UNICEF Ghana is seeking the services of an experienced national consultant to lead the development and roll-out of a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Framework for Ghana’s National Open Defecation Free and Safely Managed Sanitation Plan. Working under the leadership of the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and in close collaboration with the National Development Planning Commission, the Office of the Head of Local Government Service and the Ghana Statistical Service, the consultant will design a robust framework, support its nationwide implementation, and establish sustainable systems for monitoring, accountability and continuous learning.
NB: This opportunity is open to Ghanaian nationals only.
UNICEF - Burkina Faso is recruiting a Health Specialist - NO-3, FT, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to hire a passionate and dedicated Partnerships and Reporting Officer (NO-2). Reporting to the Chief of Communications, Advocacy and Partnerships, the Partnerships and Reporting Officer's purpose is to support the Partnership team and senior management in deepening collaboration with key stakeholders and helping to provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of assignment. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.
UNICEF Lebanon is looking for talented personnel to support in both the emergency response and the regular programme implementation of AaSalameh and Immunization programs, in addition to support in the data monitoring, reporting and evidence analysis to direct the program and improve implementation.
UNICEF India is seeking a dynamic Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Specialist to provide technical and operational support in developing evidence‑based strategies that drive measurable social and behavioural change across three states. Working under the supervision of the Chief Field Office and in close collaboration with the Chief of SBC, the Specialist will design and implement SBC programmes, including in states without dedicated SBC presence. By engaging communities, children, civil society partners, and government counterparts, the role will empower stakeholders, foster participation, and promote sustainable change. This position directly contributes to advancing children’s rights, survival, and wellbeing in India.
Join UNICEF and support the delivery of supplies and services to children worldwide. As a Procurement Assistant (GS-5) in the Supply Division, you will support procurement and contracting processes, including preparing and reviewing documentation, maintaining data and systems, and coordinating with internal teams and suppliers to ensure timely and compliant processing of procurement activities.
Join UNICEF Uganda Country Office as a Nutrition Specialist (Wasting, Humanitarian & Refugees) and help address persistent child wasting and nutrition vulnerabilities, including in humanitarian and refugee‑hosting areas. Lead high‑impact prevention and treatment programmes, strengthen results, and expand access to lifesaving nutrition supplies.
Under the guidance of the Communication Specialist, and in coordination with the ADAP programme, the Partnership Intern will assist in designing a partnership concept aimed at engaging diaspora Generation Z and Generation Alpha audiences in fundraising and advocacy for UNICEF. The Intern will further contribute to initiatives engaging young people in Armenia to promote climate action and strengthen youth center activities.
UNICEF is looking to hire Director, Division of Global Communication and Advocacy. The mission of UNICEF is to promote the survival, well-being and rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. As the custodian of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, UNICEF has helped transform countless children’s lives around the world. In 1965, the organization won the Nobel Prize for its work in ensuring millions of children survive and thrive and are enabled to reach their full potential. With our multisectoral programs around the world, ranging from education, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, social protection and child protection, and working with partners far and wide, UNICEF has been able to reduce child mortality 50% since 2000.
The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance for child protection programmes with a particular emphasis on justice and human rights-related components. Work closely and collaboratively with the government and partners to discuss implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or decisions. Keep records of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
Under the Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) 2023–2027, UNICEF is providing technical support to the Government of Nepal to strengthen implementation of quality nutrition services under the Multi-Sector Nutrition Plan III (MSNP‑III) for 2023–2030. Led by the National Planning Commission, MSNP‑III builds on earlier achievements and aligns with global commitments including SDG 2030. Approved on 1 February 2024, MSNP‑III is supported by the European Union with €23 million in budgetary and complementary assistance for 2024–2026, with UNICEF playing a critical role in meeting Disbursement Linked Indicators and scaling priority nutrition interventions. This consultancy supports Lumbini Province to improve nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programming through stronger governance, institutional capacity, coordination, evidence-based planning, and resource mobilization. The consultant will assist provincial and local governments to integrate MSNP priorities into plans and budgets, strengthen service delivery and monitoring systems, promote social and behavioural change, build partnerships, and enhance accountability to improve nutrition outcomes for vulnerable populations.
