UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
UNICEF Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Supply and Logistics officer and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF Ghana is seeking to hire the services of three experienced consultants to provide technical support to UNICEF and the Government under the ongoing Livelihood Empowerment and Productive Inclusion Programme. The selected consultants will be based in Accra, Tamale, and Bolgatanga, and will play a critical role in strengthening programme implementation, delivery, and monitoring across selected districts. Consultants will also support the strategic expansion of the programme into new districts, ensuring quality, efficiency, and impact.
Qualified professionals with strong experience in social protection programming and delivery are encouraged to apply. Be part of a transformative initiative that advances productive inclusion and strengthens community resilience across Ghana.
Candidates should indicate their preferred locations during the application process.
People & Culture Specialist (Talent Development) supports the Digital Impact Division in strengthening its talent and learning ecosystem. The role acts as the focal point for all learning and development work for the Division, ensuring that learning initiatives are designed and delivered in a clear and practical way. It focuses on talent development, digital learning, and knowledge management, including emerging technologies such as AI. The Specialist supports the development of the capabilities needed for digital impact and transformation across the digital impact community, working closely with the Global Learning Centre (GLC) and contributing to upskilling efforts for the Global Digital Advisors (TeamOne). The incumbent will support learning and talent development priorities by leveraging workforce and skills insights to inform succession planning and the design of learning pathways for future roles. He/she will work closely with chiefs, managers, Human Resources Business Partners, Subject Matter Experts, regional and country offices, principal Digital Advisors, as well as collaborating with GLC to ensure alignment and relevance.
UNICEF Refugee Response Office in Poland is looking for a qualified consultant to provide strategic and operational support for the management and implementation of UNICEF’s social inclusion interventions within the child protection programme in Poland, humanitarian coordination and reporting.
protection contre les violences, à la santé communautaire, et à la lutte contre le travail des enfants. Présent sur le terrain à travers ses bureaux de Cotonou, Natitingou et Parakou, l’UNICEF s’engage aux côtés des communautés les plus vulnérables pour garantir des résultats concrets et durables.
Le bureau de l'UNICEF au Bénin est à la recherche d’un.e Administrateur.ice santé engagé-e et créatif (ve) pour faire une différence durable pour les enfants béninois. Ce poste est basé à Natitingou.
UNICEF’s mission is to uphold the rights of every child, with a strong focus on equity to ensure that the most disadvantaged children and families can survive, develop, and reach their full potential. Under the guidance of the Chief of Emergency, this role leads the planning, implementation, and monitoring of emergency preparedness and response to protect the lives and well-being of children, mothers, and affected communities.
The position of People and Culture Manager (Social Benefits) within UNICEF’s Division of People and Culture (DPC) plays a pivotal role in managing the organization’s global social benefits framework, including medical entitlements, insurance, disability, and pension-related matters. Working under the Chief of Policy, Employee Relations, Compensation, and Social Benefits (PERCS), the incumbent oversees policy implementation, case management, and coordination with UN bodies and third-party providers to ensure effective delivery of benefits to staff. This role requires high technical expertise, sound judgment in complex and sensitive cases, and the ability to represent UNICEF in inter-agency forums. Ultimately, the position upholds UNICEF’s duty of care by supporting staff well-being and ensuring equitable and consistent access to social benefits worldwide.
Provision for overall supervision, monitoring, administration, management and other relevant engineering support for the refurbishment of (a) child witness rooms that are planned to be established in High Courts in 34 locations throughout Sri Lanka, (b) refurbishment of Children’s Unit of the Attorney General’s Department to make the working environment of officers convenient and orderly with placement of furniture for document storage and filing and (c) any other design or engineering support as required in other project sites, such as Judicial Medical Officer’s Offices or University Forensic Medicine Departments. This activity is part of the ‘Support to Justice Sector Project (JURE)’ funded by the European Union, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, and implemented by UNDP and UNICEF Sri Lanka
If you are a creative and results-driven merchandise and brand collaboration professional with strong experience in product development, artist partnerships, and end-to-end production management, UNICEF Philippines invites you to apply for the position of Individual Consultant – Merchandise Development and Brand Collaboration Specialist under the Private Fundraising & Partnerships (PFP) Section.
The consultant will handle the strategic development, coordination, and execution of UNICEF Philippines’ 2026 merchandise campaign. The incumbent will provide technical expertise across the full merchandise value chain—from concept development and artist engagement, to sourcing, production oversight, quality assurance, and marketing integration—to ensure high-quality, mission-aligned products that drive multiple one-off donations, strengthen donor retention, and expand the pipeline for long-term sustainable giving.
This consultancy will play a pivotal role in achieving the 2026 campaign targets of generating PHP 16.94 million from 8,500 donors, increasing repeat giving, and supporting pledge conversion through compelling merchandise offerings that deepen donor engagement and maximize fundraising impact for children.
