UNICEF Albania is seeking a National Social Protection Expert to support the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) in the development and finalization of the new Law on Social Care Services and its supporting regulatory framework.
Working under the guidance and overall coordination of UNICEF and MoHSW, and in close collaboration with the National Legal Consultant, the expert will provide specialized technical expertise to ensure that the proposed sublegal framework is coherent, evidence-based, practical, and responsive to Albania’s evolving social care needs and implementation requirements.
UNICEF's Global Programme Division (GPD) is seeking an experienced Programme Specialist (Cash Based Assistance), P-4 to support the Global Cash Hub based in Amman, Jordan. The incumbent will provide technical and operational support to UNICEF Country Offices, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa region, to design, implement and scale up cash-based assistance programmes in humanitarian and fragile settings. The role focuses on strengthening linkages with social protection systems, supporting risk management, building country office capacity, promoting partnerships, and contributing to global guidance and evidence generation on cash-based assistance programming. Extensive field mission support may be required to support country-level implementation and surge responses.
The position aims to strengthen financial inclusion and livelihoods within UNICEF-supported social protection programmes to enhance women’s economic resilience, access to financial services, and sustainable wellbeing outcomes.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Social Policy Specialist, the Social Policy Officer contributes to the effective implementation of UNICEF Maldives's Social Policy Programme, with a particular focus on public finance for children, social policy analysis, child rights monitoring, and evidence generation. The position provides technical, operational, and coordination support for the design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of programme activities aimed at strengthening policies, systems, and investments that advance children's rights and well-being. The role requires strong analytical skills, knowledge of social policy and public finance, and the ability to work collaboratively with government counterparts, development partners, civil society organizations, and UNICEF programme teams. Through policy analysis, evidence generation, strategic partnerships, advocacy, and programme support, the incumbent contributes to improving child-focused planning, budgeting, accountability, and decision-making.
As part of the UNICEF India Country Programme (2023–2027) and the approved Rolling Work Plan (2026–2027), UNICEF Rajasthan proposes to engage an Individual Consultant to provide technical assistance to the Government of Rajasthan, particularly the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), for strengthening Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance (WQMS) system to ensure equitable, climate-resilient and safely managed drinking water services
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for qualified and experienced professional for the post of Social Policy Officer (Social Protection Systems Strengthening) at NOB level based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
UNICEF Cambodia Country Office works in partnership with the Royal Government of Cambodia, civil society, communities, and development partners to promote and protect the rights of every child, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Country Programme focuses on improving child survival, development, protection, and participation, with particular attention to the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, thereby advancing equity and sustainable national development.
The Administrative Assistant (GS‑4) is based in the UNICEF Cambodia Country Office in Phnom Penh and provides administrative, secretarial, and operational support to the assigned unit within the Operations/Administration function. The post contributes to the effective functioning of the unit by ensuring the smooth flow of information, timely coordination of administrative processes, and compliance with UNICEF rules, policies, and procedures.
UNICEF China is seeking a national individual consultancy to provide coordination and technical support for the planning, implementation and documentation of World Children’s Day 2026 light-up initiatives across China, as well as support the coordination of invitations for the WCD flagship event in Beijing, for a period of 2 months.
Assistance technique spécialisée permettant de mettre en fonctionnement, tester, améliorer et documenter le modèle pilote de développement du marché de l'assainissement dans le Tchologo
Join UNICEF as a Monitoring Officer (Child Protection) and contribute to strengthening evidence-based monitoring, reporting and information management systems that support more effective child protection programmes and lasting results for children in Madagascar. In this role, you will help transform quality data and field evidence into actionable insights, supporting stronger decision-making, improved coordination with government and partners, and more responsive services for children and families. Your work will play a key role in advancing UNICEF’s commitment to protecting the most vulnerable children and ensuring that programme results are systematically tracked, analysed and used to drive sustainable impact.
