This role supports scaling UNICEF’s Last Mile Supply Monitoring (LMSM) platform by leading technical implementation and development. It involves managing rollouts in multiple earmarked countries, improving system features and performance, collaborating with stakeholders, managing the project execution, and contributing hands-on to backend development and reporting.The successful candidate will have combined skills of technical leadership, backend development, and project management to drive efficient and scalable solutions. The role focuses on improving development processes by implementing DevOps practices, automating release and testing workflows, and enhancing reporting systems. In addition, it involves designing and maintaining backend systems using Django, ensuring code quality, performance, and security, and collaborating with frontend teams to deliver integrated solutions through efficient project planning and execution, including defining scope, managing timelines, mitigating risks, and coordinating cross-functional teams, while continuously evaluating outcomes for improvement.
Join UNICEF Uganda as a WASH Officer – Emergency, NOB, and help protect children and families during the Ebola response. This Temporary Appointment is ideal for a hands-on WASH professional who thrives in emergencies, builds strong partnerships, and is ready to make an immediate impact.
The Nigerian WASH team in Abuja is seeking for a WASH Manager to provide technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to ensure the achievement of the WASH-related output results in the country programme. The Manager provides authoritative advisory services to government and sector support agencies and interacts with government at senior levels and with senior staff in the International Development Banks. The WASH Manager will support the strengthening of quality assurance, risk-informed programming, and implementation oversight across the WASH portfolio.The role will help ensure that programme interventions are delivered to a high standard, in line with technical norms, and that resources are used effectively to achieve sustainable results for children and communities.The position will contribute to enhancing transparency, accountability, and value for money, including through strengthened monitoring systems, partner support, and field-level verification of results.The position will be based in Abuja but will require significant travel to Maiduguri and other conflict-affected areas. An individual with strong WASH contract management, risk mitigation, compliance monitoring, construction oversight, accountability systems, and internal controls is required.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support ASWA III Country Office (Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Mali, Niger) to develop and implement a WASH focused conflict and peace analysis (CPA) including gender equality, disability, and social inclusion considerations, and to use its findings to effectively integrate conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding into WASH programming.
UNICEF is seeking a dynamic and experienced Chief of WASH and Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) to lead high-impact programmes that improve the lives of children and communities.This is a unique leadership opportunity to shape strategic direction, drive integrated programming across WASH and CEED areas, strengthen partnerships, and deliver sustainable, climate-resilient solutions at scale.
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.
The consultancy will support the broader ADAP and youth initiatives for Timor-Leste CO, including mental health awareness, referral systems at schools and Youth Centers, development and implementation of the Climate Change Adaptation Module for youth, and its integration into the Youth Parliament Programme. He will also support Hackathons for social impact innovation, the UPSHIFT initiative on green skills and livelihoods, and training on the rights of persons with disabilities with ADTL. Additionally, activities will target 13 youth associations to enhance institutional capacity and leadership in selected municipalities, along with activities under the Youth Parliament Programme and capacity-building for Youth Centers. The consultant will also provide strategic leadership for ADAP and Youth Programming, coordinating across sections within UNICEF.
The consultant will provide technical and monitoring implementation support for the Banco Futuro Initiative, working jointly with the LACRO Innovative Finance and Data and Monitoring leads. The role will provide technical inputs to country offices for conducting Child Lens Investing Framework due diligence, defining project-level monitoring frameworks and KPIs, developing Monitoring Reporting and Verification pathways, identifying data and evidence gaps, preparing project recommendation notes, and generating technical inputs for CAF discussions and investor-facing reporting.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for Programme Specialist (Gender and Disability Inclusion) to provide expert technical advice and operational support to country office colleagues and internal and external partners and stakeholders to ensure that gender, disability and adolescent development and participation established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies, are integrated in UNICEF’s advocacy, policies, programmes and humanitarian work. This is a Fixed-Term contract with duration of 2 years.
Since 2014, UNICEF has invested significantly in Digital Public Goods (DPGs) that support programme delivery at scale across sectors and countries. These platforms are important institutional assets for delivering reusable, adaptable, cost-effective solutions and scalable digital impact for children.