Ready to create real, measurable impact? UNICEF Malaysia is hiring a Programme Officer (Climate & DRR) to advance child‑centred climate solutions, strengthen resilience, and elevate youth engagement in policy and action. If you are purpose‑driven and results‑oriented, this role is for you, apply today!
UNICEF Tajikistan is looking for the qualified consultant to provide technical and coordination support to the MoES and other national stakeholders in advancing the national learning assessment agenda, with a particular focus on national and school-level competency-based summative assessment reform. This support will directly contribute to strengthening assessment systems in alignment with competency-based education (CBE) principles, as defined by national policy and the IsDB/GPE Phase II project.
Join UNICEF’s Office of Innovation as an Innovation Specialist (Market Scoping) and help connect the world’s most promising innovations to challenges facing children globally. Based in Stockholm, this role leads market intelligence and ecosystem scanning efforts, leveraging AI-enabled tools and global partnerships to identify, assess, and accelerate scalable solutions across startups, academia, and the private sector to drive impact at scale
UNICEF is committed to advancing climate‑resilient development and exploring innovative financing approaches that can support child-focused climate action. As part of this work, UNICEF is assessing opportunities to design, pilot, and evaluate carbon credit schemes that can mobilize high-integrity climate finance to safeguard children’s rights and accelerate sustainable financing for WASH. In the context of this, UNICEF now seeks to engage a highly qualified Sustainable Finance Specialist with technical expertise in carbon credit project development, climate finance mechanisms, and sustainable and blended financing models supporting UNICEF’s climate action programming.
UNICEF is committed to advancing climate‑resilient development and exploring innovative financing approaches that can support child-focused climate action. As part of this work, UNICEF is assessing opportunities for design, pilot, and scaling of models that can mobilize and accelerate sustainable and blended financing for WASH.
In the context of this, UNICEF proposes to engage the expertise of a highly qualified Sustainable and Blended Finance specialist to facilitate the effective implementation of sustainable and innovative finance solutions for WASH. These tasks encompass scoping, mapping, and supporting Sustainable Finance solutions, and technical support to regional and country offices as well as advising HQ, regional, and country offices working on scaling solutions and projects.
UNICEF’s Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub (‘the Hub’) is seeking a consultant to develop a Capacity Building Strategy that will equip UNICEF Country Offices, regional teams, governments, and key partners with the capabilities needed to adopt, adapt, and accelerate innovative WASH solutions at scale. Building on the Hub’s vision to drive transformational, climate‑resilient WASH innovations, the strategy will strengthen the ability of national and local actors to deploy emerging technologies, leverage innovative financing, and embed evidence‑driven approaches into programmes that address the most pressing WASH challenges. This assignment forms a critical pillar of the Hub’s next phase (2026–2029), as UNICEF expands its leadership in elevating high‑impact solutions towards multi‑regional adoption.
The consultant will work closely with the WASH Innovation Hub, the new WASH Global Program, global WASH networks, UNICEF Country Offices, and a diverse ecosystem of partners to define the competencies, systems, and resources needed to strengthen innovation capacity across contexts. This includes documenting existing capacity approaches, identifying gaps, synthesising global best practice, and proposing a coherent framework with clear pathways, milestones, and enabling conditions for sustained capacity development. The resulting strategy will help position UNICEF’s new Nairobi‑based WASH Centre of Excellence and the Hub as global drivers of capability strengthening—empowering governments, practitioners, and local innovators to deliver climate‑resilient WASH services at scale, and ultimately shaping a more equitable, water‑secure future for every child.
Benin is a middle-income country that faces many challenges in guaranteeing the rights of every child. Ranked 158th out of 191 countries on the Human Development Index (UNDP, 2021/2022), it has significant disparities between urban and rural areas, and between girls and boys. Since 1977, UNICEF has been working closely with the government, civil society, technical and financial partners, young people and communities to improve access to education, health services, protection, water, sanitation, nutrition and social policies for children.
The 2024-2026 cooperation program pays particular attention to girls' education, protection against violence, community health, and the fight against child labor. Present in the field through its offices in Cotonou, Natitingou and Parakou, UNICEF is committed to working alongside the most vulnerable communities to guarantee concrete, lasting results.
The UNICEF Benin office is looking for committed, creative and motivated professionals to make a difference in the life of every Beninese child.
JPO Education Officer (Digital Learning), P-2, Luanda, Angola.
