If you are passionate about strengthening financial accountability and ensuring resources reach children effectively, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. UNICEF Philippines is seeking a HACT Financial Spot Check Consultant to conduct risk-based financial spot checks of implementing partners under the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) framework. The consultant will verify expenditures, review financial management practices and internal controls, identify risks and compliance gaps, and provide evidence-based findings that support corrective actions and stronger programme implementation. Through this work, the consultant will help reinforce transparency, accountability, and effective use of resources across UNICEF-supported programmes. This consultancy will be based in UNICEF Philippines.
The Education Officer is based in the Mt Hagen Field Office and reports to the Chief of Field Office for close guidance and supervision on day-to-day operations while provided with technical guidance and oversight by the Education Specialist based in Port Moresby.
A challenging and exciting opportunity has arisen within UNICEF Philippines Country Office for a passionate and committed Deputy Representative, Operations at the P-5 level. The Operations function supports the Head of the Office on managing the office and monitoring operations and programmes as needed, while providing advice on best and innovative management practices to enhance office performance. The function is a strategic Business Partner role within the Senior Management team, assuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children.
Join UNICEF and help advance the rights and well-being of every child, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. As a Senior Supply and Logistics Associate, you will play a key role in managing complex end-to-end supply chain operations, strengthening logistics and procurement processes, and ensuring the timely delivery of essential supplies that support UNICEF’s life-changing programmes. This senior-level position offers the opportunity to work independently, supervise staff, collaborate with key partners, and contribute to innovative supply chain solutions that make a real difference for children.
Maiduguri office is seeking for a Programme Manager who will be responsible for executing a broad variety of tasks and primiliarily serves as Resilience Lead, coordinating resilience and durable solutions programmes for UNICEF Field Office in Northeast Nigeria based in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a National Intern who will be working under the direct supervision of Social Policy Specialist (Decentralization and Deconcentration, and Institutional Capacity Development) and interact on a daily basis with the consultant for youth engagement. The intern will help the supervisor in conduct analysis of sub-national planning and budgeting focusing on social services in the three provinces of Siem Reap, Preah Vihear and Rattankiri.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
Join UNICEF's Youth Engagement Team and help turn young people's voices into action. As a Digital Communication Officer (U-Report Data Officer), you will support U-Report, UNICEF's flagship digital engagement platform, by generating insights from real-time data, monitoring trends in youth participation, and producing evidence that informs advocacy and programme decisions worldwide. Your work will help strengthen UNICEF's ability to listen to, collaborate with, and empower young people as champions for children's rights and positive change in their communities
The Global Procedures and Guidance Documents (GPGD) project is a major regulatory reform initiative led by SD/QAPC/PSU. It aims to transition UNICEF’s Supply Regulatory Framework from a document-centric structure to a lifecycle-based, integrated architecture composed of six clusters and three layers (procedure, guidance, tools). This transformation responds to structural challenges in the current framework, including fragmentation, complex navigation, and limited alignment with operational workflows across country, regional and headquarters levels. The project is implemented over a defined timeline leading to Regulatory Framework resubmission
Join UNICEF in Deir Ez Zor as a Health and Nutrition Officer and help deliver life saving support to children who need it most. Work closely with partners on the ground to ensure every child has the right to survive, grow, and thrive.
Join UNICEF Libya as a Child Protection Intern. Support efforts to strengthen child protection and child justice systems and contribute to initiatives focused on ending violence against children (EVAC), advocacy, and communications, helping to advance the rights and well-being of children across Libya
UNICEF Moldova invites qualified candidates to express interest in being included in a roster of national consultants in child protection. Consultants included in the roster may be contracted to provide high-quality technical assistance in support of UNICEF programmes and national counterparts.
The purpose of the roster is to ensure timely and flexible access to specialised expertise for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of child protection interventions, with a strong focus on strengthening national systems, advancing evidence-based policies, and supporting sustainable institutional reforms.
Are you passionate about designing, managing and leading impactful Social and Behavioral Change strategies that advance children’s rights and strengthen community engagement? If so, this opportunity is for you.
