The Gender, Rights, and Protection unit is establishing a Roster of Consultants to pre-qualify candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. Consultants on the roster may be called upon to:
• Conduct evidence reviews and quality appraisals of programmatic research on child marriage, FGM, and related interventions (e.g. social protection, cash transfers, health, social and behavioural change)
• Draft high-quality research outputs including reports, briefs, academic articles, and presentations.
• Provide technical assistance on harmful practice research to UNICEF and UNFPA country and regional offices to support evidence-informed programming.
• Support evidence-agenda setting processes including research consultations, evidence synthesis, engaging stakeholders, and developing knowledge translation tools to enhance evidence uptake.
The Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
UNICEF Namibia Country Office invites an energetic, focus and suitable individual to provide a framework by which students and graduates pursuing or having recently completed tertiary education are assigned to UNICEF Offices to enhance their education experience through practical work assignments; to expose them to the work of UNICEF; and to provide UNICEF Offices with the assistance of qualified students or recent graduates specialized in various professional fields.
This role is being established to increase the capacity of the Audience and Market Insights (AMI) unit, specifically to enhance the actionability of research and insights. The focus will be on supporting research related to high-value and hard-to-reach audiences.
This role is being established to increase the capacity of the Audience and Market Insights (AMI) unit to provide reporting, prepare supporting documentation, and develop research summaries for an increasing number of markets and new projects.
Are you passionate about “programme monitoring” and looking to gain hands-on experience to expand your knowledge and skills for career growth? This intern position is an opportunity for young talents to engage in impactful projects while expanding their knowledge and skills.
UNICEF Ghana is pleased to announce an internship opportunity within the Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation unit. The selected individual will support the preparation and analysis of programme funds and implementation with a particular focus on how funds are being spent across cost categories, partners activities, and whether the expenditure aligns with planned interventions.
The internship duration is 26 weeks and will be based in Accra.
If you're ready to take on a rewarding challenge and develop your skills, apply now and join the UNICEF Ghana team.
Exciting consultancy opportunity to conduct an in-depth analysis of the 2025 subnational budgets across 10 selected districts to inform policy advocacy and enhance the efficiency, equity, and effectiveness of public spending on social services relevant to children.
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
UNICEF PERU
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment
Post No. 132754
Job Title/Level: Education Officer (Foundational Learning) / NOA
Supervisor Title/Level: Education Specialist /NOC
Organizational Unit: Programme Section
Post Location: Lima, Peru Country Office
Period of contract: 7 months
As an Education Officer (Foundational Learning) in UNICEF you will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Peru by providing professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programs/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical program information specially in term of strengthening government capacities for designing and implementing inclusive secondary education policies with relevance and quality, to ensure successful trajectories for indigenous, rural and urban-marginal adolescents.
The Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (OIAI) reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for internal audit and investigation services to UNICEF. OIAI provides independent, objective assurance on the effectiveness of risk management and the effectiveness and adequacy of internal controls.
The Investigations Section is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of misconduct, such as sexual exploitation and abuse, serious child safeguarding violations, gross mismanagement, fraud, corruption, retaliation against whistle-blowers, workplace harassment, abuse of authority, violation or willful disregard of UNICEF regulations, rules and administrative instructions that involve UNICEF staff, and relevant non-staff personnel. The Section is also tasked with investigating allegations of certain types of wrongdoing by third parties, such as sexual exploitation and abuse and serious child safeguarding violations as well as fraud and corruption, committed to the detriment of UNICEF.
OIAI conducts investigations in accordance with the International Uniform Principles and Guidelines for Investigations adopted at the 10th Conference of International Investigators and the OIAI Investigations Manual. The OIAI Investigations Section comprises three teams across three geographic locations: the Investigations Unit, which has members based in New York, Budapest and Nairobi; a dedicated Fraud Team based in New York; and the Strategy, Intake and Analysis (SIA) Unit based in New York. The Investigations Unit handles cases predicated for investigation and certain complex and/or high-priority assessments. The Fraud team is dedicated to handling fraud and corruption matters implicating UNICEF personnel as well as third parties. The SIA Unit handles intake and initial assessments of new matters; policy, strategic and donor-related initiatives; and quality assurance reviews of investigation and other reports.
This ToR relates specifically to the Learning and Leadership Development Consultant role. The consultant will bring expertise in adult learning, leadership development, and organizational culture, and will focus on how managers engage with and apply the MSP in practice. They will support data collection and analysis with a particular emphasis on behaviour change, learning transfer, and organizational dynamics, and will help ensure that findings and recommendations are grounded in practical understanding of leadership development in complex organizations.
Full details of the evaluation are provided in the Terms of Reference for the Evaluation of the Manager Support Programme (see here).
