Join UNICEF’s Global WASH Practice and help accelerate access to safely managed, climate-resilient sanitation services for children and communities worldwide. Based in Nairobi, you will provide strategic leadership and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices, driving sanitation system strengthening, sector financing, policy reform, innovation, and equitable service delivery. You will lead global efforts across sanitation, WASH in Schools, and Menstrual Health and Hygiene, while supporting climate resilience, governance reforms, digital solutions, and resource mobilization. Working with partners across development and humanitarian settings, you will help shape policies, strengthen institutions, mobilize investments, and scale sustainable solutions that improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families. This is a unique opportunity to influence global WASH priorities and contribute to UNICEF’s mission of leaving no child behind
UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to hire a passionate WASH Specialist to join the WASH team. The Specialist serves as UNICEF's lead technical advisor on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) systems strengthening, WASH sector engagement, WASH policy engagement, service delivery models, and decentralized implementation. The position provides technical leadership for integrated Climate-Resilient WASH, Child Survival, Nutrition, Health and Emergency Preparedness and Response programmes.
The WASH Officer reports to the Chief of Health and Nutrition (P-4), the position contributes to the achievement of UNICEF Mexico´s child survival and development goals by advancing and integrated health, nutrition and WASH agenda. The incumbent provides technical and operational leadership to strengthen WASH systems and services, with a particular focus on community and institutional capacities that support improved child health and nutrition outcomes, including prevention of stunting. The role supportsthe development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme, while fostering intersectoral collaboration, advocacy and strategic engagement with government counterparts and key stakeholders to accelerate sustainable and scalable results for children.
Can you influence the decisions that shape Angola’s WASH agenda? Are you a respected WASH professional with the experience to guide policy, strengthen institutions, and mobilize partners towards a common vision? Do you thrive on turning complex challenges into sustainable solutions that improve the lives of children and communities? UNICEF Angola is seeking an exceptional WASH Specialist to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and partnership engagement in support of equitable, climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services across the country. If you are ready to shape systems, influence change, and leave a lasting legacy for children in Angola, we encourage you to apply. For every child, safe water, sanitation, and a healthier future.
Do you have a passion for bringing safe, reliable, and climate-resilient water supply systems to communities, schools, and health facilities most in need?
UNICEF Pacific seeks to establish long term agreement one or multiple individual Water Supply Engineering Consultants for up to 300 working days, as and when required, over 36 months across Pacific Island countries. The consultant(s) will be home-based with extensive travel for site assessments and supervision, with periods at home/office for design, reporting and planning activities.
S/he will provide specialized technical expertise in site and water source assessments, water supply system design, hydraulic modelling, quality assurance, and technical documentation. The consultant(s) will support the design, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance planning of climate- and disaster-resilient water supply systems for communities, schools and health facilities, ensuring systems are safe, reliable, efficient, durable and resilient to Pacific environmental conditions.
To expand the pool of specialized expertise available to support WASH financing initiatives, UNICEF Indonesia seeks to establish a roster of qualified WASH Financing Experts who may be engaged as individual consultants on a short-term or long-term consultancy assignments on need basis.
Under the supervision of the WASH Officer, the WASH Technical Consultant for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is accountable for the timely and quality implementation of the WASH-MHM program, under the CER Output 5.2, with particular focus on the promoting Menstrual Hygiene Management and the institutionalization of the Oky Menstrual Period Tracking App in the Philippines.
The implementation Oky under the TUSIP program and the emerging climate-environment agenda for MHM has expanded the opportunity to reach more adolescents in the Philippines. To maximize this opportunity, the WASH-MHM program, particularly the Oky project, requires continued personnel support for technical assistance delivery, marketing and user acquisition, and systems strengthening. UNICEF needs the services of a dedicated consultant to support Oky Philippines and WASH-MHM tasks/activities and provide technical assistance to CSO and government implementing partners
Côte d'Ivoire recherche un(e) Consultant(e) national(e) pour accompagner le développement de cette base de données, en appui au mécanisme national de collecte et de gestion des données porté par la DGHA, sous la coordination technique de la DHR, en lien avec la DAEP, la DAUD, la DSPSSE, l'ONEP et l'ONAD.
