UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to identify and draw on available data and evidence to provide a regional specific overview of harmful and problematic sexual behaviours of under-18s in Southeast Asia, with a focus on tech facilitated behaviours, current approaches in the region, and a summary of evidence on what works to prevent harmful conduct and the escalation of behaviours in adolescent and adulthood. This region-specific desk-based background paper will be used to inform dialogue on guidelines, programme and policy development in the region.
Le Bureau UNICEF du Cameroun recherche un consultant international pour réaliser l’évaluation formative et sommative du Programme Changement Social et de Comportement de l’UNICEF Cameroun 2022-2026. Le but de la consultance est de mesurer la portée des interventions en termes de qualité et d’efficacité au regard des résultats attendus, de renseigner de manière critique sur les résultats obtenus en matière de Changement Social et de Comportement au regard des objectifs et résultats poursuivis par le programme de coopération UNICEF-Cameroun, et de capitaliser sur les leçons apprises.
Are you passionate about humanitarian action and skilled in project monitoring and reporting? UNICEF Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) is seeking a dedicated consultant to support the management of three multi-country ECHO-funded projects. This home-based role involves close coordination with 17 Country Offices, ensuring high-quality reporting, monitoring, and proposal development in line with ECHO standards. Be part of a dynamic team making a real impact across the region.
The UNICEF Libya team is seeking to hire a dynamic, experienced, and results-oriented expert to collaborate closely with the Ministry of Health (MoH), UNICEF, WHO, WFP, and relevant partners. The focus will be on supporting the development and validation of national guidelines on Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) and the prevention and treatment of wasting.
International consultant or a group of international consultants to support training of Local Professionals in the Provision of Psycho-Social Support to Children and their Parents, in Abkhazia, Georgia.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the implementation of the ICF thematic windows. In addition, the consultancy will undertake activities central to the scoping, development and accompaniment of broader impact evaluation opportunities. Specific objectives include:
• Provide technical support in the design and implementation at least two, and maximum three impact evaluations under the Child Marriage and Social Norms ICF (e.g., Burkina Faso, Ghana and Niger) and contribute to the development of other impact evaluations in the portfolio as requested.
• Support a set of methodological innovations across the Child Marriage and Social Norms ICF, including input to and analysis of methodological papers on topics including the development of attitude and norm indices, forced marriage measures, and cost-effectiveness methodologies among participating countries.
• Support the GPECM with the development of a pilot analysis to estimate cross-country impact of the GPECM, or several case studies estimating the impact of the GPECM activities over time.
• Contribute scoping and background work towards a new Impact Feasibility Assessment (IFA) on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in collaboration with focal points at the UNICEF EO, UNFPA and stakeholders in the Joint Programme to End FGM.
• Support the development and delivery of capacity development and learning materials focusing on impact evaluation methodologies and practical implementation processes for national partners, UNICEF staff and other audience.
• Contribute to the development of dissemination materials including methodological briefs, working papers and peer-reviewed journals.
The consultancy serves an urgent and strategic purpose, focused on:
• Accelerating the implementation of UNICEF’s Human Rights Framework for Action (2024), a cornerstone initiative requiring swift and coordinated action across the organization.
• Safeguarding and reinforcing UNICEF’s active engagement with international human rights mechanisms, which are currently under significant pressure. In this context, sustained and visible UNICEF engagement is more crucial than ever.
If you are committed, passionate about results for children, we are looking for you! The consultant will provide expert technical assistance to the Survive & Thrive Section with the execution of Immunization supply chain and cold chain activities in advance of the transition of programmatic support to the Panama Center of Excellence.
Since late 2022, Armenia has received over 115,000 refugees—including 36,000 children—primarily fleeing Nagorno Karabakh due to severe shortages of essentials such as food, medication, and electricity. These children now make up 6% of Armenia’s child population and are vulnerable to mental health and psychosocial challenges. A joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and UNICEF (2023–2024) found that 26% of refugee households reported at least one emotionally unstable family member. In response, the Human Rights Defender’s Office (HRDO), with UNICEF’s support, is conducting interviews to assess human rights and child rights conditions and will produce an ad-hoc report. A consultant, under UNICEF’s supervision, will analyze findings and develop report chapters, contributing to Outputs 4.1 and 4.2 of the Armenia–UNICEF Country Program 2021–2025.
