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The UNICEF Polio SBC team seeks to recruit a consultant Digital Communication Specialist (Capacity Building) to support UNICEF’s mandate under Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) which aims to eradicate polio worldwide. Since its inception in 1988, GPEI has made significant progress, reducing the global incidence of polio cases by over 99%. As a core partner in GPEI, UNICEF plays a crucial role in providing vaccines, mobilizing communities, and implementing innovative communication strategies to reach every child with life-saving vaccines.
As of 2023, nearly 65% of the world’s population has access to the internet. The proliferation of digital communication has created both opportunities and challenges for polio eradication efforts. While digital platforms have the potential to amplify UNICEF’s messaging and engagement with communities, they can also become conduits for misinformation and disinformation, undermining trust in polio vaccination efforts. A UNICEF Polio SBC survey in January 2023 echoed this sentiment, where over 40% of the respondents identified digital communication and misinformation management as key capacity gaps.
How can you make a difference?
The selected candidate will be responsible for addressing these gaps by strengthening the digital communication capacity of Polio SBC teams around the world. The consultant will also manage UNICEF Polio Team’s global Talkwalker account which provides critical online social listening capability to SBC teams around the world. The consultancy will play a vital role in enhancing the skillset of UNICEF personnel and equip on-ground partners to effectively communicate and engage with communities to promote awareness, trust, and participation in polio vaccination campaigns. By developing and providing tailored training modules and workshops, the consultant will contribute to the overall goal of eradicating polio and ensuring a polio-free world.
Key functions and accountabilities include the following:
The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
Please see work deliverables as follows:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Requirements:
Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and your CV / Personal History Form (P11)
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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