UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Health to develop a context-appropriate, evidence-based NPM in Lao PDR, aligned with global and regional guidance and adapted to the national food environment.
The NPM will be developed through a Technical Working Group (TWG), following a structured approach that includes defining scope, adapting suitable WHO NPMs, identifying food categories, setting nutrient thresholds, and validating the model with different stakeholders, among others.
The purpose of the assignment is to provide technical support to the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) in Lao PDR
to develop a conceptual framework and roadmap for establishing a school readiness assessment system, drawing on
MoES’ existing School Readiness Competencies (SRC) targeting children aged 5 to under 6 years (one year before primary
grade one entry).
The existing MoES’ SCR sets standards on school readiness across five domains, namely 1) physical development, movement
and hygiene; 2) cognition and learning; 3) language and communication; 4) emotional development; and 5) social
development. SCR is an essential foundation for children aged 3 to 5 years before they enter primary school. Beyond
expanding equitable access to early childhood education, the MoES also aims to ensure the quality of early childhood
education (ECE) translates into children’s school readiness outcomes. Whilst the CRS hves been integrated into the MOES’
ECE curriculum, teacher guides and training, etc., actual assessment on children’s learning and developmental stans against
the CRS has not yet been undertaken to date, nor is a system to undertake such an assessment yet to be established.
Join UNICEF’s Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office in Panama City as a Procurement Services Specialist and help shape innovative, sustainable procurement solutions that deliver results for children. In this strategic role, you will drive the implementation of the Regional Procurement Services Strategy 2025–2029, strengthen national supply chains, and foster partnerships that unlock financing and resources for children. Working across the region, you will provide expert guidance, promote collaboration, and turn opportunities into measurable impact. Bring your expertise, strategic vision, and passion for results to UNICEF—apply today and help make a lasting difference for children across Latin America and the Caribbean!
UNICEF Lao PDR seeks an experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist to support emergency preparedness, coordination, and response interventions across WASH, Nutrition, Protection, and Education sectors, with a particular focus on child-centred disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, warehouse management, water, sanitation and hygiene, humanitarian coordination, and emergency supply preparedness.
Join UNICEF’s Global WASH Practice and help accelerate access to safely managed, climate-resilient sanitation services for children and communities worldwide. Based in Nairobi, you will provide strategic leadership and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices, driving sanitation system strengthening, sector financing, policy reform, innovation, and equitable service delivery. You will lead global efforts across sanitation, WASH in Schools, and Menstrual Health and Hygiene, while supporting climate resilience, governance reforms, digital solutions, and resource mobilization. Working with partners across development and humanitarian settings, you will help shape policies, strengthen institutions, mobilize investments, and scale sustainable solutions that improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families. This is a unique opportunity to influence global WASH priorities and contribute to UNICEF’s mission of leaving no child behind
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical leadership and coordination for the development of two interconnected national guidelines for Lao PDR: the Maternal Nutrition Guidelines and the Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Guidelines.
The consultant will ensure that both guidelines are aligned with the latest WHO and UNICEF recommendations, reflect current national policies, strategies, and evidence, and are adapted to the Lao context, including its ethnic, geographic, and socio-cultural diversity.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide professional editing, copy-editing, structural review and publication-readiness support for 15 papers that will form book chapters developed under the UNICEF Lesotho Thought Leadership Series. The consultant will support UNICEF Lesotho to transform selected full papers into polished, accessible and policy-relevant manuscripts suitable for presentation at the 2027 National Dialogue and for possible inclusion in an edited open-access book.
UNICEF is engaging a Lead Consultant to support the Ministry of Health in the development of the National Maternal Nutrition Guidelines and the revision and updating of the Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Guidelines for Lao PDR, ensuring alignment with current evidence, international recommendations, and national programme priorities.
To support this process, UNICEF is also seeking a National Consultant who will work closely with the Lead Consultant and the MoH to facilitate access to relevant national policies, guidelines, programme documents, and other reference materials. The National Consultant will support coordination and collaboration with government counterparts and key stakeholders, facilitate consultations and review processes, and provide local technical and contextual expertise to ensure that the guidelines are appropriately adapted to the Lao PDR context, including its health system structures, implementation realities, and socio-cultural diversity.
