Join UNICEF as a Staff Counsellor and become an integral part of our mission to support those who support children worldwide. In this pivotal role, you'll provide essential mental health services and develop innovative wellbeing programs for our global team members, particularly those working in challenging multicultural environments across our headquarters in New York and Istanbul. As a seasoned mental health professional with experience in humanitarian settings, you'll have the unique opportunity to strengthen UNICEF's commitment to staff wellness while contributing to the broader UN Mental Health Strategy. Your expertise will help create a more resilient, balanced, and emotionally healthy workplace, enabling our teams to maximize their impact on children's lives globally.
The work of ICT Associates impacts on the delivery of routine ICT administration activities that are closely interrelated with the work of other members of the ICT team to which assigned. The work performed affects not only the functionality of fundamental ICT systems, but also the operational efficiency of staff throughout the organization. Indirectly his/her work impacts on delivery of organization-wide programmes.
The Mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) represents a major public health emergency, with increasing spread across multiple provinces.
The response to this epidemic, according to the DRC's national response plan, is structured around several pillars, including vaccination, which faces multiple challenges, particularly due to the introduction of a new vaccine and a vaccination strategy focused on specific populations.
In response to these challenges, UNICEF DRC is mobilizing an international Immunization Specialist at the P3 level to support the vaccination response to Mpox and other health emergencies, in a context where other epidemics such as measles, polio, and meningitis are also present.
UNICEF Zambia is currently hiring a consultant to review implementation modalities and progress of the Single Window Initiative across the different single window districts.
The purpose of this job is to provide overall support across the team’s strategy, which is “Connecting the Field with the Private Sector”. UNICEF is a large and decentralized organization, with a complex structure of HQ, Regional Offices, Country Offices, and National Committees. The dialogue between all of these parties is critical to successful partnerships, but the ways in which they are currently achieved could be streamlined and more strategic. The Programme Officer will contribute to the efforts of UNICEF’s Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) Division by supporting research and analysis for effective private sector engagement, contributing to capacity building initiatives, and facilitating knowledge management and internal communications within the organization.
We are looking for an ICT Specialist to manage the overall architecture and operational support of UNICEF global Hybrid Directory Services, including both Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) as well as On-Prem Microsoft Windows Active Directory Domain Services. Amongst other tasks, the ICT Specialist will conduct routine health checks, administer Hybrid Identity systems function, and monitor integrity and performance of the Hybrid System elements. They will also supervise a team of 4 staff members.
Overall purpose of the assignment is to facilitate the reform of the child disability assessment and referral to be in line with the provisions of CRC, CRPD and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO), moving away from medical assessment to rights-based approach, focusing on assessment of functions and required community-based services for a child and a family as a whole. More specifically, the consultant will provide technical expertise for the reform of child disability assessment and referral to multisector stakeholders in selected Cantons of FBiH and Republika Srpska.
The United Nations Children’s Fund Jordan Country Office in Amman seeks a dedicated, experienced, highly motivated, and proactive Chief of Advocacy and Communication. Under the direct supervision of the Country Representative, the Chief will advocate to decision makers for ‘the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF communicate to key public and private audiences to build support for the cause of children.
Immunization (EPI) Specialist is accountable for professional leadership in and contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and administration of the immunization programme in conjunction with Child Survival and Development, Maternal and Child Health, Health and Nutrition components within the country programme, to achieve the UNICEF's immunization plus goals and objectives for the country.
Accountable for ensuring the UNICEF Immunization programme promotes gender equality, with an emphasis on gender disaggregation, gender disparity identification and gender mainstreaming.
