UNICEF Pacific is hiring a Project Officer (Water Supply) on a fixed-term appointment to be based in Suva, Fiji. Under the general supervision of the WASH Manager at P-4 level. The Project Officer (Water Supply) is expected to support the UNICEF Pacific programme on strengthening WASH programming on climate resilient water supply systems.
As UNICEF Uganda is initiating the newly developed country programme for 2026-2030, WASH team is expanding the portfolio into Environment and Climate Action, in alignment with an urgent need and increasing adverse impact of climate change on child-critical social services such as on health, nutrition, WASH, education and protection in Uganda.
Aligned to the purpose of the country programme, a WASH in institutions programme in Karamoja sub-region for 5 years has also been initiated with financial support from the development partner such as KOICA, which includes a strategic transition to a system strengthening approach with upstream support to enhance institutional capacity, policy guidelines and financing framework for long-term sustainability whilst support the expansion of WASH facilities in total of 150 schools and 15 health care facilities in all nine districts in Karamoja subregion.
This requires specialized support to coordinate with the national and sub-national partners to undertake the planned interventions. The technical assistance is to institutionalize national guidance, operational framework and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, particularly during the inception phase.
This assignment is also stretching out to Environment and Climate Action work to ensure coordinated technical support, strategic engagement with key stakeholders and exploring innovations related to climate resilient WASH services, climate education, and renewable energy such as solarization and biogas systems at schools, health care facilities and communities.
This is a national consultancy vacancy for conducting a comprehensive field assessment of WASH facilities and services. Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant qualifications and experience are eligible to apply.
Are you passionate about creating a cleaner, safer, and more resilient environment for children? UNICEF Uganda is seeking a dynamic and committed WASH Officer (environment and climate action) to join our team in Kampala. In this pivotal role, you will support the WASH Environment and Climate Action Programme, working closely with government, private sector, civil society, and youth to drive forward child-centered policies and actions on environment, climate change, and disaster risk reduction.
This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact—strengthening national capacity, accelerating climate solutions, and ensuring that every child grows up in a safe and sustainable world.
This consultancy will assess the current fiscal space for WASH by reviewing government budgets, donor funding, and private sector involvement. It will identify opportunities to expand financing through domestic resource mobilization, efficiency gains, and innovative approaches such as climate and blended finance.
Based on this, a WASH Financing Strategy will be developed, outlining key financing pathways, resource mobilization options, and institutional strengthening measures. The consultant will also provide actionable policy recommendations to improve sector financing, coordination, and sustainability.
UNICEF Ghana seeks the services of a highly experienced professional with a profound commitment to achieving impactful result for every child. The consultant will provide support for the financial close-out and documentation of the Basic Sanitation Fund (BSF) Pilot.
The consultancy is based in Accra-Ghana for a duration of 45 working days spread over 2 months. The consultant will report to the WASH Specialist. ONLY Ghanaian nationals are eligible to apply.
The call for regional sanitation policy guidelines is not just about compliance; it’s about crafting a future where every individual has access to dignified and safely managed sanitation services. By creating a framework that emphasises political leadership, fosters partnerships, and encourages private sector involvement, South Asian governments can significantly enhance service delivery and resource allocation. These Guidelines would serve as a roadmap for sustainable sanitation development, enabling countries to harmonise their goals, share best practices, and hold each other accountable.
Therefore, robust sanitation policy guidelines are essential for addressing the challenges unique to South Asia. The Guidelines will assist governments to develop sanitation policies that reduce inequalities, improve health outcomes, and foster economic growth; elements that collectively uplift communities and pave the way for a healthier, more equitable future.
The Chief of Child Survival and Development (CSD) provides strategic leadership to an integrated programme encompassing Health, Nutrition, and WASH to advance child survival, growth, and resilience in Eritrea. This position is pivotal in ensuring that every child, especially the most vulnerable, benefits from equitable access to essential services and from improved health, nutrition, and hygienic practices during the crucial first 1,000 days of life.
With a strong technical focus on WASH, the Chief leads the design and implementation of climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene systems that directly contribute to better health outcomes and reduce disease burden. The role promotes integration between WASH, Health, and Nutrition to address both medical and social determinants of child well-being.
The consultant will establish a coherent, comprehensive, and actionable national framework that guides the planning, implementation, monitoring, and financing of sustainable, equitable, inclusive, and climate-resilient sanitation and hygiene services for all people in Eritrea, contributing significantly to improved public health outcomes, socio-economic development, and environmental sustainability.
UNICEF Mongolia is looking for a Consultant who will provide technical, engineering, and advisory support to households aimed at enhancing energy efficiency, promoting the adoption of clean heating technologies, and reducing household energy consumption and emissions.