As UNICEF strengthens digital transformation as an accelerator for results, there is an opportunity to build on the experience of existing DPG teams and make UNICEF’s collective DPG expertise more visible and accessible across the organization and beyond. This includes strengthening collaboration across DPG teams, documenting good practices, identifying opportunities for efficiency, and developing service offerings for country offices and partners.
Since 2025, DID DCOE has convened the DPGs at Scale initiative through business model financial analysis, bilateral consultations, and working group discussions. This has created a strong foundation for advancing structured collaboration, shared learning, and portfolio-level thinking on how UNICEF can sustain and scale DPGs effectively.
The purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate and coordinate the DPGs at Scale community and help translate the work to date into practical, decision-ready outputs. The consultant will support the development of an operating model for DPGs at Scale, a productized DPG service offering, cost-efficiency options, knowledge products, and structured inputs for senior management consideration.
Ready to make a lasting difference for children and communities in Kiribati? UNICEF is seeking a motivated Community Development Officer (WASH) to join our team in Tarawa and help strengthen sanitation, hygiene and community resilience through meaningful partnerships and local action. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with experience in community development, public health, social sciences, behaviour change communication or WASH programming who is passionate about creating impact, working closely with communities and government partners, and contributing to a better future for every child.
UNICEF Ethiopia is looking for a seasoned professional who can manage the day-to-day receipt and dispatch of UNICEF supplies in the UNICEF Warehouse while ensuring that storage conditions and cargo handling are in accordance with product-specific requirements, and that appropriate security measures are maintained to ensure the safety of program supplies.If you have the required profile, you are highly encouraged to apply. Taking up this assignment is motivating and rewarding.
UNICEF is one of the most admired organizations globally, impacting the lives of children in almost every country of the world. Your work with UNICEF will enable this life-saving and critical work in the most direct way: by raising money that lets us help the most difficult to reach.
UNICEF is at an exciting time as it expands its digital footprint, and we need great professionals to support this challenge. This role is an opportunity to take UNICEF’s fundraising to the next level. Come and help save and nurture children’s lives.
UNICEF is looking for a Digital Data Analyst to work closely with our Global Data and Insights team, which sits within the Individual Giving Unit (IG), Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), to support a digital transformation journey aimed at increasing revenues and making an impact on children’s lives around the world. The Digital Data Analyst will support the IG team remotely, a highly committed and performance-driven team, responsible for overseeing a fundraising program that delivers over one billion dollars of income every year.
The Digital Data Analyst will be responsible for implementing and developing complete and complex data models for donor acquisition and retention that will become a global standard for UNICEF IG team. With those data models as the foundation the Digital Data Analyst will be creating other data products like Dashboards, Machine Learning (ML) models and will ensure that all products are future-proof and AI-ready.
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 PLF seeks a Data & Analytics Consultant to provide technical support for targeted data collection, data management, analysis, and reporting-related analytics, ensuring timely, high-quality datasets and analytical products that inform decision making, advocacy, accountability, and Secretariat-led reporting processes.
UNICEF is strengthening its executive screening and assessment capacity to support recruitment activities for Assistant Representatives, Deputy Representative Programme and Deputy Representative Operations roles. UNICEF is also preparing to launch the first generic vacancy announcement for Deputy Representative Operations, P-4 and P-5 Talent Groups. A significant number of applications are expected to undergo the screening and assessment process. The initial desk-review of applicants (long-listing) is performed by DPC.
As a Security Specialist with UNICEF, you will support the realization of children’s rights in Dakar by delivering rigorous security risk analysis, informed guidance, and appropriate mitigation measures that enable the effective implementation of UNICEF’s mandate.
Join UNICEF’s Global Programme Division to contribute to advancing maternal nutrition globally. This role supports the implementation of UNICEF’s Maternal Nutrition Acceleration Plan, focusing on improving nutrition outcomes for women before, during and after pregnancy. The position provides technical assistance to countries on strengthening policies and programmes, scaling up essential nutrition services—particularly through antenatal care platforms—and supporting evidence-based interventions such as multiple micronutrient supplementation. Working closely with global, regional and country partners, the incumbent will contribute to programme implementation, partnerships, grant management and knowledge generation to deliver sustainable, high-impact results for women and children.
