Individual Contractor (6 months, full-time): Market Research Specialist, Market Knowledge Unit, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP)

Consultant Communications & PR

Overview

Provide strategic market insights for UNICEF fundraising.

You have:

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or higher) in market research, marketing, social sciences, communications, or another relevant technical field.
• Minimum of 8 years progressive experience in market research or equivalent business experience including experience in marketing, brand management.
• Prior experience in market research (all approaches and methodologies), and consumer/donor insights, gained client or agency-side, within private or not-for-profit sector.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.
• Experience working in an international environment is desirable.

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

Within Private Fundraising and Partnerships’ (PFP) Marketing and Media Services Section, the Market Knowledge Unit (MKU) provides insights and knowledge to UNICEF National Committees, Private Sector Fundraising country offices, as well as other sections and units within PFP.

PFP Marketing and Media Services Section provides UNICEF National Committees and fundraising country offices, Regional Support Centres as well as NY Headquarters with guidance and technical support for their public outreach efforts, including individual donations, corporate engagement, and brand and communications. This involves providing full market research services (across all methodologies), market measurements as well as thought leadership and inspirational pieces.

How can you make a difference?

This role is being established to increase the Market Knowledge unit’s capacity

a) to provide country specific integrated strategic reports combining key research pieces available and including conclusions and recommendations, and

b) to support with the design, set-up, analysis and deployment of an ever-increasing number of ad-hoc research projects involving the full spectrum of research methodologies and for the benefits of key PFP internal stakeholders as well as relevant countries.

MAIN TASKS

• Collate, analyse and write Strategic Market Knowledge insights summaries including the relevant available market knowledge and studies (JSP Reports) for 25 countries to help them prepare their Joint Strategic Plans (JSPs).
• Support MKU’s market research efforts in the space of high value marketing. Contribute to the design, research solution evaluation and set-up a new tracking survey in the area of high value donors.
• Support the interpretation of motivations and experience qualitative research. Work with the Market Research Specialist to draw recommendations, to ensure actionability of the findings and socialize the research’s key implications.
• Support the interpretation of pricing study results carried out across 4 countries. Work with the Market Research Specialist to draw recommendations, to ensure actionability of the findings and socialize the research’s key implications.
• Support the Market Research Manager with capacity building (within PFP as well as with countries) in the area of marketing concepts and principles: develop content, prepare and deploy webinars.
• Depending on workloads and specific needs, Support Market Knowledge unit staff in handling the current workload including analysis and interpretation of new research and responding to requests for information and analysis.

DELIVERABLES

• High quality, accurate and timely project management, reports, summaries and insights for all studies.
• About 20 Market Knowledge Country Insights reports. Deadline for delivery of these reports is by end of December 2022
• Executive summaries highlighting key insights and recommendation across countries participating in the Pricing study, plus debrief presentations, by end November 2022.
• Executive summaries highlighting key insights and recommendation across countries participating in the motivations and experience qualitative research, plus debrief presentations, by end November 2022.
• Capacity building content and material (e.g. Models) February 2023
• High value marketing research, results analysis February 2023

ESTIMATED DURATION OF THE CONTRACT AND PROPOSAL

6 months, full time, tentatively starting on Sep 2022

REPORTING TO

Market Research Specialist. Market Knowledge Unit, PFP.

WORKPLACE

Teleworking (home based), with the option to occasionally work from Geneva office (if the commuting distance is reasonable) and regulations allow.

The contractor is not expected to travel on behalf of the organization.

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

Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or higher) in market research, marketing, social sciences, communications, or another relevant technical field. A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree), in combination with qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years progressive experience in market research or other equivalent business experience including experience in marketing, brand management is required.
• Prior experience in market research (all approaches and methodologies) and consumer / donor insights, gained client or agency-side, within the private sector or the not-for-profit sector is required.
• Experience in philanthropic and charitable organizations is desirable.
• Experience working in an international environment is desirable.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Remarks: Please indicate your ability, availability, and gross daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered. Also, please mention the earliest date you can start.

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. 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.

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 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.

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