Sudan continues to face multiple and overlapping public health emergencies (PHEs), including recurrent cholera, dengue, measles, flood and malaria outbreaks, compounded by conflict and limited access to basic services. Effective Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) remain central to the national response, ensuring communities are informed, engaged, and active partners in preventing and mitigating disease outbreaks.
This position is responsible for developing, managing, implementing, and monitoring an advocacy and communications strategy and associated products, activities on a regular and ongoing basis with public audiences, and as integrated within the overall office programmatic work, risk management, expanded scope, and results. The position works in support of the strategic objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children's and women's rights, the equity focus and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities, and programmes in the country office, at a global level, and those of the UN Country Team.
UNICEF is seeking a Social Policy Specialist (Social Protection Systems) based in Nairobi to support the expansion of inclusive, child-sensitive and shock-resilient social protection systems. The role contributes to UNICEF’s Strategic Plan by strengthening national systems through technical assistance, capacity development, policy advice, and knowledge management. Working within the Global Programme Division, the Specialist will support Country and Regional Offices and their partners, with a particular focus on Sub‑Saharan Africa, to improve programme design, implementation, and monitoring. The position also engages with regional and global partners to advance policy reform, evidence generation, and partnerships that enhance equitable access to social protection for children and families.
A quick and light Programme Review of the Country Programme is planned to adjust the scope and ambition of the Country Programme to a level that is more aligned with the prevailing funding realities, while finding more versatile ways of delivering results for children in a resource-constrained environment with an affordable, agile and efficient office structure.
The Djibouti Country Office is seeking an individual consultant who will support the CO to conduct the Programme review, informed by the preceding affordability analysis, offering examples of successful Programme reset in other countries, helping the team to navigate the process with simple methods and supporting the CO leadership to sustain team cohesion.
The Education Specialist (Learning and Skills Assessment) will provide technical assistance to UNICEF Country and Regional Offices and to national governments to develop, implement, and use assessments and tracer studies that inform sector policy, planning, and financing, while improving learning and skills outcomes and employability.
UNICEF is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Education Specialist (Gender Equity) to advance gender equality in and through education globally. Based within the Global Programme Division and working closely with the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), this role plays a critical part in shaping global policy, strengthening education systems, and delivering impactful programmes that support girls and marginalized learners.The position leads strategic initiatives, provides high-level technical assistance, and engages with governments, partners, and global stakeholders to promote gender-transformative approaches in education. This is a unique opportunity for a dynamic professional with strong expertise in gender and education to contribute to global solutions, influence policy agendas, and drive sustainable change in line with UNICEF’s mission and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Join YuWaah as a Partnerships Specialist and play a pivotal role in sustaining partnerships, donor commitments, and stakeholder engagement. Under the supervision of the Chief – GenU, you’ll drive collaboration, fundraising, and resource mobilization to ensure YuWaah’s long-term sustainability. This is your chance to make a tangible impact for young people by keeping momentum strong and enabling co-creation across diverse partners.
The Chief, Child Nutrition and Development reports to the Deputy Representative and oversees all stages of the nutrition programme, from strategic planning to results delivery. The role includes leading and coordinating the Nutrition team with the Health Programme team and ensuring sustainable maternal, infant, and child nutrition outcomes in line with UNICEF’s strategic plans, RBM approaches, and accountability standards.
Join UNICEF Pacific as a Programme Associate, GS-6, based in Kiritimati, Kiribati, and contribute directly to improving the lives of children and communities across the Pacific. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a highly organized and motivated professional to support programme planning, implementation, monitoring, budget tracking and coordination with partners, while working in a dynamic multicultural environment committed to results for children. If you bring strong administrative, analytical and coordination skills, a passion for meaningful development work, and the drive to support effective programme delivery in a unique Pacific island context, this is an opportunity to build your career with UNICEF and make a lasting difference for every child.
UNICEF Maldives seeks to engage qualified individual(s) to provide professional photography and videography services in support of its communication and advocacy objectives. This includes delivering high-quality, on-demand visual content to document programme implementation, advocacy initiatives, donor reporting, emergency responses, and official events across the country.
Under the general guidance of the Chief Field Office, contributes to/responsible for the design, management, monitoring and evaluation of evidence-based, inclusive and innovative SBC strategies in support of the country programme.
