Home based : Communication Consultant, writer and editor – (130 working days between 01 March 2024 and 14 February 2025) – Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO)

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 nations and territories, we work for each baby, in all places, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

For each baby, an advocate

Objective of Exercise/Project:
UNICEF in Europe and Central Asia seeks to strengthen its written content material to have interaction present and new audiences on points impacting the scenario of youngsters in nations throughout the area and UNICEF’s work for youngsters. UNICEF in Europe and Central Asia seeks to additional form written content material to assist regional advocacy priorities, and ship on advocacy outcomes and communication campaigns, and create written content material that aligns with the information agenda and helps alternatives for engagement in areas that lack traction.

Scope of labor

For the scope of this project, the guide is required to edit written content material, and analysis and produce high-quality written content material together with media supplies, advocacy messages, human curiosity tales, speeches, articles, video scripts, brochures, internet content material and social media content material, case research, truth sheets, reviews and different communication merchandise that relate to UNICEF’s advocacy and communication work in Europe and Central Asia. All content material should adhere to UNICEF’s branding requirements and editorial tips, and baby safeguarding ideas.

• Analysis, write and edit a variety of content material, together with articles, reviews, media supplies, opinion items, success and human-interest tales, speeches, truth sheets, social media posts, internet content material, brochures, and video scripts to have interaction audiences in baby rights and UNICEF’s work for youngsters.
• Edit and proofread quite a lot of written supplies to make sure accuracy, consistency, readability, and adherence to UNICEF’s tips and requirements.
• Conduct analysis and fact-checking to make sure the accuracy and credibility of data introduced in written content material.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop compelling narratives that showcase UNICEF’s work for youngsters and the scenario for youngsters within the area based mostly on thematic areas and advocacy priorities.
• Work carefully with UNICEF workers, companions, and exterior stakeholders to collect info and insights for content material creation.
• Guarantee all content material adheres to UNICEF’s branding and editorial fashion tips.

This project includes 130 working days, nevertheless, relying on evolving wants, the variety of days and period of the contract might improve. The scope of labor as listed above will stay the identical.

Exercise and Deliverables

Work Assignments Overview	Deliverables/Outputs	Supply deadline
Strengthen ECAR written content material to additional interact our audiences and new audiences within the scenario for youngsters in Europe and Central Asia and UNICEF’s work for youngsters throughout the area.	Develop a regional written content material plan to assist advocacy work for youngsters throughout the area. This consists of working carefully with nation places of work and programme colleagues to analysis potential tales to have interaction audiences in UNICEF’s work and the scenario of youngsters throughout the area. Researching and writing / enhancing compelling human curiosity tales, protection of all nations within the area all year long. Supporting on the event of media supplies together with enhancing press supplies from nation places of work and refugee response places of work.	All through the project 65 working days
Form and edit written content material from nation places of work to assist advocacy priorities, and ship on advocacy outcomes and communication campaigns	Works carefully with regional and nation workplace colleagues to edit written content material to be delivered at strategic moments to assist communication campaigns. This consists of enhancing reviews, press supplies, key messages, internet content material and social media copy.	All through the project 65 working days

Estimated Period of the Contract

130 working days from 01 March 2024 to 14 February 2025

Advisor’s Office and Official Journey

It is a residence based mostly consultancy, 

The guide will organize her/his journey as and after they happen. Journey prices for any journey undertaken from residence nation will likely be reimbursed to the Advisor based mostly on precise prices in assist for the Actions and Deliverables.

Estimated Price of the Consultancy & Fee Schedule

Fee {of professional} charges will likely be based mostly on submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the fitting to withhold cost in case the deliverables submitted are less than the required customary or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the a part of the guide. Please suggest a lumpsum skilled payment equal to 130 working days to undertake this project.

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

Information/Experience/Expertise required

• Bachelor’s diploma in communications, journalism or associated discipline.
• Not less than eight years of writing and enhancing expertise, ideally in a humanitarian, improvement, or baby rights context.
• Glorious command of English, with excellent writing, enhancing, and proofreading expertise, assessed by means of a written project and presumably an interview.
• Familiarity with baby rights and improvement points is advantageous.
• Expertise in digital media and social media content material creation is a plus.
• Capacity to work independently and collaboratively in a multicultural atmosphere.
• Sturdy organizational expertise and a focus to element.
• Fluency in English is required. Fluency in one other UN language is an asset.

For each Little one, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS), and core competencies in Communication, Working with Folks and Drive for Outcomes.

View our competency framework at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is dedicated to variety and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals dwelling with disabilities, to use to change into part of the group.

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 ideas. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas.

Remarks:

Please embrace a full CV, and a Monetary Proposal in your software by indicating your availability and a lumpsum based mostly on 130 working days to undertake the phrases of reference above. Purposes submitted and not using a skilled payment is not going to be thought-about. Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “workers members” below the Employees Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (equivalent to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service will likely be ruled by their contract and the Basic 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 insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for your entire interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and should 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.

UNICEF affords reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This will 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 project.