The consultant will assess partners and prospects with particular focus on climate resilience and innovation as entry points and identify funding, public financing and non-financial partnership opportunities. Through consultations across country offices and global partnership teams, and a few select external actors, the consultant will map partnership gaps and opportunities propose, and outline clear engagement approach that support efforts towards high impact and long-term partnerships.
A key deliverable will be identifying high‑potential partners with strong interest in WASH, innovation, and climate‑resilient solutions to produce a stakeholder matrix and develop a global partnership pipeline of the most viable prospects. This is to include funding, public financing, and core resources and networks, leverage opportunities towards areas such as capacity building, advocacy, and building a pipeline of solutions. The work will include preparing a high‑level, tailored engagement strategy for each partnership type and context. This work will help establish a strong foundation for partnership collaboration, enabling UNICEF and partners to support, cocreate, and scale impactful WASH climate resilient programmes and innovations.
The WASH Officer reports to the WASH Specialist who is at level 3 for supervision. The WASH Officer provides technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process. The Officer prepares, manages and implements a variety of technical and administrative tasks, related to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme.
The assignment aims to enhance UNICEF’s capacity in CEED by supporting the mobilization on climate finance. This will be achieved by conceptualizing proposals, developing concept notes and proposals for major international climate funds- particularly vertical funds and international financial institutions (IFIs) and creating climate rationales for UNICEF South Sudan
This is a readvertisement of the external VA for replacement of WASH Specialist, NO3 in Sittwe office UNICEF, Myanmar. Interested Myanmar nationals with relevant qualifications and skills are eligible to apply.
Are you looking for a hands-on experience to expand your knowledge and skills? UNICEF Ghana has an opportunity for young talents to engage as WASH Knowledge Management (KM) Intern to support Knowledge and Information Management for the WASH Program.
The internship aims to strengthen evidence-based programming and enhance organizational learning through effective data management, documentation, and knowledge-sharing processes.
The internship duration is 26 weeks (Part-time work within 12 months). If you are passionate about data-driven impact and learning-oriented programming, we encourage you to apply.
This consultancy is an opportunity to support five frontrunner countries—Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Sudan—in documenting the implementation of the Joint Action to Stop Wasting (JASW) and generating evidence-driven learning products. The consultant will provide technical and methodological support across the learning process, including designing data collection approaches, facilitating data gathering and analysis, and preparing country learning briefs and multi‑country thematic briefs. The role also synthesizes cross-country findings to identify common patterns, good practices, and lessons that inform adaptive management and strengthen the JASW partnership model, working under the guidance of global UNICEF and WFP teams.
UNICEF Maldives has an exciting vacancy for a Climate Resilience Officer, NOB (Temporary Appointment) UNICEF MALDIVES (for Maldivian Nationals only) all qualified nationals are invited to apply!
UNICEF Nigeria in Abuja, is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of an immunization programme monitoring & evaluation consultant and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
Afghanistan country office is seeking an experienced Health Specialist responsible for providing technical support for the implementation of MNH projects, including community-based MNH. This includes technical support, managing, implementation, coordination, integration, evidence generation, monitoring, and supervision. This encompasses both direct program work with relevant stakeholders including civil society partners, and contractors as well as strengthening linkages and support to UNICEF teams working on health, nutrition, child protection, gender, water, and sanitation.
In partnership with the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE), The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) launched the South Africa ECCE Outcomes Fund (“Fund 1.0”) in December 2025. Over three years, five implementing partners (IPs) will open around 1.4k new Early learning programmes (ELPs) and support around 600 existing ones throughout the country. The Outcomes fund is a form of outcomes-based financing, wherein payment to IPs is dependent on their progress towards pre-specified target outcomes. Under this model, EOF, IPs, and pre-financers providing working capital and performance management to the IPs, will frequently collect monitoring and evaluation data related to the interventions.
Fund 1.0 was developed as a way to learn about how to improve ECCE quality, to provide space for innovation, and as an opportunity for the DBE to broaden partnerships with non-state ECCE providers. Towards the scaling objectives of the 2030 ECD strategy and as outlined in the Bana Pele Blueprint, the DBE and EOF are interested in surfacing learnings from Fund 1.0 to inform the design of a future outcomes fund (“ELP Fund 2.0”). To support that effort, EOF is looking to collaborate with a consultant who will serve as a full-time member of the South Africa country team, to lead the learning, scaling, and evidence synthesis agenda for Fund 1.0.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a Child Protection Specialist (NOC) to join our team in Suva.
