Consultancy: Technical Writer and Communication Consultant (oxygen scale up during COVID-19 pandemic) - Req

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Consultancy Title: Technical Writer and Communication Consultant (oxygen scale up during COVID-19 pandemic)

Section/Division/Duty Station: Health Section, Programme Group – New York HQ

Duration: July 1, 2022 to April 2023 (150 days over 10 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

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

Support the UNICEF global oxygen team in documenting UNICEF’s support to scale up oxygen systems during the COVID-19 response while ensuring this leads to long-term impact for strengthened health systems, improved quality of care and maternal, newborn and child health outcomes.

Over the past two years, to support the COVID-19 response, UNICEF has exponentially increased its capacity in oxygen systems. Country offices across the world, supported by a global technical team and with resources mobilized as part of the ACT-A partnership work with governments to identify urgent needs, procure essential equipment, strengthen oxygen supply chains and ensure safe delivery to patients. There are many lessons learned and stories to be told, to share knowledge, report back to donors and ensure investments beyond the COVID-19 response.

The consultant will work under the supervision of the Child Health Specialist and co-coordinator of the COVID-19 oxygen response and with the broader UNICEF oxygen team which spans across UNICEF Health Programmes and Supply Division.

Scope of Work:

• Support the development of an advocacy strategy on oxygen systems scaling efforts to support the COVID-19 response as well as ensuring long term impact on child survival

• Key messages, assets and defined key moments for advocacy

• Reporting and documentation

• Collate and summarize implementation of oxygen resources by UNICEF HQ/Regional and country offices and the results achieved
• Support results report writing especially for the quarterly UNICEF ACT-A Appeal for Humanitarian Action in Children (HAC)
• Support documentation on lessons learned and best practices

• Knowledge products and communications material

• Identify examples for case studies and human-interest stories and work with country offices and the global team to write these stories
• Support the development and design of technical notes and guidance material to support oxygen systems scaling

• Resource mobilization

• Support the development of short funding pitches for sustainable scale up of oxygen systems for COVID-19 and maternal, newborn and child health
• Contribute to overall investment case for child survival action
• Provide additional ad hoc communications and writing support

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

In close collaboration and working with the Child Health Specialist in the Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Section, the incumbent’s responsibilities are as follows

Tasks/ Milestone

1. Support the development of an advocacy strategy on oxygen systems scaling efforts to support the COVID-19 response as well as ensuring long term impact on child survival

Deliverables/Outputs

• 2022/23 oxygen advocacy strategy with key messages and assets

Days/ Timeline

• 20 days / 30 August 2022

2. Reporting and documentation and report writing

Deliverables/Outputs

• Quarterly summary of country activities and quarterly ACT-A and related reports

Days/ Timeline

• 30 days / 15 April 2023

3. Knowledge products and communications material

Deliverables/Outputs

• At least 10 case studies/human interest stories
• 3-5 knowledge products

Days/ Timeline

• 55 days / 15 April 2023

4. Resource mobilization

Deliverables/Outputs

• Comprehensive oxygen funding opportunities ppt and at least 2 funding pitches created for multi-country funding

Days/ Timeline

• 25 days / 15 April 2023

5. Provide additional ad hoc support for oxygen and child survival related writing and communication

Deliverables/Outputs

• Report at time of invoice

Days/ Timeline

• 20 days / 15 April 2023

Qualifications

(1) Education

• University degree in relevant field including international development, public health, social or political sciences, journalism, and communications

2) Work experience

• At least five years’ experience as technical writer and/or advocacy/communications specialist
• Good understanding of global health including maternal and child health as well as the COVID-19 response

3) Competencies

• Experience in grant writing desired
• Design skills are a desired asset
• Proven ability to communicate through words and ideally graphics
• Knowledge of the context in which UNICEF operates
• Able to work independently and problem solving oriented
• Able to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Demonstrated communication and relationship building skills
• Proven capacity to work with collaborative teams across different locations with different technical skills

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 (can be downloaded here: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_consultancy_assignments.html
  • 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

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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, 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.