UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) is looking for a qualified Direct Response Television (DRTV) Consultant to support ECA PSFR Cluster with DRTV market development.
UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) is looking for a qualified International Consultant to support UNICEF ECARO’s Regional Emergency Section in strengthening knowledge management (KM) for WASH across the Europe and Central Asia Region (ECAR).
UNICEF Tanzania is supporting the Government of Tanzania to scale up integrated ECD services through evidence-based modelling, strategic planning, and multi-sectoral coordination.
Given that, UNICEF aims to support the government of Tanzania to equip work-based ECD centres, including market-based ECD centres, in the two regions in mainland Tanzania (Dar es Salaam and Dodoma) and Zanzibar within one year. These ECD Centres will serve as inspirational models for other places to provide affordable, safe, and quality childcare services for working mothers, as well as holistic development for children under 5 years old
Exciting consultancy opportunity to conduct a study on the demographic dividend to establish an evidence base for how Zambia can harness its young population’s potential within the existing social and economic frameworks, with a specific focus on its application to the National Social Protection Policy.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
To help raise more funds and revenue, the Regional Support Center, Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) Section, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) is seeking to hire a consultant that will conduct research on strategic engagement of foundations, philanthropic intermediaries, high net worth individuals/ philanthropists, and private sector events in Asia. Results aim to be both informative about the current landscape and key actors and also provide recommendations on strategic engagement with these entities to advance the regional partnerships towards greater revenue attainment.
UNICEF’s Global Internal Communication and Staff Engagement (ICSE) team is seeking a highly skilled and creative podcast producer/editor to lead the development of an internal-facing podcast series titled “Step Up for Child Rights.” Designed for UNICEF’s all staff audience, the podcast will foster engagement and dialogue around key organizational priorities including child rights, scale and impact, climate action, strategic partnerships, innovative financing, and UNICEF’s evolving business model.
The podcast will contribute to internal efforts to strengthen cohesion, amplify UNICEF’s mission, and support staff through change. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in audio and video production, scriptwriting, and storytelling, with a proven ability to create engaging and impactful content. They will collaborate closely with the ICSE team and other stakeholders to ensure the podcast aligns with UNICEF’s strategic direction and internal communication goals.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Child Poverty and Social Protection team in the Social Policy section with outreach as well as advocacy approaches on child poverty and social protection, through a variety of policy advocacy and knowledge management initiatives. This includes supporting dialogue, learning and advocacy on shock responsive as well as inclusive & gender responsive social protection, as well as support managing an active Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, support staff members coordinate outreach to member organizations.
The consultant will build on the harmonization work already completed by IPUMS and support UNICEF in establishing a sustainable, in-house capacity to manage and extend data harmonization for future MICS survey rounds. IPUMS has developed a comprehensive library of translation tables and scripts used to convert raw MICS data into harmonized datasets. Maintaining and adapting these tools requires specialized knowledge. The consultant will review existing processes, document them clearly, and design a streamlined and future-proof approach for continued harmonization.
The assignment requires a solid understanding of household survey methodologies, MICS-specific data processing workflows, and statistical programming tools. Working in close collaboration with UNICEF’s technical teams, the consultant will ensure that the MICS Tabulator is built upon well-structured, standardized, and high-quality data — enhancing accessibility and usability for all stakeholders.
UNICEF has established a new Global Child Hazard Database to estimate the exposure of children and critical infrastructures to single and multiple climate-related hazards. The purpose of this assignment is to enhance and scale the core data processing pipeline for the Database by integrating new data streams, improving processing efficiency, and preparing the system for broader deployment and increased data volume. Integrating different data sources and platforms in cloud-based server environment.
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is a global network of operational agencies, academic institutions, policymakers, donors and practitioners that facilitates inter-agency technical collaboration on child protection in all humanitarian contexts. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-leads the Alliance with rotating NGOs, currently International Rescue Committee and Hurras Network. The Alliance sets standards and produces technical guidance for use by the various stakeholders, particularly field practitioners. Its mission is to support humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in humanitarian contexts, in both refugee and non-refugee settings.
The purpose of the assignment is to support the Alliance with planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and grant management for all Working Groups, Task Forces, and Initiatives (WGTFIs), in alignment with the Alliance’s Strategic Brief (2025-2026) and the following strategy, and the implementation of these strategies.
