Local Consultancy: Digital Content (184 Days over 6 Months)

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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, Sustainable Sanitation

Scope of Work:

The Digital Content Strategy Consultant will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of integrated digital strategy development and execution. The consultant will be responsible for providing clear focus of digital content production, increasing brand awareness, helping to expand reach and strengthen engagement among target audiences and partners.

The consultant will collaborate with colleagues to produce compelling content for UNICEF Philippines digital public channels and play a supporting role in the management of social media channels, website and other opportunities to develop digital platforms within the partnership.

1. Co-lead on the development of digital content strategies, work planning, content shaping, optimization, and content releases.
2. Manage UNICEF Philippines’ social media postings and local content production (videos, social media materials, human interest stories, donor visibility) in coordination with in-house teams and creative service providers.
3. Provide support on the development of UNICEF Philippines’ youth and influencer engagement platforms, including on roster building and content co-creation efforts.
4. Support internal liaison and coordination with focal points from programme sections or cross cutting task forces.

Tasks:

1. Co-lead development of digital content strategies, work planning and content shaping and optimization.
2. Deliver content production (videos, social media materials, human interest stories) in coordination with in-house teams and creative service providers.
3. Support internal liaison and coordination with focal points from programme sections and cross cutting task forces.

Deliverables:

• Digital communication and advocacy materials as needed:

• Monthly plans, creative content concepts and digital content production plans for prepared with in coordination with section and programme focal points.

• Mapping of communication opportunities through liaison with communication and programme sections.
• Establishment of supporter content ecosystem through mapping and active engagement of youth content producers, influencers and potential co-creators, stakeholders, multipliers and influencers for coalition building around advocacy objectives.

- Support to creative tactic development, activation of partners and programme experts:

• Update mapping and prioritization of visibility requests in coordination with the Advocacy and Communication Section.
• Develop content guides for multimedia or story gathering.
• Develop concepts, creative briefs and graphic for all editorial, graphic and video content.
• Monitor content engagement and propose needed tactics to manage results and maximize performance in line with Digital KPI targets.

• Ideation for new ways for storytelling, compiling best practices from other UNICEF country, regional or global channels

• Support the work alignment between relevant external stakeholders and teams in the CO: - Participation in digital content production specific meetings and support in ongoing evaluations or strategy development.

• Liaison on relevant programmes supported by major donors and opportunities for joint digital content production.
• Collect and consolidate feedback to evaluate success and areas for improvement for digital content.

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

Education:

• Bachelor’s in development communication (or general communication with specialization in development or political comms), research, political science/political economy, international/foreign relations, or other related fields in the social sciences.

Work Experience:

• 2 years work experience with a postgraduate degree or 5 years work experience with bachelors.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills Required:

• Minimum of 2 years’ increasingly senior level experience working particularly in public advocacy, partnership preferable in social development area.
• Proven track record in developing practical strategy and compelling and innovative approach to draw attention. In-depth knowledge and understanding of digital content environment, what works and how.
• Strong understanding and knowledge applicable to improvement of digital media in a highly competitive landscape.
• Strong network and ability to reach out to key actors and influencers to build communication alliance for UNICEF. Thorough understanding of creative and advance level use of traditional and new media for advancing public advocacy agenda.
• Previous UNICEF/UN and/or INGO experience in a similar role is an asset.
• Min. 2 years’ experience coordinating minor and major events; preferably with UNICEF or other UN agencies.
• Experience writing event report.
• Experience with other UN agencies/international organizations will be considered Experience in implementing digital advocacy campaignsKnowledge of child rights issues, communication and media outreach.
• Good coordination/project management skills.

Language:

• Fluency in English, both in oral and written communication, and knowledge of the relevant local 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.

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 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.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 19 April 2024. Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 570941 will be considered.

All candidates are requested to submit a COVER LETTER, and the duly filled P11 Form which can be downloaded from our website at P11 Form.docx (sharepoint.com) indicating three (3) previous supervisors. Please indicate your professional fees and the soonest availability to take on the post based on the above terms of reference.

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 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. The candidate may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).