Lao PDR is strengthening its immunization programme to sustain and improve routine immunization coverage, reduce inequalities in access and coverage, and ensure that zero-dose and under-immunized children and missed communities are identified and reached with appropriate vaccination services. The programme also requires continued strengthening of immunization information systems and data use, sub-national programme performance and coordination, supportive supervision, and preparedness to respond effectively to outbreaks of polio, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases. The assignment aims to provide targeted technical assistance to the National Immunization Programme (NIP) and relevant provincial and district health teams to strengthen programme planning, implementation, monitoring and performance management. The consultant will support the programme to translate immunization data and evidence into practical actions, identify and address coverage and equity gaps, strengthen approaches for identifying and reaching zero-dose and under-immunized children, and improve coordination and accountability across national and sub-national levels. The consultant will also support preparedness and implementation of priority immunization activities, including supplementary immunization activities and MR/HPV campaigns, follow-up of EVM-related programme recommendations, and documentation of lessons learned and good practices. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening the capacity of national and sub-national teams through supportive supervision, mentoring, training and use of relevant learning platforms. Through this assignment, the consultant is expected to contribute to improved programme performance, stronger data driven decision-making, increased reach among missed and underserved populations, and strengthened readiness to prevent and respond to vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in Lao PDR.
This position supports UNICEF's digital transformation agenda by strengthening country-level access to digital, data, and AI solutions through the TeamOne collaboration model. The incumbent will help coordinate and facilitate cross-country support, contribute to the implementation and quality assurance of digital solutions using the UNICEF Digital Playbook, and ensure alignment with digital standards, cybersecurity, data protection, interoperability, and governance requirements. The role also supports the identification and triaging of country office digital, data, and AI needs, leveraging data and insights to improve support mechanisms and community engagement. In addition, the incumbent will contribute to knowledge management, learning, and capacity-building initiatives, foster knowledge sharing across UNICEF's digital community, and help strengthen digital capabilities across country offices through collaboration, learning events, and community management activities. This position is ideal for candidates with an interest in digital development, knowledge management, AI and data-driven innovation, stakeholder coordination, and digital capacity building in an international development context.
Ready to make a regional impact? UNICEF LACRO is looking for an experienced and strategic leader to serve as Regional Chief of Programme Planning and Monitoring (P-5), helping strengthen programme quality, performance and results for children across Latin America and the Caribbean.
The purpose of this assignment is to design, develop, and operationalize a National Electronic Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (eMPDSR) System for Lesotho that will strengthen the timely identification, notification, review, analysis, and response to maternal, neonatal, stillbirth, and perinatal deaths. The system will serve as a unified national platform that integrates and interoperates with existing government information systems, including DHIS2, CRVS, IDSR, and other relevant platforms, to improve mortality surveillance, enhance accountability, support evidence-based decision-making, and accelerate reductions in preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
To support implementation of the National SRHR Roadmap and achievement of project objectives, UNICEF Lesotho, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, seeks to engage a consultant to provide dedicated technical and coordination support for SRHR monitoring, accountability, data systems, reporting, knowledge management and stakeholder coordination. The consultant will help ensure that roadmap priorities are implemented, progress is tracked, evidence is generated and lessons are documented to inform decision-making, accountability and future scale-up.
Can you influence the decisions that shape Angola’s WASH agenda? Are you a respected WASH professional with the experience to guide policy, strengthen institutions, and mobilize partners towards a common vision? Do you thrive on turning complex challenges into sustainable solutions that improve the lives of children and communities? UNICEF Angola is seeking an exceptional WASH Specialist to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and partnership engagement in support of equitable, climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services across the country. If you are ready to shape systems, influence change, and leave a lasting legacy for children in Angola, we encourage you to apply. For every child, safe water, sanitation, and a healthier future.