Since late 2022, Armenia has received over 115,000 refugees—including 36,000 children—primarily fleeing Nagorno Karabakh due to severe shortages of essentials such as food, medication, and electricity. These children now make up 6% of Armenia’s child population and are vulnerable to mental health and psychosocial challenges. A joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and UNICEF (2023–2024) found that 26% of refugee households reported at least one emotionally unstable family member. In response, the Human Rights Defender’s Office (HRDO), with UNICEF’s support, is conducting interviews to assess human rights and child rights conditions and will produce an ad-hoc report. A consultant, under UNICEF’s supervision, will analyze findings and develop report chapters, contributing to Outputs 4.1 and 4.2 of the Armenia–UNICEF Country Program 2021–2025.
UNICEF Armenia CO is looking for 2 national consultants to support in conducting safe interviews of children for the development of the ad hoc report by the HRDO. Since late 2022, Armenia has received over 115,000 refugees—including 36,000 children—primarily fleeing Nagorno Karabakh due to severe shortages of essentials such as food, medication, and electricity. These children now make up 6% of Armenia’s child population and are vulnerable to mental health and psychosocial challenges. A joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and UNICEF (2023–2024) found that 26% of refugee households reported at least one emotionally unstable family member. In response, the Human Rights Defender’s Office (HRDO), with UNICEF’s support, is conducting interviews to assess human rights and child rights conditions and will produce an ad-hoc report. A consultant, under UNICEF’s supervision, will analyze findings and develop report chapters, contributing to Outputs 4.1 and 4.2 of the Armenia–UNICEF Country Program 2021–2025.
The Social and Behaviour Change Officer (MNCH) reports to the Chief of Communication and works directly under the Social Behavior Change Officer’s close supervision and guidance. The scope of work under this Job Profile is related to promoting health seeking behaviour on maternal and newborn health related issues. The Officer provides technical and operational support to the supervisor and internal colleagues by administering, executing and implementing a variety of tasks to promote community engagement and participation, and measurable behavioral and social change/mobilization, requiring the application of technical and theoretical skills and the study of organizational goals, rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
Recognizing that young people, particularly those from marginalized communities, are often excluded from decision-making processes, the project adopts a bottom-up, community-based approach aimed at nurturing inclusive values, strengthening local capacities, and fostering inter-community dialogue and collaboration.
Spanning across eleven municipalities in Kosovo, the project targets adolescents and youth aged 13 to 24, alongside their teachers, educational authorities, families, and broader community members.
Tanzania office is looking for an Individual consultant to develop a comprehensive CPD framework for healthcare professionals at all service delivery levels. The consultant will draw on the best practices from Tanzania mainland, other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, other African regions and beyond. The consultant will review the current medical and nursing practitioners' license renewal practices and link them with the framework.
This 12-month consultancy will support the management and implementation of UNICEF’s Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) team’s Youth-Led Action commitments to donors in both the development and humanitarian space, including country technical assistance and the global digital learning and skilling hub Youth-Led Action. The consultant will also play a key supportive role in building partnerships and resource mobilization for this agenda, including supporting work with country government and stakeholder partners for long-term systems strengthening and country ownership of this work.
With the work in this space evolving and engaging a broader range of donors, the ADAP team seeks to engage a consultant who will contribute to delivering on the Youth-Led Action agenda by producing a set of targeted deliverables, outlined below, and supporting resource mobilization and partnerships.
The consultancy will be managed by UNICEF’s Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) team, in close collaboration with colleagues from Health and Mental Health.
The consultant will be under the overall supervision of the Senior Education Advisor (Management, Advocacy and Partnerships), and work in close collaboration with the Global Director, thematic area Team Leaders, DGCA, regional and country offices. For deliverables in support of the Safe to Learn Secretariat, the consultant will work under the guidance of the Head of Secretariat.
The Administrative Associate, based in Wadi Madani, Sudan, is accountable for both specialized and procedural communications, operational and administrative support services of center area team.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Administrative Associate is responsible for executing a broad variety of procedural and specialized administrative tasks for the respective section requiring in-depth knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
The UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) is proposing an evaluation of UNICEF’s response to the Level 2 Ebola Response in Uganda. The purpose of the evaluation is to strengthen UNICEF’s accountability to affected populations, partners, and donors supporting humanitarian response and will support the learning towards strengthening preparedness and response capacities to build resilience for increase integration within the humanitarian- development-peace nexus.
UNICEF Kazakhstan Country Office is looking for Communication Consultant. An individual consultant is needed with expertise, skills, and knowledge in traditional and digital communication, social media management, multimedia content creation, website management, media relations. He/she will be responsible for implementing and running a number of online and offline activities and engagement to support UNICEF brand awareness and other areas.
UNICEF Papua New Guinea is seeking to engage 1 x international and 1 x national consultant for Morobe Province; Technical Assistance on Child Protection system strengthening and access to services (Access to Justice for Children and SSW).
