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The Administrative and Finance Specialist reports to the Chief of Rome Common Services for general direction and guidance. The specialist is responsible for providing support to the Chief of Common Services in managing, monitoring and overseeing the full range of financial and administrative services in support of operational activities ensuring compliance with organizational plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of performance, ethics, and integrity. In addition, the Administrative and Finance Specialist is also accountable for providing support to the Chief of Common Services in overall running of the office, quality assurance of services provided and staff capacity development. The Administration and Finance Specialist, when supervising support staff, will be responsible for planning and guiding work in progress and for reviewing work completed by subordinate staff to verify accuracy and compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), UNICEF Financial Regulation and Rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of accountability, and ethics. In summary, the Administrative and Finance Specialist will be responsible for the management of the Finance, and Administration units for UNICEF Rome Common Services Centre, providing technical guidance, demand management, timely action, and quality assurance of services. The post will serve as a back-up to the P4 Common CSC Operations Manager and P2 People and Culture Officer, as required. 

The post of Operations Manager, Common Services Center (CSC) reports to the PFP Deputy Director, Operations and Finance. The role will provide strategic leadership and overall direction to the CSC activities to support UNICEF's core values and business objectives. The incumbent will lead the multi-disciplinary teams and manage cross-functional services that directly impact the CSC performance. As a Strategic Business Partner, the incumbent will be responsible for leading results, drive change, provide risk informed, solution-focused analysis, and contribute to delivering results for children. The CSC serves multiple Divisions including their Senior Management team with very specific functional needs and work mandates.  The role has a critical accountability to these Divisions, must balance competing priorities while ensuring equity in service delivery and maintain neutrality across the diverse mandates. 

Join the Office of the Director, Global Programme Division, and play a key role in shaping programme thought leadership and driving strategic engagement. In this role, you will help build and operationalize new knowledge platforms, including field insights publications, staff working papers, and internal learning initiatives, while coordinating end‑to‑end project delivery. You will also strengthen the Division's visibility by supporting external communications, managing the Director's LinkedIn presence, refining newsletters, exploring new digital channels, and crafting strategic messages for internal and external audiences. This is a dynamic opportunity to combine project management, communications, and creative thinking to elevate organizational learning and influence. 

Join UNICEF's Global Programme Division and help drive global progress in maternal and newborn health. As a Health Specialist (MNH), you will lead data‑driven analysis, strengthen accountability mechanisms, and support countries in accelerating high‑impact MNCH interventions. You will guide EWENE‑CSA progress tracking across 100+ countries, support MNCH acceleration plans in more than 60 countries, and coordinate global partnerships that shape policy and implementation. This role blends technical expertise, programme monitoring, and partnership coordination to advance UNICEF's Strategic Plan 2026?2029 and contribute to preventing millions of maternal and newborn deaths. 

Positioned within the Director's Office of PPD and under the supervision of the Public Partnerships Manager (Risk), the Partnerships Specialist (Contracts and Compliance) plays a central role in ensuring that UNICEF's public-sector partnership agreements are negotiated, reviewed and cleared in line with organizational policies and requirements. The incumbent serves as the initial point of contact for PPD teams on contractual and donor conditionality issues, providing analytical support, facilitating internal escalation and decision-making, and maintaining internal records on pipeline of negotiations and donor conditions.In close collaboration with the Legal Team in OED, the Specialist supports decision-making around non‑standard conditions, ensures adherence to the Delegation of Authority framework for agreement signature, and contributes to governance mechanisms related to resource mobilization decisions. The role strengthens organizational compliance by documenting and analyzing donor‑conditionality trends, advising on operational risks, and supporting process improvements related to agreement negotiation and signature workflows.The Specialist also leads capacity‑building and knowledge‑management efforts related to contracting, maintaining consolidated tools, guidance, and trackers that promote consistent, policy‑aligned decision‑making across PPD. Additionally, the role contributes to broader partnerships risk‑management initiatives by coordinating exchanges on donor conditions and compliance issues, preparing senior‑level materials, and providing backstopping support across the Risk Management Team. 

In a technical advisory role, the incumbent will be responsible for the mobilisation of essential supplies by the Government through the Procurement Service (PS) modality and for strengthening national supply chains. He / she will engage with governments, donors and partners to influence mobilization, allocation and utilization of financial resources to strengthen governments procurement and supply chain management capacity. 

The P&C Specialist plays a pivotal role in driving talent management initiatives, with a strong focus on attracting, selecting, and onboarding top-tier talent. By anticipating workforce needs and aligning recruitment strategies with organizational priorities, the incumbent ensures a consistent pipeline of qualified candidates. Through the development and implementation of targeted talent acquisition plans, the P&C Specialist strengthens the organization's capacity to meet current and future staffing demands while supporting broader business objectives. 

The Emergency Specialist (Risk Monitoring and Analysis) will facilitate UNICEF's global risk monitoring and analysis, including research and analysis of issues potentially affecting UNICEF's humanitarian response, including natural and human-induced threats and the related vulnerability of children and those who care for them. The Emergency Specialist will research and draft analytical reports, liaise with key partners and allies, and support the development of UNICEF's analytical systems and related analytical capacity, policies and technologies. 

Are you passionate about building strategic partnerships with real impact? UNICEF is seeking a professional who can strengthen collaboration with key partners, drive resource mobilization, and contribute to the visibility and influence of our mission on a global scale.  Your work can transform partnerships into results for children. © Apply now and let's build impact together! 

UNICEF Nigeria Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria is seeking a passionate and committed person to work in the role of a Construction Specialist (immunization)and invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who want to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team. 

UNICEF PFP has an ongoing requirement for complex services and for procurement guidance in a broad range of areas, including in the digital domain. Such areas include specialized innovative financing, fundraising services, market research, corporate social responsibility, corporate screening, IT, event delivery, and other areas as required. The incumbent will provide continuous guidance on procurement for fundraising and support the IF Hub with their contracting needs. The incumbent will be responsible for carrying out all procurement activities for assigned goods & service requirements, from planning through to supplier performance management. https://careers.pageuppeople.com/671/cw/en-us/job/592010

This position will contribute to the wider objective of strengthening data management and data use at country level as well as building capacity of national governments/immunization programmes to forecast demand and optimize supply chain processes as outlined above.