The Ministry of Education of Zambia, through the Directorate of Teacher Education and Specialised Services is committed to strengthening and improving the quality of provision of School Guidance and Counselling services to better support learners nationwide. In pursuit of this goal, the Ministry seeks to review and update its Guidelines on Administration and Management of Guidance and Counselling in the Education System to ensure relevance, effectiveness, inclusiveness, alignment with national policy and legal frameworks and with international evidence and best practices. To facilitate this process, UNICEF on behalf of the Ministry of Education is seeking the services of an Individual Consultant for a three-month engagement from April to July 2026. To work closely with the Ministry of Education and various multi-sectorial stakeholders to provide a document that is relevant and response to emerging challenges related to the learners academic, social, and emotional well-being.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
Under the direct supervision of the Contracts Manager and the overall management of the Chief of Supply & Logistics, the role provides support of end-to-end procurement and contract processes in line with the UNICEF procedures for all types of services especially construction, consultancy and other types of service categories in support of Programme and operations in UNICEF Afghanistan country office. This involves active engagement with requesting sections, field offices, other UN Agencies, and contractors. Key activities include tender processing on intend, request status tracker updates and monitoring, UNGM uploads, consolidation of tender information and drafting procurement outcome reports including financial evaluation and consolidation, contract issuance and amendment requests in compliance with UNICEF Supply procedures.
UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire is seeking a dedicated Nutrition Specialist. Do you want to contribute to life-changing nutrition projects by managing and guiding program development from inception to evaluation, and have the necessary qualifications ? Apply and join us ! Your role will involve technical support, strategic planning, and ensuring adherence to UNICEF standards. If you are committed to fostering sustainable nutrition solutions for mothers and children, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to lead meaningful change.
Under the supervision of the Operations Manager P4, the Rome Common Services Center (CSC) will be newly established following the relocation of several UNICEF HQ Divisions to Rome, where they will be co-located with WFP HQ. This move is part of the Future Focus Initiative, aimed at achieving cost savings and supporting broader UN80 objectives. The Rome CSC will play a critical role in delivering operational support to all UNICEF Divisions based at WFP HQ, as well as coordinating closely with WFP on the services provided to UNICEF staff.
Under the direct supervision of the People and Culture Officer, the People and Culture Associate is responsible for supporting individual consultancy contracts, low-value transactions, HR administrative services – system, procedural and operational support in compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations with a high degree of customer orientation.
The People & Culture Associate performs highly skilled tasks, manages complex cases and client requests, which frequently requires the evaluation of urgent and complex situations, understanding of staff entitlements, host country regulations for protocol and privileges, and UNICEF procedures and processes to resolve issues timely with a focus on attention to details, sensitive to the needs of the clients, while applying relevant procedures. May perform Officer in Charge to P2 People & Culture Officer during absences.
As UNICEF Libya prepares for the next Country Programme cycle (2028-2032), a comprehensive Situation Analysis (SitAn) is required to provide evidence-based insights on the state of child rights and well-being in Libya. This analysis will inform strategic planning, policy dialogue, and programme design to ensure that UNICEF’s interventions achieve lasting and transformational changes for children and adolescents, particularly the most vulnerable and marginalized.
The objective of this consultancy is to work under the supervision of the ADAP Officer and in close cooperation with national partners to design, plan, and ensure the effective implementation of skills development programmes that reach the most disadvantaged youth. The consultant will coordinate and monitor programme delivery, while systematically tracking results and impact on participants.
India Country Office is seeking an experienced Education Specialist responsible for providing technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of results on education programmes/projects to improve learning outcomes and equitable and inclusive education, especially for children who are marginalized, disadvantaged and excluded in society. The position requires a candidate with ability to apply differentiated strategies (convening, converging, catalysing, influencing, advocating, leveraging, monitoring, building senior-level partnerships, south-south cooperation) to education programming in an upstream context.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the preparation of district-level analytical products based on MICS 2025 results, including district reports, divisional synthesis reports, and visual data products such as maps and statistical graphics. These analytical outputs will support evidence-based planning and programme prioritization at national and subnational levels.
The Senior Driver, at the G-3 level, provides reliable and safe driving services to the head of office, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol, whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The Planning & Monitoring Officer reports to the Programme Manager NOD for supervision. Under the guidance of the supervisor, the Planning & Monitoring Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programme design, planning, implementation and monitoring process, in support of programme goals and objectives. This includes preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to planning, implementation, monitoring, oversight, data and information management and reporting to ensure that programmes are carried out and monitored according to national workplans. It also includes contributing to the monitoring and analysis of the situation of children’s rights, supporting the regular generation and use of disaggregated data and evidence to inform policy and programming, and strengthening national capacities for child rights monitoring.
