The purpose of this consultancy is to provide expert guidance on the development of a research and thought leadership agenda on the debt crisis and its impacts on children. The consultant will support the shaping of the research direction, advise on the production of key outputs, and contribute to the delivery of a flagship publication. This includes identifying and engaging contributing authors, facilitating research activities, supporting coherence across outputs, and advising on the preparation of a final book that synthesizes findings and policy insights.
Under the supervision and guidance of the CEED programme specialist, this consultant will work in collaboration with country offices, regional offices, and headquarters to advocate for increased sustainable energy commitments in investments, as well as child sensitive commitments in energy programming.
Under the direct supervision of the PG SPSP HCT team data manager, and in close collaboration with the ICTD Core Solution Unit IT Manager, the consultant will be responsible for the following deliverables:
1. Complete the front end and backend HOPE refactoring coupling within one Docker, Move from Graph QL to Django Rest Framework, ensure Code Coverage ~95%
2. Implement technical measures to pull out grievances’ modules from HOPE stack in order to benefit from independent maintenance across modules.
3. Support the development of a biometrics solution for registration/deduplication and beneficiary authentication, utilizing Voice and Face Photo information.
4. Support the Development of the Country workspace, a system enabling the manipulation of registration data before uploading into HOPE.
5. Refactor deduplication by removing data husband elastic search and enable programme specific deduplication rules
6. Complete Country Report features to allow users to have granular access to HOPE data
7. Achieve HOPE distributed architecture by defining and implementing a technical solution to have different databases (e.g.: per group of time zones) to optimize maintenance time slot and performance
Under the guidance of the Lead for the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future (PLF) and in collaboration with the PLF Secretariat, UNICEF divisions, and the Health Environments for Healthy Children Team, the Consultant will create and aggregate best practices and technical tools through a central knowledge and resource hub to support country-led efforts.
The purpose of this assignment is to support UNICEF’s Education in Emergencies (EiE) team in knowledge management, reporting, programme monitoring and evaluation, grant management, data management, communication/advocacy, and resource mobilization to reinforce UNICEF’s commitment to ensuring uninterrupted education for children affected by humanitarian crises.
UNICEF seeks to engage an experienced individual consultant to drive the work of designing and establishing the platform to better attract, structure and consolidate funding flows to UNICEF’s global Education Programme, and to create joint ownership and accountability for achieving global goals. It is anticipated that this new approach will attract and leverage new partnerships by aligning with donor priorities and deploying creative financing models to maximize the impact of every dollar invested. The Consultant will also support partner sensitization, strategic communication to position and promote aligning with donor interests and launch of the platform.
The consultant will help define the architecture of the platform, and pathways to operationalize it. This will include the launch of a new partnership platform that enables coordinated and equity-focused allocation of resources together with partners. The platform promotes joint ownership and accountability.
The consultant will support the Maternal Newborn Adolescent Health Unit on advancing UNICEF’s school and adolescent health agenda under supervision of the Health Specialist (Adolescents, School, Mental Health).
This consultancy will drive regional expansion, partnership development, and resource mobilization in EAP, supporting select global priorities and accelerate the scale-up and sustainability of GenU in the East Asia and Pacific region by delivering targeted partnership and fundraising outcomes, strengthening country-level engagement, and supporting regional strategy and knowledge exchange.
This position will play a pivotal role in guiding Giga’s programmatic activities, ensuring effective oversight, alignment and coordination. As a key team within the Office of Innovation (OoI), this role also involves close collaboration with other OoI teams, particularly those focused on education, to foster education-focused collaborations and enhance the initiative's impact.
The Senior Adviser will supervise several key teams, each with distinct goals: Capital Fund, Connectivity Credits Marketplace, Market Influence & Procurement Centre, and Country Support. These teams collectively aim to innovate financial structures, reduce connectivity costs, and enable on-the-ground implementation in numerous countries, ensuring that Giga's objectives are met efficiently and effectively.
As part of our team, you will actively contribute to the Programme Group’s efforts to advance youth-led climate action in some of the world’s most vulnerable urban communities. By supporting the rollout of Green Rising in slums and informal settlements, you will help ensure that young people are empowered to drive environmental change where it matters most.
