Consultant (Communications), Education Outcomes Fund (EOF), Hosted Fund, 6 Months, REMOTE, Req:568866

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, in every single place, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means hand over. 

For each youngster, EDUCATION 

The Training Outcomes Fund (EOF) is devoted to enhancing schooling and employment outcomes for youngsters and youth globally. Our workforce is working on the chopping fringe of improvement finance, leveraging our platform on the UN and our modern, results-focused strategy to vary the way in which schooling is financed to assist the subsequent technology of youth.

There are few larger challenges confronted by the worldwide neighborhood than the dual crises of studying poverty and youth unemployment. In response, the Training Fee (chaired by Gordon Brown, former UK Prime Minister and UN Particular Envoy for International Training) and the International Steering Group for Affect Funding (chaired by Sir Ronald Cohen) got here along with our founding CEO (Her Excellency Dr.) Amel Karboul to create EOF. We intention to enhance the schooling and employment outcomes of 10 million youngsters and youth, by supporting governments to make the most of outcomes funds and different results-based financing (RBF) devices. EOF is backed by a range of world leaders who assist us to form our strategy and obtain our bold goals, in addition to leaders in schooling and affect investing.

EOF helps enhancements within the high quality of schooling and expertise packages, with a particular concentrate on women and underserved populations, together with these within the hardest to achieve rural areas. It measures (and pays for) what issues – each core expertise like literacy and numeracy, but additionally essential twenty first Century expertise corresponding to socio-emotional expertise, ICT expertise, and different broader fundamentals of a top quality schooling. It helps shut the persistent hole between the abilities wanted by employers and people attained by right this moment’s youth.

For all of the above, EOF pays totally on the premise of the outcomes achieved, making certain that taxpayer-funded home assets, help, and philanthropic funds are solely used to pay for what works. This can be a game-changing method to finance leads to schooling, focusing consideration and realigning techniques on probably the most difficult however most necessary measure of a program’s efficiency: whether or not it’s enhancing lives.

Along with our supporters, we consider that is the early levels of a a lot bigger motion, with big potential to extend studying outcomes for youngsters and youth world wide, although improved help effectiveness and authorities spending.

Since our inception in 2018, EOF has:

• Partnered with governments in Ghana and Sierra Leone to ascertain the 2 largest outcomes funds up to now in creating nations, mobilising ~$50M for these packages.
• Established itself as a number one international participant in RBF, and the one devoted middle of experience for RBF in schooling and expertise.
• Grow to be the primary outcomes fund hosted by the United Nations inside UNICEF, as a scalable platform to companion with governments world wide.
• Established a significant partnership with the LEGO Basis, to develop a scale portfolio of RBF packages in early childhood throughout a various vary of nations, in addition to to amplify the motion and ecosystem of companions round this strategy.
• Had our modern strategy featured within the Stanford Social Innovation Overview, FT, Economist, Brookings, and extra.

How will you make a distinction?

RATIONALE FOR THE CONSULTANCY

We’re searching for to recruit an distinctive advisor to supply assist for a interval of 6 months to develop and implement EOF’s communication technique throughout the breadth of its work. This project could be accomplished remotely. 

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

As Marketing consultant (Communications), you’ll assist EOF’s Chief of Operations to develop and implement EOF’s communications technique, advising EOF’s management workforce about EOF’s communications for the central group and for EOF’s packages. The advisor will report on to EOF’s Chief of Operations.

1. The Marketing consultant will lead the event of pointers and process for the planning, improvement, revision, and publication of content material throughout the completely different channels, to boost the profile of EOF because the lead group for modern financing within the schooling sector. The communication and visibility could have a audience of sector-savvy organizations from completely different backgrounds, linked by the curiosity in supporting the schooling sector. The audience consists of Governmental companies, United Nations companies, Foundations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Affect buyers and company organizations energetic in Company Social Accountability (CSR).