The consultants will provide technical and operational support across the full programme cycle at national and subnational levels, including policy dialogue, coordination, and implementation support.
The post of Operations Manager, Common Services Center (CSC) reports to the PFP Deputy Director, Operations and Finance. The role will provide strategic leadership and overall direction to the CSC activities to support UNICEF’s core values and business objectives.
The incumbent will lead the multi-disciplinary teams and manage cross-functional services that directly impact the CSC performance. As a Strategic Business Partner, the incumbent will be responsible for leading results, drive change, provide risk informed, solution-focused analysis, and contribute to delivering results for children.
The CSC serves multiple Divisions including their Senior Management team with very specific functional needs and work mandates. The role has a critical accountability to these Divisions, must balance competing priorities while ensuring equity in service delivery and maintain neutrality across the diverse mandates.
The Administrative and Finance Specialist reports to the Chief of Rome Common Services for general direction and guidance. The specialist is responsible for providing support to the Chief of Common Services in managing, monitoring and overseeing the full range of financial and administrative services in support of operational activities ensuring compliance with organizational plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of performance, ethics, and integrity.
In addition, the Administrative and Finance Specialist is also accountable for providing support to the Chief of Common Services in overall running of the office, quality assurance of services provided and staff capacity development.
The Administration and Finance Specialist, when supervising support staff, will be responsible for planning and guiding work in progress and for reviewing work completed by subordinate staff to verify accuracy and compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), UNICEF Financial Regulation and Rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of accountability, and ethics.
In summary, the Administrative and Finance Specialist will be responsible for the management of the Finance, and Administration units for UNICEF Rome Common Services Centre, providing technical guidance, demand management, timely action, and quality assurance of services. The post will serve as a back-up to the P4 Common CSC Operations Manager and P2 People and Culture Officer, as required.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for Education Specialist (Foundational Skills) who will support the development and preparation of the education programme, particularly activities related to foundational (literacy and numeracy) learning, including gender and disability inclusive education in the context of reaching ‘last mile’ learners in early education, overall education sector system capacity strengthening, including informed by key research programmes. This is a Temporary Appointment contract with duration of 5 months.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for a Nutrition Officer who will support the Nutrition Specialist NCO, School age and adolescent nutrition and under the general guidance of Chief Nutrition in strengthening efforts to prevent overweight and obesity among children under five, school-age children, adolescents and women. The officer will contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of integrated nutrition interventions that promote healthy diets, physical activity and healthy food environments through health facility, school and community platforms. Specifically, the Nutrition Officer will provide technical and operational support to relevant government counterparts, including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and other line ministries, in integrating overweight and obesity prevention into existing nutrition, health and school-based programmes. This includes contributing to the development or revision of technical guidelines, tools, training modules and communication materials that promote balanced diets, improved food environments and healthy behaviours across the life course. The officer will also support programme planning, coordination and implementation, including engagement with government partners, UN agencies and other stakeholders to strengthen multisectoral approaches to obesity prevention. In addition, he/she will contribute to programme monitoring, documentation of good practices and reporting of results to ensure evidence-based implementation and continuous programme improvement. This is a Temporary Appointment contract with duration of 364 days.
UNICEF Surabaya is looking for a Nutrition Officer who will provide programme/ technical, operational, and administrative support to provincial and district governments across West Java, Central Java, and East Java. The position will support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination of UNICEF- supported nutrition programmes while strengthening partnerships with local governments, universities, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to improve nutrition outcomes. This is a Temporary Appointment contract with duration of 364 days.
UNICEF Cambodia is seeking an international consultant for Development of Standard Social Health Protection Benefit Package and Costing Model for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Cambodia. The assignment requires an advanced university degree in the field of public health, health economics, development studies, public policy and related fields along with a minimum of 8 years of experiences in working on health financing/costing. Knowledge of UHC roadmap, framework and model including system assessment and design and research is an asset.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children and promoting inclusive development, we invite you to apply and join our mission.
As a key driver of donor growth within the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFR) team’s Individual Giving unit, the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition Lead) plays a central role in executing the strategy to expand UNICEF’s supporter base. Anchored in the team’s broader vision to achieve sustainable income growth through segmentation and funnel-based marketing, this role leads the development and implementation of acquisition campaigns—particularly across digital channels, which are identified as critical engines for scale. By leveraging market research, optimizing conversion funnels, and managing profit and loss, the incumbent ensures that acquisition efforts are data-driven, cost-effective, and aligned with UNICEF’s mission. Their leadership in campaign planning and budget oversight directly contributes to the organization’s strategic goals for 2026–2030, enhancing donor engagement and accelerating revenue growth.