UNICEF Philippines is seeking an experienced Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Consultant to support the government in strengthening immunization demand generation efforts, particularly in response to low coverage among children. The consultant will provide technical leadership in developing and implementing social and behavior change strategies, including multi-channel communication approaches tailored to diverse communities. In collaboration with the Immunization Team, Social and Behavior Change Unit, and government counterparts, the role will support planning, coordination, and capacity building at both national and sub-national levels. The consultant will also contribute to the development of national strategies, monitoring frameworks, and the documentation of lessons learned to inform continuous improvement. This role offers an opportunity to drive impactful interventions that promote equitable access to life-saving vaccines.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Director (Programme Effectiveness), and with a dotted line to the Deputy Director (Chief Statistician), the Executive Assistant is accountable for communications, operations and administrative support services to enhance the smooth running of the supervisor’s day-to-day activities. Executive Assistants also represent the supervisor in initiating, following up on and resolving issues pertaining to administrative requests.
The consultancy aims to generate a comprehensive, human rights–based and equity focused analysis of the situation of children and adults with disabilities in Syria, with a view to strengthening national systems, informing disability inclusive policies, and improving access to services across sectors. It will examine how disability inclusion is reflected within legislation, policies, service delivery systems, and child protection structures; assess barriers to accessing justice, civil documentation, education, health, social protection, livelihoods, and humanitarian assistance; and identify protection risks, gender disparities, and gaps in institutional care, MHPSS, and early intervention services. The assignment will also evaluate system readiness, community attitudes, accessibility of justice mechanisms, existing referral pathways, and the roles of key stakeholders.
UNICEF South Sudan is looking for a Chief, Nutrition to provide strategic leadership and oversight of the country’s nutrition programme. Reporting to the Deputy Representative – Programmes, the Chief is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of the nutrition programme, from strategic planning and formulation through to the delivery of results. The role leads and manages the Nutrition team and is accountable for ensuring that concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition are achieved in line with programme plans, allocated resources, results-based management principles, UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, and established performance and accountability standards.
The incumbent will lead high-level policy dialogue supports evidence-based reforms and strengthens financing strategies, and partnerships to ensure that successful models are institutionalized through domestic systems.
Social & Behavior Change Officer, NOB, Temporary Appointment vacancy in Yangon duty station UNICEF, Myanmar. The duration of the contract is 364 days, extendable subject to programme requirements and funding availability. The Social & Behavior Change Officer in Yangon reports to the Social & Behavior Change Specialist. National Officer (NO) staff are nationals of the country in which they perform functions of a technical and professional nature. Eligible applicants are nationals of Myanmar.
UNICEF Ghana is seeking the services of an experienced national consultant to lead the development and roll-out of a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Framework for Ghana’s National Open Defecation Free and Safely Managed Sanitation Plan. Working under the leadership of the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and in close collaboration with the National Development Planning Commission, the Office of the Head of Local Government Service and the Ghana Statistical Service, the consultant will design a robust framework, support its nationwide implementation, and establish sustainable systems for monitoring, accountability and continuous learning.
NB: This opportunity is open to Ghanaian nationals only.
UNICEF - Burkina Faso is recruiting a Health Specialist - NO-3, FT, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to hire a passionate and dedicated Partnerships and Reporting Officer (NO-2). Reporting to the Chief of Communications, Advocacy and Partnerships, the Partnerships and Reporting Officer's purpose is to support the Partnership team and senior management in deepening collaboration with key stakeholders and helping to provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of assignment. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.
UNICEF Lebanon is looking for talented personnel to support in both the emergency response and the regular programme implementation of AaSalameh and Immunization programs, in addition to support in the data monitoring, reporting and evidence analysis to direct the program and improve implementation.
UNICEF India is seeking a dynamic Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Specialist to provide technical and operational support in developing evidence‑based strategies that drive measurable social and behavioural change across three states. Working under the supervision of the Chief Field Office and in close collaboration with the Chief of SBC, the Specialist will design and implement SBC programmes, including in states without dedicated SBC presence. By engaging communities, children, civil society partners, and government counterparts, the role will empower stakeholders, foster participation, and promote sustainable change. This position directly contributes to advancing children’s rights, survival, and wellbeing in India.
Join UNICEF and support the delivery of supplies and services to children worldwide. As a Procurement Assistant (GS-5) in the Supply Division, you will support procurement and contracting processes, including preparing and reviewing documentation, maintaining data and systems, and coordinating with internal teams and suppliers to ensure timely and compliant processing of procurement activities.
Join UNICEF Uganda Country Office as a Nutrition Specialist (Wasting, Humanitarian & Refugees) and help address persistent child wasting and nutrition vulnerabilities, including in humanitarian and refugee‑hosting areas. Lead high‑impact prevention and treatment programmes, strengthen results, and expand access to lifesaving nutrition supplies.
