners to ensure there is robust visibility around UNICEF’s work and that of the CHDP related to community health and nutrition.
Help eliminate childhood lead poisoning worldwide.Join UNICEF as a Programme Specialist [Lead (Pb) Knowledge Generation and Use], where you’ll lead the development of cutting-edge tools—like the “Toolkit to End Childhood Lead Poisoning”—and transform data and research into actionable resources for countries and partners.The Programme Specialist [Lead-Free Future Programme] will play an important role in driving progress, at a country and global level, toward the mitigation of lead. They will ensure the technical rigor of UNICEF’s programmes against lead by providing technical guidance, support and quality assurance to ROs/COs, global programme management , global programme support and contribute learnings in support of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future.
The Partnership Specialist position’s purpose is to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface
for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of
assignment. S/He may also serve as focal point and resource for colleagues on specific thematic areas of strategic
relevance for partnership development. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support
of its mission and humanitarian action for children in the State of Palestine.
The Senior Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office, Afar, Amahara and Tigray Field Offices, external partners and agency counterparts in support of the implementation of the programme. S/He regularly monitors financial and programme implementation milestones, provides regular feedback on the status of programme and financial indicators and advises on improvements to keep programme activities on track.
To support ECCD Council and DepEd in harmonizing, expanding and digitizing the enhanced child mapping tool to improve data-driven planning for early childhood education and basic education. Specifically, the digitized child mapping tool which will be managed by the LGUs, through the Local Social Welfare Office in the interim, aims to:
1. Review further the tool which has been harmonized and expanded by UNICEF based on DepEd’s tool adopted in 2017, questions and responses in Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) and Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), and CFM.
2. Digitize the harmonized and enhanced paper-based child mapping tool.
3. Develop a secure and user-friendly digital platform for data collection, validation, and storage that will be managed by the LGU through the Local Social Welfare Office (in the interim while it has yet to be incorporated in DILG’s RBI) and can be accessed by LGUs and schools.
4. Enable basic data analysis and reporting to support tracking, targeting and planning to ensure that children aged 3-4 years are able to access ECE and smoothly transition to and complete basic education.
5. Design visual dashboards or summary views that present key data trends to LGU and DepEd decision-makers at the barangay and municipality levels.
6. Promote data integrity, accessibility, and reusability through sound data management practices and alignment with LGU, ECCD Council, DepEd and UNICEF data governance standards.
7. Support future integration of the digital tool with national platforms such as DILG’s RBI through standardized formats and metadata structures. 8. Build the capacity of the LGU and DepEd at the barangay and municipal levels in using the digitized child mapping tool for data collection and decision-making.
The purpose of this assignment is to support UNICEF’s Education in Emergencies (EiE) team in knowledge management, reporting, programme monitoring and evaluation, grant management, data management, communication/advocacy, and resource mobilization to reinforce UNICEF’s commitment to ensuring uninterrupted education for children affected by humanitarian crises.