Appuyer le MINHAS dans la relecture de la Stratégie nationale de gestion et de maintenance des infrastructures d'eau potable en milieu rural (août 2022) et dans l'élaboration, au terme d'un processus de concertation, d'une version révisée, consensuelle et opérationnelle, assortie d'un plan d'action chiffré articulé avec la programmation budgétaire du MINHAS.
UNICEF seeks a consultant to support the mobilization of catalytic finance for the WASH sector and the preparation of the Sanitation Programme Facility (SPF) in Nigeria.
This assignment aims to support Education Cannot Wait (ECW) in strengthening the design, implementation, monitoring and quality assurance of education programmes in crisis-affected contexts. The consultant will provide technical and operational support for ECW’s country investments, including CORE programmes and the Acceleration Facility, while promoting high standards in protection, gender and inclusion, localization, climate resilience, safeguarding and accountability. The role will also contribute to strategic planning, portfolio management and programme performance, helping ensure high-quality, results-based education responses for children affected by emergencies.
UNICEF Lao PDR seeks an experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist to support emergency preparedness, coordination, and response interventions across WASH, Nutrition, Protection, and Education sectors, with a particular focus on child-centred disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, warehouse management, water, sanitation and hygiene, humanitarian coordination, and emergency supply preparedness.
The purpose of this time-bound consultancy is to provide deliverable-based capacity to the Public Partnerships & Resource Mobilization Division (PPR) Central Europe team to strengthen Germany-facing partnership engagement, visibility and resource-mobilization opportunities in support of the flagship Sahel Resilience Programme (SRP), supporting structured engagement with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the World Food Programme (WFP), the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) and the German National Committee for UNICEF; translating SRP results and priorities into partner-facing materials and events and supporting youth participation and visibility around Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2027 (HSC27). While the West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO)/SRP provides the program substance, technical direction and regional coordination, the Berlin/PPR team is best placed to manage this assignment because the outputs are primarily partnership, contribution-management, advocacy, communications and stakeholder-engagement deliverables for German audiences and institutions. Locating the consultancy within PPR ensures close alignment with the Central Europe Section’s partnership priorities and donor engagement. While WCARO/SRP remains responsible for program content and strategic direction, PPR Berlin provides the Germany-facing partnership interface needed to convert program results into sustained political, visibility, and resource-mobilization opportunities. This consultancy addresses temporary but critical capacity gap at the point where program priorities meet donor engagement. The deliverables will improve information flow between WCARO/SRP and German partners, strengthen UNICEF’s ability to position the SRP in current Sahel policy discussions in Germany, and support a more coherent approach to sustaining Germany’s partnership with UNICEF in the Sahel.
The Technician Associate provides hands-on technical support for automated warehouse equipment and related infrastructure to help ensure the safe, reliable and efficient operation of material handling systems and associated equipment. The position reports to the Senior Technical Associate, WIMC, and collaborates with Warehouse Operations, technical colleagues, Engineering and Quality functions, and external maintenance and automation service providers. Contributes to maintaining compliance with applicable international and regulatory standards in supply chain operations, especially for regulated products such medicines. Adherence to mandatory training requirements and internal procedures to maintain product safety and quality throughout the supply chain.
UNICEF Supply Division operates a major humanitarian supply hub supporting the procurement, storage and distribution of essential supplies to children and families worldwide. The Copenhagen warehouse uses automated material handling equipment (MHE), warehouse management systems (WMS), warehouse control systems (WCS), conveyors, automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), packaging equipment and associated control infrastructure. Reliable interaction between warehouse systems and physical equipment is essential to safe and uninterrupted warehouse operations. To strengthen in-house WMS and controls capability, support business continuity and retain operational knowledge, the Technical Associate (Warehouse Management Systems and Controls) provides daily systems support, fault diagnosis, maintenance coordination and continuous improvement in the automated warehouse environment.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up.
UNICEF is seeking a National Consultant to support the development and initial implementation of a Communication Plan for the Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (STEB) of Fonfrède, in collaboration with OREPA Sud and DINEPA. The consultant will assess the existing communication strategy, conduct stakeholder consultations, develop and validate a comprehensive communication plan, create communication tools and materials, and support the launch of the plan. The assignment aims to strengthen awareness, acceptance and stakeholder engagement in order to increase the use of the treatment facility and promote improved sanitation practices in the Grand Sud region of Haiti.