The Government of Senegal has constructed a state-of-the-art office complex in Diamniadio—the Maison des Nations Unies (UN House)—available to the United Nations System under a formal Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). The UN portion of the complex spans approximately 38,000 m². Within this common premises framework, UN agencies in Senegal will pool administrative, IT and facility management services. As per the Common Premises MoU signed by the participating entities (including UNICEF), UNICEF is selected to manage the dedicated United Nations House Management Unit (UNHMU), to deliver these shared services.To ensure a seamless, high-efficiency transition for both the UNICEF Senegal Country Office (SCO) and the UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO), UNICEF is recruiting a senior Project Manager (TA) to lead the move to the UN House and manage the transition in close collaboration with stakeholders from both SCO and WCARO.
The Child Protection Officer reports to Child Protection Specialist for supervision. The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. Incumbent prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
Assists in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating an advocacy and communication work according to the evolving situation on the ground and relevant strategies and workplans to get children’s and women’s issues into the public domain, strengthen political will in support of better protecting and improving children’s lives, as well as positioning of UNICEF's mission and objectives in the country, and enhance the organization’s credibility and brand.
The Nutrition Specialist is based at the UNICEF Field Office in Ambovombe and operates under a matrix management arrangement, reporting to the Nutrition Chief and the Chief of Field Office Ambovombe. In addition to managing the nutrition programme in the assigned area, the incumbent is responsible for coordinating nutrition interventions across the three regions of the Grand Sud (Androy, Anosy, and Atsimo-Andrefana), providing technical leadership and oversight to sub-national nutrition stakeholders and partners in these regions. The Nutrition Specialist supports the development and preparation of the nutrition programme and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the programme progress of a sector of the nutrition programme within the country programme. The Nutrition Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition programmes/projects. This is carried out according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the Nutrition Specialist to the preparation, planning and implementation of nutrition programmes/projects contributes to and accelerates the national development efforts to improve the nutritional status of mothers, infants and children in the country. This in turn contributes to maintaining and enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to provide programme services to mothers and children that promotes greater social equity in the country.
UNICEF is seeking an experienced Health Specialist (Emergency) to lead and support emergency health programming for vulnerable women and children across Afghanistan. Reporting to the Chief of Health, the position plays a critical role in emergency preparedness, outbreak response, programme management, health systems strengthening, and coordination with government, UN agencies, NGOs, donors, and Health Cluster partners.
Join UNICEF as a Planning & Monitoring Specialist (Reporting) and play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality, effectiveness, and accountability of UNICEF programmes across Sri Lanka and the Maldives.In this role, you will lead and support programme planning, results monitoring, donor reporting, and grant management processes, helping to ensure that UNICEF programmes are strategically designed, effectively implemented, and aligned with organizational priorities and national development goals. You will collaborate closely with programme teams, government counterparts, donors, civil society partners, and operations colleagues to strengthen programme performance and maximize impact for children
A challenging and exciting opportunity has arisen within UNICEF Sierra Leonne Country Office for a passionate and committed Deputy Representative Programme at the P-5 level. The Deputy Representative reports to the CO Representative for general supervision and direction. The Deputy Representative serves as the principal adviser on the overall management of the CO, development of CO policies and strategies; and under delegated authority, for coordinating and managing all phases of the Country Office Programme, from formulation to delivery of results in accordance with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework, ethics, and integrity.
As part of UNICEF’s Future Focus Initiative (FFI), a corporate-wide transformation launched in 2025 to ensure UNICEF remains fit for purpose in an era of declining Official Development Assistance and increasing complexity, the offices in Belize, Jamaica, Guyana & Suriname, and the Eastern Caribbean Area (ECA) are consolidating into a new Caribbean Multi-Country Office — a regional platform combining policy influence, technical depth, and strategic partnerships across 12 countries, designed for systems-level impact and results at scale.
For the transition, UNICEF is seeking a Knowledge Specialist professional to join a dynamic team driving one of the most organization transformation processes in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: the consolidation of the new Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean.
The incumbent will provide support during the transition, establishing systems, templates, and capacity for effective knowledge handover. The purpose of this assignment is to facilitate a smooth and effective transition of knowledge during the restructuring by ensuring that essential institutional knowledge is systematically documented, retained, transferred, and made accessible to relevant teams and staff across the four offices.
The assignment will support offices to operationalize practical, time bound KM processes that safeguard continuity of programmes, partnerships, and internal operations during and immediately after the transition period.
