UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.
Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each baby, in all places, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody.
And we by no means quit.
For each baby, Clear Water
Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) is a world partnership of over 400 nationwide governments, donors, civil society organizations, the non-public sector, and different improvement companions working collectively to extend political will and strengthen useful resource allocations for water provide and sanitation. Strengthening useful resource allocations would require improved mobilization and higher focusing on of assets by each donors and nationwide governments. The aim of SWA is sanitation and water for all.
UNICEF hosts the Secretariat of SWA. The communications of SWA are managed and coordinated by the Communications Crew (CT), composed of a Communications Specialist and a Digital Communications Officer, each based mostly within the SWA Geneva workplace. The CT additionally works with a wider community of suppliers, from designers to copywriters, from video producers to translators. Extra info on SWA’s website.
To help the Communications Crew in its efforts to present visibility to SWA’s work, we’re searching for an professional in media relations that may help particularly, with the position of SWA-related content material in key mainstream media, by means of our high-level representatives (e.g., CEO, World Management Council).
How are you going to make a distinction?
PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTANCY
The Media Relations Advisor will work beneath the direct supervision of the Communications Specialist and in shut collaboration with the remainder of the Communications Crew.
DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT
The guide will undertake media relations on behalf of SWA and develop high-quality content material for SWA’s communications channels. This guide can be primarily answerable for main media and public relations work to help SWA’s programmatic, coverage and campaigning priorities, in addition to the partnership’s actions globally, regionally, and nationally, as acceptable. The guide will even make sure the common improvement of tales that target the work of SWA companions and promote SWA’s method to water, sanitation, and hygiene. As wanted, the guide will even help in broader duties of the Communications Crew and of the Secretariat.
| Deliverable | Description | Estimated variety of days | Deadline/timeline |
| Deliverable 1: Help media work for the FMM LAC 2024 | Ship the media work observe across the LAC FMM in April 2024, together with one press launch approval and distribution, relationships with attending journalist, accompanying SWA spokespeople to interviews. In-person help in Washington DC. | 50 | Feb-Could 2024 |
| Deliverable 2: draft articles on behalf of SWA’s management (E.g., CEO, World Management Council members) | Place at the least 12 SWA articles in key media throughout 6 celebratory days (TBD), e.g., Worldwide Ladies’s Day, Youth Day, World Water Day | 40 | Feb-Dec 2024 |
| Deliverable 3: develop tales for SWA Nation Engagement Crew | Develop together with the Secretariat’s Nation Engagement Crew 12 tales across the Head of State Initiatives | 15 | Feb-Dec 2024 |
| Deliverable 4: develop content material for SWA web site | Draft 12 thought-pieces for the SWA web site | 30 | Feb-Dec 2024 |
| Deliverable 5: present suggestions to SWA management on media alternatives | Make suggestions to CEO and SWA management on occasional media alternatives (round 1-2 monthly) and make suggestion on particular person requests from journalists | 15 | Feb-Dec 2024 |
| Deliverable 6: develop stories on media protection | Monitor media protection and make one month-to-month stories to Comms lead | 5 | Feb-Dec 2024 |
| Deliverable 7: help SWA’s media technique improvement | Ship 1 media technique and plan for every of the three deliberate high-level occasions of 2024 | 30 | Feb-Dec 2024 |
| TOTAL ESTIMATED WORKING DAYS | 185 days | ||
To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have…
- A sophisticated (Grasp’s) college diploma in communications, journalism, promoting, public relations, advertising, or associated areas.
*A primary-level college diploma in a related subject mixed with a further two years of related skilled expertise above the minimal expertise required could also be accepted in lieu of a sophisticated college diploma. - A minimal of eight years of related skilled expertise in media relations, mainstream journalism/ communications, or communications coordination is required;
- Confirmed skill to attain protection in main-stream media of development-related points is required;
- Monitor report of consulting on complicated duties which require technical data and expertise, and submitting top quality and well timed outputs.
- Information of the UN and SWA in addition to data of water, sanitation, and hygiene matters is an asset;
- Sturdy conceptual and analysis/analytical abilities with the power to suppose strategically and quickly analyze and combine numerous info from diverse sources into conclusions and proposals.
- Sturdy consumer focus with versatile and inventive method to downside fixing.
- Confirmed skill in delivering on self-managed work.
- Confirmed spoken, written, and oral fluency in English is required (mom tongue or equal). French and Spanish data is an asset.
For each Baby, you reveal…
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 kids and our world workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.
UNICEF affords reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This may occasionally 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 affordable lodging throughout the choice course of and afterwards in your task.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact bear 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 offer extra info 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 beneath a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought-about “workers members” beneath the Employees Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (resembling depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service can be ruled by their contract and the Basic Situations of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are answerable 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 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 on the task. 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 areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF throughout their consultancy contracts.
Marketed: 16 Feb 2024 W. Europe Commonplace Time
Deadline: 01 Mar 2024 W. Europe Commonplace Time
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