UNICEF Cambodia is establishing a Multimedia Consultant Roster to support photography, videography, and visual storytelling assignments that showcase impact for children and communities across Cambodia.

If you're passionate about creating compelling visual content and using your skills for social good, we encourage you to apply.

Please note: This is a roster recruitment, not a specific vacancy. Successful candidates may be contacted for assignments as opportunities arise and, following the required assessment, offered an appropriate contract.

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 inspiration.

UNICEF started operation in Cambodia in 1952 and opened first country office in 1973 in Phnom Penh. More information on what we do in Cambodia is available at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/.

How can you make a difference?

(Consultants may be engaged only when the assignment is of a temporary nature; based on payment for services or work with defined deliverables and outputs that are specific and measurable, to be performed and completed within a specified period of time. Consultants must not be engaged to perform staff functions or other functions that are not based on defined deliverables or outputs):

UNICEF Cambodia invites qualified candidates to express their interest in being included in a roster of consultants for the External Communication Section. UNICEF seeks to engage photography and videography roster consultants on an ad hoc basis to support its strategic communication, advocacy, visibility, resource mobilization, and partnership efforts. Through compelling visual storytelling, the consultants will document UNICEF-supported programmes and showcase tangible results for children, families, and communities across Cambodia.

The consultants will capture high-quality photographs and video content that illustrate both the challenges faced by children and the positive impact of UNICEF-supported interventions. Assignments may include documenting field activities, programme implementation and results, human-interest stories, interviews, events, campaigns, emergency responses, and advocacy initiatives. Particular emphasis will be placed on showcasing children's experiences, amplifying their voices, and highlighting innovative and effective solutions that contribute to children's well-being, protection, development, and future opportunities.

The content produced will serve as strategic communication assets to raise public awareness, promote positive social and behavioural change, strengthen advocacy for children's rights, and demonstrate accountability to donors, partners, and stakeholders. Materials may be used across UNICEF's and partners' communication channels, including publications, reports, websites, social media platforms, digital campaigns, educational and awareness-raising materials, media engagement, donor visibility products, and national, regional, and global advocacy initiatives. Visual assets may also be shared with UNICEF Headquarters, National Committees, donors, development partners, and media organizations to support broader communication and fundraising efforts.

Depending on the assignment, deliverables may include professional photographs, photo essays, edited videos, b-roll footage, broadcast-quality video packages, short-form digital content, animations, and multimedia products tailored for diverse audiences and platforms. For photography assignments, the consultant will be required to provide accurate captions, quotes, metadata, and contextual information for all selected images in accordance with UNICEF editorial standards.

The consultants are expected to produce visually engaging, technically strong, and editorially accurate content that reflects UNICEF's mandate and values. All storytelling should be authentic, evidence-based, and respectful, highlighting both programme results and the resilience, aspirations, and lived experiences of children and communities.

In line with UNICEF's child safeguarding and ethical communication standards, the dignity, rights, privacy, and confidentiality of every child must be protected at all times. When photographing or filming children, the consultant must ensure that informed consent and applicable permissions are obtained, participation is voluntary and safe, and children are never exposed to harm, stigma, discrimination, or exploitation. The best interests of the child shall remain the primary consideration throughout the assignment and all content production processes.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: TOR_Roster for Multimedia for photography and videography_tms.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in relevant disciplines, such as Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Graphic Design, Art, Design, Social Sciences, or other related fields.
Applicants with no bachelor's degree but with at least three additional years of relevant professional experience in photography and videography production, content creation, or related areas may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Work Experience:

Minimum three (3) years of professional experience in photography and/or videography.

Demonstrated experience producing visual content for development, humanitarian, advocacy, public awareness, or child-rights-related initiatives.
Proven experience in photo and video production, including filming, photography, and post-production editing.
Experience producing multimedia content for digital platforms, websites, social media, publications, and campaigns.
Experience developing human-interest stories and visual narratives.
Experience working independently, managing multiple assignments, and delivering outputs within tight deadlines.

Skills:

Strong photography, videography, visual storytelling, and multimedia production skills.
Proficiency in operating professional photography and videography equipment.
Proficiency in industry-standard photo, video, graphic design, and editing software on both Mac and PC platforms.
Strong photo and video post-production skills, including editing, colour correction, audio optimization, subtitling, and content formatting.
Ability to produce high-quality visual content tailored for diverse audiences and communication platforms.
Knowledge of digital and social media content production and best practices.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to verify factual and contextual information.
Ability to work effectively under pressure, adapt to changing priorities, and meet tight deadlines.
Demonstrated professionalism, cultural sensitivity, integrity, and commitment to ethical communication and child safeguarding standards.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English and Khmer are required
Strong writing skills, including the ability to prepare accurate captions, descriptions, interview transcripts, and supporting documentation in English.

Desirables:

Previous experience working with UNICEF, UN agencies, international organizations, NGOs, or development partners.
Experience documenting programmes related to child rights, education, health, nutrition, child protection,
Human Resources
United Nations Children’s Fund
social protection, climate resilience, WASH, or humanitarian and emergency response.
Experience producing content for advocacy, behaviour and social change, fundraising, donor visibility, or media engagement purposes.
Familiarity with UNICEF communication, branding, editorial, and visual storytelling guidelines.
Experience in website content management, animation, motion graphics, drone videography, or other advanced multimedia production techniques.
Willingness and ability to travel to remote locations across Cambodia on short notice.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

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 a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation 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, discrimination, fraud, corruption and other forms of misconduct.
UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference, safeguarding and background verification checks. These checks may include verification of academic credentials and employment history, screening against relevant United Nations misconduct databases, and requests for misconduct disclosures from current and former employers, professional associations, other relevant organizations and participating organizations under inter-agency safeguarding initiatives, including the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS), where applicable.

Appointment, selection and continued engagement are subject to the satisfactory completion of all required checks. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information and consent to enable UNICEF to undertake these 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments are conditional on the selected candidates’ willingness to comply with current or future vaccination requirements, should UNICEF mandate it for personnel.
Failure to comply with such requirements, where applicable and without a duly approved medical exemption from the relevant UN authority, will result in the cancellation of the selection or may lead to other administrative measures, including separation from service

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.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Vacancy Announcement: Roster for Multimedia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia