The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
EMOPS serves as UNICEF’s central hub for coordinating and managing humanitarian action worldwide. It ensures that UNICEF is proactively prepared for emergencies and responds effectively when crises strike. This includes overseeing policy development, emergency financing (e.g., Global Humanitarian Thematic, Emergency Programme Funds, preparedness funding), and supporting Country and Regional Offices in preparedness, deployment of surge staff, and rapid response execution. EMOPS also leads UNICEF’s role in inter-agency coordination and cluster leadership and manages the 24/7 Operations Centre and global support infrastructure.
The Partnerships, Resources Mobilization/Advocacy and Communication position is designed to step resource mobilization and deepen engagement, policy influence and advocacy with a wide range of partners and to accelerate action on innovative financing, public-private partnerships, climate finance and innovative alliances with civil society, religious leaders, influencers, media and the private sector.
UNICEF PERU
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment
Post No. 132754
Job Title/Level: Education Officer (Foundational Learning) / NOA
Supervisor Title/Level: Education Specialist /NOC
Organizational Unit: Programme Section
Post Location: Lima, Peru Country Office
Period of contract: 7 months
As an Education Officer (Foundational Learning) in UNICEF you will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Peru by providing professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programs/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical program information specially in term of strengthening government capacities for designing and implementing inclusive secondary education policies with relevance and quality, to ensure successful trajectories for indigenous, rural and urban-marginal adolescents.
UNICEF Ghana seeks the services of a highly experienced professional with a profound commitment to achieving impactful result for every child. Join UNICEF Ghana team as a national consultant to lead a comprehensive analysis of Ghana’s nutrition budget for 2019–2024, using the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement methodology. The analysis will enable nutrition-relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) and partners to advocate for increased, efficient, and equitable investments in nutrition. It will also inform future budget planning, advocacy for budget coding and tagging, donor alignment, and integration of nutrition into sectoral strategies, ensuring coherence across national and sub-national levels.
The contract is based in Accra-Ghana and for a duration of 6.3months. The consultant will report to the Nutrition Manager. ONLY Ghanaian nationals are eligible to apply.
The HIV/AIDS Officer reports to the HIV/AIDS manager for supervision, and, will provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the adolescent SRHR and HIV programmes/projects including the
Global Fund AGYW Strategic Initiative within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting of results.
For every child, the right to health.
The position of Programme Officer (Climate & Environment) (#133595) at the NO-B level in the Malaysia Country Office, in the section of Programme, reports to the Programme Specialist (Climate & Environment) #114103, who is at the NOC level.
The Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (OIAI) reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for internal audit and investigation services to UNICEF. OIAI provides independent, objective assurance on the effectiveness of risk management and the effectiveness and adequacy of internal controls.
The Investigations Section is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of misconduct, such as sexual exploitation and abuse, serious child safeguarding violations, gross mismanagement, fraud, corruption, retaliation against whistle-blowers, workplace harassment, abuse of authority, violation or willful disregard of UNICEF regulations, rules and administrative instructions that involve UNICEF staff, and relevant non-staff personnel. The Section is also tasked with investigating allegations of certain types of wrongdoing by third parties, such as sexual exploitation and abuse and serious child safeguarding violations as well as fraud and corruption, committed to the detriment of UNICEF.
OIAI conducts investigations in accordance with the International Uniform Principles and Guidelines for Investigations adopted at the 10th Conference of International Investigators and the OIAI Investigations Manual. The OIAI Investigations Section comprises three teams across three geographic locations: the Investigations Unit, which has members based in New York, Budapest and Nairobi; a dedicated Fraud Team based in New York; and the Strategy, Intake and Analysis (SIA) Unit based in New York. The Investigations Unit handles cases predicated for investigation and certain complex and/or high-priority assessments. The Fraud team is dedicated to handling fraud and corruption matters implicating UNICEF personnel as well as third parties. The SIA Unit handles intake and initial assessments of new matters; policy, strategic and donor-related initiatives; and quality assurance reviews of investigation and other reports.
The Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), based in Geneva, aims to achieve sustainable impact for children – income and influence at scale – by maximizing UNICEF's private fundraising, partnerships, and engagement activities, including collaboration with National Committees, regional, and country offices, for the realization of children's rights. The Humanitarian Funding Unit within the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section of PFP supports National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) Countries and leads global efforts across the organization to maximize funding opportunities through and for humanitarian crises and sudden-onset disasters.
