Digital Campaign Design for Elimination of Child Marriage

Volunteering

Overview

Design a digital campaign for ending child marriage in South Sudan.

You have:

• Master’s degree in communications, social sciences, gender studies, law, computer science, or related field
• At least 3 years of professional experience in digital campaigns, social norms change or gender programming, communications for development
• Strong content creation and storytelling skills
• Excellent writing, editing, and reporting abilities
• Knowledge of digital tools, AI tools, and design platforms
• Cultural sensitivity and ability to work with diverse stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines
• Experience working with community-based organizations or partners is an asset
• Proven experience in producing campaign materials and managing social media

Contract

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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), established in 1967 as the UN Agency for sexual and reproductive health, works in more than 150 countries to promote gender equality and ensure universal access to reproductive health services, guided by its mission to achieve a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA advances global and national development priorities by supporting countries to end preventable maternal deaths, addressing unmet need for family planning, and eliminate gender-based violence and harmful practices, in line with the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Program of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals leading up to 2030.

UNFPA has operated in South Sudan since 2006 and established a full Country Office in 2012, working closely with government institutions, UN agencies, civil society organizations, and development partners to strengthen health systems, expand access to quality reproductive health services, prevent and respond to gender-based violence, and improve population data for planning.

UNFPA is seeking an online UN Volunteer that will be part of a dynamic team to inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results to further the national priorities for gender equality and social inclusion in programming. One of the key priorities for SSCO is ending child marriage in South Sudan. With estimated 52% of the girls getting married before turning 18 years of age, this volunteering assignment aims to design a digital campaign for awareness generation amongst young people, and developing high quality digital materials that can be used for online and offline campaign on ending child marriage.

Under the supervision of UNFPA South Sudan Programme Specialist - Gender, the Online Volunteer will carry out the following duties:

Digital Campaign Design & Strategy

· Develop a comprehensive digital campaign strategy on ending child marriage targeting priority states and audiences

· Identify key messages, audience segmentation, and communication channels

· Design a content calendar including at least two social media posts per week

Content Creation & Campaign Materials

· Produce high-quality digital content (graphics, infographics, short videos, posters) for online and offline use

· Design innovative, low-cost campaign materials such as: Games, Songs and jingles, branded items (e.g., wristbands)

· Ensure all materials align with UNFPA branding and ethical standards

Community Engagement Tools

· Develop a “Community Leaders’ Change-makers Toolkit” including:

· Interactive tools (games, discussion guides)

· Awareness materials for grassroots engagement

· Design tailored materials for: Traditional Chiefs, Youth groups, General public

Storytelling & Advocacy

· Develop storyboards of human impact stories based on GBV response cases

· Translate partner-provided content into compelling digital narratives

· Ensure all storytelling follows ethical and protection principles

Capacity Building & Technical Support

· Provide technical guidance to implementing partners on digital campaigning

· Conduct at least one online training session on digital campaign tools and strategies

Cross-cutting responsibilities

· Ensure gender-sensitive, culturally appropriate messaging

· Integrate youth engagement and social norms change approaches

· Promote volunteerism and community participation throughout the assignment

Results/expected outputs:

As an active UNFPA team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNFPA and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:

o An analysis paper on child marriage prevalence and its impact on SRHR in South Sudan

o A digital campaign strategy document targeting high-prevalence states

o A set of high-quality campaign materials tailored for: Youth, Traditional leaders, general population

o A Community Leaders’ Change-makers Toolkit with innovative engagement tools

o A storyboard of human impact stories for advocacy use

o A minimum of 2 social media posts per week throughout the assignment

o One online training session for implementing partners

o A final report documenting results, reach, and lessons learned

o Integration of Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) principles across outputs

a) Education

· Master’s degree in communications, social sciences, gender studies, law, computer science, or related field

b) Experience

· At least 3 years of professional experience in:

o Digital campaigns

o Social norms change or gender programming

o Communications for development

· Experience working with community-based organizations or partners is an asset

· Proven experience in producing campaign materials and managing social media

c) Skills

· Strong content creation and storytelling skills

· Excellent writing, editing, and reporting abilities

· Knowledge of digital tools, AI tools, and design platforms

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

· Cultural sensitivity and ability to work with diverse stakeholders

· Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines

d) Competencies and values

· Professionalism

· Integrity

· Teamwork and respect for diversity

· Communication

· Planning and organizing

· Commitment to continuous learning

· Strong alignment with UN values and volunteerism

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