UNICEF Tanzania Country Office is seeking a passionate and committed professional to join its team as Deputy Representative, Operations (P-5), in an exciting and impactful leadership role. 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 our team and make a difference by leading coordinated education responses in humanitarian settings. As Education Manager Cluster Coordinator, you will unite partners around a shared strategy, ensure effective planning and delivery of interventions, and promote accountability to affected communities—driving an inclusive, timely, and impactful response to education needs.
Join our team as a Child Protection Specialist and play a key role in advancing UNICEF’s efforts to protect children from violence, abuse, exploitation, neglect, and all forms of harm. Reporting to the Chief of Child Protection, the position supports the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of child protection programmes and projects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based interventions that strengthen child protection systems and services. Working closely with government counterparts, partners, and stakeholders, the Specialist provides technical guidance and programme management support throughout the programming cycle. The role contributes to national and international efforts to create a protective environment for children and uphold their rights to survival, development, protection, and well-being in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international frameworks. The Specialist applies Results-Based Management (RBM) approaches to support effective programme planning, implementation, and accountability, contributing to the achievement of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan priorities and measurable results for children.
The Education Specialist supports the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of UNICEF’s education programme, with a focus on improving learning outcomes and advancing equitable and inclusive education. The role provides technical guidance and programme management support, strengthens education systems, and works with government and partners to advance policy dialogue, strategic partnerships and sustainable results at scale.
Join UNICEF as a Planning & Monitoring Specialist (Evidence), NO-3. You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Bihar in India by supporting programme planning, monitoring, evidence and reporting, contributing to the generation and use of high-quality evidence to strengthen programme performance and results for children.
In practical terms, the consultancy will support the collection of education financing and expenditure data at both national and sub-national levels to inform PF4C evidence generation, policy dialogue, advocacy efforts, and capacity building. In this context, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) will serve as a key counterpart for the success of this assignment, particularly for budgetary data collection and engagement on public financing processes. In addition, the consultant will support the design and implementation of a series of capacity strengthening activities for relevant MoE and GDoE staff through training, coaching, mentoring, and technical support on PF4C and education financing.
UNICEF Ethiopia is seeking a seasoned and highly motivated professional to provide technical, operational, administrative, and programmatic support across the full nutrition programme cycle, from strategic planning and design to implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in advancing nutrition outcomes for children and women by supporting evidence-based programme development, coordinating with partners and stakeholders, tracking progress and results, and ensuring the effective delivery of high-impact nutrition interventions.This is an exciting opportunity for a results-driven professional who is passionate about improving lives, strengthening systems, and contributing to UNICEF’s mission of ensuring every child has the opportunity to survive, thrive, and reach their full potential.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant who will be responsible for stewarding the successful delivery and continued development of the annual SPARK Innovation Award,
The purpose of this assignment is to undertake data landscape diagnostic analysis that will provide UNICEF Bhubaneswar Field Office with a clear understanding of the development landscape in the state. The data analyst will work closely with the sector specialists to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for effective UNICEF data investments to bridge the data gap in assessing outcomes for children in the context of the SDGs and UNICEF programme outcomes, keeping in view the data demand and supply-side story for the coming 3-5 years. The consultant will support UNICEF’s program as well as the nodal departments with strong recommendations to improve the use of existing MIS data and the monitoring system to assess the situation pertaining to children, the state SDG indicator framework and building the capacity of the UNICEF field office and the nodal departments to analyze, synthesize, and process information to drive better results for children.
UNICEF China has been working closely with the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) to strengthen the child protection service system in China. Since 2010, MCA has advocated for the inclusion of the role of Child Director (a para-social worker, also known as a barefoot Social Worker) in a number of national policies, which state that each village and community should appoint at least one Child Director to provide services to vulnerable children. To date, MCA has supported the appointment of 582,000 Child Directors across urban and rural communities.
The overall objective of this consultancy is to provide technical guidance and support to national and subnational implementing partners and technical institutes engaged in strengthening the social service workforce, with a specific focus on the professionalization of Child Directors (Barefoot Social Workers).
UNICEF China Country Office is looking for seasoned candidates to fill in the position of Partnerships Specialist (Innovative Finance) at the NO-3 level (limited 2 years), based in Beijing. This position aims to advance innovative financing solutions for children. Under the supervision of the Chief of Private Sector Partnerships and Fundraising, and in close collaboration with the Global IF4C team (PFP), the Partnerships Specialist (Innovative Finance) develops and implements strategies and workplans to accelerate innovative financing solutions by engaging private sector partners to support investments in areas such as climate, environment, and disaster risk reduction.