Under the Acquisition unit of Individual Giving on the PSFR team, the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition lead) manages the development and implementation of strategies to attract and acquire new donors across various channels with a primary focus on Digital channels as one of the key drivers for growth. Responsibilities include profit and loss, campaign execution, market research, campaign planning, lead generation, and optimizing conversion funnels. Specifically, managing and implementing strategies to grow the organization's donor base. This role is critical in driving UNICEF's growth, enhancing donor engagement, and increasing donations. The incumbent will oversee donor acquisition campaigns, analyse acquisition data, develop an acquisition budget, and lead the donor acquisition team.
An Acquisition lead will play a key role in the Fundraising team, contributing significantly to the development of donor acquisition initiatives that promote UNICEF's mission and increase donations.
Positioned within the Acquisition unit of Individual Giving, the Fund Raising Officer (Acquisition) plays a vital role in executing UNICEF’s strategy to expand its donor base and drive sustainable revenue growth. In line with the PSFR team's strategic focus on funnel-based marketing and audience segmentation, this role supports the development and execution of targeted acquisition campaigns—especially across digital channels, which are identified as key growth drivers. By managing agency relationships, conducting market research, and optimizing lead generation and conversion, the incumbent ensures that acquisition efforts are data-informed and audience-centric. Their collaboration with the marketing team and close monitoring of campaign performance directly contribute to the team’s broader goals of enhancing donor engagement and achieving ambitious fundraising targets under the 2026–2030 strategy.
Under the Acquisition unit of Individual Giving on the PSFR team, the Fund Raising Officer (Acquisition) provides support in developing and executing campaigns to attract and acquire new donors. Responsibilities include agency management, market research, campaign planning, lead generation, and conversion optimization. This role is important in driving UNICEF's growth, enhancing donor Acquisition and increasing donations. The incumbent will plan and execute donor acquisition campaigns, monitor campaign performance, research and identify target audiences, and collaborate with the marketing team on acquisition efforts.
The Ministry of Education of Zambia, through the Directorate of Teacher Education and Specialised Services is committed to strengthening and improving the quality of provision of School Guidance and Counselling services to better support learners nationwide. In pursuit of this goal, the Ministry seeks to review and update its Guidelines on Administration and Management of Guidance and Counselling in the Education System to ensure relevance, effectiveness, inclusiveness, alignment with national policy and legal frameworks and with international evidence and best practices. To facilitate this process, UNICEF on behalf of the Ministry of Education is seeking the services of an Individual Consultant for a three-month engagement from April to July 2026. To work closely with the Ministry of Education and various multi-sectorial stakeholders to provide a document that is relevant and response to emerging challenges related to the learners academic, social, and emotional well-being.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
Under the direct supervision of the Contracts Manager and the overall management of the Chief of Supply & Logistics, the role provides support of end-to-end procurement and contract processes in line with the UNICEF procedures for all types of services especially construction, consultancy and other types of service categories in support of Programme and operations in UNICEF Afghanistan country office. This involves active engagement with requesting sections, field offices, other UN Agencies, and contractors. Key activities include tender processing on intend, request status tracker updates and monitoring, UNGM uploads, consolidation of tender information and drafting procurement outcome reports including financial evaluation and consolidation, contract issuance and amendment requests in compliance with UNICEF Supply procedures.
UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire is seeking a dedicated Nutrition Specialist. Do you want to contribute to life-changing nutrition projects by managing and guiding program development from inception to evaluation, and have the necessary qualifications ? Apply and join us ! Your role will involve technical support, strategic planning, and ensuring adherence to UNICEF standards. If you are committed to fostering sustainable nutrition solutions for mothers and children, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to lead meaningful change.
Under the supervision of the Operations Manager P4, the Rome Common Services Center (CSC) will be newly established following the relocation of several UNICEF HQ Divisions to Rome, where they will be co-located with WFP HQ. This move is part of the Future Focus Initiative, aimed at achieving cost savings and supporting broader UN80 objectives. The Rome CSC will play a critical role in delivering operational support to all UNICEF Divisions based at WFP HQ, as well as coordinating closely with WFP on the services provided to UNICEF staff.
Under the direct supervision of the People and Culture Officer, the People and Culture Associate is responsible for supporting individual consultancy contracts, low-value transactions, HR administrative services – system, procedural and operational support in compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations with a high degree of customer orientation.
