UNICEF is seeking a Director, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to lead the Global WASH Practice in the Center of Excellence in Nairobi with satellite teams in Panama, Amman, Bangkok and in New York. S/he reports to the Director of Programme . The Global Director WASH will also lead the Sustainable WASH Innovation HUB in Copenhagen and supervise the CEO of the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership.
Support UNICEF’s mission in Cabo Delgado! Based in Pemba Field Office as WASH Officer (Emergency and Cluster Coordination) NO2 level, you will play a dual role, supporting both the delivery of emergency WASH services and the coordination of partners within the WASH Cluster to ensure a timely, strategic, and effective response. If you meet the requirements and you are passionate about making a difference, we encourage you to apply.
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 - Burkina Faso is recruiting two (2) WASH Specialists - NO-2, FT, based in Dori and Kaya, Burkina Faso. 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.
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 ICTD is seeking the services of a Digital Transformation for Impact Consultant to design and implement a comprehensive management excellence and leadership development program for senior leaders in the UN system. The programme will have a child rights and digital transformation focus, support on the integration of digital transformation in Country Office planning and increase the visibility of the impact of digital transformation for child rights.
UNICEF Malawi will establish a Long Term Agreement with an individual consultant to provide technical support and engineering expertise on-demand for the design, review, validation, and oversight of rural WASH infrastructure in Malawi. The consultant will support UNICEF Malawi on an as-and-when-required basis in ensuring that all WASH infrastructure designs—particularly solar-powered water supply systems and WASH facilities in schools, healthcare facilities, and other institutions—meet national guidelines and UNICEF standards for sustainability, safety, equity, and climate resilience. In addition, the consultant will provide advisory services and technical capacity-building to UNICEF partners, including government institutions and NGOs, to strengthen national systems and support effective implementation of WASH infrastructure across the country.
Join our UNICEF Timor-Leste team and help shape a better future for every child. As Programme Assistant (G5), you will provide a broad range of administrative, operational, and procedural support to the Programme Section. Working under the close guidance of the supervisor, you will help implement, monitor, and deliver programme results in line with UNICEF’s rules and regulations. Your work will span key areas including programme and project support, administrative and financial processes, operations and travel arrangements, logistics for events and knowledge management.
This role focuses on managing high-volume recruitment, particularly in the Global Ringfencing Recruitment Exercise, coordinating HR processes, and building capacity among local HR focal points within the Division.
Under the supervision of a Contracts Specialist from the Digital Supply Unit, the Senior Consultant will lead and advise on large-scale procurement initiatives for Internet connectivity and associated services for schools and healthcare centres, primarily for the African continent, in compliance with Giga’s technical requirements and local country’s expectations. This role requires a strategic thinker and execution-oriented professional with deep knowledge of the public procurement lifecycle, connectivity service specifics and challenges, vendor negotiation, and compliance with regional and international procurement standards.
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
The Programme Manager will lead the end-to-end implementation and continuous improvement of UNICEF’s global Manager Support Programme (MSP), ensuring its strategic delivery across e-learning, coaching, mentoring, and peer engagement components. This role involves close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to measure impact, manage communications, drive engagement, and ensure operational excellence. The Programme Manager will also oversee staff, budgets, timelines, and reporting, while serving as the focal point for senior leadership and the independent programme evaluation.
UNICEF’s Global Learning Innovation Hub (LIH) is seeking a communication consultant to oversee external and internal communications and strategically position UNICEF as a leader in transforming education. The consultant will contribute to attracting new partners and keeping existing donors and partners informed of its progress with creative and strategic storytelling.
The successful candidate will be a part of the Global Learning Innovation Hub team based in Finland and will work under the direct supervision of the Partnerships Specialist and in close collaboration with UNICEF Communication teams. The consultant will work remotely and/or in a hybrid modality and is expected to be available during the EET time zone.
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.
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. UNICEF Philippines is looking for Policy and Data Analysis Consultant who would provide professional technical, operational assistance to localize and Integrate child- and Social-sector-focused Data in the GeoRiskPh.
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. UNICEF Philippines is looking for Project development Consultant who would provide professional technical, operational assistance to localize National Adaptation Plan (NAP) through the Investment Portfolio for Risk Resilience integrating social sectors.
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.
UNICEF is looking to hire Comptroller and Director, Division of Finance and Management. The Division of Financial and Administrative Management (DFAM) under the leadership of the UNICEF Comptroller is looking for a dynamic leader responsible for maintaining a sound system of internal controls and leading financial reforms; budget formulation and planning, including performance and financial risk management; and the establishment of systems to ensure effective and efficient use of resources and the safeguarding of UNICEF assets.
Exciting consultancy opportunity to establish long-term agreements (LTAs) with competent Environmental, Social, Health and Safety consultants to monitor borehole drilling and rehabilitation activities for UNICEF Programmes.
Exciting consultancy opportunity to establish long-term agreements (LTAs) with competent Construction Site Inspectors / Clerks of Works consultants to monitor borehole drilling and rehabilitation activities for UNICEF Programmes.
