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National Consultant for Evidence Generation and Data Analysis on Teenage Mothers, Baghdad, Iraq, 5.5 months (Remote with travel)
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Iraq
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| UNICEF Iraq is seeking a qualified national consultant to support the collection and analysis of data through the Teenage Mothers Assessment in Iraq. The analysis will strengthen evidence-based programming and policy dialogue related to vulnerable adolescent mothers. The consultant will be responsible for conducting comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analysis of the collected assessment data, identifying key findings, trends, vulnerabilities, and service gaps affecting teenage mothers. |
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Security Assistant, G-5, TA, #137931, 3 months, Nairobi, Kenya, ESAR
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Kenya
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| The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, advocacy, and operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment into action.Within this context, the Security Section plays a critical role in enabling programme delivery through the provision of effective security risk management and operational support. The Section ensures that UNICEF personnel, eligible family members, premises,assets, and operations are protected in line with the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS). |
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Strategy Development Consultant (the Aliance for CPHA), GPD, Child Protection Section, COE Nairobi, 4.5 months (Remote) #594342
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Kenya
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| The purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate a strategic planning process that:
• Examines the current and emerging needs of child protection in humanitarian action sector;
• Identifies trends, opportunities, risks, and challenges likely to shape the sector over the coming years;
• Assesses the Alliance's achievements, strengths, limitations, and comparative advantage, of which data/findings also contribute to donor reporting;
• Defines the Alliance's future role and strategic positioning within the broader humanitarian ecosystem;
• Builds consensus among Alliance stakeholders regarding future priorities and strategic directions;
• Engage with the Alliance technical group leadership to think through the linkage between the new strategy and the implementation plan; and
• Produces a validated strategic framework, to guide the Alliance's work from 2027 for a period of 3 to 5 years.
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Education Specialist (P-3), FT, #104619, Cairo - Egypt, MENA
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Egypt
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| UNICEF is seeking an Education Specialist to support evidence-based, equity-focused education programmes through policy and financing analysis, data-driven decision-making, and results-based programme management to improve learning outcomes for disadvantaged children. |
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National consultancy to cost the National Health Sector Development Plan Antananarivo, Madagascar (remote) 3 months Req#594329
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Madagascar
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| Madagascar’s Ministry of Health (MSANP) has developed a new Health Sector Development Plan (PDSS) to guide health sector priorities over the coming years. Madagascar’s 2025–2029 PDSS serves as the national strategic framework for improving population health by strengthening health systems, ensuring equitable access to services, and advancing Universal Health Coverage. To ensure the PDSS is financially actionable, sustainable, and aligned with national and partners' financial resources, the MSANP requires a comprehensive costing of all PDSS strategic objectives. The costing exercise will support: (i) Medium‑term expenditure planning, prioritization and sequencing of interventions, (ii) strengthening resource mobilization, budget predictability and avoid fragmented financing by ensuring that scarce resources are used efficiently, and (iii) translating strategic objectives into quantifiable interventions and budgets, making it possible to prioritize investments based on data and national needs through the implementation period, and (iv) ensuring that government, civil society, and partners, work toward a shared vision of equitable, resilient, and high‑performing health systems. The overall objective of the consultancy is to produce a complete, accurate, and actionable costing of the PDSS, including scenario-based analyses and an assessment of financing gaps. Specifically, the consultant shall develop a participatory costing methodology aligned with best international tools (e.g., OneHealth Tool or equivalent); establish benchmarks, leading to comprehensive costing PDSS strategic pillars, programs, and system-strengthening activities; identify funding gaps based on projected domestic and external resources; and propose actionable recommendations for prioritization and financial sustainability over the next 5 years. |
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Equity, Disability, Gender and Inclusion in Education Consultant, Global Programme Division, Education, 10 months, COE Amman (Remote) #594340
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Jordan
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| UNICEF is seeking an international consultant to provide technical and coordination support to advance key priorities under the global Equity, Disability, Gender, and Inclusion agenda in education, with a focus on developing practical knowledge products, public goods, learning opportunities, and platforms that support UNICEF country offices, ministries of education, and partners to strengthen inclusive and equitable education systems.