If you are passionate about strengthening financial accountability and ensuring resources reach children effectively, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. UNICEF Philippines is seeking a HACT Financial Spot Check Consultant to conduct risk-based financial spot checks of implementing partners under the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) framework. The consultant will verify expenditures, review financial management practices and internal controls, identify risks and compliance gaps, and provide evidence-based findings that support corrective actions and stronger programme implementation. Through this work, the consultant will help reinforce transparency, accountability, and effective use of resources across UNICEF-supported programmes. This consultancy will be based in UNICEF Philippines.
The Education Officer is based in the Mt Hagen Field Office and reports to the Chief of Field Office for close guidance and supervision on day-to-day operations while provided with technical guidance and oversight by the Education Specialist based in Port Moresby.
A challenging and exciting opportunity has arisen within UNICEF Philippines Country Office for a passionate and committed Deputy Representative, Operations at the P-5 level. The Operations function supports the Head of the Office on managing the office and monitoring operations and programmes as needed, while providing advice on best and innovative management practices to enhance office performance. The function is a strategic Business Partner role within the Senior Management team, assuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children.
Join UNICEF and help advance the rights and well-being of every child, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. As a Senior Supply and Logistics Associate, you will play a key role in managing complex end-to-end supply chain operations, strengthening logistics and procurement processes, and ensuring the timely delivery of essential supplies that support UNICEF’s life-changing programmes. This senior-level position offers the opportunity to work independently, supervise staff, collaborate with key partners, and contribute to innovative supply chain solutions that make a real difference for children.
Maiduguri office is seeking for a Programme Manager who will be responsible for executing a broad variety of tasks and primiliarily serves as Resilience Lead, coordinating resilience and durable solutions programmes for UNICEF Field Office in Northeast Nigeria based in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Cambodia is looking for a National Intern who will be working under the direct supervision of Social Policy Specialist (Decentralization and Deconcentration, and Institutional Capacity Development) and interact on a daily basis with the consultant for youth engagement. The intern will help the supervisor in conduct analysis of sub-national planning and budgeting focusing on social services in the three provinces of Siem Reap, Preah Vihear and Rattankiri.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in Cambodia, UNICEF would like to hear from you.
Join UNICEF's Youth Engagement Team and help turn young people's voices into action. As a Digital Communication Officer (U-Report Data Officer), you will support U-Report, UNICEF's flagship digital engagement platform, by generating insights from real-time data, monitoring trends in youth participation, and producing evidence that informs advocacy and programme decisions worldwide. Your work will help strengthen UNICEF's ability to listen to, collaborate with, and empower young people as champions for children's rights and positive change in their communities
The Global Procedures and Guidance Documents (GPGD) project is a major regulatory reform initiative led by SD/QAPC/PSU. It aims to transition UNICEF’s Supply Regulatory Framework from a document-centric structure to a lifecycle-based, integrated architecture composed of six clusters and three layers (procedure, guidance, tools). This transformation responds to structural challenges in the current framework, including fragmentation, complex navigation, and limited alignment with operational workflows across country, regional and headquarters levels. The project is implemented over a defined timeline leading to Regulatory Framework resubmission
Join UNICEF in Deir Ez Zor as a Health and Nutrition Officer and help deliver life saving support to children who need it most. Work closely with partners on the ground to ensure every child has the right to survive, grow, and thrive.
Join UNICEF Libya as a Child Protection Intern. Support efforts to strengthen child protection and child justice systems and contribute to initiatives focused on ending violence against children (EVAC), advocacy, and communications, helping to advance the rights and well-being of children across Libya
UNICEF Moldova invites qualified candidates to express interest in being included in a roster of national consultants in child protection. Consultants included in the roster may be contracted to provide high-quality technical assistance in support of UNICEF programmes and national counterparts.
The purpose of the roster is to ensure timely and flexible access to specialised expertise for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of child protection interventions, with a strong focus on strengthening national systems, advancing evidence-based policies, and supporting sustainable institutional reforms.
Are you passionate about designing, managing and leading impactful Social and Behavioral Change strategies that advance children’s rights and strengthen community engagement? If so, this opportunity is for you.
