Contract type: Consultant. Contract duration: 10.5 months. Duty station: New York (remote, no travel). Level: Consultancy.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
UNICEF is currently implementing its Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) 2026-2029, an ambitious effort at catalysing field level programming and results that advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in key areas of UNICEF's work. The GEAP programmatic framework works towards (i) achieving positive change for adolescent girls, with adolescent girls, and (ii) integrating priorities for gender equality and the empowerment of all girls and women in policies, budgets, systems and at-scale programmes. In addition, the GEAP identifies a set of institutional strengthening results to make UNICEF a more gender-responsive organization. Together, these approaches strengthen UNICEF's gender equality results, which are prominent in all five goals of the Strategic Plan.
The Gender Equality Section is seeking a Consultant to support the compilation and drafting of key written products fulfilling institutional and interagency reporting obligations. The first is the report on the UN System-Wide Action Plan, which tracks UN entities' performance on gender equality for the Chief Executives Board for Coordination. The second is the Annual Report on progress on the Gender Equality Action Plan submitted to the UNICEF Executive Board alongside the Executive Director's Annual Report. The third is the Global Annual Results Report, meant principally for donors, partners and the general public. The reports are targeted towards diverse audiences and require extensive compilation of content from various sources into high-quality products with strictly defined formats and tight timelines requiring rapid turnaround.
Minimum requirements:
- Education: Master's in Social Sciences, Gender Studies, International Relations/Affairs, Public Policy, or Communications.
- Work experience: Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience.
- Skills: Excellent writing skills with specific experience writing reports on gender related issues, including gender and health or education; experience in the work environment of an international agency, UN, or other international institution; ability to work independently as well as with a team in an international, multicultural and interdisciplinary environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization; abidance by Do No Harm principles and ethics; ability to use MS Windows, MS PowerPoint, SharePoint etc.; ability to work within tight deadlines.
- Language: Full fluency in English is a must. Working knowledge of French or Spanish is an asset.
- Desirable: Past experience with UNICEF in children's rights, women and girls' empowerment, or gender equality is an advantage.
Deadline: 13 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
HOW TO APPLY:
Qualified candidates are invited to apply online via the UNICEF recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System), submitting: an up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV); a cover letter; and a separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template). UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes and will not ask for applicants' bank account information. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Deadline: 13 Sep 2026, 11:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
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