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For every child, a better future

UNICEF works to ensure the rights of all children in the East Asia and Pacific Region.  This means the rights of every child living in this country, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or ethnicity, to:

• survival – to basic healthcare, peace and security;
• development – to a good education, a loving home and adequate nutrition;
• protection – from abuse, neglect, trafficking, child labour and other forms of exploitation; and
• participation – to express opinions, be listened to and take part in making any decisions that affect them

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking individual consultants to support UNICEF’s emergency preparedness, response and recovery as well as disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities in the field on an “as needed” basis, with the aim of establishing a roster of pre-approved Emergency Consultants across key capacities.

Work assignments:

On Preparedness and Response:

• Provide timely and effective support to COs and the RO on preparedness, risk monitoring and the roll-out of UNICEF’s updated Emergency Preparedness Platform (EPP 3.0).

• Build and strengthen the capacity of UNICEF staff, partners and government counterparts in Emergency Preparedness and Response, including anticipatory action approaches.

• Contribute to the humanitarian action agenda and support the roll-out of the UN’s Humanitarian Reset and UN80 decision as they relate to UNICEF’s management, programmes and operations.

• Provide support for RO coordination and information management for ongoing and sudden onset emergencies.

On Humanitarian Partnerships and Resource Mobilisation:

• Develop and coordinate implementation of a Regional Humanitarian Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Strategy for Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Management.

• Support engagement with strategic partners at the regional level, including through interagency platforms, inter-governmental organizations, and regional bodies (e.g., ASEAN), and coordinate the development, implementation and monitoring of joint action plans with key partners.

• Provide strategic and technical guidance on Public Private Partnerships for Business and Community Resilience, Emergency Preparedness and Response, and Disaster Risk Reduction, including building partnerships with relevant private sector partners.

• Plan, coordinate and/or support the implementation of relevant advocacy, policy advisory, and/or capacity building activities relevant to IGOs, PPPs and other inter-agency platforms.

On Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) in Humanitarian Environments

• Provide technical support and capacity building to UNICEF Country Offices and partners in shaping emergency preparedness and response plans to be more inclusive, responsive, and community driven.

• Support the integration of AAP in humanitarian cash programming and UNICEF’s interagency engagement in line with Humanitarian reset emphasis on a shift toward people-cantered, locally led, and collective approaches to humanitarian effectiveness

• Develop and support the implementation of a Regional AAP strategy to integrate AAP into country strategies, programme design, staff training, monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Support AAP knowledge management and RO coordination with HQ structures on institutional AAP strategy and policy direction

Duration of Contract:   The duration will be determined on a need basis and a contract for the consultant will be raised for the period in which he/she is needed.

Duty Travel: Travel should only be undertaken if it is essential for the completion of a deliverable and cannot be achieved remotely or from the UNICEF Regional Office premises.

If travel is required for specific assignments, it must be agreed upon with the hiring unit in advance. UNICEF will cover travel-related costs for approved assignments.

 

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced university degree in social sciences or humanities

• At least 8 years of professional experience in humanitarian action and emergency preparedness and response, AAP, Humanitarian Partnerships and DRR – experience at the field, country and regional office level an asset

• Strong experience working with a mixed audience of UN staff, NGOs/CSO, national governments, and intergovernmental partnerships

• Previous experience providing technical support in at least one of the following areas: emergency preparedness, emergency response, humanitarian information management, accountability to affected populations, disaster risk reduction, resource mobilization and partnerships in humanitarian contexts; private sector engagement

• Demonstrated skills in professional high-quality writing in English

• Experience working in the Asia-Pacific region

• Experience working with UNICEF

Interested candidates are requested to submit CV, full contact information of minimum 3 references, availability, and proposed daily professional fee in USD by 18 September 2025.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check. 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.