The consultant will design and implement a mixed-methods evidence synthesis that reviews UNICEF’s WASH systems strengthening support in a select number of countries. The assignment will analyze how support has been delivered, what outputs were produced, what changes in systems and service outcomes are plausibly linked to UNICEF support, and what lessons should shape UNICEF’s future systems strengthening off
The ongoing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in DRC poses a significant cross-border risk to Rwanda. UNICEF Rwanda, in line with the Government-led preparedness approach, is supporting national efforts to strengthen Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC) systems to prevent and respond to a potential outbreak. Current priorities include strengthening IPC in healthcare facilities, scaling up WASH services, enhancing community-based preparedness, and ensuring continuity of essential services. To support these efforts, UNICEF plans to engage an experienced individual consultant to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health (MoH)/Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), line government agencies and partners at the national and sub-nationals in strengthening WASH and IPC preparedness, prevention, and response capacities for EVD.
UNICEF is seeking a WASH Manager (P4) to support the management and delivery of a large and complex WASH programme. Reporting to the Chief of WASH/CEE, the role provides technical guidance, programme oversight, and quality assurance to ensure effective implementation of WASH interventions and sustainable results for children and communities. The position also engages with government and partners at senior levels to advance UNICEF's equity-focused mission.
The Chief of WASH will provide the leadership needed to enable the Country Office to achieve the WASH-related output results of the country programme. This, in turn, will contribute to the achievement of the outcome results of the Country Programme Document. When done effectively, the achievement of the outcome results will improve child survival, growth and development and reduce inequalities in the country.
Desarrollar Sistematización para la gestión adecuada de desechos sólidos y de servicios agua, saneamiento e higiene (ASH), en el marco conceptual de WASHFIT1 (Herramienta para el mejoramiento progresivo de servicios de ASH, de UNICEF y OMS), recopilando y analizando buenas prácticas, brechas y recomendaciones para contribuir a procesos de estandarización y fortalecimiento de los Establecimientos de Salud (ES), así como para favorecer el escalamiento de dichas prácticas a nivel nacional, en el marco de las políticas de salud del Gobierno de Honduras.
This consultation aims to conduct an in-depth market study on the menstrual hygiene products in Cameroon, with particular attention to inequities affecting adolescent girls and women in both urban, peri-urban and rural settings. The study will generate evidence to inform UNICEF Cameroon’s programme strategies on improving access to safe, affordable, quality menstrual products, while strengthening local markets, promoting sustainable and reusable solutions, and addressing socio-cultural barriers.
The consultant will be based in Dakar and provide targeted humanitarian advocacy support to WCARO and UNICEF DRC (and other countries depending on the evolution of the Ebola outbreak) to strengthen Ebola-related communication and advocacy, influence key stakeholders, and support effective outbreak response during the current emergency period.
This includes supporting both country office communication team and the development of a distinct regional communication and advocacy strategy led by WCARO, ensuring visibility, coherence of messaging, and amplification of key priorities across the region.
Consultancy to provide technical support to advance large-scale food fortification (LSFF) and iodine nutrition agenda in West and Central Africa (WCAR), Child Nutrition and Development Practice, UNICEF; Nairobi, Kenya, 10.5 months, Office based in Abuja, Nigeria (with travel across West Africa / Member States)
Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is looking for a highly motivated Programme Specialist (Safeguarding) to support and strengthen ECW’s safeguarding work across its global humanitarian education portfolio. Under the general guidance and supervision of the Chief of Education, the incumbent will play a critical role within the Programme Delivery and Quality Team, conducting Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) assessments of partner organizations, managing safeguarding incidents and concerns involving partners, and supporting safeguarding capacity-strengthening initiatives. Working closely with colleagues across the Programme Delivery and Quality, Finance, Risk & Operations, Evidence, Results and Reporting, and Partnerships, Advocacy and Resource Mobilization teams, the Programme Specialist will also engage with UNICEF colleagues through cross-divisional safeguarding forums and collaborate with ECW-funded partners to promote safe, accountable and child-centered programming.
Reporting to the Deputy Representative, the Chief Child Survival and Development (CSD) is responsible for leading UNICEF Iraq’s efforts to improve child survival and development outcomes through the strategic integration of Health, Nutrition, and WASH programming.
The Programme Associate, GS-6, based in Hargeisa and reporting to the WASH Specialist, provides technical, operational and administrative support for the implementation of WASH programme activities. The role focuses on drinking water supply, sanitation infrastructure, and WASH hardware projects, while strengthening coordination with local authorities and ensuring quality, accountability and effective programme delivery across Somaliland.
Benin is a middle-income country that faces many challenges in guaranteeing the rights of everychild. Ranked 158th out of 191 countries on the Human Development Index (UNDP, 2021/2022), ithas significant disparities between urban and rural areas, and between girls and boys. Since 1977,UNICEF has been working closely with the government, civil society, technical and financialpartners, young people and communities to improve access to education, health services,protection, water, sanitation, nutrition and social policies for children.The 2024-2026 cooperation program pays particular attention to girls' education, protectionagainst violence, community health, and the fight against child labor. Present in the field throughits offices in Cotonou, Natitingou and Parakou, UNICEF is committed to working alongside themost vulnerable communities to guarantee concrete, lasting results.Social Policy is a standalone section.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.
UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations.
This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
UNICEF Nigeria is looking for a professional and dependable Driver to join its team in the Kano field Office. We invite applications from motivated and committed individuals who are eager to support UNICEF’s mission and contribute to positive outcomes for children. If you are passionate about making a difference, we encourage you to apply and become part of our dedicated team.
Join UNICEF Ghana as an Administrative Officer and play a key role in enabling results for children. We are seeking a dynamic and results-oriented professional to lead efficient administrative operations, strengthen risk management and stakeholder partnerships, and drive operational excellence through data-informed decision-making. The successful candidate will ensure seamless office operations, effective service delivery, and compliance with UNICEF’s policies, procedures, and regulationsIf you are passionate about operational excellence, innovation, and creating an enabling environment for impact, we encourage you to apply and be part of UNICEF’s mission to improve the lives of every child.
The Maiduguri field office is seeking to recruit and Administrative Assistant who will be responsible for executing a broad variety of routine tasks for the respective unit requiring full knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
The UNICEF Nigeria is seeking for a Logistics Associate for the Lagos Field Office to provide has a direct impact on the quality and timeliness of a variety of services for which the unit is responsible. The effectiveness of these services influences the timely completion of other processes for clients and has a direct bearing on the reputation of the supply team, especially in terms of quality and responsiveness. The Logistics Associate acts as a key point of contact for the coordination and planning of routine supply chain activities—such as the transportation of goods and materials, purchase orders, contracts, delivery, and payments. These relationships are crucial for meeting deadlines and ensuring that work results comply with regulations, rules, and guidelines.
UNICEF Sierra Leone is seeking to recruit a Chief of Planning and Monitoring. The Chief of Planning and Monitoring will lead monitoring and evaluation activities, knowledge management for evidence-based analysis and HACT adherence as an integral part of programme development, planning and implementation.
The UNICEF Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is seeking a committed and creative professional for the position of Social Policy Specialist (Public Finance for Children), NO-3 level, based in Kinshasa.If you are passionate about making a lasting difference in the lives of children, join UNICEF, the world's leading organization dedicated to advancing and protecting children's rights.
UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire is seeking a talented specialist to drive its youth and adolescent development programme forward with the following key functions:
• Support to programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
The consultant will design and implement a mixed-methods evidence synthesis that reviews UNICEF’s WASH systems strengthening support in a select number of countries. The assignment will analyze how support has been delivered, what outputs were produced, what changes in systems and service outcomes are plausibly linked to UNICEF support, and what lessons should shape UNICEF’s future systems strengthening off
The ongoing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in DRC poses a significant cross-border risk to Rwanda. UNICEF Rwanda, in line with the Government-led preparedness approach, is supporting national efforts to strengthen Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC) systems to prevent and respond to a potential outbreak. Current priorities include strengthening IPC in healthcare facilities, scaling up WASH services, enhancing community-based preparedness, and ensuring continuity of essential services. To support these efforts, UNICEF plans to engage an experienced individual consultant to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health (MoH)/Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), line government agencies and partners at the national and sub-nationals in strengthening WASH and IPC preparedness, prevention, and response capacities for EVD.
UNICEF is seeking a WASH Manager (P4) to support the management and delivery of a large and complex WASH programme. Reporting to the Chief of WASH/CEE, the role provides technical guidance, programme oversight, and quality assurance to ensure effective implementation of WASH interventions and sustainable results for children and communities. The position also engages with government and partners at senior levels to advance UNICEF's equity-focused mission.
The Chief of WASH will provide the leadership needed to enable the Country Office to achieve the WASH-related output results of the country programme. This, in turn, will contribute to the achievement of the outcome results of the Country Programme Document. When done effectively, the achievement of the outcome results will improve child survival, growth and development and reduce inequalities in the country.
Desarrollar Sistematización para la gestión adecuada de desechos sólidos y de servicios agua, saneamiento e higiene (ASH), en el marco conceptual de WASHFIT1 (Herramienta para el mejoramiento progresivo de servicios de ASH, de UNICEF y OMS), recopilando y analizando buenas prácticas, brechas y recomendaciones para contribuir a procesos de estandarización y fortalecimiento de los Establecimientos de Salud (ES), así como para favorecer el escalamiento de dichas prácticas a nivel nacional, en el marco de las políticas de salud del Gobierno de Honduras.
This consultation aims to conduct an in-depth market study on the menstrual hygiene products in Cameroon, with particular attention to inequities affecting adolescent girls and women in both urban, peri-urban and rural settings. The study will generate evidence to inform UNICEF Cameroon’s programme strategies on improving access to safe, affordable, quality menstrual products, while strengthening local markets, promoting sustainable and reusable solutions, and addressing socio-cultural barriers.