This position was advertised as a Senior Adviser, Education (Education in Emergencies), P-5, within UNICEF’s Global Programme Division (GPD), based in Amman, Jordan. The role provides strategic leadership, policy advice, and technical stewardship for UNICEF’s global Education in Emergencies portfolio, supporting preparedness, response, recovery, and resilient education systems across humanitarian and crisis-affected contexts. The incumbent works closely with Country Offices, Regional Offices, Centres of Excellence, governments, donors, and global partners to advance equitable access to quality education for children affected by conflict, displacement, and climate-related shocks. The position also leads global partnerships, knowledge generation, policy influence, resource mobilization, and inter-agency coordination to strengthen UNICEF’s education response and ensure continuity of learning during emergencies.
The UNICEF Philippines Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Officer role focuses on supporting the nationwide HPV vaccination programme and strengthening routine immunization. The position translates behavioural evidence into practical strategies to address barriers to vaccination, build vaccine confidence, and strengthen community engagement. It involves working closely with government and development partners, building capacity, monitoring results, and improving SBC interventions. The role offers an opportunity to apply behavioural science to improve vaccination outcomes for children and strengthen SBC systems across the Philippines.
To help achieve the results set out in UNICEF’s Strategic Plan and respond to growing demand from country offices and government partners for technical support on ECD, UNICEF is establishing a Global Roster of ECD Expert Consultants. The roster will play a central role in supporting UNICEF’s Centers of Excellence work on ECD by providing Country Offices with timely access to specialized expertise. The roster will function as a stand-by mechanism, enabling UNICEF to rapidly mobilize pre-qualified experts to provide timely and quality support on ECD.
UNICEF Dominican Republic is seeking a dynamic and strategic Programme Budget Officer to support the effective planning, monitoring and coordination of the Country Programme. Beyond programme budgeting, grants management and financial oversight, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to strategic decision-making, foster collaboration across sectors and help drive integrated approaches that maximize results for children and adolescents.Working closely with programme teams and senior management, the incumbent will help translate priorities into action, strengthen programme coherence, monitor cross-cutting initiatives and support the efficient use of resources to deliver meaningful impact at scale.
UNICEF Angola is seeking qualified Angolan nationals to apply for the position of Health and Nutrition Specialist.This exciting opportunity is for a dedicated professional who is passionate about improving the health, nutrition, and well-being of children and women in Angola. The successful candidate will contribute to the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of UNICEF-supported health and nutrition programmes, working closely with government counterparts, partners, and stakeholders to achieve sustainable results for children.
Join UNICEF as the Programme Officer (Climate Change and Emergency). You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Armenia by designing, implementing, monitoring and coordinating evidence-based and sustainable climate, disaster risk reduction and emergency programmes in Armenia. You will provide technical guidance and strategic support to strengthen climate resilience, reduce risks to children and communities, enhance emergency preparedness and response, and promote child-sensitive approaches in climate change and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes. Working under the general guidance of the Deputy Representative, you will collaborate closely with relevant sectoral and cross-sectoral colleagues, government counterparts and other partners.
Join UNICEF and make tech work for impact! As our Digital Impact Assistant, you’ll keep our team connected and efficient by delivering fast, reliable IT support, ensuring smooth implementation of digital initiatives, and maintaining accurate systems and documentation. Your role helps drive innovation, enhance user experience, and keep communication flowing—so we can focus on what matters most: improving the lives of children worldwide.
The Tuvalu Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) undertook a systems enabling factor analysis (EFA). Part of this analysis looks into domestic financing volumes, modalities, guiding principles and regulations and utilization. An independent review of the Tuvalu EFA identified both equity and efficiency of education spend as issues of concern to sustainably providing quality education in the country. Based on this, Tuvalu has requested technical and on the ground support to undertake an expenditure review of the sector.
The Supply Financing Specialist will be based at UNICEF Supply Division, and will support the implementation of the UNICEF Supply Division’s Financing Partnerships and Solutions Strategy (which focuses on supporting governments’ mobilization of domestic resources to buy essential supplies while “bridging” timing gaps in government or grant disbursements of Ministries of Health and Finance, development partners, as well as to build new financing opportunities, partnerships and solutions to support the provision of essential supplies and accelerate results for children) related to supply financing activities with respect to other programmes / challenges, especially resource mobilization by national budgets, market dynamics, accessing financing instruments, such as the Vaccine Independence Initiative (“VII”) revolving fund.
