Consultant: Media Trainings Consultant, Beirut Lebanon, 30 days

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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, advocacy

UNICEF’s Communication and Advocacy mission aims at placing children and their rights at the center of the social and political agenda, particularly the most vulnerable children and during crisis scenarios. Thus, UNICEF public voice must be effective to reach key audiences, raise awareness on children’s issues and call to action.

UNICEF Lebanon aims at strengthening its spokespersons capacity and skills to improve message delivery and management including highly demanding scenarios during humanitarian and/or protracted crisis of any sign. Accordingly, UNICEF Lebanon requires the services of a consultant to plan and implement two media trainings targeting 18-20 participants in 2021.

How can you make a difference?

Work Assignment Expected Results Tasks/Milestone: Deliverables/Outputs: Timeline Propose a media training plan including two workshops in 2021. Meeting with UNICEF supervisor and key informants.

. Desk-review of UNICEF Lebanon communication priorities, tools and resources.

. Media training plan including monitoring mechanisms.

. Final plan according to UNICEF feedback.One day

Two days

Three days

One dayImplement the media training plan once endorsed by UNICEF. Agenda for two 1-week workshops including two individual sessions and group sessions targeting all participants.

. Logistics and all preparedness elements for the two workshops to be covered properly and timely.

. Conduct and facilitate the two workshops.One day

Six days

Eleven days

Monitor results. Assess the participants knowledge and skills.

. Assess the participants knowledge and skills.

. Final report. One day

One day

Three days

The consultant will report to the Chief of Communication.

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

• An bachelor degree in Journalism, communication or related technical field.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in working with the media.
• Senior expertise on media outreach, interviews, press conferences.
• Expert in live interviews, including sensitive topics.
• Proven advanced knowledge and skills on media trainings’ online and offline techniques.
• Strong public relations skills.
• Self-motivated and results oriented.
• High command of Arabic and English.

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.

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

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.