In this role, you will support the development, implementation, and monitoring of child protection programmes across the Pacific Multi-Country Office. Working under the guidance of the Chief, Child Protection, you will provide technical expertise, strengthen protection systems, and contribute to national and regional efforts to create safe, nurturing environments for all children. This position plays a critical role in advancing children’s rights to protection, survival, development, and wellbeing, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. If you are passionate about child rights and driven by impact, apply now and help make a lasting difference for children across the Pacific.
UNICEF Honduras looks for an Administrative Assistant to support implementation of humanitarian funds by providing operational and administrative support, requiring thorough knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
Le bureau de l’UNICEF au Togo recrute un(e) champion(ne) des enfants pour apporter un appui technique aux équipes dirigeantes des Directions Régionales de la Santé de la région Maritime, pour la planification, la coordination, la mise en œuvre et le suivi des interventions visant à améliorer la survie et le développement de l’enfant, en utilisant le Programme Élargi de Vaccination (PEV) de routine comme point d’entrée.
We are seeking a highly qualified consultant to support a key milestone under the SDG Joint Programme; helping to strengthen inter‑ministerial coordination across Jamaica’s social protection, health, and education sectors.
Help us drive better results for Jamaica’s children!
UNICEF is implementing the Emergency Preparedness Platform 3.0 (EPP) as a core corporate system to strengthen emergency preparedness and response planning across Country Offices (COs). The global launch of EPP 3.0 is planned for early July.
To support a coherent, structured and scalable global roll-out, UNICEF requires a comprehensive EPP 3.0 roll-out package across the organization with COs.ROs and HQ.
This package will encompass the creation of corporate guidance documents, detailed operational instructions embedded to be within the online platform, the creation of standardized design templates, a training package including a training of Trainers (ToT), the design and delivery of multilingual webinars, support for a global launch event and the establishment of a post-launch helpdesk function.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide strategic and technical advice in the development and delivery of the package set out above, ensuring that Regional Offices and Country Offices are equipped with authoritative guidance, practical tools, and high-quality training materials to effectively implement and operationalize the EPP in all country offices over the course of the coming two years.
We are looking for a leader of the risk management pillar of the Global AI Hub, partnering with DAPM, DID, Programme Divisions, Regional and Country Offices to ensure AI initiatives meet internal standards, comply with global regulatory trends, and integrate organizational values into design and deployment.
Le Bureau de l’UNICEF au Burkina Faso est à la recherche d’un (e) professionnel(le), engagé(e) pour le poste de Programme Associate au niveau GS6 basé à Ouagadougou.
Si vous êtes cette personne passionnée par l'idée de faire une différence durable pour les enfants, rejoignez l'UNICEF, la première organisation mondiale de défense des droits de l'enfant.
The Administrative Assistant will provide comprehensive administrative, financial, travel and coordination support to the O&F team during a defined transition period. The role is essential to ensure continuity of day-to-day operations, budget monitoring, procurement and travel administration through the end of 2026, ahead of the planned relocation of functions to Rome.
The incumbent will work under the overall supervision of the Deputy Director of Operations and Finance and will collaborate closely with professional and general service staff across the team.
The purpose of this assignment is to enhance the engagement and management of global multi-generational families by developing and implementing strategic initiatives, communication strategies, and events that align with UNICEF’s philanthropic goals. This includes developing new family engagement opportunities specifically designed for age groups and/or generations currently not served by any offerings; creating content that effectively communicates the impact of family philanthropic donations and engagements; planning and executing donor engagement events, such as Supply Division Family day visits, Innocenti Family day visits and other regional events. Additionally, the role involves collaborating with various teams and stakeholders to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement within the Global Philanthropy team and across other teams.
The Consultant will work under the supervision and report to the Chief Global Philanthropy, based in Geneva. Further engagement may come in the form of communication with the other potential team members from UNICEF who will be identified separately. Additional relevant UNICEF staff from headquarters, national committees, and regional/country offices may be consulted throughout the process.
