Long Term Agreement (LTA) for Engagement of Local Individual Consultants as Writers, Yerevan, Armenia

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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, a champion

UNICEF works towards realization of the rights of children as prescribed in the Convention of the Rights of the Children. These rights pertain to child survival, protection, development, and participation.

There is an ongoing requirement for the production of communication, advocacy, donor relations and fundraising materials that document key children's issues, ongoing responses in the field, and develop communication materials to support UNICEF's communication, advocacy and visibility efforts with legislatures, policymakers, media, donors, partners and the public at large.

These high-quality content packages include advocacy toolkits, human interest stories, scripts, adverts, brochures, emailers, letters, brochures, proposals, ad copies, social media content etc., that document UNICEF related initiatives. These will be disseminated through different channels, including online, social media networks, partner networks and donor reports.

To meet this requirement, UNICEF would like to engage the services of writers for documenting UNICEF activities and programmes in Armenia.

How can you make a difference?

To meet these requirements, UNICEF would like to engage the services of writers for documenting UNICEF activities and programmes for different audiences such as the general public, donors, supporters and partners.

The overall objective is to set up a Long-Term Agreement to facilitate and expedite the process by which UNICEF will hire writers as required for specific projects to develop marketing, communication and advertising materials that explain UNICEF's activities in the field to raise awareness and increase the trust towards the brand.

Successful respondents must provide well-written and edited content for website, media, marketing communication, human interest stories as mentioned – all the above not only to inform the audience but to engage them deeply enough to ensure they respond by taking a direct action on behalf of children. Tasks include, but may not be limited to:

1. Write, edit and finalize crisp, concise, text for all documents. Ensure Issues and characters being documented, in-depth interviews of community, service providers, government counterparts, beneficiaries, while being mindful of sensitivities of specific situations, to support the story writing.
2. Work in close coordination (where required) with photographers to help capture relevant, powerful captions of photographs for their stories and photo essays.
3. Ensure all consent forms are signed by the caregivers/parents for all the children featured in the content.
4. Review, edit, and consolidate material for knowledge products, ensuring clarity and continuity of the argument and clarity of structure and core themes.
5. Write digital content media as required, including project factsheets, webpages, stories of change, and knowledge products such as forewords, prefaces, etc.
6. Ensure implementation of the UNICEF style guide.
7. Draft blurbs, stories, and content as may be required for the website.
8. Be available for feedback and inputs as per the requirement of the office.
9. Be available for several rounds of editing with regards to stories.
10. Deliver on tight, short timelines as needed.

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

• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Literature, Marketing, Journalism, Advertising, Creative/technical writing, Public Health, Social Sciences related field. A Diploma in a relevant field with experience can be considered in lieu of the degree.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in media/journalism, public relations, communication and behaviour change communications, and advocacy is mandatory.
• Experience in writing for the Government and/or International Organizations is desirable.
• Experience in copy editing is desirable.
• Experience and quality of work demonstrably meet the highest international standards.
• An excellent track record, along with experience writing about the social development sector, is desirable.
• Excellent ability to conduct research and interviews whenever needed to build the communication material
• Ability to analyze, plan, communicate effectively orally and in writing draft reports
• Fluency in oral and written Armenian is required
• Knowledge of English will be an asset.

Note: Candidates are free to apply to any category based on their qualifications and experience. They can also apply for multiple categories or all of them. UNICEF will award LTA to top ranked 10 candidates. A candidate may be awarded LTA for one or more than one category.

For more details please refer to the attached ToR LTA ToR_Content Writers_announcement.pdf

How to Apply

The deadline for the submission of applications is 12 September 2023.

The application to be submitted through the online portal should contain 3 separate attachments:

1. Curriculum Vitae (CV) (to be uploaded online)
2. Three Work Samples – This includes three previously written human-interest stories / reports / advertising materials / content created / proposal. It is critical to submit work samples as you will observe from the advertisement that marks have been assigned to these criteria for arriving at the most suitable candidate.
3. A financial proposal indicating professional fee as per the attached template. Please do not forget to specify your name in the file while saving. (To be uploaded under other supporting documents). Financial Bid - Individual Writers on LTA.doc
4. Certificates of mandatory courses (Ethics and Integrity at UNICEF (2020 version); Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Authority (2021 version) & Sexual Exploitation Abuse (PSEA) (2021 version), and BSAFE consolidated in one single pdf (to be obtained within one week upon selection).

Without above mentioned 3 (I-III) documents your application will be considered incomplete and invalid and will not be considered further.

• Any attempt to unduly influence UNICEF’s selection process will lead to automatic disqualification of the applicant.
• Joint applications of two or more individuals are not accepted.
• Please note, UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the process.
• Female candidates meeting the requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds including persons living with disabilities to apply.

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.