The hired consultant will be responsible to support implementation of the Green Rising initiative, including the Green Rising Investment Facility, by making inputs into the global Green Rising strategy – through strategy advice and facilitation expertise - and by providing tailored advice on Green Rising programming to implementing UNICEF country offices, including bringing new offices onboard to the initiative. S/he will support the development of multiple strategy streams – from capacity building to supporting collaborating with other agencies and organizations -- to leverage youth power to achieve programmatic results, including environmental impact and sustainable livelihoods, across UNICEF and partners while empowering and upskilling young people. Linked to this work, s/he will contribute to drafting fundraising proposals, support key events and fora such as skill-shares, webinars, community calls and design workshops using facilitation techniques guided by human-centred design. The consultant will be supervised by the head of the Global Volunteer Initiative (GVI) within Generation Unlimited/UNICEF and work closely with the GVI team. The work will require some travel. For additional background, refer to the Generation Unlimited/Global Volunteer Initiative and Green Rising websites
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include the evaluation of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) response in the State of Palestine. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver high quality, utilization-focused and more cost-efficient evaluations as well as to ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables able to inform humanitarian programming in a timely manner; in light of the limited internal capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan; and given UNICEF’s strong localization commitments and its prioritization of local expertise and knowledge as well as of supporting national evaluation capacity and national ownership, EO is currently seeking two Humanitarian Evaluation Consultants to support one of the portfolio’s most high-profile activities of the year: the L3 SoP evaluation. Under the guidance of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian) and the direct supervision of the Team Lead and Co-Lead, the consultant will provide technical support to the L3 SoP evaluation and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of the final deliverables. The consultants will also review the draft report produced within the scope of another important evaluation (L3 Lebanon) due to the links existing between the two responses .
To provide technical and strategic advice to Africa CDC in its efforts to build capacity, facilitate Member States to strengthening Immunization systems and improve preparedness against vaccine preventable disease outbreaks. The support will enable Africa CDC to play its leadership roles in line with existing continental and regional frameworks (i.e Addis Declaration on Immunization, IA 2030) and build resilient immunization systems across the continent.
The Consultant will support EOF by providing expert and strategic guidance in relation to the education sector as well as the local context and conditions, and contribute to overcoming any challenges that may arise, collaborate in building relationships at the local level and provide advice for a smoother implementation. The Consultant (Technical Advice) will work closely with EOF´s Central and Sierra Leone teams to provide strategic guidance during implementation and thus contribute to the success of the programme.
The purpose of the Climate Policy and Evidence consultant is to assess the child-sensitivity of national climate policies, strengthen UNICEF’s technical policy support to governments, and contribute to advancing child-focused commitments in climate-related policy frameworks at all levels.
The purpose of the Evaluation Synthesis and Formative Evaluation of UN System Work on Climate-Resilient WASH is to provide a comprehensive, UN system-wide review of evaluative evidence on CR WASH to inform UN entities, development banks and other WASH sector partners about achievements, gaps, and opportunities to scale and strengthen CR WASH programming and related activities. It aims to make evaluative evidence on CR WASH accessible for learning and decision-making and to contribute to the wider knowledge on progress toward reaching SDG 6 (water & sanitation) and 13 (climate action) targets. It provides stakeholders with transparent evidence on the performance of CR WASH investments and ensures lessons from across the UN system are documented and accessible, contributing to the global evidence base.
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) response in Syria and the evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering in Humanitarian Action. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to facilitate a light-touch evaluation of the UNICEF’s L3 response in Syria and support the evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering in Humanitarian Action. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide technical support to the conduct of the L3 Syria response evaluation and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF.
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include the evaluation of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) response in Lebanon. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver high quality, utilization-focused and more cost-efficient evaluations as well as to ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables able to inform humanitarian programming in a timely manner; in light of the limited internal capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan; and given UNICEF’s strong localization commitments and its prioritization of local expertise and knowledge as well as of supporting national evaluation capacity and national ownership, EO is currently seeking two Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant to support one of the portfolio’s most high-profile activities of the year: the L3 Lebanon evaluation. Under the guidance of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian) and the direct supervision of the L3 Lebanon Team Lead and Co-Lead, the consultant will provide technical support to the L3 Lebanon evaluation and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of the final deliverables. The consultant will also review the draft report produced within the scope of another important evaluation (L3 SoP) due to the links existing between the two responses
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) responses in State of Palestine (SoP), Lebanon and Syria. In addition, HEEP will begin designing two new thematic evaluations: one focusing on UNICEF’s humanitarian access (evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering) and one on UNICEF’s risk taking and risk management, in line with the forthcoming Plan of Global Evaluations (PGE). Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to support some of the portfolio’s most high-profile activities with a focus on evaluating the performance of sectoral and multisectoral programming during the responses, including Child Protection, Education and Gender-based violence in Emergencies, three of the areas that have often been marginalized during previous L3 activations. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide for scheduled humanitarian evaluations (both L3 specific and thematic ones) and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF. tand help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF
UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) is looking for a qualified Direct Response Television (DRTV) Consultant to support ECA PSFR Cluster with DRTV market development.
UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) is looking for a qualified International Consultant to support UNICEF ECARO’s Regional Emergency Section in strengthening knowledge management (KM) for WASH across the Europe and Central Asia Region (ECAR).
