Call for Applications: Graphic Designer Roster Consultant, Evaluation Office, HQNY Req. 554695

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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, Evaluate

The Evaluation Office at (UNICEF) provides timely, objective and focused information on the various activities undertaken by UNICEF to improve the well-being of children and women. Assessments of impact, effectiveness, efficiency and relevance support transparency, accountability and learning, and provide reliable evidence for decision-making and advocacy.

With the objective towards enhancing the utilization of evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations, the Evaluation Office publishes Evaluation Reports and related knowledge products that are distributed across several platforms, both internal and external. UNICEF Evaluation Office has an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Intranet site on SharePoint, ECM collaboration sites also on SharePoint, and an evaluation public website on Drupal – all of which houses evaluative work from UNICEF globally. This Evaluation Office only collaboration site and the evaluation function collaboration site are SharePoint collaboration platforms for Evaluation Office and the evaluation function to create, share, find working documents, access tools and collaborate with each other to complete the work. The Drupal-based evaluation public website features recently completed evaluations, including those that have been presented at the UNICEF Executive Board and other UN entities.

The Evaluation Office is seeking a full-time consultant to design and produce graphically pleasing evaluation reports, summaries, guidance, infographics, and other multimedia products. The consultant will assist the Information Associate in the organization, meta-tagging, and maintenance of the Evaluation Office’s intranet document library and collaboration site document libraries. The consultant will also create simple yet visually appealing designs that could be used for various platforms such as Yammer, LinkedIn, evaluation newsletters, and other social media accounts.

Evaluation public website https://www.unicef.org/evaluation/ (Drupal-based) and Evaluation media centre https://www.unicef.org/evaluation/evaluation-media-centre

How can you make a difference?

The purpose of this call is to identify experienced and creative professionals to engage with UNICEF Evaluation Office on a long and short-term basis to produce a range of communication product designs with a particular focus on infographics, textual and numerical

data visualization and other creative forms of presenting evaluative evidence.

Scope:

• Design of self-contained infographic materials (brochures, leaflets and potentially animated short videos) depicting the storyline of the background evaluative reports, key findings and policy/programme recommendations, other important information.
• Design and layout of the full evaluation final reports given the established template in accordance with UNICEF communication guidance and design approaches.
• Support the Evaluation staff in preparing design and layouts for presentation decks, methodological and training materials and other capacity building, learning and advocacy products with the focus on creative, engaging and interactive formats.

Specific requirements: Ability to design infographics for quantitative as well as qualitative data, examples of using innovative approaches (e.g. mixing different media like photo and drawings) while also understanding corporate requirements for consistency (UNICEF

communication guidelines - UNICEF Branding and Style guide).

NOTE: It is very important to always adhere to the UNICEF Branding and Style guide, for any products or design work delivered.

Estimated Duration of the Contract

From October 2022 to September 2023 (11.5 months).

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

• At least a bachelor’s degree or certificate in visual communication, information design, graphic/multimedia design, information and content management, or any related field.
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience in one or more of the following areas: digital media, communication, design of infographics/brochures, data visualization, web content management or another related area in a visually appealing content.
• Experience in the production layout and design of evidence products and publications specified above (research, evaluations, studies, data analytics).
• Proven ability to creatively transform complex information and messages into fresh, audience-oriented, and visually arresting images/graphic designs that are intuitive and easy to read.
• Able to handle meticulous design and proofreading of reports under exceptionally tight deadlines.
• Knowledge and skills in Adobe Creative Suite and other editing tools are required.
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite and SharePoint.
• Fluency in English and ability to write clearly and concisely in English, is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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.

Please indicate your ability, availability, and daily rate (USD) to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily rate will not be considered.

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.