UNICEF’s Operations Centre supports this mandate by providing 24/7 real-time global situational awareness and crisis communication, enabling risk-informed decision-making across the organization. By maintaining a continuous picture of emerging and evolving situations, OPSCEN enables UNICEF’s efforts to support children and families and serves as a vital communication bridge between Headquarters and field offices. This role is for professionals who are comfortable operating at the centre of a global organization. As an OPSCEN Associate, you will serve as a first point of contact for UNICEF personnel in the field and contribute to the team’s shared responsibility for maintaining situational awareness by ensuring the availability of real time data and reporting, in support of timely and coordinated action. Following its relocation from New York to Rome, OPSCEN is entering an exciting new phase, with a clear vision to strengthen its role as UNICEF’s global emergency operations and crisis communication service. This includes expanding and refining its suite of products and services, with a strong emphasis on innovation, application of technology, adaptability, and creative approaches to how information is captured, analyzed, presented, and shared. The work is delivered through a rotational shift system grounded in established operational best practices, ensuring continuity, predictable scheduling, and formal compensatory arrangements. The environment values professionalism, reliability, and mutual accountability; and those selected will undertake a structured onboarding and training period designed to ensure a clear understanding of OPSCEN’s internal guidelines, processes, tools, and expectations.
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.
An exciting and challenging opportunity is now available within the UNICEF Burundi Country Office for a highly motivated and dedicated Deputy Representative, Operations (P-4). The Operations function serves as a strategic Business Partner within the Senior Management Team, enabling programme delivery and ensuring the effective use of UNICEF resources and assets in line with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children. In an increasingly complex operational and partnership environment, the function supports the Head of the Office in managing the office and monitoring operations and programmes as needed, while advising on effective and innovative management practices to strengthen office performance. The function also helps address exceptional situations through a risk-informed approach, engaging relevant HQ and regional office stakeholders to secure support and required authorizations when necessary.
The Construction Officer is responsible for providing technical support to construction activities at the Country Office level, including planning, support to procurement, and monitoring of construction works on site. The position supports the preparation of design and technical documents, assists procurement processes, and ensures effective monitoring of construction projects in compliance with UNICEF norms and standards. The Construction Officer collaborates closely with Programme and Operations sections and coordinates with government counterparts to ensure construction interventions meet programmatic needs and contribute to results for children.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
UNICEF is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Operations Associate (G-7) to join the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bangkok. In this dynamic role, you will support the delivery of efficient and compliant operational services across finance, procurement, asset management, and logistics, working closely with programme teams, Common Service Centres (CSCs), and partners.You will play a key role in strengthening coordination, improving processes, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations that enable teams to deliver results for children. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to global programme excellence while working in a collaborative, multi-functional environment and supporting impactful initiatives that advance UNICEF’s mission for children worldwide.
The Fund Raising Officer (Loyalty & Retention) is responsible for strengthening long-term relationships with individual donors to ensure sustainable fundraising growth. The role supports the planning, implementation, and monitoring of donor retention, cultivation, and value maximization strategies, contributing to increased donor engagement and lifetime value.
The Fundraising Officer (Acquisition) supports the planning, implementation, and optimization of donor acquisition strategies across multiple fundraising channels. The role is responsible for managing acquisition campaigns, monitoring performance, identifying growth opportunities, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, and contributing to the achievement of UNICEF Ecuador’s fundraising objectives.
UNICEF is seeking a dynamic Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Specialist to join the Generation Unlimited (GenU) team in New York. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a global partnership working to ensure that every young person is in school, learning, training or employment by 2030. The role offers the chance to lead and strengthen global MERL systems, support evidence-based decision-making, and work closely with partners across governments, UN agencies, and the private sector to design and scale innovative solutions for youth. If you are passionate about using data, evidence and learning to drive impact at scale and improve outcomes for adolescents and young people worldwide, we encourage you to apply.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide expert-level legal, technical, strategic, and coordination leadership for the implementation of the Action “Strengthening Child Justice and Protection Systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
The consultant will act as the lead technical and strategic advisor for the Access to Justice / Child Justice domain, ensuring coherence, quality, and alignment of all interventions with EU standards, CRC principles, and national legal frameworks.
UNICEF Liberia is seeking to hire a qualified and experienced driver who will provide reliable and safe driving services while ensuring compliance with local traffic rules and UNICEF protocols. If you are an experienced driver, we strongly encourage you to apply.
UNICEF Cameroun Co is looking for a potential Construction Specialist to manage education-related construction projects, including planning, procurement support, and on-site monitoring. The role works closely with UNICEF Operations and provides technical guidance to government and partners to ensure effective project delivery and results for children.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors. UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations. This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
The operation officer (Talent Management & Capacity Building) will work with the global operations community focused on field offices (Country and Regional Offices) to support building operations talent management and technical capacity building efforts on the ground as well as strengthening the operations community of practice.