The Marketing Associate will integrate the Marketing Services area, which is part of the Resource Mobilization and Partnership section, which operates with individual donors and corporate partners to make a long-term commitment to the furthering of children’s rights. This position will work in the Marketing Services area, but exclusively with the teams that take care of donations from individuals.
The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) works with National Committees and Country Offices to drive and maximize income growth for children in emergencies.
The Humanitarian Funding Unit in PSFP supports and coordinates cross-organization initiatives on humanitarian crisis and sudden onset disasters by leading global efforts in maximizing funding opportunities and supports National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) Countries.
Within the Humanitarian Funding Unit, the Knowledge Management Specialist is responsible for the collection and analysis of all relevant information from different stakeholders including HQ departments, National Committees and PSFR countries and make them available to support and promote evidence-based and informed decision making. To support the knowledge management function, the Humanitarian Funding Unit is looking for professional support for the development of data visualizations and graphic design for donor related materials.
UNICEF is seeking consultants for coaching, facilitation, learning design, and leadership development services. This is a unique opportunity for experienced professionals to contribute to talent development across UNICEF while working with colleagues and supervisors all around the world. Applications are now open for multiple categories under a new Long-Term Agreement (LTA).
UNICEF Lebanon is seeking a dynamic Partnerships Manager (P4) to lead strategic engagement, resource mobilization, and partnership development in a complex humanitarian and recovery context. In a country facing ongoing economic crisis and declining donor funding, you will play a critical role in securing resources, strengthening stakeholder collaboration, and increasing UNICEF’s visibility and influence. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape partnerships, support strategic decision-making, and contribute to impactful programmes that advance equity and improve the lives of children across Lebanon.
UNICEF Yemen is seeking a highly qualified and experienced professional to join its team as Chief of Health (P-5), based in Aden. This is a unique opportunity to have a role on the strategic and effective planning and formulation of health programmes/projects and the achievement of sustainable results. This will directly impact the improvement of the health of the most marginalized and vulnerable women and children in the country, and this in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to provide programme services to protect the rights of children and promote greater social equality to enable children to survive, develop and reach their full potential in society. If you are ready to take on a challenging and impactful leadership role, we encourage you to apply.
Under the overall direction and guidance of the Nutrition Cluster Coordinator (P4), the dedicated Nutrition Specialist Cluster Coordinator (sub-national) will support in strengthening field level cluster coordination in the five Darfur States. He/she will provide support to the State level sub national coordinators in providing leadership and representation of the cluster at sub national levels. He/she will facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the sub-national cluster and working groups that are accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. In the effort to provide an efficient and effective response that meets national and global quality standards, the dedicated sub national cluster coordinator will be responsible for strengthening capacity on coordination, ensuring inter-sectoral collaboration and integration of humanitarian actions in the Darfur States in consultation with national level coordination team.
UNICEF’s fundamental mission is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does. The Global Programme Division (GPD) plays a central role in driving programme excellence, providing global strategic leadership, policy direction, and technical guidance across sectors and regions. Under the supervision of the Senior Adviser, Environment, the Programme Officer supports strategic coordination, technical resources procurement, and budget and programme monitoring functions for the Healthy Environments for Healthy Children (HEHC) programme, including the Children’s Environmental Health Collaborative.
Join UNICEF Pacific as a Programme Associate, GS-6, based in Honiara, Solomon Islands, and contribute directly to improving the lives of children and communities across the Pacific. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a highly organized and motivated professional to support programme planning, implementation, monitoring, budget tracking and coordination with partners, while working in a dynamic multicultural environment committed to results for children. If you bring strong administrative, analytical and coordination skills, a passion for meaningful development work, and the drive to support effective programme delivery in a unique Pacific island context, this is an opportunity to build your career with UNICEF and make a lasting difference for every child.
UNICEF Division of Financial Management must continuously adapt its operational and administrative support framework to respond to evolving global business and premises management needs. The role will provide strategic and technical support in premises management to promote operational efficiency and cost reduction through space optimization, common premises initiatives, office renovations, and construction projects. The position will also contribute to maintaining safe, accessible, sustainable, and functional working environments that support staff well-being and operational continuity in UNICEF office in NYHQ.
