UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up.
The Global Learning Innovation Hub under the UNICEF Office of Innovation is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Developer to join the Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) team. The ADT initiative transforms PDF textbooks into rich, accessible digital learning materials for children with and without disabilities. The selected consultant will take the lead on the continued development of ADT Studio — a TypeScript monorepo application that automates the production of accessible digital textbooks through AI-powered pipelines. This role is central to making educational content universally accessible and available to millions of children worldwide.
The ADT initiative converts PDF textbooks into structured, accessible digital content — including HTML storyboards, quizzes, glossaries, image captions, translations, and text-to-speech audio — packaged as self-contained web bundles, EPUBs, or WebPubs. The production pipeline is powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) and controlled through a configuration-driven architecture that supports per-book customization of text classification, rendering strategies, and model settings.
ADT Studio is the successor to ADT Press, rebuilt as a TypeScript monorepo using AI-assisted development (Claude Code). It represents a significant architectural advancement: a two-level DAG pipeline model with a React frontend and Hono backend. The codebase is open-source, hosted on UNICEF’s GitHub, and designed for extensibility by third-party developers and country offices.
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.
UNICEF Islamabad Office is seeking an experienced, knowledgeable, and dynamic individual to take on the role of Communication Officer at the NOB level to join the Polio team on a Temporary basis.
UNICEF Pakistan is looking for a National Consultant to Strengthen Policy and Governance Framework for Child Protection System in ICT, Islamabad, Pakistan
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.
UNICEF Bhutan invites proposals from eligible National Consultants for the Disaster Management (DM) Toolkit Customization, Integration and Rollout to Scouts in schools.
The Health Manager will coordinate the implementation of Lao PDR’s Pandemic Fund project “Advancing Lao PDR’s Pandemic Response and Transformation (ALERT LAO)” on the human health component. This includes supporting the Ministry of Health in facilitating and managing a national coordination mechanism for the Pandemic Fund project, clarifying roles and responsibilities among the Ministry of Health, Implementing Entity of the project, and other development partners who will implement the proposed activities.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking an International Consultant to provide specialised technical guidance, quality assurance, and support for programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting for the ATscale-supported programme “Unlock Healthy Learning in the Pacific: Improving Access to Assistive Technology and Related Rehabilitation Services for School-Aged Children” in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, and Vanuatu.
The consultant will report to the Chief of Health and Nutrition, UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office, and work closely with UNICEF Field Offices and government counterparts in FSM, Kiribati, and Vanuatu. Apply now!
Join UNICEF Iraq and support management collaboration with programmes in defining supply interventions to meet programmatic needs and achieve results for children, and provides technical and advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management.
Under the close supervision and guidance of the P3 Administrative and Finance Specialist the incumbent supports the effective management of the CSC budget, payroll for all UNICEF staff based in Rome, while providing technical guidance and oversight to the Finance Assistant and Finance Associate to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely service delivery of finance related transactions. The role requires the incumbent to have a strong understanding of both programmatic and funding components of UNICEF’s work. The position involves the supervisory responsibility of others.
Join UNICEF’s Global Programme Division and help drive global progress in maternal and newborn health. As a Health Specialist (MNH), you will lead data‑driven analysis, strengthen accountability mechanisms, and support countries in accelerating high‑impact MNCH interventions. You will guide EWENE‑CSA progress tracking across 100+ countries, support MNCH acceleration plans in more than 60 countries, and coordinate global partnerships that shape policy and implementation. This role blends technical expertise, programme monitoring, and partnership coordination to advance UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2026–2029 and contribute to preventing millions of maternal and newborn deaths.
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 Child Protection Specialist is part of Unicef Gabon Team, where the Child Protection Programme is a component of the Country Programme. The Specialist reports to the Deputy Representative Programme with the dotted-line reporting to the Representative
The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Child Protection programme(s) and is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the child protection programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes. H/She facilitates the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable contributions to national and international
UNICEF Supply Division is looking for a passionate Procurement Specialist to support the execution of the sustainable procurement strategy, including UNICEF SD broad stakeholder management to obtain buy-in and alignment on the implementation of the strategy and tactical plan, as well as indicators and methods for evaluating sustainability as part of vaccine purchase while ensuring an uninterrupted, sustainable vaccine supply of affordable, quality product. The Procurement Specialist will serve as project manager and coordinator of the Vaccine Centre Economic Sustainability connected to the UN (environmental) (ESE) agenda with internal and external stakeholders.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Administrative Associate will be responsible for executing a broad variety of procedural and specialized administrative tasks for the respective section requiring in-depth knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies. This role will be focused on Property Management while supporting as a backup for other Admin functions.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Administrative Associate will be responsible for executing a broad variety of procedural and specialized administrative tasks for the respective section requiring in-depth knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies. This role will be focused on Premises Management while supporting as a backup for other Admin functions.
