The Senior Adviser, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Sanitation), reports to the Director, Global WASH Practice, with day-to-day coordination by the Snr Adviser, High Impact Solutions. The Snr Adviser provides strategic guidance and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices to advance access to sanitation up the service ladder toward safely managed sanitation for all. The role ensures that financial resources are leveraged effectively to achieve results at scale and to deliver on UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2026–2029 for the most vulnerable children and families in both development and humanitarian contexts.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking an experienced WASH Officer (Engineering) to support the delivery of safe, sustainable and climate resilient WASH services in Vanuatu. The role will contribute to technical assessments, engineering designs, construction monitoring and capacity building of government and community partners. You will work closely with colleagues across WASH, Education and Health to ensure coordinated, high quality programme implementation.
If you are technically strong, solutions driven and passionate about improving WASH outcomes for children — we encourage you to apply.
You will be working in a Country Office (CO) where the WASH Specialist reports to Chief of CSD. The Specialist supports the development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to facilitate the administration and achievement of the WASH-related output results in the country programme.
The WASH Specialist – Site Engineer (Urban) will be responsible for contract management, construction supervision, and quality assurance for urban WASH infrastructure projects, with a specific focus on water supply and sanitation systems in institutions and urban water treatment plant maintenance and rehabilitation across Sudan, particularly in the River Nile, Northern, and Kassala States.
UNICEF South Sudan is looking for a WASH Cluster Coordinator to strengthen strategic coordination and support the delivery of life‑saving WASH services in highly volatile and hard‑to‑reach areas. The role provides timely leadership for the WASH Cluster, ensuring partners work collectively toward an effective, evidence‑based emergency response. The Coordinator will represent the Cluster, address critical service gaps, and help uphold humanitarian standards across the response.
UNICEF Pakistan Office is seeking a highly experienced, professional, and a dynamic individual to take on the role of WASH Specialist (WASH-CEE) at the NOC level to join the team in Peshawar on Fixed Term basis.
Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant experience and qualifications are eligible to apply. National consultancy vacancy for 2 positions with WASH section, UNICEF, Myanmar. The assignment will be home-based involving 75% of field travel.
The WASH Specialist supports the development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to facilitate the administration and achievement of the WASH-related output results in the country programme.
Objective of this task is to recommend actions to ensure sustainability of the revolving fund, both institutionally and financially, and to open opportunities for possible national scale-up and expansions to peri‐urban areas and slum areas, in order to support both women and children in both rural areas and peri‐urban area and support Egypt towards achieving 100 percent water access by the population by 2030.
Field consultant in 5 governorates to monitor and provide the technical support to ensure the continuity of the successful public awareness programs for WASH , climate change and hygiene in schools in one of the following governorates Aswan, Assiut, Alexandria, Minya, and Fayoum). Each field consultant shall cover one of the following governorates: Aswan Governorate, Assiut Governorate, Alexandria Governorate, Minya Governorate, and Fayoum Governorate. Each consultant will be assigned to specific governorate (s). Applicants are therefore required to clearly indicate in their application the governorates for which they are applying
To strengthen the integration of Climate Change, Disaster Risks and Environmental Degradation into the UNICEF Tanzania Programme, the Climate Change Consultant will be supervised by the Chief of WASH and coordinating closely with the Deputy Representative Programmes, all section Chiefs and climate and environment focal points. The Consultant will support the development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the country's climate programmes. The Consultant provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to develop and facilitate the administration and achievement of climate and environment sensitive output results in the country’s programme.
The main objectives of this task are to design and conduct a participatory rapid assessment: to investigate different factors, social, cultural and contextual factors, that influence hygiene and nutrition behaviour among school children, including dietary habits, physical activity, and exposure to food marketing. Also, to update the training manual: In view of the assessment results and after reviewing existing tools for awareness staff of the water company(s) on integrating WASH and nutrition activities. The manual should include interactive activities to motivate. As well as updating materials to be appropriate to different age groups (pre-primary, primary , preparatory).