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to identify and draw on available data and evidence to provide a regional specific overview of harmful and problematic sexual behaviours of under-18s in Southeast Asia, with a focus on tech facilitated behaviours, current approaches in the region, and a summary of evidence on what works to prevent harmful conduct and the escalation of behaviours in adolescent and adulthood. This region-specific desk-based background paper will be used to inform dialogue on guidelines, programme and policy development in the region.
Le Bureau UNICEF du Cameroun recherche un consultant international pour réaliser l’évaluation formative et sommative du Programme Changement Social et de Comportement de l’UNICEF Cameroun 2022-2026. Le but de la consultance est de mesurer la portée des interventions en termes de qualité et d’efficacité au regard des résultats attendus, de renseigner de manière critique sur les résultats obtenus en matière de Changement Social et de Comportement au regard des objectifs et résultats poursuivis par le programme de coopération UNICEF-Cameroun, et de capitaliser sur les leçons apprises.
Are you passionate about humanitarian action and skilled in project monitoring and reporting? UNICEF Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) is seeking a dedicated consultant to support the management of three multi-country ECHO-funded projects. This home-based role involves close coordination with 17 Country Offices, ensuring high-quality reporting, monitoring, and proposal development in line with ECHO standards. Be part of a dynamic team making a real impact across the region.
The UNICEF Libya team is seeking to hire a dynamic, experienced, and results-oriented expert to collaborate closely with the Ministry of Health (MoH), UNICEF, WHO, WFP, and relevant partners. The focus will be on supporting the development and validation of national guidelines on Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) and the prevention and treatment of wasting.
International consultant or a group of international consultants to support training of Local Professionals in the Provision of Psycho-Social Support to Children and their Parents, in Abkhazia, Georgia.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the implementation of the ICF thematic windows. In addition, the consultancy will undertake activities central to the scoping, development and accompaniment of broader impact evaluation opportunities. Specific objectives include:
• Provide technical support in the design and implementation at least two, and maximum three impact evaluations under the Child Marriage and Social Norms ICF (e.g., Burkina Faso, Ghana and Niger) and contribute to the development of other impact evaluations in the portfolio as requested.
• Support a set of methodological innovations across the Child Marriage and Social Norms ICF, including input to and analysis of methodological papers on topics including the development of attitude and norm indices, forced marriage measures, and cost-effectiveness methodologies among participating countries.
• Support the GPECM with the development of a pilot analysis to estimate cross-country impact of the GPECM, or several case studies estimating the impact of the GPECM activities over time.
• Contribute scoping and background work towards a new Impact Feasibility Assessment (IFA) on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in collaboration with focal points at the UNICEF EO, UNFPA and stakeholders in the Joint Programme to End FGM.
• Support the development and delivery of capacity development and learning materials focusing on impact evaluation methodologies and practical implementation processes for national partners, UNICEF staff and other audience.
• Contribute to the development of dissemination materials including methodological briefs, working papers and peer-reviewed journals.
The consultancy serves an urgent and strategic purpose, focused on:
• Accelerating the implementation of UNICEF’s Human Rights Framework for Action (2024), a cornerstone initiative requiring swift and coordinated action across the organization.
• Safeguarding and reinforcing UNICEF’s active engagement with international human rights mechanisms, which are currently under significant pressure. In this context, sustained and visible UNICEF engagement is more crucial than ever.
If you are committed, passionate about results for children, we are looking for you! The consultant will provide expert technical assistance to the Survive & Thrive Section with the execution of Immunization supply chain and cold chain activities in advance of the transition of programmatic support to the Panama Center of Excellence.
Since late 2022, Armenia has received over 115,000 refugees—including 36,000 children—primarily fleeing Nagorno Karabakh due to severe shortages of essentials such as food, medication, and electricity. These children now make up 6% of Armenia’s child population and are vulnerable to mental health and psychosocial challenges. A joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and UNICEF (2023–2024) found that 26% of refugee households reported at least one emotionally unstable family member. In response, the Human Rights Defender’s Office (HRDO), with UNICEF’s support, is conducting interviews to assess human rights and child rights conditions and will produce an ad-hoc report. A consultant, under UNICEF’s supervision, will analyze findings and develop report chapters, contributing to Outputs 4.1 and 4.2 of the Armenia–UNICEF Country Program 2021–2025.