This ToR relates specifically to the Senior Evaluation Consultant role. The consultant will provide methodological leadership and team coordination, oversee data collection and analysis, ensure coherence and quality across deliverables, and facilitate participatory processes such as sensemaking and co-creation workshops.
Full details of the evaluation are provided in the Terms of Reference for the Evaluation of the Manager Support Programme
If you are a committed, creative professional and you would like to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better and safe world for children, we would like to hear from you. Our State of Palestine Office is seeking a dynamic qualified candidate to join our team as Immunization Officer at NOA level based in Jerusalem, SOP.
The Quality Review of the Country Programme Planning process (CPP) aims to assess the extent to which the purpose, rationale, and practice of the new CPP guidance have been understood and integrated by Country Offices. More deeply, the quality review aims at assessing the extent to which the new country programmes enable and plan for programming for scale and impact and for leveraging partnerships towards the achievement of higher-level results.
Therefore, elements to be assessed will include not only the adherence to the guidance (in terms of steps, processes, and templates) but also the application of its key principles, such as:
- Shifting towards more purposeful, effective and strategic planning at the country level, using high-quality analysis to shape programme choices
- Designing adaptive country programmes that contribute to outcome-level changes in the lives of children, by responding effectively and at scale to the most critical child rights’ deprivations (programming for scale and impact)
- Linking the Theories of Change with the evidence gathered in the Evidence Synthesis
- Identifying relevant systemic changes and appropriate interventions in the ToCs
- Connecting the Results and Resources Plans with the ToC’s interventions and systemic changes
- Harmonising Humanitarian and Development analysis and planning
- Better integrating risk analysis and management throughout the process
- Leveraging of a diverse set of partnerships towards the realisation of higher results for children
- Better reflecting on government and partners’ contributions (including the private sector) and commitment in line with National Development Plans
- Ensuring effective participation of key stakeholders at the critical steps of the planning process, as appropriate to the country's context
This consultancy, which will be hosted on the UNICEF-DRP GitHub, delivers a technology suite that takes outputs and figures from R scripts and makes them accessible to large language models (LLMs) for natural language querying. This approach ensures interoperability with cross-unit workflows, allowing various teams to leverage the tool regardless of their specific R script outputs. By transforming raw data into easily digestible insights, this work directly supports the Africa Data Strategy's shift "From Data to Insights," making data more accessible and useful for decision-making across the continent. This not only enhances technical assistance by improving data analysis capacity but also promotes knowledge exchange by fostering a shared, technology-driven approach to understanding child welfare data.
To support this growing portfolio, UNICEF is seeking support to:
• Strengthen global data infrastructure, analytics tools, and documentation of best practices
• Provide technical support to country offices and ministries of health to access, clean, and analyze routine data
• Finalize and scale country-specific data pipelines, dashboards, and analytics products
This role will be embedded within the MNCAH Data and Analytics team and will work closely with regional and country teams. The consultant will help close the gap between data and action, supporting more agile, accountable, and equitable health systems.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a WASH Officer (Engineer) at the NOB level to be based in Tarawa, Kiribati. The WASH Officer will report to the WASH Specialist and provide technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process. The WASH Officer will prepare, and implement a variety of technical, management, and administrative tasks, related to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme. Specifically, this position will provide dedicated WASH engineering expertise to the WASH Programme in the country office including working closely with key government stakeholders and selected contractors in planning of improvement works and to provide close technical oversight and regular reporting of implementation of the construction works.
UNICEF Papua New Guinea seeking to recruit a National Professional for the position of Education Specialist at NOC Level on Fixed Terma Appointment. The Education Specialist contributes to achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
UNICEF is supporting BARMM institutions to shape climate and disaster risk reduction (DRRM) policies that put children first. This consultancy will deliver evidence-based analysis to:
-Align climate and DRRM frameworks for stronger, more coherent policies.
-Empower institutions with the capacity for risk-informed, child-sensitive action.
-Drive sustainable financing for climate adaptation and disaster resilience.
Together, we’re ensuring that BARMM’s climate and disaster strategies are inclusive, forward-looking, and rooted in national and global standards, because every child deserves a safe and sustainable future.
Individual Consultants - Technical and Methodological Consultants for Evidence activities on Long Term Agreements (LTA) for 2 + 1 years (open to both National & International Consultants)
The Gender, Rights, and Protection unit is establishing a Roster of Consultants to pre-qualify candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. Consultants on the roster may be called upon to:
• Conduct evidence reviews and quality appraisals of programmatic research on child marriage, FGM, and related interventions (e.g. social protection, cash transfers, health, social and behavioural change)
• Draft high-quality research outputs including reports, briefs, academic articles, and presentations.
