Consultancy: Digital & Campaign Communications – Global Partnership To End Violence Against Children- New York

CONSULTANT – Digital & Campaign Communications Specialist

Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children

 

Background:  

Every year, over 1 billion children experience violence. Violence in childhood undermines all other investments in children; in their health, education and development, often with negative lifelong consequences and intergenerational impact. Recognizing the devastating impacts of violence against children, in 2015 world leaders committed to end all forms of violence, abuse and neglect by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.  In July 2016, the UN Secretary-General launched the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children and an associated Fund.

 

The Partnership is a global platform for evidence-based advocacy and action, working with and through governments, UN agencies, international organizations, civil society, faith groups, the private sector, philanthropic foundations, research practitioners, academics and children themselves – uniting their voices, actions and resources in a unique public-private collaboration focused solely on ending violence against all children. In its first two years, the Partnership has: enrolled 33 governments as ‘Pathfinder’ countries; grown its membership to over 600 organizations; helped develop and promote the INSPIRE solutions to end violence; awarded $57 million in grants to tackle online child sexual abuse, and violence against children in conflict and crises; galvanized those working to end violence through an inaugural End Violence Solutions Summit and the Together to #ENDviolance campaign, and advanced the global agenda to keep children safe at home, at school, online and within their communities.

 

Purpose

 

Building on this initial progress, the End Violence Partnership is launching a new 3-year strategy and evolving its operational approach and business model, to better support the collective impact of the Partnership and lay the foundations for systemic change at scale. Heading into the scale-up phase, the Secretariat will: raise awareness and grow demand for change; mobilize new resources for everyone working to end violence against children; and get the solutions, expertise and resources to all those working to end violence.

 

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Contribute to communications and advocacy planning and strategy

• Develop weekly and monthly website and social media content and oversee the management plan and communications calendar in consultation with the Secretariat work streams leads.

• Lead development and execution of communications campaigns

• Plan and execute social media components of End Violence campaigns across several platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, in coordination with counterparts at End Violence members.

• Coordinate the workflow of the Communications Department

• Grow reach and engagement with End Violence content on digital platforms

• Support major in-person and virtual events

• Develop and report on key communications metrics

Produce communication content

•  Assist production of stories, features and other text, photo and video content about End Violence members and Secretariat programme activities.
• Draft information products about solutions to violence against children for distribution via social media channels in easy-to-understand language for non-specialist audiences.
• Support in building a photo and video database from End Violence member organisations
• Support the production of a wide range of other communication products and assets, including presentations, fact sheets, newsletters, reports, presentations, etc.

Maintain professional relationships with key partners

• Initiate and sustain professional relationships with key constituencies both at Secretariat and in the field.
• Act as focal point on social media issues
• Oversee social media outreach and engagement, including interacting with End Violence members and engaging new memberships
• Engage with global and local audiences on End Violence priority issues and/or major events, including drafting communication plans, implementing actions,    coordinating activities, and monitoring and reporting on progress.
• Undertake other duties as assigned by supervisor
• Duties to be determined on an as needed basis; travel may be required.

MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF ASSIGNMENT

 

The contract is expected to commence on 1 November 2021 and concludes on 15 October 2022, for a total duration of 11.5 months. The consultant will be supervised by the Director of Communications and Advocacy and will closely work with the End Violence Secretariat team members in various locations.

 

PAYMENT PLAN

Monthly payment, based on monthly tasks and progress reports, approved upon monthly review with supervising unit.

• Consultant is responsible for their own health insurance

• Consultant is eligible for standard DSA for all work-related travel.

• Consultant is responsible for assuming costs for obtaining visas and travel insurance.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

•  Advanced university degree in international relations, social sciences, public relations, communication or a related field. A relevant combination of academic              qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in communication, print, broadcast, and/or new media.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, excellent technical communication with peers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working on issues related to protection of children against violence highly preferred, with a special focus on online violence and sexual exploitation

• Experience working in international development context highly preferred

• Desire to work in a highly-collaborative environment 

• Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required. 

• Knowledge of Spanish, French and/or other UN languages is highly desirable.

Competencies and level of proficiency required (Based on UNICEF Competency Profile)

 

Core Values – Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability

 

Core Competencies

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)

• Works Collaboratively with others (1)

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)

• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)

• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)

• Drives to achieve impactful results (1)        

 Functional Competencies 

• Analyzing (1) 

• Deciding and initiating action (1) 

• Persuading and Influencing (1) 

• Applying Technical Expertise (1) 

• Learning and researching (1) 

• Planning and organizing (1)

To apply

Applications must be submitted via the UNICEF jobs website by 10 September  2021;

Applications must include a cover letter and CV.  Please also indicate your ability, availability and monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the above terms of reference.

Applications submitted without a monthly rate will not be considered.

Remarks

As a UNICEF-hosted partnership, End Violence is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

End Violence 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. End Violence also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background 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.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.  This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.

Your appointment is limited to EOF, a UNICEF hosted fund. While UN staff regulations and rules, as well as UNICEF policies and procedures, apply to you during your appointment, certain provisions therein may apply to you differently due to the limited scope of your appointment.