Contract Duration – 12 months

Working arrangement: Office Based with travel

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TERMS OF REFERENCE

Under the guidance of the Chief of Advocacy and Communication/Officer in Charge, and the Nutrition Manager, the consultant will help maximize the gains achieved from nutrition advocacy and communication and strengthen follow-on action from UNICEF Philippines' nutrition priorities from 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2027. The consultancy will support the Nutrition team and the Advocacy and Communication Section to implement, monitor and update the nutrition advocacy and communication plan, including the Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) country communications plan, and to produce timely advocacy, media, digital and donor-facing materials.

The assignment will support advocacy around the first 1,000 days/maternal nutrition, stunting and wasting, and healthy food environments, including institutionalization of MMS in routine antenatal care, strengthening local nutrition systems and service consistency, scaling severe acute malnutrition detection/referral/outpatient care, and advancing protections from unhealthy food marketing and healthier school and community food environments.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TOR x TMC0005687.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

Education: Bachelor`s university degree in Communication, journalism, public relations, development communication, public health/nutrition communication, political science/political economy, international relations, social sciences or other related fields. Advanced university degree is an advantage

Work Experience: Minimum of eight years of progressively responsible experience in advocacy, communication, media, digital content production, public health/nutrition communication or social development communication is required. Experience with UNICEF, UN, government, INGOs or development partners is an advantage.
Skills (optional): Proven ability to develop advocacy and communication strategies; produce compelling written and digital materials; translate technical nutrition issues for decision makers, partners, media, caregivers and the public; coordinate across programme and communication teams; manage content production and approvals; monitor outputs and metrics; and provide sound judgement on reputational and risk issues.
Language Requirements: Excellent written and spoken English is required. Fluency in Filipino or another Philippine language is an advantage
Desirables: Media relations, event support, donor visibility, social media analytics, video/photo production coordination and field story-gathering experience.
Technical requirements:
Detailed technical proposal requirement (if applicable): Short proposal outlining approach to coordinating the 12-month nutrition advocacy and communication workplan.
Sample work requirements (if applicable): Two writing samples and/or links to communication products.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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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, TMS (Talent Management System):

An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) Financial proposal TMC0005687.xlsx
A detailed technical proposal
Two writing samples

Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not downloadable on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

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ONLY NATIONAL- Nutrition Advocacy and Communication Consultancy, Advocacy and Communication Section, in coordination with Nutrition Section, Manila, Philippines, 12 months (Office based with travel)