[Hiring] MHPSS Design & Development Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

How can you make a difference? Mental Health and Psychosocial Support is an institutional priority for UNICEF. Through funding from Wellcome Trust, UNICEF and WHO are jointly developing a child and adolescent mental health accountability mechanism to support the public registration, monitoring and implementation of government commitments.

The UNICEF-WHO Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Accountability Mechanism is a global initiative to strengthen accountability for mental health commitments and accelerate progress for children, adolescents and caregivers worldwide.

• Provide a transparent platform to monitor commitments, track implementation, and share progress.
• Ensure that political commitments lead to meaningful action, investment and improved services.

This consultancy, planned from 15 November 2026 to 14 November 2027, will prioritize the design and development of the UNICEF-WHO CAMH accountability prototype and provide subsequent launch and optimization support. Following the initial prototype and launch milestones, the assignment will provide continuing broader MHPSS design and development support, including platform support, maintenance and related technical improvements across MHPSS digital products through the end of the contract.

The assignment is temporary, time-bound and deliverable-based. Programme requirements beyond 14 November 2027 will be reviewed separately, subject to programme needs, available funding and applicable contracting procedures.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TMC0007210 External ToR.pdf

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, User Design, graphic/product design, or related discipline, or relevant experience in these areas.
• Experience in UX/UI Design.
• Visual design sensibility that is clean, simple, and sharp, with ability to edit as needed.
• Demonstrate a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving – paying close attention to detail.
• Ability to absorb, rapidly, new technical information as required.
• Experience in design and functional requirements gathering.
• Experience in development of information architecture and UX design.
• Experience following atomic design and component-based theme approach.
• Experience in designing for Drupal (latest versions) responsive websites using bootstrap.

Requirements

• Experience on design & Drupal theme development.
• Experience on using bootstrap base theme from Drupal.
• Experience on development of responsive theming for desktop and mobile devices on Drupal.
• Experience on theme planning and architecture based on existing development.
• Experience on following web accessibility standards (W3C AA).
• Experience on development of multilingual theming (RTL).
• Experience on functional and technical requirements gathering.
• Experience on implementing Drupal 9 and Drupal 8 websites.
• Experience extending or creating contributed Drupal modules.
• Experience on multilingual sites with additional complexity.
• Experience using agile methodology and use of software dev tools (Jira, VSTS, GitHub, ...).
• Experience with git-based repositories.
• Experience on implementing automated testing (QA) using Behat-based testing framework.
• Experience on implementing continuous integration with systems (e.g., Travis CI and/or Jenkins).
• Experience on using Drupal as a service solution (Acquia, Pantheon, etc.).

Desirables

• Experience working with UNICEF, WHO or another United Nations entity.
• Experience supporting a global accountability initiative or public-facing evidence or data platform.
• Working knowledge of French, Spanish or Arabic.

Benefits

• UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it.
• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does.
• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence.
• UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.

How to apply?

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV).
• Cover letter.
• A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template).

Remarks: UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes. All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.