The People & Culture Associate performs highly skilled tasks, manages complex cases and client requests, which frequently requires the evaluation of urgent and complex situations, understanding of staff entitlements, host country regulations for protocol and privileges, and UNICEF procedures and processes to resolve issues timely with a focus on attention to details, sensitive to the needs of the clients, while applying relevant procedures. May perform Officer in Charge to P2 People & Culture Officer during absences.
As UNICEF Libya prepares for the next Country Programme cycle (2028-2032), a comprehensive Situation Analysis (SitAn) is required to provide evidence-based insights on the state of child rights and well-being in Libya. This analysis will inform strategic planning, policy dialogue, and programme design to ensure that UNICEF’s interventions achieve lasting and transformational changes for children and adolescents, particularly the most vulnerable and marginalized.
The objective of this consultancy is to work under the supervision of the ADAP Officer and in close cooperation with national partners to design, plan, and ensure the effective implementation of skills development programmes that reach the most disadvantaged youth. The consultant will coordinate and monitor programme delivery, while systematically tracking results and impact on participants.
India Country Office is seeking an experienced Education Specialist responsible for providing technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of results on education programmes/projects to improve learning outcomes and equitable and inclusive education, especially for children who are marginalized, disadvantaged and excluded in society. The position requires a candidate with ability to apply differentiated strategies (convening, converging, catalysing, influencing, advocating, leveraging, monitoring, building senior-level partnerships, south-south cooperation) to education programming in an upstream context.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the preparation of district-level analytical products based on MICS 2025 results, including district reports, divisional synthesis reports, and visual data products such as maps and statistical graphics. These analytical outputs will support evidence-based planning and programme prioritization at national and subnational levels.
The Senior Driver, at the G-3 level, provides reliable and safe driving services to the head of office, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol, whilst ensuring compliance with local driving rules and regulations.
The Planning & Monitoring Officer reports to the Programme Manager NOD for supervision. Under the guidance of the supervisor, the Planning & Monitoring Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programme design, planning, implementation and monitoring process, in support of programme goals and objectives. This includes preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to planning, implementation, monitoring, oversight, data and information management and reporting to ensure that programmes are carried out and monitored according to national workplans. It also includes contributing to the monitoring and analysis of the situation of children’s rights, supporting the regular generation and use of disaggregated data and evidence to inform policy and programming, and strengthening national capacities for child rights monitoring.
The consultants will provide technical and operational support across the full programme cycle at national and subnational levels, including policy dialogue, coordination, and implementation support.
The post of Operations Manager, Common Services Center (CSC) reports to the PFP Deputy Director, Operations and Finance. The role will provide strategic leadership and overall direction to the CSC activities to support UNICEF’s core values and business objectives.
The incumbent will lead the multi-disciplinary teams and manage cross-functional services that directly impact the CSC performance. As a Strategic Business Partner, the incumbent will be responsible for leading results, drive change, provide risk informed, solution-focused analysis, and contribute to delivering results for children.
The CSC serves multiple Divisions including their Senior Management team with very specific functional needs and work mandates. The role has a critical accountability to these Divisions, must balance competing priorities while ensuring equity in service delivery and maintain neutrality across the diverse mandates.
The Administrative and Finance Specialist reports to the Chief of Rome Common Services for general direction and guidance. The specialist is responsible for providing support to the Chief of Common Services in managing, monitoring and overseeing the full range of financial and administrative services in support of operational activities ensuring compliance with organizational plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of performance, ethics, and integrity.
In addition, the Administrative and Finance Specialist is also accountable for providing support to the Chief of Common Services in overall running of the office, quality assurance of services provided and staff capacity development.
The Administration and Finance Specialist, when supervising support staff, will be responsible for planning and guiding work in progress and for reviewing work completed by subordinate staff to verify accuracy and compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), UNICEF Financial Regulation and Rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of accountability, and ethics.