Are you passionate about communication and storytelling? UNICEF GSSC offers an exciting opportunity to create impactful content for internal and external audiences and to work in the GSSC broadcasting studio, bringing stories and messages to life through high-quality multimedia production.
The People & Culture Specialist in RAS (P-3) provides recruitment administration and acts as a technical, operational and knowledge transfer focal point for assigned portfolios with a focus on emergencies. The role ensures quality assurance, supports work planning and workload coordination, manages complex/priority recruitment cases, investigations, escalations, and contributes to performance monitoring and process improvement within the RAS service model.
UNICEF is looking for an Education Consultant professional who can contribute to the results envisioned under the PROSPECTS II Partnership programme, particularly to help advance young people’s engagement and meaningful participation in the PROSPECTS programme by partnering with young leaders, putting young people at the front and center, and integrating their engagement in our interventions and outputs.
The Education specialist will support the establishment and roll-out of projects to support adolescent and youth engagement, participation, and empowerment, as well as the development of skills.
If you have the required profile, you are highly encouraged to apply. Taking up this assignment is motivating and rewarding.
Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief, Education, P-4, the Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of education programmes/projects within the Iraq Country Programme Document 2025-2029.
The assignment aims to provide technical support to the UNICEF Social Policy team in Somalia to advance its Local Governance and Public Finance for Children (PF4C) agenda. This includes conducting district, state, and national-level PF4C analyses; supporting targeted capacity development of government counterparts; and strengthening budget transparency and openness, including citizen participation, social accountability, and oversight mechanisms.
UNICEF Bangladesh is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to serve as Chief of Child Protection (P-5), a critical senior role at the forefront of advancing children’s rights in one of the world’s most complex development and humanitarian contexts. Leading a high-impact programme that spans systems strengthening, policy advocacy, and emergency response—including large-scale refugee operations—the incumbent will drive sustainable solutions to protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and harmful practices. Reporting to senior leadership, the Chief will oversee the full programme cycle, build strong partnerships with government and key stakeholders, and champion innovation to deliver measurable results for the most vulnerable children. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the formulation and delivery of UNICEF Bangladesh’s next five‑year Country Programme (2028–2032) and to lead designing of an innovative programme that accelerates impactful results for children.
UNICEF’s Operations Centre supports this mandate by providing 24/7 real-time global situational awareness and crisis communication, enabling risk-informed decision-making across the organization. By maintaining a continuous picture of emerging and evolving situations, OPSCEN enables UNICEF’s efforts to support children and families and serves as a vital communication bridge between Headquarters and field offices. This role is for professionals who are comfortable operating at the centre of a global organization. As an OPSCEN Associate, you will serve as a first point of contact for UNICEF personnel in the field and contribute to the team’s shared responsibility for maintaining situational awareness by ensuring the availability of real time data and reporting, in support of timely and coordinated action. Following its relocation from New York to Rome, OPSCEN is entering an exciting new phase, with a clear vision to strengthen its role as UNICEF’s global emergency operations and crisis communication service. This includes expanding and refining its suite of products and services, with a strong emphasis on innovation, application of technology, adaptability, and creative approaches to how information is captured, analyzed, presented, and shared. The work is delivered through a rotational shift system grounded in established operational best practices, ensuring continuity, predictable scheduling, and formal compensatory arrangements. The environment values professionalism, reliability, and mutual accountability; and those selected will undertake a structured onboarding and training period designed to ensure a clear understanding of OPSCEN’s internal guidelines, processes, tools, and expectations.
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.
An exciting and challenging opportunity is now available within the UNICEF Burundi Country Office for a highly motivated and dedicated Deputy Representative, Operations (P-4). The Operations function serves as a strategic Business Partner within the Senior Management Team, enabling programme delivery and ensuring the effective use of UNICEF resources and assets in line with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children. In an increasingly complex operational and partnership environment, the function supports the Head of the Office in managing the office and monitoring operations and programmes as needed, while advising on effective and innovative management practices to strengthen office performance. The function also helps address exceptional situations through a risk-informed approach, engaging relevant HQ and regional office stakeholders to secure support and required authorizations when necessary.
The Construction Officer is responsible for providing technical support to construction activities at the Country Office level, including planning, support to procurement, and monitoring of construction works on site. The position supports the preparation of design and technical documents, assists procurement processes, and ensures effective monitoring of construction projects in compliance with UNICEF norms and standards. The Construction Officer collaborates closely with Programme and Operations sections and coordinates with government counterparts to ensure construction interventions meet programmatic needs and contribute to results for children.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
UNICEF is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Operations Associate (G-7) to join the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bangkok. In this dynamic role, you will support the delivery of efficient and compliant operational services across finance, procurement, asset management, and logistics, working closely with programme teams, Common Service Centres (CSCs), and partners.You will play a key role in strengthening coordination, improving processes, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations that enable teams to deliver results for children. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to global programme excellence while working in a collaborative, multi-functional environment and supporting impactful initiatives that advance UNICEF’s mission for children worldwide.
