Internal Displacement and Durable Solutions Consultant, Migration and Displacement Hub, Remote, 2.5 Months

UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund; United States; Remote; USD 56,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

UNICEF seeks a Consultant to provide time-bound technical and coordination support to strengthen internal displacement programming and advocacy. The assignment involves reviewing UNICEF’s Institutional Action Plan and delivering priority workstreams managed by the Migration and Displacement Hub.

The consultant will engage with country offices, regional offices, and headquarters to ensure alignment with global priorities and evidence-based practices for child-sensitive durable solutions, with a

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in international development, humanitarian affairs, human rights, migration or displacement studies, social sciences, public policy, international relations, law, or another relevant field.
• At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional experience in internal displacement, durable solutions, child rights or related field.
• Strong qualitative analysis, consultation facilitation and synthesis skills; excellent drafting and editing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide time-bound technical and coordination support on internal displacement and durable solutions.
• Review or revise UNICEF’s Institutional Action Plan on Internal Displacement.
• Coordinate workstreams across MDH with country, regional and HQ teams.

Skills

Displacement frameworks

Qualitative analysis

Facilitation

Drafting & editing

Cross-unit collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in development

Job description

Internal Displacement and Durable Solutions Consultant, Migration and Displacement Hub, Remote, 2.5 Months

Job no: 596096
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Amman
Level: Consultancy
Location: Jordan
Categories: Programme Management

Contract Duration – 2.5 months

Working arrangement: Home Based

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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TERMS OF REFERENCE

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide time-bound technical and coordination support to strengthen UNICEF’s institutional approach to internal displacement and its advocacy and programming for child-sensitive durable solutions. The consultant will support a structured review and revision of UNICEF’s Institutional Action Plan on Internal Displacement and deliver priority internal-displacement workstreams managed by the Migration and Displacement Hub.

The assignment will help ensure that UNICEF’s global priorities reflect current evidence, organizational learning and country-level realities, and clearly position UNICEF’s contribution to preventing and addressing internal displacement, protecting the rights of internally displaced children and supporting durable solutions. The consultancy has a global remit and will support MDH’s engagement with country offices, regional offices, headquarters divisions and relevant global teams.

• Education: Master’s degree - Disciplines: Advanced university degree in international development, humanitarian affairs, human rights, migration or displacement studies, social sciences, public policy, international relations, law, or another relevant field.
• Work Experience: At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional experience in internal displacement, forced displacement, durable solutions, child rights, humanitarian development programming, policy, advocacy or a closely related field.
• Skills: Demonstrated knowledge of internal displacement and durable solutions frameworks; experience reviewing or developing institutional strategies or action plans; strong qualitative analysis, consultation facilitation and synthesis skills; excellent drafting and editing skills; ability to work across organizational units, sectors and geographic contexts; sound understanding of child rights and UNICEF’s humanitarian and development mandate; and strong planning and delivery skills for remote, multi-stakeholder assignments.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.

Previous experience with UNICEF, another UN entity or an inter-agency process; country-level experience in internal displacement settings; familiarity with results frameworks and indicators; and experience developing advocacy, learning or knowledge products

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 .

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: 06 Oct 2026 Jordan Standard Time
Deadline: 17 Oct 2026 Jordan Standard Time