Join UNICEF’s Global Programme Division and play a pivotal role in shaping the global WASH agenda. Based in Nairobi, you will lead the development of a Global Acceleration Programme for WASH and drive strategic partnerships with public and private sector actors to deliver results for children at scale. In this senior leadership role, you will influence global policy, strengthen partnerships, and support country-level implementation across diverse contexts. Working closely with global, regional, and country teams, you will help position UNICEF as a leader in advancing sustainable and scalable WASH solutions.
Join UNICEF Pacific as a WASH Officer (NOB) and contribute directly to improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services for children and communities across the Pacific. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated and technically skilled professional to support WASH programme development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, while providing operational and technical assistance to government and partners. Working in a dynamic multicultural environment, you will help strengthen service delivery, support evidence-based planning, and respond to both development and humanitarian needs. If you bring strong analytical, coordination and partnership-building skills, a passion for equitable and sustainable WASH solutions, and the drive to deliver results in a unique island context, this is an opportunity to grow your career with UNICEF and make a lasting difference for every child.
The WASH Officer reports to the WASH Manager (Level 4) in Gaza 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 Officer specifically will work Environmental and Social Safeguard aspects in the programme and project cycle of water, sanitation and hygiene projects in Gaza.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical engineering support to UNICEF for the planning, design, and implementation of climate-resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions in schools across selected provinces, including Central, Morobe, Western Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB). The consultancy will integrate climate risk screening and risk-informed infrastructure planning to ensure WASH facilities are resilient to hazards such as cyclones, flooding, drought, and landslides, in line with donor expectations and emerging climate risks in Papua New Guinea, particularly in cyclone-prone provinces such as East New Britain and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville The consultant will support the WASH Section to undertake comprehensive technical assessments in targeted schools to evaluate existing WASH infrastructure, service levels, and gaps in alignment with national standards and global WASH in Schools (WinS) guidelines
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical assistance, field-level implementation support, monitoring, and coordination for water supply and WASH in institutions interventions in Zambezia Province. The consultant will contribute to programme delivery through strengthened quality assurance of infrastructure components, partner support, monitoring systems, and documentation of results.
The Government of the Netherlands, through UNICEF, is supporting the Accelerated Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA III) programme across eight countries, including Nigeria. The programme targets improved access to equitable, sustainable WASH services in low-income contexts characterized by limited WASH coverage and poor development outcomes.
The review will examine the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and early signs of impact of the gender action plans that emerged from the GALA process. It will assess whether these plans remain responsive to the evolving socio-cultural, institutional, and policy context, and whether they are being implemented in ways that address the root causes of gender inequality, rather than only its symptoms.
UNICEF Sudan continues to respond to one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, marked by escalating conflict, widespread internal displacement, and the collapse of essential services. Compounding these challenges, a nationwide cholera outbreak that began in 2024 has continued to spread in 2025, further straining an already fragile health and WASH infrastructure. In this context, high-quality donor reporting and well-articulated funding proposals are critical to sustain donor confidence, ensure accountability, and mobilize much-needed resources to scale up life-saving interventions. To meet growing demands in donor reporting and proposal development, UNICEF Sudan seeks a qualified consultant to support the WASH Section and the Resource Mobilization Unit in preparing timely, accurate, and strategic documentation aligned with UNICEF and donor standards.
The National WASH Cluster Coordinator will work closely with WASH partners to support integrated, principled, and
context-specific WASH interventions to prepare and respond to humanitarian needs associated with sudden onset crises,
recurrent natural hazards, public health diseases, and protracted needs requiring a nexus approach.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the Organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give more children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
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.
Join UNICEF and help shape a better future for every child. Lead impactful field operations in complex and humanitarian settings, driving programmes that save lives, protect rights, and build sustainable communities. As Chief Field Office, you will spearhead partnerships, deliver high-quality results, and inspire teams to create real change where it matters most.
The GBV Officer will be responsible for providing technical support to UNICEF GBV and Child Protection partners particularly women-led organisations on GBV case management, psychosocial support (PSS), safe identification and referral of vulnerable children, and strengthening referral pathways .