This consultancy will provide critical support to the continued roll-out of the MRMIMS+ system to situations where it is most needed, building on its existing use in 15 situations included in the Secretary General’s annual report on CAAC. Beyond expanding access, the consultancy will focus on strengthening user support, refining tools and guidance, and enhancing system functionalities to ensure the MRMIMS+ is used effectively. By providing technical assistance to both new and existing users, this work will help optimize the system’s efficiency, enabling colleagues to better document, analyze, and report on grave violations against children in armed conflict and other complex emergencies. Additionally, it will contribute to the development of analytical reports to inform global advocacy efforts on child protection in armed conflict.
UNICEF internship programme aims to provide a framework by which current eligible undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds are assigned to UNICEF offices, where their educational experience can be enhanced through practical work assignments. Additionally, the programme aims to expose the interns to the work of UNICEF, while providing UNICEF offices with the assistance of qualified students specialized in various professional fields
UNICEF internship programme aims to provide a framework by which eligible undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds are assigned to UNICEF offices, where their educational experience can be enhanced through practical work assignments. Additionally, the programme aims to expose the interns to the work of UNICEF, while providing UNICEF offices with the assistance of qualified students specialized in various professional fields.
UNICEF Timor-Leste is seeking for a National Project Coordinator, facilitating efficient coordination of programme preparation and implementation in Timor-Leste to contribute to the elaboration of the Climate-Social Services Regional Programme. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience and knowledge in project coordination and climate-related initiatives, ensuring the achievement of project preparation and implementation objectives within the stipulated timeframe.
UNICEF Yemen Amman outpost is seeking a highly skilled and experienced consultant; the main objective of consultancy is to support the UNICEF CFM team in handling and redressing complaints and capacity building by adhering to CFM protocols.
Le bureau UNICEF Cote d'Ivoire est à la recherche d'un(e) consultant(e) international(e) pour la Section WASH en vue de développer un programme national de marketing de l’assainissement en Côte d’Ivoire.
UNICEF Yemen Amman outpost, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced consultant, based in Amman, Jordan, to support the UNICEF CFM team in handing inbound and outbound calls, providing support, and resolving issues by adhering CFM protocols.
Le consultant sera chargé de dérouler un programme de renforcement de capacités en finance publique sur les enfants aux parlementaires, élus locaux et acteurs ministériels pour faciliter la compréhension des données budgétaires dans les secteurs sociaux. Une attention particulière sera portée sur l’analyse des allocations budgétaires dédiées à l’enfance, afin d’identifier les écarts de financement et les opportunités d’investissement en faveur des enfants, en particulier ceux en situation de vulnérabilité. Dans un premier temps, ce programme sera destiné aux parlementaires avant de se poursuivre avec les élus locaux et les ministères sectoriels.
Ce programme vise à renforcer les fonctions de contrôle et de suivi du budget des différents acteurs notamment les parlementaires, les élus locaux et les acteurs ministériels, en les dotant de compétences nécessaires pour analyser les budgets sous l'angle des impacts sociaux. L’approche encouragera une lecture des budgets intégrant des indicateurs spécifiques aux enfants, permettant d’évaluer dans quelle mesure les investissements publics contribuent à la réalisation de leurs droits et à l’amélioration de leur bien-être. De plus, ce programme permettra d’améliorer la transparence, la redevabilité et la gouvernance financière en droite ligne avec les priorités nationales. Cela inclut le développement de mécanismes permettant de suivre et d’évaluer l’exécution budgétaire en faveur de l’enfance, garantissant ainsi une meilleure traçabilité et efficacité des dépenses publiques destinées aux enfants.
