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Fluent Portuguese and local project area language knowledge preferred. Onsite work in Quelimane.
Last checked: 1 day ago
Closing date: Monday, 13 July 2026
Country: Mozambique
Duty station: Mozambique
Contract type: Consultant
Grade: Not specified
Applicant eligibility: Not explicit in source
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Working arrangement: Office 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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How can you make a difference?
UNICEF Mozambique supports the Government to improve equitable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services, particularly in underserved provinces such as Zambezia. Water supply and WASH in institutions (schools, health facilities, and other public institutions) are key programme components aimed at improving child health, school attendance, and resilience.
To strengthen implementation, UNICEF seeks an individual consultant to provide technical and operational support at field level, aligned with programme priorities and standards for WASH service delivery.
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical assistance, field-level implementation support, monitoring, and coordination for water supply and WASH in institutions interventions in Zambezia Province. The consultant will contribute to programme delivery through strengthened quality assurance of infrastructure components, partner support, monitoring systems, and documentation of results.
If you would like to know more about this consultancy's scope of work and deliverables, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: Water and instit WASH Consultant.pdf
Minimum requirements:
For every Child, you demonstrate...
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 offer reasonable 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.
Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):
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All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
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