UNICEF seeks to hire a senior technical consultant to support the implementation of key activities as part of the acceleration plan for pilot implementation of revised 2023 WHO Guidelines on prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema among children under five in Katsina state.
UNICEF Costa Rica is looking for a passionate Health & Nutrition Officer to support the design, implementation, and monitoring of impactful health and nutrition programmes. In this role, you’ll provide technical expertise and operational support to ensure the successful delivery of initiatives aligned with UNICEF’s strategic goals.
Data Collection Unit (DCU) (DAPM/D&A) recommends CSWeb for secure transfer of the data (questionnaires) from the field to the central office for further analysis for MICS programme. CSWeb is the tool developed by US Census Bureau to support the CAPI data transfer with CSPro software. UNICEF IT supported installation and hosting of the CSWeb at UNCEF servers. Currently CSWeb Server version 7.7 is hosted at UNICEF servers. An update to the new version of the server is needed to host the requests of the survey teams to use the latest version of the CSPro. UNICEF seeks to engage the services of the consultant, under the direct supervision of UNICEF’s DCU (MICS) Data Processing team, to upgrade the current CSWeb platform to 8.0, create 10 new instances to be used for the MICS survey teams, and 3 months of maintenance to ensure that the CSWeb and its instances are running properly
The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer reports to the Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist for supervision. The Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout monitoring, evaluation process preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to evaluation planning, implementation, oversight and reporting to ensure that evaluations are carried out according to schedule and that results and recommendations are implemented and followed up.
The purpose of this assignment is to build capability essential to achieve the Private Sector Engagement Transformation strategic building block. Specifically, to design and develop a training program that enables.
1. All staff of UNICEF PFP/the broader private sector ecosystem including National Committees and country offices to understand and value the role of audience insights in private sector engagement (i.e. the power of insight-led decisions, propositions and experiences.
2. Audience-facing sections of UNICEF PFP/the broader private sector ecosystem including National Committees and country offices to discover, distill and embed audience insights at the core to inform strategies and implementation processes.
The training will support the organization’s ambition to strengthen an audience-centric culture, where decisions are consistently informed by a deep understanding of supporter and partner motivations, perceptions, and behaviors.
In a technical advisory role, the incumbent will be responsible for managing the construction activities of Burkina-Faso country office. The incumbent will work under the supervision of the Supply and Logistics Manager and will be responsible to support achievement of the construction and rehabilitation of school’s facilities, Health centers, latrines and water points, mobilize local communities, in compliance with project's goals and objectives and national standards and innovations in construction techniques.
Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) remains a vital child-survival intervention that significantly reduces mortality in vitamin A–deficient populations. Global VAS coverage initially peaked at 78% in 2009, dropped to 41% in 2020 due to pandemic disruptions, but recovered to the same high level in the years that followed.
The Vitamin A Supplementation in a New Age (VINA) initiative, launched in 2023 with Global Affairs Canada funding, operates across 15 sub-Saharan African countries. By 2024, over 50 million children (6–59 months) received two VAS doses. However, coverage remains unevenly distributed within and between countries, with several countries consistent posting very low coverage, highlighting persistent system and equity challenges.
VINA has a strong mandate to identify and address gender-related barriers to quality VAS services. Headquarters, regional, and country teams have integrated gender analysis and action planning into their programming with set targets to report on. Four VINA countries are implementing special studies on gender and VAS.
This consultancy will:
1. Consolidate and synthesize analyses, special studies, country support documents etc. for write-up into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
2. Consolidate and synthesize regional, and country office report for writeup into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
3. Support dissemination activities on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and VAS—finalizing reports, policy briefs, and facilitating webinars and design outputs.
The objective of the consultancy assignment is to facilitate finalization of the existing logical framework of the KOICA-funded Climate Action for the Last Mile: Reaching the Most Vulnerable Children in the East and Southern Africa Region, and to conduct a baseline survey based on the final logical framework.
The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen UNICEF’s emergency preparedness, monitoring, and response capacity in Somalia’s Central and Southern Regions (CSS). The consultant will provide critical support in sustaining UNICEF’s field presence, coordinating humanitarian interventions, and ensuring timely, effective, and context-sensitive responses to emerging crises.
This role is essential to maintain UNICEF’s humanitarian engagement and operational continuity in hard-to-reach and newly recovered areas where access remains challenging. Working closely with the Emergency Manager, the consultant will support early warning, contingency planning, and partner monitoring, ensuring that UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) are met through coordinated, multisectoral emergency response and resilience programming.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring a Project Officer (Water Supply) on a fixed-term appointment to be based in Suva, Fiji. Under the general supervision of the WASH Manager at P-4 level. The Project Officer (Water Supply) is expected to support the UNICEF Pacific programme on strengthening WASH programming on climate resilient water supply systems.
