Consultancy: Data for Children – Graphic Design and Content, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA

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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, education.

UNICEF South Africa

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does – in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism.

How can you make a difference?

The consultant will be responsible for gathering content on data for children using existing data sets from UNICEF and partners and then design and elaborate data for children information fact sheets for print and digital platforms using infographics and visually appealing formatting. This will bring together all the available data for children in a format that is user-friendly. It will also serve the requirement to ensure that information is centralized and from a credible source.

1. Review of Available Data for Children information available in UNICEF and with partners
2. Development of Data for Children Fact Sheet Templates for digital and print using updated data visualization, design, and infographic techniques
3. Preparation of 1 overview and 6 thematic fact sheets

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

• A university degree in information management, communications, monitoring or data related field or equivalent experience
• A basic degree in a social science with relevant work experience in data visualization, infographics and graphic design with a strong grasp of monitoring and data presentation
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience working in communications, graphic design / infographics and data visualization, and/ or content creation
• Familiarity with data and monitoring for children including available data sets in South Africa
• Similar work experience /consultancy in another UN agency or international organization
• Strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain work relationships
• Strong interpersonal, listening and presentation skills

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.

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.