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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, innovate…
The Office of Innovation is a creative, interactive, and agile team in UNICEF. We sit at a unique intersection, where an organization that works on huge global issues meets the start-up thinking, the technology, and the partners that turn this energy into scalable solutions.
UNICEF’s Office of Innovation creates opportunities for the world’s children by focusing on where new markets can meet their vital needs. We do this by:
The Office of Innovation specifically looks to form partnerships around frontier technologies (like drones and UAVs, blockchain, 21st century skills, urban technologies, new banking tools, wearables and sensors, or 3D-Printing) that exist at the intersection of $100 billion business markets and 1 billion person needs – and to identify how they can grow and scale profitably and inclusively.
Our team
We’re an interdisciplinary team around the world tasked with identifying, prototyping, and scaling new technologies and practices. With our partners, we focus on convening and collaborating on new and different solutions, low- and high-tech, by:
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UNICEF’s Office of Innovation seeks a creative communications consultant to provide support on the internal and external communication on the recently launched “ProjectAlpha”, a project of integrating humanitarian services through solar-powered schools and health centers using sustainable energy investment in conflict affected areas.
Project Alpha explores an innovative approach to energy equity. Our mission is to globally mobilize USD 100M to provide sustainable and reliable solar energy to children, ensuring that they have the power to learn and live, even under the most challenging circumstances. The endeavor is not just another solar technology project, it represents a commitment to improve the lives of 100 million children and youth through energy provision and access.
At the heart of ProjectAlpha lies agile and adaptable core modules that provide the blueprint for sustainable change through valuable impact. The modules leverage frontier technologies, innovative financial models, and youth skill development to address core aspects of the problem. The modules outlined below summarize how we intend to redefine the way energy is generated, distributed, and accessed.
How can you make a difference?
OOI is looking for a communications consultant that will assist in bringing ProjectAlpha to life. The consultant will work closely with the project manager and the rest of the team to produce inspiring communication materials such as articles and social media content to communicate Project Alpha’s development and implementation across UNICEF teams, project partners, stakeholders and other interested parties. You will possess excellent communication and writing skills and the experience to in an inspiring and engaging way communicate on the progress of ProjectAlpha to different target groups.
Your main responsibilities will be:
For Project Alpha to be implemented successfully buy-in from the projects many different partners and stakeholder is crucial, where engaging communications materials will need to be and frequently developed and published across several of UNICEF’s channels and events. While UNICEFs Office of Innovation has a communications team, the amount of material needed for ProjectAlpha will require a consultant solely focused on this project. The communications consultant will be a core part of the ProjectAlpha team, and the scope of work will focus on two main areas: communications and project management of communications related aspects, together with the project manager and ProjectAlpha team.
The responsibilities will be as follows:
Communication
Development of reporting and communications-related outputs
Please find attached the full ToR with related information ToR Project Alpha – Communications Consultant 2024-03-1499.pdf
The UNICEF Office of Innovation will provide the existing supplementary PDF resources and material that provide an additional layer of knowledge to Project Alpha, as required to facilitate this process.
The communications consultant will report to the Humanitarian Portfolio Manager, at the Office of Innovation, UNICEF.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
Travel:
Payment details and further considerations
How to apply:
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
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.
Remarks:
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.
Should you have any questions, please contact us at swe-ooi-recruitments@unicef.org
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