As UNICEF Uganda is initiating the newly developed country programme for 2026-2030, WASH team is expanding the portfolio into Environment and Climate Action, in alignment with an urgent need and increasing adverse impact of climate change on child-critical social services such as on health, nutrition, WASH, education and protection in Uganda.
Aligned to the purpose of the country programme, a WASH in institutions programme in Karamoja sub-region for 5 years has also been initiated with financial support from the development partner such as KOICA, which includes a strategic transition to a system strengthening approach with upstream support to enhance institutional capacity, policy guidelines and financing framework for long-term sustainability whilst support the expansion of WASH facilities in total of 150 schools and 15 health care facilities in all nine districts in Karamoja subregion.
This requires specialized support to coordinate with the national and sub-national partners to undertake the planned interventions. The technical assistance is to institutionalize national guidance, operational framework and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, particularly during the inception phase.
This assignment is also stretching out to Environment and Climate Action work to ensure coordinated technical support, strategic engagement with key stakeholders and exploring innovations related to climate resilient WASH services, climate education, and renewable energy such as solarization and biogas systems at schools, health care facilities and communities.
This is a national consultancy vacancy for conducting a comprehensive field assessment of WASH facilities and services. Interested Myanmar national applicants with relevant qualifications and experience are eligible to apply.
Are you passionate about creating a cleaner, safer, and more resilient environment for children? UNICEF Uganda is seeking a dynamic and committed WASH Officer (environment and climate action) to join our team in Kampala. In this pivotal role, you will support the WASH Environment and Climate Action Programme, working closely with government, private sector, civil society, and youth to drive forward child-centered policies and actions on environment, climate change, and disaster risk reduction.
This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact—strengthening national capacity, accelerating climate solutions, and ensuring that every child grows up in a safe and sustainable world.
This consultancy will assess the current fiscal space for WASH by reviewing government budgets, donor funding, and private sector involvement. It will identify opportunities to expand financing through domestic resource mobilization, efficiency gains, and innovative approaches such as climate and blended finance.
Based on this, a WASH Financing Strategy will be developed, outlining key financing pathways, resource mobilization options, and institutional strengthening measures. The consultant will also provide actionable policy recommendations to improve sector financing, coordination, and sustainability.
UNICEF Ghana seeks the services of a highly experienced professional with a profound commitment to achieving impactful result for every child. The consultant will provide support for the financial close-out and documentation of the Basic Sanitation Fund (BSF) Pilot.
The consultancy is based in Accra-Ghana for a duration of 45 working days spread over 2 months. The consultant will report to the WASH Specialist. ONLY Ghanaian nationals are eligible to apply.
The call for regional sanitation policy guidelines is not just about compliance; it’s about crafting a future where every individual has access to dignified and safely managed sanitation services. By creating a framework that emphasises political leadership, fosters partnerships, and encourages private sector involvement, South Asian governments can significantly enhance service delivery and resource allocation. These Guidelines would serve as a roadmap for sustainable sanitation development, enabling countries to harmonise their goals, share best practices, and hold each other accountable.
Therefore, robust sanitation policy guidelines are essential for addressing the challenges unique to South Asia. The Guidelines will assist governments to develop sanitation policies that reduce inequalities, improve health outcomes, and foster economic growth; elements that collectively uplift communities and pave the way for a healthier, more equitable future.
The Chief of Child Survival and Development (CSD) provides strategic leadership to an integrated programme encompassing Health, Nutrition, and WASH to advance child survival, growth, and resilience in Eritrea. This position is pivotal in ensuring that every child, especially the most vulnerable, benefits from equitable access to essential services and from improved health, nutrition, and hygienic practices during the crucial first 1,000 days of life.
With a strong technical focus on WASH, the Chief leads the design and implementation of climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene systems that directly contribute to better health outcomes and reduce disease burden. The role promotes integration between WASH, Health, and Nutrition to address both medical and social determinants of child well-being.
The consultant will establish a coherent, comprehensive, and actionable national framework that guides the planning, implementation, monitoring, and financing of sustainable, equitable, inclusive, and climate-resilient sanitation and hygiene services for all people in Eritrea, contributing significantly to improved public health outcomes, socio-economic development, and environmental sustainability.
UNICEF Mongolia is looking for a Consultant who will provide technical, engineering, and advisory support to households aimed at enhancing energy efficiency, promoting the adoption of clean heating technologies, and reducing household energy consumption and emissions.
