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Long Term Agreement (LTA) of Individual Consultant as Content Producers (3 roles), Marketing and PR Services, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP)

UNICEF Global

https://www.unicef.org

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 supporter content team in the Marketing and PR Services section at UNICEF’s Private Fundraising and Partnership (PFP) division seeks the services of professional, experienced, creative, skilled, and multi-talented content producers to support on a range of content production activities and projects.   

The consultants will work across a range of content projects and engagement activities including the production of compelling content during emergencies, in particular sudden onset emergencies which require a quick turnaround of material for multiple audiences, as well as a milestone moments relating to protracted emergencies.  The consultants will also research and produce Impact stories – showing the difference UNICEF makes for children over time which will be used by multiple channels by the private sector.  The consultants will produce content which supports the acquisition and stewardship of high value donors, including content PFP’s global and bespoke Virtual Donor Experiences – engaging and interactive online live or pre-recorded television-like productions that showcase UNICEF’s work for children around the world.   

How can you make a difference? 

OBJECTIVE(S)    

The overall objective is to set up a Long-Term Agreement to facilitate and expedite the process by which the supporter content team will hire content producers as required for specific projects to develop content during emergencies and for online events/experiences and other activities that will engage high value audiences that demonstrate UNICEF’s impact globally and supports fundraising efforts for UNICEF’s programmes. 

MAJOR TASKS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED   

Successful consultants must provide professionally produced services aimed at engaging private sector audiences deeply and ultimately to support children.  

Tasks include, but may not be limited to: 

  • Research issues and stories to be documented, including pre-interviews, 

  • Write briefs, develop story lines and angles to be explored 

  • Brief and work closely (usually remotely) with crews (videographers, on location producers, photographers), coordinating closely with them during the shoot to ensure the content is developed according to brief and troubleshoot issues as needed, being mindful of sensitivities of specific situations. 

  • Where necessary will travel to the location to support the content creation, direct the technical crew on site, being mindful of sensitivities of specific situations. 

  • Will draft scripts ensuring all the detail (names, locations, facts) have been fact-checked 

  • Ensure all content produced is in line with UNICEF’s brand, ethical and technical specifications 

  • Review, edit, and consolidate material, ensuring clarity and continuity of structure and core themes. 

  • Ensuring all assets are packaged for distribution (e.g uploading to UNICEF’s DAM, WeShare) and ensuring all versions (international, mixed, and other social media versions) are available with accompanying shotlists, metadata.  

  • Work in close coordination (where required) with HQ and Country Office counterparts to help capture relevant, powerful stories and photo essays and short digital pieces for social media. 

  • Producing repurposed assets such as explainers, photo essays for specific events or initiatives, milestone moments. 

  • Ensure all paperwork including shotlists, scripts are provided according to UNICEF’s standards 

  • Ensure implementation of the UNICEF workflows and production toolkits 

  • Manage approvals, rounds of changes for assets  

  • Deliver on tight, short timelines as needed  

Responsibilities of the Consultant:  

  • The consultant will use their own equipment and software and other accessories and that may be required for this assignment.  

  • The consultant will not give the content/material or any part thereof, to any third party without the written permission of UNICEF. All components will be a property of UNICEF, and the consultant will not share the same with anyone else. 

  • The consultant will not put their own name or logo/emblem on the content / final product. The only organization branding will be UNICEF, if required. 

  • Regular liaison with manager and content owners and any related units.  

Responsibilities of UNICEF:  

  • UNICEF will provide all details pertaining to the activity and the requirements 

  • UNICEF will orient the consultant on UNICEF’s branding and production guidelines 

Deliverables:

  • Identify relevant stories and angles suited for UNICEF’s private sector audiences (emergencies and non-emergency settings, including Impact stories). This includes human interest stories, profiles pieces, call to action pieces, explainers etc.   

  • Plan and coordinate with internal and/or external content production teams and UNICEF teams to document stories, as much as possible in a modular format (photo, video, text).  

  • Videos may vary between 1min – 10min pieces, photo sets – up to 30 photos (including captions), text stories of up to 800 words per story, shorthand multimedia pieces for which each piece could include estimated 4 text pieces (500-600words) including the complication of multimedia material (up to 3 videos, 10 photos) 

  • Oversee the production and post-production process and approval process 

  • Write scripts and edit text pieces as needed (including fact-checking) 

  • Ensure the final products meet UNICEF technical, ethical, and quality guidelines 

  • Ensure the content is packaged and oversee uploading to UNICEFs DAM WeShare 

  • Draft a distribution plan and ensure the content is shared with relevant stakeholders

TRAVEL (OPTIONAL) 

No travel is envisaged for this consultancy. However, if there is a possibility of travel during the assignment on a per need basis, this will be covered separately by UNICEF and not included in the fee.  

ESTIMATED DURATION OF LTA  

Three years 

LTA CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Communication Manager

FINANCIAL PROPOSAL TEMPLATE

Download File Financial Bid – Content Producer on LTA.docx

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

Education: 

  • Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or higher) in communication, journalism, public relations, social studies, or another relevant technical field. Alternatively, a first level university degree with additional 2 years of  relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree 

  • Any other additional training in a related field is an asset 

Experience: 

  • A minimum of 5years of experience as a multimedia/creative  content producer (e.g. as a television producer, multimedia producer for an online publication, or social media, broadcast, communication agency or other agency) is required.  

  • Experience in working with professional photographers, videographers, writers is an asset. 

  • Experience in working with creative teams/ agencies and sound understanding of the creative process is an asset. 

  • Experience in scriptwriting is an asset. 

  • Experience producing video content for news broadcasters or other high-pressure environments is desirable.   

  • Experience in project management is an asset.  

  • Experience in the NGO sector/ for UNICEF and/or UN is desirable. 

Language: 

  • Fluency of English is required.  

  • Knowledge of another UN working language is 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:  

The application to be submitted through the online portal should contain 3 separate attachments: 

– A Cover letter explaining the motivation for applying and explaining how the qualifications and skillset of the candidate (to be uploaded online) 

- A rich and diverse online portfolio/PDF with relevant links containing a range of work done with at least 3 recent examples (in the last year). Please include explainers pieces, profile video stories, text stories, any other content relevant to the role (to be uploaded online). 

- A financial proposal indicating professional fee as per the above template. Please do not forget to specify your name in the file while saving (to be uploaded under other supporting documents). 

Without all the above documents your application will be considered incomplete and invalid and will not be considered further. 

  • Any attempt to unduly influence UNICEF’s selection process will lead to the automatic disqualification of the applicant. 

  • Joint applications of two or more individuals are not accepted. 

  • Please note, UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the process. 

  • Female candidates meeting the requirements are strongly encouraged to apply. 

  • UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds including persons living with disabilities to apply. 

ETHICAL GUIDELINES: The consultant is responsible for reading, understanding and applying UNICEF ethical representation of children guidelines when shooting in the field, with special care taken when children’s identities need to be concealed. See here: https://weshare.unicef.org/Package/2AMZIFV7RYJ

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. 

Advertised: 13 Jun 2023 W. Europe Daylight Time
Deadline: 26 Jun 2023 W. Europe Daylight Time

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