The Education Research Unit at UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti is looking for a Research Specialist (Asia-South Pacific). This role will support implementation and coordination of research activities globally and will be the focal point for research in Asia and South Pacific. The research specialist will 1) provide research support to countries where Innocenti has research activities, including the development and uptake of research and evidence into programming, planning and policy. 2) support coordination and research activities for implementation research programmes with governments and country teams 3) act as a focal point for the education implementation research team for the Asia and South Pacific Region, supporting the coordination of key partnerships and programmes.
This position will contribute to the wider objective of strengthening data management and data use at country level as well as building capacity of national governments/immunization programmes to forecast demand and optimize supply chain processes as outlined above.
The purpose of this national consultancy is to provide field-level coordination and qualitative research support for the mixed-methods impact assessment of the FunDoo in Uganda. This will include:
• Conducting qualitative data collection in selected communities and transcribing the qualitative data for the qualitative component of the study
• Support preliminary qualitative analysis
• Support the coordination of the recruitment of eligible adolescents and young people into the quantitative component of the study
• Supporting participant tracking and completion of baseline and follow-up surveys as part of the quantitative component of the study
UNICEF Office of Innovation, in collaboration with UNICEF India, and the office for Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and the Government of Tamil Nadu's State Planning Commission (SPC), OOI, and OECD-OPSI, is supporting Tamil Nadu as the first sub-national government globally to pilot structured public sector innovation.
This assignment aims to support the UNICEF Tamil Nadu State Office and the Government of Tamil Nadu in catalyzing innovation policies and initiatives that prioritize children’s rights and well-being. By framing Tamil Nadu’s transformation as a primary global pilot, the consultancy serves as a strategic laboratory to update UNICEF Innovation’s COMPASS public sector innovation module, creating a standardized global blueprint for how UNICEF offices engage with governments.
Join UNICEF as a Communication Associate! You will play a key role in supporting the implementation of regional communication and advocacy priorities and ensuring the timely and impactful delivery of communication initiatives in line with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan and the APRO Digital Communication Strategy.
Join UNICEF Dominican Republic as an Education Officer (NOA) and help advance quality, inclusive learning for every child. In this role, you will support evidence-based programme design, strengthen partnerships with key national stakeholders, and contribute to innovative solutions that improve education outcomes. If you are passionate about equity, data‑driven results, and meaningful collaboration, this is a great opportunity to grow your career while making a tangible impact across the country.
The Office of Strategy & Evidence - Innocenti (OSE) sets global standards, provides Organization-wide oversight and governance of evidence for the effective and methodologically sound and ethical collection, production of publications, disclosure and use of data, research and knowledge, and validates the quality of evidence, including the development of standards, tools, and systems for capturing, sharing, and applying learning across all levels of the organization. UNITE is a new corporate system that will serve as UNICEF’s next-generation platform for indicator management and reporting. It provides a unified, integrated and user-centric solution designed to streamline indicator management, enable real-time analytics and simplify reporting across the organization. To ensure the successful delivery of the UNITE system, a dedicated temporary assignment is required to support in managing the UNITE project.
The development of the National Primary Health Care (PHC) Strategy forms part of the broader process of consolidating the reform of Angola’s National Health System (SNS). The National Directorate of Public Health is leading this reform through a dedicated technical working group (TWG) which includes experts from Ministry of Health, UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA, however due to its nature, specialized technical assistance is essential to methodologically facilitate the development process, ensuring technical rigor, systemic coherence, and interinstitutional articulation.
UNICEF Myanmar Social Policy section in Yangon is recruiting 4 national consultants for the disability screening of children/ persons with disabilities. The duration of the assignment is 20 months. Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant experience and qualifications are eligible to apply.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a Child Protection Specialist (NOC) to join our team in Suva.
In this role, you will support the development, implementation, and monitoring of child protection programmes across the Pacific Multi-Country Office. Working under the guidance of the Chief, Child Protection, you will provide technical expertise, strengthen protection systems, and contribute to national and regional efforts to create safe, nurturing environments for all children. This position plays a critical role in advancing children’s rights to protection, survival, development, and wellbeing, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. If you are passionate about child rights and driven by impact, apply now and help make a lasting difference for children across the Pacific.
We are seeking a highly qualified consultant to support a key milestone under the SDG Joint Programme; helping to strengthen inter‑ministerial coordination across Jamaica’s social protection, health, and education sectors.
Help us drive better results for Jamaica’s children!