UNICEF Madagascar is seeking a WASH Officer (MEAL and Knowledge Management) to support the monitoring, evaluation, and knowledge management of WASH programs. In this role, you will contribute to the development of data systems, track program results, and work closely with partners to ensure effective implementation. You will also play a key role in emergency preparedness, capacity building, and the documentation of best practices to enhance sector outcomes. As part of the WASH team, you will help build partnerships with governments, NGOs, and donors, and contribute to advocacy and resource mobilization efforts. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong technical background in WASH and monitoring and evaluation, who is passionate about improving children’s health and well-being. If you're driven to make a lasting impact in the WASH sector and contribute to the development of vulnerable communities, this role offers a unique chance to help shape the future of WASH programming.
UNICEF is looking for a consultant to undertake following three deliverables:
1. Conduct a mapping of Early Childhood Development (ECD) policies, programmes and interventions in
the Middle East and North Africa countries with a specific focus on early years.
2. Develop a regional ECD roadmap to define the MENA ECD narrative and operationalize the UNICFE’s global
vision on ECD.
3. Build tools and capacities of the ECD country offices focal points UNICEF’s MENA ECD narrative through remote
support and a face-to-face training.
This assignment will primarily focus on understanding the programming landscape and defining the narrative and
roadmap for ECD during early years through the lens of gender and disability. It will also provide updates to the
existing parenting landscape.
ECW is seeking a consultant to support the brokering of partnerships in the Nordic Region that help close Education Cannot Wait’s financing gap for 2023-2026. This includes supporting the identification and cultivation of new partnerships and funding opportunities with public and private donors, or a collaboration between both (public private partnerships). The consultant will serve as the liaison for ECW Global Champions in the Nordic region, providing support to Champions as they advocate for ECW in national, regional and / or international fora. The consultant will work closely with the ECW secretariat to enhance the visibility of ECW and education in emergencies across traditional, digital and social media platforms in the Nordic Region. While the geographical focus of the assignment is primarily Nordic, the consultant may also support on other donor markets based on the needs in the ECW Partnerships Team. The consultant is expected to support the planning and execution of ECW delegations to the Nordic region and support on global policy events and processes such as the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the annual meetings in the World Bank and IMF.
The consultant will play a pivotal role in the successful planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring of the learning assessments related activities of UNICEF Tajikistan Country Office. This consultancy requires a blend of technical expertise related to learning assessments, coordination skills, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships. The consultant will serve as a crucial link between the UNICEF Regional and Country Offices including relevant international and national experts, local education authorities, specialized assessment units, development partners and other relevant stakeholders.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for an experience and energetic candidate to take up the role of Planning and Monitoring Specialist based in Kathmandu Field Office under temporary appointment.
La oficina de UNICEF Uruguay busca un consultor/a que se incorpore al área de Recaudación de Fondos para trabajar en análisis avanzado de datos e inteligencia predictiva.
The Venezuela country office is searching for a committed professional to provide technical assistance and support for programme/project design, planning, aligned with Health & Nutrition programme goals and strategy.
Are you a proactive and dedicated professional? We're in search of someone like you. If you have experience with programs, we invite you to apply for this vacancy.
This role is being established to support an assessment and delivery of improved audience and market insights in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. Audience and Market Insight (AMI) have no current resourcing dedicated to LAC, and this limits both the understanding of LAC, but also the available capabilities to support fundraising, communications, and advocacy activities in the region. There are four main areas have been identified that require support:
- Insight planning: identifying the research needs of Communications, Advocacy and Fundraising Chiefs in LAC, and how those needs can be met by a multi-year program of insight.
- Localization of findings: supporting AMI global team to optimize and tailor local and global reporting and workshops to the needs of local markets, supporting the more effective communication and implementation of findings.
- Development of resource plan: the role will work with the Chief of AMI, in alignment with the LACRO Chiefs of PFP and Communications to determine a sustainable resourcing plan that accompanies the insight plan.
- Establishing audience fundamentals: work with countries to assess the addressable audiences for communications, advocacy, and fundraising.
- Understanding of LAC audiences: aid AMI and LACRO in being connected to and understanding the addressable needs of audiences in LAC, and how local teams are prioritizing and engaging them.
