Digital Impact Manager Jobs – United Nations Children’s Fund

Job Title: Digital Impact Manager

Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

Job Summary: The Digital Impact Manager will provide enterprise-wide leadership for UNICEF Uganda’s digital impact agenda, shaping strategy, governance and investment across programme and operations.

• Working with senior leadership, government, development partners, the private sector and UNICEF teams, the role will build strategic alliances, influence digital ecosystems and drive scalable, responsible solutions that strengthen national systems, improve organizational performance and accelerate sustainable results for children and young people.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Digital Impact Manager will:

• Foster innovation and digital transformation (DX), and oversee piloting, evidence generation and scaling of priority Digital Transformation / Digital Impact and Innovation initiatives.
• Enhance ICT, Digital Transformation / Digital Impact and Innovation governance, collaboration, build internal and external relationships and capacity.
• Excellence in ICT services and systems to create an enabling environment for the release and management of organizational ICT services to UCO staff.
• Improve delivery results.
• If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:   JD – Digital Impact Manager 51311 P4.pdf
• To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Software engineering, Information technology Management and any other related fields.
• Work Experience: 8 years of relevant work experience in Information Communication Technology, Digital Impact Project Management, Business Operations, Networks Information Security, Large international organizational experience and any other related fields.
• Skills: Experience is required in Team Leadership, Project Management, Business Analytics, Partnerships, Information Security, Audit and Risk Management.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables

• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• UN experience, Leading Change management, Certification in Prince II, ITIL
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
• For every Child, you demonstrate…
• UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it.
• Get acquainted with Our Values Charter:
• UNICEF Values
• UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others
• Nurtures, leads and manages people
• Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 6th October 2026

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Level of Education: postgraduate degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96