UNICEF Innocenti is seeking an experienced qualitative researcher based in Pakistan, to co-lead the qualitative component of the impact evaluation, including inception Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), three rounds of qualitative data collection and related research briefs, as well as contribution to baseline and endline reports. The researcher will work in close collaboration with an international qualitative researcher.
Five internal missions are planned, including in the interior of the country in areas covered by MRVs, with focus on Balochistan and Sindh. All travel is dependent on securing the appropriate permits and security clearance before departure, in close collaboration with UNICEF Pakistan.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is seeking the services of a committed professional and expert to hire as a consultant to support the National Planning Commission (NPC)/ National Nutrition and Food Security Secretariate (NNFSS) in conducting Nutrition Budget and Expenditure Analysis (Nutrition Financial Tracking) of nutrition interventions across all levels of government. The consultancy is for the period of six months with remote work arrangement.
The Strategic Planning and Corporate Analysis (SPCA) unit within the Division of Data, Analytics, Planning, and Monitoring (DAPM) coordinates the GER process. The unit is seeking a professional to work closely with SPCA and D&A on important milestones for the process, including the initial review of evidence, definition of strategic questions to guide the GER discussion, conduct deep-dive and analysis on those topics to be discussed in the GER meeting, and draft the analytical paper that will be utilized in the GER meeting.
Under direct supervision of the Chief of Strategic Planning and Corporate Analysis, the consultant will be closely involved in the development of the EDAR document package. As a writer and editor, the consultant will engage in synthesizing information from multiple sources, collaborating with contributing organizational units, and drafting and editing of the documents.
Le bureau de l'UNICEF au Bénin est à la recherche de chauffeur-e- engagé-es et créatif (ve). pour faire une différence durable pour les enfants béninois.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for an expert to support the Education section in the area digital learning and innovation for the duration of twelve months. For more information, the detailed term of the reference is uploaded in the vacancy.
The Risk Management in Programming and Safeguarding (RMPS) Unit, within the Programme Effectiveness Team (PET) in UNICEF’s Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM), was established at the end of 2024 to drive an integrated approach to risk management and Safeguarding across UNICEF’s programming and operations.
The RMPS is structured around four pillars: i) Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) and Safeguarding, ii) Complaints and Feedback Management (CFM), iii) Partnership Risk Management, including Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (PRM/HACT), and iv) Data Protection. The RMPS works to enhance decision-making, programme effectiveness and organizational learning, to realize the rights and improve the lives of children.
PSEA is a core component of Safeguarding and a shared responsibility with the Programme Group (PG), particularly the Child Protection (CP)/PSEA team. In light of the ongoing restructuring within UNICEF—and while discussions continue on identifying a sustainable solution to ensure PSEA/safeguarding capacities at both centralized and decentralized levels—it is critical that the progress achieved by DAPM and the PG-CP team over the past years is preserved.
This consultancy is designed to enhance UNICEF’s PSEA agenda, as well as to support streamlining, advocacy and fundraising efforts.
Generation Unlimited’s Passport to Earning (P2E) is a global programme that provides young people aged 15-24 with free, quality and certifiable skills that better position them to access advanced skilling and earning opportunities. By 2030, P2E aims to skill 20 million young people in 15 countries and support at least 1 million to access advanced training, jobs, self-employment and entrepreneurship. This includes a midterm ambition of skilling 8 million young people, including 4 million in digital/AI, and supporting 400,000 youth in earning opportunities by 2027. An action plan determines how P2E will realise its midterm and long-term ambitions.
Under the direct supervision of GenU’s Senior Advisor, Global Programmes, under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director, Programmes, the Global P2E Consultant will play a key role in delivering the priorities of the programme. This includes supporting the implementation of the Global Strategy action plan; working with global and country teams to conceptualize and implement learning-to-earning models; conducting monitoring, evaluation, research and learning activities; coordinating the deployment and management of P2E platforms; and facilitating the development of strategies for GenU global programmes.
