EiE Consultant, UNICEF Hosted Funds, Programmes Delivery and Quality Section, Education Cannot Wait, Geneva, Switzerland, 12 months (remote) #596516

UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund; Genf; Remote; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Part time

Job summary

UNICEF invites applications for an EiE Consultant to support Education Cannot Wait in Geneva. The role focuses on strengthening design, monitoring and quality assurance of education programmes in crisis contexts, while promoting protection, gender and inclusion across portfolio activities.

The consultant will help steer strategic planning, portfolio performance and results-based education responses for children affected by emergencies, with extensive EiE experience and English fluency.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Education in Emergencies or related field.
• 15+ years of EiE experience.
• 5+ years with a global fund or development financing mechanism.
• 5+ years of programme planning, development and management.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen design, implementation, monitoring and quality assurance of ECW-supported education programmes.
• Provide technical and operational support for country investments and the Acceleration Facility.
• Ensure high standards in protection, gender, inclusion, localization and accountability.

Skills

EiE sector knowledge

Education in Emergencies technical

Excellent communication

Resource mobilization

Strategic leadership

Education

Master’s degree in Education in Emergencies / Programme management

Job description

EiE Consultant, UNICEF Hosted Funds, Programmes Delivery and Quality Section, Education Cannot Wait, Geneva, Switzerland, 12 months (remote) #596516

Job no: 596516
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Geneva
Level: Consultancy
Location: Switzerland
Categories: Education, Programme Management

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.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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For every child, the rightto Safety.

This assignment aims to support Education Cannot Wait (ECW) in strengthening the design, implementation, monitoring and quality assurance of education programmes in crisis-affected contexts. The consultant will provide technical and operational support for ECW’s country investments, including CORE programmes and the Acceleration Facility, while promoting high standards in protection, gender and inclusion, localization, climate resilience, safeguarding and accountability. The role will also contribute to strategic planning, portfolio management and programme performance, helping ensure high-quality, results-based education responses for children affected by emergencies.

• Education:
  • Master’s degree in: Education in Emergencies technical expertise / Programme management / Fund management / Communication skills / Strategic leadership / Resource Mobilisation
• Work Experience:
  • 15+ years of relevant Education in Emergencies experience
  • 5+ years of experience working with a global fund or relevant development/humanitarian financing mechanism
  • 5+ years of programme planning, development and management experience
• Language requirement:
  • Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
• Skills:
  • Knowledge and understanding of the EIE sector and humanitarian-development architecture
  • Education in Emergencies Technical Expertise
  • Excellent communication and resource mobilisation skills
  • Demonstrated strategic leadership skills

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone , irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offerreasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF . Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)

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UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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Advertised: 22 Oct 2026 W. Europe Daylight Time
Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 W. Europe Standard Time