Consultancy: Adolescent Health Consultant - Req.#582189

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Consultancy Title: Adolescent Health Consultant

Section/Division/Duty Station: Health Section - Programme Division, NYHQ

Duration: July 2025 to December 31, 2026

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / REMOTE

About UNICEF

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For over 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

Under supervision of the Health Specialist (Adolescent Health, Mental Health, School Health) the Adolescent Health Consultant will provide support reporting, analysis, planning, and documentation within the Maternal Newborn Adolescent Health Unit. This includes implementation, monitoring, and reporting on adolescent and mental health program partnerships with AstraZeneca, Z-Zurich, and SONY. The consultant provides support around coordination and communication with Regional and Country teams, as well as implementation and reporting of achievements according to partnership agreements in 17 UNICEF countries.

Scope of Work:

•           Implementation and Monitoring Support:

o          Assist with review and consolidation of annual workplans from country and regional offices under AstraZeneca, Zurich Foundation, and SONY partnerships.

o          Track regional and country level implementation progress and compile updates for internal monitoring.

o          Support alignment of activities across different partnership with technical guidance from Health Specialist.

•           Coordination and Reporting:

o          Help coordinate inputs from cross-sectoral teams (CP, Education, WASH, DAPM, DGCA ADAP), regional, and country offices for annual reporting and proposal development/partnership renewals.

o          Support documentation and technical validation process of adolescent health and mental health program tools (i.e. WHO-UNICEF child and adolescent mental health training package for PHC providers).

•           Capacity Building and Knowledge Management:

o          Assist in organizing and documenting capacity-building activities for regional and country teams on adolescent health, mental health, and NCD prevention.

o          Contribute to the development of knowledge products (case studies, technical briefs) by compiling content, reviewing drafts, and coordinating inputs.

o          Support peer learning and exchange events through content collation and communications.

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables: 

Work Assignment Overview: Deliverable/Outputs    Delivery deadline

1. Mid-year progress report on cross sectoral, regional and country level implementation of activities and funds utilization under AstraZeneca, Z Zurich Foundation and SONY Partnerships           

July 30 2025

1. Facilitate coordination of Helping Adolescents Thrive training across regions and consolidation of cascade training plans in 8 countries 

August 30 2025

1. Assist on coordinatinating  and supportting on mental health campaign activations across 4 countries and 2 regions, including development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans