The purpose of this job is to lead the design, implementation, and operationalization of large-scale solar energy solutions to support UNICEF's programmatic interventions, such as powering health facilities and schools under the general guidance of the Project Manager for Solarization,The role requires collaboration with strategic partners (such as WHO and GAVI), UNICEF Country and Regional Offices, and the private sector. Key responsibilities include identifying energy needs, developing procurement and implementation strategies, ensuring systematic approaches to solarization, and establishing sustainable operation and maintenance models for solar energy systems. The role also involves engaging with donors, contributing to training activities, and supporting deployment plans at the country level.
The establishment of a Capacity Building Consultant Roster on Climate, Environment, Energy, and DRR (CEED) will ensure that UNICEF can effectively respond to capacity needs at the headquarters, regional, and country office levels. This roster will consist of highly skilled and motivated consultants who will provide tailored technical assistance, training, and support to UNICEF staff and partners globally. The primary objective is to strengthen UNICEF’s ability to integrate sustainability and climate action into its programmes and operations. Key tasks will include developing and delivering tailored training sessions on climate and disaster resilience, sustainability, and emissions reduction strategies across all UNICEF sectors. Consultants will also assist in embedding climate-smart approaches into health, education, water, sanitation, nutrition, and child protection programmes, as well as providing technical support in integrating child-focused climate and disaster actions into national policies, plans, and budgets (e.g., NDCs, NAPs).The Capacity Building Roster will serve as a human resources repository from which pre-vetted and well qualified capacity building experts can be drawn quickly and efficiently. Once accepted on the roster, consultants will be eligible for direct recruitment by UNICEF HQ Offices, Country Offices or Regional Offices for a period of up to three years. The length of the contract will depend on project needs and funding availability
Under the supervision of the Climate, Environment, Energy & Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) Programme Specialist, the consultant will support the CEED team and the implementation of the Sustainability & Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP), working closely with team members and regional CEED colleagues.
Objective 1: Strengthen knowledge management and internal communication to mainstream sustainability and climate action across UNICEF.
Objective 2: Enhance internal and external knowledge sharing to support SCAP results.
Objective 3: Support resource mobilization and capacity building in alignment with the SCAP.
Advocating for and carrying out child-centred action on climate change, environment, energy, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) (CEED) benefits all targeted SDGs, and UNICEF has a unique comparative advantage not only to help reduce impacts on children/young people, but to also enable them as key agents of change—a true opportunity for a paradigm shift in countries’ socio-economic trajectory post-Covid.
The Chief, Private Sector Climate Partnerships position sits within the Private Sector Fundraising & Partnerships section of the Private Fundraising & Partnerships (PFP) Division. The post will work across the UNICEF ecosystem, and closely with colleagues in the Emergency Fundraising team and the high-value partnerships teams, as well as various teams in the Public Partnerships Division in New York and Brussels, the Division of Global Communication and Advocacy (DGCA) and the Programme Group Climate, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) team. In addition, this post will coordinate and support private sector resource mobilization efforts (across channels and markets) to generate long-term, sustainable funding and advocacy support for UNICEF’s work on climate and will be the focal point for the Partnerships Cone and PFP Senior Leadership on climate-focused private sector resource mobilization.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, the DRR-CC Programme Specialist will be responsible for the Outcome 4: Climate Engagement and Resilience and provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance to UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean’s programmes ( education, social policy & social protection and child protection) to improve and enhance the office’s climate change, resilience, and environment priorities and promote adolescent and youth participation in climate action.
The UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office is looking for consultancy to coordinate the design of the Climate Facility for Children – West Africa (CF4C-WA), including the monitoring of and reporting on pilot interventions in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Niger.
The UNICEF Archives’ goal is to take a systemic approach to preserving the organization’s institutional heritage. It aims to provide improved archival preservation of both physical and digital materials and create platforms for access through developing viable archival descriptions as well as engaging modern access platforms that satisfy client research needs. The Archives also aims to engage technology solutions through making use of new digital preservation capabilities. These goals will be implemented in line with the organizational strategy and information management requirements of stakeholders in various business areas.
We are seeking a talented Senior UI Designer to join Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. The UI designer will work within an interdisciplinary team to develop, prototype, and advise on new products and solutions that will help us achieve the goal of connecting every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030.
Under the supervision of the UNICEF Programme Officer and Climate Action Coordinator, the consultant is expected to conduct a desk review and series of consultations with children and youth to understand their perspectives, as well as with government and
partners to understand key priorities and opportunities.
These consultations are to be summarized in a comprehensive and visually appealing advocacy brief, complemented with concise communications materials that include clear advocacy asks. Subsequently, the consultant is to organize and facilitate an advocacy event to present the results and materials.
