UNICEF is committed to addressing the climate crisis as a core part of its mission to protect the rights and well-being of every child. As climate change increasingly threatens the lives and futures of the most vulnerable children, UNICEF is scaling up its climate action across key sectors—including water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, education, social protection, and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
To help advance this agenda, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the implementation of its Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP). As the organization moves into its next Strategic Plan, there is an increasing focus on delivering climate-resilient social services and protecting children from climate, environmental, and disaster-related shocks. The consultant will play a key role in supporting this shift.
Working under the supervision of the CEED Programme Specialist, the consultant will contribute to internal communications, capacity-strengthening efforts, and implementation tracking related to SCAP. Specific responsibilities will include developing and disseminating strategic content, coordinating the roll-out of a global capacity-building initiative on sustainability and climate action, and supporting the preparation of key reports and knowledge products. The consultant will work closely with UNICEF divisions, regional and country offices, and contribute to strengthening the organization’s institutional capacity to deliver results for children in a changing climate.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director – Programmes, and direct supervision of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Specialist, and working closely with the Senior Advisor for Global Programmes, and in collaboration with the UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU) Programme Team, the Knowledge Management Consultant will support in the development of key knowledge management outputs, processes, and systems linked to youth skills and livelihoods at UNICEF Generation Unlimited. The position will help to strengthen overall Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) work at UNICEF Generation Unlimited, and also support the UNICEF Generation Unlimited Global Team for key knowledge-related activities and events.
Under the supervision of the UNICEF Rio de Janeiro Field Office and in close coordination with the Child Protection team, the consultant will support the implementation of UNICEF’s child protection agenda in contexts affected by armed violence, particularly by (1) providing technical inputs to two studies conducted by implementing partners (on early childhood immunization and child mobility), (2) contributing to the systematization of UNICEF’s internal learning and technical note on violence prevention, (3) organizing a civil society engagement meeting, (4) supporting the inauguration of the Child and Adolescent Support Centers (CAAC), (5) reviewing and finalizing methodologies such as the Violence Prevention tool, and the behavior change strategy on corporal punishment, (5) participating in the TEVAC Task Force internal meeting to share Rio-based experiences, and (6) developing strategic recommendations and a final consultancy report summarizing key deliverables and proposed follow-up actions for Child Protection in Rio.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Office in Rio, the external consultant will support the implementation activities of the Protected Listening Law in Rio de Janeiro, fulfilling, among other roles and duties, (i) assessment on the action plan of the Committee for the Implementation of the Protected Listening Law in Rio de Janeiro, (ii) design, mobilization, and facilitation of awareness and training activities for specific stakeholders regarding the law; (iii) support for workshops on the design of integrated flows and protocols; (iv) support for the organization of a public event to shine a spotlight on the committee's impactful work.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of an international Consultant for Mainstreaming of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in Pre- Service Teacher Training National Minimum Standards and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF Romania invites qualified candidates to express their interest to be included in the ROSTER OF SPECIALIZED CONSULTANTS FOR THE CHILD PROTECTION SECTION. They might be contracted to provide support to UNICEF in delivering specific products in relation to evidence generation (data collection, research, etc.); policy and legal analyses; policy advocacy; policy and programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; technical assistance and capacity building; public finance management for social services; knowledge management; management information system design and use, etc. to support child protection programmes in Romania.
The purpose of the assignment is to assess the capacity of partners in delivering disability inclusive programming and to develop service referral pathways and protocols to enhance service delivery for persons with disabilities.
Disasters, climate change, and environmental degradation present significant and escalating threats to the well-being of children globally, jeopardizing the progress achieved in child survival and development. Over a billion children are exposed to severe risks from climate and environmental hazards such as heatwaves, droughts, floods, and cyclones. Consequently, it is imperative for countries to establish climate-resilient, low-carbon social services encompassing water and sanitation, healthcare, education, nutrition, social protection, and child protection to tackle current threats and prepare for increasingly severe impacts.