Moreover, revising the Training of Trainers (TOT) module according to changes that equips awareness staff with participatory tools to motivate critical WASH behaviors and healthy nutrition practices, using engaging child-to-child and peer learning approaches. Also, to conduct a TOT for awareness raising staff of the water company(s), ensuring they are confident in delivering both hygiene and nutrition content in schools. As well as coaching and monitoring the training conducted by awareness staff of the water company to the teachers. focusing on how teachers integrate hygiene and nutrition messages into classroom activities and peer-to-peer learning. And to develop a monitoring plan and assessment tools for all components of the training in coordination with M&E specialist
This position will have a particular focus on public finance for children and undertakes public budget and expenditure analysis to inform UNICEF’s advocacy and technical assistance to Ministries of Finance, planning commissions and social sector ministries to improve equitable allocations for essential services for children, This position is also responsible for building partners’ capacity for improved monitoring and tracking of public expenditure to support transparency, accountability and effective financial flows for essential service delivery, including health, nutrition, WASH, child protection and social protection.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save
children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential,
from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what
we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not
just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our
staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will
help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities
across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse
and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits
package.
Positioned within the Director’s Office of PPD and under the supervision of the Public Partnerships Manager (Risk), the Partnerships Specialist (Contracts and Compliance) plays a central role in ensuring that UNICEF’s public-sector partnership agreements are negotiated, reviewed and cleared in line with organizational policies and requirements. The incumbent serves as the initial point of contact for PPD teams on contractual and donor conditionality issues, providing analytical support, facilitating internal escalation and decision-making, and maintaining internal records on pipeline of negotiations and donor conditions.In close collaboration with the Legal Team in OED, the Specialist supports decision-making around non‑standard conditions, ensures adherence to the Delegation of Authority framework for agreement signature, and contributes to governance mechanisms related to resource mobilization decisions. The role strengthens organizational compliance by documenting and analyzing donor‑conditionality trends, advising on operational risks, and supporting process improvements related to agreement negotiation and signature workflows.The Specialist also leads capacity‑building and knowledge‑management efforts related to contracting, maintaining consolidated tools, guidance, and trackers that promote consistent, policy‑aligned decision‑making across PPD. Additionally, the role contributes to broader partnerships risk‑management initiatives by coordinating exchanges on donor conditions and compliance issues, preparing senior‑level materials, and providing backstopping support across the Risk Management Team.
UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest is recruiting highly dedicated individuals with structured, service-oriented working styles to join UNICEF GSSC`s Travel Unit which will be responsible for the travel administration and management of UNICEF Offices worldwide. The ideal candidates should have experience in travel administration and management functions.
Rwanda Country Office is looking for a young and dynamic qualified candidate for supporting activities for UNICEF Rwanda@40, including commemorative initiatives, strategic communications, advocacy, and visibility related to UNICEF Rwanda@40, positioning the private sector as a key partner for children.
Join our team and make people strategy count!As a People & Culture professional, you will partner with leaders to deliver practical, people‑centred solutions that strengthen performance, inclusion, and staff capability. From business partnering and learning to HR analytics and strategic P&C initiatives, your work will directly support organizational effectiveness and results for children.
To concretise the GenU approach in South Africa and shift towards actionable plans, the services of a consultant are required. The consultant will lead the integration of a local university’s entrepreneurship training content into the Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA) digital platform to scale youth access to entrepreneurship training. This includes content assessments, cost–impact analysis and negotiating partnership terms (subject to agreement). The role also involves brokering partnerships across private, public and civil society sectors to build a pipeline of gig and work opportunities for the YOMA impact marketplace and developing incentives to encourage opportunity listings. In addition, the consultant will support project management and coordination for the broader project.
Join our team as Chief of Field Office (NO‑4) and provide strategic leadership for UNICEF’s presence and programme delivery in Nampula Field Office. Reporting to the Country Representative, you will lead the Field Office to translate the Country Programme into high impact results for children, ensuring strong alignment with equity, humanitarian development nexus priorities, and decentralised service delivery.
