Programme Associate, G-6, TA (364 days), #00136536, Global Programme Division, Child Protection/Migration COE, Nairobi - Kenya, ESAR

Programme Associate, G-6, TA (364 days), #00136536, Global Programme Division, Child Protection/Migration COE, Nairobi - Kenya, ESAR UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund Nairobi National GS-6, General Service - No need for Higher Education - Locally recruited position level Speaks Chinese, Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish Application deadline: March 23, 2026 Closed Apply Summary by Impactpool Join UNICEF as a Programme Associate to support the development, implementation, and monitoring of impactful programmes for children. This role involves project planning, partner coordination, and ensuring smooth operations through data analysis and budget management. You will contribute to evidence-based decision-making and support various core areas including grant management and capacity building. If you are detail-oriented and digitally savvy, this position offers a chance to make a meaningful difference. Candidate Requirements: Completion of secondary education Minimum six years of administrative or clerical work experience Fluency in English Data Analysis Budget Monitoring Grant Management Digital Literacy Project Management Join our team as a Programme Associate and play a key role in driving the success of UNICEF’s programmes. In this role, you will support project planning and implementation, coordinate with partners, and ensure smooth programme operations through strong data analysis, budget monitoring and grant management. You will help generate insights through digital tools, support reporting and knowledge sharing, and contribute to capacity‑building and event coordination. If you are detail‑oriented, digitally savvy and passionate about supporting impactful programmes for children, this role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful results. 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. For every child, the right to Opportunity How can you make a difference? The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — their rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only gives all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also leads to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations. The Global Programme Division (GPD) plays a central role in driving programme excellence across UNICEF. It provides global strategic leadership and policy direction, develops and monitors frameworks and standards, and ensures coherence and alignment across sectors, regions and partners. GPD generates high‑impact, evidence‑based solutions and serves as a hub of specialized expertise, offering technical guidance on policy reform and scalable programming. GPD leads UNICEF’s policies, standards and negotiations for programmes, ensuring that the organization’s assets and priorities are aligned with and contribute to child‑development goals. In addition, GPD strengthens country‑level implementation through integrated technical support, linking global policy with on‑the‑ground action to deliver results for children at scale. As part of this structure, UNICEF has established Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to provide high‑quality, demand‑driven technical assistance to Country and Regional Offices, and their governments and partners. Located strategically in Nairobi, Panama, Amman and Bangkok, the CoEs bring together cross‑cutting expertise across time zones. Global Programme Practices in CoEs function as a single point of entry for support, delivering tailored assistance in priority areas such as policy reform to advance the wellbeing of children, at‑scale programme design, public finance, workforce development and institutional strengthening, and timely humanitarian response while promoting resilient development. In doing so, the CoEs also contribute to global policy standards, ensuring that UNICEF’s support is grounded in practical knowledge. Child Protection professionals in UNICEF’s Centres of Excellence (CoEs) provide strategic policy advice and technical assistance to Country Offices and governments, enabling them to design and deliver equitable, inclusive and high‑quality interventions to prevent violence against children and to support survivors. Their work supports the CoEs’ mandate to provide predictive, integrated and trackable technical assistance that aligns with national priorities, strengthens