Over the last 5 years, on average, 66% of private sector funding has gone to only 3 HAC appeals – many of them high-profile, media-covered emergencies. Although we will continue to leverage media-driven crises, our universal mandate requires a more sustainable and equitable distribution of funding across emergencies, particularly for Chronically Underfunded Emergencies (CUEs). Chronically Underfunded Emergencies are crises characterized by long-term humanitarian needs that often span years or even decades. These emergencies typically occur in regions affected by chronic displacement, ongoing conflicts, or recurring natural disasters such as drought.
The consultancy aims to develop a curriculum for in-service training tailored to the bodies of internal affairs (police) to support the implementation of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the Protection of Children from All Forms of Violence. It also seeks to enhance the teaching capacities of staff at the In-Service Training Institute, the Academy of the Bodies of Internal Affairs, and selected master trainers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) to effectively deliver these training courses. Additionally, the consultant will co-facilitate one roll-out training session for inspector psychologists, community inspectors, and inspectors for women’s affairs within the bodies of internal affairs.
This assignment will contribute to the holistic reintegration and well-being of families by ensuring high-quality psychosocial care, integration with social service systems, and alignment with international MHPSS standards and trauma-informed interventions.
The consultancy will address these gaps by strengthening national learning and skills assessment practices across South Asia so that they provide a reliable foundation for system accountability, inform classroom practice, and remain relevant in development and emergency contexts.
Join our UNICEF Timor-Leste team and help shape a better future for every child. As Programme Assistant (G5), you will provide a broad range of administrative, operational, and procedural support to the Programme Section. Working under the close guidance of the supervisor, you will help implement, monitor, and deliver programme results in line with UNICEF’s rules and regulations. Your work will span key areas including programme and project support, administrative and financial processes, operations and travel arrangements, logistics for events and knowledge management.
As a founding member of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, and in alignment with both the Immunization Agenda 2030 and the UNICEF Gender Action Plan (2026–2029), UNICEF is intensifying its efforts to integrate gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls throughout its immunization and health programming.
To support this initiative, UNICEF is establishing a dedicated team of consultants to strengthen capacity, provide specialized and sustained expertise, and offer help-desk support to UNICEF country offices and partners.
The selected consultants will be tasked with delivering targeted, context-specific support for gender in immunization country programming, monitoring, and advocacy. They will also contribute to building collective knowledge by systematically capturing experiences and best practices from gender-focused immunization and health initiatives undertaken by UNICEF and its partners
This role focuses on managing high-volume recruitment, particularly in the Global Ringfencing Recruitment Exercise, coordinating HR processes, and building capacity among local HR focal points within the Division.
This ToR relates specifically to the Learning and Leadership Development Consultant role. The consultant will bring expertise in adult learning, leadership development, and organizational culture, and will focus on how managers engage with and apply the MSP in practice. They will support data collection and analysis with a particular emphasis on behaviour change, learning transfer, and organizational dynamics, and will help ensure that findings and recommendations are grounded in practical understanding of leadership development in complex organizations.
Full details of the evaluation are provided in the Terms of Reference for the Evaluation of the Manager Support Programme (see here).
This ToR relates specifically to the Senior Evaluation Consultant role. The consultant will provide methodological leadership and team coordination, oversee data collection and analysis, ensure coherence and quality across deliverables, and facilitate participatory processes such as sensemaking and co-creation workshops.
Full details of the evaluation are provided in the Terms of Reference for the Evaluation of the Manager Support Programme
Under the supervision of a Contracts Specialist from the Digital Supply Unit, the Senior Consultant will lead and advise on large-scale procurement initiatives for Internet connectivity and associated services for schools and healthcare centres, primarily for the African continent, in compliance with Giga’s technical requirements and local country’s expectations. This role requires a strategic thinker and execution-oriented professional with deep knowledge of the public procurement lifecycle, connectivity service specifics and challenges, vendor negotiation, and compliance with regional and international procurement standards.
UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to hire a passionate and dedicated Child Protection Officer. The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Manager for supervision. The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
EMOPS serves as UNICEF’s central hub for coordinating and managing humanitarian action worldwide. It ensures that UNICEF is proactively prepared for emergencies and responds effectively when crises strike. This includes overseeing policy development, emergency financing (e.g., Global Humanitarian Thematic, Emergency Programme Funds, preparedness funding), and supporting Country and Regional Offices in preparedness, deployment of surge staff, and rapid response execution. EMOPS also leads UNICEF’s role in inter-agency coordination and cluster leadership and manages the 24/7 Operations Centre and global support infrastructure.
The Partnerships, Resources Mobilization/Advocacy and Communication position is designed to step resource mobilization and deepen engagement, policy influence and advocacy with a wide range of partners and to accelerate action on innovative financing, public-private partnerships, climate finance and innovative alliances with civil society, religious leaders, influencers, media and the private sector.
UNICEF PERU
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment
Post No. 132754
Job Title/Level: Education Officer (Foundational Learning) / NOA
Supervisor Title/Level: Education Specialist /NOC
Organizational Unit: Programme Section
Post Location: Lima, Peru Country Office
Period of contract: 7 months
As an Education Officer (Foundational Learning) in UNICEF you will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Peru by providing professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programs/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical program information specially in term of strengthening government capacities for designing and implementing inclusive secondary education policies with relevance and quality, to ensure successful trajectories for indigenous, rural and urban-marginal adolescents.
UNICEF Ghana seeks the services of a highly experienced professional with a profound commitment to achieving impactful result for every child. Join UNICEF Ghana team as a national consultant to lead a comprehensive analysis of Ghana’s nutrition budget for 2019–2024, using the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement methodology. The analysis will enable nutrition-relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) and partners to advocate for increased, efficient, and equitable investments in nutrition. It will also inform future budget planning, advocacy for budget coding and tagging, donor alignment, and integration of nutrition into sectoral strategies, ensuring coherence across national and sub-national levels.
The contract is based in Accra-Ghana and for a duration of 6.3months. The consultant will report to the Nutrition Manager. ONLY Ghanaian nationals are eligible to apply.
The HIV/AIDS Officer reports to the HIV/AIDS manager for supervision, and, will provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the adolescent SRHR and HIV programmes/projects including the
Global Fund AGYW Strategic Initiative within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting of results.
For every child, the right to health.
The position of Programme Officer (Climate & Environment) (#133595) at the NO-B level in the Malaysia Country Office, in the section of Programme, reports to the Programme Specialist (Climate & Environment) #114103, who is at the NOC level.
The Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (OIAI) reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for internal audit and investigation services to UNICEF. OIAI provides independent, objective assurance on the effectiveness of risk management and the effectiveness and adequacy of internal controls.
The Investigations Section is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of misconduct, such as sexual exploitation and abuse, serious child safeguarding violations, gross mismanagement, fraud, corruption, retaliation against whistle-blowers, workplace harassment, abuse of authority, violation or willful disregard of UNICEF regulations, rules and administrative instructions that involve UNICEF staff, and relevant non-staff personnel. The Section is also tasked with investigating allegations of certain types of wrongdoing by third parties, such as sexual exploitation and abuse and serious child safeguarding violations as well as fraud and corruption, committed to the detriment of UNICEF.
OIAI conducts investigations in accordance with the International Uniform Principles and Guidelines for Investigations adopted at the 10th Conference of International Investigators and the OIAI Investigations Manual. The OIAI Investigations Section comprises three teams across three geographic locations: the Investigations Unit, which has members based in New York, Budapest and Nairobi; a dedicated Fraud Team based in New York; and the Strategy, Intake and Analysis (SIA) Unit based in New York. The Investigations Unit handles cases predicated for investigation and certain complex and/or high-priority assessments. The Fraud team is dedicated to handling fraud and corruption matters implicating UNICEF personnel as well as third parties. The SIA Unit handles intake and initial assessments of new matters; policy, strategic and donor-related initiatives; and quality assurance reviews of investigation and other reports.
The Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), based in Geneva, aims to achieve sustainable impact for children – income and influence at scale – by maximizing UNICEF's private fundraising, partnerships, and engagement activities, including collaboration with National Committees, regional, and country offices, for the realization of children's rights. The Humanitarian Funding Unit within the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section of PFP supports National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) Countries and leads global efforts across the organization to maximize funding opportunities through and for humanitarian crises and sudden-onset disasters.