Join UNICEF Angola as a Junior Professional Officer (JPO) – Education Officer (Digital Learning) and help accelerate innovative learning solutions that reach every child. This P‑2 role, funded by the Government of Finland, offers an exceptional opportunity for a motivated early‑career professional to contribute to high-impact digital learning initiatives in one of UNICEF’s priority countries.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
UNICEF Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Supply and Logistics officer and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF Ghana is seeking to hire the services of three experienced consultants to provide technical support to UNICEF and the Government under the ongoing Livelihood Empowerment and Productive Inclusion Programme. The selected consultants will be based in Accra, Tamale, and Bolgatanga, and will play a critical role in strengthening programme implementation, delivery, and monitoring across selected districts. Consultants will also support the strategic expansion of the programme into new districts, ensuring quality, efficiency, and impact.
Qualified professionals with strong experience in social protection programming and delivery are encouraged to apply. Be part of a transformative initiative that advances productive inclusion and strengthens community resilience across Ghana.
Candidates should indicate their preferred locations during the application process.
People & Culture Specialist (Talent Development) supports the Digital Impact Division in strengthening its talent and learning ecosystem. The role acts as the focal point for all learning and development work for the Division, ensuring that learning initiatives are designed and delivered in a clear and practical way. It focuses on talent development, digital learning, and knowledge management, including emerging technologies such as AI. The Specialist supports the development of the capabilities needed for digital impact and transformation across the digital impact community, working closely with the Global Learning Centre (GLC) and contributing to upskilling efforts for the Global Digital Advisors (TeamOne). The incumbent will support learning and talent development priorities by leveraging workforce and skills insights to inform succession planning and the design of learning pathways for future roles. He/she will work closely with chiefs, managers, Human Resources Business Partners, Subject Matter Experts, regional and country offices, principal Digital Advisors, as well as collaborating with GLC to ensure alignment and relevance.
UNICEF Refugee Response Office in Poland is looking for a qualified consultant to provide strategic and operational support for the management and implementation of UNICEF’s social inclusion interventions within the child protection programme in Poland, humanitarian coordination and reporting.
protection contre les violences, à la santé communautaire, et à la lutte contre le travail des enfants. Présent sur le terrain à travers ses bureaux de Cotonou, Natitingou et Parakou, l’UNICEF s’engage aux côtés des communautés les plus vulnérables pour garantir des résultats concrets et durables.
Le bureau de l'UNICEF au Bénin est à la recherche d’un.e Administrateur.ice santé engagé-e et créatif (ve) pour faire une différence durable pour les enfants béninois. Ce poste est basé à Natitingou.
UNICEF’s mission is to uphold the rights of every child, with a strong focus on equity to ensure that the most disadvantaged children and families can survive, develop, and reach their full potential. Under the guidance of the Chief of Emergency, this role leads the planning, implementation, and monitoring of emergency preparedness and response to protect the lives and well-being of children, mothers, and affected communities.
The position of People and Culture Manager (Social Benefits) within UNICEF’s Division of People and Culture (DPC) plays a pivotal role in managing the organization’s global social benefits framework, including medical entitlements, insurance, disability, and pension-related matters. Working under the Chief of Policy, Employee Relations, Compensation, and Social Benefits (PERCS), the incumbent oversees policy implementation, case management, and coordination with UN bodies and third-party providers to ensure effective delivery of benefits to staff. This role requires high technical expertise, sound judgment in complex and sensitive cases, and the ability to represent UNICEF in inter-agency forums. Ultimately, the position upholds UNICEF’s duty of care by supporting staff well-being and ensuring equitable and consistent access to social benefits worldwide.
Provision for overall supervision, monitoring, administration, management and other relevant engineering support for the refurbishment of (a) child witness rooms that are planned to be established in High Courts in 34 locations throughout Sri Lanka, (b) refurbishment of Children’s Unit of the Attorney General’s Department to make the working environment of officers convenient and orderly with placement of furniture for document storage and filing and (c) any other design or engineering support as required in other project sites, such as Judicial Medical Officer’s Offices or University Forensic Medicine Departments. This activity is part of the ‘Support to Justice Sector Project (JURE)’ funded by the European Union, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, and implemented by UNDP and UNICEF Sri Lanka
If you are a creative and results-driven merchandise and brand collaboration professional with strong experience in product development, artist partnerships, and end-to-end production management, UNICEF Philippines invites you to apply for the position of Individual Consultant – Merchandise Development and Brand Collaboration Specialist under the Private Fundraising & Partnerships (PFP) Section.
The consultant will handle the strategic development, coordination, and execution of UNICEF Philippines’ 2026 merchandise campaign. The incumbent will provide technical expertise across the full merchandise value chain—from concept development and artist engagement, to sourcing, production oversight, quality assurance, and marketing integration—to ensure high-quality, mission-aligned products that drive multiple one-off donations, strengthen donor retention, and expand the pipeline for long-term sustainable giving.
This consultancy will play a pivotal role in achieving the 2026 campaign targets of generating PHP 16.94 million from 8,500 donors, increasing repeat giving, and supporting pledge conversion through compelling merchandise offerings that deepen donor engagement and maximize fundraising impact for children.