The Fund Raising Officer (Loyalty & Retention) is responsible for strengthening long-term relationships with individual donors to ensure sustainable fundraising growth. The role supports the planning, implementation, and monitoring of donor retention, cultivation, and value maximization strategies, contributing to increased donor engagement and lifetime value.
The Fundraising Officer (Acquisition) supports the planning, implementation, and optimization of donor acquisition strategies across multiple fundraising channels. The role is responsible for managing acquisition campaigns, monitoring performance, identifying growth opportunities, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, and contributing to the achievement of UNICEF Ecuador’s fundraising objectives.
UNICEF is seeking a dynamic Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Specialist to join the Generation Unlimited (GenU) team in New York. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a global partnership working to ensure that every young person is in school, learning, training or employment by 2030. The role offers the chance to lead and strengthen global MERL systems, support evidence-based decision-making, and work closely with partners across governments, UN agencies, and the private sector to design and scale innovative solutions for youth. If you are passionate about using data, evidence and learning to drive impact at scale and improve outcomes for adolescents and young people worldwide, we encourage you to apply.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide expert-level legal, technical, strategic, and coordination leadership for the implementation of the Action “Strengthening Child Justice and Protection Systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
The consultant will act as the lead technical and strategic advisor for the Access to Justice / Child Justice domain, ensuring coherence, quality, and alignment of all interventions with EU standards, CRC principles, and national legal frameworks.
UNICEF Liberia is seeking to hire a qualified and experienced driver who will provide reliable and safe driving services while ensuring compliance with local traffic rules and UNICEF protocols. If you are an experienced driver, we strongly encourage you to apply.
UNICEF Cameroun Co is looking for a potential Construction Specialist to manage education-related construction projects, including planning, procurement support, and on-site monitoring. The role works closely with UNICEF Operations and provides technical guidance to government and partners to ensure effective project delivery and results for children.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors. UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations. This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
The operation officer (Talent Management & Capacity Building) will work with the global operations community focused on field offices (Country and Regional Offices) to support building operations talent management and technical capacity building efforts on the ground as well as strengthening the operations community of practice.
Are you passionate about communication and storytelling? UNICEF GSSC offers an exciting opportunity to create impactful content for internal and external audiences and to work in the GSSC broadcasting studio, bringing stories and messages to life through high-quality multimedia production.
The People & Culture Specialist in RAS (P-3) provides recruitment administration and acts as a technical, operational and knowledge transfer focal point for assigned portfolios with a focus on emergencies. The role ensures quality assurance, supports work planning and workload coordination, manages complex/priority recruitment cases, investigations, escalations, and contributes to performance monitoring and process improvement within the RAS service model.
UNICEF is looking for an Education Consultant professional who can contribute to the results envisioned under the PROSPECTS II Partnership programme, particularly to help advance young people’s engagement and meaningful participation in the PROSPECTS programme by partnering with young leaders, putting young people at the front and center, and integrating their engagement in our interventions and outputs.
The Education specialist will support the establishment and roll-out of projects to support adolescent and youth engagement, participation, and empowerment, as well as the development of skills.
If you have the required profile, you are highly encouraged to apply. Taking up this assignment is motivating and rewarding.
Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief, Education, P-4, the Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of education programmes/projects within the Iraq Country Programme Document 2025-2029.
The assignment aims to provide technical support to the UNICEF Social Policy team in Somalia to advance its Local Governance and Public Finance for Children (PF4C) agenda. This includes conducting district, state, and national-level PF4C analyses; supporting targeted capacity development of government counterparts; and strengthening budget transparency and openness, including citizen participation, social accountability, and oversight mechanisms.
UNICEF Bangladesh is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to serve as Chief of Child Protection (P-5), a critical senior role at the forefront of advancing children’s rights in one of the world’s most complex development and humanitarian contexts. Leading a high-impact programme that spans systems strengthening, policy advocacy, and emergency response—including large-scale refugee operations—the incumbent will drive sustainable solutions to protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and harmful practices. Reporting to senior leadership, the Chief will oversee the full programme cycle, build strong partnerships with government and key stakeholders, and champion innovation to deliver measurable results for the most vulnerable children. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the formulation and delivery of UNICEF Bangladesh’s next five‑year Country Programme (2028–2032) and to lead designing of an innovative programme that accelerates impactful results for children.
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