Sudan continues to face multiple and overlapping public health emergencies (PHEs), including recurrent cholera, dengue, measles, flood and malaria outbreaks, compounded by conflict and limited access to basic services. Effective Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) remain central to the national response, ensuring communities are informed, engaged, and active partners in preventing and mitigating disease outbreaks.
This position is responsible for developing, managing, implementing, and monitoring an advocacy and communications strategy and associated products, activities on a regular and ongoing basis with public audiences, and as integrated within the overall office programmatic work, risk management, expanded scope, and results. The position works in support of the strategic objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children's and women's rights, the equity focus and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities, and programmes in the country office, at a global level, and those of the UN Country Team.
UNICEF is seeking a Social Policy Specialist (Social Protection Systems) based in Nairobi to support the expansion of inclusive, child-sensitive and shock-resilient social protection systems. The role contributes to UNICEF’s Strategic Plan by strengthening national systems through technical assistance, capacity development, policy advice, and knowledge management. Working within the Global Programme Division, the Specialist will support Country and Regional Offices and their partners, with a particular focus on Sub‑Saharan Africa, to improve programme design, implementation, and monitoring. The position also engages with regional and global partners to advance policy reform, evidence generation, and partnerships that enhance equitable access to social protection for children and families.
A quick and light Programme Review of the Country Programme is planned to adjust the scope and ambition of the Country Programme to a level that is more aligned with the prevailing funding realities, while finding more versatile ways of delivering results for children in a resource-constrained environment with an affordable, agile and efficient office structure.
The Djibouti Country Office is seeking an individual consultant who will support the CO to conduct the Programme review, informed by the preceding affordability analysis, offering examples of successful Programme reset in other countries, helping the team to navigate the process with simple methods and supporting the CO leadership to sustain team cohesion.
The Education Specialist (Learning and Skills Assessment) will provide technical assistance to UNICEF Country and Regional Offices and to national governments to develop, implement, and use assessments and tracer studies that inform sector policy, planning, and financing, while improving learning and skills outcomes and employability.
UNICEF is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Education Specialist (Gender Equity) to advance gender equality in and through education globally. Based within the Global Programme Division and working closely with the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), this role plays a critical part in shaping global policy, strengthening education systems, and delivering impactful programmes that support girls and marginalized learners.The position leads strategic initiatives, provides high-level technical assistance, and engages with governments, partners, and global stakeholders to promote gender-transformative approaches in education. This is a unique opportunity for a dynamic professional with strong expertise in gender and education to contribute to global solutions, influence policy agendas, and drive sustainable change in line with UNICEF’s mission and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Join YuWaah as a Partnerships Specialist and play a pivotal role in sustaining partnerships, donor commitments, and stakeholder engagement. Under the supervision of the Chief – GenU, you’ll drive collaboration, fundraising, and resource mobilization to ensure YuWaah’s long-term sustainability. This is your chance to make a tangible impact for young people by keeping momentum strong and enabling co-creation across diverse partners.
The Chief, Child Nutrition and Development reports to the Deputy Representative and oversees all stages of the nutrition programme, from strategic planning to results delivery. The role includes leading and coordinating the Nutrition team with the Health Programme team and ensuring sustainable maternal, infant, and child nutrition outcomes in line with UNICEF’s strategic plans, RBM approaches, and accountability standards.
Join UNICEF Pacific as a Programme Associate, GS-6, based in Kiritimati, Kiribati, and contribute directly to improving the lives of children and communities across the Pacific. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a highly organized and motivated professional to support programme planning, implementation, monitoring, budget tracking and coordination with partners, while working in a dynamic multicultural environment committed to results for children. If you bring strong administrative, analytical and coordination skills, a passion for meaningful development work, and the drive to support effective programme delivery in a unique Pacific island context, this is an opportunity to build your career with UNICEF and make a lasting difference for every child.
UNICEF Maldives seeks to engage qualified individual(s) to provide professional photography and videography services in support of its communication and advocacy objectives. This includes delivering high-quality, on-demand visual content to document programme implementation, advocacy initiatives, donor reporting, emergency responses, and official events across the country.
Under the general guidance of the Chief Field Office, contributes to/responsible for the design, management, monitoring and evaluation of evidence-based, inclusive and innovative SBC strategies in support of the country programme.
