Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) remains a vital child-survival intervention that significantly reduces mortality in vitamin A–deficient populations. Global VAS coverage initially peaked at 78% in 2009, dropped to 41% in 2020 due to pandemic disruptions, but recovered to the same high level in the years that followed.
The Vitamin A Supplementation in a New Age (VINA) initiative, launched in 2023 with Global Affairs Canada funding, operates across 15 sub-Saharan African countries. By 2024, over 50 million children (6–59 months) received two VAS doses. However, coverage remains unevenly distributed within and between countries, with several countries consistent posting very low coverage, highlighting persistent system and equity challenges.
VINA has a strong mandate to identify and address gender-related barriers to quality VAS services. Headquarters, regional, and country teams have integrated gender analysis and action planning into their programming with set targets to report on. Four VINA countries are implementing special studies on gender and VAS.
This consultancy will:
1. Consolidate and synthesize analyses, special studies, country support documents etc. for write-up into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
2. Consolidate and synthesize regional, and country office report for writeup into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
3. Support dissemination activities on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and VAS—finalizing reports, policy briefs, and facilitating webinars and design outputs.
UNICEF LAC Region seeks a qualified consultant to provide technical support in Education in Emergencies (EiE) across Latin America and the Caribbean. The consultant will strengthen EiE coordination, knowledge management, planning, reporting, and resource mobilisation, ensuring education remains central in humanitarian action. Working closely with the LACRO Emergency Unit, the role includes participation in coordination and network meetings, supporting donor proposals and humanitarian appeals, and advancing education sector preparedness and disaster risk reduction. The consultant will also engage with regional and global education networks such as GEC, GADRRRES, INEE, REDLAC, and R4V.
Join us as the next Child Protection Officer!
Are you passionate about protecting children and promoting their rights?
As Child Protection Officer, you’ll support the design, implementation, and monitoring of initiatives that prevent and respond to violence, abuse, and exploitation of children in Equatorial Guinea. Your work will contribute to UNICEF’s goal of protection for every child.
If you're ready to make a difference, read the full job ad and apply today!
The UNICEF Cameroon Office is looking for a Nutrition Specialist to support the development and preparation of the nutrition programme and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the programme progress of a sector of the nutrition programme within the country programme.
The consultancy will be Remote with possibility for travel to one or more focus countries in MENA
The PROSPECTS Partnership is a global initiative, funded by the Government of the Netherlands and implemented by IFC, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF, and the World Bank. It seeks to improve the well-being, self-reliance, and resilience of forcibly displaced populations and host communities, including children and young people, through an integrated program and multi-agency approach.
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, UNICEF has been a core implementing partner since 2019, with country programs in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt. One of the central pillars of this partnership is Learning to Earning (L2E) (Pillar 1: Learning and Skills), which focuses on strengthening learning, pathways from relevant education to skills development, employability, and sustainable livelihoods for adolescents and young people from refugee and host communities, including foundational learning.
Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) remains a vital child-survival intervention that significantly reduces mortality in vitamin A–deficient populations. Global VAS coverage initially peaked at 78% in 2009, dropped to 41% in 2020 due to pandemic disruptions, but recovered to the same high level in the years that followed.
The Vitamin A Supplementation in a New Age (VINA) initiative, launched in 2023 with Global Affairs Canada funding, operates across 15 sub-Saharan African countries. By 2024, over 50 million children (6–59 months) received two VAS doses. However, coverage remains unevenly distributed within and between countries, with several countries consistent posting very low coverage, highlighting persistent system and equity challenges.
VINA has a strong mandate to identify and address gender-related barriers to quality VAS services. Headquarters, regional, and country teams have integrated gender analysis and action planning into their programming with set targets to report on. Four VINA countries are implementing special studies on gender and VAS.
This consultancy will:
1. Consolidate and synthesize analyses, special studies, country support documents etc. for write-up into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
2. Consolidate and synthesize regional, and country office report for writeup into a coherent Year 3 report and a final project report for the donor (due 31 March).
3. Support dissemination activities on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and VAS—finalizing reports, policy briefs, and facilitating webinars and design outputs.
UNICEF LAC Region seeks a qualified consultant to provide technical support in Education in Emergencies (EiE) across Latin America and the Caribbean. The consultant will strengthen EiE coordination, knowledge management, planning, reporting, and resource mobilisation, ensuring education remains central in humanitarian action. Working closely with the LACRO Emergency Unit, the role includes participation in coordination and network meetings, supporting donor proposals and humanitarian appeals, and advancing education sector preparedness and disaster risk reduction. The consultant will also engage with regional and global education networks such as GEC, GADRRRES, INEE, REDLAC, and R4V.
Join us as the next Child Protection Officer!
Are you passionate about protecting children and promoting their rights?
As Child Protection Officer, you’ll support the design, implementation, and monitoring of initiatives that prevent and respond to violence, abuse, and exploitation of children in Equatorial Guinea. Your work will contribute to UNICEF’s goal of protection for every child.
If you're ready to make a difference, read the full job ad and apply today!
The UNICEF Cameroon Office is looking for a Nutrition Specialist to support the development and preparation of the nutrition programme and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the programme progress of a sector of the nutrition programme within the country programme.
The consultancy will be Remote with possibility for travel to one or more focus countries in MENA
The PROSPECTS Partnership is a global initiative, funded by the Government of the Netherlands and implemented by IFC, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF, and the World Bank. It seeks to improve the well-being, self-reliance, and resilience of forcibly displaced populations and host communities, including children and young people, through an integrated program and multi-agency approach.
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, UNICEF has been a core implementing partner since 2019, with country programs in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt. One of the central pillars of this partnership is Learning to Earning (L2E) (Pillar 1: Learning and Skills), which focuses on strengthening learning, pathways from relevant education to skills development, employability, and sustainable livelihoods for adolescents and young people from refugee and host communities, including foundational learning.
