Join UNICEF’s digital transformation journey by driving innovative, AI-enabled fundraising and partnership solutions that enhance supporter engagement, collaboration, and operational effectiveness. You will play a key role in shaping and delivering secure, scalable digital platforms that maximize impact for children worldwide.
UNICEF Mozambique seeks an international consultant to provide 11 months of time-bound technical support on maternal and adolescent nutrition. The consultant will deliver defined outputs to prevent all forms of malnutrition in adolescent girls and women before and during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. The focus is on pregnant adolescents, young mothers and other nutritionally at-risk women.
The assignment responds to time-bound commitments under NutriNorte (EU), the Child Nutrition Fund partnership with Government of Mozambique, and the UN–Ireland Partnership on Child Wasting (2026–2030). It applies the UNICEF Programming Guidance on Maternal Nutrition (2021).
The Supply and Logistics Manager reports to the Chief of Supply as per the Country Office (CO) set-up and is responsible for managing the supply chains of a medium to large-sized country office, and/or medium-sized emergency response operation. The supply chain operations include planning, procurement, contracting, customs clearance, warehousing, in-country transport and distribution, as well as monitoring of supplies, services and construction works. The incumbent collaborates closely with programmes in defining supply interventions to meet programmatic needs and achieve results for children, and provides technical and advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Chief Nutrition and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
The purpose of this assignment is to assess and document the post-handover functionality, utilization, accessibility, and sustainability of the investments made under the ISHONCH 2030 Project. Through the specified deliverables, the consultant will examine whether the supplied equipment is operational and effectively used for teaching and learning; whether accessibility features and inclusive infrastructure remain functional, maintained, and accessible to learners; whether outstanding issues related to contractors and suppliers have been resolved; and what institutional, technical, and financial measures are required for MOPSE to sustain, replicate, and scale the model schools approach. The assignment will also generate technical recommendations and supply-related inputs to inform future education sector procurement, concept notes, and project proposals aimed at expanding equitable, inclusive, and technology-enabled learning environments in Uzbekistan.
We are looking for a new Chief of Digital Foundations – Business, reporting to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), who leads the strategy, development, and lifecycle management of UNIICEF enterprise business applications and digital platforms. This role is central to delivering secure, scalable, and user centric solutions that enable operational effectiveness and digital transformation across the organization.
The Finance Officer (ICS) as a team leader, provides day-to-day operational and advisory support, ensuring high-quality service delivery, performance excellence, and full compliance in processing of individual consultant’s invoices.
UNICEF Tanzania is seeking to engage a consultant to facilitate a government-led, participatory process to co-design and validate a prioritized, costed project workplan (2027 – 2029) and an integrated monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) plan for Tanzania, and support project inception. The plans will define activities, implementation sequencing, institutional responsibilities, resource requirements and measurable results, aligned with national nutrition and food-system priorities.
UNICEF Tanzania seeks to engage a national consultant to facilitate the co-design of the four-year (2026–2030) project workplan, MEAL plan and region-specific action plans for the six target regions, and to support project inception at national and regional levels with the Government and partners, strengthening government ownership and sustainability.
The Humanitarian Action Unit within the Child Nutrition and Development Global Practice is seeking a consultant to support Grant Managers within the unit with a range of tasks related to, monitoring, reporting, and knowledge management across a portfolio of global humanitarian nutrition awards. The consultant will support quality implementation, documentation and reporting of donor-funded programmes implemented across up to 25 countries by enhancing information management systems, coordinating high-quality reporting processes, consolidating programme results and lessons learned, and establishing practical mechanisms for knowledge sharing and institutional memory. The consultancy will contribute to improved accountability to donors, strengthened programme monitoring, and more systematic documentation and dissemination of evidence, results, and learning generated through humanitarian
nutrition programming. The consultant will support the timely delivery of donor reporting requirements while ensuring that programme information is organized, accessible, and effectively used to inform decision-making and future programming.