UNICEF seeks a senior economic and public finance consultant to generate evidence, analysis and policy recommendations on how debt dynamics, fiscal adjustment and broader macroeconomic reforms shape fiscal space for child-relevant social sector financing. The assignment will combine empirical analysis, political economy analysis and policy reform analysis to generate actionable recommendations for national stakeholders and contribute to broader international discussions on debt, development financing and child outcomes.
The Representative serves as the accredited representative of UNICEF in the country and reports to the Regional Director for general direction and oversight. The Representative is responsible for establishing dialogue with the Government to develop the framework of cooperation in the country and for working closely and collaboratively with the Government and national institutions, stakeholders and partners, to develop the Government-UNICEF Country Programme of Cooperation in active support of efforts to advance children’s rights as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, other international treaties/frameworks, the SDGs, and UN intergovernmental bodies.
This is a general vacancy announcement for multiple upcoming People & Culture Assistant GS-5 and Finance Assistant GS-5 entry level positions. The recommended candidates will be considered for fixed-term and temporary posts as needed, in departments such as People Administration – Onboarding, Benefits & Entitlements, Recruitment Administrative Services, and Payroll & Offboarding, as well as Finance – Invoice Processing, Payments, General Accounting, and Master Data Management. They may also be placed in the talent group for direct appointments at later stage.
La Revue Semestrielle constitue une opportunité pour l’UNICEF et ses partenaires de faire le point de la situation actuelle des enfants et des adolescent(e)s, de la mise en oeuvre du programme de coopération, de juger de la pertinence et de la qualité de choix des réponses stratégiques des quatre composantes vis-à-vis des problèmes majeurs des enfants, de mesurer les progrès vers l’atteinte des résultats escomptés du programme pays et d’apporter les ajustements requis. Elle offre également l’opportunité d’examiner la performance, la pertinence et le positionnement stratégique du programme de coopération afin d’identifier les ajustements nécessaires pour accélérer l’atteinte des résultats d’ici 2028.
UNICEF Albania is seeking a National Social Protection Expert to support the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) in the development and finalization of the new Law on Social Care Services and its supporting regulatory framework.
Working under the guidance and overall coordination of UNICEF and MoHSW, and in close collaboration with the National Legal Consultant, the expert will provide specialized technical expertise to ensure that the proposed sublegal framework is coherent, evidence-based, practical, and responsive to Albania’s evolving social care needs and implementation requirements.
UNICEF's Global Programme Division (GPD) is seeking an experienced Programme Specialist (Cash Based Assistance), P-4 to support the Global Cash Hub based in Amman, Jordan. The incumbent will provide technical and operational support to UNICEF Country Offices, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa region, to design, implement and scale up cash-based assistance programmes in humanitarian and fragile settings. The role focuses on strengthening linkages with social protection systems, supporting risk management, building country office capacity, promoting partnerships, and contributing to global guidance and evidence generation on cash-based assistance programming. Extensive field mission support may be required to support country-level implementation and surge responses.
The position aims to strengthen financial inclusion and livelihoods within UNICEF-supported social protection programmes to enhance women’s economic resilience, access to financial services, and sustainable wellbeing outcomes.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Social Policy Specialist, the Social Policy Officer contributes to the effective implementation of UNICEF Maldives's Social Policy Programme, with a particular focus on public finance for children, social policy analysis, child rights monitoring, and evidence generation. The position provides technical, operational, and coordination support for the design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of programme activities aimed at strengthening policies, systems, and investments that advance children's rights and well-being. The role requires strong analytical skills, knowledge of social policy and public finance, and the ability to work collaboratively with government counterparts, development partners, civil society organizations, and UNICEF programme teams. Through policy analysis, evidence generation, strategic partnerships, advocacy, and programme support, the incumbent contributes to improving child-focused planning, budgeting, accountability, and decision-making.