The consultant will assess partners and prospects with particular focus on climate resilience and innovation as entry points and identify funding, public financing and non-financial partnership opportunities. Through consultations across country offices and global partnership teams, and a few select external actors, the consultant will map partnership gaps and opportunities propose, and outline clear engagement approach that support efforts towards high impact and long-term partnerships.
A key deliverable will be identifying high‑potential partners with strong interest in WASH, innovation, and climate‑resilient solutions to produce a stakeholder matrix and develop a global partnership pipeline of the most viable prospects. This is to include funding, public financing, and core resources and networks, leverage opportunities towards areas such as capacity building, advocacy, and building a pipeline of solutions. The work will include preparing a high‑level, tailored engagement strategy for each partnership type and context. This work will help establish a strong foundation for partnership collaboration, enabling UNICEF and partners to support, cocreate, and scale impactful WASH climate resilient programmes and innovations.
The WASH Officer reports to the WASH Specialist who is at level 3 for supervision. The WASH Officer provides technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process. The Officer prepares, manages and implements a variety of technical and administrative tasks, related to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme.
The assignment aims to enhance UNICEF’s capacity in CEED by supporting the mobilization on climate finance. This will be achieved by conceptualizing proposals, developing concept notes and proposals for major international climate funds- particularly vertical funds and international financial institutions (IFIs) and creating climate rationales for UNICEF South Sudan
This is a readvertisement of the external VA for replacement of WASH Specialist, NO3 in Sittwe office UNICEF, Myanmar. Interested Myanmar nationals with relevant qualifications and skills are eligible to apply.
Are you looking for a hands-on experience to expand your knowledge and skills? UNICEF Ghana has an opportunity for young talents to engage as WASH Knowledge Management (KM) Intern to support Knowledge and Information Management for the WASH Program.
The internship aims to strengthen evidence-based programming and enhance organizational learning through effective data management, documentation, and knowledge-sharing processes.
The internship duration is 26 weeks (Part-time work within 12 months). If you are passionate about data-driven impact and learning-oriented programming, we encourage you to apply.
This consultancy is an opportunity to support five frontrunner countries—Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Sudan—in documenting the implementation of the Joint Action to Stop Wasting (JASW) and generating evidence-driven learning products. The consultant will provide technical and methodological support across the learning process, including designing data collection approaches, facilitating data gathering and analysis, and preparing country learning briefs and multi‑country thematic briefs. The role also synthesizes cross-country findings to identify common patterns, good practices, and lessons that inform adaptive management and strengthen the JASW partnership model, working under the guidance of global UNICEF and WFP teams.
UNICEF Maldives has an exciting vacancy for a Climate Resilience Officer, NOB (Temporary Appointment) UNICEF MALDIVES (for Maldivian Nationals only) all qualified nationals are invited to apply!
UNICEF Nigeria in Abuja, is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of an immunization programme monitoring & evaluation consultant and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
Afghanistan country office is seeking an experienced Health Specialist responsible for providing technical support for the implementation of MNH projects, including community-based MNH. This includes technical support, managing, implementation, coordination, integration, evidence generation, monitoring, and supervision. This encompasses both direct program work with relevant stakeholders including civil society partners, and contractors as well as strengthening linkages and support to UNICEF teams working on health, nutrition, child protection, gender, water, and sanitation.
In partnership with the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE), The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) launched the South Africa ECCE Outcomes Fund (“Fund 1.0”) in December 2025. Over three years, five implementing partners (IPs) will open around 1.4k new Early learning programmes (ELPs) and support around 600 existing ones throughout the country. The Outcomes fund is a form of outcomes-based financing, wherein payment to IPs is dependent on their progress towards pre-specified target outcomes. Under this model, EOF, IPs, and pre-financers providing working capital and performance management to the IPs, will frequently collect monitoring and evaluation data related to the interventions.
Fund 1.0 was developed as a way to learn about how to improve ECCE quality, to provide space for innovation, and as an opportunity for the DBE to broaden partnerships with non-state ECCE providers. Towards the scaling objectives of the 2030 ECD strategy and as outlined in the Bana Pele Blueprint, the DBE and EOF are interested in surfacing learnings from Fund 1.0 to inform the design of a future outcomes fund (“ELP Fund 2.0”). To support that effort, EOF is looking to collaborate with a consultant who will serve as a full-time member of the South Africa country team, to lead the learning, scaling, and evidence synthesis agenda for Fund 1.0.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking a Child Protection Specialist (NOC) to join our team in Suva.
