Digital Health Systems And Interoperability Consultant

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UNICEF is the world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foun Digital Health Financing and Investment Consultant The consultant will lead technical support to the digital health financing and investment advisory support across the programme. This includes mapping and tracking the financing windows open to participating countries, preparing analysis and briefs that position digital health within IFI operations and national budget cycles, and contributing investment cases that Ministries of Health, Ministries of Finance and lenders can use. The consultant will work closely with the UNICEF Health Economics and Financing (HEF) team, Health Section colleagues in the COEs, and with IFI teams whose operations cover the participating countries. The assignment requires periodic face-to-face engagement in Panama and working hours that overlap substantially with Latin America and the Caribbean. Fluency in Spanish is required. Minimum requirements: Education: Master’ in Health economics, health financing, economics, public policy, public health, international development or a related field. A first-level university degree with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in place of an advanced degree. Work Experience: At least eight years of progressively responsible experience in health financing, health sector investment planning or development finance in low- and middle-income countries, including at least five years working with or within the World Bank or regional development banks on health sector operations (preparation, appraisal or financing instrument design), and a record of producing costed investment cases, financing strategies or national health or digital health roadmaps for governments. Skills: Knowledge of IFI operation cycles and financing instruments, national budget processes and public financial management. Knowledge of IFI operation cycles and financing instruments, national budget processes and public financial management. Working knowledge of how digital health investment is costed and planned, including familiarity with the WHO Digital Implementation Investment Guide, the World Bank Digital Health Blueprint Toolkit and/or comparable approaches. Ability to translate digital health architecture and system requirements into investment costing and financing language for non-technical audiences. Ability to write concise analytical products for Ministries of Finance, Ministries of Health and IFI task teams. Ability to work across several countries and time zones with limited supervision. Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Spanish is a screening requirement, and candidates without it are not evaluated further. French is an advantage. Desirables: Experience in one or more regions of the participating countries. Experience supporting health sector investment planning or IFI engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean. Experience with Gavi or other global health financing windows. Experience designing multi-country or pooled financing arrangements, including for regional public goods. Experience with UN agencies. Deadline: 11 Nov 2026 Digital Health Systems and Interoperability Consultant The consultant leads on digital health systems and interoperability, with emphasis on the health information exchange enabling layers being established in the three implementation countries, together with requirements and architecture input to investment blueprints across the programme and support to financing window analysis. The post works closely with Health Section colleagues in the COEs, particularly in Bangkok, and requires periodic face-to-face engagement there and working hours that overlap substantially with Bangkok’s. Minimum requirements: Education: Master’ in Health informatics, information systems, computer science, engineering, public health with an informatics focus, or a related field. A first-level university degree with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in place of an advanced degree. Work Experience: At least eight years designing or implementing digital health systems in low- and middle-income countries, including at least five years on national-scale interoperability (requirements and enterprise architecture, facility, health worker and client registries, terminology services and health information exchange), with experience working with ministries of health on national digital health architecture and with vendors on technical specifications and acceptance of deliverables. Skills: Hands-on FHIR experience, including profiling and implementation guides. Working knowledge of WHO SMART Guidelines and digital adaptation kits, HIE reference architectures and digital health maturity assessment. Ability to translate architecture into requirements that governments, vendors and financiers can act on. Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Spanish or French is an advantage. Desirables: Experience in one or more regions of the participating countries. Experience with digital components of IFI-financed operations or with digital health costing. Experience integrating with digital public infrastructure such as identity and payments. Experience designing shared multi-country infrastructure. Experience with UN agencies. Bebbo Technology Consultant, Early Childhood Development (ECD) Minimum requirements: Education: A graduate degree (Bachelor’s or higher) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. Work Experience: Professional Experience: A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience in the design, development, and maintenance of mobile applications using React Native or equivalent frameworks. Experience in deploying and maintaining digital products across multiple countries or languages is required. Technical expertise in developing react native mobile apps for both Android and iOS platforms. Previous work in open-source environments and with Digital Public Goods is considered an asset. Experience in digital development projects related to early childhood development or parenting is a strong advantage. Technical Expertise: Proven ability to deliver secure, stable and scalable mobile applications, with a focus on offline functionality. Familiarity with tools including Git, CI/CD pipelines, Firebase and RESTful APIs. o Knowledge of Node.js and DevOps practices is an asset. Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) is considered an asset. Hands-on experience with Drupal-based content management systems and backend integration is desirable. Experience with BigQuery, SQL queries, scheduled queries, and Looker Studio dashboards for analytics and reporting is an asset. Coordination and Communication Skills: Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams of designers, developers, researchers, and country-level partners. Strong coordination and task management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities in a remote, multicultural work environment. Fluency in English is a minimum requirement. Knowledge of one or more languages used in Bebbo programme countries is an asset (Russian,Albanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Greek, Kyrgyz, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak,Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Karakalpak, Turkish, Ndebele, Shona, Spanish, Hindi, Bangla) Ability to provide technical guidance, troubleshoot technical issues, and support knowledge transfer among technical teams and partners. Understanding of UNICEF’s Operating Context: Previous experience/knowledge of the environment in which UNICEF operates, and understanding the constraints of working in a developing-world environment is desirable. Ability to align technical goals with UNICEF strategic goals that always will mean UNICEF’s mission over any particular technology. Deadline: 02 Nov 2026 National Consultancy, RISE County Coordinator – Kilifi / Turkana / Bungoma, Innovation & Education Scope of Work Alternative Learning Sites (ALS): rollout & coordination of RISE activities (county) Support the mapping, identification and selection of ALS in the county, site needs assessments, and the equipping and set-up of sites; then support the rollout and activation of RISE at the ALS in the county. Recognising that ALS include government-led, community-based, faith-based and other sites that are already operational, the consultant, in collaboration with instructors, facilitators and ALS management structures, coordinates RISE activities and facilitates delivery of RISE objectives within the existing operational structures of each ALS, rather than managing day-to-day site operations. This includes: site-host liaison; rollout and adherence-monitoring of ALS Standard Operating Procedures; co-design with each ALS of the arrangements for RISE delivery, to ensure alignment with existing structures and programmes and minimise friction; monitoring of the functioning of RISE-supported digital infrastructure; site-level safeguarding audits and referral mechanisms; and the ALS as the point where learning delivery and partner-delivered wrap-around services converge. Instructor and youth-facilitator workforce (Y4C) (county) Support, at county level and applying the national frameworks, the identification, recruitment, onboarding, training, certification, deployment and day-to-day supervision of RISE youth facilitators under the Y4C model, and support the identification, recruitment, onboarding, training, certification and deployment of RISE instructors (recognising instructors are government-deployed and, in the early programme years, carry the core of learning delivery in the ALS). Day-to-day supervision and performance management of instructors remain within established DALE structures; the consultant works collaboratively with instructors, supporting planning, quality assurance, attendance monitoring and reporting, and supports UNICEF’s contract management related to RISE instructors, where applicable. As part of the Y4C model, support facilitatoenabled virtual and mobile learning for youth who cannot reach a physical ALS. Site-level interface with partner-delivered services (county) Support and monitor, at county sites, the interface through which learners are connected to FAWEKdelivered wrap-around services (MHPSS, SRHR, disability inclusion, childcare, practical/exam support) and to KRCS-led mobilisation, enrolment and youth-engagement, including screening, referral and safe-space/peer support activities. This is implementation-level support and monitoring; coordination of partners rests above the county role. Education: Education, Social Sciences, , Youth/ Community Development, Project/ Programme Management or a related field Work Experience: Minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience in education programmes, youth engagement or community-based development initiatives Language requirements Fluency in English and Kiswahili Knowledge/Expertise/Skills: Demonstrated experience in field-level programme implementation and coordination Demonstrated experience working with county governments, NGOs, and community-based organisations Demonstrated experience working with adolescents and youth or marginalized populations in multi-stakeholder programmes in Kenya Good understanding of gender-responsive and inclusive community engagement and dynamic youth mobilization approached Strong monitoring, data collection and reporting skills Strong interpersonal and communications skills Strong problem-solving and adaptability in field contexts Ability to work independently in remote or resource-constrained environments Understanding of safeguarding, PSEA and ethical community engagement Desirables: Experience in training delivery, facilitation or capacity building Familiarity with digital/ blended learning approaches Good understanding of Kenya’s education system Prior experience working with Government institutions, UN agencies or relevant development partners Consultancy – RISE National Coordinator – ALS, Instructor & Y4C, Innovation and Education, Nairobi, 12 months To support the effective design, implementation, coordination, operationalization, technical oversight, monitoring, systems strengthening, and scale-up of RISE interventions, UNICEF Kenya seeks to engage qualified consultant to provide time-bound technical and operational support across various programme workstreams. Consultants will contribute specialized expertise to support the delivery of defined outputs and deliverables in alignment with programme objectives, government priorities, UNICEF policies and procedures, safeguarding standards, and donor requirements. Work Experience: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience, including in several of the following: Education programme design and implementation, particularly in secondary education, alternative learning, or non-formal education systems Youth engagement, youth-led programming or facilitator/peer educator models Large-scale program implementation and field delivery involving multi-stakeholder partnerships (government, NGOs, development partners); operational support to learning sites, centres or service-delivery points; and coordination or support of an instructor, teacher or facilitator workforce, alongside youth engagement and digital-learning experience Language requirements