UNICEF Tanzania is supporting the Government of Tanzania to scale up integrated ECD services through evidence-based modelling, strategic planning, and multi-sectoral coordination.
Given that, UNICEF aims to support the government of Tanzania to equip work-based ECD centres, including market-based ECD centres, in the two regions in mainland Tanzania (Dar es Salaam and Dodoma) and Zanzibar within one year. These ECD Centres will serve as inspirational models for other places to provide affordable, safe, and quality childcare services for working mothers, as well as holistic development for children under 5 years old
Exciting consultancy opportunity to conduct a study on the demographic dividend to establish an evidence base for how Zambia can harness its young population’s potential within the existing social and economic frameworks, with a specific focus on its application to the National Social Protection Policy.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
To help raise more funds and revenue, the Regional Support Center, Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) Section, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) is seeking to hire a consultant that will conduct research on strategic engagement of foundations, philanthropic intermediaries, high net worth individuals/ philanthropists, and private sector events in Asia. Results aim to be both informative about the current landscape and key actors and also provide recommendations on strategic engagement with these entities to advance the regional partnerships towards greater revenue attainment.
UNICEF’s Global Internal Communication and Staff Engagement (ICSE) team is seeking a highly skilled and creative podcast producer/editor to lead the development of an internal-facing podcast series titled “Step Up for Child Rights.” Designed for UNICEF’s all staff audience, the podcast will foster engagement and dialogue around key organizational priorities including child rights, scale and impact, climate action, strategic partnerships, innovative financing, and UNICEF’s evolving business model.
The podcast will contribute to internal efforts to strengthen cohesion, amplify UNICEF’s mission, and support staff through change. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in audio and video production, scriptwriting, and storytelling, with a proven ability to create engaging and impactful content. They will collaborate closely with the ICSE team and other stakeholders to ensure the podcast aligns with UNICEF’s strategic direction and internal communication goals.
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Child Poverty and Social Protection team in the Social Policy section with outreach as well as advocacy approaches on child poverty and social protection, through a variety of policy advocacy and knowledge management initiatives. This includes supporting dialogue, learning and advocacy on shock responsive as well as inclusive & gender responsive social protection, as well as support managing an active Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, support staff members coordinate outreach to member organizations.
The consultant will build on the harmonization work already completed by IPUMS and support UNICEF in establishing a sustainable, in-house capacity to manage and extend data harmonization for future MICS survey rounds. IPUMS has developed a comprehensive library of translation tables and scripts used to convert raw MICS data into harmonized datasets. Maintaining and adapting these tools requires specialized knowledge. The consultant will review existing processes, document them clearly, and design a streamlined and future-proof approach for continued harmonization.
The assignment requires a solid understanding of household survey methodologies, MICS-specific data processing workflows, and statistical programming tools. Working in close collaboration with UNICEF’s technical teams, the consultant will ensure that the MICS Tabulator is built upon well-structured, standardized, and high-quality data — enhancing accessibility and usability for all stakeholders.
UNICEF has established a new Global Child Hazard Database to estimate the exposure of children and critical infrastructures to single and multiple climate-related hazards. The purpose of this assignment is to enhance and scale the core data processing pipeline for the Database by integrating new data streams, improving processing efficiency, and preparing the system for broader deployment and increased data volume. Integrating different data sources and platforms in cloud-based server environment.
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is a global network of operational agencies, academic institutions, policymakers, donors and practitioners that facilitates inter-agency technical collaboration on child protection in all humanitarian contexts. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-leads the Alliance with rotating NGOs, currently International Rescue Committee and Hurras Network. The Alliance sets standards and produces technical guidance for use by the various stakeholders, particularly field practitioners. Its mission is to support humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in humanitarian contexts, in both refugee and non-refugee settings.
The purpose of the assignment is to support the Alliance with planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and grant management for all Working Groups, Task Forces, and Initiatives (WGTFIs), in alignment with the Alliance’s Strategic Brief (2025-2026) and the following strategy, and the implementation of these strategies.