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.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sudan is implementing Maternal and Child Cash Transfers Plus for the first 1,000 days of Life (MCCT+). The MCCT+ is an integrated social protection programme that provides vulnerable pregnant women and lactating mothers with regular cash assistance together with skills and access to basic health, nutrition, and protection services. The programme first started in Red Sea and Kassala States with then further expansion to different States, including in River Nile under MCCT+ phase IV. UNICEF Innocenti is collaborating with the UNICEF Sudan on mixed-methods evidence generation on the MCCT+. As part of this, a mixed-method evaluation of the MCCT+ Phase IV started in 2024, involving three waves of data collection: baseline, midline, and endline. The baseline report was finalized in November 2025. The Midline is planned to start in June 2026. It will rely on an exclusive qualitative methodology. These Terms of Reference (ToR) specifically address support for the qualitative midline data collection activities.
UNICEF Lebanon is looking for a Retreat Facilitator to to design and facilitate a one-day, in-person team retreat for approximately 18–20 staff members, aimed at strengthening leadership capabilities, enhancing self-awareness, and fostering more effective collaboration within the team.
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 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 overall objective of the technical support is to use Programme Based Budgeting (PBB) as an entry point for Child Responsive Budgeting (CRB) in the States. CRB is impossible without PBB. During the support, the states officials will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to adequately mainstream and institutionalize Programme-based budgeting in the 9 States across the key phases of the budget process, planning, implementation, and monitoring. The following are the specific objectives:
a) To strengthen the capacity and enhance the knowledge of stakeholders in programme-based planning, coding (tagging), monitoring, reporting, and evaluation in the 10 states.
b) To reinforce the results framework and enable the state officials to formulate realistic outputs/deliverables and SMART indicators (with means of verification) in the 10 states
c) To generate awareness about the indicators and data dashboard, and to guide on collecting data to assess and monitor the programme regularly in the 10 states.
d) To establish (if not existing or strengthen) a state standing committee on budget performance monitoring and reporting to the State Governor for progress appraisal and decision making in each of the 10 states.
Join UNICEF’s Global Programme Division and play a pivotal role in shaping the global WASH agenda. Based in Nairobi, you will lead the development of a Global Acceleration Programme for WASH and drive strategic partnerships with public and private sector actors to deliver results for children at scale. In this senior leadership role, you will influence global policy, strengthen partnerships, and support country-level implementation across diverse contexts. Working closely with global, regional, and country teams, you will help position UNICEF as a leader in advancing sustainable and scalable WASH solutions.
Join UNICEF Pacific as a WASH Officer (NOB) and contribute directly to improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services for children and communities across the Pacific. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated and technically skilled professional to support WASH programme development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, while providing operational and technical assistance to government and partners. Working in a dynamic multicultural environment, you will help strengthen service delivery, support evidence-based planning, and respond to both development and humanitarian needs. If you bring strong analytical, coordination and partnership-building skills, a passion for equitable and sustainable WASH solutions, and the drive to deliver results in a unique island context, this is an opportunity to grow your career with UNICEF and make a lasting difference for every child.
The WASH Officer reports to the WASH Manager (Level 4) in Gaza 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 Officer specifically will work Environmental and Social Safeguard aspects in the programme and project cycle of water, sanitation and hygiene projects in Gaza.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical engineering support to UNICEF for the planning, design, and implementation of climate-resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions in schools across selected provinces, including Central, Morobe, Western Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB). The consultancy will integrate climate risk screening and risk-informed infrastructure planning to ensure WASH facilities are resilient to hazards such as cyclones, flooding, drought, and landslides, in line with donor expectations and emerging climate risks in Papua New Guinea, particularly in cyclone-prone provinces such as East New Britain and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville The consultant will support the WASH Section to undertake comprehensive technical assessments in targeted schools to evaluate existing WASH infrastructure, service levels, and gaps in alignment with national standards and global WASH in Schools (WinS) guidelines
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical assistance, field-level implementation support, monitoring, and coordination for water supply and WASH in institutions interventions in Zambezia Province. The consultant will contribute to programme delivery through strengthened quality assurance of infrastructure components, partner support, monitoring systems, and documentation of results.