SCOPE OF
We are seeking a blockchain developer interested in advancing his/her career in web3 by contributing to a goal of connecting every school in the world to the Internet.
Giga is piloting web3 products which will be used to enable children to use digital technology in schools and their communities. Exploring and implementing real-life use cases for web3 is what drives us, and we have gathered an amazing group of blockchain geeks to work on this during crypto winter. Products on which we are currently working include Connectivity credits platform (think carbon credits for school connectivity), an accounting platform for real-time payments for connectivity through smart contracts, and of course – an NFT collection. We tend to come up with new product ideas quite often and follow the latest trends in web3 in order to find ways we can accelerate connecting the remaining 1.3 billion unconnected children.
We are seeking a talented and versatile Junior Graphic Designer to join Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. The UI designer will work within an interdisciplinary team to develop, prototype, and advise on new products and solutions that will help us achieve the goal of connecting every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030.
UNICEF requires the services of an external consultant to design, develop, test and deploy machine learning models to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of vaccine stock management systems, subnational distribution strategies, planning processes, track adherence to stock management protocols, and strengthening vaccine accountability standard operating procedures (SOPs) through the active use of data for planning and decision-making.
The consultant will support UNICEF's Program Group Immunization Division (PG-I) in optimizing vaccine supply chains, ensuring that life-saving vaccines reach every child, regardless of geographical or logistical challenges.
UNICEF - Burkina Faso is recruiting a Cold Chain Specialist - NOC, FT, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
UNICEF's Office of Innovation is looking for a P3 Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Innovation) who works to support innovation-appropriate monitoring, evaluation, and evidence generation agenda and to capture and communicate insights derived from innovation solutions and portfolios.
We are seeking a highly skilled data scientist to join our team and support the analysis and processing of a diverse range of datasets including geospatial data, school location data, mobile coverage data, internet Quality of Service (QoS) data, Internet Provider’s data, connectivity pricing data and other socioeconomic data. The successful candidate will support the development of machine learning and/or statistical models to generate new insights that will help Giga achieve its goal of connecting every school to the internet, with a particular focus on developing models to help UNICEF and governments to scale up the procurement of affordable school connectivity services.
The Market Research Specialist will support UNICEF Supply Division and Giga to implement interventions aimed at incentivizing the telecommunications industry to improve availability and affordability of school connectivity solutions. This role will support, with solid market research and evidence, the development and implementation of procurement strategies for school connectivity. Demand forecasts and market shaping strategies will be developed where needed to help UNICEF accelerate market development, improve availability of connectivity solutions for schools, and reduce prices for this essential service for children. High-quality business intelligence will be maintained and kept up to date to inform UNICEF’s strategic engagement with key industry suppliers, ensuring core business are postured to meet the needs of children.
The Technical Specialist for Connectivity Solutions will significantly enhance the capacity of UNICEF and Giga to deliver high-quality, reliable, and sustainable connectivity solutions to schools. By ensuring the implementation of robust technical standards and quality assurance measures, the specialist will contribute to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of school connectivity projects. This role will help bridge the digital divide, providing children in unconnected schools with access to educational resources and opportunities, thus supporting UNICEF’s mission to promote equity and the right to education for every child. The specialist’s work in monitoring and adapting service requirements, evaluating suppliers, and managing product portfolios will ensure that connectivity solutions are fit for purpose, cost-effective, and aligned with the latest industry advancements. This will ultimately lead to improved educational outcomes and a stronger foundation for the future development of connected learning environments globally.
Giga’s mission is to support governments to connect all schools in the world by 2030, so children and young people can have access to information, opportunity, and choice. Alongside internet connectivity, it is essential that students and teachers have the necessary devices like tablets and computers for accessing the wealth of resources available on the Internet for education. Meaningful connectivity is characterized by sufficient speed, an adequate device, enough data, and frequent connection. Giga collaborates with the industry and governmental bodies to ensure that schools receive high-speed, quality-assured connectivity with sufficient data for educational purposes. This consultancy will assist UNICEF in building a framework, leveraging Giga’s experience in connectivity, to integrate cost-effective and adequate devices for schools that are connected.
The Device Expert will survey the supplier landscape and available solutions, spot market trends, advise on suitable device specifications for education according to different schools and countries’ context, and outline strategies to procure devices economically, utilizing Giga’s experience in connecting schools, procurement, and partnerships with various organizations.
Building on the results of the Shock Responsive Social Protection Readiness Assessment, National consultant is expected to support drafting the National Action Plan on improving the shock responsiveness of the social protection system by introducing Humanitarian Cash Transfers into the country’s social transfers support system, administered by the Pension Fund of Turkmenistan at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population of Turkmenistan.