In alignment with our commitment to protect children and young people worldwide, UNICEF launched its Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP) 2023 - 2030. The SCAP prioritizes urgent climate action through systematic partnerships with public and private sector institutions to prioritize the needs of children and young people and build their resilience to the climate threats at hand. The SCAP strives to mainstream sustainability and climate action both internally and externally, through protecting the lives, health and well-being of children and their communities; empowering children with developmental opportunities and skills; and reducing emissions and the environmental footprint within UNICEF.
UNICEF is working as a GCF Accredited Entity for the first time and setting up its internal systems to establish a vertical climate funds unit. In parallel, UNICEF is developing a pipeline of GCF funding proposals. The role of the GCF Senior consultant is to provide expert advise and support development of both aspects of UNICEF’s engagement in climate finance.
The HPM&GDA Consultant will support evidence-based decisions by providing expert data analysis and visualization for WASH, climate, and disaster initiatives. The consultant will also collaborate with national and regional teams to capture, organize, share, and use knowledge for improved organizational performance and efficiency towards development and humanitarian results for children.
The main objective of this consultancy is to explore the IVCAD and its indicators to assess their relevance and application for children and adolescents (0-6 and 0–17 years). Based on this assessment, the consultancy will analyze the viability and give suggestions for developing a child-focused version of the IVCAD or a complementary multidimensional child vulnerability index using Unified Registry data. Additionally, the consultancy will assess families’ and children's access to Social Assistance and Education services using georeferenced data. To this end, the consultant will be required to access restricted databases that are physically located within public institutions in Brasília.
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight and the German Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF Germany) seek a consultant conduct a desk-based research study to generate new insights into needs of child refugee and asylum seekers engaged in voluntary return and deportation processes in Germany.
The Supporter Engagement Strategy (SES) Fundraising Specialist (CRM Success) Consultant will ensure that UNICEF offices that have gone live in the region with Salesforce / Marketing Cloud are able to maximize their fundraising performance by supporting them with all aspects of fundraising operations represented in the system.
At the point of hand over from the implementation team, the SES Fundraising Specialist will be responsible for the following: further refining business processes for maximum efficiency, prioritizing bugs or enhancement requests, data hygiene and standardization, maintaining discipline to required coding standards and reporting mechanisms, identifying new opportunities to add to the CORE UNICEF system, and ensuring that each office maintains a clear plan for further development of the system.
The Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (MNCAH) portfolio of the Health and HIV Unit, Data and
Analytics Section of UNICEF New York Headquarters maintains and updates the global MNCAH database which is a key
source for country- and regional-level MNCAH data. This database is used by a wide range of stakeholders for activities
related to SDG monitoring, global, regional and country programme planning and policy advocacy. The MNCAH team is
expanding the MNCAH database to align with emerging global health landscape and priorities to include
administrative data, modelled data, and subnational data, and to improve timeliness and availability of the data which
will necessitate strategic enhancements to the global database workflow. In addition to maintaining the global
database, this consultancy will support maintenance and development of data products and data reporting processes
such as SDG monitoring, Strategic Plan reporting, and other global reporting processes related to MNCAH.
The consultancy will provide technical expertise needed to navigate this process successfully under the guidance and
supervision of the Statistics and Monitoring Adviser (MNCAH). Another priority of the team is to support countries in
strengthening health data analytics and data use in decision making through the Actionable Health Analytics for
Decision-making (AHEAD) project which requires additional analytic capacity on the team. The consultancy will
support build-out of the AHEAD analytics package and respond to custom analytics requests from the countries
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a national consultant to conduct three state level WASH joint sector review and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF Eswatini Country Office is look for a consultant to assess the current social protection system in Eswatini and develop a comprehensive advocacy and action plan to transform the system towards greater child sensitivity. The assignment will explore fiscal space, administrative and programmatic requirements necessary for reforming the existing system to effectively address child poverty.