In this role, you will support the development, implementation, and monitoring of child protection programmes across the Pacific Multi-Country Office. Working under the guidance of the Chief, Child Protection, you will provide technical expertise, strengthen protection systems, and contribute to national and regional efforts to create safe, nurturing environments for all children. This position plays a critical role in advancing children’s rights to protection, survival, development, and wellbeing, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. If you are passionate about child rights and driven by impact, apply now and help make a lasting difference for children across the Pacific.
UNICEF Honduras looks for an Administrative Assistant to support implementation of humanitarian funds by providing operational and administrative support, requiring thorough knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
Le bureau de l’UNICEF au Togo recrute un(e) champion(ne) des enfants pour apporter un appui technique aux équipes dirigeantes des Directions Régionales de la Santé de la région Maritime, pour la planification, la coordination, la mise en œuvre et le suivi des interventions visant à améliorer la survie et le développement de l’enfant, en utilisant le Programme Élargi de Vaccination (PEV) de routine comme point d’entrée.
We are seeking a highly qualified consultant to support a key milestone under the SDG Joint Programme; helping to strengthen inter‑ministerial coordination across Jamaica’s social protection, health, and education sectors.
Help us drive better results for Jamaica’s children!
UNICEF is implementing the Emergency Preparedness Platform 3.0 (EPP) as a core corporate system to strengthen emergency preparedness and response planning across Country Offices (COs). The global launch of EPP 3.0 is planned for early July.
To support a coherent, structured and scalable global roll-out, UNICEF requires a comprehensive EPP 3.0 roll-out package across the organization with COs.ROs and HQ.
This package will encompass the creation of corporate guidance documents, detailed operational instructions embedded to be within the online platform, the creation of standardized design templates, a training package including a training of Trainers (ToT), the design and delivery of multilingual webinars, support for a global launch event and the establishment of a post-launch helpdesk function.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide strategic and technical advice in the development and delivery of the package set out above, ensuring that Regional Offices and Country Offices are equipped with authoritative guidance, practical tools, and high-quality training materials to effectively implement and operationalize the EPP in all country offices over the course of the coming two years.
We are looking for a leader of the risk management pillar of the Global AI Hub, partnering with DAPM, DID, Programme Divisions, Regional and Country Offices to ensure AI initiatives meet internal standards, comply with global regulatory trends, and integrate organizational values into design and deployment.
Le Bureau de l’UNICEF au Burkina Faso est à la recherche d’un (e) professionnel(le), engagé(e) pour le poste de Programme Associate au niveau GS6 basé à Ouagadougou.
Si vous êtes cette personne passionnée par l'idée de faire une différence durable pour les enfants, rejoignez l'UNICEF, la première organisation mondiale de défense des droits de l'enfant.
The Administrative Assistant will provide comprehensive administrative, financial, travel and coordination support to the O&F team during a defined transition period. The role is essential to ensure continuity of day-to-day operations, budget monitoring, procurement and travel administration through the end of 2026, ahead of the planned relocation of functions to Rome.
The incumbent will work under the overall supervision of the Deputy Director of Operations and Finance and will collaborate closely with professional and general service staff across the team.
The purpose of this assignment is to enhance the engagement and management of global multi-generational families by developing and implementing strategic initiatives, communication strategies, and events that align with UNICEF’s philanthropic goals. This includes developing new family engagement opportunities specifically designed for age groups and/or generations currently not served by any offerings; creating content that effectively communicates the impact of family philanthropic donations and engagements; planning and executing donor engagement events, such as Supply Division Family day visits, Innocenti Family day visits and other regional events. Additionally, the role involves collaborating with various teams and stakeholders to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement within the Global Philanthropy team and across other teams.
The Consultant will work under the supervision and report to the Chief Global Philanthropy, based in Geneva. Further engagement may come in the form of communication with the other potential team members from UNICEF who will be identified separately. Additional relevant UNICEF staff from headquarters, national committees, and regional/country offices may be consulted throughout the process.