UNICEF is seeking a Director, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to lead the Global WASH Practice in the Center of Excellence in Nairobi with satellite teams in Panama, Amman, Bangkok and in New York. S/he reports to the Director of Programme . The Global Director WASH will also lead the Sustainable WASH Innovation HUB in Copenhagen and supervise the CEO of the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership.
Support UNICEF’s mission in Cabo Delgado! Based in Pemba Field Office as WASH Officer (Emergency and Cluster Coordination) NO2 level, you will play a dual role, supporting both the delivery of emergency WASH services and the coordination of partners within the WASH Cluster to ensure a timely, strategic, and effective response. If you meet the requirements and you are passionate about making a difference, we encourage you to apply.
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 - Burkina Faso is recruiting two (2) WASH Specialists - NO-2, FT, based in Dori and Kaya, Burkina Faso. 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.
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 ICTD is seeking the services of a Digital Transformation for Impact Consultant to design and implement a comprehensive management excellence and leadership development program for senior leaders in the UN system. The programme will have a child rights and digital transformation focus, support on the integration of digital transformation in Country Office planning and increase the visibility of the impact of digital transformation for child rights.
UNICEF Malawi will establish a Long Term Agreement with an individual consultant to provide technical support and engineering expertise on-demand for the design, review, validation, and oversight of rural WASH infrastructure in Malawi. The consultant will support UNICEF Malawi on an as-and-when-required basis in ensuring that all WASH infrastructure designs—particularly solar-powered water supply systems and WASH facilities in schools, healthcare facilities, and other institutions—meet national guidelines and UNICEF standards for sustainability, safety, equity, and climate resilience. In addition, the consultant will provide advisory services and technical capacity-building to UNICEF partners, including government institutions and NGOs, to strengthen national systems and support effective implementation of WASH infrastructure across the country.
Join our UNICEF Timor-Leste team and help shape a better future for every child. As Programme Assistant (G5), you will provide a broad range of administrative, operational, and procedural support to the Programme Section. Working under the close guidance of the supervisor, you will help implement, monitor, and deliver programme results in line with UNICEF’s rules and regulations. Your work will span key areas including programme and project support, administrative and financial processes, operations and travel arrangements, logistics for events and knowledge management.
This role focuses on managing high-volume recruitment, particularly in the Global Ringfencing Recruitment Exercise, coordinating HR processes, and building capacity among local HR focal points within the Division.
Under the supervision of a Contracts Specialist from the Digital Supply Unit, the Senior Consultant will lead and advise on large-scale procurement initiatives for Internet connectivity and associated services for schools and healthcare centres, primarily for the African continent, in compliance with Giga’s technical requirements and local country’s expectations. This role requires a strategic thinker and execution-oriented professional with deep knowledge of the public procurement lifecycle, connectivity service specifics and challenges, vendor negotiation, and compliance with regional and international procurement standards.
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
The Programme Manager will lead the end-to-end implementation and continuous improvement of UNICEF’s global Manager Support Programme (MSP), ensuring its strategic delivery across e-learning, coaching, mentoring, and peer engagement components. This role involves close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to measure impact, manage communications, drive engagement, and ensure operational excellence. The Programme Manager will also oversee staff, budgets, timelines, and reporting, while serving as the focal point for senior leadership and the independent programme evaluation.
UNICEF’s Global Learning Innovation Hub (LIH) is seeking a communication consultant to oversee external and internal communications and strategically position UNICEF as a leader in transforming education. The consultant will contribute to attracting new partners and keeping existing donors and partners informed of its progress with creative and strategic storytelling.
The successful candidate will be a part of the Global Learning Innovation Hub team based in Finland and will work under the direct supervision of the Partnerships Specialist and in close collaboration with UNICEF Communication teams. The consultant will work remotely and/or in a hybrid modality and is expected to be available during the EET time zone.
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.
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. UNICEF Philippines is looking for Policy and Data Analysis Consultant who would provide professional technical, operational assistance to localize and Integrate child- and Social-sector-focused Data in the GeoRiskPh.
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. UNICEF Philippines is looking for Project development Consultant who would provide professional technical, operational assistance to localize National Adaptation Plan (NAP) through the Investment Portfolio for Risk Resilience integrating social sectors.
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.
UNICEF is looking to hire Comptroller and Director, Division of Finance and Management. The Division of Financial and Administrative Management (DFAM) under the leadership of the UNICEF Comptroller is looking for a dynamic leader responsible for maintaining a sound system of internal controls and leading financial reforms; budget formulation and planning, including performance and financial risk management; and the establishment of systems to ensure effective and efficient use of resources and the safeguarding of UNICEF assets.
Exciting consultancy opportunity to establish long-term agreements (LTAs) with competent Environmental, Social, Health and Safety consultants to monitor borehole drilling and rehabilitation activities for UNICEF Programmes.
Exciting consultancy opportunity to establish long-term agreements (LTAs) with competent Construction Site Inspectors / Clerks of Works consultants to monitor borehole drilling and rehabilitation activities for UNICEF Programmes.
