The UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant vacancy is part of UNICEF’s November 2026 recruitment. The duty station or assignment listing is Nairobi, Kenya, office-based with possible travel. The contract is a six-month national or international consultancy. Applications close on 15 November 2026, 11:55 p.m. Nairobi time. For applicants in Bangladesh, that is 16 November at 2:55 a.m. Bangladesh time. This guide explains what to check in the official vacancy and how to select evidence from your work history before opening the form.
UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant vacancy at a glance
Employer: UNICEF. Vacancy reference: 596867. Location: Nairobi, Kenya, office-based with possible travel. Contract: Six-month national or international consultancy. Read the official UNICEF vacancy notice and use its Apply Now button or the official online application form. Use the local deadline shown in the notice as the reference if the portal changes or an amendment is published.
What the UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant role involves
The consultant will support preparation of Kenya’s Gavi 6.0 country application and work related to the Ebola response. The assignment involves synthesising evidence, coordinating input from stakeholders, aligning costs and contributing to the final submission package. The posting explicitly names national and international consultants. UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant
UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant eligibility
At least eight years of progressively responsible experience in immunisation, public health, health systems or programme planning. The notice calls for relevant proposal or strategic planning experience and fluency in spoken and written English. Check the educational and other criteria in the full notice.
Read the eligibility section before writing
Make a short list of the mandatory requirements for the UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant vacancy. For each one, identify a degree, a role or a work example that demonstrates it. If a job asks for a minimum number of years, use the dates on your employment record and make clear which duties were relevant. Give simultaneous assignments their real dates so a reviewer can interpret them. If you have worked in several countries, show where you were based and where your projects operated. Where the notice specifies a language, record your level honestly and identify a concrete example of using it professionally.
Choose two examples that fit the assignment
Choose an example of a funding proposal or national health plan. Explain how you assembled evidence, dealt with competing priorities and ensured that activities and costs were consistent. A good example clarifies which data were supplied by programme staff and which assumptions had to be agreed with finance or government counterparts.
A second example can show a different skill
Prepare another example of working against a submission deadline across multiple institutions. Explain how you kept track of comments, resolved inconsistencies and documented decisions. If there were gaps in the evidence, describe how you showed uncertainty and identified the additional information needed before final sign-off.
Make your CV easy to assess
For your UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant application, give the reviewer enough context to understand each relevant position. Alongside the employer, job title and dates, explain the scope of the team or programme in one line. Follow with a small number of results that relate directly to this vacancy. If you improved a process, say how the change was measured. If you helped produce a plan or report, name the deliverable, describe your contribution and explain who used it. Use plain language and expand technical abbreviations that could have more than one meaning.
Tailor the documents to the contract
Check the official notice for documents required for the UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant recruitment. A consultancy can have different submission requirements from a staff appointment. If terms of reference are attached, read the deliverables, working arrangements and submission checklist in full. Where a technical or financial proposal is requested, use the format and assumptions specified in that notice. If the portal asks for education or employment information as well as a CV, complete the fields using the same dates and job titles as your uploaded documents.
Check the duty station and working arrangements
Compare the location and contract terms of the UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant vacancy with your availability. A vacancy identified as remote may still list a coordinating office, working hours, travel or meetings. For an office-based role, check any information about relocation, work authorisation or travel in the official notice and recruitment materials. The terms of the appointment or consultancy determine these arrangements. Make a note of questions that matter to your decision and check official information before making travel plans or commitments.
How to apply for the UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant vacancy
Open the official UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant vacancy page and confirm the job reference before proceeding. Sign in through the recruitment portal and complete each required field. Reopen any uploaded file to check that the text is legible and that you selected the intended version. Before you submit, read your employment dates, contact details and vacancy reference from the final screen. Keep the submission confirmation and a copy of your materials. Leave a time buffer for any account verification or upload problem, particularly if the local deadline falls early the next morning in Bangladesh.
After submitting
Keep the email account used for the application accessible and check filtered folders if you are expecting a response. UNICEF states that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for the next stage and that it does not charge recruitment fees. Use official contact information if you need to check a message. A request for payment or bank information should be treated with caution. If you receive an assessment invitation, read the instructions first and prepare examples that show what you did, why you chose that approach and what result followed.
A final application checklist
Before submitting, ask whether a reader can identify your strongest qualification in the first part of the CV. Check whether your examples cover the specific type of work in the notice and whether you can explain the dates, numbers and outcomes you report. Confirm that your UNICEF Kenya Gavi Public Health Consultant application references vacancy 596867, that every required document opens correctly and that the email address is accurate. Save a copy of the vacancy text or terms of reference with your records so that you can review the same requirements if an interview is scheduled.
More career resources
Use the Job-News24 international career guides, cover letter guide and video interview guide for general preparation. The vacancy notice remains the reference for eligibility, documents and deadlines for this role.
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ইউনিসেফের এই আন্তর্জাতিক চাকরি বা কনসালট্যান্সির বিজ্ঞপ্তি নম্বর 596867। পদের যোগ্যতা ও চুক্তির ধরন উপরে দেওয়া আছে। আবেদনের আগে অফিসিয়াল বিজ্ঞপ্তি এবং বাংলাদেশ সময় অনুযায়ী শেষ সময় মিলিয়ে নিন।