National Consultancy - Social Media and U-Report Consultant, Papua New Guinea

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Work type: Individual Contractor/Consultant (only PNG citizens may apply)

Location: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Categories: Social Media and U-Report for Child Protection

Duration of Post: 11 months to start in July 2020

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

For every child, Protection.

With over 850 indigenous languages, and one f the most ethnically diverse populations, widespread poverty and gender inequality make it hard for many children to realize their rights. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), UNICEF’s works effectively both ‘upstream’ (with governments) and ‘downstream’ (at the grassroots level) to carry out its mission through a programme of cooperation jointly developed with the government guides our work in the country.

How can you make a difference?

Violence against children, domestic violence and intimate partner violence (IPV) are a key shows that 27% of parents/caregivers used physical punishment; over 50% of parents and caregivers reported calling their child lazy, stupid or something similar, with nearly two thirds reporting shouting, yelling or screaming at their child. Violence has long term consequences and it contributes to the replication of conduct problems in children, leading to antisocial behaviour including violence, drug use and gang crime, it also leads to social exclusion, stigma and prevents women and children from achieving their full potential in life. COVID19 lockdown and the State of Emergency only contributed to the worsening of the situation increasing the cases of domestic violence and violence against children.

UNICEF PNG, through its country programme cooperation agreement with the Government of PNG 2018-2022, is aiming to tackle these issues and to address the social and cultural norms perpetuating violence and gender inequalities through several prevention strategies. More specifically, the prevention pillar of the Child Protection programme emphasizes the use of social media as a tool to engage people, primarily youth and adolescents, on issues affecting them, including violence in homes and communities, gender inequalities, access to services and opportunities, and others. Among other participation and social mobilization tools, UNICEF applies the U-Report. This is a global tool developed by UNICEF and being used also in PNG. It is based on innovative, user-cantered opinion monitoring tool which enables real-time and anonymous data collection through free SMS, facebook messenger, Twitter and Whatsapp. This data is used for adjusting policies and programmes of the government, civic society, international organization and youth groups.

In order to encourage participation of young people and parents, raise awareness on VACW prevention and contribute to the positive behavior change related to VACW, especially at the times of COVID lockdown and emergency, UNICEF needs support in facilitating, coordinating and implementing U-Report development for youth and parents. This includes a wide range of online and face-to-face activities, such as promotion at youth events, cooperation with media and universities, online promotion campaign, etc.

As a champion for every child you will have…

• Completed university (Bachelors) degree in Communication, Marketing, Information Technologies, Social Sciences, Public administration, Management or related studies.
• Minimum of two years relevant professional experience on projects related to at least one of the following spheres: international development, marketing and communication, youth engagement and participation, policymaking on national or local level
• At least 1 year in project management or coordination of a project team;
• Experience in engagement with the governmental structures, civil society, think tanks, advocacy initiatives and youth organizations;
• Experience in working with social media channels (FB, Twitter);
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation;
• Good computer skills, basic graphic design skills an advantage;
• Previous experience with real time and data application/IT an advantage;
• Experience in working with the development actors, NGOs, UN agencies an advantage;
• Fluency on Tok Pisin and English

For every Child, you demonstrate… our core values of Commitment, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability.

This position is a short-term consultancy project and doesn’t give rise to a long-term permanent post with the organization. For full Terms of Reference, you may email [email protected].

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.

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.

UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, or training).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.