Communications Consultant

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Description

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If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

Purpose of Activity Assignment:

The Communications Consultant is accountable to develop, support, network, implement and monitor an advocacy and communication strategy and associated products and activities, with the objective of promoting brand awareness, understanding, and support for gender equality as a key driver for children’s and women’s rights as supported by UNICEF’s mission, priorities and programmes in the country/regional offices and at a global level.

Half of the Communication Consultant’s time will be focused on communication (externally and internally) on the adolescent girls agenda, including in relation to the Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy implementation, adolescent girls targeted priorities in UNICEF’s Gender Action Plan (GAP) 2022-2025 and 2026-2029 and the Skills4Girls portfolio.

Scope of Work:

• Communication strategy and workplan: Programme Group (PG) Gender Equality has a clear and dynamic communication strategy and associated work plan to advocate for gender equality as a key driver for children’s and women’s rights. The strategy targets audiences internally and externally to enhance the organization’s credibility and brand including various public domains to strengthen awareness, political will, and partnerships in support of UNICEF’s mission and objectives. The workplan outlines key communication products, platforms and special events to achieve strategy objectives.
• Networking and partnerships: PG Gender Equality has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of internal and external individuals, groups, and for whose support is essential to/can assist in achieving the advocacy and communication objectives (including media relations and influencers). Effective working relationships with UNICEF, broader UN, and other key external communication counterparts (especially within the gender equality ecosystem) are developed, maintained and enhanced.
• Influencing global priorities and campaigns: PG Gender Equality has an effective process in place for influencing, integrating and taking action on UNICEF’s global communications priorities, campaigns and partnerships.
• Partnership and resource mobilization support: New and existing partnership management with both public and private sector are supported by effective and creative advocacy and communication strategy and activities.
• Monitoring and evaluation: Robust baselines are established against which the achievement of objectives of the communication strategy are regularly analysed to continuously improve and adapt real-time effectiveness of the communication strategy and workplan activities.
• Capacity building and support: PG Gender Equality and broader UNICEF teams (e.g., communication specialists in regional offices, other business units, etc.) are provided with professional expertise and advice on all aspects of advocacy and communication as related to the strategy and workplan as required.
• Support engagement and coordination with communications vendors: PG Gender Equality will be hiring communications vendors to produce a range of communication assets and products.
• Adolescent Girls agenda, adolescent girls targeted priorities and the Skills4Girls (S4G) portfolio: Dedicated communication support is provided (externally and internally) on the adolescent girls agenda, including in relation to the Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy implementation and adolescent girls targeted priorities in the GAP (2022-2025 and 2026-2029), with particular focus on the Skills4Girls portfolio, girls’ empowerment and leadership. Relevant communication assets are to be developed, and key advocacy events as well as partnership and fundraising efforts are supported.

Qualifications:

Education:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, related other

Work experience:

• Academic credentials in gender are a strong asset.
• At least 8 years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in communication, advocacy, print, broadcast, and/or new media.
• International work experience, experience with public and private sector, expertise in international development and humanitarian response, and/or the gender equality ecosystem are strong assets.
• Past experience with UNICEF in children’s rights, women and girls’ empowerment, gender rights is an advantage.
• Must demonstrate excellent writing skills with specific experience writing on gender related issues and knowledge products.
• Be able to work independently as well as with a team in an international, multicultural, and interdisciplinary environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.
• Experience in work environment of an international agency, UN, or international institutions is desirable; prior experience in UNICEF is an asset.
• Experience in developing country contexts and an understanding of development challenges from the field perspective is desirable.
• Excellent computer skills (MS Windows, MS Office applications, SharePoint and Teamsite management).
• Knowledge of UNICEF/UN systems is an asset.
• Ability to communicate sensitively to different audiences.
• Ability to work within tight deadlines.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/579733

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