UNICEF Inncoenti - Global Offcie of Research and Foresight is seeking a consultant to support planning, creating and disseminating communications materials aimed at promoting initiatives implemented by the Youth Engagement and Strategy (YES) team. This will include a range of mixed methods research initiatives including but not limited to the Youth Foresight Fellowship, the Leading Minds Fellowship on Climate Education, Horizons of climate financing and youth x corporate sustainability workstreams, developing communication plans in collaboration with the YES team and UNICEF country offices, coordinating communications and outreach related to national youth-led research programs, publication launches, and high-visibility advocacy moments through UNICEF and partner events.
UNICEF’s Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) is seeking experienced individual consultants to join a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) roster for evaluative services over a 36-month period. This home-based consultancy offers opportunities in two key areas: quality review of evaluation deliverables (such as terms of reference, inception reports, and evaluation reports) and technical support for conducting evaluative exercises across all phases of the evidence generation cycle. Consultants will contribute to high-quality, ethical, and impactful evaluations that inform UNICEF’s programming and advocacy across the region.
UNICEF Zambia Country Office is looking to recruit a consultant to provide technical expertise and support to the UNICEF Zambia WASH section in the design, implementation, and monitoring of capacity building and knowledge management activities for water system strengthening activities.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Higher Education of São Tomé and Príncipe (MECCES-STP), in partnership with UNICEF, is conducting a comprehensive analysis of the education sector, covering all levels of education.
The 2019–2023 Education Policy Charter established strategic goals and priorities for the development of the education sector. After more than six years of implementation, it is necessary to carry out an in-depth analysis of the current state of the sector, gathering evidence to inform decisions on the adjustments and reforms to be adopted. This process aims to support the development of a new Education Policy Charter (CPE) for the 2026–2030 period, with a transformative approach aligned with the country’s needs.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide on-the-ground technical assistance and capacity building in support of the PCV introduction and enhanced immunization practices. The consultants will: monitor and support the rollout of PCV at Health Directorates and district levels and provide technical guidance for training and capacity development of healthcare providers.
UNICEF is committed to addressing the climate crisis as a core part of its mission to protect the rights and well-being of every child. As climate change increasingly threatens the lives and futures of the most vulnerable children, UNICEF is scaling up its climate action across key sectors—including water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, education, social protection, and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
To help advance this agenda, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support the implementation of its Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP). As the organization moves into its next Strategic Plan, there is an increasing focus on delivering climate-resilient social services and protecting children from climate, environmental, and disaster-related shocks. The consultant will play a key role in supporting this shift.
Working under the supervision of the CEED Programme Specialist, the consultant will contribute to internal communications, capacity-strengthening efforts, and implementation tracking related to SCAP. Specific responsibilities will include developing and disseminating strategic content, coordinating the roll-out of a global capacity-building initiative on sustainability and climate action, and supporting the preparation of key reports and knowledge products. The consultant will work closely with UNICEF divisions, regional and country offices, and contribute to strengthening the organization’s institutional capacity to deliver results for children in a changing climate.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director – Programmes, and direct supervision of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Specialist, and working closely with the Senior Advisor for Global Programmes, and in collaboration with the UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU) Programme Team, the Knowledge Management Consultant will support in the development of key knowledge management outputs, processes, and systems linked to youth skills and livelihoods at UNICEF Generation Unlimited. The position will help to strengthen overall Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) work at UNICEF Generation Unlimited, and also support the UNICEF Generation Unlimited Global Team for key knowledge-related activities and events.
