Home-based Consultancy: Digital Mobilizer (U-Report On The Move) Consultant (324 Working days), ECARO, O/P Italy

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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, Protection

Italy remains one of the main entry points into Europe for refugees and migrants fleeing conflicts, situations of violence and deprivation. The Ministry of the Interior reveals that as of April 31st, 2023, there are also 20.681 UASC in Italy mainly from Ukraine, Egypt, and Tunisia. 13,8% are girls and 86,2% are boys. Ukrainian UASC are influencing the age and gender distribution of the overall UASC population in Italy. The number of 17-year-olds has gone down while that of 15-year-olds has gone up and there has also been an increase in the number of girls.

One of the key issues of concern is that UASC and young migrants and refugees do not feel heard and do not have anybody to talk to. Although they should be adequately informed about the decisions that affect them and their opinion considered, this does not seem to happen in practice. Building opportunities for them to engage in issues of concern to them in their local community not only supports their present and future civic engagement, but also contributes to their communities and societies. To respond to these challenges, in 2016 UNICEF’s migrant and refugee response in Italy has modelled, piloted, and rolled out U-Report On The Move, an adapted version of U-Report for UASC and young migrants and refugees. U-Report is a user-friendly, cost-effective, anonymous social messaging tool designed to empower youth, ensuring that those who have registered on U-Report, known as U-Reporters, have access to information, speak out on issues that affect them and their communities, encourage citizen-led development and create positive behaviour change. U-Report is available via numerous messaging, social media, and SMS channels, and even works on a basic mobile.

With more than 10,000 U-Reporters registered by June 2023, U-Report On The Move in Italy is considered a best practice model within the U-Report community and many of its features are replicated by other On the Move platforms globally. Alongside online promotions via Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Instagram scale up efforts are being boosted by a team of Social Mobilizers responsible for promoting the platform in reception centres hosting unaccompanied and separated children, young migrants and refugees and fostering their engagement and participation. The digital community relies on a pool of U-Ambassadors, young advocates from the migrant and refugee community who promote registration of U-Reporters and participate in national and international high-level fora.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop content material for U-Report social medias
• Promote U-Report On The Move platform and all its related activities and tools to increase participation and social inclusion of adolescent and youth online and offline
• Regularly track & report on online and offline youth engagement activities

How can you make a difference?

Work Assignments Overview

Deliverables/Outputs

Delivery deadline

Final review report at the end of the contract period.

1 final report

2 days / End of Dec 2024

Management of social media communication channels (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Tik Tok)

Monitoring tracking table updated

66 days, approx. 1 day per week/ End of Dec 2024

Development, design, and translation of content material for social media communication channels (Instagram, Facebook)

100 infographics and audio-visual produced and uploaded (average of 5 per month)

104 days / End of November 2024

Identification of opportunities to improve adolescent and youth participation digital engagement

32 social co-facilitated mobilization activities

96 days / End of November 2024

Assist in the development of a digital strategy

1 Digital strategy implementation and 1 progress report

20 days / End of October 2023

Support in researching potential adolescent and youth advocates and supporting them in the preparation for events/media;

18 Human Interest Stories and content for social media platform; document learnings and successes

36 days / End of November 2024

- Work location: Home-based in Italy

- Payment schedule: The consultant will be paid based on satisfactory and timely submission of deliverables.

- Duration: 324 days between July 2023 and December 2024

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

• Bachelor in Communication, IT, Development, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Political Science, or other related subjects
• Minimum requirements to consider candidates for competitive process
• Excellent IT, quantitative and analytical skills
• Good knowledge of graphic design programmes (i.e., Canva, Illustrator, InDesign)
• At least 3 years of experience working with web-based platforms, managing websites
• Excellent knowledge and use of social media channels
• Experience in creating or managing content for young migrants and refugees is a strong plus
• Previous experience in migrations and refugees’ contexts
• Fluency in English and Italian.

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.