United Nations Children's Fund
Last updated 2 August 2026
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Where it posts vacancies
What it hires
- Child protection, education, health, nutrition and WASH programme specialists
- Social policy and social protection analysts
- Supply chain and procurement professionals (Supply Division Copenhagen)
- Emergency response and field operations profiles
- Communications, advocacy and fundraising specialists
Contract types
FTA and TA (staff), plus heavy country-office use of consultancies and individual contractor arrangements (11-month assignments with a mandatory break in service).
Headquarters and footprint
New York HQ; Supply Division in Copenhagen as a distinct hiring centre; regional and country offices across nearly every developing country.
Before you apply
Portals, contract names and recruitment routes change. Verify against the organisation’s own pages before relying on anything here: jobs.unicef.org · www.unicef.org/careers. This entry was last verified 2026-06.
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