Under the supervision of the UNICEF Rio de Janeiro Field Office and in close coordination with the Child Protection team, the consultant will support the implementation of UNICEF’s child protection agenda in contexts affected by armed violence, particularly by (1) providing technical inputs to two studies conducted by implementing partners (on early childhood immunization and child mobility), (2) contributing to the systematization of UNICEF’s internal learning and technical note on violence prevention, (3) organizing a civil society engagement meeting, (4) supporting the inauguration of the Child and Adolescent Support Centers (CAAC), (5) reviewing and finalizing methodologies such as the Violence Prevention tool, and the behavior change strategy on corporal punishment, (5) participating in the TEVAC Task Force internal meeting to share Rio-based experiences, and (6) developing strategic recommendations and a final consultancy report summarizing key deliverables and proposed follow-up actions for Child Protection in Rio.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Office in Rio, the external consultant will support the implementation activities of the Protected Listening Law in Rio de Janeiro, fulfilling, among other roles and duties, (i) assessment on the action plan of the Committee for the Implementation of the Protected Listening Law in Rio de Janeiro, (ii) design, mobilization, and facilitation of awareness and training activities for specific stakeholders regarding the law; (iii) support for workshops on the design of integrated flows and protocols; (iv) support for the organization of a public event to shine a spotlight on the committee's impactful work.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of an international Consultant for Mainstreaming of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in Pre- Service Teacher Training National Minimum Standards and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF Romania invites qualified candidates to express their interest to be included in the ROSTER OF SPECIALIZED CONSULTANTS FOR THE CHILD PROTECTION SECTION. They might be contracted to provide support to UNICEF in delivering specific products in relation to evidence generation (data collection, research, etc.); policy and legal analyses; policy advocacy; policy and programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; technical assistance and capacity building; public finance management for social services; knowledge management; management information system design and use, etc. to support child protection programmes in Romania.
The purpose of the assignment is to assess the capacity of partners in delivering disability inclusive programming and to develop service referral pathways and protocols to enhance service delivery for persons with disabilities.
Disasters, climate change, and environmental degradation present significant and escalating threats to the well-being of children globally, jeopardizing the progress achieved in child survival and development. Over a billion children are exposed to severe risks from climate and environmental hazards such as heatwaves, droughts, floods, and cyclones. Consequently, it is imperative for countries to establish climate-resilient, low-carbon social services encompassing water and sanitation, healthcare, education, nutrition, social protection, and child protection to tackle current threats and prepare for increasingly severe impacts.
In alignment with our commitment to protect children and young people worldwide, UNICEF launched its Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP) 2023 - 2030. The SCAP prioritizes urgent climate action through systematic partnerships with public and private sector institutions to prioritize the needs of children and young people and build their resilience to the climate threats at hand. The SCAP strives to mainstream sustainability and climate action both internally and externally, through protecting the lives, health and well-being of children and their communities; empowering children with developmental opportunities and skills; and reducing emissions and the environmental footprint within UNICEF.
UNICEF is working as a GCF Accredited Entity for the first time and setting up its internal systems to establish a vertical climate funds unit. In parallel, UNICEF is developing a pipeline of GCF funding proposals. The role of the GCF Senior consultant is to provide expert advise and support development of both aspects of UNICEF’s engagement in climate finance.
The HPM&GDA Consultant will support evidence-based decisions by providing expert data analysis and visualization for WASH, climate, and disaster initiatives. The consultant will also collaborate with national and regional teams to capture, organize, share, and use knowledge for improved organizational performance and efficiency towards development and humanitarian results for children.
The main objective of this consultancy is to explore the IVCAD and its indicators to assess their relevance and application for children and adolescents (0-6 and 0–17 years). Based on this assessment, the consultancy will analyze the viability and give suggestions for developing a child-focused version of the IVCAD or a complementary multidimensional child vulnerability index using Unified Registry data. Additionally, the consultancy will assess families’ and children's access to Social Assistance and Education services using georeferenced data. To this end, the consultant will be required to access restricted databases that are physically located within public institutions in Brasília.
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight and the German Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF Germany) seek a consultant conduct a desk-based research study to generate new insights into needs of child refugee and asylum seekers engaged in voluntary return and deportation processes in Germany.
The Supporter Engagement Strategy (SES) Fundraising Specialist (CRM Success) Consultant will ensure that UNICEF offices that have gone live in the region with Salesforce / Marketing Cloud are able to maximize their fundraising performance by supporting them with all aspects of fundraising operations represented in the system.