DELIVERABLES

SLEIC Programme

Deliverable	Description	Estimated variety of working days	Deadline/ timeline
Deliverable 1: Plan and write communications content material for EOF’s publication and assist EOF to distribute it.	In collaboration with the Chief of Operations, replace an current comms planning calendar for all EOF’s exterior comms exercise in 2024, together with proposed content material (EOF information, packages, partnerships exercise and so forth.), viewers (e.g., donors, Board members), and timelines, corresponding to social media, newsletters, web site updates, weblog posts, information merchandise.  Newsletters (estimated 2 whole) written and issued of roughly 2-pages every, updating EOF’s community of current and potential companions on our work. Emails written and despatched to potential companions about EOF’s programmatic work and pipeline (estimated 1 e-mail per thirty days). Weekly posts on EOF’s group social media platforms: LinkedIn and X. Drafting and distributing an estimated 2 press releases for public bulletins. Distribution of choose publications (estimated 4 items) corresponding to thought-leadership items and white papers to related sources, publishing social media posts and/or weblog posts to share the publications extensively and with related audiences.	a) 4 days b) 2 days (1 per e-newsletter) c) 2 days whole d) 6 days (1 days per thirty days) e) 2 days f) 2 days (0.5 days per publication) 18 days whole	a) Inside first 2 weeks of the project b) 1 by the top of March 2024, the opposite by the top of the project c) Month-to-month d) Weekly e) As required – estimated 1 by the top of April 2024 and the opposite by the top of the project f) 6-weekly
Deliverable 2: Keep and optimize EOF’s web site by writing weblog posts and updating related pages when adjustments happen (for instance workforce adjustments or programmatic adjustments).	Ongoing upkeep and optimization of EOF’s web site; writing weblog posts of roughly 500 phrases to assist the distribution of choose publications (deliverable 1f – estimated 4 blogs required) and updating pages to replicate adjustments to EOF’s workforce, board, or packages (estimated 6 adjustments required).	6 days	Month-to-month, estimated 1 day per thirty days
Deliverable 3: Occasion assist and planning.	Figuring out strategic occasions for EOF’s participation in 2024 and coordinating the applying course of (estimated 5 purposes whole). Present light-touch comms assist for an estimated 6 occasions, by planning the comms protection and visibility round EOF’s participation within the occasions – for instance, by writing social media posts, emails, and invites (estimated 0.5 days’ work required per occasion). Extra substantial comms assist for 3 different occasions, together with creating EOF’s communications goal for attending occasions, drafting speaking factors for keynote addresses and panels, creating key messages, liaising with different organizations, creating a run of play (estimated 5 days work required per occasion). Examples of occasions embrace EOF’s attendance on the United Nations Normal Meeting (UNGA), Convention of the Events (COP), and senior EOF governance occasions.	a) 7 days (1 day per software and a pair of days for analysis) b) 6 days (1 day per occasion) c) 15 days (5 days per occasion) 28 days whole	a) Estimated 1 occasion per thirty days b) Estimated 1 occasion every 2 months of the project
Deliverable 4: Develop and implement three complete communications plans across the launch of three new packages by EOF in 2024.	Develop and implement, in session with EOF Program Managers, 3 complete communications plans for packages that EOF is launching in 2024 (targeted on early childhood schooling and youth employment), spanning worldwide and nationwide media sources, conventional and digital media, together with blogs, articles, interviews, press releases and social media.	15 days (5 days per program)	By the top of April
Deliverable 5: Develop and implement communications technique for EOF’s two fundamental teaching programs in Ghana and Sierra Leone for 2024.	Develop and implement, in session with EOF Program Managers, a complete communications plan to capitalize on the announcement of yr 2 outcomes from EOF’s first 2 packages that assist fundamental schooling in Ghana and Sierra Leone.	10 days	By the top of July
Deliverable 6: Establish comms content material from EOF’s packages for exterior publication.	Coordinate with EOF’s related employees and in-country consultants to establish and develop related content material on EOF in-country program actions, corresponding to tales, images, and video media, interviews and extra, that may be integrated into exterior publications.	6 days	Estimated 1 day month-to-month
Deliverable 7: Codify EOF’s strategy to writing and publishing content material on-line.	Codify an approval course of for EOF publishing content material on-line (together with steerage on tone of voice), with a guidelines for workers to observe. Estimated 1 web page steerage and outline of course of. Oversee high quality management earlier than content material is revealed externally (establishing and implementing a weekly overview and approval course of).	a) 2 days b) `12 (2 days per thirty days) 14 days total	a) By the top of the primary 4 weeks of the project b) Weekly
Whole estimated working days – 97

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have… 

• A complicated college diploma is required in one of many following fields: Communications, Advertising and marketing, Journalism, Politics, Coverage, Training, Economics, Worldwide Research, andInternational Improvement. 
• A minimal of eight years of related skilled expertise in communications or a associated area or work is required.
• Expertise creating and executing communications methods inside complicated, politically nuanced environments is required.
• Expertise main worldwide campaigns is required, utilising each conventional and digital media.
• Distinctive writing skills are required, in a position to distill intricate ideas into clear, compelling content material tailor-made to numerous audiences.
• Expertise, or an curiosity in, the worldwide schooling sector is strongly most popular.
• Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish).

For each Youngster, you display… 

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

To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

 UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should replicate the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This will likely embrace, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your software in case you want cheap lodging throughout the choice course of and afterwards in your project. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background test. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “employees members” underneath the Workers Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (corresponding to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service can be ruled by their contract and the Normal Circumstances of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are liable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the whole interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and usually are not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF all through their consultancy contracts.