UNICEF Moldova is hiring a a National Individual Consultant to provide technical support to the NAP Coordination Unit and the MoH for the final evaluation of the current NAP and the development of the new National AIDS Programme 2026 – 2030 in an inclusive and transparent manner. Special attention must be given to the prevention of the HIV mother-to -child transmission and the mothers and children’ health in the HIV context.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide expert guidance on the development of a research and thought leadership agenda on the debt crisis and its impacts on children. The consultant will support the shaping of the research direction, advise on the production of key outputs, and contribute to the delivery of a flagship publication. This includes identifying and engaging contributing authors, facilitating research activities, supporting coherence across outputs, and advising on the preparation of a final book that synthesizes findings and policy insights.
Under the supervision and guidance of the CEED programme specialist, this consultant will work in collaboration with country offices, regional offices, and headquarters to advocate for increased sustainable energy commitments in investments, as well as child sensitive commitments in energy programming.
Under the direct supervision of the PG SPSP HCT team data manager, and in close collaboration with the ICTD Core Solution Unit IT Manager, the consultant will be responsible for the following deliverables:
1. Complete the front end and backend HOPE refactoring coupling within one Docker, Move from Graph QL to Django Rest Framework, ensure Code Coverage ~95%
2. Implement technical measures to pull out grievances’ modules from HOPE stack in order to benefit from independent maintenance across modules.
3. Support the development of a biometrics solution for registration/deduplication and beneficiary authentication, utilizing Voice and Face Photo information.
4. Support the Development of the Country workspace, a system enabling the manipulation of registration data before uploading into HOPE.
5. Refactor deduplication by removing data husband elastic search and enable programme specific deduplication rules
6. Complete Country Report features to allow users to have granular access to HOPE data
7. Achieve HOPE distributed architecture by defining and implementing a technical solution to have different databases (e.g.: per group of time zones) to optimize maintenance time slot and performance
Under the guidance of the Lead for the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future (PLF) and in collaboration with the PLF Secretariat, UNICEF divisions, and the Health Environments for Healthy Children Team, the Consultant will create and aggregate best practices and technical tools through a central knowledge and resource hub to support country-led efforts.
The purpose of this assignment is to support UNICEF’s Education in Emergencies (EiE) team in knowledge management, reporting, programme monitoring and evaluation, grant management, data management, communication/advocacy, and resource mobilization to reinforce UNICEF’s commitment to ensuring uninterrupted education for children affected by humanitarian crises.
UNICEF seeks to engage an experienced individual consultant to drive the work of designing and establishing the platform to better attract, structure and consolidate funding flows to UNICEF’s global Education Programme, and to create joint ownership and accountability for achieving global goals. It is anticipated that this new approach will attract and leverage new partnerships by aligning with donor priorities and deploying creative financing models to maximize the impact of every dollar invested. The Consultant will also support partner sensitization, strategic communication to position and promote aligning with donor interests and launch of the platform.
The consultant will help define the architecture of the platform, and pathways to operationalize it. This will include the launch of a new partnership platform that enables coordinated and equity-focused allocation of resources together with partners. The platform promotes joint ownership and accountability.
The consultant will support the Maternal Newborn Adolescent Health Unit on advancing UNICEF’s school and adolescent health agenda under supervision of the Health Specialist (Adolescents, School, Mental Health).
This consultancy will drive regional expansion, partnership development, and resource mobilization in EAP, supporting select global priorities and accelerate the scale-up and sustainability of GenU in the East Asia and Pacific region by delivering targeted partnership and fundraising outcomes, strengthening country-level engagement, and supporting regional strategy and knowledge exchange.
This position will play a pivotal role in guiding Giga’s programmatic activities, ensuring effective oversight, alignment and coordination. As a key team within the Office of Innovation (OoI), this role also involves close collaboration with other OoI teams, particularly those focused on education, to foster education-focused collaborations and enhance the initiative's impact.
The Senior Adviser will supervise several key teams, each with distinct goals: Capital Fund, Connectivity Credits Marketplace, Market Influence & Procurement Centre, and Country Support. These teams collectively aim to innovate financial structures, reduce connectivity costs, and enable on-the-ground implementation in numerous countries, ensuring that Giga's objectives are met efficiently and effectively.
As part of our team, you will actively contribute to the Programme Group’s efforts to advance youth-led climate action in some of the world’s most vulnerable urban communities. By supporting the rollout of Green Rising in slums and informal settlements, you will help ensure that young people are empowered to drive environmental change where it matters most.