The purpose of this assignment is to enhance the engagement and management of global multi-generational families by developing and implementing strategic initiatives, communication strategies, and events that align with UNICEF’s philanthropic goals. This includes developing new family engagement opportunities specifically designed for age groups and/or generations currently not served by any offerings; creating content that effectively communicates the impact of family philanthropic donations and engagements; planning and executing donor engagement events, such as Supply Division Family day visits, Innocenti Family day visits and other regional events. Additionally, the role involves collaborating with various teams and stakeholders to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement within the Global Philanthropy team and across other teams.
The Consultant will work under the supervision and report to the Chief Global Philanthropy, based in Geneva. Further engagement may come in the form of communication with the other potential team members from UNICEF who will be identified separately. Additional relevant UNICEF staff from headquarters, national committees, and regional/country offices may be consulted throughout the process.
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for providing a variety of specialized tasks in finance functions, ensuring accurate and timely delivery that is in compliance with UNICEF financial rules and regulations, whilst demonstrating the capacity to research, adapt and evaluate irregular cases, and also to recommend improvements to process delivery and design
This position ensures consistent, high-quality, and compliant service delivery across the Common Services Center by strengthening quality standards, performance monitoring, and governance. Through data-driven insights and effective stakeholder engagement, the role improves efficiency, reduces risk, and enhances client satisfaction, contributing to a more harmonized and effective CSC.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment: Objectives
An overall objective of the consultancy is to support UNICEF Kyrgyzstan Country Office in the development the new Country Programme for the period 2028-2032.
Home-based (remote), with at least one mission to Bishkek
The incumbent needs to allocate at least 10 days within indicated period, 15 August 2026 – 30 September 2026.
Location:Albania, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Greece, Slovenia, Kosovo, Austria, Andorra, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Vatican City
UNICEF Moldova is seeking the technical assistance of three national consultants who will provide technical expertise in:
• Strengthening the capacities for integration of transversal dimensions into the curricula;
• The development of tools and instruments for authentic learning and assessment of transferable and cross-curricular skills;
• The design and implementation of cross-curricular education approaches;
• The promotion of innovative pedagogies and supportive learning environments.
The engagement of specialized expertise will contribute to strengthening systemic capacity, ensuring coherence between policy and practice, and supporting schools in implementing integrated, learner-centered, and competency-based education approaches.
Present announcement is for the consultant on Institutional Leadership
The Education Research Unit at UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti is looking for a Research Specialist (Asia-South Pacific). This role will support implementation and coordination of research activities globally and will be the focal point for research in Asia and South Pacific. The research specialist will 1) provide research support to countries where Innocenti has research activities, including the development and uptake of research and evidence into programming, planning and policy. 2) support coordination and research activities for implementation research programmes with governments and country teams 3) act as a focal point for the education implementation research team for the Asia and South Pacific Region, supporting the coordination of key partnerships and programmes.
This position will contribute to the wider objective of strengthening data management and data use at country level as well as building capacity of national governments/immunization programmes to forecast demand and optimize supply chain processes as outlined above.
The purpose of this national consultancy is to provide field-level coordination and qualitative research support for the mixed-methods impact assessment of the FunDoo in Uganda. This will include:
• Conducting qualitative data collection in selected communities and transcribing the qualitative data for the qualitative component of the study
• Support preliminary qualitative analysis
• Support the coordination of the recruitment of eligible adolescents and young people into the quantitative component of the study
• Supporting participant tracking and completion of baseline and follow-up surveys as part of the quantitative component of the study
UNICEF Office of Innovation, in collaboration with UNICEF India, and the office for Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and the Government of Tamil Nadu's State Planning Commission (SPC), OOI, and OECD-OPSI, is supporting Tamil Nadu as the first sub-national government globally to pilot structured public sector innovation.
This assignment aims to support the UNICEF Tamil Nadu State Office and the Government of Tamil Nadu in catalyzing innovation policies and initiatives that prioritize children’s rights and well-being. By framing Tamil Nadu’s transformation as a primary global pilot, the consultancy serves as a strategic laboratory to update UNICEF Innovation’s COMPASS public sector innovation module, creating a standardized global blueprint for how UNICEF offices engage with governments.
Join UNICEF as a Communication Associate! You will play a key role in supporting the implementation of regional communication and advocacy priorities and ensuring the timely and impactful delivery of communication initiatives in line with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan and the APRO Digital Communication Strategy.
Join UNICEF Dominican Republic as an Education Officer (NOA) and help advance quality, inclusive learning for every child. In this role, you will support evidence-based programme design, strengthen partnerships with key national stakeholders, and contribute to innovative solutions that improve education outcomes. If you are passionate about equity, data‑driven results, and meaningful collaboration, this is a great opportunity to grow your career while making a tangible impact across the country.