UNICEF DCOE is therefore seeking a Senior Consultant to lead Oky’s country partnerships and advance girls’ digital literacy and contributions across the Oky network, bringing country realities and girls’ perspectives into Oky’s technology direction.
This assignment aims to strengthen UNICEF’s global leadership on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) by advancing advocacy, accountability, monitoring, knowledge management and partnerships. The consultant will support implementation of the global MHH agenda, including tracking progress against commitments, strengthening country-level monitoring systems, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and promoting knowledge-sharing. The role will also support the UNICEF–Kimberly-Clark partnership through advocacy, capacity building, resource development, programme learning, and cross-country exchange to improve health, education and wellbeing outcomes for girls and women.
You can be part of our team and help make a difference. Through this position, you will contribute with efficiency and effectiveness to support the development and implementation of SBC initiatives and products that support UNICEF’s ability to promote SBC results. This in turn contributes to enhancing the ability of UNICEF to fulfill its mission to achieve sustainable, locally owned and concrete results in improving the survival, development, protection and wellbeing of children in the country.
Under the supervision of the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition) and the general supervision of the Individual Giving Officer, the incumbent will support the coordination and follow-up of offline acquisition activities, including strategy implementation and engagement with agencies and suppliers. The incumbent will contribute to supplier and agency management processes, including the preparation of RFPs and LTAs; cost planning and fund-loading support; monitoring of CPA, ROI and relevant KPIs; preparation of internal and external meetings; responses to agency requests; support for supplier negotiation processes and kick-off meetings; projections and reprojections; administrative support; and quality reporting and feedback to agencies, in accordance with PSFR objectives.
UNICEF Honduras is looking for a national Health and Nutrition Officer to provide professional technical assistance and support for programme/project design, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of programme/project activities, including data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge networking and capacity building in humanitarian and / or emergency contexts.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health in the planning, implementation,
monitoring, and reporting of preventive and curative nutrition interventions delivered through the health system. The
consultant will work closely with relevant departments of the Ministry of Health to enhance coordination, support evidence
based programming, and contribute to the effective delivery of nutrition services and interventions.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Health to develop a context-appropriate, evidence-based NPM in Lao PDR, aligned with global and regional guidance and adapted to the national food environment.
The NPM will be developed through a Technical Working Group (TWG), following a structured approach that includes defining scope, adapting suitable WHO NPMs, identifying food categories, setting nutrient thresholds, and validating the model with different stakeholders, among others.
The purpose of the assignment is to provide technical support to the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) in Lao PDR
to develop a conceptual framework and roadmap for establishing a school readiness assessment system, drawing on
MoES’ existing School Readiness Competencies (SRC) targeting children aged 5 to under 6 years (one year before primary
grade one entry).
The existing MoES’ SCR sets standards on school readiness across five domains, namely 1) physical development, movement
and hygiene; 2) cognition and learning; 3) language and communication; 4) emotional development; and 5) social
development. SCR is an essential foundation for children aged 3 to 5 years before they enter primary school. Beyond
expanding equitable access to early childhood education, the MoES also aims to ensure the quality of early childhood
education (ECE) translates into children’s school readiness outcomes. Whilst the CRS hves been integrated into the MOES’
ECE curriculum, teacher guides and training, etc., actual assessment on children’s learning and developmental stans against
the CRS has not yet been undertaken to date, nor is a system to undertake such an assessment yet to be established.
Join UNICEF’s Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office in Panama City as a Procurement Services Specialist and help shape innovative, sustainable procurement solutions that deliver results for children. In this strategic role, you will drive the implementation of the Regional Procurement Services Strategy 2025–2029, strengthen national supply chains, and foster partnerships that unlock financing and resources for children. Working across the region, you will provide expert guidance, promote collaboration, and turn opportunities into measurable impact. Bring your expertise, strategic vision, and passion for results to UNICEF—apply today and help make a lasting difference for children across Latin America and the Caribbean!
UNICEF Lao PDR seeks an experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist to support emergency preparedness, coordination, and response interventions across WASH, Nutrition, Protection, and Education sectors, with a particular focus on child-centred disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, warehouse management, water, sanitation and hygiene, humanitarian coordination, and emergency supply preparedness.