UNICEF seeks to hire a senior technical consultant to support the implementation of key activities as part of the acceleration plan for pilot implementation of revised 2023 WHO Guidelines on prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema among children under five in Katsina state.
UNICEF Costa Rica is looking for a passionate Health & Nutrition Officer to support the design, implementation, and monitoring of impactful health and nutrition programmes. In this role, you’ll provide technical expertise and operational support to ensure the successful delivery of initiatives aligned with UNICEF’s strategic goals.
Data Collection Unit (DCU) (DAPM/D&A) recommends CSWeb for secure transfer of the data (questionnaires) from the field to the central office for further analysis for MICS programme. CSWeb is the tool developed by US Census Bureau to support the CAPI data transfer with CSPro software. UNICEF IT supported installation and hosting of the CSWeb at UNCEF servers. Currently CSWeb Server version 7.7 is hosted at UNICEF servers. An update to the new version of the server is needed to host the requests of the survey teams to use the latest version of the CSPro. UNICEF seeks to engage the services of the consultant, under the direct supervision of UNICEF’s DCU (MICS) Data Processing team, to upgrade the current CSWeb platform to 8.0, create 10 new instances to be used for the MICS survey teams, and 3 months of maintenance to ensure that the CSWeb and its instances are running properly
The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer reports to the Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist for supervision. The Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout monitoring, evaluation process preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to evaluation planning, implementation, oversight and reporting to ensure that evaluations are carried out according to schedule and that results and recommendations are implemented and followed up.
The purpose of this assignment is to build capability essential to achieve the Private Sector Engagement Transformation strategic building block. Specifically, to design and develop a training program that enables.
1. All staff of UNICEF PFP/the broader private sector ecosystem including National Committees and country offices to understand and value the role of audience insights in private sector engagement (i.e. the power of insight-led decisions, propositions and experiences.
2. Audience-facing sections of UNICEF PFP/the broader private sector ecosystem including National Committees and country offices to discover, distill and embed audience insights at the core to inform strategies and implementation processes.
The training will support the organization’s ambition to strengthen an audience-centric culture, where decisions are consistently informed by a deep understanding of supporter and partner motivations, perceptions, and behaviors.
In a technical advisory role, the incumbent will be responsible for managing the construction activities of Burkina-Faso country office. The incumbent will work under the supervision of the Supply and Logistics Manager and will be responsible to support achievement of the construction and rehabilitation of school’s facilities, Health centers, latrines and water points, mobilize local communities, in compliance with project's goals and objectives and national standards and innovations in construction techniques.
Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) remains a vital child-survival intervention that significantly reduces mortality in vitamin A–deficient populations. Global VAS coverage initially peaked at 78% in 2009, dropped to 41% in 2020 due to pandemic disruptions, but recovered to the same high level in the years that followed.
The Vitamin A Supplementation in a New Age (VINA) initiative, launched in 2023 with Global Affairs Canada funding, operates across 15 sub-Saharan African countries. By 2024, over 50 million children (6–59 months) received two VAS doses. However, coverage remains unevenly distributed within and between countries, with several countries consistent posting very low coverage, highlighting persistent system and equity challenges.
VINA has a strong mandate to identify and address gender-related barriers to quality VAS services. Headquarters, regional, and country teams have integrated gender analysis and action planning into their programming with set targets to report on. Four VINA countries are implementing special studies on gender and VAS.
This consultancy will:
1. Consolidate and synthesize analyses, special studies, country support documents etc. for write-up into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
2. Consolidate and synthesize regional, and country office report for writeup into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
3. Support dissemination activities on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and VAS—finalizing reports, policy briefs, and facilitating webinars and design outputs.
The objective of the consultancy assignment is to facilitate finalization of the existing logical framework of the KOICA-funded Climate Action for the Last Mile: Reaching the Most Vulnerable Children in the East and Southern Africa Region, and to conduct a baseline survey based on the final logical framework.
The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen UNICEF’s emergency preparedness, monitoring, and response capacity in Somalia’s Central and Southern Regions (CSS). The consultant will provide critical support in sustaining UNICEF’s field presence, coordinating humanitarian interventions, and ensuring timely, effective, and context-sensitive responses to emerging crises.
This role is essential to maintain UNICEF’s humanitarian engagement and operational continuity in hard-to-reach and newly recovered areas where access remains challenging. Working closely with the Emergency Manager, the consultant will support early warning, contingency planning, and partner monitoring, ensuring that UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) are met through coordinated, multisectoral emergency response and resilience programming.
