Junior Popular Content and Social Media Research Consultant (Thai Nationals only)

Contract

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Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of gender equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations (UN), is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women GEWE). They work globally to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls and stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on four strategic priorities: serves as the works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. UN Women aims to support the full, effective and gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE).

UN Women recognizes the importance of a whole of society approach in this regard, i.e. supporting engagement between Member State governments, civil society, academia, private sector and others as key stakeholders and partners in efforts on GEWE. This calls for the adoption of strategies which promote the engagement of diverse stakeholders, raise public awareness and understandings of GEWE issues, and promote increased political will and investments in this agenda - to drive transformative change.

The UN Secretary-General’s call for a Decade of Action (starting 2020), aimed to generate a sense of urgency and accountability and the necessary impetus to intensify efforts to implement the international gender equality commitments fully. To leverage this opportunity, UN Women (together with the Governments of France and Mexico and in partnership with civil society), convened a civil society centred, multi-stakeholder global gathering for gender equality – the Generation Equality Forum (GEF).

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work

The GEF took place in Paris (France) from 30 June to 2 July 2021, engaging nearly 50,000 people with the announcement of bold gender equality commitments including $40 billion of committed investments and the launch of a global 5-year action journey to accelerate gender equality by 2026. The five-year action journey to accelerate gender equality by 2026, kickstarted with the culmination of the Generation Equality Forum in Paris. The Forum, which closed on 2 July, featured over 110 multi-stakeholder events over 3 days, hosted via an online platform. The Forum saw the unveiling of a wide range of commitments from every sector. The work of the Generation Equality Forum is only just getting started. Over the next five years, the goal is to make a tangible impact on the lives of women and girls, in all of their diversity, support feminist movements to thrive, and create legal and policy environments that allow for this. To achieve these goals, commitments must come with accountability. The full framework for accountability is under development in active consultation with Action Coalition leaders, commitment makers, and other stakeholders. This 5-year action journey will ensure robust monitoring and accountability for implementation of the commitments made, supporting youth and inter-generational leadership and activism and tracking impact.

In Asia and the Pacific, the UN Women regional office for Asia and the Pacific (UN Women ROAP) rolled out an Asia-Pacific GEF Regional Journey together with its multi-country/country offices and program presences, to support the engagement of diverse stakeholders on the GEF within the region, leveraging lessons learnt from the global and regional review and appraisal of progress on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, from the twentieth anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325, from the fortieth anniversary of CEDAW and also lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, for advancing GEWE. The regional journey also aimed to highlight the centrality of feminist women’s, youth and grassroots organizations and solidarity networks in the COVID-19 response and their leadership and contributions in times of crisis and recovery period, and the need for their support in this regard. For more information about UN Women in Asia and the Pacific, please visit the official website.

UN Women ROAP is looking to engage a Junior Popular Content and Social Media Research Consultant to support its regional outreach and positioning of initiatives including events and campaigns linked to the Generation Equality Forum, the Action Coalitions and Women, Peace, Security and Humanitarian Action Compact (WPS & HA Compact) and the promotion of results and strategic partnerships linked to these efforts. This includes a three-day Youth Activism Accelerator session which ran between 13 and 15 July 2021, with a number of partners from civil society including women’s rights organizations, youth-led or youth-focused organizations and movements, and the UN.

This Junior Consultant will work to support the enhancement of strategic approach to advocacy and communications, with the aim of increasing the visibility of Asia – Pacific’s engagement in the GEF including the multi-stakeholder dialogues on the Action Coalitions and the Youth Activism Accelerator sessions, via online and other popular channels amongst stakeholders in the region including youth and today’s online creative content consumers.

Under the direct supervision of the Regional Communications Specialist, the Junior Consultant will collaborate closely with the Strategic Planning and Coordination Specialist and other colleagues in the Partnerships and Resource Mobilization, Advocacy and Communications Unit (PRMAC Unit) to ensure that the activities are aligned with regional partnerships, advocacy, and communications strategy and that they support the activities and special events organized by the UN Women ROAP.