This consultancy will provide critical support to the continued roll-out of the MRMIMS+ system to situations where it is most needed, building on its existing use in 15 situations included in the Secretary General’s annual report on CAAC. Beyond expanding access, the consultancy will focus on strengthening user support, refining tools and guidance, and enhancing system functionalities to ensure the MRMIMS+ is used effectively. By providing technical assistance to both new and existing users, this work will help optimize the system’s efficiency, enabling colleagues to better document, analyze, and report on grave violations against children in armed conflict and other complex emergencies. Additionally, it will contribute to the development of analytical reports to inform global advocacy efforts on child protection in armed conflict.
UNICEF internship programme aims to provide a framework by which current eligible undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds are assigned to UNICEF offices, where their educational experience can be enhanced through practical work assignments. Additionally, the programme aims to expose the interns to the work of UNICEF, while providing UNICEF offices with the assistance of qualified students specialized in various professional fields
UNICEF internship programme aims to provide a framework by which eligible undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds are assigned to UNICEF offices, where their educational experience can be enhanced through practical work assignments. Additionally, the programme aims to expose the interns to the work of UNICEF, while providing UNICEF offices with the assistance of qualified students specialized in various professional fields.
UNICEF Timor-Leste is seeking for a National Project Coordinator, facilitating efficient coordination of programme preparation and implementation in Timor-Leste to contribute to the elaboration of the Climate-Social Services Regional Programme. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience and knowledge in project coordination and climate-related initiatives, ensuring the achievement of project preparation and implementation objectives within the stipulated timeframe.
UNICEF Yemen Amman outpost is seeking a highly skilled and experienced consultant; the main objective of consultancy is to support the UNICEF CFM team in handling and redressing complaints and capacity building by adhering to CFM protocols.
Le bureau UNICEF Cote d'Ivoire est à la recherche d'un(e) consultant(e) international(e) pour la Section WASH en vue de développer un programme national de marketing de l’assainissement en Côte d’Ivoire.
UNICEF Yemen Amman outpost, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced consultant, based in Amman, Jordan, to support the UNICEF CFM team in handing inbound and outbound calls, providing support, and resolving issues by adhering CFM protocols.
Le consultant sera chargé de dérouler un programme de renforcement de capacités en finance publique sur les enfants aux parlementaires, élus locaux et acteurs ministériels pour faciliter la compréhension des données budgétaires dans les secteurs sociaux. Une attention particulière sera portée sur l’analyse des allocations budgétaires dédiées à l’enfance, afin d’identifier les écarts de financement et les opportunités d’investissement en faveur des enfants, en particulier ceux en situation de vulnérabilité. Dans un premier temps, ce programme sera destiné aux parlementaires avant de se poursuivre avec les élus locaux et les ministères sectoriels.
Ce programme vise à renforcer les fonctions de contrôle et de suivi du budget des différents acteurs notamment les parlementaires, les élus locaux et les acteurs ministériels, en les dotant de compétences nécessaires pour analyser les budgets sous l'angle des impacts sociaux. L’approche encouragera une lecture des budgets intégrant des indicateurs spécifiques aux enfants, permettant d’évaluer dans quelle mesure les investissements publics contribuent à la réalisation de leurs droits et à l’amélioration de leur bien-être. De plus, ce programme permettra d’améliorer la transparence, la redevabilité et la gouvernance financière en droite ligne avec les priorités nationales. Cela inclut le développement de mécanismes permettant de suivre et d’évaluer l’exécution budgétaire en faveur de l’enfance, garantissant ainsi une meilleure traçabilité et efficacité des dépenses publiques destinées aux enfants.
UNICEF Moldova is hiring a a National Individual Consultant to provide technical support to the NAP Coordination Unit and the MoH for the final evaluation of the current NAP and the development of the new National AIDS Programme 2026 – 2030 in an inclusive and transparent manner. Special attention must be given to the prevention of the HIV mother-to -child transmission and the mothers and children’ health in the HIV context.