The Government of Senegal has constructed a state-of-the-art office complex in Diamniadio—the Maison des Nations Unies (UN House)—available to the United Nations System under a formal Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). The UN portion of the complex spans approximately 38,000 m². Within this common premises framework, UN agencies in Senegal will pool administrative, IT and facility management services. As per the Common Premises MoU signed by the participating entities (including UNICEF), UNICEF is selected to manage the dedicated United Nations House Management Unit (UNHMU), to deliver these shared services.To ensure a seamless, high-efficiency transition for both the UNICEF Senegal Country Office (SCO) and the UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO), UNICEF is recruiting a senior Project Manager (TA) to lead the move to the UN House and manage the transition in close collaboration with stakeholders from both SCO and WCARO.
The Child Protection Officer reports to Child Protection Specialist for supervision. The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. Incumbent prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
Assists in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating an advocacy and communication work according to the evolving situation on the ground and relevant strategies and workplans to get children’s and women’s issues into the public domain, strengthen political will in support of better protecting and improving children’s lives, as well as positioning of UNICEF's mission and objectives in the country, and enhance the organization’s credibility and brand.
The Nutrition Specialist is based at the UNICEF Field Office in Ambovombe and operates under a matrix management arrangement, reporting to the Nutrition Chief and the Chief of Field Office Ambovombe. In addition to managing the nutrition programme in the assigned area, the incumbent is responsible for coordinating nutrition interventions across the three regions of the Grand Sud (Androy, Anosy, and Atsimo-Andrefana), providing technical leadership and oversight to sub-national nutrition stakeholders and partners in these regions. The Nutrition Specialist supports the development and preparation of the nutrition programme and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the programme progress of a sector of the nutrition programme within the country programme. The Nutrition Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition programmes/projects. This is carried out according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the Nutrition Specialist to the preparation, planning and implementation of nutrition programmes/projects contributes to and accelerates the national development efforts to improve the nutritional status of mothers, infants and children in the country. This in turn contributes to maintaining and enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to provide programme services to mothers and children that promotes greater social equity in the country.
UNICEF is seeking an experienced Health Specialist (Emergency) to lead and support emergency health programming for vulnerable women and children across Afghanistan. Reporting to the Chief of Health, the position plays a critical role in emergency preparedness, outbreak response, programme management, health systems strengthening, and coordination with government, UN agencies, NGOs, donors, and Health Cluster partners.
Join UNICEF as a Planning & Monitoring Specialist (Reporting) and play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality, effectiveness, and accountability of UNICEF programmes across Sri Lanka and the Maldives.In this role, you will lead and support programme planning, results monitoring, donor reporting, and grant management processes, helping to ensure that UNICEF programmes are strategically designed, effectively implemented, and aligned with organizational priorities and national development goals. You will collaborate closely with programme teams, government counterparts, donors, civil society partners, and operations colleagues to strengthen programme performance and maximize impact for children
A challenging and exciting opportunity has arisen within UNICEF Sierra Leonne Country Office for a passionate and committed Deputy Representative Programme at the P-5 level. The Deputy Representative reports to the CO Representative for general supervision and direction. The Deputy Representative serves as the principal adviser on the overall management of the CO, development of CO policies and strategies; and under delegated authority, for coordinating and managing all phases of the Country Office Programme, from formulation to delivery of results in accordance with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework, ethics, and integrity.
As part of UNICEF’s Future Focus Initiative (FFI), a corporate-wide transformation launched in 2025 to ensure UNICEF remains fit for purpose in an era of declining Official Development Assistance and increasing complexity, the offices in Belize, Jamaica, Guyana & Suriname, and the Eastern Caribbean Area (ECA) are consolidating into a new Caribbean Multi-Country Office — a regional platform combining policy influence, technical depth, and strategic partnerships across 12 countries, designed for systems-level impact and results at scale.
For the transition, UNICEF is seeking a Knowledge Specialist professional to join a dynamic team driving one of the most organization transformation processes in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: the consolidation of the new Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean.
The incumbent will provide support during the transition, establishing systems, templates, and capacity for effective knowledge handover. The purpose of this assignment is to facilitate a smooth and effective transition of knowledge during the restructuring by ensuring that essential institutional knowledge is systematically documented, retained, transferred, and made accessible to relevant teams and staff across the four offices.
The assignment will support offices to operationalize practical, time bound KM processes that safeguard continuity of programmes, partnerships, and internal operations during and immediately after the transition period.
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