Contract Duration: 3 months

Working arrangement: Home-based

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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For every child, the right to education

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Purpose of Assignment:

This consultancy sits within the Child Protection and Development Data Unit (CPDD) within the Data and Analytics Section of UNICEF’s Office of Strategy and Evidence - Innocenti. This Unit covers a range of topics, including alternative care of children, which is the topical focus of this consultancy.

The CPDD Unit requires a communications consultant to support its efforts in developing and disseminating a variety of communications and outreach products related to a new international statistical classification of alternative care of children (the ICare). These products and outputs are a critical component of the next phase of work focused on ensuring effective and strategic visibility and uptake of the ICare.

Scope of Work:

Communications Plan

Develop a comprehensive communications plan, including key activities/outputs and timelines to ensure effective and strategic visibility and outreach on the ICare.

Strategic Communications Products
Prepare strategic communications and outreach products on the ICare, including drafting of a video script and blog posts.

Digital Content and Platform Management
Assist in the creation of curated digital content for a dedicated microsite on the ICare (to be housed on data.unicef.org). Ensure consistency in messaging, branding, and user experience. Facilitate coordination with vendor in the creation and development of the microsite.

Audience reach and impact
Utilize SEO and analytics tools to optimize digital assets for increased visibility, search relevance, and sustained engagement. Feed content into global communication channels. Measure and evaluate the performance of communication activities using data-driven insights to support continuous improvement.

Event-Based Communications and Advocacy
Support outreach and communications before, during and after key events on the ICare, including an online foundational training on the ICare. Tasks might include producing and disseminating compelling outreach and advocacy materials, and working with internal teams and external partners to ensure alignment and impact

How can you make a difference?

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the Terms of Reference here: ToR ICare Comms Consultant TMS.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

Education:
Master’s degree or equivalent in English, communications, development studies, journalism or international relations.
Work Experience:
At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in data-focused communication roles, with demonstrated success in advocacy and outreach in multilateral or UN contexts.
Language Requirements: Fluency in English required
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:
Experience working with UN data platforms, dashboards, and communication reporting frameworks.
Solid proficiency in data visualization tools, including but not limited to Tableau, Power BI, and internal UN systems.
Deep knowledge of email marketing, web content systems (e.g., Drupal, WordPress), and back-end content optimization technologies.
Superior written communication skills with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to express technical concepts in clear, accessible language.
Demonstrated expertise in digital marketing, content strategy, SEO, and data analytics.

For every Child, you demonstrate Care

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal (Talent Management System):

An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
A separate financial proposal Financial proposal ICare Consultant comms TMS.xlsx

Remarks:

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

ICare Communications Consultant, Office of Strategy & Evidence (OSE), Florence,Italy, 3 Months, (Remote/Work from home)