The purpose of this job is to lead the design, implementation, and operationalization of large-scale solar energy solutions to support UNICEF's programmatic interventions, such as powering health facilities and schools under the general guidance of the Project Manager for Solarization,The role requires collaboration with strategic partners (such as WHO and GAVI), UNICEF Country and Regional Offices, and the private sector. Key responsibilities include identifying energy needs, developing procurement and implementation strategies, ensuring systematic approaches to solarization, and establishing sustainable operation and maintenance models for solar energy systems. The role also involves engaging with donors, contributing to training activities, and supporting deployment plans at the country level.
The establishment of a Capacity Building Consultant Roster on Climate, Environment, Energy, and DRR (CEED) will ensure that UNICEF can effectively respond to capacity needs at the headquarters, regional, and country office levels. This roster will consist of highly skilled and motivated consultants who will provide tailored technical assistance, training, and support to UNICEF staff and partners globally. The primary objective is to strengthen UNICEF’s ability to integrate sustainability and climate action into its programmes and operations. Key tasks will include developing and delivering tailored training sessions on climate and disaster resilience, sustainability, and emissions reduction strategies across all UNICEF sectors. Consultants will also assist in embedding climate-smart approaches into health, education, water, sanitation, nutrition, and child protection programmes, as well as providing technical support in integrating child-focused climate and disaster actions into national policies, plans, and budgets (e.g., NDCs, NAPs).The Capacity Building Roster will serve as a human resources repository from which pre-vetted and well qualified capacity building experts can be drawn quickly and efficiently. Once accepted on the roster, consultants will be eligible for direct recruitment by UNICEF HQ Offices, Country Offices or Regional Offices for a period of up to three years. The length of the contract will depend on project needs and funding availability
Under the supervision of the Climate, Environment, Energy & Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) Programme Specialist, the consultant will support the CEED team and the implementation of the Sustainability & Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP), working closely with team members and regional CEED colleagues.
Objective 1: Strengthen knowledge management and internal communication to mainstream sustainability and climate action across UNICEF.
Objective 2: Enhance internal and external knowledge sharing to support SCAP results.
Objective 3: Support resource mobilization and capacity building in alignment with the SCAP.
Advocating for and carrying out child-centred action on climate change, environment, energy, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) (CEED) benefits all targeted SDGs, and UNICEF has a unique comparative advantage not only to help reduce impacts on children/young people, but to also enable them as key agents of change—a true opportunity for a paradigm shift in countries’ socio-economic trajectory post-Covid.
The Chief, Private Sector Climate Partnerships position sits within the Private Sector Fundraising & Partnerships section of the Private Fundraising & Partnerships (PFP) Division. The post will work across the UNICEF ecosystem, and closely with colleagues in the Emergency Fundraising team and the high-value partnerships teams, as well as various teams in the Public Partnerships Division in New York and Brussels, the Division of Global Communication and Advocacy (DGCA) and the Programme Group Climate, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) team. In addition, this post will coordinate and support private sector resource mobilization efforts (across channels and markets) to generate long-term, sustainable funding and advocacy support for UNICEF’s work on climate and will be the focal point for the Partnerships Cone and PFP Senior Leadership on climate-focused private sector resource mobilization.
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, the DRR-CC Programme Specialist will be responsible for the Outcome 4: Climate Engagement and Resilience and provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance to UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean’s programmes ( education, social policy & social protection and child protection) to improve and enhance the office’s climate change, resilience, and environment priorities and promote adolescent and youth participation in climate action.
The UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office is looking for consultancy to coordinate the design of the Climate Facility for Children – West Africa (CF4C-WA), including the monitoring of and reporting on pilot interventions in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Niger.
The UNICEF Archives’ goal is to take a systemic approach to preserving the organization’s institutional heritage. It aims to provide improved archival preservation of both physical and digital materials and create platforms for access through developing viable archival descriptions as well as engaging modern access platforms that satisfy client research needs. The Archives also aims to engage technology solutions through making use of new digital preservation capabilities. These goals will be implemented in line with the organizational strategy and information management requirements of stakeholders in various business areas.
We are seeking a talented Senior UI Designer to join Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. The UI designer will work within an interdisciplinary team to develop, prototype, and advise on new products and solutions that will help us achieve the goal of connecting every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030.
Under the supervision of the UNICEF Programme Officer and Climate Action Coordinator, the consultant is expected to conduct a desk review and series of consultations with children and youth to understand their perspectives, as well as with government and
partners to understand key priorities and opportunities.
These consultations are to be summarized in a comprehensive and visually appealing advocacy brief, complemented with concise communications materials that include clear advocacy asks. Subsequently, the consultant is to organize and facilitate an advocacy event to present the results and materials.