The Senior Adviser, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Sanitation), reports to the Director, Global WASH Practice, with day-to-day coordination by the Snr Adviser, High Impact Solutions. The Snr Adviser provides strategic guidance and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices to advance access to sanitation up the service ladder toward safely managed sanitation for all. The role ensures that financial resources are leveraged effectively to achieve results at scale and to deliver on UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2026–2029 for the most vulnerable children and families in both development and humanitarian contexts.
UNICEF Pacific is seeking an experienced WASH Officer (Engineering) to support the delivery of safe, sustainable and climate resilient WASH services in Vanuatu. The role will contribute to technical assessments, engineering designs, construction monitoring and capacity building of government and community partners. You will work closely with colleagues across WASH, Education and Health to ensure coordinated, high quality programme implementation.
If you are technically strong, solutions driven and passionate about improving WASH outcomes for children — we encourage you to apply.
You will be working in a Country Office (CO) where the WASH Specialist reports to Chief of CSD. The Specialist supports the development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to facilitate the administration and achievement of the WASH-related output results in the country programme.
The WASH Specialist – Site Engineer (Urban) will be responsible for contract management, construction supervision, and quality assurance for urban WASH infrastructure projects, with a specific focus on water supply and sanitation systems in institutions and urban water treatment plant maintenance and rehabilitation across Sudan, particularly in the River Nile, Northern, and Kassala States.
UNICEF South Sudan is looking for a WASH Cluster Coordinator to strengthen strategic coordination and support the delivery of life‑saving WASH services in highly volatile and hard‑to‑reach areas. The role provides timely leadership for the WASH Cluster, ensuring partners work collectively toward an effective, evidence‑based emergency response. The Coordinator will represent the Cluster, address critical service gaps, and help uphold humanitarian standards across the response.
UNICEF Pakistan Office is seeking a highly experienced, professional, and a dynamic individual to take on the role of WASH Specialist (WASH-CEE) at the NOC level to join the team in Peshawar on Fixed Term basis.
Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant experience and qualifications are eligible to apply. National consultancy vacancy for 2 positions with WASH section, UNICEF, Myanmar. The assignment will be home-based involving 75% of field travel.
The WASH Specialist supports the development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to facilitate the administration and achievement of the WASH-related output results in the country programme.
Objective of this task is to recommend actions to ensure sustainability of the revolving fund, both institutionally and financially, and to open opportunities for possible national scale-up and expansions to peri‐urban areas and slum areas, in order to support both women and children in both rural areas and peri‐urban area and support Egypt towards achieving 100 percent water access by the population by 2030.
Field consultant in 5 governorates to monitor and provide the technical support to ensure the continuity of the successful public awareness programs for WASH , climate change and hygiene in schools in one of the following governorates Aswan, Assiut, Alexandria, Minya, and Fayoum). Each field consultant shall cover one of the following governorates: Aswan Governorate, Assiut Governorate, Alexandria Governorate, Minya Governorate, and Fayoum Governorate. Each consultant will be assigned to specific governorate (s). Applicants are therefore required to clearly indicate in their application the governorates for which they are applying
To strengthen the integration of Climate Change, Disaster Risks and Environmental Degradation into the UNICEF Tanzania Programme, the Climate Change Consultant will be supervised by the Chief of WASH and coordinating closely with the Deputy Representative Programmes, all section Chiefs and climate and environment focal points. The Consultant will support the development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the country's climate programmes. The Consultant provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to develop and facilitate the administration and achievement of climate and environment sensitive output results in the country’s programme.
The main objectives of this task are to design and conduct a participatory rapid assessment: to investigate different factors, social, cultural and contextual factors, that influence hygiene and nutrition behaviour among school children, including dietary habits, physical activity, and exposure to food marketing. Also, to update the training manual: In view of the assessment results and after reviewing existing tools for awareness staff of the water company(s) on integrating WASH and nutrition activities. The manual should include interactive activities to motivate. As well as updating materials to be appropriate to different age groups (pre-primary, primary , preparatory).
