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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, clean water

How can you make a difference?  

The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen the visibility, strategic communication, policy advocacy, and thematic areas (1) Child Poverty, (2) Social Protection, (3) Public Finance for Children, (4) Cash-Based Assistance and (5) Youth Livelihoods.

The ESP GP requires dedicated communication and advocacy capacity to ensure that its work broadly as well as within the five thematic areas is strategically positioned, effectively communicated, and appropriately amplified for internal and external audiences. ESP GP generates a substantial volume of technical analysis, policy guidance, advocacy messages, stories of changes, flagship knowledge products, coalition outputs, and materials linked to major global policy moments.

To maximize the visibility, relevance, and uptake of these outputs, specialized communication support is required.

This consultancy will contribute to:

• Strengthened external visibility and policy positioning of the Economic and Social Policy Global
• Practice across relevant digital, media, partner, and advocacy platforms.
• Improved communication coherence across global, regional, and country office levels
• Stronger translation of prioritized technical content into clear, persuasive, and audience-specific advocacy and communication products, with a view to creating impact, uptake and change.
• Enhanced positioning of including stronger engagement with partners, coalitions, and external partners and initiatives across the broader economic and social policy agenda.
• Enhancement and refinement of UNICEF’s global positioning and visibility on ESP through digital communication.

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

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

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Master’s degree in journalism, public relations, communications, development economics, public policy, or a closely related field.
• Work Experience: 
• Strong understanding of one or more of the following areas, with the ability to communicate across the full agenda: child poverty, social protection, finance for children, youth livelihoods, and cash-based assistance
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in communications, advocacy, public affairs, or related fields.
• Experience supporting policy communication, campaigns, or communication products in international development settings, especially in the Social Policy thematic areas.
• Experience working across multiple teams and stakeholders in decentralized settings is desirable
• Language requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN language is preferred.
• Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:
• Exceptional drafting and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Demonstrated experience developing communication and social media packages.
• Ability to translate complex technical content into accessible and compelling communication products.
• Knowledge and experience with SharePoint and/or other web-based knowledge management platforms is desirable
• Desirables:
• Strong organizational, planning, and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Proven ability to work under tight deadlines and drive results
• Strong coordination and stakeholder engagement.
• Sound editorial judgment and attention to detail

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 Consultancy to Communications TMS.docx
• Previous work sample

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

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.