The primary objective of this consultancy is to design, implement, and monitor evidence-based SBC strategies, campaign framework, communication packages and community engagement tools addressing parenting support, child and adolescent mental health, child protection and wellbeing in the digital environment. These initiatives will promote positive parenting & mental health and digital safety for children while providing behavioral guidance during crises and unexpected school closures across the Gulf region, starting in UAE, to be later tweaked to each of the Gulf countries.
The purpose of this consultancy is to review, understand and respond to the Uganda Country Office process-guidance needs and to establish clear, user-centred process flows that complement, but do not duplicate, replace or reinterpret UNICEF corporate policies and procedures.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide senior technical and evaluation-management support to UNICEF India for a
portfolio of approximately four to five evaluations over six months. The consultant will draft or review defined evaluation
outputs, participate in evaluation management meetings and calls linked to those outputs, provide quality assurance for
selected research and studies, and support evidence use and organizational learning.
Background and rationale
Evidence is central to UNICEF’s work in India and to advancing equity and results for children. In response to growing
expectations from Government and other partners, UNICEF India established the Evidence for Children Section, guided by
the India Country Office Evidence Strategy (2021) and the Change Strategy on Evidence, Data and Knowledge
Management under the 2023-2027 Country Programme.
The Evidence Section comprises a Chief of Evidence, a Research and Evaluation Specialist, a Statistics and Monitoring
Specialist and a Knowledge Management Specialist, supported by officers and consultants. Additional senior consultancy
capacity is required for six months to maintain continuity and quality across a high-volume evaluation portfolio during a
temporary period of change. The consultant will support board-approved costed evaluations and thematic donor-funded
evaluations, while safeguarding the independence, impartiality and transparency required for evaluation work. The
consultant will also provide selected methodological and ethical quality assurance for priority research and studies
UNICEF, in collaboration with government counterparts and Education Cluster partners, is supporting the continuation of learning through temporary learning arrangements, provision of learning materials, psychosocial support, and early recovery interventions. As the response progresses from emergency relief to recovery, there is a growing need for technical oversight to ensure that temporary and semi-permanent learning facilities are designed, constructed, and monitored in line with safety, quality, and child-friendly standards.
Operations Associate (G-6), Information and Communications Technology, Supply and Procurement | Astana, KazakhstanJoin UNICEF Kazakhstan as an Operations Associate supporting Information and Communications Technology, Supply and Procurement. The role contributes to IT support, procurement, logistics, and supply chain activities, ensuring efficient and compliant operational services to advance UNICEF's work for children. Relevant experience in ICT and supply/procurement is required.
Following the creation of the Asia-Pacific Regional Office (APRO), the scope and complexity of UNICEF’s public partnerships work across the region has increased substantially. This assignment will strengthen APRO’s Public Partnerships Section by providing analytical, operational and knowledge management support to enhance engagement with government donors, regional organizations, partners, Country Offices and Centres of Excellence. The consultancy will support the identification of funding opportunities, strategic partner engagement, and the delivery of timely partnership intelligence and guidance. It will also strengthen knowledge management systems, improve coordination across the region, and support evidence-based decision-making. Ultimately, the assignment will help APRO enhance its partnership architecture, strengthen resource mobilization efforts, and support UNICEF priorities across Asia and the Pacific.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support UNICEF China in advancing child-sensitive ESG and child-lens investing through partnership development, stakeholder engagement, coordination of capacity-building activities, documentation of good practices, and development of advocacy, event and engagement materials tailored to China’s policy, business and sustainable finance context. The consultancy will help position children as a critical stakeholder group in China’s evolving ESG, sustainable finance, responsible business, and corporate disclosure work. It will support UNICEF China to engage strategically with investors, financial institutions, listed companies, stock exchanges, ESG data and rating providers, business associations, research institutions, foundations, and relevant policy stakeholders on how business and investment decisions affect children’s rights and well-being. The assignment will build on UNICEF China’s ongoing work on child rights in ESG disclosure, responsible business conduct, child-lens investing, family-friendly workplaces, care economy, digital protection, climate and just transition, nutrition, disability inclusion, rural children, and business respect for children’s rights. It will also help UNICEF China identify practical entry points for integrating child-related considerations into ESG disclosure, responsible investment practices, corporate sustainability strategies, and capital market engagement, with particular attention to China's evolving regulatory and sustainability reporting landscape; and connect child-sensitive ESG with China’s policy priorities, including population high-quality development, family support, child-friendly society, childcare services, inclusive growth, and human capital development.