In summary, the Administrative and Finance Specialist will be responsible for the management of the Finance, and Administration units for UNICEF Rome Common Services Centre, providing technical guidance, demand management, timely action, and quality assurance of services. The post will serve as a back-up to the P4 Common CSC Operations Manager and P2 People and Culture Officer, as required.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for Education Specialist (Foundational Skills) who will support the development and preparation of the education programme, particularly activities related to foundational (literacy and numeracy) learning, including gender and disability inclusive education in the context of reaching ‘last mile’ learners in early education, overall education sector system capacity strengthening, including informed by key research programmes. This is a Temporary Appointment contract with duration of 5 months.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for a Nutrition Officer who will support the Nutrition Specialist NCO, School age and adolescent nutrition and under the general guidance of Chief Nutrition in strengthening efforts to prevent overweight and obesity among children under five, school-age children, adolescents and women. The officer will contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of integrated nutrition interventions that promote healthy diets, physical activity and healthy food environments through health facility, school and community platforms. Specifically, the Nutrition Officer will provide technical and operational support to relevant government counterparts, including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and other line ministries, in integrating overweight and obesity prevention into existing nutrition, health and school-based programmes. This includes contributing to the development or revision of technical guidelines, tools, training modules and communication materials that promote balanced diets, improved food environments and healthy behaviours across the life course. The officer will also support programme planning, coordination and implementation, including engagement with government partners, UN agencies and other stakeholders to strengthen multisectoral approaches to obesity prevention. In addition, he/she will contribute to programme monitoring, documentation of good practices and reporting of results to ensure evidence-based implementation and continuous programme improvement. This is a Temporary Appointment contract with duration of 364 days.
UNICEF Surabaya is looking for a Nutrition Officer who will provide programme/ technical, operational, and administrative support to provincial and district governments across West Java, Central Java, and East Java. The position will support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination of UNICEF- supported nutrition programmes while strengthening partnerships with local governments, universities, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to improve nutrition outcomes. This is a Temporary Appointment contract with duration of 364 days.
UNICEF Cambodia is seeking an international consultant for Development of Standard Social Health Protection Benefit Package and Costing Model for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Cambodia. The assignment requires an advanced university degree in the field of public health, health economics, development studies, public policy and related fields along with a minimum of 8 years of experiences in working on health financing/costing. Knowledge of UHC roadmap, framework and model including system assessment and design and research is an asset.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference for children and promoting inclusive development, we invite you to apply and join our mission.
As a key driver of donor growth within the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFR) team’s Individual Giving unit, the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition Lead) plays a central role in executing the strategy to expand UNICEF’s supporter base. Anchored in the team’s broader vision to achieve sustainable income growth through segmentation and funnel-based marketing, this role leads the development and implementation of acquisition campaigns—particularly across digital channels, which are identified as critical engines for scale. By leveraging market research, optimizing conversion funnels, and managing profit and loss, the incumbent ensures that acquisition efforts are data-driven, cost-effective, and aligned with UNICEF’s mission. Their leadership in campaign planning and budget oversight directly contributes to the organization’s strategic goals for 2026–2030, enhancing donor engagement and accelerating revenue growth.
Under the Acquisition unit of Individual Giving on the PSFR team, the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition lead) manages the development and implementation of strategies to attract and acquire new donors across various channels with a primary focus on Digital channels as one of the key drivers for growth. Responsibilities include profit and loss, campaign execution, market research, campaign planning, lead generation, and optimizing conversion funnels. Specifically, managing and implementing strategies to grow the organization's donor base. This role is critical in driving UNICEF's growth, enhancing donor engagement, and increasing donations. The incumbent will oversee donor acquisition campaigns, analyse acquisition data, develop an acquisition budget, and lead the donor acquisition team.
An Acquisition lead will play a key role in the Fundraising team, contributing significantly to the development of donor acquisition initiatives that promote UNICEF's mission and increase donations.
Positioned within the Acquisition unit of Individual Giving, the Fund Raising Officer (Acquisition) plays a vital role in executing UNICEF’s strategy to expand its donor base and drive sustainable revenue growth. In line with the PSFR team's strategic focus on funnel-based marketing and audience segmentation, this role supports the development and execution of targeted acquisition campaigns—especially across digital channels, which are identified as key growth drivers. By managing agency relationships, conducting market research, and optimizing lead generation and conversion, the incumbent ensures that acquisition efforts are data-informed and audience-centric. Their collaboration with the marketing team and close monitoring of campaign performance directly contribute to the team’s broader goals of enhancing donor engagement and achieving ambitious fundraising targets under the 2026–2030 strategy.
Under the Acquisition unit of Individual Giving on the PSFR team, the Fund Raising Officer (Acquisition) provides support in developing and executing campaigns to attract and acquire new donors. Responsibilities include agency management, market research, campaign planning, lead generation, and conversion optimization. This role is important in driving UNICEF's growth, enhancing donor Acquisition and increasing donations. The incumbent will plan and execute donor acquisition campaigns, monitor campaign performance, research and identify target audiences, and collaborate with the marketing team on acquisition efforts.