Over the last 5 years, on average, 66% of private sector funding has gone to only 3 HAC appeals – many of them high-profile, media-covered emergencies. Although we will continue to leverage media-driven crises, our universal mandate requires a more sustainable and equitable distribution of funding across emergencies, particularly for Chronically Underfunded Emergencies (CUEs). Chronically Underfunded Emergencies are crises characterized by long-term humanitarian needs that often span years or even decades. These emergencies typically occur in regions affected by chronic displacement, ongoing conflicts, or recurring natural disasters such as drought.
The consultancy aims to develop a curriculum for in-service training tailored to the bodies of internal affairs (police) to support the implementation of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the Protection of Children from All Forms of Violence. It also seeks to enhance the teaching capacities of staff at the In-Service Training Institute, the Academy of the Bodies of Internal Affairs, and selected master trainers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) to effectively deliver these training courses. Additionally, the consultant will co-facilitate one roll-out training session for inspector psychologists, community inspectors, and inspectors for women’s affairs within the bodies of internal affairs.
This assignment will contribute to the holistic reintegration and well-being of families by ensuring high-quality psychosocial care, integration with social service systems, and alignment with international MHPSS standards and trauma-informed interventions.
The consultancy will address these gaps by strengthening national learning and skills assessment practices across South Asia so that they provide a reliable foundation for system accountability, inform classroom practice, and remain relevant in development and emergency contexts.
Join our UNICEF Timor-Leste team and help shape a better future for every child. As Programme Assistant (G5), you will provide a broad range of administrative, operational, and procedural support to the Programme Section. Working under the close guidance of the supervisor, you will help implement, monitor, and deliver programme results in line with UNICEF’s rules and regulations. Your work will span key areas including programme and project support, administrative and financial processes, operations and travel arrangements, logistics for events and knowledge management.
As a founding member of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, and in alignment with both the Immunization Agenda 2030 and the UNICEF Gender Action Plan (2026–2029), UNICEF is intensifying its efforts to integrate gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls throughout its immunization and health programming.
To support this initiative, UNICEF is establishing a dedicated team of consultants to strengthen capacity, provide specialized and sustained expertise, and offer help-desk support to UNICEF country offices and partners.
The selected consultants will be tasked with delivering targeted, context-specific support for gender in immunization country programming, monitoring, and advocacy. They will also contribute to building collective knowledge by systematically capturing experiences and best practices from gender-focused immunization and health initiatives undertaken by UNICEF and its partners
This role focuses on managing high-volume recruitment, particularly in the Global Ringfencing Recruitment Exercise, coordinating HR processes, and building capacity among local HR focal points within the Division.
This ToR relates specifically to the Learning and Leadership Development Consultant role. The consultant will bring expertise in adult learning, leadership development, and organizational culture, and will focus on how managers engage with and apply the MSP in practice. They will support data collection and analysis with a particular emphasis on behaviour change, learning transfer, and organizational dynamics, and will help ensure that findings and recommendations are grounded in practical understanding of leadership development in complex organizations.
Full details of the evaluation are provided in the Terms of Reference for the Evaluation of the Manager Support Programme (see here).
This ToR relates specifically to the Senior Evaluation Consultant role. The consultant will provide methodological leadership and team coordination, oversee data collection and analysis, ensure coherence and quality across deliverables, and facilitate participatory processes such as sensemaking and co-creation workshops.
Full details of the evaluation are provided in the Terms of Reference for the Evaluation of the Manager Support Programme
Under the supervision of a Contracts Specialist from the Digital Supply Unit, the Senior Consultant will lead and advise on large-scale procurement initiatives for Internet connectivity and associated services for schools and healthcare centres, primarily for the African continent, in compliance with Giga’s technical requirements and local country’s expectations. This role requires a strategic thinker and execution-oriented professional with deep knowledge of the public procurement lifecycle, connectivity service specifics and challenges, vendor negotiation, and compliance with regional and international procurement standards.
UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to hire a passionate and dedicated Child Protection Officer. The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Manager for supervision. The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results