The hired consultant will be responsible to support implementation of the Green Rising initiative, including the Green Rising Investment Facility, by making inputs into the global Green Rising strategy – through strategy advice and facilitation expertise - and by providing tailored advice on Green Rising programming to implementing UNICEF country offices, including bringing new offices onboard to the initiative. S/he will support the development of multiple strategy streams – from capacity building to supporting collaborating with other agencies and organizations -- to leverage youth power to achieve programmatic results, including environmental impact and sustainable livelihoods, across UNICEF and partners while empowering and upskilling young people. Linked to this work, s/he will contribute to drafting fundraising proposals, support key events and fora such as skill-shares, webinars, community calls and design workshops using facilitation techniques guided by human-centred design. The consultant will be supervised by the head of the Global Volunteer Initiative (GVI) within Generation Unlimited/UNICEF and work closely with the GVI team. The work will require some travel. For additional background, refer to the Generation Unlimited/Global Volunteer Initiative and Green Rising websites
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include the evaluation of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) response in the State of Palestine. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver high quality, utilization-focused and more cost-efficient evaluations as well as to ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables able to inform humanitarian programming in a timely manner; in light of the limited internal capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan; and given UNICEF’s strong localization commitments and its prioritization of local expertise and knowledge as well as of supporting national evaluation capacity and national ownership, EO is currently seeking two Humanitarian Evaluation Consultants to support one of the portfolio’s most high-profile activities of the year: the L3 SoP evaluation. Under the guidance of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian) and the direct supervision of the Team Lead and Co-Lead, the consultant will provide technical support to the L3 SoP evaluation and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of the final deliverables. The consultants will also review the draft report produced within the scope of another important evaluation (L3 Lebanon) due to the links existing between the two responses .
To provide technical and strategic advice to Africa CDC in its efforts to build capacity, facilitate Member States to strengthening Immunization systems and improve preparedness against vaccine preventable disease outbreaks. The support will enable Africa CDC to play its leadership roles in line with existing continental and regional frameworks (i.e Addis Declaration on Immunization, IA 2030) and build resilient immunization systems across the continent.
The Consultant will support EOF by providing expert and strategic guidance in relation to the education sector as well as the local context and conditions, and contribute to overcoming any challenges that may arise, collaborate in building relationships at the local level and provide advice for a smoother implementation. The Consultant (Technical Advice) will work closely with EOF´s Central and Sierra Leone teams to provide strategic guidance during implementation and thus contribute to the success of the programme.
The purpose of the Climate Policy and Evidence consultant is to assess the child-sensitivity of national climate policies, strengthen UNICEF’s technical policy support to governments, and contribute to advancing child-focused commitments in climate-related policy frameworks at all levels.
The purpose of the Evaluation Synthesis and Formative Evaluation of UN System Work on Climate-Resilient WASH is to provide a comprehensive, UN system-wide review of evaluative evidence on CR WASH to inform UN entities, development banks and other WASH sector partners about achievements, gaps, and opportunities to scale and strengthen CR WASH programming and related activities. It aims to make evaluative evidence on CR WASH accessible for learning and decision-making and to contribute to the wider knowledge on progress toward reaching SDG 6 (water & sanitation) and 13 (climate action) targets. It provides stakeholders with transparent evidence on the performance of CR WASH investments and ensures lessons from across the UN system are documented and accessible, contributing to the global evidence base.
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) response in Syria and the evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering in Humanitarian Action. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to facilitate a light-touch evaluation of the UNICEF’s L3 response in Syria and support the evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering in Humanitarian Action. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide technical support to the conduct of the L3 Syria response evaluation and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF.
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include the evaluation of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) response in Lebanon. Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver high quality, utilization-focused and more cost-efficient evaluations as well as to ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables able to inform humanitarian programming in a timely manner; in light of the limited internal capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan; and given UNICEF’s strong localization commitments and its prioritization of local expertise and knowledge as well as of supporting national evaluation capacity and national ownership, EO is currently seeking two Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant to support one of the portfolio’s most high-profile activities of the year: the L3 Lebanon evaluation. Under the guidance of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian) and the direct supervision of the L3 Lebanon Team Lead and Co-Lead, the consultant will provide technical support to the L3 Lebanon evaluation and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of the final deliverables. The consultant will also review the draft report produced within the scope of another important evaluation (L3 SoP) due to the links existing between the two responses
The Humanitarian Evaluation Effectiveness Portfolio (HEEP) within the Evaluation Office will be managing several L3 evaluations during the second half of 2025 and 2026. These include evaluations of UNICEF’s L3 (Level 3) responses in State of Palestine (SoP), Lebanon and Syria. In addition, HEEP will begin designing two new thematic evaluations: one focusing on UNICEF’s humanitarian access (evaluation of UNICEF’s Staying and Delivering) and one on UNICEF’s risk taking and risk management, in line with the forthcoming Plan of Global Evaluations (PGE). Aligned with EO’s vision to deliver more cost-efficient evaluations and ensure rapid turn-around of evaluation deliverables and in light of the limited capacity within HEEP to complete all the activities included in its work plan, EO is currently seeking a Humanitarian Evaluation Consultant (Senior Level) to support some of the portfolio’s most high-profile activities with a focus on evaluating the performance of sectoral and multisectoral programming during the responses, including Child Protection, Education and Gender-based violence in Emergencies, three of the areas that have often been marginalized during previous L3 activations. Under the supervision of the EO’s Senior Evaluation Specialist (Humanitarian), the consultant will provide for scheduled humanitarian evaluations (both L3 specific and thematic ones) and help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF. tand help strengthen the overall quality and utility of humanitarian evaluations across UNICEF