• Provide technical assistance on harmful practice research to UNICEF and UNFPA country and regional offices to support evidence-informed programming.
• Support evidence-agenda setting processes including research consultations, evidence synthesis, engaging stakeholders, and developing knowledge translation tools to enhance evidence uptake.
The Social & Economic Policy (SEP) unit at UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight is establishing a Roster of Consultants with pre-qualified candidates who can be contracted quickly to provide a range of research services. These may include quantitative or qualitative data collection activities, data analysis (quantitative and/or qualitative), literature reviews, writing research outputs such as reports, briefs or academic articles, amongst others.
UNICEF Namibia Country Office invites an energetic, focus and suitable individual to provide a framework by which students and graduates pursuing or having recently completed tertiary education are assigned to UNICEF Offices to enhance their education experience through practical work assignments; to expose them to the work of UNICEF; and to provide UNICEF Offices with the assistance of qualified students or recent graduates specialized in various professional fields.
This role is being established to increase the capacity of the Audience and Market Insights (AMI) unit, specifically to enhance the actionability of research and insights. The focus will be on supporting research related to high-value and hard-to-reach audiences.
This role is being established to increase the capacity of the Audience and Market Insights (AMI) unit to provide reporting, prepare supporting documentation, and develop research summaries for an increasing number of markets and new projects.
Are you passionate about “programme monitoring” and looking to gain hands-on experience to expand your knowledge and skills for career growth? This intern position is an opportunity for young talents to engage in impactful projects while expanding their knowledge and skills.
UNICEF Ghana is pleased to announce an internship opportunity within the Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation unit. The selected individual will support the preparation and analysis of programme funds and implementation with a particular focus on how funds are being spent across cost categories, partners activities, and whether the expenditure aligns with planned interventions.
The internship duration is 26 weeks and will be based in Accra.
If you're ready to take on a rewarding challenge and develop your skills, apply now and join the UNICEF Ghana team.
Exciting consultancy opportunity to conduct an in-depth analysis of the 2025 subnational budgets across 10 selected districts to inform policy advocacy and enhance the efficiency, equity, and effectiveness of public spending on social services relevant to children.
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (UNICEF GAO) is unique in its mandate. It is accountable for providing programmatic support to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. In addition, it identifies, cultivates and sustains partnerships with Gulf-based partners to generate resources for the organization globally. UNICEF has a role to play in ensuring rapid development in the Gulf is child sensitive and child focused and that children remain at the heart of the national development dialogue.
UNICEF PERU
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment
Post No. 132754
Job Title/Level: Education Officer (Foundational Learning) / NOA
Supervisor Title/Level: Education Specialist /NOC
Organizational Unit: Programme Section
Post Location: Lima, Peru Country Office
Period of contract: 7 months
As an Education Officer (Foundational Learning) in UNICEF you will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Peru by providing professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programs/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical program information specially in term of strengthening government capacities for designing and implementing inclusive secondary education policies with relevance and quality, to ensure successful trajectories for indigenous, rural and urban-marginal adolescents.
The Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (OIAI) reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for internal audit and investigation services to UNICEF. OIAI provides independent, objective assurance on the effectiveness of risk management and the effectiveness and adequacy of internal controls.
The Investigations Section is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of misconduct, such as sexual exploitation and abuse, serious child safeguarding violations, gross mismanagement, fraud, corruption, retaliation against whistle-blowers, workplace harassment, abuse of authority, violation or willful disregard of UNICEF regulations, rules and administrative instructions that involve UNICEF staff, and relevant non-staff personnel. The Section is also tasked with investigating allegations of certain types of wrongdoing by third parties, such as sexual exploitation and abuse and serious child safeguarding violations as well as fraud and corruption, committed to the detriment of UNICEF.
OIAI conducts investigations in accordance with the International Uniform Principles and Guidelines for Investigations adopted at the 10th Conference of International Investigators and the OIAI Investigations Manual. The OIAI Investigations Section comprises three teams across three geographic locations: the Investigations Unit, which has members based in New York, Budapest and Nairobi; a dedicated Fraud Team based in New York; and the Strategy, Intake and Analysis (SIA) Unit based in New York. The Investigations Unit handles cases predicated for investigation and certain complex and/or high-priority assessments. The Fraud team is dedicated to handling fraud and corruption matters implicating UNICEF personnel as well as third parties. The SIA Unit handles intake and initial assessments of new matters; policy, strategic and donor-related initiatives; and quality assurance reviews of investigation and other reports.