The Marketing Associate will integrate the Marketing Services area, which is part of the Resource Mobilization and Partnership section, which operates with individual donors and corporate partners to make a long-term commitment to the furthering of children’s rights. This position will work in the Marketing Services area, but exclusively with the teams that take care of donations from individuals.
The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) works with National Committees and Country Offices to drive and maximize income growth for children in emergencies.
The Humanitarian Funding Unit in PSFP supports and coordinates cross-organization initiatives on humanitarian crisis and sudden onset disasters by leading global efforts in maximizing funding opportunities and supports National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) Countries.
Within the Humanitarian Funding Unit, the Knowledge Management Specialist is responsible for the collection and analysis of all relevant information from different stakeholders including HQ departments, National Committees and PSFR countries and make them available to support and promote evidence-based and informed decision making. To support the knowledge management function, the Humanitarian Funding Unit is looking for professional support for the development of data visualizations and graphic design for donor related materials.
UNICEF is seeking consultants for coaching, facilitation, learning design, and leadership development services. This is a unique opportunity for experienced professionals to contribute to talent development across UNICEF while working with colleagues and supervisors all around the world. Applications are now open for multiple categories under a new Long-Term Agreement (LTA).
UNICEF Lebanon is seeking a dynamic Partnerships Manager (P4) to lead strategic engagement, resource mobilization, and partnership development in a complex humanitarian and recovery context. In a country facing ongoing economic crisis and declining donor funding, you will play a critical role in securing resources, strengthening stakeholder collaboration, and increasing UNICEF’s visibility and influence. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape partnerships, support strategic decision-making, and contribute to impactful programmes that advance equity and improve the lives of children across Lebanon.
UNICEF Yemen is seeking a highly qualified and experienced professional to join its team as Chief of Health (P-5), based in Aden. This is a unique opportunity to have a role on the strategic and effective planning and formulation of health programmes/projects and the achievement of sustainable results. This will directly impact the improvement of the health of the most marginalized and vulnerable women and children in the country, and this in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to provide programme services to protect the rights of children and promote greater social equality to enable children to survive, develop and reach their full potential in society. If you are ready to take on a challenging and impactful leadership role, we encourage you to apply.
Under the overall direction and guidance of the Nutrition Cluster Coordinator (P4), the dedicated Nutrition Specialist Cluster Coordinator (sub-national) will support in strengthening field level cluster coordination in the five Darfur States. He/she will provide support to the State level sub national coordinators in providing leadership and representation of the cluster at sub national levels. He/she will facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the sub-national cluster and working groups that are accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. In the effort to provide an efficient and effective response that meets national and global quality standards, the dedicated sub national cluster coordinator will be responsible for strengthening capacity on coordination, ensuring inter-sectoral collaboration and integration of humanitarian actions in the Darfur States in consultation with national level coordination team.
UNICEF’s fundamental mission is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does. The Global Programme Division (GPD) plays a central role in driving programme excellence, providing global strategic leadership, policy direction, and technical guidance across sectors and regions. Under the supervision of the Senior Adviser, Environment, the Programme Officer supports strategic coordination, technical resources procurement, and budget and programme monitoring functions for the Healthy Environments for Healthy Children (HEHC) programme, including the Children’s Environmental Health Collaborative.
Join UNICEF Pacific as a Programme Associate, GS-6, based in Honiara, Solomon Islands, and contribute directly to improving the lives of children and communities across the Pacific. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a highly organized and motivated professional to support programme planning, implementation, monitoring, budget tracking and coordination with partners, while working in a dynamic multicultural environment committed to results for children. If you bring strong administrative, analytical and coordination skills, a passion for meaningful development work, and the drive to support effective programme delivery in a unique Pacific island context, this is an opportunity to build your career with UNICEF and make a lasting difference for every child.
UNICEF Division of Financial Management must continuously adapt its operational and administrative support framework to respond to evolving global business and premises management needs. The role will provide strategic and technical support in premises management to promote operational efficiency and cost reduction through space optimization, common premises initiatives, office renovations, and construction projects. The position will also contribute to maintaining safe, accessible, sustainable, and functional working environments that support staff well-being and operational continuity in UNICEF office in NYHQ.
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