Ready to create real, measurable impact? UNICEF Malaysia is hiring a Programme Officer (Climate & DRR) to advance child‑centred climate solutions, strengthen resilience, and elevate youth engagement in policy and action. If you are purpose‑driven and results‑oriented, this role is for you, apply today!
UNICEF Tajikistan is looking for the qualified consultant to provide technical and coordination support to the MoES and other national stakeholders in advancing the national learning assessment agenda, with a particular focus on national and school-level competency-based summative assessment reform. This support will directly contribute to strengthening assessment systems in alignment with competency-based education (CBE) principles, as defined by national policy and the IsDB/GPE Phase II project.
Join UNICEF’s Office of Innovation as an Innovation Specialist (Market Scoping) and help connect the world’s most promising innovations to challenges facing children globally. Based in Stockholm, this role leads market intelligence and ecosystem scanning efforts, leveraging AI-enabled tools and global partnerships to identify, assess, and accelerate scalable solutions across startups, academia, and the private sector to drive impact at scale
UNICEF is committed to advancing climate‑resilient development and exploring innovative financing approaches that can support child-focused climate action. As part of this work, UNICEF is assessing opportunities to design, pilot, and evaluate carbon credit schemes that can mobilize high-integrity climate finance to safeguard children’s rights and accelerate sustainable financing for WASH. In the context of this, UNICEF now seeks to engage a highly qualified Sustainable Finance Specialist with technical expertise in carbon credit project development, climate finance mechanisms, and sustainable and blended financing models supporting UNICEF’s climate action programming.
UNICEF is committed to advancing climate‑resilient development and exploring innovative financing approaches that can support child-focused climate action. As part of this work, UNICEF is assessing opportunities for design, pilot, and scaling of models that can mobilize and accelerate sustainable and blended financing for WASH.
In the context of this, UNICEF proposes to engage the expertise of a highly qualified Sustainable and Blended Finance specialist to facilitate the effective implementation of sustainable and innovative finance solutions for WASH. These tasks encompass scoping, mapping, and supporting Sustainable Finance solutions, and technical support to regional and country offices as well as advising HQ, regional, and country offices working on scaling solutions and projects.
UNICEF’s Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub (‘the Hub’) is seeking a consultant to develop a Capacity Building Strategy that will equip UNICEF Country Offices, regional teams, governments, and key partners with the capabilities needed to adopt, adapt, and accelerate innovative WASH solutions at scale. Building on the Hub’s vision to drive transformational, climate‑resilient WASH innovations, the strategy will strengthen the ability of national and local actors to deploy emerging technologies, leverage innovative financing, and embed evidence‑driven approaches into programmes that address the most pressing WASH challenges. This assignment forms a critical pillar of the Hub’s next phase (2026–2029), as UNICEF expands its leadership in elevating high‑impact solutions towards multi‑regional adoption.
The consultant will work closely with the WASH Innovation Hub, the new WASH Global Program, global WASH networks, UNICEF Country Offices, and a diverse ecosystem of partners to define the competencies, systems, and resources needed to strengthen innovation capacity across contexts. This includes documenting existing capacity approaches, identifying gaps, synthesising global best practice, and proposing a coherent framework with clear pathways, milestones, and enabling conditions for sustained capacity development. The resulting strategy will help position UNICEF’s new Nairobi‑based WASH Centre of Excellence and the Hub as global drivers of capability strengthening—empowering governments, practitioners, and local innovators to deliver climate‑resilient WASH services at scale, and ultimately shaping a more equitable, water‑secure future for every child.
Benin is a middle-income country that faces many challenges in guaranteeing the rights of every child. Ranked 158th out of 191 countries on the Human Development Index (UNDP, 2021/2022), it has significant disparities between urban and rural areas, and between girls and boys. Since 1977, UNICEF has been working closely with the government, civil society, technical and financial partners, young people and communities to improve access to education, health services, protection, water, sanitation, nutrition and social policies for children.
The 2024-2026 cooperation program pays particular attention to girls' education, protection against violence, community health, and the fight against child labor. Present in the field through its offices in Cotonou, Natitingou and Parakou, UNICEF is committed to working alongside the most vulnerable communities to guarantee concrete, lasting results.
The UNICEF Benin office is looking for committed, creative and motivated professionals to make a difference in the life of every Beninese child.
JPO Education Officer (Digital Learning), P-2, Luanda, Angola.
Join UNICEF Angola as a Junior Professional Officer (JPO) – Education Officer (Digital Learning) and help accelerate innovative learning solutions that reach every child. This P‑2 role, funded by the Government of Finland, offers an exceptional opportunity for a motivated early‑career professional to contribute to high-impact digital learning initiatives in one of UNICEF’s priority countries.