As part of the UNICEF India Country Programme (2023–2027) and the approved Rolling Work Plan (2026–2027), UNICEF Rajasthan proposes to engage an Individual Consultant to provide technical assistance to the Government of Rajasthan, particularly the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), for strengthening Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance (WQMS) system to ensure equitable, climate-resilient and safely managed drinking water services
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for qualified and experienced professional for the post of Social Policy Officer (Social Protection Systems Strengthening) at NOB level based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
UNICEF Cambodia Country Office works in partnership with the Royal Government of Cambodia, civil society, communities, and development partners to promote and protect the rights of every child, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Country Programme focuses on improving child survival, development, protection, and participation, with particular attention to the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, thereby advancing equity and sustainable national development.
The Administrative Assistant (GS‑4) is based in the UNICEF Cambodia Country Office in Phnom Penh and provides administrative, secretarial, and operational support to the assigned unit within the Operations/Administration function. The post contributes to the effective functioning of the unit by ensuring the smooth flow of information, timely coordination of administrative processes, and compliance with UNICEF rules, policies, and procedures.
UNICEF China is seeking a national individual consultancy to provide coordination and technical support for the planning, implementation and documentation of World Children’s Day 2026 light-up initiatives across China, as well as support the coordination of invitations for the WCD flagship event in Beijing, for a period of 2 months.
Assistance technique spécialisée permettant de mettre en fonctionnement, tester, améliorer et documenter le modèle pilote de développement du marché de l'assainissement dans le Tchologo
Join UNICEF as a Monitoring Officer (Child Protection) and contribute to strengthening evidence-based monitoring, reporting and information management systems that support more effective child protection programmes and lasting results for children in Madagascar. In this role, you will help transform quality data and field evidence into actionable insights, supporting stronger decision-making, improved coordination with government and partners, and more responsive services for children and families. Your work will play a key role in advancing UNICEF’s commitment to protecting the most vulnerable children and ensuring that programme results are systematically tracked, analysed and used to drive sustainable impact.
This position was advertised as a Senior Adviser, Education (Education in Emergencies), P-5, within UNICEF’s Global Programme Division (GPD), based in Amman, Jordan. The role provides strategic leadership, policy advice, and technical stewardship for UNICEF’s global Education in Emergencies portfolio, supporting preparedness, response, recovery, and resilient education systems across humanitarian and crisis-affected contexts. The incumbent works closely with Country Offices, Regional Offices, Centres of Excellence, governments, donors, and global partners to advance equitable access to quality education for children affected by conflict, displacement, and climate-related shocks. The position also leads global partnerships, knowledge generation, policy influence, resource mobilization, and inter-agency coordination to strengthen UNICEF’s education response and ensure continuity of learning during emergencies.
The UNICEF Philippines Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Officer role focuses on supporting the nationwide HPV vaccination programme and strengthening routine immunization. The position translates behavioural evidence into practical strategies to address barriers to vaccination, build vaccine confidence, and strengthen community engagement. It involves working closely with government and development partners, building capacity, monitoring results, and improving SBC interventions. The role offers an opportunity to apply behavioural science to improve vaccination outcomes for children and strengthen SBC systems across the Philippines.
To help achieve the results set out in UNICEF’s Strategic Plan and respond to growing demand from country offices and government partners for technical support on ECD, UNICEF is establishing a Global Roster of ECD Expert Consultants. The roster will play a central role in supporting UNICEF’s Centers of Excellence work on ECD by providing Country Offices with timely access to specialized expertise. The roster will function as a stand-by mechanism, enabling UNICEF to rapidly mobilize pre-qualified experts to provide timely and quality support on ECD.
UNICEF Dominican Republic is seeking a dynamic and strategic Programme Budget Officer to support the effective planning, monitoring and coordination of the Country Programme. Beyond programme budgeting, grants management and financial oversight, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to strategic decision-making, foster collaboration across sectors and help drive integrated approaches that maximize results for children and adolescents.Working closely with programme teams and senior management, the incumbent will help translate priorities into action, strengthen programme coherence, monitor cross-cutting initiatives and support the efficient use of resources to deliver meaningful impact at scale.