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Re-advertisement: Education Specialist (Learning and Skills Assessment), P-4, Fixed Term Position, HQ Outposted, Nairobi, Kenya, #00133267
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Kenya
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| The Education Specialist (Learning and Skills Assessment) will provide technical assistance to UNICEF Country and Regional Offices and to national governments to develop, implement, and use assessments and tracer studies that inform sector policy, planning, and financing, while improving learning and skills outcomes and employability. |
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Planning & Monitoring Specialist, NO-3, Fixed Term Position, Kandahar, Afghanistan #00132851
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Afghanistan
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| Under the guidance and supervision of the Chief of Field Office, the Planning and Monitoring Specialist NOC will provide support to and facilitate the planning and monitoring functions for the Zonal Office, (ZO) to enable country programme delivery. This will be done in close collaboration with other P&M Section members and zonal sectoral programme staff. |
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Programme Specialist (Risk & Safeguarding), P-3, Fixed Term Position, Islamabad, Pakistan, #00136528
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Pakistan
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| UNICEF is committed to upholding Social and Environmental Standards (SES) and Safeguarding by ensuring effective social and environmental Risk Management and Programme Stakeholder engagement. This approach requires proactive prevention and management of social and environmental risks of harm and adverse impacts on individuals including children, their communities and the environment, in line with the Do No Harm principle. It also aims to enhance positive and sustainable social and environmental outcomes (Do More Good). |
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Communications and Marketing Consultant, New Delhi, India, Remotely (with Travel), 11 Month, Open for Indian Nationals Only. Req#594349
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India
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| UNICEF seeks to engage a Communications and Marketing Consultant with experience in strategic communications, storytelling, and multi-stakeholder engagement to strengthen YuWaah’s positioning as India’s leading partnerships platform. The Consultant will shape clear, consistent messaging aligned with UNICEF and Generation Unlimited priorities, and translate programme outcomes into communication assets that demonstrate scale, credibility, and impact. The role will drive communications for YuWaah’s collaborations with government, UN agencies, foundations, private sector, and civil society partners, while strengthening partner engagement through targeted messaging, digital outreach,flagship campaigns, launches, and high-visibility moments. |
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Public Partnership Intern, PPR Asia-Pacific Pillar Office in Tokyo
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Japan
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| The Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Division (PPR) works to strengthen UNICEF’s position as a partner of choice for children’s right among governments and public actors around the world. The intern will acquire direct practical experience in PPR Asia-Pacific Pillar Office in Tokyo (PPR Tokyo)’s work and the United Nations system by supporting the office’s quality assurance, analysis/research, communication and administrative tasks related to resource mobilisation with the Government of Japan activities under general guidance of the supervisor (Public Partnership Manager). |
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ECD Consultant to Provide Technical Assistance to support quality ECD programme implementation in NTT, Kupang, Indonesia, Nationals only, Office-based
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Indonesia
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| UNICEF, with funding from the DBS Foundation, will support an integrated education and nutrition programme in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) in 2026 to improve learning, nutrition, and wellbeing outcomes for children aged 4–12 years.
UNICEF seeks a national consultant to support programme implementation at district and school levels. The consultant will work with government partners, ECD centres, and primary schools to strengthen nutrition education and services, support teachers in integrating nutrition topics into learning activities, build stakeholder capacity, and assist district authorities in developing sustainable plans and budgets. The consultant will also support coordination, monitoring, and implementation of programme activities under the supervision of UNICEF Kupang Field Office.
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International Consultant Analyses et cartographie des VBG en milieu scolaire (office based with travel)
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Timor-Leste
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| Lao PDR has been selected by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) as one of the countries that will be part the GPE Technology for Education (Tech4Ed) technical assistance initiative. UNICEF is the selected grant agent for the GPE Tech4Ed to help co-design and implement this initiative with GPE and the technical partner EdTechHub, in close coordination with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and other key stakeholders in Lao PDR. The initiative draws on the technical expertise, tools and resources of UNICEF and the EdTech Hub to strengthen capacity of and within partner countries to use technology to improve education access and learning outcomes for children. More specifically the Tech4Ed initiative will provide technical, policy and cross-sectoral assistance for countries embedding or scaling technology into their education system. |
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Consultant for development of Gavi 6.0 Holistic Application Solomon Islands (2026– 2030), Solomon Islands, Remotely (with travel), International Consultancy, 6 months, Req#594339
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Fiji/Pacific Island Countries
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| The purpose of this consultancy is to lead the development of a high-quality, evidence-based, and Gavi 6.0 holistic application for 2026–2030, for Solomon Islands. Working closely with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS), UNICEF, WHO, and Gavi Alliance partners, the international consultant will act as the lead technical advisor, guiding the Full Portfolio Planning process with a strong focus on prioritization of investments, addressing equity gaps—including zero-dose children—and ensuring that proposed strategies are realistic and implementable within the country context, as well, in line with Gavi 6.0 requirements.