Join UNICEF’s Global WASH Practice and help accelerate access to safely managed, climate-resilient sanitation services for children and communities worldwide. Based in Nairobi, you will provide strategic leadership and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices, driving sanitation system strengthening, sector financing, policy reform, innovation, and equitable service delivery. You will lead global efforts across sanitation, WASH in Schools, and Menstrual Health and Hygiene, while supporting climate resilience, governance reforms, digital solutions, and resource mobilization. Working with partners across development and humanitarian settings, you will help shape policies, strengthen institutions, mobilize investments, and scale sustainable solutions that improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families. This is a unique opportunity to influence global WASH priorities and contribute to UNICEF’s mission of leaving no child behind
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical leadership and coordination for the development of two interconnected national guidelines for Lao PDR: the Maternal Nutrition Guidelines and the Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Guidelines.
The consultant will ensure that both guidelines are aligned with the latest WHO and UNICEF recommendations, reflect current national policies, strategies, and evidence, and are adapted to the Lao context, including its ethnic, geographic, and socio-cultural diversity.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide professional editing, copy-editing, structural review and publication-readiness support for 15 papers that will form book chapters developed under the UNICEF Lesotho Thought Leadership Series. The consultant will support UNICEF Lesotho to transform selected full papers into polished, accessible and policy-relevant manuscripts suitable for presentation at the 2027 National Dialogue and for possible inclusion in an edited open-access book.
UNICEF is engaging a Lead Consultant to support the Ministry of Health in the development of the National Maternal Nutrition Guidelines and the revision and updating of the Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Guidelines for Lao PDR, ensuring alignment with current evidence, international recommendations, and national programme priorities.
To support this process, UNICEF is also seeking a National Consultant who will work closely with the Lead Consultant and the MoH to facilitate access to relevant national policies, guidelines, programme documents, and other reference materials. The National Consultant will support coordination and collaboration with government counterparts and key stakeholders, facilitate consultations and review processes, and provide local technical and contextual expertise to ensure that the guidelines are appropriately adapted to the Lao PDR context, including its health system structures, implementation realities, and socio-cultural diversity.
Lao PDR is strengthening its immunization programme to sustain and improve routine immunization coverage, reduce inequalities in access and coverage, and ensure that zero-dose and under-immunized children and missed communities are identified and reached with appropriate vaccination services. The programme also requires continued strengthening of immunization information systems and data use, sub-national programme performance and coordination, supportive supervision, and preparedness to respond effectively to outbreaks of polio, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases. The assignment aims to provide targeted technical assistance to the National Immunization Programme (NIP) and relevant provincial and district health teams to strengthen programme planning, implementation, monitoring and performance management. The consultant will support the programme to translate immunization data and evidence into practical actions, identify and address coverage and equity gaps, strengthen approaches for identifying and reaching zero-dose and under-immunized children, and improve coordination and accountability across national and sub-national levels. The consultant will also support preparedness and implementation of priority immunization activities, including supplementary immunization activities and MR/HPV campaigns, follow-up of EVM-related programme recommendations, and documentation of lessons learned and good practices. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening the capacity of national and sub-national teams through supportive supervision, mentoring, training and use of relevant learning platforms. Through this assignment, the consultant is expected to contribute to improved programme performance, stronger data driven decision-making, increased reach among missed and underserved populations, and strengthened readiness to prevent and respond to vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in Lao PDR.
This position supports UNICEF's digital transformation agenda by strengthening country-level access to digital, data, and AI solutions through the TeamOne collaboration model. The incumbent will help coordinate and facilitate cross-country support, contribute to the implementation and quality assurance of digital solutions using the UNICEF Digital Playbook, and ensure alignment with digital standards, cybersecurity, data protection, interoperability, and governance requirements. The role also supports the identification and triaging of country office digital, data, and AI needs, leveraging data and insights to improve support mechanisms and community engagement. In addition, the incumbent will contribute to knowledge management, learning, and capacity-building initiatives, foster knowledge sharing across UNICEF's digital community, and help strengthen digital capabilities across country offices through collaboration, learning events, and community management activities. This position is ideal for candidates with an interest in digital development, knowledge management, AI and data-driven innovation, stakeholder coordination, and digital capacity building in an international development context.