As custodian to the Pasifika Call to Action, the Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Development (PRC4ECD) unites Ministers and Permanent Secretaries from education, health, finance, and social welfare in 15 PICTs (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu), and encourages countries to tailor the Call to Action to their specific contexts, and to drive collaboration among leaders, policymakers, and program implementers to address gaps in health, nutrition, protection, care, learning and stimulation that affect the development of young children across the region. These efforts align with broader regional priorities, such as the 2050 Blue Pacific Strategy, the Pacific Culture Strategy, and sectoral goals set by Pacific Ministers of Education, Health, and Women. Together, these frameworks also underscore the importance of parenting engagement as a central element in the holistic development of young children. Since 2017, The Pacific region has made important progress in strengthening national and regional ECD systems, including through the Pasifika Call to Action on ECD, national ECD policies, multisectoral coordination mechanisms, workforce development, monitoring systems, and support for parents and communities. In 2025, the Pacific ECD Forum Leaders have strengthened the regional mandate for Early Childhood Development by endorsing ECD as a standing agenda item within the People Centred Development thematic area of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. More recently, the PIF Women Leaders Meeting endorsed the importance of ECD as a cross-sectoral priority linked to gender equality, social inclusion, resilience, child wellbeing, and long-term human development.
Join UNICEF’s digital transformation journey by driving innovative, AI-enabled fundraising and partnership solutions that enhance supporter engagement, collaboration, and operational effectiveness. You will play a key role in shaping and delivering secure, scalable digital platforms that maximize impact for children worldwide.
UNICEF Mozambique seeks an international consultant to provide 11 months of time-bound technical support on maternal and adolescent nutrition. The consultant will deliver defined outputs to prevent all forms of malnutrition in adolescent girls and women before and during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. The focus is on pregnant adolescents, young mothers and other nutritionally at-risk women.
The assignment responds to time-bound commitments under NutriNorte (EU), the Child Nutrition Fund partnership with Government of Mozambique, and the UN–Ireland Partnership on Child Wasting (2026–2030). It applies the UNICEF Programming Guidance on Maternal Nutrition (2021).
The Supply and Logistics Manager reports to the Chief of Supply as per the Country Office (CO) set-up and is responsible for managing the supply chains of a medium to large-sized country office, and/or medium-sized emergency response operation. The supply chain operations include planning, procurement, contracting, customs clearance, warehousing, in-country transport and distribution, as well as monitoring of supplies, services and construction works. The incumbent collaborates closely with programmes in defining supply interventions to meet programmatic needs and achieve results for children, and provides technical and advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Chief Nutrition and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
The purpose of this assignment is to assess and document the post-handover functionality, utilization, accessibility, and sustainability of the investments made under the ISHONCH 2030 Project. Through the specified deliverables, the consultant will examine whether the supplied equipment is operational and effectively used for teaching and learning; whether accessibility features and inclusive infrastructure remain functional, maintained, and accessible to learners; whether outstanding issues related to contractors and suppliers have been resolved; and what institutional, technical, and financial measures are required for MOPSE to sustain, replicate, and scale the model schools approach. The assignment will also generate technical recommendations and supply-related inputs to inform future education sector procurement, concept notes, and project proposals aimed at expanding equitable, inclusive, and technology-enabled learning environments in Uzbekistan.