The international consultant will be supported by a national consultant and will guide the overall process, while leveraging dedicated in-country technical, analytical, and coordination support to ensure the application is informed by reliable data, grounded in operational realities, and appropriately contextualized to the Solomon Islands setting. This includes guiding and facilitating stakeholder engagement, integrating country-specific insights, and ensuring effective coordination, review, and validation in line with Gavi’s FPP approach.
The consultant will receive a technical debrief from UNICEF Centre of Excellence (CoE) on the Gavi 6.0 application process, including Vaccine Portfolio Optimisation and Prioritisation (VPOP) and cash prioritization approaches, to ensure alignment with global guidance and expected standards. |
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Consultant for development of Holistic Gavi 6.0 Application Solomon Islands (2026– 2030), Solomon Islands,6 Months, Office based. Nationals only.#594343
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Fiji/Pacific Island Countries
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| The purpose of this consultancy is to provide in-country technical, analytical, and coordination support to the international consultant leading the development of high-quality, Gavi-aligned applications for the Gavi 6.0 period in Solomon Islands. Working under the guidance of the international consultant, UNICEF Center of Excellence, and in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and Alliance partners, the national consultant will ensure that the application process is informed by reliable country data, grounded in operational realities, and appropriately contextualized to the Solomon Islands service delivery environment. The national consultant will play a critical supporting role by facilitating access to data and stakeholders, contributing contextual insights (including on equity and zero-dose populations), and supporting coordination, review, and validation processes in alignment with Gavi’s Full portfolio planning approach The national consultant will also support documentation of Vaccine Portfolio Optimisation and Prioritisation (VPOP) discussions, cash prioritization processes, stakeholder consultations, and validation decisions to ensure that national priorities, evidence, and partner inputs are accurately reflected throughout the Gavi 6.0 application process. |
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Programme Officer, (NO-1), TA, 364 days, #00137928, Quito— Ecuador, LACR
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Ecuador
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| Join UNICEF Ecuador programme team to support implementation, monitoring, partnerships, and evidence-based decision-making. The position contributes to strengthening territorial interventions and improving results for children and vulnerable communities through effective programme management and stakeholder engagement. |
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Operations Manager, (NO-3), FT, #00018111, Havana – Cuba, LACR
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Cuba
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| UNICEF Cuba will begin a new Country Programme Document (CPD) cycle (2026–2030) in 2026. This position of the Operations Manager will be entrusted with the following five pillars, the core focus of all operations functions: Valuing People, Valuing Money, Valuing Risk Management, Valuing Systems and Structures, Valuing Partners. The Operations function is a strategic Business Partner role, assuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children. The ability of the Operations Manager to effectively implement the operations functions for the efficient delivery of related services, directly impact on program performance, resource mobilization and delivery of results for children. This in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility of UNICEF as an effective and responsible manager of funds and resources entrusted to the organization and to furthering UNICEF’s image as a competent organization for delivering cost effective and sustainable program results in regular and emergency settings. |
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Technical Advisor, Country Engagement and Policy Consultant, GPD, Partnership for Lead Free Future, NYHQ (Remote with travel), 12 months, # 594280
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United States
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| Technical Advisor, Country Engagement and Policy Consultant, GPD-Partnership for a Lead Free Future- New York-USA, Home Based with travel, 12 months |
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Partnerships Manager (Philanthropy), P-4, FT, #00103449, Panama City Regional office – Panama, LACR
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Panama
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| The Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) team in the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) partners with UNICEF Country Offices (COs) to maximize revenue generation and drive sustainable income growth through strategic fundraising and partnership development across key high-value channels. The team provides integrated strategic oversight, technical expertise, and coordinated guidance to fundraising teams across designated PSFR markets, helping strengthen performance, alignment, and long-term growth. This post sits within the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office reporting to the Regional Chief, Private Sector Partnerships (PFP), with close strategic and technical liaison with the global Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) Division. |
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Social Protection Consultant, Child Poverty and Social Protection Section, 3.5 months, Brasilia, Brazil, (Remote), open for Brazilian nationals only, #594279
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Brazil
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| Assistance at the municipal and state levels across Brazil. The initiative will result in technical guidelines for the elaboration of contingency plans that can be tailored to the specific territorial risk profiles of different states and municipalities. |