This ToR relates specifically to the Learning and Leadership Development Consultant role. The consultant will bring expertise in adult learning, leadership development, and organizational culture, and will focus on how managers engage with and apply the MSP in practice. They will support data collection and analysis with a particular emphasis on behaviour change, learning transfer, and organizational dynamics, and will help ensure that findings and recommendations are grounded in practical understanding of leadership development in complex organizations.
Full details of the evaluation are provided in the Terms of Reference for the Evaluation of the Manager Support Programme (see here).
This ToR relates specifically to the Senior Evaluation Consultant role. The consultant will provide methodological leadership and team coordination, oversee data collection and analysis, ensure coherence and quality across deliverables, and facilitate participatory processes such as sensemaking and co-creation workshops.
Full details of the evaluation are provided in the Terms of Reference for the Evaluation of the Manager Support Programme
If you are a committed, creative professional and you would like to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better and safe world for children, we would like to hear from you. Our State of Palestine Office is seeking a dynamic qualified candidate to join our team as Immunization Officer at NOA level based in Jerusalem, SOP.
The Quality Review of the Country Programme Planning process (CPP) aims to assess the extent to which the purpose, rationale, and practice of the new CPP guidance have been understood and integrated by Country Offices. More deeply, the quality review aims at assessing the extent to which the new country programmes enable and plan for programming for scale and impact and for leveraging partnerships towards the achievement of higher-level results.
Therefore, elements to be assessed will include not only the adherence to the guidance (in terms of steps, processes, and templates) but also the application of its key principles, such as:
- Shifting towards more purposeful, effective and strategic planning at the country level, using high-quality analysis to shape programme choices
- Designing adaptive country programmes that contribute to outcome-level changes in the lives of children, by responding effectively and at scale to the most critical child rights’ deprivations (programming for scale and impact)
- Linking the Theories of Change with the evidence gathered in the Evidence Synthesis
- Identifying relevant systemic changes and appropriate interventions in the ToCs
- Connecting the Results and Resources Plans with the ToC’s interventions and systemic changes
- Harmonising Humanitarian and Development analysis and planning
- Better integrating risk analysis and management throughout the process
- Leveraging of a diverse set of partnerships towards the realisation of higher results for children
- Better reflecting on government and partners’ contributions (including the private sector) and commitment in line with National Development Plans
- Ensuring effective participation of key stakeholders at the critical steps of the planning process, as appropriate to the country's context
This consultancy, which will be hosted on the UNICEF-DRP GitHub, delivers a technology suite that takes outputs and figures from R scripts and makes them accessible to large language models (LLMs) for natural language querying. This approach ensures interoperability with cross-unit workflows, allowing various teams to leverage the tool regardless of their specific R script outputs. By transforming raw data into easily digestible insights, this work directly supports the Africa Data Strategy's shift "From Data to Insights," making data more accessible and useful for decision-making across the continent. This not only enhances technical assistance by improving data analysis capacity but also promotes knowledge exchange by fostering a shared, technology-driven approach to understanding child welfare data.
To support this growing portfolio, UNICEF is seeking support to:
• Strengthen global data infrastructure, analytics tools, and documentation of best practices
• Provide technical support to country offices and ministries of health to access, clean, and analyze routine data
• Finalize and scale country-specific data pipelines, dashboards, and analytics products
This role will be embedded within the MNCAH Data and Analytics team and will work closely with regional and country teams. The consultant will help close the gap between data and action, supporting more agile, accountable, and equitable health systems.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a WASH Officer (Engineer) at the NOB level to be based in Tarawa, Kiribati. The WASH Officer will report to the WASH Specialist and provide technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process. The WASH Officer will prepare, and implement a variety of technical, management, and administrative tasks, related to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme. Specifically, this position will provide dedicated WASH engineering expertise to the WASH Programme in the country office including working closely with key government stakeholders and selected contractors in planning of improvement works and to provide close technical oversight and regular reporting of implementation of the construction works.
UNICEF Papua New Guinea seeking to recruit a National Professional for the position of Education Specialist at NOC Level on Fixed Terma Appointment. The Education Specialist contributes to achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
UNICEF is supporting BARMM institutions to shape climate and disaster risk reduction (DRRM) policies that put children first. This consultancy will deliver evidence-based analysis to:
-Align climate and DRRM frameworks for stronger, more coherent policies.
-Empower institutions with the capacity for risk-informed, child-sensitive action.
-Drive sustainable financing for climate adaptation and disaster resilience.
Together, we’re ensuring that BARMM’s climate and disaster strategies are inclusive, forward-looking, and rooted in national and global standards, because every child deserves a safe and sustainable future.
Individual Consultants - Technical and Methodological Consultants for Evidence activities on Long Term Agreements (LTA) for 2 + 1 years (open to both National & International Consultants)