We are looking for a new Chief of Digital Foundations – Business, reporting to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), who leads the strategy, development, and lifecycle management of UNIICEF enterprise business applications and digital platforms. This role is central to delivering secure, scalable, and user centric solutions that enable operational effectiveness and digital transformation across the organization.
The Finance Officer (ICS) as a team leader, provides day-to-day operational and advisory support, ensuring high-quality service delivery, performance excellence, and full compliance in processing of individual consultant’s invoices.
UNICEF Tanzania is seeking to engage a consultant to facilitate a government-led, participatory process to co-design and validate a prioritized, costed project workplan (2027 – 2029) and an integrated monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) plan for Tanzania, and support project inception. The plans will define activities, implementation sequencing, institutional responsibilities, resource requirements and measurable results, aligned with national nutrition and food-system priorities.
UNICEF Tanzania seeks to engage a national consultant to facilitate the co-design of the four-year (2026–2030) project workplan, MEAL plan and region-specific action plans for the six target regions, and to support project inception at national and regional levels with the Government and partners, strengthening government ownership and sustainability.
The Humanitarian Action Unit within the Child Nutrition and Development Global Practice is seeking a consultant to support Grant Managers within the unit with a range of tasks related to, monitoring, reporting, and knowledge management across a portfolio of global humanitarian nutrition awards. The consultant will support quality implementation, documentation and reporting of donor-funded programmes implemented across up to 25 countries by enhancing information management systems, coordinating high-quality reporting processes, consolidating programme results and lessons learned, and establishing practical mechanisms for knowledge sharing and institutional memory. The consultancy will contribute to improved accountability to donors, strengthened programme monitoring, and more systematic documentation and dissemination of evidence, results, and learning generated through humanitarian
nutrition programming. The consultant will support the timely delivery of donor reporting requirements while ensuring that programme information is organized, accessible, and effectively used to inform decision-making and future programming.
The primary objective of this consultancy is to design, implement, and monitor evidence-based SBC strategies, campaign framework, communication packages and community engagement tools addressing parenting support, child and adolescent mental health, child protection and wellbeing in the digital environment. These initiatives will promote positive parenting & mental health and digital safety for children while providing behavioral guidance during crises and unexpected school closures across the Gulf region, starting in UAE, to be later tweaked to each of the Gulf countries.
The purpose of this consultancy is to review, understand and respond to the Uganda Country Office process-guidance needs and to establish clear, user-centred process flows that complement, but do not duplicate, replace or reinterpret UNICEF corporate policies and procedures.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide senior technical and evaluation-management support to UNICEF India for a
portfolio of approximately four to five evaluations over six months. The consultant will draft or review defined evaluation
outputs, participate in evaluation management meetings and calls linked to those outputs, provide quality assurance for
selected research and studies, and support evidence use and organizational learning.
Background and rationale
Evidence is central to UNICEF’s work in India and to advancing equity and results for children. In response to growing
expectations from Government and other partners, UNICEF India established the Evidence for Children Section, guided by
the India Country Office Evidence Strategy (2021) and the Change Strategy on Evidence, Data and Knowledge
Management under the 2023-2027 Country Programme.
The Evidence Section comprises a Chief of Evidence, a Research and Evaluation Specialist, a Statistics and Monitoring
Specialist and a Knowledge Management Specialist, supported by officers and consultants. Additional senior consultancy
capacity is required for six months to maintain continuity and quality across a high-volume evaluation portfolio during a
temporary period of change. The consultant will support board-approved costed evaluations and thematic donor-funded
evaluations, while safeguarding the independence, impartiality and transparency required for evaluation work. The
consultant will also provide selected methodological and ethical quality assurance for priority research and studies
UNICEF, in collaboration with government counterparts and Education Cluster partners, is supporting the continuation of learning through temporary learning arrangements, provision of learning materials, psychosocial support, and early recovery interventions. As the response progresses from emergency relief to recovery, there is a growing need for technical oversight to ensure that temporary and semi-permanent learning facilities are designed, constructed, and monitored in line with safety, quality, and child-friendly standards.