The Office of Strategy & Evidence - Innocenti (OSE) sets global standards, provides Organization-wide oversight and governance of evidence for the effective and methodologically sound and ethical collection, production of publications, disclosure and use of data, research and knowledge, and validates the quality of evidence, including the development of standards, tools, and systems for capturing, sharing, and applying learning across all levels of the organization. UNITE is a new corporate system that will serve as UNICEF’s next-generation platform for indicator management and reporting. It provides a unified, integrated and user-centric solution designed to streamline indicator management, enable real-time analytics and simplify reporting across the organization. To ensure the successful delivery of the UNITE system, a dedicated temporary assignment is required to support in managing the UNITE project.
The development of the National Primary Health Care (PHC) Strategy forms part of the broader process of consolidating the reform of Angola’s National Health System (SNS). The National Directorate of Public Health is leading this reform through a dedicated technical working group (TWG) which includes experts from Ministry of Health, UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA, however due to its nature, specialized technical assistance is essential to methodologically facilitate the development process, ensuring technical rigor, systemic coherence, and interinstitutional articulation.
UNICEF Myanmar Social Policy section in Yangon is recruiting 4 national consultants for the disability screening of children/ persons with disabilities. The duration of the assignment is 20 months. Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant experience and qualifications are eligible to apply.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a Child Protection Specialist (NOC) to join our team in Suva.
In this role, you will support the development, implementation, and monitoring of child protection programmes across the Pacific Multi-Country Office. Working under the guidance of the Chief, Child Protection, you will provide technical expertise, strengthen protection systems, and contribute to national and regional efforts to create safe, nurturing environments for all children. This position plays a critical role in advancing children’s rights to protection, survival, development, and wellbeing, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. If you are passionate about child rights and driven by impact, apply now and help make a lasting difference for children across the Pacific.
We are seeking a highly qualified consultant to support a key milestone under the SDG Joint Programme; helping to strengthen inter‑ministerial coordination across Jamaica’s social protection, health, and education sectors.
Help us drive better results for Jamaica’s children!
The purpose of this assignment is to enhance the engagement and management of global multi-generational families by developing and implementing strategic initiatives, communication strategies, and events that align with UNICEF’s philanthropic goals. This includes developing new family engagement opportunities specifically designed for age groups and/or generations currently not served by any offerings; creating content that effectively communicates the impact of family philanthropic donations and engagements; planning and executing donor engagement events, such as Supply Division Family day visits, Innocenti Family day visits and other regional events. Additionally, the role involves collaborating with various teams and stakeholders to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement within the Global Philanthropy team and across other teams.
The Consultant will work under the supervision and report to the Chief Global Philanthropy, based in Geneva. Further engagement may come in the form of communication with the other potential team members from UNICEF who will be identified separately. Additional relevant UNICEF staff from headquarters, national committees, and regional/country offices may be consulted throughout the process.
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for providing a variety of specialized tasks in finance functions, ensuring accurate and timely delivery that is in compliance with UNICEF financial rules and regulations, whilst demonstrating the capacity to research, adapt and evaluate irregular cases, and also to recommend improvements to process delivery and design
This position ensures consistent, high-quality, and compliant service delivery across the Common Services Center by strengthening quality standards, performance monitoring, and governance. Through data-driven insights and effective stakeholder engagement, the role improves efficiency, reduces risk, and enhances client satisfaction, contributing to a more harmonized and effective CSC.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment: Objectives
An overall objective of the consultancy is to support UNICEF Kyrgyzstan Country Office in the development the new Country Programme for the period 2028-2032.
Home-based (remote), with at least one mission to Bishkek
The incumbent needs to allocate at least 10 days within indicated period, 15 August 2026 – 30 September 2026.
Location:Albania, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Greece, Slovenia, Kosovo, Austria, Andorra, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Vatican City
UNICEF Moldova is seeking the technical assistance of three national consultants who will provide technical expertise in:
• Strengthening the capacities for integration of transversal dimensions into the curricula;
• The development of tools and instruments for authentic learning and assessment of transferable and cross-curricular skills;
• The design and implementation of cross-curricular education approaches;
• The promotion of innovative pedagogies and supportive learning environments.
The engagement of specialized expertise will contribute to strengthening systemic capacity, ensuring coherence between policy and practice, and supporting schools in implementing integrated, learner-centered, and competency-based education approaches.
Present announcement is for the consultant on Institutional Leadership