This role supports scaling UNICEF’s Last Mile Supply Monitoring (LMSM) platform by leading technical implementation and development. It involves managing rollouts in multiple earmarked countries, improving system features and performance, collaborating with stakeholders, managing the project execution, and contributing hands-on to backend development and reporting.The successful candidate will have combined skills of technical leadership, backend development, and project management to drive efficient and scalable solutions. The role focuses on improving development processes by implementing DevOps practices, automating release and testing workflows, and enhancing reporting systems. In addition, it involves designing and maintaining backend systems using Django, ensuring code quality, performance, and security, and collaborating with frontend teams to deliver integrated solutions through efficient project planning and execution, including defining scope, managing timelines, mitigating risks, and coordinating cross-functional teams, while continuously evaluating outcomes for improvement.
Join UNICEF Uganda as a WASH Officer – Emergency, NOB, and help protect children and families during the Ebola response. This Temporary Appointment is ideal for a hands-on WASH professional who thrives in emergencies, builds strong partnerships, and is ready to make an immediate impact.
The Nigerian WASH team in Abuja is seeking for a WASH Manager to provide technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to ensure the achievement of the WASH-related output results in the country programme. The Manager provides authoritative advisory services to government and sector support agencies and interacts with government at senior levels and with senior staff in the International Development Banks. The WASH Manager will support the strengthening of quality assurance, risk-informed programming, and implementation oversight across the WASH portfolio.The role will help ensure that programme interventions are delivered to a high standard, in line with technical norms, and that resources are used effectively to achieve sustainable results for children and communities.The position will contribute to enhancing transparency, accountability, and value for money, including through strengthened monitoring systems, partner support, and field-level verification of results.The position will be based in Abuja but will require significant travel to Maiduguri and other conflict-affected areas. An individual with strong WASH contract management, risk mitigation, compliance monitoring, construction oversight, accountability systems, and internal controls is required.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support ASWA III Country Office (Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Mali, Niger) to develop and implement a WASH focused conflict and peace analysis (CPA) including gender equality, disability, and social inclusion considerations, and to use its findings to effectively integrate conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding into WASH programming.
UNICEF is seeking a dynamic and experienced Chief of WASH and Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) to lead high-impact programmes that improve the lives of children and communities.This is a unique leadership opportunity to shape strategic direction, drive integrated programming across WASH and CEED areas, strengthen partnerships, and deliver sustainable, climate-resilient solutions at scale.
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.
The consultancy will support the broader ADAP and youth initiatives for Timor-Leste CO, including mental health awareness, referral systems at schools and Youth Centers, development and implementation of the Climate Change Adaptation Module for youth, and its integration into the Youth Parliament Programme. He will also support Hackathons for social impact innovation, the UPSHIFT initiative on green skills and livelihoods, and training on the rights of persons with disabilities with ADTL. Additionally, activities will target 13 youth associations to enhance institutional capacity and leadership in selected municipalities, along with activities under the Youth Parliament Programme and capacity-building for Youth Centers. The consultant will also provide strategic leadership for ADAP and Youth Programming, coordinating across sections within UNICEF.
The consultant will provide technical and monitoring implementation support for the Banco Futuro Initiative, working jointly with the LACRO Innovative Finance and Data and Monitoring leads. The role will provide technical inputs to country offices for conducting Child Lens Investing Framework due diligence, defining project-level monitoring frameworks and KPIs, developing Monitoring Reporting and Verification pathways, identifying data and evidence gaps, preparing project recommendation notes, and generating technical inputs for CAF discussions and investor-facing reporting.
UNICEF Jakarta is looking for Programme Specialist (Gender and Disability Inclusion) to provide expert technical advice and operational support to country office colleagues and internal and external partners and stakeholders to ensure that gender, disability and adolescent development and participation established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies, are integrated in UNICEF’s advocacy, policies, programmes and humanitarian work. This is a Fixed-Term contract with duration of 2 years.
Since 2014, UNICEF has invested significantly in Digital Public Goods (DPGs) that support programme delivery at scale across sectors and countries. These platforms are important institutional assets for delivering reusable, adaptable, cost-effective solutions and scalable digital impact for children.