UNICEF Angola is seeking qualified Angolan nationals to apply for the position of Health and Nutrition Specialist.This exciting opportunity is for a dedicated professional who is passionate about improving the health, nutrition, and well-being of children and women in Angola. The successful candidate will contribute to the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of UNICEF-supported health and nutrition programmes, working closely with government counterparts, partners, and stakeholders to achieve sustainable results for children.
Join UNICEF as the Programme Officer (Climate Change and Emergency). You will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Armenia by designing, implementing, monitoring and coordinating evidence-based and sustainable climate, disaster risk reduction and emergency programmes in Armenia. You will provide technical guidance and strategic support to strengthen climate resilience, reduce risks to children and communities, enhance emergency preparedness and response, and promote child-sensitive approaches in climate change and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes. Working under the general guidance of the Deputy Representative, you will collaborate closely with relevant sectoral and cross-sectoral colleagues, government counterparts and other partners.
Join UNICEF and make tech work for impact! As our Digital Impact Assistant, you’ll keep our team connected and efficient by delivering fast, reliable IT support, ensuring smooth implementation of digital initiatives, and maintaining accurate systems and documentation. Your role helps drive innovation, enhance user experience, and keep communication flowing—so we can focus on what matters most: improving the lives of children worldwide.
The Tuvalu Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) undertook a systems enabling factor analysis (EFA). Part of this analysis looks into domestic financing volumes, modalities, guiding principles and regulations and utilization. An independent review of the Tuvalu EFA identified both equity and efficiency of education spend as issues of concern to sustainably providing quality education in the country. Based on this, Tuvalu has requested technical and on the ground support to undertake an expenditure review of the sector.
The Supply Financing Specialist will be based at UNICEF Supply Division, and will support the implementation of the UNICEF Supply Division’s Financing Partnerships and Solutions Strategy (which focuses on supporting governments’ mobilization of domestic resources to buy essential supplies while “bridging” timing gaps in government or grant disbursements of Ministries of Health and Finance, development partners, as well as to build new financing opportunities, partnerships and solutions to support the provision of essential supplies and accelerate results for children) related to supply financing activities with respect to other programmes / challenges, especially resource mobilization by national budgets, market dynamics, accessing financing instruments, such as the Vaccine Independence Initiative (“VII”) revolving fund.
UNICEF seeks a senior economic and public finance consultant to generate evidence, analysis and policy recommendations on how debt dynamics, fiscal adjustment and broader macroeconomic reforms shape fiscal space for child-relevant social sector financing. The assignment will combine empirical analysis, political economy analysis and policy reform analysis to generate actionable recommendations for national stakeholders and contribute to broader international discussions on debt, development financing and child outcomes.
The Representative serves as the accredited representative of UNICEF in the country and reports to the Regional Director for general direction and oversight. The Representative is responsible for establishing dialogue with the Government to develop the framework of cooperation in the country and for working closely and collaboratively with the Government and national institutions, stakeholders and partners, to develop the Government-UNICEF Country Programme of Cooperation in active support of efforts to advance children’s rights as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, other international treaties/frameworks, the SDGs, and UN intergovernmental bodies.
This is a general vacancy announcement for multiple upcoming People & Culture Assistant GS-5 and Finance Assistant GS-5 entry level positions. The recommended candidates will be considered for fixed-term and temporary posts as needed, in departments such as People Administration – Onboarding, Benefits & Entitlements, Recruitment Administrative Services, and Payroll & Offboarding, as well as Finance – Invoice Processing, Payments, General Accounting, and Master Data Management. They may also be placed in the talent group for direct appointments at later stage.
La Revue Semestrielle constitue une opportunité pour l’UNICEF et ses partenaires de faire le point de la situation actuelle des enfants et des adolescent(e)s, de la mise en oeuvre du programme de coopération, de juger de la pertinence et de la qualité de choix des réponses stratégiques des quatre composantes vis-à-vis des problèmes majeurs des enfants, de mesurer les progrès vers l’atteinte des résultats escomptés du programme pays et d’apporter les ajustements requis. Elle offre également l’opportunité d’examiner la performance, la pertinence et le positionnement stratégique du programme de coopération afin d’identifier les ajustements nécessaires pour accélérer l’atteinte des résultats d’ici 2028.
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