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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant

Consultancy Title: Immunization Digital Communication and Donor Recognition Consultant

Section/Division/Duty Station:  Programme Group – Health,  Immunization Section - NYHQ

Duration: October 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ/ Remote 

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/Assignment: 

Against the backdrop of a global funding crisis and the unprecedented needs of immunization programmes, UNICEF is seeking to enhance programme scale and impact by strengthening public engagement and donor recognition. Digital communications play a central role in amplifying UNICEF’s impact for children by delivering compelling content for advocacy and public engagement, and by ensuring donor recognition and high-quality reporting. Through strategic storytelling and coordinated outreach, the role will help capture and disseminate accurate information on situation of children, programmatic response, and highlight the impact that UNICEF supported programmes and donors support is having across multiple programme countries.

To this end, UNICEF is hiring a consultant who will engage with country offices and generate quality digital outputs at global level, ensuring alignment with contents generated by Country Offices and improving visibility on programmatic work in countries. The Consultant will contribute to enhancing the visibility of key immunization partnerships and communication campaigns—including those funded by Gavi, Gates, the Government of Canada (CanGIVE grant), Alwaleed Philanthropies, and the Republic of Korea—as well as spotlight major immunization activities such as the measles and rubella campaigns in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The role will ensure ethical storytelling practices and foster collaboration with the Division of Global Advocacy and Communications, National Committees and other partners to amplify reach across digital platforms and explore additional opportunities for visibility.

The Digital Communication Consultant contributes to the design and implementation of digital content strategies that enhance the visibility of immunization efforts and donor-funded partnerships. For example, the consultant will cover major immunization campaigns launches in October in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which aim to reach over 200 million people and are supported by key global partners. The role involves close coordination with Country Offices (COs) and internal stakeholders to develop high-impact digital assets such as fact-based storytelling, social media content, and communication inputs for donor reporting. In addition, the consultant will generate communication inputs for key donor reports (e.g. Canada, Alwaleed, etc.) and partnership engagement events.

Scope of Work

1.         Digital communication: Contribute to the planning, production, and dissemination of digital and social media content related to UNICEF’s immunization campaigns and donor visibility efforts, in alignment with global and country-level strategies.

•           Develop a detailed digital workplan to guide the production of digital communication outputs. Produce digital and social media content including social media cards, GIFs, videos and other multimedia assets to be published on digital channels.

•           Contributes to the creation and curation of high-quality and engaging content tailored for each platform, ensuring editorial, branding standards and in coordination with programme teams and other stakeholders

•           Ensure ethical storytelling and the respectful representation of views of children and communities in all content.

•           Promote knowledge sharing, capacity building, and digital literacy across CO teams to strengthen overall communication efforts.

2.         Communication materials:

Drive timely and quality production of communication materials in line with UNICEF and donor requirements; engage with UNICEF country offices to collect relevant communication input for generation of global communication assets

•           Generate communication material (e.g. human-interest stories, articles, social media visuals, video etc.) that meet the country and global standards.

•           Draft and edit articles, human interest stories and other advocacy/information web-based material for donor recognition and public information scopes.

•           Prepares and produces communication material and oversees the qualitative aspects of production (e.g., quality control, translations, reviews of appropriate use of UNICEF platform for multimedia sharing, etc.) to meet standards as set out in the UNICEF Communication Toolkit.

3.         Contribution to donor reporting

Provide communication inputs for donor reporting by compiling and packaging visibility materials, ensuring that grant-specific communication results are documented and reflected in reports and strategic updates.

•           Identify and recommend communication materials suitable for inclusion in donor reports and visibility packages, ensuring alignment with grant objectives and storytelling standards.

•           Monitor and document the dissemination and use of communication assets developed under donor-funded initiatives to support reporting and partner engagement.

•           Contribute to the preparation of reporting inputs by organizing visuals, key messages, and multimedia content linked to specific grants and campaigns.

•           Facilitate lessons-learned exercises by reviewing the effectiveness and uptake of communication outputs across donor initiatives and contributing to internal summaries, as needed. 

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

1.Digital communication

- Digital content plan for immunization donor visibility (including calendar of visibility moments) developed

- One human interest story developed in collaboration with CO(s)

- One video for social media highlighting immunization or donor contribution developed

- One fact card or storyboard for a thematic project (e.g., Africa CDC root cause analysis) developed

- The content from COs for November deliverables is timely collected   

31 October 2025

2.Communication materials

- One human interest story developed in collaboration with CO(s)

-One visual card, video or storyboard for a thematic project developed

- Digital content package for social media (minimum 3 assets) aligned with campaign milestones

- Donor's recognition/visibility materials from country offices for December reporting produced

- Follow-up on Alwaleed Philanthropies visibility activities       

30 November 2025

3.Contribution to donor reporting

 - One human interest story developed in collaboration with CO(s)

- One fact card or storyboard for a thematic project developed

- Campaign-specific content for Nigeria and DRC measles & rubella campaigns developed and delivered

- Communication inputs made for CanGIVE donor report (annex, visuals, key messages)

31 December 2025

- One human interest story developed in collaboration with CO(s)

- One video for social media highlighting immunization or donor contribution produced

- One fact card or storyboard for a thematic project developed

- Up-to date tracker of donor-related communication outputs maintained and submitted

- Timely coordination with COs for upcoming visibility materials conducted      

31 January 2026      

- One human interest story developed in collaboration with CO(s)

- One fact card, video or storyboard for a thematic project produced

- Monthly digital content package for donor visibility (multimedia) produced

- Continued tracking/reporting of donor-related communication outputs performed

- Content preparation for March lessons-learned review provided

28 February 2026                   

- One human interest story developed in collaboration with CO(s)

- One fact card, video or storyboard for a thematic project produced

- Monthly digital content package for donor visibility (multimedia) produced

- Donor-related communication outputs (CanGIVE) reported

- Lessons-learned review and summary report on donor visibility content and dissemination effectiveness made   

31 March 2026

Qualifications

(1) Education

Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Communications, Journalism, International Relations, or a related field.

(2) Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

•           Minimum 5 years of professional experience in communication, public information, digital media.

•           At least 3 years of experience in digital content development and social media strategy.

•           Prior experience in journalistic writing, donor storytelling, and communications in an international development setting.

•           Proven ability to produce a range of multimedia content (videos, fact cards, social toolkits).

•           Experience coordinating with multiple countries and working within large multilateral teams.

Skills:

•           Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

•           Demonstrated ability to transform technical information into engaging content.

•           Strong organizational and project management skills.

•           Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.

Requirements: 

Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and

• Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that will include/ reflect :
  • the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

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