Consultant - Risk Communications & Design Support Consultant

Contract

This is a No grade contract. More about No grade contracts.

1. Purpose of the Consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide a technical input to the areas of risk communication and community engagement, with the guidance, support, and advice of the incumbent manager.

2. Background

COVID-19 waves have carried on unabated, and the vaccination rollout faced fear and resistance as well as unequal distribution among nations and people, the need for a clear two-way communication and stronger risk communication strategies have become ever more critical. With the current regional and global development of the COVID19 situation and the preparation for the post-pandemic phase, there is a probability of a close return to a normal working environment and social engagement at the field level. Such arrangements are part of the risk communications and community engagement (RCCE) work plan and a key tool for building a resilient communities’ framework that involves country offices, partners, and stakeholders on different aspects of the emergency as well as the recovery response operations.

With this in the backdrop, WHO EMRO plans to develop various products on different aspects of RCCE and, most importantly, build resilient communities. These materials will be instrumental in sharing the content in a reader-friendly way to emphasize the importance of communicating potential risks and actively engaging the community in the mitigation, preparedness, and recovery process. It is also expected to be instrumental in uplifting the motivation to support building resilient communities and assisting the most affected and vulnerable populations to recover.

3. Planned timeline (3 months ) (subject to confirmation)

Start date: 15/06/2022

End date: 15/09/2022

4. Description of duties

The consultant will support RCCE team in the formulation of their risk communications strategies and work plans. The consultant is expected to support in developing written and visual content to a variety of materials to raise awareness of the regional community on risk communications, community engagement, community resilience and recovery. The communications and design consultant will work in close coordination with the RCCE team to develop, generate, design, illustrate and create innovatively written/visual content for products and contribute to the improvement of existing materials and designs.

Work to be performed:

Output 1: Support the dissemination of evidence-informed public risk communication campaigns

à Deliverables:

• Conceptualize the illustration that supplements the content and ensures the final product is reader-friendly for all the IECs and website in line with WHO EMRO designing guidelines.
• Ensure that the content and the structure of the product is user friendly and visually appealing from the point of view of usage.

Output 2: Support the utilization of social media, web, and another platform for preparedness and response to proximate public health emergencies

à Deliverables:

• Provide meticulous proofreading processes and completely error-free products to finalize the required content.
• Ensure a proper formatting and layout of the text including making text editions once the layout is done in line with WHO EMRO designing guidelines.

5. Technical Supervision

Responsible Officer:

Dr Amgad Elkholy, Team Leader CPI/WHE

Email:

[email protected]

Manager:

Dr Dalia Samhouri, Manager, CPI/WHE

Email:

[email protected]

Specific requirements

-

• Qualifications required:

• First level university degree in Mass Communications, Multimedia Journalism, Visual Graphic Design, Service Design, Marketing or a related subject.

• Experience required:

• Up to 5 years of progressively responsible work experience in the field of visual communication or graphic design for copy, print and online media, web and motion design.

• Solid computer skills, including full proficiency in various Adobe suite (premier, Adobe after effects, etc), Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and other Image editors, as well as, MS Office applications (Excel, Word etc).
• Proven experience in desktop publishing or a related field, including draft typing, copy editing, formatting, proofreading, creating typographical layouts, info-graphics design and editing, database management, writing is preferred.

- Skills / Technical skills and knowledge:

• Proven ability to develop risk communication or advocacy initiatives, using appropriate tools and channels; and to achieve results in a global, multicultural, multinational and decentralized organization.
• Ability to maintain networks of people across a range of risk communications-related disciplines.
• Ability to meet deadlines and pay close attention to detail. Well-organized with demonstrated multi-tasking skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people from different cultures.

- Language requirements:

* Essential: Working knowledge of English

7. Place of assignment

Cairo, Egypt

Travel to other countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region may also be possible.

8. Medical clearance

The selected Consultant will be expected to provide a medical certificate of fitness for work.

9. Travel

The Consultant is expected to travel. Destination and duration of travel will be identified through the progress work identified in countries

All travel arrangements will be made by WHO – WHO will not be responsible for tickets purchased by the Consultant without the express, prior authorization of WHO. While on mission under the terms of this consultancy, the Consultant will receive subsistence allowance.

Visas requirements: it is the consultant’s responsibility to fulfil visa requirements and ask for visa support letter(s) if needed.

Additional information:

• This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.
• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
• Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.
• WHO's workforce adheres to the WHO Values Charter and is committed to put the WHO Values into practice - https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/our-values
• Consultants shall perform the work as independent contractors in a personal capacity, and not as a representative of any entity or authority. The execution of the work under a consultant contract does not create an employer/employee relationship between WHO and the Consultant.
• WHO shall have no responsibility whatsoever for any taxes, duties, social security contributions or other contributions payable by the Consultant. The Consultant shall be solely responsible for withholding and paying any taxes, duties, social security contributions and any other contributions which are applicable to the Consultant in in each location/jurisdiction in which the work hereunder is performed, and the Consultant shall not be entitled to any reimbursement thereof by WHO.