Consultancy: Communications Consultant for SD@60 Events, Communications Unit (CU), Supply Division, Copenhagen

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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, every right

From its founding in 1962 to its role in the ongoing COVID-19 response, the UNICEF Global Supply Hub in Copenhagen has been at the core of humanitarian supply chains and logistics operations, supporting increased access to strategic supplies and services for children, their families and communities – together with other UNICEF Global Supply Hubs in Accra, Brindisi, Dubai, Panama City and Shanghai. In 2020, the UNICEF Global Supply Hubs throughput reached $260.8 million.

Today, the state-of-the-art UNICEF Global Supply Hub in Copenhagen stands as the largest global humanitarian warehouse, spanning an area of more than 20,000 m2, the equivalent of three football fields. Boasting cutting-edge technology, it is fully automated and stores around 850 different supply items and up to 36,000 pallets of supplies.

Leading up to its 60th anniversary in October 2022, the world’s largest humanitarian warehouse – the UNICEF Supply Division in Copenhagen – is planning host a series of events with strong cultural aspects over a one-year period to shed light on its significant humanitarian footprint over the past six decades.

How can you make a difference?

Through up to six cultural activities that will culminate with an event to mark the milestone 60th anniversary, SD will celebrate the role of supplies in accelerating the rights of children and increasing access to life-saving, essential supplies through procurement, innovation, supply and logistics. The activities will use art, play and other forms of expression to tell the story of supplies and UNICEF Supply Division’s role in procuring and delivering them.

The results have direct impact on the celebration of UNICEF Supply Division’s 60th anniversary in October 2022, translating to the effectiveness of Supply Division’s internal and external communications and outreach efforts, enhancing the timely visibility, raising awareness and understanding of the Division’s and UNICEF’s mission within UNICEF, with the media, National Committees, specialized publics such as suppliers and service providers as well as the general public. This post is crucial to achieve the timely and effective implementation of Supply Division’s OMP.

Deliverables:

The incumbent is responsible for creating, setting up and managing up to six or more events during 2022 to celebrate SD@60 (develop ideas, work with partners, set up events and manage them) plus do the needed communications work around the events in collaboration with the communications team. The key ideas/deliverables to celebrate six decades of SD can include:

• Set up a ballet in the SD Warehouse for on-line use + use at the Gala Event
• Gala for fundraising
• Photo exhibition
• Choir concert / pop music video
• World Children’s Day with building Lego in the warehouse for Guinness World Records Graffiti
• Graffiti decoration of an SD tent for humanitarian settings (this will be used as the entrance for the Gala + WCD)
• Creation of a dress made of SD materials by VIP designer

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

• Education:

  • University degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations or similar with knowledge of web-communication and Information Communication Technologies.

  Work Experience:

  • Minimum ten (10) years of professional experience working in journalism/communication management through development, implementation and/or monitoring of (internal, external and social media) communication strategies at international level is required.
  • The Consultant will need to have experience managing larger projects (at least being partly responsible), having worked for an international organization
  • Knowledge of digital media is an asset.
  • Recent experience in managing projects is required.
  • Eloquent writing in English, editing and proof-reading capacity is required.
  • Experience working for international organizations is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

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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 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:

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 closing date is 06 September 2021****. Please be informed that all applications to UNICEF are handled via UNICEF's online recruiting system. Kindly note that all applications should be in English and that applications outside of the online recruiting system will not be accepted. Kindly also note that diversity and gender balance are factors in the selection process.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.