Join UNICEF as a health professional supporting immunisation programmes, health systems strengthening, and emergency preparedness initiatives. The role focuses on programme management, monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder engagement, and strengthening partnerships to improve health outcomes for children and communities.
Under the supervision of UNICEF Oman and in close collaboration with the MoSD, the consultant will provide technical assistance for the design and development of a Portage-based home visiting programme for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities and conduct ToT.
UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU) is a global partnership that helps young people gain skills and access livelihood opportunities, with a focus on girls and young women.
The Girls’ Education and Skills Partnership (GESP) supports 1 million young women through market-relevant skills training and learning-to-earning pathways. The GESP Playbook Development Consultant will develop an interactive, web-based Playbook that captures GESP’s lessons, tools, and best practices to support future girl-centred programmes.
The Programme Assistant (G5) is positioned in the Programme Section, reporting directly to the Chief of Field Office. This position carries cross-sectoral functions of programme planning and operations, ensuring seamless coordination between technical teams, operations units, and external partners/service providers. Depending on programme priorities, the Incumbent may be positioned in sector-specific teams (e.g., Health, Nutrition, Education, Child Protection, WASH) or in crosscutting initiatives (e.g., equity, emergency response).
Join UNICEF to turn ideas into action for children. You will help shape, coordinate and deliver impactful programmes that advance children’s rights, equity and opportunity, with a focus on reaching those who are most disadvantaged and excluded. Bring your skills, energy and commitment to help create lasting change for every child, everywhere.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support to UNICEF's engagement with the Department for Emergency Situations in Romania for systems strengthening for child-focused emergency preparedness. The main involvement of the consultant will be in providing support for the implementation of PREP-KIDS, a 2-year project implemented by a consortium of four countries (Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland and Romania) led by the Department for Emergency Situations. The project aims at strengthening the quality, coherence and child-centered focused emergency preparedness in the four countries, as well as increasing the level of knowledge and preparedness of the population,
especially children and adolescents.
The Senior Programme Associate (G‑7) is embedded within the Programme Section, reporting to Chief of field Office, the Section Chief or a Principal Programme Specialist/Manager. Positioned at the functional categories of technical, operational, and financial areas the incumbent partners closely with other teams/sections (Program, Operations, Finance, Supply), as well as with external stakeholders (government, UN agencies, NGOs, donors), and HQ-based units to implement strategic priorities into concrete activities on the ground. Depending on programme needs of the hiring office, the role may span sectoral portfolios (e.g., WASH, Nutrition, Education) or cross‑cutting themes (e.g., emergency preparedness).
Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Janakpur Field Office the Senior Programme Associate supports leading and coordinating programme support functions across the project cycle, specializing in planning, budgeting, CSO partnership management, monitoring, reporting, and closing‑out financial commitments. The role ensures that programme activities are technically robust, financially sound, and fully compliant with UNICEF policies and donor agreement. The incumbent of this position contributes to informed decisions by presenting synthesized data, flagging risks, and recommending corrective measures, to achieve results aligning with programme goals. The role ensures quality programme financial management, compliance with UNICEF policies, effective utilization of resources, and coordination with government and implementing partners. Janakpur field office engaged with Province, local government to provide technical and financial support in program implementation, capacity building and system strengthening and government and managed different sector program management and partnership (Heath, Nutrition, WASH, Child protection, SPG, Education, Planning/DRR, SBC etc.)
The Project for the Prevention Measures against Drug Use among Children and Youth in Fiji and Samoa, funded by the Government of Japan, aims to address Fiji and Samoa’s escalating drug crisis by strengthening prevention, protection, and response mechanisms for children and adolescents. A key component of Output 3 involves the rehabilitation and establishment of child friendly service hubs in hospitals, police stations, and community spaces, as well as student friendly spaces in schools (counselling rooms and extracurricular activity rooms).
To support the design and implementation of these hard‑component interventions, UNICEF requires a qualified technical consultant to undertake facility assessments, carry out community and stakeholder consultations, prepare construction-related documentation, and advise on suitable implementation modalities.
Under the direct supervision of the UNICEF Education Specialist and in close collaboration with the Republican In-Service Teacher Training Institute (RITTI), the Republican Teacher Methodological Centre (RTMC), the MoES department responsible for higher and pedagogical education, focal points from each pilot university, the international TA Group, and UNICEF technical staff, the National Consultant will lead the day-to-day coordination of the implementation and restructuring of Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) between RITTI and RTMC and of related pre-service teacher education activities under Subcomponent 2.2. The role is coordination-focused: the Consultant does not produce subject-matter content directly, but ensures that activities planned by the international TA Group, national experts, RITTI, RTMC, and pilot universities are aligned, sequenced, qualityassured, and implemented as planned.