Since late 2022, Armenia has received over 115,000 refugees—including 36,000 children—primarily fleeing Nagorno Karabakh due to severe shortages of essentials such as food, medication, and electricity. These children now make up 6% of Armenia’s child population and are vulnerable to mental health and psychosocial challenges. A joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and UNICEF (2023–2024) found that 26% of refugee households reported at least one emotionally unstable family member. In response, the Human Rights Defender’s Office (HRDO), with UNICEF’s support, is conducting interviews to assess human rights and child rights conditions and will produce an ad-hoc report. A consultant, under UNICEF’s supervision, will analyze findings and develop report chapters, contributing to Outputs 4.1 and 4.2 of the Armenia–UNICEF Country Program 2021–2025.
UNICEF Armenia CO is looking for 2 national consultants to support in conducting safe interviews of children for the development of the ad hoc report by the HRDO. Since late 2022, Armenia has received over 115,000 refugees—including 36,000 children—primarily fleeing Nagorno Karabakh due to severe shortages of essentials such as food, medication, and electricity. These children now make up 6% of Armenia’s child population and are vulnerable to mental health and psychosocial challenges. A joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and UNICEF (2023–2024) found that 26% of refugee households reported at least one emotionally unstable family member. In response, the Human Rights Defender’s Office (HRDO), with UNICEF’s support, is conducting interviews to assess human rights and child rights conditions and will produce an ad-hoc report. A consultant, under UNICEF’s supervision, will analyze findings and develop report chapters, contributing to Outputs 4.1 and 4.2 of the Armenia–UNICEF Country Program 2021–2025.
The Social and Behaviour Change Officer (MNCH) reports to the Chief of Communication and works directly under the Social Behavior Change Officer’s close supervision and guidance. The scope of work under this Job Profile is related to promoting health seeking behaviour on maternal and newborn health related issues. The Officer provides technical and operational support to the supervisor and internal colleagues by administering, executing and implementing a variety of tasks to promote community engagement and participation, and measurable behavioral and social change/mobilization, requiring the application of technical and theoretical skills and the study of organizational goals, rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
Recognizing that young people, particularly those from marginalized communities, are often excluded from decision-making processes, the project adopts a bottom-up, community-based approach aimed at nurturing inclusive values, strengthening local capacities, and fostering inter-community dialogue and collaboration.
Spanning across eleven municipalities in Kosovo, the project targets adolescents and youth aged 13 to 24, alongside their teachers, educational authorities, families, and broader community members.
Tanzania office is looking for an Individual consultant to develop a comprehensive CPD framework for healthcare professionals at all service delivery levels. The consultant will draw on the best practices from Tanzania mainland, other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, other African regions and beyond. The consultant will review the current medical and nursing practitioners' license renewal practices and link them with the framework.
This 12-month consultancy will support the management and implementation of UNICEF’s Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) team’s Youth-Led Action commitments to donors in both the development and humanitarian space, including country technical assistance and the global digital learning and skilling hub Youth-Led Action. The consultant will also play a key supportive role in building partnerships and resource mobilization for this agenda, including supporting work with country government and stakeholder partners for long-term systems strengthening and country ownership of this work.
With the work in this space evolving and engaging a broader range of donors, the ADAP team seeks to engage a consultant who will contribute to delivering on the Youth-Led Action agenda by producing a set of targeted deliverables, outlined below, and supporting resource mobilization and partnerships.
The consultancy will be managed by UNICEF’s Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) team, in close collaboration with colleagues from Health and Mental Health.
The consultant will be under the overall supervision of the Senior Education Advisor (Management, Advocacy and Partnerships), and work in close collaboration with the Global Director, thematic area Team Leaders, DGCA, regional and country offices. For deliverables in support of the Safe to Learn Secretariat, the consultant will work under the guidance of the Head of Secretariat.
The Administrative Associate, based in Wadi Madani, Sudan, is accountable for both specialized and procedural communications, operational and administrative support services of center area team.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Administrative Associate is responsible for executing a broad variety of procedural and specialized administrative tasks for the respective section requiring in-depth knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
The UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) is proposing an evaluation of UNICEF’s response to the Level 2 Ebola Response in Uganda. The purpose of the evaluation is to strengthen UNICEF’s accountability to affected populations, partners, and donors supporting humanitarian response and will support the learning towards strengthening preparedness and response capacities to build resilience for increase integration within the humanitarian- development-peace nexus.
UNICEF Kazakhstan Country Office is looking for Communication Consultant. An individual consultant is needed with expertise, skills, and knowledge in traditional and digital communication, social media management, multimedia content creation, website management, media relations. He/she will be responsible for implementing and running a number of online and offline activities and engagement to support UNICEF brand awareness and other areas.
UNICEF Papua New Guinea is seeking to engage 1 x international and 1 x national consultant for Morobe Province; Technical Assistance on Child Protection system strengthening and access to services (Access to Justice for Children and SSW).
