UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, hope

The Individual Giving (IG) team in Geneva, within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), seeks to hire a Digital Skills Accelerator Consultant to support the project management of the IG Skills Accelerator, a talent initiative created by Individual Giving, designed to cultivate digital expertise, and drive impactful outcomes amongst fundraising global practitioners. This program offers a unique opportunity for participants to accelerate their digital capabilities and make a meaningful difference in fundraising efforts across the digital ecosystem, with one objective: to improve donor and income performance for each of the participant offices. The first IG Skills Accelerator will deliver a cohort of 10 digitally trained experts from different offices, both from National Committees and Country Offices. The program comprises a structured blend of formal learning, social learning or shadowing, and experiential learning or reverse shadowing, happening directly in participant’s offices. This program will allow us to work together with offices on key digital expertise areas to boost performance, foster innovation, identify possible gaps and opportunities for further growth, and overall, unlock markets’ potential and fast-track success to fundraising results.

How can you make a difference?

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Education:

• First-level university degree (bachelor’s degree or higher), in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or another relevant technical field is required. Additional training in Project Management, Agile, Learning, Instructional Design, or Knowledge Management is an asset.

Experience:

• A minimum of three years of work experience in Digital Marketing in digital agencies or digital environments and/or work experience in Project Management, with a proven track record of successful initiatives and projects is required.

• Experience in the deployment of Learning Programs, including Instructional Design and content curation is required.

• Expertise in Knowledge Management is required, deploying activities across the full cycle of knowledge (document, capture, curate, socialize, measure…) Experience in developing or contributing to Internal Communications strategies is required.

• International professional experience is an advantage.

• Fundraising/NFP knowledge is an advantage.

Key Skills required:

• Marketing and Digital Media: Experience to be able to collaborate with cross-functional and be able to offer the best contents for each case.

• Digital Platforms and Tools development: Proficiency in developing digital platforms and tools, for best-in-class user experience (UX).

• Design Understanding: Ability to simplify and clarify complex training documents, tools and platforms with a strong design sense.

• Learning, Development and Knowledge Management. Ability to create user-friendly learning pathways and resources to support teams learning strategies.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.

• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit  here.

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.

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.