CONSULTANCY: Multimedia Content Producer (onsite or remote-based, full time, 11.5 months) - DGCA, NYHQ

Consultant Communications & PR

Overview

Produce multimedia content to support UNICEF's advocacy for child health & survival

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Advertising, Journalism, Marketing, Filmmaking or similar is the minimum requirement
• 10+ years of professional content production experience
• Proven track record producing content for social media platforms
• Skills using professional editing equipment such as Premiere
• Self-motivated, highly organized, collaborative, and able to create in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to produce multimedia materials from a culturally sensitive perspective
• Knowledge of international development issues
• Exceptional communication skills, tact, and diplomacy
• Solid experience with post-production workflows, media formats, and optimizing video for various outputs

Contract

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Background & Rationale

The Global Content Strategy Section (GCS) within Division of Global Communication and Advocacy (DGCA) at UNICEF creates compelling public-facing content to mobilize the support of decision makers and the public for children across the world. GCS plans, develops, and produces compelling and creative content that contributes directly to the achievement of priority advocacy and communication objectives for the organization. Through multiple platforms and in multiple languages, GCS draws attention to the many facets of UNICEF’s work, encouraging public support, participation and action, as well as ensuring greater transparency and accountability.

GCS is looking to hire a Content Producer on an 11.5 month contract to manage, commission, produce and coordinate the creation of video and photo materials intended for online and broadcast platforms in support of UNICEF’s Global Advocacy Priority on Child Health & Survival. High level of proficiency and established track record producing multimedia content and coordinating amongst various stakeholders required.

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic and its secondary effects have taken an unprecedented toll on the health and well-being of children around the world, threatening to roll back years of progress in reducing child poverty, leaving children deprived of essential services and families struggling financially. This includes disrupted immunization programmes which leave children vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases, disrupted food supply chains that leave children vulnerable to malnutrition, and school closures that limit children’s access to learning.

The Content Producer will be responsible for commissioning, producing and editing video and photo content specifically tied to UNICEF’s Global Advocacy Priority Child Health and Survival, with a specific focus on vaccines and primary healthcare. The content will:

Build a compelling evidence-based global narrative on child health and survival which cuts through with decision makers at a global and national level

Strengthen existing, and form new, partnerships and coalitions on the importance of child health and survival.

Leverage and create content for high-level moments to secure political and financial commitments

Support strategic public communications that advances our advocacy messages and contributes to our advocacy strategy

Expected results: (measurable results)

-High quality production, coordination and commissioned multimedia materials to use on UNICEF HQ, CO and RO social media channels meeting advocacy campaign objectives.

-Stakeholder relationships managed successfully

-Researched innovative campaign assets and ideations

- Successful ad agency management

-Use of assets by various UNICEF offices and partners on social media and web platforms

-Rate of engagement and shares on social media channels.

-Channels supported will include: website, social (Facebook, Instagram. YouTube)

-Production of b-roll for archive

Description of the assignment

-Actively contribute to a clear and dynamic communication and advocacy strategy on Child Health & Survival

-Produce and commission digital first multimedia content, tailored to specific social media channels, to support communications and advocacy strategy related to:

1) A cross-cutting Child Health and Survival narrative

2) Bring attention to risk of disease outbreaks and backsliding of child immunization

3) Creatively communicating the importance of primary healthcare, community health workers, and UNICEF’s vaccines and health work on the ground

4) Ongoing impact of the pandemic and it’s knock on effects on children and families health

-Manage ad agency content production for State of the World’s Children report and World Immunization Week

-Produce tight turn around reactive communication content to build political will and drive action around media moments and key external moments. This includes UNICEF data releases, such as the Annual Immunisation Figures and IGME Child Mortality data.

-Coordinate with multiple stakeholders across the organization to ensure content is meeting target audiences and advocacy objectives

Duty Station

NYHQ or remote based

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

Level 1: (Individual Contributor)

Core competencies 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7: Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness, Drive to achieve results for impact, Innovates and embraces change, Thinks and acts strategically and Works collaboratively with others.

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

Timeframe

Start date: 5 December 2022 End date: 19 November 2023

Deliverables

Duration

Deadline

Multimedia assets produced and assigned as commissioned

ongoing

19 November 2023

Research and development of assets presented as required per platform and target audience

ongoing

19 November 2023

Ad agency management and final deliverables as assigned for 2 major activations

ongoing

19 November 2023

Relevant stakeholders managed/consulted/advised per team requirements

ongoing

19 November 2023

total

250 days

Key competences, technical background, and experience required Deadline

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Advertising, Journalism, Marketing, Filmmaking or similar is the minimum requirement
• 10+ years of professional content production experience
• Proven track record producing content for social media platforms
• Skills using professional editing equipment such as Premiere
• Graphic design and typography skills coupled with the ability to incorporate into a meaningful and compelling story
• Self-motivated, highly organized, collaborative, and able to create in a fast-paced environment
• Work effectively with small crews in pursuit of creative excellence
• Remain current on industry trends and styles, able to integrate new technique and/or technology when appropriate
• Solid experience with post-production workflows, media formats, and optimizing video for various outputs
• Website or reel showcasing specific skills listed above

For every child, you demonstrate…

• Willingness to work in a multi-cultural environment in a cooperative and professional manner, including observance of UNICEF product clearance procedures
• Ability to produce multimedia materials from a culturally sensitive perspective
• Keen knowledge of storytelling and understanding diverse audiences and approaches to reaching them
• Artistic vision with a can-do attitude and the skills to back it up
• Professional work ethic, integrity, and initiative
• Knowledge of international development issues
• Exceptional communication skills, tact, and diplomacy

Child data role: NO

Remarks:

Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

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.

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. At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.

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