Local Consultancy: T4D Consultant - Communications (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

Purpose of the Consultancy:

• Building on the successful implementation of real-time vaccination monitoring and analysis (RT-VaMA) for Polio and measles-rubella in the Philippines, and drawing from successes in Uganda, Mozambique, and Nigeria, UNICEF Philippines is developing a deployment toolkit for real-time monitoring that can be adopted by governments – and by individuals with disparate technological/digital proficiencies --- to address gaps in timely data during supplemental immunization campaigns.

The toolkit, throughout its development, and upon initial release, will also go through user acceptance testing with stakeholders such as UNICEF staff, government partners, and health facility workers, and will be advocated, with the support of the regional office, focusing on onboarding those that express interest in implementing the toolkit.

How can you make a difference?

Job Context:

The Consultant reports to the Deputy Representative, Programmes and works under the day-to-day supervision of the Knowledge Management Officer. Communication and Advocacy outputs will be coordinated with and reviewed by the Communication Section focal points.

Scope of Work/Tasks:

Provide support to the deployment of the RT VaMA Toolkit:

• Work with the technical team in the deployment of the tool with other Local Government Units (LGUs).

• Develop Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) campaign materials for the RT-VaMA toolkit and the advantages of real-time vaccination monitoring initiatives in the Philippines.

• Disseminate information about RT-VaMA.

Support engagement and maintenance of partnerships and networks:

• Engage with partners and countries to disseminate RT VaMA-related information.

• Coordinate communications around pilots, support communications, and document the experiences of RT VaMA deployment.

• Schedule and organize webinars and brownbag sessions.

Knowledge Management:

• Help identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned from the development and roll-out of RTVaMA.

• Contribute and share RT-VaMA and real-time monitoring technology updates with country office, regional, and global T4D networks and activities, while working in close collaboration with the Regional knowledge management focal point.

Capacity Building:

• Work directly with programme teams and partners to adopt RT-VaMA and, more broadly, real-time monitoring solutions appropriate to their sectoral priorities.

• Participate as resource person in capacity-building initiatives.

Deliverables:

- Consultant’s Workplan based on TOR

• Approved editorial calendar
• Consultant dissemination plan
• Communication materials
• Draft proposal to potential adopters on the use of RT-VaMA
• User acceptance testing schedule and coordination

- Review of, feedback, and UAT supervision on the content outputs by the contracted RT-VaMA toolkit developer.

• Engagement Plan and Report
• Documentation of support provided to deployment

• Communication briefs, letters, and invitations to partners and networks

• Webinars and Brownbag Sessions

• Summary of documented Interviews from stakeholders, participants of the pilot testing, and training participants

• Published articles or reports based on the approved communication strategy and editorial calendar
• Toolkit Review
• Training plan/organization of trainings
• Training-related communication materials
• Capacity-building report

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

Education:

• Advanced university degree is required in Journalism, Business Analysis, Development Communications, Digital Development, International Development or another relevant technical field.

Work Experience/Knowledge/Expertise/Skills Required:

• Experience in Knowledge Management, Community Management, as a technical writer, or in a similar role.

• Demonstrated ability to translate highly technical information into easily understandable information for stakeholders, especially in the social, public, development, or humanitarian sector.

• Excellent communication and written skills in English.

• Comfortable coordinating between multiple remote teams and stakeholders.

• Excellent communicator of concepts both verbally and in writing to a developing country government and international audience.

• Experience planning, writing, editing, and collating official reports.

• Experience writing, editing, researching, and planning technical documentation (e.g., software).

• Proved excellent technical and creative writing 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 24 October 2022. Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 556161 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).