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 works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up.
The Global Learning Innovation Hub under the UNICEF Office of Innovation is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Developer to join the Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) team. The ADT initiative transforms PDF textbooks into rich, accessible digital learning materials for children with and without disabilities. The selected consultant will take the lead on the continued development of ADT Studio — a TypeScript monorepo application that automates the production of accessible digital textbooks through AI-powered pipelines. This role is central to making educational content universally accessible and available to millions of children worldwide.
The ADT initiative converts PDF textbooks into structured, accessible digital content — including HTML storyboards, quizzes, glossaries, image captions, translations, and text-to-speech audio — packaged as self-contained web bundles, EPUBs, or WebPubs. The production pipeline is powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) and controlled through a configuration-driven architecture that supports per-book customization of text classification, rendering strategies, and model settings.
ADT Studio is the successor to ADT Press, rebuilt as a TypeScript monorepo using AI-assisted development (Claude Code). It represents a significant architectural advancement: a two-level DAG pipeline model with a React frontend and Hono backend. The codebase is open-source, hosted on UNICEF’s GitHub, and designed for extensibility by third-party developers and country offices.
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.
UNICEF Islamabad Office is seeking an experienced, knowledgeable, and dynamic individual to take on the role of Communication Officer at the NOB level to join the Polio team on a Temporary basis.
UNICEF Pakistan is looking for a National Consultant to Strengthen Policy and Governance Framework for Child Protection System in ICT, Islamabad, Pakistan
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.
UNICEF Bhutan invites proposals from eligible National Consultants for the Disaster Management (DM) Toolkit Customization, Integration and Rollout to Scouts in schools.
The Health Manager will coordinate the implementation of Lao PDR’s Pandemic Fund project “Advancing Lao PDR’s Pandemic Response and Transformation (ALERT LAO)” on the human health component. This includes supporting the Ministry of Health in facilitating and managing a national coordination mechanism for the Pandemic Fund project, clarifying roles and responsibilities among the Ministry of Health, Implementing Entity of the project, and other development partners who will implement the proposed activities.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking an International Consultant to provide specialised technical guidance, quality assurance, and support for programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting for the ATscale-supported programme “Unlock Healthy Learning in the Pacific: Improving Access to Assistive Technology and Related Rehabilitation Services for School-Aged Children” in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, and Vanuatu.
The consultant will report to the Chief of Health and Nutrition, UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office, and work closely with UNICEF Field Offices and government counterparts in FSM, Kiribati, and Vanuatu. Apply now!
Join UNICEF Iraq and support management collaboration with programmes in defining supply interventions to meet programmatic needs and achieve results for children, and provides technical and advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management.
Under the close supervision and guidance of the P3 Administrative and Finance Specialist the incumbent supports the effective management of the CSC budget, payroll for all UNICEF staff based in Rome, while providing technical guidance and oversight to the Finance Assistant and Finance Associate to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely service delivery of finance related transactions. The role requires the incumbent to have a strong understanding of both programmatic and funding components of UNICEF’s work. The position involves the supervisory responsibility of others.
Join UNICEF’s Global Programme Division and help drive global progress in maternal and newborn health. As a Health Specialist (MNH), you will lead data‑driven analysis, strengthen accountability mechanisms, and support countries in accelerating high‑impact MNCH interventions. You will guide EWENE‑CSA progress tracking across 100+ countries, support MNCH acceleration plans in more than 60 countries, and coordinate global partnerships that shape policy and implementation. This role blends technical expertise, programme monitoring, and partnership coordination to advance UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2026–2029 and contribute to preventing millions of maternal and newborn deaths.
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 Child Protection Specialist is part of Unicef Gabon Team, where the Child Protection Programme is a component of the Country Programme. The Specialist reports to the Deputy Representative Programme with the dotted-line reporting to the Representative
The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Child Protection programme(s) and is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the child protection programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes. H/She facilitates the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable contributions to national and international
UNICEF Supply Division is looking for a passionate Procurement Specialist to support the execution of the sustainable procurement strategy, including UNICEF SD broad stakeholder management to obtain buy-in and alignment on the implementation of the strategy and tactical plan, as well as indicators and methods for evaluating sustainability as part of vaccine purchase while ensuring an uninterrupted, sustainable vaccine supply of affordable, quality product. The Procurement Specialist will serve as project manager and coordinator of the Vaccine Centre Economic Sustainability connected to the UN (environmental) (ESE) agenda with internal and external stakeholders.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Administrative Associate will be responsible for executing a broad variety of procedural and specialized administrative tasks for the respective section requiring in-depth knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies. This role will be focused on Property Management while supporting as a backup for other Admin functions.
Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Administrative Associate will be responsible for executing a broad variety of procedural and specialized administrative tasks for the respective section requiring in-depth knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies. This role will be focused on Premises Management while supporting as a backup for other Admin functions.
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.