La présente consultance vise à fournir un appui technique ciblé afin de renforcer la planification, le suivi de la mise en oeuvre, l’analyse des performances et la capitalisation des expériences dans les zones couvertes. Le/la consultant(e) apportera un appui transversal pour améliorer la qualité des interventions, renforcer les capacités des partenaires et soutenir la production de livrables analytiques conformément aux exigences programmatiques.
To conduct a comprehensive costing analysis of nutrition programmes in Afghanistan and estimate the financial resources required to achieve national nutrition targets over the medium term. The assignment will generate evidence on programme costs, resource needs, financing gaps, investment priorities, and cost-effectiveness to support strategic planning, budgeting, advocacy, and resource mobilization. It will also determine unit costs and assess the relative costeffectiveness of key nutrition interventions, delivery platforms, and service delivery models to identify the most efficient approaches for improving nutrition outcomes at scale.
The consultant will conduct a Nutrition Programme Costing Analysis to estimate recurrent, capital, and total programme costs at national and sub-national levels, including costs per beneficiary reached, service delivered, child treated for SAM and HR-MAM, pregnant and lactating woman served, FHH supported, CNDCC supported, and health facility delivering nutrition services. . The consultant will also develop 3–5-year resource requirement projections. Based on these findings, the consultant will develop a Nutrition Investment Case demonstrating the burden of malnutrition. The consultant will be required to undertake travel to four UNICEF zonal offices (Mazar, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Herat) within Afghanistan to collect primary data. This may include visits to selected provinces representing different programme delivery modalities and operational contexts. The consultant will conduct consultations with government counterparts, implementing partners, health facility staff, community representatives, and other relevant stakeholders involved in nutrition programming. The number and destinations of field missions will be agreed upon during the inception phase,
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Health to develop a context-appropriate, evidence-based NPM in Lao PDR, aligned with global and regional guidance and adapted to the national food environment.
The NPM will be developed through a Technical Working Group (TWG), following a structured approach that includes defining scope, adapting suitable WHO NPMs, identifying food categories, setting nutrient thresholds, and validating the model with different stakeholders, among others.
Join UNICEF’s Global WASH Practice and help accelerate access to safely managed, climate-resilient sanitation services for children and communities worldwide. Based in Nairobi, you will provide strategic leadership and technical assistance to governments and UNICEF Country Offices, driving sanitation system strengthening, sector financing, policy reform, innovation, and equitable service delivery. You will lead global efforts across sanitation, WASH in Schools, and Menstrual Health and Hygiene, while supporting climate resilience, governance reforms, digital solutions, and resource mobilization. Working with partners across development and humanitarian settings, you will help shape policies, strengthen institutions, mobilize investments, and scale sustainable solutions that improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families. This is a unique opportunity to influence global WASH priorities and contribute to UNICEF’s mission of leaving no child behind
UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to hire a passionate WASH Specialist to join the WASH team. The Specialist serves as UNICEF's lead technical advisor on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) systems strengthening, WASH sector engagement, WASH policy engagement, service delivery models, and decentralized implementation. The position provides technical leadership for integrated Climate-Resilient WASH, Child Survival, Nutrition, Health and Emergency Preparedness and Response programmes.
The WASH Officer reports to the Chief of Health and Nutrition (P-4), the position contributes to the achievement of UNICEF Mexico´s child survival and development goals by advancing and integrated health, nutrition and WASH agenda. The incumbent provides technical and operational leadership to strengthen WASH systems and services, with a particular focus on community and institutional capacities that support improved child health and nutrition outcomes, including prevention of stunting. The role supportsthe development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme, while fostering intersectoral collaboration, advocacy and strategic engagement with government counterparts and key stakeholders to accelerate sustainable and scalable results for children.
Can you influence the decisions that shape Angola’s WASH agenda? Are you a respected WASH professional with the experience to guide policy, strengthen institutions, and mobilize partners towards a common vision? Do you thrive on turning complex challenges into sustainable solutions that improve the lives of children and communities? UNICEF Angola is seeking an exceptional WASH Specialist to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and partnership engagement in support of equitable, climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services across the country. If you are ready to shape systems, influence change, and leave a lasting legacy for children in Angola, we encourage you to apply. For every child, safe water, sanitation, and a healthier future.