The consultant will be based in Dakar and provide targeted humanitarian advocacy support to WCARO and UNICEF DRC (and other countries depending on the evolution of the Ebola outbreak) to strengthen Ebola-related communication and advocacy, influence key stakeholders, and support effective outbreak response during the current emergency period.
This includes supporting both country office communication team and the development of a distinct regional communication and advocacy strategy led by WCARO, ensuring visibility, coherence of messaging, and amplification of key priorities across the region.
Consultancy to provide technical support to advance large-scale food fortification (LSFF) and iodine nutrition agenda in West and Central Africa (WCAR), Child Nutrition and Development Practice, UNICEF; Nairobi, Kenya, 10.5 months, Office based in Abuja, Nigeria (with travel across West Africa / Member States)
Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is looking for a highly motivated Programme Specialist (Safeguarding) to support and strengthen ECW’s safeguarding work across its global humanitarian education portfolio. Under the general guidance and supervision of the Chief of Education, the incumbent will play a critical role within the Programme Delivery and Quality Team, conducting Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) assessments of partner organizations, managing safeguarding incidents and concerns involving partners, and supporting safeguarding capacity-strengthening initiatives. Working closely with colleagues across the Programme Delivery and Quality, Finance, Risk & Operations, Evidence, Results and Reporting, and Partnerships, Advocacy and Resource Mobilization teams, the Programme Specialist will also engage with UNICEF colleagues through cross-divisional safeguarding forums and collaborate with ECW-funded partners to promote safe, accountable and child-centered programming.
Reporting to the Deputy Representative, the Chief Child Survival and Development (CSD) is responsible for leading UNICEF Iraq’s efforts to improve child survival and development outcomes through the strategic integration of Health, Nutrition, and WASH programming.
The Programme Associate, GS-6, based in Hargeisa and reporting to the WASH Specialist, provides technical, operational and administrative support for the implementation of WASH programme activities. The role focuses on drinking water supply, sanitation infrastructure, and WASH hardware projects, while strengthening coordination with local authorities and ensuring quality, accountability and effective programme delivery across Somaliland.
Benin is a middle-income country that faces many challenges in guaranteeing the rights of everychild. Ranked 158th out of 191 countries on the Human Development Index (UNDP, 2021/2022), ithas significant disparities between urban and rural areas, and between girls and boys. Since 1977,UNICEF has been working closely with the government, civil society, technical and financialpartners, young people and communities to improve access to education, health services,protection, water, sanitation, nutrition and social policies for children.The 2024-2026 cooperation program pays particular attention to girls' education, protectionagainst violence, community health, and the fight against child labor. Present in the field throughits offices in Cotonou, Natitingou and Parakou, UNICEF is committed to working alongside themost vulnerable communities to guarantee concrete, lasting results.Social Policy is a standalone section.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.
UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations.
This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
UNICEF Nigeria is looking for a professional and dependable Driver to join its team in the Kano field Office. We invite applications from motivated and committed individuals who are eager to support UNICEF’s mission and contribute to positive outcomes for children. If you are passionate about making a difference, we encourage you to apply and become part of our dedicated team.
Join UNICEF Ghana as an Administrative Officer and play a key role in enabling results for children. We are seeking a dynamic and results-oriented professional to lead efficient administrative operations, strengthen risk management and stakeholder partnerships, and drive operational excellence through data-informed decision-making. The successful candidate will ensure seamless office operations, effective service delivery, and compliance with UNICEF’s policies, procedures, and regulationsIf you are passionate about operational excellence, innovation, and creating an enabling environment for impact, we encourage you to apply and be part of UNICEF’s mission to improve the lives of every child.
The Maiduguri field office is seeking to recruit and Administrative Assistant who will be responsible for executing a broad variety of routine tasks for the respective unit requiring full knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.
The UNICEF Nigeria is seeking for a Logistics Associate for the Lagos Field Office to provide has a direct impact on the quality and timeliness of a variety of services for which the unit is responsible. The effectiveness of these services influences the timely completion of other processes for clients and has a direct bearing on the reputation of the supply team, especially in terms of quality and responsiveness. The Logistics Associate acts as a key point of contact for the coordination and planning of routine supply chain activities—such as the transportation of goods and materials, purchase orders, contracts, delivery, and payments. These relationships are crucial for meeting deadlines and ensuring that work results comply with regulations, rules, and guidelines.
UNICEF Sierra Leone is seeking to recruit a Chief of Planning and Monitoring. The Chief of Planning and Monitoring will lead monitoring and evaluation activities, knowledge management for evidence-based analysis and HACT adherence as an integral part of programme development, planning and implementation.
The UNICEF Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is seeking a committed and creative professional for the position of Social Policy Specialist (Public Finance for Children), NO-3 level, based in Kinshasa.If you are passionate about making a lasting difference in the lives of children, join UNICEF, the world's leading organization dedicated to advancing and protecting children's rights.
UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire is seeking a talented specialist to drive its youth and adolescent development programme forward with the following key functions:
• Support to programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
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