UNICEF works in the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we do whatever it takes to help children survive, thrive, and fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
The world’s largest provider of vaccines, we support child health and nutrition, safe water and sanitation, quality education and skill building, HIV prevention and treatment for mothers and babies, and the protection of children and adolescents from violence and exploitation.
Before, during, and after humanitarian emergencies, UNICEF is on the ground, bringing lifesaving help and hope to children and families. Non-political and impartial, we are never neutral when it comes to defending children’s rights and safeguarding their lives and futures.
And we never give up.
UNICEF mission statement
- UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs, and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.
- UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behavior towards children.
- UNICEF insists that the survival, protection, and development of children are universal development imperatives that are integral to human progress.
- UNICEF mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure a "first call for children" and build their capacity to form appropriate policies and deliver services for children and their families.
- UNICEF is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children – victims of war, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation, and those with disabilities.
- UNICEF responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children. In coordination with United Nations partners and humanitarian agencies, UNICEF makes its unique facilities for rapid response available to its partners to relieve the suffering of children and those who provide their care.
- UNICEF is non-partisan and its cooperation is free of discrimination. In everything it does, the most disadvantaged children and the countries in greatest need have priority.
- UNICEF aims, through its country programmes, to promote the equal rights of women and girls and to support their full participation in the political, social, and economic development of their communities.
- UNICEF works with all its partners towards the attainment of the sustainable human development goals adopted by the world community and the realization of the vision of peace and social progress enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.
Current Job Vacancies at UNICEF:
Consultant - Sign Language Interpreter, Kisumu, Kenya
Job no: 575513
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi
Level: Consultancy
Location: Kenya
Categories: Social Policy
Deadline: Deadline: 24 Sep 2024 11:55 PM
Innovation Specialist, NOC, Nairobi, Kenya Post # 124812, Temporary Appointment (11 months)
Job no: 575550
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Nairobi
Level: NO-3
Location: Kenya
Categories: Innovation
Deadline: 2 Oct 2024 11:55 PM
Consultancy to develop a training package for the nationwide rolling out of the Kenya Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Protocols and the Real-time Monitoring Information System
Job no: 573185
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi
Level: Consultancy
Location: Kenya
Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene)
Deadline: 3 Oct 2024 11:55 PM
International Consultant - Donor Visibility and Recognition, ESARO
Job no: 575636
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi
Level: Consultancy
Location: Kenya
Categories: Partnerships
Deadline: 6 Oct 2024 11:55 PM