Consultant to Support Ethics Office - Communication and Knowledge Management, 6 months (Home-based)

Consultant Leadership

Overview

Support communication and knowledge management for the Ethics Office.

You have:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in HR, Development, Public or Business Administration, Public Administration, Communication, or related fields.
• A first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced University Degree.
• 2 or more years of programmatic support, and relevant work experience in communication & (digital) media.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to adapt and work in a multicultural setting.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Additional consideration will be given for any past work experience with UNICEF or another UN agency.

Contract

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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, hope.

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 past two decades have seen important progress on child rights, yet while much has been achieved, sharp disparities remain. In most countries, inequality is higher today than a generation ago, including in middle-income countries where a majority of the world’s poor children now live. The rapid pace of urbanization and the growing youth bulge in Africa and parts of Asia will require significant expansion of the provision of essential services for children. These challenges are compounded by the scale and complexity of crises triggered by conflict, natural disasters, or epidemics. The global community faces these challenges when the political and economic environments pose challenges of their own, testing the world’s commitment to protecting the most vulnerable. In this environment, ethical leadership of UNICEF is critical to enable the achievement of results for children.

UNICEF’s Ethics Office was established in December 2007 and its activities are undertaken in the following mandated areas of work: (a) standard-setting and policy support; (b) training, education, and outreach; (c) advice and guidance; (d) the Financial Disclosure Programme; (e) the protection of staff against retaliation; and (f) participation in the Ethics Panel of the United Nations and the Ethics Network of Multilateral Organizations.

How can you make a difference?

Activities and Deliverables:

1. Ethics Communications Platforms and Channels

• Plan and develop (12) bi-weekly ethics messages aligned and integrated across a range of ethics communications platforms and channels, e.g., intranet, SharePoint, Yammer, email, face-to-face, etc.
• Maintain the platforms and channels
• As required contribute to developing communication materials and tools, including guidance notes, FAQs and other assets.

2. Social media /Websites engagement and presence

• Assess and develop solutions to increase Ethics Office’s social media presence internally with website updates, Yammer posts and other engaging activities, including maintenance
• Monitor and respond to Ethics Office followers (every 2-3 days or more frequently) in dynamic and interactive ways while cultivating meaningful engagement
• Assess and develop solutions for the internal/external websites of the Ethics Office – Ethics Office, ECCs website, Ethics Panel of the United Nations (EPUN) webpage etc. – to improve the global presence of the Ethics Office, including maintenance
• Implement solutions for the internal/external websites of the Ethics Office, including maintenance.

3. Training and Outreach

• Assist in finalizing the learning plan for 2023 4Q
• Working with the Training Advisor, update and revise materials to meet the needs of specific audiences
• After each training/outreach, follow up and obtain feedback, data, and lessons learned from the audience, potentially using surveys and share the key points with the Ethics Office
• Assist and provide support with new initiatives like ethical leadership for managers or sexual harassment training elements
• Working with the Training Advisor, update and revise materials to meet the needs of specific audiences
• Obtain feedback potentially using surveys and share key points with the Ethics Office.

4. Support to Ethics Month Campaign

• Support all efforts related to Ethics Month campaign 2023, including designing campaign materials for month-long activities and monitoring interaction of COs, ROs and HQ through communication with ECCs and HR Business Partners (HRBPs)
• Obtain feedback on the Ethics Office organized activities and local CO/RO/Division driven activities
• Support all follow up and reporting on the campaign

5. Support to Ethics Partners

• Support joint collaborative initiatives tools, surveys and diagnostics with other Offices that require ethics communications contribution, such as Pulse check, staff survey, spectrum tools etc.
• Coordinate and represent in internal working groups/partnerships that require ethics communications contribution, including with organizational culture, LOV working group, DHR, PSEA and child safeguarding etc.
• Support all aspects of coordination, communication and training for the Ethics and Culture Champions network.

6. General Support:

• Support Ethics Director and Ethics Specialist on ad hoc assignments and special initiatives as required.

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

• Education: An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in HR, Development, Public or Business Administration, Public Administration, Communication, or related fields.
  • *A first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced University Degree.
• Experience: 2 or more years of programmatic support, and relevant work experience in communication & (digital) media.
• excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with strong interpersonal and presentation skills are required.
• Ability to adapt and work in a multicultural setting.
• additional consideration will be given for any past work experience with UNICEF or another UN agency.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

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.

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