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If you are a committed and creative professional and are passionate about making a positive and lasting difference to the lives of children in South Africa, the world's leading children's rights organisation would like to hear from you.
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Click on the links below to find the available positions for experienced professionals with UNICEF South Africa
Opportunities
Vacancies
HIV/AIDS Officer, NO-B, Pretoria, South Africa #134341 [Temp Appointment until 30 June 2026, open to South African nationals only]
The HIV/AIDS Officer reports to the HIV/AIDS manager for supervision, and, will provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the adolescent SRHR and HIV programmes/projects including the Global Fund AGYW Strategic Initiative within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting of results. For every child, the right to health.
Location: South Africa
Deadline: 20 October 2025
Consultancies
National Individual Consultant: Case Study on the Implementation of the RED Strategy in Urban Districts in South Africa, Pretoria, 8 months (Remote)
Under the supervision of the Health Officer, supported by the Social and Behaviour Change Manager, the consultant will undertake a mixed method case study on Elma-funded implementation of the RED Strategy with the National Department of Health, the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provincial Departments of Health, and selected district health teams, to strengthen the EPI programme, and develop tailored strategies to reach zero dose and under immunised children. The objective of the assignment is to explore and describe the operational effectiveness, barriers, facilitators, and outcomes of the RED Strategy implementation in selected urban districts, and to generate actionable insights for scaling and strengthening immunisation services. For every child, the right to Immunisation.
Location: South Africa
Deadline: 16 October 2025
National Individual Consultant: Private Sector Engagement Strategy for Generation Unlimited (GenU) in South Africa, Pretoria, 4 months (Remote)
Under the overall supervision of the Deputy Representative and direct supervision of the Innovation Specialist, the consultant will support UNICEF/GenU South Africa by: 1. Creating an integration strategy to align/embed GenU with government efforts, particularly the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention. 2. Conducting a comprehensive scoping of the private sector landscape related to youth opportunities. 3. Developing a strategy for private sector engagement around youth livelihoods, skilling, and employment. 4. Conduct comprehensive scoping on digital marketplace systems in South Africa that offer work/gig opportunities to self-employed/entrepreneurial youth. For every child, the right to sustainable development and empowerment, through innovation.
Location: South Africa
Deadline: 16 October 2025
Internships
No internships at this time.
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