SCOPE OF
We are seeking a blockchain developer interested in advancing his/her career in web3 by contributing to a goal of connecting every school in the world to the Internet.
Giga is piloting web3 products which will be used to enable children to use digital technology in schools and their communities. Exploring and implementing real-life use cases for web3 is what drives us, and we have gathered an amazing group of blockchain geeks to work on this during crypto winter. Products on which we are currently working include Connectivity credits platform (think carbon credits for school connectivity), an accounting platform for real-time payments for connectivity through smart contracts, and of course – an NFT collection. We tend to come up with new product ideas quite often and follow the latest trends in web3 in order to find ways we can accelerate connecting the remaining 1.3 billion unconnected children.
We are seeking a talented and versatile Junior Graphic Designer to join Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. The UI designer will work within an interdisciplinary team to develop, prototype, and advise on new products and solutions that will help us achieve the goal of connecting every school, and every community, to the internet by 2030.
UNICEF requires the services of an external consultant to design, develop, test and deploy machine learning models to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of vaccine stock management systems, subnational distribution strategies, planning processes, track adherence to stock management protocols, and strengthening vaccine accountability standard operating procedures (SOPs) through the active use of data for planning and decision-making.
The consultant will support UNICEF's Program Group Immunization Division (PG-I) in optimizing vaccine supply chains, ensuring that life-saving vaccines reach every child, regardless of geographical or logistical challenges.
UNICEF - Burkina Faso is recruiting a Cold Chain Specialist - NOC, FT, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
UNICEF's Office of Innovation is looking for a P3 Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Innovation) who works to support innovation-appropriate monitoring, evaluation, and evidence generation agenda and to capture and communicate insights derived from innovation solutions and portfolios.
We are seeking a highly skilled data scientist to join our team and support the analysis and processing of a diverse range of datasets including geospatial data, school location data, mobile coverage data, internet Quality of Service (QoS) data, Internet Provider’s data, connectivity pricing data and other socioeconomic data. The successful candidate will support the development of machine learning and/or statistical models to generate new insights that will help Giga achieve its goal of connecting every school to the internet, with a particular focus on developing models to help UNICEF and governments to scale up the procurement of affordable school connectivity services.
The Market Research Specialist will support UNICEF Supply Division and Giga to implement interventions aimed at incentivizing the telecommunications industry to improve availability and affordability of school connectivity solutions. This role will support, with solid market research and evidence, the development and implementation of procurement strategies for school connectivity. Demand forecasts and market shaping strategies will be developed where needed to help UNICEF accelerate market development, improve availability of connectivity solutions for schools, and reduce prices for this essential service for children. High-quality business intelligence will be maintained and kept up to date to inform UNICEF’s strategic engagement with key industry suppliers, ensuring core business are postured to meet the needs of children.
The Technical Specialist for Connectivity Solutions will significantly enhance the capacity of UNICEF and Giga to deliver high-quality, reliable, and sustainable connectivity solutions to schools. By ensuring the implementation of robust technical standards and quality assurance measures, the specialist will contribute to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of school connectivity projects. This role will help bridge the digital divide, providing children in unconnected schools with access to educational resources and opportunities, thus supporting UNICEF’s mission to promote equity and the right to education for every child. The specialist’s work in monitoring and adapting service requirements, evaluating suppliers, and managing product portfolios will ensure that connectivity solutions are fit for purpose, cost-effective, and aligned with the latest industry advancements. This will ultimately lead to improved educational outcomes and a stronger foundation for the future development of connected learning environments globally.
Giga’s mission is to support governments to connect all schools in the world by 2030, so children and young people can have access to information, opportunity, and choice. Alongside internet connectivity, it is essential that students and teachers have the necessary devices like tablets and computers for accessing the wealth of resources available on the Internet for education. Meaningful connectivity is characterized by sufficient speed, an adequate device, enough data, and frequent connection. Giga collaborates with the industry and governmental bodies to ensure that schools receive high-speed, quality-assured connectivity with sufficient data for educational purposes. This consultancy will assist UNICEF in building a framework, leveraging Giga’s experience in connectivity, to integrate cost-effective and adequate devices for schools that are connected.
The Device Expert will survey the supplier landscape and available solutions, spot market trends, advise on suitable device specifications for education according to different schools and countries’ context, and outline strategies to procure devices economically, utilizing Giga’s experience in connecting schools, procurement, and partnerships with various organizations.
Building on the results of the Shock Responsive Social Protection Readiness Assessment, National consultant is expected to support drafting the National Action Plan on improving the shock responsiveness of the social protection system by introducing Humanitarian Cash Transfers into the country’s social transfers support system, administered by the Pension Fund of Turkmenistan at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population of Turkmenistan.