Operations Associate (G-6), Information and Communications Technology, Supply and Procurement | Astana, KazakhstanJoin UNICEF Kazakhstan as an Operations Associate supporting Information and Communications Technology, Supply and Procurement. The role contributes to IT support, procurement, logistics, and supply chain activities, ensuring efficient and compliant operational services to advance UNICEF's work for children. Relevant experience in ICT and supply/procurement is required.
Following the creation of the Asia-Pacific Regional Office (APRO), the scope and complexity of UNICEF’s public partnerships work across the region has increased substantially. This assignment will strengthen APRO’s Public Partnerships Section by providing analytical, operational and knowledge management support to enhance engagement with government donors, regional organizations, partners, Country Offices and Centres of Excellence. The consultancy will support the identification of funding opportunities, strategic partner engagement, and the delivery of timely partnership intelligence and guidance. It will also strengthen knowledge management systems, improve coordination across the region, and support evidence-based decision-making. Ultimately, the assignment will help APRO enhance its partnership architecture, strengthen resource mobilization efforts, and support UNICEF priorities across Asia and the Pacific.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support UNICEF China in advancing child-sensitive ESG and child-lens investing through partnership development, stakeholder engagement, coordination of capacity-building activities, documentation of good practices, and development of advocacy, event and engagement materials tailored to China’s policy, business and sustainable finance context. The consultancy will help position children as a critical stakeholder group in China’s evolving ESG, sustainable finance, responsible business, and corporate disclosure work. It will support UNICEF China to engage strategically with investors, financial institutions, listed companies, stock exchanges, ESG data and rating providers, business associations, research institutions, foundations, and relevant policy stakeholders on how business and investment decisions affect children’s rights and well-being. The assignment will build on UNICEF China’s ongoing work on child rights in ESG disclosure, responsible business conduct, child-lens investing, family-friendly workplaces, care economy, digital protection, climate and just transition, nutrition, disability inclusion, rural children, and business respect for children’s rights. It will also help UNICEF China identify practical entry points for integrating child-related considerations into ESG disclosure, responsible investment practices, corporate sustainability strategies, and capital market engagement, with particular attention to China's evolving regulatory and sustainability reporting landscape; and connect child-sensitive ESG with China’s policy priorities, including population high-quality development, family support, child-friendly society, childcare services, inclusive growth, and human capital development.
As custodian to the Pasifika Call to Action, the Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Development (PRC4ECD) unites Ministers and Permanent Secretaries from education, health, finance, and social welfare in 15 PICTs (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu), and encourages countries to tailor the Call to Action to their specific contexts, and to drive collaboration among leaders, policymakers, and program implementers to address gaps in health, nutrition, protection, care, learning and stimulation that affect the development of young children across the region. These efforts align with broader regional priorities, such as the 2050 Blue Pacific Strategy, the Pacific Culture Strategy, and sectoral goals set by Pacific Ministers of Education, Health, and Women. Together, these frameworks also underscore the importance of parenting engagement as a central element in the holistic development of young children. Since 2017, The Pacific region has made important progress in strengthening national and regional ECD systems, including through the Pasifika Call to Action on ECD, national ECD policies, multisectoral coordination mechanisms, workforce development, monitoring systems, and support for parents and communities. In 2025, the Pacific ECD Forum Leaders have strengthened the regional mandate for Early Childhood Development by endorsing ECD as a standing agenda item within the People Centred Development thematic area of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. More recently, the PIF Women Leaders Meeting endorsed the importance of ECD as a cross-sectoral priority linked to gender equality, social inclusion, resilience, child wellbeing, and long-term human development.
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