Join UNICEF as a Staff Counsellor and become an integral part of our mission to support those who support children worldwide. In this pivotal role, you'll provide essential mental health services and develop innovative wellbeing programs for our global team members, particularly those working in challenging multicultural environments across our headquarters in New York and Istanbul. As a seasoned mental health professional with experience in humanitarian settings, you'll have the unique opportunity to strengthen UNICEF's commitment to staff wellness while contributing to the broader UN Mental Health Strategy. Your expertise will help create a more resilient, balanced, and emotionally healthy workplace, enabling our teams to maximize their impact on children's lives globally.
The work of ICT Associates impacts on the delivery of routine ICT administration activities that are closely interrelated with the work of other members of the ICT team to which assigned. The work performed affects not only the functionality of fundamental ICT systems, but also the operational efficiency of staff throughout the organization. Indirectly his/her work impacts on delivery of organization-wide programmes.
The Mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) represents a major public health emergency, with increasing spread across multiple provinces.
The response to this epidemic, according to the DRC's national response plan, is structured around several pillars, including vaccination, which faces multiple challenges, particularly due to the introduction of a new vaccine and a vaccination strategy focused on specific populations.
In response to these challenges, UNICEF DRC is mobilizing an international Immunization Specialist at the P3 level to support the vaccination response to Mpox and other health emergencies, in a context where other epidemics such as measles, polio, and meningitis are also present.
UNICEF Zambia is currently hiring a consultant to review implementation modalities and progress of the Single Window Initiative across the different single window districts.
The purpose of this job is to provide overall support across the team’s strategy, which is “Connecting the Field with the Private Sector”. UNICEF is a large and decentralized organization, with a complex structure of HQ, Regional Offices, Country Offices, and National Committees. The dialogue between all of these parties is critical to successful partnerships, but the ways in which they are currently achieved could be streamlined and more strategic. The Programme Officer will contribute to the efforts of UNICEF’s Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) Division by supporting research and analysis for effective private sector engagement, contributing to capacity building initiatives, and facilitating knowledge management and internal communications within the organization.
We are looking for an ICT Specialist to manage the overall architecture and operational support of UNICEF global Hybrid Directory Services, including both Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) as well as On-Prem Microsoft Windows Active Directory Domain Services. Amongst other tasks, the ICT Specialist will conduct routine health checks, administer Hybrid Identity systems function, and monitor integrity and performance of the Hybrid System elements. They will also supervise a team of 4 staff members.
Overall purpose of the assignment is to facilitate the reform of the child disability assessment and referral to be in line with the provisions of CRC, CRPD and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO), moving away from medical assessment to rights-based approach, focusing on assessment of functions and required community-based services for a child and a family as a whole. More specifically, the consultant will provide technical expertise for the reform of child disability assessment and referral to multisector stakeholders in selected Cantons of FBiH and Republika Srpska.
The United Nations Children’s Fund Jordan Country Office in Amman seeks a dedicated, experienced, highly motivated, and proactive Chief of Advocacy and Communication. Under the direct supervision of the Country Representative, the Chief will advocate to decision makers for ‘the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF communicate to key public and private audiences to build support for the cause of children.
Immunization (EPI) Specialist is accountable for professional leadership in and contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and administration of the immunization programme in conjunction with Child Survival and Development, Maternal and Child Health, Health and Nutrition components within the country programme, to achieve the UNICEF's immunization plus goals and objectives for the country.
Accountable for ensuring the UNICEF Immunization programme promotes gender equality, with an emphasis on gender disaggregation, gender disparity identification and gender mainstreaming.