At the point of hand over from the implementation team, the SES Fundraising Specialist will be responsible for the following: further refining business processes for maximum efficiency, prioritizing bugs or enhancement requests, data hygiene and standardization, maintaining discipline to required coding standards and reporting mechanisms, identifying new opportunities to add to the CORE UNICEF system, and ensuring that each office maintains a clear plan for further development of the system.
The Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (MNCAH) portfolio of the Health and HIV Unit, Data and
Analytics Section of UNICEF New York Headquarters maintains and updates the global MNCAH database which is a key
source for country- and regional-level MNCAH data. This database is used by a wide range of stakeholders for activities
related to SDG monitoring, global, regional and country programme planning and policy advocacy. The MNCAH team is
expanding the MNCAH database to align with emerging global health landscape and priorities to include
administrative data, modelled data, and subnational data, and to improve timeliness and availability of the data which
will necessitate strategic enhancements to the global database workflow. In addition to maintaining the global
database, this consultancy will support maintenance and development of data products and data reporting processes
such as SDG monitoring, Strategic Plan reporting, and other global reporting processes related to MNCAH.
The consultancy will provide technical expertise needed to navigate this process successfully under the guidance and
supervision of the Statistics and Monitoring Adviser (MNCAH). Another priority of the team is to support countries in
strengthening health data analytics and data use in decision making through the Actionable Health Analytics for
Decision-making (AHEAD) project which requires additional analytic capacity on the team. The consultancy will
support build-out of the AHEAD analytics package and respond to custom analytics requests from the countries
UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a national consultant to conduct three state level WASH joint sector review and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.
UNICEF Eswatini Country Office is look for a consultant to assess the current social protection system in Eswatini and develop a comprehensive advocacy and action plan to transform the system towards greater child sensitivity. The assignment will explore fiscal space, administrative and programmatic requirements necessary for reforming the existing system to effectively address child poverty.
UNICEF Inncoenti - Global Offcie of Research and Foresight is seeking a consultant to support planning, creating and disseminating communications materials aimed at promoting initiatives implemented by the Youth Engagement and Strategy (YES) team. This will include a range of mixed methods research initiatives including but not limited to the Youth Foresight Fellowship, the Leading Minds Fellowship on Climate Education, Horizons of climate financing and youth x corporate sustainability workstreams, developing communication plans in collaboration with the YES team and UNICEF country offices, coordinating communications and outreach related to national youth-led research programs, publication launches, and high-visibility advocacy moments through UNICEF and partner events.
UNICEF’s Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) is seeking experienced individual consultants to join a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) roster for evaluative services over a 36-month period. This home-based consultancy offers opportunities in two key areas: quality review of evaluation deliverables (such as terms of reference, inception reports, and evaluation reports) and technical support for conducting evaluative exercises across all phases of the evidence generation cycle. Consultants will contribute to high-quality, ethical, and impactful evaluations that inform UNICEF’s programming and advocacy across the region.
UNICEF Zambia Country Office is looking to recruit a consultant to provide technical expertise and support to the UNICEF Zambia WASH section in the design, implementation, and monitoring of capacity building and knowledge management activities for water system strengthening activities.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Higher Education of São Tomé and Príncipe (MECCES-STP), in partnership with UNICEF, is conducting a comprehensive analysis of the education sector, covering all levels of education.
The 2019–2023 Education Policy Charter established strategic goals and priorities for the development of the education sector. After more than six years of implementation, it is necessary to carry out an in-depth analysis of the current state of the sector, gathering evidence to inform decisions on the adjustments and reforms to be adopted. This process aims to support the development of a new Education Policy Charter (CPE) for the 2026–2030 period, with a transformative approach aligned with the country’s needs.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide on-the-ground technical assistance and capacity building in support of the PCV introduction and enhanced immunization practices. The consultants will: monitor and support the rollout of PCV at Health Directorates and district levels and provide technical guidance for training and capacity development of healthcare providers.