L’objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer la contribution des relais communautaires dans l’accès aux soins de santé, à la réduction de la morbidité et mortalité chez les femmes et les enfants de moins de cinq (5) ans.
Evaluer le développement de la plateforme numérique (mHealth), son interopérabilité avec le DHIS2 et les autres outils qui sont déployés dans le système de santé ainsi que l’hébergement numérique au Niger.
Provide a selected number of Asia UNICEF country offices technical and operational support on the use of cash-based assistance modalities in fragile and humanitarian contexts.
The Midterm review is a key moment for government and partners to assess the implementation of the priority reform. It will serve as an opportunity to course- correct, strengthen alignment of partner interventions (including GPE grants), identify gaps or stubborn bottlenecks to reform delivery, mobilize additional financing, and agree that future GPE support could add value. In addition, it will also serve as the basis for the GPE Board decision on the next country allocation. The Compact mid-term review will provide space to support the following objectives:
• Review the overall progress and achievements of education reform implementation envisioned under Partnership Compact with focus priority reform theory of change, including commitments to gender equality and inclusion as well as enabling factors: (1) data and evidence; (2) sector planning, policy, and monitoring; (3) sector coordination; and (4) volume, equity, and efficiency of domestic public expenditure on education,
• Assess how different programs have contributed to progress on the priority reform,
To ensure efficiency and coherence, MINALOC seeks to hire one consultant (or consultancy team) to conduct both tasks:
The Mid-Term Review of the CMS 2023–2027,
The Review and Update of the National Volunteerism Policy.
The overall purpose of this assignment is to generate evidence, actionable recommendations, and updated frameworks that will:
A. Strengthen the implementation of the Community Mobilization Strategy for the remaining period (2025–2027)
B. Align the Volunteerism Policy with Vision 2050, NST2, and global best practices, thereby enhancing volunteerism as a driver of sustainable development.
The consultancy will be Remote with possibility for travel to one or more focus countries in MENA
The PROSPECTS Partnership is a global initiative, funded by the Government of the Netherlands and implemented by IFC, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF, and the World Bank. It seeks to improve the well-being, self-reliance, and resilience of forcibly displaced populations and host communities, including children and young people, through an integrated program and multi-agency approach.
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, UNICEF has been a core implementing partner since 2019, with country programs in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt. One of the central pillars of this partnership is Learning to Earning (L2E) (Pillar 1: Learning and Skills), which focuses on strengthening learning, pathways from relevant education to skills development, employability, and sustainable livelihoods for adolescents and young people from refugee and host communities, including foundational learning.
UNICEF Nigeria Sokoto Field Office is seeking to recruit a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Nutrition Data Consultant – Sokoto state
Consultoría internacional para la prestación de apoyo metodológico al diseño de mecanismos de derivación para la protección infantil en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela (6 meses)
L’objectif de cette consultance est de renforcer la capacité logistique de la centrale d'achat de medicaments de Madagascar (SALAMA) en contexte normal et d’améliorer sa résilience face aux urgences logistiques à travers le développement de capacités internes, l’amélioration des processus et la mise en place d’outils de préparation et de réponse, en collaboration avec l’équipe d’UNICEF.
This is an internship opportunity at UNICEF’s Global Learning Innovation Hub to advance the Hub’s Edtech for Good initiative that includes the EdTech for Good Framework, the Learning Cabinet and the Blue Unicorn Portfolio. We are looking for two enthusiastic, fast-learning, early-career professionals with a strong interest in education, digital learning, and EdTech.
UNICEF Lebanon is looking for a consultant to provide technical support to the Nutrition Programme. The consultant will conduct a comprehensive situation analysis on adolescent nutrition in Lebanon, adapt UNICEF’s participatory adolescent nutrition research methodology to the local context, and implement formative research with adolescents to generate evidence-based insights. The findings will inform the development of the POWER4Girls life skills package, with a focus on gender responsiveness and cultural relevance.