UNICEF Madagascar is seeking a WASH Officer (MEAL and Knowledge Management) to support the monitoring, evaluation, and knowledge management of WASH programs. In this role, you will contribute to the development of data systems, track program results, and work closely with partners to ensure effective implementation. You will also play a key role in emergency preparedness, capacity building, and the documentation of best practices to enhance sector outcomes. As part of the WASH team, you will help build partnerships with governments, NGOs, and donors, and contribute to advocacy and resource mobilization efforts. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong technical background in WASH and monitoring and evaluation, who is passionate about improving children’s health and well-being. If you're driven to make a lasting impact in the WASH sector and contribute to the development of vulnerable communities, this role offers a unique chance to help shape the future of WASH programming.
UNICEF is looking for a consultant to undertake following three deliverables:
1. Conduct a mapping of Early Childhood Development (ECD) policies, programmes and interventions in
the Middle East and North Africa countries with a specific focus on early years.
2. Develop a regional ECD roadmap to define the MENA ECD narrative and operationalize the UNICFE’s global
vision on ECD.
3. Build tools and capacities of the ECD country offices focal points UNICEF’s MENA ECD narrative through remote
support and a face-to-face training.
This assignment will primarily focus on understanding the programming landscape and defining the narrative and
roadmap for ECD during early years through the lens of gender and disability. It will also provide updates to the
existing parenting landscape.
ECW is seeking a consultant to support the brokering of partnerships in the Nordic Region that help close Education Cannot Wait’s financing gap for 2023-2026. This includes supporting the identification and cultivation of new partnerships and funding opportunities with public and private donors, or a collaboration between both (public private partnerships). The consultant will serve as the liaison for ECW Global Champions in the Nordic region, providing support to Champions as they advocate for ECW in national, regional and / or international fora. The consultant will work closely with the ECW secretariat to enhance the visibility of ECW and education in emergencies across traditional, digital and social media platforms in the Nordic Region. While the geographical focus of the assignment is primarily Nordic, the consultant may also support on other donor markets based on the needs in the ECW Partnerships Team. The consultant is expected to support the planning and execution of ECW delegations to the Nordic region and support on global policy events and processes such as the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the annual meetings in the World Bank and IMF.
The consultant will play a pivotal role in the successful planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring of the learning assessments related activities of UNICEF Tajikistan Country Office. This consultancy requires a blend of technical expertise related to learning assessments, coordination skills, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships. The consultant will serve as a crucial link between the UNICEF Regional and Country Offices including relevant international and national experts, local education authorities, specialized assessment units, development partners and other relevant stakeholders.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for an experience and energetic candidate to take up the role of Planning and Monitoring Specialist based in Kathmandu Field Office under temporary appointment.
La oficina de UNICEF Uruguay busca un consultor/a que se incorpore al área de Recaudación de Fondos para trabajar en análisis avanzado de datos e inteligencia predictiva.
The Venezuela country office is searching for a committed professional to provide technical assistance and support for programme/project design, planning, aligned with Health & Nutrition programme goals and strategy.
Are you a proactive and dedicated professional? We're in search of someone like you. If you have experience with programs, we invite you to apply for this vacancy.
This role is being established to support an assessment and delivery of improved audience and market insights in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. Audience and Market Insight (AMI) have no current resourcing dedicated to LAC, and this limits both the understanding of LAC, but also the available capabilities to support fundraising, communications, and advocacy activities in the region. There are four main areas have been identified that require support:
- Insight planning: identifying the research needs of Communications, Advocacy and Fundraising Chiefs in LAC, and how those needs can be met by a multi-year program of insight.
- Localization of findings: supporting AMI global team to optimize and tailor local and global reporting and workshops to the needs of local markets, supporting the more effective communication and implementation of findings.
- Development of resource plan: the role will work with the Chief of AMI, in alignment with the LACRO Chiefs of PFP and Communications to determine a sustainable resourcing plan that accompanies the insight plan.
- Establishing audience fundamentals: work with countries to assess the addressable audiences for communications, advocacy, and fundraising.
- Understanding of LAC audiences: aid AMI and LACRO in being connected to and understanding the addressable needs of audiences in LAC, and how local teams are prioritizing and engaging them.