The Government of the Netherlands, through UNICEF, is supporting the Accelerated Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA III) programme across eight countries, including Nigeria. The programme targets improved access to equitable, sustainable WASH services in low-income contexts characterized by limited WASH coverage and poor development outcomes.
The review will examine the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and early signs of impact of the gender action plans that emerged from the GALA process. It will assess whether these plans remain responsive to the evolving socio-cultural, institutional, and policy context, and whether they are being implemented in ways that address the root causes of gender inequality, rather than only its symptoms.
UNICEF Sudan continues to respond to one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, marked by escalating conflict, widespread internal displacement, and the collapse of essential services. Compounding these challenges, a nationwide cholera outbreak that began in 2024 has continued to spread in 2025, further straining an already fragile health and WASH infrastructure. In this context, high-quality donor reporting and well-articulated funding proposals are critical to sustain donor confidence, ensure accountability, and mobilize much-needed resources to scale up life-saving interventions. To meet growing demands in donor reporting and proposal development, UNICEF Sudan seeks a qualified consultant to support the WASH Section and the Resource Mobilization Unit in preparing timely, accurate, and strategic documentation aligned with UNICEF and donor standards.
The National WASH Cluster Coordinator will work closely with WASH partners to support integrated, principled, and
context-specific WASH interventions to prepare and respond to humanitarian needs associated with sudden onset crises,
recurrent natural hazards, public health diseases, and protracted needs requiring a nexus approach.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the Organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give more children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
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.
Join UNICEF and help shape a better future for every child. Lead impactful field operations in complex and humanitarian settings, driving programmes that save lives, protect rights, and build sustainable communities. As Chief Field Office, you will spearhead partnerships, deliver high-quality results, and inspire teams to create real change where it matters most.
The GBV Officer will be responsible for providing technical support to UNICEF GBV and Child Protection partners particularly women-led organisations on GBV case management, psychosocial support (PSS), safe identification and referral of vulnerable children, and strengthening referral pathways .
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.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sudan is implementing Maternal and Child Cash Transfers Plus for the first 1,000 days of Life (MCCT+). The MCCT+ is an integrated social protection programme that provides vulnerable pregnant women and lactating mothers with regular cash assistance together with skills and access to basic health, nutrition, and protection services. The programme first started in Red Sea and Kassala States with then further expansion to different States, including in River Nile under MCCT+ phase IV. UNICEF Innocenti is collaborating with the UNICEF Sudan on mixed-methods evidence generation on the MCCT+. As part of this, a mixed-method evaluation of the MCCT+ Phase IV started in 2024, involving three waves of data collection: baseline, midline, and endline. The baseline report was finalized in November 2025. The Midline is planned to start in June 2026. It will rely on an exclusive qualitative methodology. These Terms of Reference (ToR) specifically address support for the qualitative midline data collection activities.
UNICEF Lebanon is looking for a Retreat Facilitator to to design and facilitate a one-day, in-person team retreat for approximately 18–20 staff members, aimed at strengthening leadership capabilities, enhancing self-awareness, and fostering more effective collaboration within the team.
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 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 overall objective of the technical support is to use Programme Based Budgeting (PBB) as an entry point for Child Responsive Budgeting (CRB) in the States. CRB is impossible without PBB. During the support, the states officials will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to adequately mainstream and institutionalize Programme-based budgeting in the 9 States across the key phases of the budget process, planning, implementation, and monitoring. The following are the specific objectives:
a) To strengthen the capacity and enhance the knowledge of stakeholders in programme-based planning, coding (tagging), monitoring, reporting, and evaluation in the 10 states.
b) To reinforce the results framework and enable the state officials to formulate realistic outputs/deliverables and SMART indicators (with means of verification) in the 10 states
c) To generate awareness about the indicators and data dashboard, and to guide on collecting data to assess and monitor the programme regularly in the 10 states.
d) To establish (if not existing or strengthen) a state standing committee on budget performance monitoring and reporting to the State Governor for progress appraisal and decision making in each of the 10 states.
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