Deliverables/ Outputs

Timelines/Due Dates

1. Support the restructuring of the ROAP web content on the Generation Equality Forum i.e. the consolidation and organizing of the same- including information linked to commitments made towards the Generation Equality Forum Action Coalitions and the WPS & HA Compact and the region’s engagement in the Mexico and Paris Forums, to support the attraction of new audiences to the ROAP website and uptake of content linked to the Generation Equality Forum.

Deliverables:

• Monthly summary of finalized communications, and materials, pieces, URLs for materials published online

25 August 2021

2. Support the ROAP’s review of Generation Equality Forum web content linked to the Youth Activism Accelerator sessions to create new communication materials for the Asia-Pacific Generation Equality Forum webpage to appeal to youth in the region and motivate activism to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment

• Under the guidance of the Strategic Coordination and Planning Specialist and in close collaboration with the Regional Communications Specialist , the Junior consultant will develop a plan for creative content , key visuals to increase visibility of, and a strategy for engaging online audiences on the Generation Equality in Asia and the Pacific w using Adobe Suite and other professional design programmes

Deliverables:

• Monthly summary of finalized communications, and materials, pieces, URLs for materials published online

3. Development of popular social media materials for ROAP’s Generation Equality web page to reflect initiatives within the region under the Generation Equality Forum regional journey

• Supporting the ROAP social media channels through monthly reporting on reach, engagement and performance of social media campaigns and posts.
• Monitoring all social media channels and engaging youth audience as necessary
• Monitoring and repacking results of UN Women and inter-agency programme works where youth engagement was present for online visibility and developing attractive social media package for online amplification

Deliverables

• Monthly report created for September, October, November, December, January, February, March for all contents reviewed and developed on website and other popular channels such as but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok.

1 September 2021

1 October 2021

1 November 2021

1 December 2021

1 January 2022

1 February 2022

10 March 2022

1 January 2022 – 10 March 2022

4. Development and scheduling of high-quality communication materials to give visibility to commitments made in Asia and the Pacific towards 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD) and Sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 66)

• Support the Strategic Coordination and Planning team to identify and develop key external communication materials, including thematic briefs, statements, brochures, posters, videos, photography, infographics aiming towards 2022 IWD and the CSW 66.

Deliverable:

• Production of high-quality and popular advocacy and communication materials

Competencies

Core Values and Competencies

In addition to aforementioned requirements and qualifications, it is important that the junior consultant shares the core values and core competencies of the organization.

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Required Skills and Experience

Requirements and Qualifications

• Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Communications Design, Journalism, Communications, required.
• Minimum1 year of experience in communications design, popular gender-sensitive content production, journalism, advocacy, or related field preferably with development organizations or media companies, required.
• Background in design using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effect, Adobe Premier Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Lightroom, Cinema 4D, required.
• Experience and knowledge of the use of social media, required.
• Familiarity with Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, Art Directing/Prop Sourcing, Copy Writing/Creative writing, Hand crafting (sewing, sculpting etc.), preferred.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in written and spoken English and Thai languages.

Institutional Arrangement

The junior consultant will work under the supervision of the Strategic Planning and Coordination Specialist with matrix super vision of Regional Communications Specialist. In the event that the consultant needs to travel during the consultancy for assignment-related purposes, UN Women will organize travel as per UN Women Rules and Regulations.

Duration

The duration of the consultancy is 8 months, starting on 10 August 2021 and ending on 31 March 2022.

Duty Station

The consultant will be working from the Bangkok-based UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Application Information

All applications must include the following (as an attachment):

1. Application letter explaining your interest in this junior consultancy why you are the most suited candidate for this position;
2. Updated CV and P11;
3. Shortlisted candidate will be requested to prepare a three-page proposal with draft popular content development and structure of website based on her/his view to overhaul Youth Acceleration content.

Candidates are requested to send their cover letter, CV and P11 to [email protected] and copy to [email protected] .

Evaluation

The evaluation will be based on the application which consists of a P11, CV, cover letter and the proposal.