Do you have a passion for bringing safe, reliable, and climate-resilient water supply systems to communities, schools, and health facilities most in need?
UNICEF Pacific seeks to establish long term agreement one or multiple individual Water Supply Engineering Consultants for up to 300 working days, as and when required, over 36 months across Pacific Island countries. The consultant(s) will be home-based with extensive travel for site assessments and supervision, with periods at home/office for design, reporting and planning activities.
S/he will provide specialized technical expertise in site and water source assessments, water supply system design, hydraulic modelling, quality assurance, and technical documentation. The consultant(s) will support the design, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance planning of climate- and disaster-resilient water supply systems for communities, schools and health facilities, ensuring systems are safe, reliable, efficient, durable and resilient to Pacific environmental conditions.
To expand the pool of specialized expertise available to support WASH financing initiatives, UNICEF Indonesia seeks to establish a roster of qualified WASH Financing Experts who may be engaged as individual consultants on a short-term or long-term consultancy assignments on need basis.
Under the supervision of the WASH Officer, the WASH Technical Consultant for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is accountable for the timely and quality implementation of the WASH-MHM program, under the CER Output 5.2, with particular focus on the promoting Menstrual Hygiene Management and the institutionalization of the Oky Menstrual Period Tracking App in the Philippines.
The implementation Oky under the TUSIP program and the emerging climate-environment agenda for MHM has expanded the opportunity to reach more adolescents in the Philippines. To maximize this opportunity, the WASH-MHM program, particularly the Oky project, requires continued personnel support for technical assistance delivery, marketing and user acquisition, and systems strengthening. UNICEF needs the services of a dedicated consultant to support Oky Philippines and WASH-MHM tasks/activities and provide technical assistance to CSO and government implementing partners
Côte d'Ivoire recherche un(e) Consultant(e) national(e) pour accompagner le développement de cette base de données, en appui au mécanisme national de collecte et de gestion des données porté par la DGHA, sous la coordination technique de la DHR, en lien avec la DAEP, la DAUD, la DSPSSE, l'ONEP et l'ONAD.
Appuyer le MINHAS dans la relecture de la Stratégie nationale de gestion et de maintenance des infrastructures d'eau potable en milieu rural (août 2022) et dans l'élaboration, au terme d'un processus de concertation, d'une version révisée, consensuelle et opérationnelle, assortie d'un plan d'action chiffré articulé avec la programmation budgétaire du MINHAS.
UNICEF seeks a consultant to support the mobilization of catalytic finance for the WASH sector and the preparation of the Sanitation Programme Facility (SPF) in Nigeria.
This assignment aims to support Education Cannot Wait (ECW) in strengthening the design, implementation, monitoring and quality assurance of education programmes in crisis-affected contexts. The consultant will provide technical and operational support for ECW’s country investments, including CORE programmes and the Acceleration Facility, while promoting high standards in protection, gender and inclusion, localization, climate resilience, safeguarding and accountability. The role will also contribute to strategic planning, portfolio management and programme performance, helping ensure high-quality, results-based education responses for children affected by emergencies.
UNICEF Lao PDR seeks an experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist to support emergency preparedness, coordination, and response interventions across WASH, Nutrition, Protection, and Education sectors, with a particular focus on child-centred disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, warehouse management, water, sanitation and hygiene, humanitarian coordination, and emergency supply preparedness.
The purpose of this time-bound consultancy is to provide deliverable-based capacity to the Public Partnerships & Resource Mobilization Division (PPR) Central Europe team to strengthen Germany-facing partnership engagement, visibility and resource-mobilization opportunities in support of the flagship Sahel Resilience Programme (SRP), supporting structured engagement with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the World Food Programme (WFP), the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) and the German National Committee for UNICEF; translating SRP results and priorities into partner-facing materials and events and supporting youth participation and visibility around Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2027 (HSC27). While the West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO)/SRP provides the program substance, technical direction and regional coordination, the Berlin/PPR team is best placed to manage this assignment because the outputs are primarily partnership, contribution-management, advocacy, communications and stakeholder-engagement deliverables for German audiences and institutions. Locating the consultancy within PPR ensures close alignment with the Central Europe Section’s partnership priorities and donor engagement. While WCARO/SRP remains responsible for program content and strategic direction, PPR Berlin provides the Germany-facing partnership interface needed to convert program results into sustained political, visibility, and resource-mobilization opportunities. This consultancy addresses temporary but critical capacity gap at the point where program priorities meet donor engagement. The deliverables will improve information flow between WCARO/SRP and German partners, strengthen UNICEF’s ability to position the SRP in current Sahel policy discussions in Germany, and support a more coherent approach to sustaining Germany’s partnership with UNICEF in the Sahel.
