Child and Adolescent Mental Health Consultant (Partnerships, Tools, Evidence), Global Programme Division(GPD) Nairobi, Remote with travel, 12 months, International

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Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi
Level: Consultancy
Location: United States, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Kenya
Categories: Programme Management

Contract Duration – 12 months

Working arrangement: Home Based with travel

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.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

UNICEF’s expanding mental health portfolio has generated substantial technical guidance, tools, partnerships, and country implementation experience. Dedicated support is now needed to address technical and financing gaps, make global tools and guidance easier to apply, and draw lessons from country implementation to guide future work.

Under the Global Mental Health Lead, the consultant will deliver a defined set of technical products covering strategic partnerships and investment opportunities, practical guidance and learning resources for country-level systems strengthening, and evidence synthesis and publications. These outputs will strengthen UNICEF’s capacity to support countries in planning, integrating and scaling child and adolescent mental health services within health and community systems.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy on the detailed deliverables and expected outcomes, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TMC0007292 TOR.pdf

Minimum requirements:

Education: PhD – Doctoral degree in public health, global health, mental health, counseling, psychology, child and adolescent development, health systems, health policy or a related field.

Work Experience:

– Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in global health, mental health or health systems, including significant experience in child and adolescent mental health.

– Experience developing or applying global technical guidance, tools and implementation approaches across health and community-based systems.

– Demonstrated experience in strategic technical partnerships and program or investment development with academic, technical, philanthropic and/or funding partners.

– Strong experience in evidence translation, implementation learning and knowledge generation, including technical and/or peer-reviewed publications.

– Experience providing technical capacity strengthening and mentoring to specialist teams.

Skills:

– Demonstrated expertise in child and adolescent mental health programming, service planning and systems strengthening, particularly in LMIC settings.

– Excellent analytical, technical writing, facilitation and communication skills.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English required.

Desirables:

– Familiarity with UNICEF Country Office programming environments and Global Program.

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 promoting 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 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 (Talent Management System):

An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
Technical proposal – Brief understanding of the assignment, proposed approach, methodology, workplan – timeline, sample of previous similar work will be an asset
A separate financial proposal TMC0007292 Financial proposal template.docx

Remarks:

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.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Advertised: 26 Oct 2026 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 06 Nov 2026 E. Africa Standard Time

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