Under the guidance of the Communication Specialist, and in coordination with the ADAP programme, the Partnership Intern will assist in designing a partnership concept aimed at engaging diaspora Generation Z and Generation Alpha audiences in fundraising and advocacy for UNICEF. The Intern will further contribute to initiatives engaging young people in Armenia to promote climate action and strengthen youth center activities.
UNICEF is looking to hire Director, Division of Global Communication and Advocacy. The mission of UNICEF is to promote the survival, well-being and rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. As the custodian of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, UNICEF has helped transform countless children’s lives around the world. In 1965, the organization won the Nobel Prize for its work in ensuring millions of children survive and thrive and are enabled to reach their full potential. With our multisectoral programs around the world, ranging from education, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, social protection and child protection, and working with partners far and wide, UNICEF has been able to reduce child mortality 50% since 2000.
The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance for child protection programmes with a particular emphasis on justice and human rights-related components. Work closely and collaboratively with the government and partners to discuss implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or decisions. Keep records of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
Under the Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) 2023–2027, UNICEF is providing technical support to the Government of Nepal to strengthen implementation of quality nutrition services under the Multi-Sector Nutrition Plan III (MSNP‑III) for 2023–2030. Led by the National Planning Commission, MSNP‑III builds on earlier achievements and aligns with global commitments including SDG 2030. Approved on 1 February 2024, MSNP‑III is supported by the European Union with €23 million in budgetary and complementary assistance for 2024–2026, with UNICEF playing a critical role in meeting Disbursement Linked Indicators and scaling priority nutrition interventions. This consultancy supports Lumbini Province to improve nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programming through stronger governance, institutional capacity, coordination, evidence-based planning, and resource mobilization. The consultant will assist provincial and local governments to integrate MSNP priorities into plans and budgets, strengthen service delivery and monitoring systems, promote social and behavioural change, build partnerships, and enhance accountability to improve nutrition outcomes for vulnerable populations.
UNICEF Philippines is seeking an experienced Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Consultant to support the government in strengthening immunization demand generation efforts, particularly in response to low coverage among children. The consultant will provide technical leadership in developing and implementing social and behavior change strategies, including multi-channel communication approaches tailored to diverse communities. In collaboration with the Immunization Team, Social and Behavior Change Unit, and government counterparts, the role will support planning, coordination, and capacity building at both national and sub-national levels. The consultant will also contribute to the development of national strategies, monitoring frameworks, and the documentation of lessons learned to inform continuous improvement. This role offers an opportunity to drive impactful interventions that promote equitable access to life-saving vaccines.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Director (Programme Effectiveness), and with a dotted line to the Deputy Director (Chief Statistician), the Executive Assistant is accountable for communications, operations and administrative support services to enhance the smooth running of the supervisor’s day-to-day activities. Executive Assistants also represent the supervisor in initiating, following up on and resolving issues pertaining to administrative requests.
The consultancy aims to generate a comprehensive, human rights–based and equity focused analysis of the situation of children and adults with disabilities in Syria, with a view to strengthening national systems, informing disability inclusive policies, and improving access to services across sectors. It will examine how disability inclusion is reflected within legislation, policies, service delivery systems, and child protection structures; assess barriers to accessing justice, civil documentation, education, health, social protection, livelihoods, and humanitarian assistance; and identify protection risks, gender disparities, and gaps in institutional care, MHPSS, and early intervention services. The assignment will also evaluate system readiness, community attitudes, accessibility of justice mechanisms, existing referral pathways, and the roles of key stakeholders.
UNICEF South Sudan is looking for a Chief, Nutrition to provide strategic leadership and oversight of the country’s nutrition programme. Reporting to the Deputy Representative – Programmes, the Chief is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of the nutrition programme, from strategic planning and formulation through to the delivery of results. The role leads and manages the Nutrition team and is accountable for ensuring that concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition are achieved in line with programme plans, allocated resources, results-based management principles, UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, and established performance and accountability standards.
The incumbent will lead high-level policy dialogue supports evidence-based reforms and strengthens financing strategies, and partnerships to ensure that successful models are institutionalized through domestic systems.
Social & Behavior Change Officer, NOB, Temporary Appointment vacancy in Yangon duty station UNICEF, Myanmar. The duration of the contract is 364 days, extendable subject to programme requirements and funding availability. The Social & Behavior Change Officer in Yangon reports to the Social & Behavior Change Specialist. National Officer (NO) staff are nationals of the country in which they perform functions of a technical and professional nature. Eligible applicants are nationals of Myanmar.