The Technician Associate provides hands-on technical support for automated warehouse equipment and related infrastructure to help ensure the safe, reliable and efficient operation of material handling systems and associated equipment. The position reports to the Senior Technical Associate, WIMC, and collaborates with Warehouse Operations, technical colleagues, Engineering and Quality functions, and external maintenance and automation service providers. Contributes to maintaining compliance with applicable international and regulatory standards in supply chain operations, especially for regulated products such medicines. Adherence to mandatory training requirements and internal procedures to maintain product safety and quality throughout the supply chain.
UNICEF Supply Division operates a major humanitarian supply hub supporting the procurement, storage and distribution of essential supplies to children and families worldwide. The Copenhagen warehouse uses automated material handling equipment (MHE), warehouse management systems (WMS), warehouse control systems (WCS), conveyors, automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), packaging equipment and associated control infrastructure. Reliable interaction between warehouse systems and physical equipment is essential to safe and uninterrupted warehouse operations. To strengthen in-house WMS and controls capability, support business continuity and retain operational knowledge, the Technical Associate (Warehouse Management Systems and Controls) provides daily systems support, fault diagnosis, maintenance coordination and continuous improvement in the automated warehouse environment.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up.
UNICEF is seeking a National Consultant to support the development and initial implementation of a Communication Plan for the Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (STEB) of Fonfrède, in collaboration with OREPA Sud and DINEPA. The consultant will assess the existing communication strategy, conduct stakeholder consultations, develop and validate a comprehensive communication plan, create communication tools and materials, and support the launch of the plan. The assignment aims to strengthen awareness, acceptance and stakeholder engagement in order to increase the use of the treatment facility and promote improved sanitation practices in the Grand Sud region of Haiti.
La présente consultance vise à fournir un appui technique ciblé afin de renforcer la planification, le suivi de la mise en oeuvre, l’analyse des performances et la capitalisation des expériences dans les zones couvertes. Le/la consultant(e) apportera un appui transversal pour améliorer la qualité des interventions, renforcer les capacités des partenaires et soutenir la production de livrables analytiques conformément aux exigences programmatiques.
To conduct a comprehensive costing analysis of nutrition programmes in Afghanistan and estimate the financial resources required to achieve national nutrition targets over the medium term. The assignment will generate evidence on programme costs, resource needs, financing gaps, investment priorities, and cost-effectiveness to support strategic planning, budgeting, advocacy, and resource mobilization. It will also determine unit costs and assess the relative costeffectiveness of key nutrition interventions, delivery platforms, and service delivery models to identify the most efficient approaches for improving nutrition outcomes at scale.
The consultant will conduct a Nutrition Programme Costing Analysis to estimate recurrent, capital, and total programme costs at national and sub-national levels, including costs per beneficiary reached, service delivered, child treated for SAM and HR-MAM, pregnant and lactating woman served, FHH supported, CNDCC supported, and health facility delivering nutrition services. . The consultant will also develop 3–5-year resource requirement projections. Based on these findings, the consultant will develop a Nutrition Investment Case demonstrating the burden of malnutrition. The consultant will be required to undertake travel to four UNICEF zonal offices (Mazar, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Herat) within Afghanistan to collect primary data. This may include visits to selected provinces representing different programme delivery modalities and operational contexts. The consultant will conduct consultations with government counterparts, implementing partners, health facility staff, community representatives, and other relevant stakeholders involved in nutrition programming. The number and destinations of field missions will be agreed upon during the inception phase,
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Health to develop a context-appropriate, evidence-based NPM in Lao PDR, aligned with global and regional guidance and adapted to the national food environment.
The NPM will be developed through a Technical Working Group (TWG), following a structured approach that includes defining scope, adapting suitable WHO NPMs, identifying food categories, setting nutrient thresholds, and validating the model with different stakeholders, among others.
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