Consultancy: Consultant, Communications Specialist (DICE) - Health Section, PG, NYHQ/Nairobi/Remote - Req

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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, hope.

Consultancy Title: Communications Specialist (DICE)

Section/Division/Duty Station: Outposted to Nairobi or home based

Duration: 11.5 months

About UNICEF

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.

BACKGROUND

The Communications Specialist will be responsible for UNICEF’s Digital Health Centre of Excellence (DICE) external communication and advocacy work. He/she will be responsible for developing, managing and overseeing the implementation of DICE’s overarching communications and advocacy strategy, ensuring that DICE's vision, partnerships, approaches and results are highlighted and amplified through a vibrant and ambitious communications strategy. A wide range of communication assets and materials will be produced regularly to support public advocacy and awareness raising and distributed via various communication platforms including traditional and social media. The Communications Specialist will work closely with UNICEF’s Division of Communications (DOC), UNICEF Communications leads in PD-Health and ICTD / DCOE, as well as external DICE Consortium Members including WHO, to communicate with media, the public, and donors.

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

  1. Communications and Advocacy Strategy
    1. Work closely with the DICE coordinator, PD-Health, ICTD and OOI Communication Leads to develop a communications and advocacy strategy that supports DICE’s strategic goals and elevates the efforts of DICE and its key partners, including donors, to a wider audience.
    2. Oversee and implement this overarching Advocacy and Communications strategy for DICE, that targets and engages key audiences, including Government Officials, Donors, Development Partners and the wider public.
  2. Content Creation
    1. Oversee the production of compelling high-quality policy advocacy and communications material based on complex themes for print and digital platforms.
    2. Operationalize a comprehensive media strategy including in the preparation of news articles, press releases, media pitches, and op-eds etc.
    3. Support the production of advocacy and communications content by other members of the DICE Consortium and Country Teams; quality assure all content distributed by DICE to maintain strong visual and editorial identity and reputation.
    4. Work with DICE contractors and team members to produce original audio, video, written and visual content for DICE campaigns and communications activities.
  3. Risk Management
    1. Provide risk and strategic guidance to the DICE team on potential issues that may emerge, especially those that may pose a reputational risk
  4. DICE KM Portal and Social Media Sites
    1. Manage DICE Social Media channels and provide regular content updates to the DICE KM Portal.
    2. Define communications analytics and outreach benchmarks and KPIs to measure content effectiveness and optimize digital communications content, campaigns, community features and function.
    3. Oversee the monitoring and analysis of social media and web content metrics and use this for course correction to ensure effective communication strategies, planning and advocacy.
  5. Events
    1. Support the members of the DICE Consortium in the planning, set up and promotion of digital and in person events
  6. Partnerships
    1. Support DICE to develop a compelling value proposition for being a DICE Consortium Member.
    2. Support DICE in developing and maintaining strong relationships with key media partners.
    3. Collaborate with partners to design and implement communications and advocacy campaigns across multiple communication channels – ensuring coherence with DICE’s overarching strategy.
    4. Identify and cultivate key influencers within and external to the DICE partnership to strengthen DICE’s outreach and visibility.

Qualifications

(1) Education

  • An advanced university degree (Masters) in communications, international development, public health, international affairs, or other relevant discipline.
  • A first university degree with 2 additional years of relevant professional experience may be considered.

2) Work experience

  • At least 5 years mid-level professional work experience at the national and international levels in strategic communications, managing digital advocacy and communications, developing campaigns and strategic plans, developing and managing partnerships in international development.

3) Competencies

  • Editorial experience overseeing and managing the production of written and visual/audio content in a relevant field, including digital social media.
  • Experience as a strategist, planner and content creator with a proven track record of developing creative ideas and campaigns, including a focus on profile-raising.
  • Superior communications skills in professional writing and a demonstrated ability to develop, pitch and secure feature coverage in top-tier media.
  • Extensive experience with digital platforms, including organizing and managing and developing online blogs, consultations, outreach, and social media, including Drupal, Wordpress and other content management systems.
  • Experience with Public Health (Community, Digital, Health Systems Strengthening) is an asset.
  • Understanding of UNICEF systems is an asset.

Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

Requirements****:

  • Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and provide Personal History Form (P11) Upload copy of academic credentials
  • Financial proposal that will include:
  • your daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
    • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
    • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
    • Indicate your availability
  • Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
  • At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
  • Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.

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

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, culture, appearance, socio-economic status, ability, age, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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