As UNICEF strengthens digital transformation as an accelerator for results, there is an opportunity to build on the experience of existing DPG teams and make UNICEF’s collective DPG expertise more visible and accessible across the organization and beyond. This includes strengthening collaboration across DPG teams, documenting good practices, identifying opportunities for efficiency, and developing service offerings for country offices and partners.
Since 2025, DID DCOE has convened the DPGs at Scale initiative through business model financial analysis, bilateral consultations, and working group discussions. This has created a strong foundation for advancing structured collaboration, shared learning, and portfolio-level thinking on how UNICEF can sustain and scale DPGs effectively.
The purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate and coordinate the DPGs at Scale community and help translate the work to date into practical, decision-ready outputs. The consultant will support the development of an operating model for DPGs at Scale, a productized DPG service offering, cost-efficiency options, knowledge products, and structured inputs for senior management consideration.
Ready to make a lasting difference for children and communities in Kiribati? UNICEF is seeking a motivated Community Development Officer (WASH) to join our team in Tarawa and help strengthen sanitation, hygiene and community resilience through meaningful partnerships and local action. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with experience in community development, public health, social sciences, behaviour change communication or WASH programming who is passionate about creating impact, working closely with communities and government partners, and contributing to a better future for every child.
UNICEF Ethiopia is looking for a seasoned professional who can manage the day-to-day receipt and dispatch of UNICEF supplies in the UNICEF Warehouse while ensuring that storage conditions and cargo handling are in accordance with product-specific requirements, and that appropriate security measures are maintained to ensure the safety of program supplies.If you have the required profile, you are highly encouraged to apply. Taking up this assignment is motivating and rewarding.
UNICEF is one of the most admired organizations globally, impacting the lives of children in almost every country of the world. Your work with UNICEF will enable this life-saving and critical work in the most direct way: by raising money that lets us help the most difficult to reach.
UNICEF is at an exciting time as it expands its digital footprint, and we need great professionals to support this challenge. This role is an opportunity to take UNICEF’s fundraising to the next level. Come and help save and nurture children’s lives.
UNICEF is looking for a Digital Data Analyst to work closely with our Global Data and Insights team, which sits within the Individual Giving Unit (IG), Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), to support a digital transformation journey aimed at increasing revenues and making an impact on children’s lives around the world. The Digital Data Analyst will support the IG team remotely, a highly committed and performance-driven team, responsible for overseeing a fundraising program that delivers over one billion dollars of income every year.
The Digital Data Analyst will be responsible for implementing and developing complete and complex data models for donor acquisition and retention that will become a global standard for UNICEF IG team. With those data models as the foundation the Digital Data Analyst will be creating other data products like Dashboards, Machine Learning (ML) models and will ensure that all products are future-proof and AI-ready.
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 PLF seeks a Data & Analytics Consultant to provide technical support for targeted data collection, data management, analysis, and reporting-related analytics, ensuring timely, high-quality datasets and analytical products that inform decision making, advocacy, accountability, and Secretariat-led reporting processes.
UNICEF is strengthening its executive screening and assessment capacity to support recruitment activities for Assistant Representatives, Deputy Representative Programme and Deputy Representative Operations roles. UNICEF is also preparing to launch the first generic vacancy announcement for Deputy Representative Operations, P-4 and P-5 Talent Groups. A significant number of applications are expected to undergo the screening and assessment process. The initial desk-review of applicants (long-listing) is performed by DPC.
As a Security Specialist with UNICEF, you will support the realization of children’s rights in Dakar by delivering rigorous security risk analysis, informed guidance, and appropriate mitigation measures that enable the effective implementation of UNICEF’s mandate.
Join UNICEF’s Global Programme Division to contribute to advancing maternal nutrition globally. This role supports the implementation of UNICEF’s Maternal Nutrition Acceleration Plan, focusing on improving nutrition outcomes for women before, during and after pregnancy. The position provides technical assistance to countries on strengthening policies and programmes, scaling up essential nutrition services—particularly through antenatal care platforms—and supporting evidence-based interventions such as multiple micronutrient supplementation. Working closely with global, regional and country partners, the incumbent will contribute to programme implementation, partnerships, grant management and knowledge generation to deliver sustainable, high-impact results for women and children.
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