Ready to make a regional impact? UNICEF LACRO is looking for an experienced and strategic leader to serve as Regional Chief of Programme Planning and Monitoring (P-5), helping strengthen programme quality, performance and results for children across Latin America and the Caribbean.
The purpose of this assignment is to design, develop, and operationalize a National Electronic Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (eMPDSR) System for Lesotho that will strengthen the timely identification, notification, review, analysis, and response to maternal, neonatal, stillbirth, and perinatal deaths. The system will serve as a unified national platform that integrates and interoperates with existing government information systems, including DHIS2, CRVS, IDSR, and other relevant platforms, to improve mortality surveillance, enhance accountability, support evidence-based decision-making, and accelerate reductions in preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
To support implementation of the National SRHR Roadmap and achievement of project objectives, UNICEF Lesotho, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, seeks to engage a consultant to provide dedicated technical and coordination support for SRHR monitoring, accountability, data systems, reporting, knowledge management and stakeholder coordination. The consultant will help ensure that roadmap priorities are implemented, progress is tracked, evidence is generated and lessons are documented to inform decision-making, accountability and future scale-up.
Can you influence the decisions that shape Angola’s WASH agenda? Are you a respected WASH professional with the experience to guide policy, strengthen institutions, and mobilize partners towards a common vision? Do you thrive on turning complex challenges into sustainable solutions that improve the lives of children and communities? UNICEF Angola is seeking an exceptional WASH Specialist to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and partnership engagement in support of equitable, climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services across the country. If you are ready to shape systems, influence change, and leave a lasting legacy for children in Angola, we encourage you to apply. For every child, safe water, sanitation, and a healthier future.
UNICEF DCOE is therefore seeking a Senior Consultant to lead Oky’s country partnerships and advance girls’ digital literacy and contributions across the Oky network, bringing country realities and girls’ perspectives into Oky’s technology direction.
This assignment aims to strengthen UNICEF’s global leadership on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) by advancing advocacy, accountability, monitoring, knowledge management and partnerships. The consultant will support implementation of the global MHH agenda, including tracking progress against commitments, strengthening country-level monitoring systems, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and promoting knowledge-sharing. The role will also support the UNICEF–Kimberly-Clark partnership through advocacy, capacity building, resource development, programme learning, and cross-country exchange to improve health, education and wellbeing outcomes for girls and women.
You can be part of our team and help make a difference. Through this position, you will contribute with efficiency and effectiveness to support the development and implementation of SBC initiatives and products that support UNICEF’s ability to promote SBC results. This in turn contributes to enhancing the ability of UNICEF to fulfill its mission to achieve sustainable, locally owned and concrete results in improving the survival, development, protection and wellbeing of children in the country.
Under the supervision of the Fundraising Officer (Acquisition) and the general supervision of the Individual Giving Officer, the incumbent will support the coordination and follow-up of offline acquisition activities, including strategy implementation and engagement with agencies and suppliers. The incumbent will contribute to supplier and agency management processes, including the preparation of RFPs and LTAs; cost planning and fund-loading support; monitoring of CPA, ROI and relevant KPIs; preparation of internal and external meetings; responses to agency requests; support for supplier negotiation processes and kick-off meetings; projections and reprojections; administrative support; and quality reporting and feedback to agencies, in accordance with PSFR objectives.
UNICEF Honduras is looking for a national Health and Nutrition Officer to provide professional technical assistance and support for programme/project design, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of programme/project activities, including data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge networking and capacity building in humanitarian and / or emergency contexts.
The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health in the planning, implementation,
monitoring, and reporting of preventive and curative nutrition interventions delivered through the health system. The
consultant will work closely with relevant departments of the Ministry of Health to enhance coordination, support evidence
based programming, and contribute to the effective delivery of nutrition services and interventions.
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