Fluency in English and Kiswahili Knowledge/Expertise/Skills: Strong understanding and experience of integrating digital innovation into education or youth programs Proven expertise in program coordination and adaptive management, stakeholder engagement and partnership management, and monitoring, evaluation and results-based reporting Proven expertise and experience developing robust operational tools, data management and analysis, including disaggregated reporting Strong understanding of Kenya’s education sector frameworks including CBE, alternative learning pathways, and youth development policies Strong understanding of safeguarding, PSEA, data protection and gender-responsive and inclusive programming approaches Excellent communication, interpersonal and coordination skills Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a flexible, iterative manner High level of professionalism, integrity and accountability Desirables: Experience integrating digital innovation into education or youth programmes Prior experience working with Government institutions, UN agencies or relevant development partners Familiarity with ASAL and refugee contexts in Kenya Experience with Mastercard Foundation-supported programmes or large donor-funded initiatives Child and Adolescent Mental Health Consultant (Partnerships, Tools, Evidence), Global Programme Division(GPD) Minimum requirements: Education: PhD – Doctoral degree in public health, global health, mental health, counseling, psychology, child and adolescent development, health systems, health policy or a related field. Work Experience: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in global health, mental health or health systems, including significant experience in child and adolescent mental health. Experience developing or applying global technical guidance, tools and implementation approaches across health and community-based systems. Demonstrated experience in strategic technical partnerships and program or investment development with academic, technical, philanthropic and/or funding partners. Strong experience in evidence translation, implementation learning and knowledge generation, including technical and/or peer-reviewed publications. Experience providing technical capacity strengthening and mentoring to specialist teams. Skills: Demonstrated expertise in child and adolescent mental health programming, service planning and systems strengthening, particularly in LMIC settings. Excellent analytical, technical writing, facilitation and communication skills. Language Requirements: Fluency in English required. Desirables: Familiarity with UNICEF Country Office programming environments and Global Program. National Innovation Consultant Under the overall supervision of the Innovation Manager and technical guidance of the Innovation Specialist, the consultant will support the planning, coordination, and delivery of UNICEF Kenya’s innovation portfolio by leading and contributing to work on innovation design and human-centred design, ecosystem mapping and strategic analysis, capacity building and mentorship systems strengthening, knowledge and evidence generation, and programme planning and coordination. The consultant will support a range of innovation, digital transformation, youth engagement, and humanitarian initiatives that contribute to improved outcomes for children and young people in Kenya. Minimum requirements: Education: Bachelor`s Degree in one of the following field: Engineering, ICT, Computer Science, Economics, Social Sciences or related field Work Experience: Minimum of 4 years’ relevant experience in programme management intersecting innovation, entrepreneurship, and youth engagement Skills: Proven experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder development programmes Strong competencies in project management, stakeholder engagement, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and knowledge management Experience working in agile and adaptive environments At least 2 years’ experience working in Kenya, including engagement in underserved or marginalised contexts (e.g., ASAL areas, informal settlements) Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Swahili Desirables: Knowledge of innovative financing mechanisms, including blended finance and impact investing Prior experience working with UN agencies, INGOs, or development partners Understanding of humanitarian contexts and programming approaches Senior Adviser WASH (Sanitation) Through technical leadership, innovation, and collaboration, you will help drive sustainable and equitable WASH outcomes that support UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2026–2029 and leave no one behind You will lead efforts in At-scale sanitation system design Sanitation system planning and readiness assessment Quality improvement through digital solutions Equitable access to safely managed sanitation Act as Country Office Focal Point Support Minimum requirements Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in civil or environmental engineering, natural or social sciences,environmental or public health, water resource management, or another relevant technical fieldl engineering, environmental science, water resources management and any other related fields. A Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in a relevant area combined with 2 additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree. Work Experience: A minimum of 10 years of working experience in national and international organizations infinancing, project management, consulting, technical assistance, research in Water, Sanitation andHygiene (WASH) or closely related areas Skills: Ability to conceptualize, plan and execute ideas Ability to manage projects Ability to work effectively in teams Excellent organizational skills Excellent interpersonal skills Excellent communication skills Strategic thinking skills Global thinking skills Analyitical skills Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Desirables Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language Experience implementing complex/large-scale development/humanitarian WASH projects indeveloping countries Experience supporting WASH governance and system strengthening for both urban and rural areas Experience implementing WASH projects/programmes in different country contexts, including lower income countries Experience developing high level partnerships and advocacy, and representation at global/regional level Experience in/knowledge of the United Nations system In-dept understanding and relevant experience of UNICEF initiatives and programming Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. Deadline: 05 Nov 2026 Don't Keep Share!: WhatsApp Tweet