UNICEF Tanzania Country Office is seeking a passionate and committed professional to join its team as Deputy Representative, Operations (P-5), in an exciting and impactful leadership role. 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 our team and make a difference by leading coordinated education responses in humanitarian settings. As Education Manager Cluster Coordinator, you will unite partners around a shared strategy, ensure effective planning and delivery of interventions, and promote accountability to affected communities—driving an inclusive, timely, and impactful response to education needs.
Join our team as a Child Protection Specialist and play a key role in advancing UNICEF’s efforts to protect children from violence, abuse, exploitation, neglect, and all forms of harm. Reporting to the Chief of Child Protection, the position supports the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of child protection programmes and projects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based interventions that strengthen child protection systems and services. Working closely with government counterparts, partners, and stakeholders, the Specialist provides technical guidance and programme management support throughout the programming cycle. The role contributes to national and international efforts to create a protective environment for children and uphold their rights to survival, development, protection, and well-being in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international frameworks. The Specialist applies Results-Based Management (RBM) approaches to support effective programme planning, implementation, and accountability, contributing to the achievement of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan priorities and measurable results for children.
The Education Specialist supports the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of UNICEF’s education programme, with a focus on improving learning outcomes and advancing equitable and inclusive education. The role provides technical guidance and programme management support, strengthens education systems, and works with government and partners to advance policy dialogue, strategic partnerships and sustainable results at scale.
Join UNICEF as a Planning & Monitoring Specialist (Evidence), NO-3. You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Bihar in India by supporting programme planning, monitoring, evidence and reporting, contributing to the generation and use of high-quality evidence to strengthen programme performance and results for children.
In practical terms, the consultancy will support the collection of education financing and expenditure data at both national and sub-national levels to inform PF4C evidence generation, policy dialogue, advocacy efforts, and capacity building. In this context, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) will serve as a key counterpart for the success of this assignment, particularly for budgetary data collection and engagement on public financing processes. In addition, the consultant will support the design and implementation of a series of capacity strengthening activities for relevant MoE and GDoE staff through training, coaching, mentoring, and technical support on PF4C and education financing.
UNICEF Ethiopia is seeking a seasoned and highly motivated professional to provide technical, operational, administrative, and programmatic support across the full nutrition programme cycle, from strategic planning and design to implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in advancing nutrition outcomes for children and women by supporting evidence-based programme development, coordinating with partners and stakeholders, tracking progress and results, and ensuring the effective delivery of high-impact nutrition interventions.This is an exciting opportunity for a results-driven professional who is passionate about improving lives, strengthening systems, and contributing to UNICEF’s mission of ensuring every child has the opportunity to survive, thrive, and reach their full potential.
UNICEF is seeking for a Consultant who will be responsible for stewarding the successful delivery and continued development of the annual SPARK Innovation Award,
The purpose of this assignment is to undertake data landscape diagnostic analysis that will provide UNICEF Bhubaneswar Field Office with a clear understanding of the development landscape in the state. The data analyst will work closely with the sector specialists to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for effective UNICEF data investments to bridge the data gap in assessing outcomes for children in the context of the SDGs and UNICEF programme outcomes, keeping in view the data demand and supply-side story for the coming 3-5 years. The consultant will support UNICEF’s program as well as the nodal departments with strong recommendations to improve the use of existing MIS data and the monitoring system to assess the situation pertaining to children, the state SDG indicator framework and building the capacity of the UNICEF field office and the nodal departments to analyze, synthesize, and process information to drive better results for children.
UNICEF China has been working closely with the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) to strengthen the child protection service system in China. Since 2010, MCA has advocated for the inclusion of the role of Child Director (a para-social worker, also known as a barefoot Social Worker) in a number of national policies, which state that each village and community should appoint at least one Child Director to provide services to vulnerable children. To date, MCA has supported the appointment of 582,000 Child Directors across urban and rural communities.
The overall objective of this consultancy is to provide technical guidance and support to national and subnational implementing partners and technical institutes engaged in strengthening the social service workforce, with a specific focus on the professionalization of Child Directors (Barefoot Social Workers).
UNICEF China Country Office is looking for seasoned candidates to fill in the position of Partnerships Specialist (Innovative Finance) at the NO-3 level (limited 2 years), based in Beijing. This position aims to advance innovative financing solutions for children. Under the supervision of the Chief of Private Sector Partnerships and Fundraising, and in close collaboration with the Global IF4C team (PFP), the Partnerships Specialist (Innovative Finance) develops and implements strategies and workplans to accelerate innovative financing solutions by engaging private sector partners to support investments in areas such as climate, environment, and disaster risk reduction.