UNICEF Innocenti is seeking an experienced qualitative researcher based in Pakistan, to co-lead the qualitative component of the impact evaluation, including inception Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), three rounds of qualitative data collection and related research briefs, as well as contribution to baseline and endline reports. The researcher will work in close collaboration with an international qualitative researcher.
Five internal missions are planned, including in the interior of the country in areas covered by MRVs, with focus on Balochistan and Sindh. All travel is dependent on securing the appropriate permits and security clearance before departure, in close collaboration with UNICEF Pakistan.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is seeking the services of a committed professional and expert to hire as a consultant to support the National Planning Commission (NPC)/ National Nutrition and Food Security Secretariate (NNFSS) in conducting Nutrition Budget and Expenditure Analysis (Nutrition Financial Tracking) of nutrition interventions across all levels of government. The consultancy is for the period of six months with remote work arrangement.
The Strategic Planning and Corporate Analysis (SPCA) unit within the Division of Data, Analytics, Planning, and Monitoring (DAPM) coordinates the GER process. The unit is seeking a professional to work closely with SPCA and D&A on important milestones for the process, including the initial review of evidence, definition of strategic questions to guide the GER discussion, conduct deep-dive and analysis on those topics to be discussed in the GER meeting, and draft the analytical paper that will be utilized in the GER meeting.
Under direct supervision of the Chief of Strategic Planning and Corporate Analysis, the consultant will be closely involved in the development of the EDAR document package. As a writer and editor, the consultant will engage in synthesizing information from multiple sources, collaborating with contributing organizational units, and drafting and editing of the documents.
Le bureau de l'UNICEF au Bénin est à la recherche de chauffeur-e- engagé-es et créatif (ve). pour faire une différence durable pour les enfants béninois.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for an expert to support the Education section in the area digital learning and innovation for the duration of twelve months. For more information, the detailed term of the reference is uploaded in the vacancy.
The Risk Management in Programming and Safeguarding (RMPS) Unit, within the Programme Effectiveness Team (PET) in UNICEF’s Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM), was established at the end of 2024 to drive an integrated approach to risk management and Safeguarding across UNICEF’s programming and operations.
The RMPS is structured around four pillars: i) Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) and Safeguarding, ii) Complaints and Feedback Management (CFM), iii) Partnership Risk Management, including Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (PRM/HACT), and iv) Data Protection. The RMPS works to enhance decision-making, programme effectiveness and organizational learning, to realize the rights and improve the lives of children.
PSEA is a core component of Safeguarding and a shared responsibility with the Programme Group (PG), particularly the Child Protection (CP)/PSEA team. In light of the ongoing restructuring within UNICEF—and while discussions continue on identifying a sustainable solution to ensure PSEA/safeguarding capacities at both centralized and decentralized levels—it is critical that the progress achieved by DAPM and the PG-CP team over the past years is preserved.
This consultancy is designed to enhance UNICEF’s PSEA agenda, as well as to support streamlining, advocacy and fundraising efforts.
Generation Unlimited’s Passport to Earning (P2E) is a global programme that provides young people aged 15-24 with free, quality and certifiable skills that better position them to access advanced skilling and earning opportunities. By 2030, P2E aims to skill 20 million young people in 15 countries and support at least 1 million to access advanced training, jobs, self-employment and entrepreneurship. This includes a midterm ambition of skilling 8 million young people, including 4 million in digital/AI, and supporting 400,000 youth in earning opportunities by 2027. An action plan determines how P2E will realise its midterm and long-term ambitions.
Under the direct supervision of GenU’s Senior Advisor, Global Programmes, under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director, Programmes, the Global P2E Consultant will play a key role in delivering the priorities of the programme. This includes supporting the implementation of the Global Strategy action plan; working with global and country teams to conceptualize and implement learning-to-earning models; conducting monitoring, evaluation, research and learning activities; coordinating the deployment and management of P2E platforms; and facilitating the development of strategies for GenU global programmes.