Moreover, revising the Training of Trainers (TOT) module according to changes that equips awareness staff with participatory tools to motivate critical WASH behaviors and healthy nutrition practices, using engaging child-to-child and peer learning approaches. Also, to conduct a TOT for awareness raising staff of the water company(s), ensuring they are confident in delivering both hygiene and nutrition content in schools. As well as coaching and monitoring the training conducted by awareness staff of the water company to the teachers. focusing on how teachers integrate hygiene and nutrition messages into classroom activities and peer-to-peer learning. And to develop a monitoring plan and assessment tools for all components of the training in coordination with M&E specialist
This position will have a particular focus on public finance for children and undertakes public budget and expenditure analysis to inform UNICEF’s advocacy and technical assistance to Ministries of Finance, planning commissions and social sector ministries to improve equitable allocations for essential services for children, This position is also responsible for building partners’ capacity for improved monitoring and tracking of public expenditure to support transparency, accountability and effective financial flows for essential service delivery, including health, nutrition, WASH, child protection and social protection.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save
children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential,
from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what
we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not
just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our
staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will
help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities
across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse
and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits
package.
Positioned within the Director’s Office of PPD and under the supervision of the Public Partnerships Manager (Risk), the Partnerships Specialist (Contracts and Compliance) plays a central role in ensuring that UNICEF’s public-sector partnership agreements are negotiated, reviewed and cleared in line with organizational policies and requirements. The incumbent serves as the initial point of contact for PPD teams on contractual and donor conditionality issues, providing analytical support, facilitating internal escalation and decision-making, and maintaining internal records on pipeline of negotiations and donor conditions.In close collaboration with the Legal Team in OED, the Specialist supports decision-making around non‑standard conditions, ensures adherence to the Delegation of Authority framework for agreement signature, and contributes to governance mechanisms related to resource mobilization decisions. The role strengthens organizational compliance by documenting and analyzing donor‑conditionality trends, advising on operational risks, and supporting process improvements related to agreement negotiation and signature workflows.The Specialist also leads capacity‑building and knowledge‑management efforts related to contracting, maintaining consolidated tools, guidance, and trackers that promote consistent, policy‑aligned decision‑making across PPD. Additionally, the role contributes to broader partnerships risk‑management initiatives by coordinating exchanges on donor conditions and compliance issues, preparing senior‑level materials, and providing backstopping support across the Risk Management Team.
UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest is recruiting highly dedicated individuals with structured, service-oriented working styles to join UNICEF GSSC`s Travel Unit which will be responsible for the travel administration and management of UNICEF Offices worldwide. The ideal candidates should have experience in travel administration and management functions.
Rwanda Country Office is looking for a young and dynamic qualified candidate for supporting activities for UNICEF Rwanda@40, including commemorative initiatives, strategic communications, advocacy, and visibility related to UNICEF Rwanda@40, positioning the private sector as a key partner for children.
Join our team and make people strategy count!As a People & Culture professional, you will partner with leaders to deliver practical, people‑centred solutions that strengthen performance, inclusion, and staff capability. From business partnering and learning to HR analytics and strategic P&C initiatives, your work will directly support organizational effectiveness and results for children.
To concretise the GenU approach in South Africa and shift towards actionable plans, the services of a consultant are required. The consultant will lead the integration of a local university’s entrepreneurship training content into the Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA) digital platform to scale youth access to entrepreneurship training. This includes content assessments, cost–impact analysis and negotiating partnership terms (subject to agreement). The role also involves brokering partnerships across private, public and civil society sectors to build a pipeline of gig and work opportunities for the YOMA impact marketplace and developing incentives to encourage opportunity listings. In addition, the consultant will support project management and coordination for the broader project.
Join our team as Chief of Field Office (NO‑4) and provide strategic leadership for UNICEF’s presence and programme delivery in Nampula Field Office. Reporting to the Country Representative, you will lead the Field Office to translate the Country Programme into high impact results for children, ensuring strong alignment with equity, humanitarian development nexus priorities, and decentralised service delivery.