Join UNICEF as a health professional supporting immunisation programmes, health systems strengthening, and emergency preparedness initiatives. The role focuses on programme management, monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder engagement, and strengthening partnerships to improve health outcomes for children and communities.
Under the supervision of UNICEF Oman and in close collaboration with the MoSD, the consultant will provide technical assistance for the design and development of a Portage-based home visiting programme for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities and conduct ToT.
UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU) is a global partnership that helps young people gain skills and access livelihood opportunities, with a focus on girls and young women.
The Girls’ Education and Skills Partnership (GESP) supports 1 million young women through market-relevant skills training and learning-to-earning pathways. The GESP Playbook Development Consultant will develop an interactive, web-based Playbook that captures GESP’s lessons, tools, and best practices to support future girl-centred programmes.
The Programme Assistant (G5) is positioned in the Programme Section, reporting directly to the Chief of Field Office. This position carries cross-sectoral functions of programme planning and operations, ensuring seamless coordination between technical teams, operations units, and external partners/service providers. Depending on programme priorities, the Incumbent may be positioned in sector-specific teams (e.g., Health, Nutrition, Education, Child Protection, WASH) or in crosscutting initiatives (e.g., equity, emergency response).
Join UNICEF to turn ideas into action for children. You will help shape, coordinate and deliver impactful programmes that advance children’s rights, equity and opportunity, with a focus on reaching those who are most disadvantaged and excluded. Bring your skills, energy and commitment to help create lasting change for every child, everywhere.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support to UNICEF's engagement with the Department for Emergency Situations in Romania for systems strengthening for child-focused emergency preparedness. The main involvement of the consultant will be in providing support for the implementation of PREP-KIDS, a 2-year project implemented by a consortium of four countries (Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland and Romania) led by the Department for Emergency Situations. The project aims at strengthening the quality, coherence and child-centered focused emergency preparedness in the four countries, as well as increasing the level of knowledge and preparedness of the population,
especially children and adolescents.
The Senior Programme Associate (G‑7) is embedded within the Programme Section, reporting to Chief of field Office, the Section Chief or a Principal Programme Specialist/Manager. Positioned at the functional categories of technical, operational, and financial areas the incumbent partners closely with other teams/sections (Program, Operations, Finance, Supply), as well as with external stakeholders (government, UN agencies, NGOs, donors), and HQ-based units to implement strategic priorities into concrete activities on the ground. Depending on programme needs of the hiring office, the role may span sectoral portfolios (e.g., WASH, Nutrition, Education) or cross‑cutting themes (e.g., emergency preparedness).
Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Janakpur Field Office the Senior Programme Associate supports leading and coordinating programme support functions across the project cycle, specializing in planning, budgeting, CSO partnership management, monitoring, reporting, and closing‑out financial commitments. The role ensures that programme activities are technically robust, financially sound, and fully compliant with UNICEF policies and donor agreement. The incumbent of this position contributes to informed decisions by presenting synthesized data, flagging risks, and recommending corrective measures, to achieve results aligning with programme goals. The role ensures quality programme financial management, compliance with UNICEF policies, effective utilization of resources, and coordination with government and implementing partners. Janakpur field office engaged with Province, local government to provide technical and financial support in program implementation, capacity building and system strengthening and government and managed different sector program management and partnership (Heath, Nutrition, WASH, Child protection, SPG, Education, Planning/DRR, SBC etc.)
The Project for the Prevention Measures against Drug Use among Children and Youth in Fiji and Samoa, funded by the Government of Japan, aims to address Fiji and Samoa’s escalating drug crisis by strengthening prevention, protection, and response mechanisms for children and adolescents. A key component of Output 3 involves the rehabilitation and establishment of child friendly service hubs in hospitals, police stations, and community spaces, as well as student friendly spaces in schools (counselling rooms and extracurricular activity rooms).
To support the design and implementation of these hard‑component interventions, UNICEF requires a qualified technical consultant to undertake facility assessments, carry out community and stakeholder consultations, prepare construction-related documentation, and advise on suitable implementation modalities.
Under the direct supervision of the UNICEF Education Specialist and in close collaboration with the Republican In-Service Teacher Training Institute (RITTI), the Republican Teacher Methodological Centre (RTMC), the MoES department responsible for higher and pedagogical education, focal points from each pilot university, the international TA Group, and UNICEF technical staff, the National Consultant will lead the day-to-day coordination of the implementation and restructuring of Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) between RITTI and RTMC and of related pre-service teacher education activities under Subcomponent 2.2. The role is coordination-focused: the Consultant does not produce subject-matter content directly, but ensures that activities planned by the international TA Group, national experts, RITTI, RTMC, and pilot universities are aligned, sequenced, qualityassured, and implemented as planned.
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