L’objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer la contribution des relais communautaires dans l’accès aux soins de santé, à la réduction de la morbidité et mortalité chez les femmes et les enfants de moins de cinq (5) ans.
Evaluer le développement de la plateforme numérique (mHealth), son interopérabilité avec le DHIS2 et les autres outils qui sont déployés dans le système de santé ainsi que l’hébergement numérique au Niger.
Provide a selected number of Asia UNICEF country offices technical and operational support on the use of cash-based assistance modalities in fragile and humanitarian contexts.
The Midterm review is a key moment for government and partners to assess the implementation of the priority reform. It will serve as an opportunity to course- correct, strengthen alignment of partner interventions (including GPE grants), identify gaps or stubborn bottlenecks to reform delivery, mobilize additional financing, and agree that future GPE support could add value. In addition, it will also serve as the basis for the GPE Board decision on the next country allocation. The Compact mid-term review will provide space to support the following objectives:
• Review the overall progress and achievements of education reform implementation envisioned under Partnership Compact with focus priority reform theory of change, including commitments to gender equality and inclusion as well as enabling factors: (1) data and evidence; (2) sector planning, policy, and monitoring; (3) sector coordination; and (4) volume, equity, and efficiency of domestic public expenditure on education,
• Assess how different programs have contributed to progress on the priority reform,
To ensure efficiency and coherence, MINALOC seeks to hire one consultant (or consultancy team) to conduct both tasks:
The Mid-Term Review of the CMS 2023–2027,
The Review and Update of the National Volunteerism Policy.
The overall purpose of this assignment is to generate evidence, actionable recommendations, and updated frameworks that will:
A. Strengthen the implementation of the Community Mobilization Strategy for the remaining period (2025–2027)
B. Align the Volunteerism Policy with Vision 2050, NST2, and global best practices, thereby enhancing volunteerism as a driver of sustainable development.
The consultancy will be Remote with possibility for travel to one or more focus countries in MENA
The PROSPECTS Partnership is a global initiative, funded by the Government of the Netherlands and implemented by IFC, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF, and the World Bank. It seeks to improve the well-being, self-reliance, and resilience of forcibly displaced populations and host communities, including children and young people, through an integrated program and multi-agency approach.
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, UNICEF has been a core implementing partner since 2019, with country programs in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt. One of the central pillars of this partnership is Learning to Earning (L2E) (Pillar 1: Learning and Skills), which focuses on strengthening learning, pathways from relevant education to skills development, employability, and sustainable livelihoods for adolescents and young people from refugee and host communities, including foundational learning.
UNICEF Nigeria Sokoto Field Office is seeking to recruit a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Nutrition Data Consultant – Sokoto state
Consultoría internacional para la prestación de apoyo metodológico al diseño de mecanismos de derivación para la protección infantil en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela (6 meses)
L’objectif de cette consultance est de renforcer la capacité logistique de la centrale d'achat de medicaments de Madagascar (SALAMA) en contexte normal et d’améliorer sa résilience face aux urgences logistiques à travers le développement de capacités internes, l’amélioration des processus et la mise en place d’outils de préparation et de réponse, en collaboration avec l’équipe d’UNICEF.
This is an internship opportunity at UNICEF’s Global Learning Innovation Hub to advance the Hub’s Edtech for Good initiative that includes the EdTech for Good Framework, the Learning Cabinet and the Blue Unicorn Portfolio. We are looking for two enthusiastic, fast-learning, early-career professionals with a strong interest in education, digital learning, and EdTech.
UNICEF Lebanon is looking for a consultant to provide technical support to the Nutrition Programme. The consultant will conduct a comprehensive situation analysis on adolescent nutrition in Lebanon, adapt UNICEF’s participatory adolescent nutrition research methodology to the local context, and implement formative research with adolescents to generate evidence-based insights. The findings will inform the development of the POWER4Girls life skills package, with a focus on gender responsiveness and cultural relevance.
