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The Digital Advocacy and Communications consultancy will be critical in implementing and scaling UNICEF Ghana’s U-Report platform while supporting donor visibility through multimedia and social media content production. U-Report is UNICEF’s youth engagement platform that empowers young people to share their voices, access information, and mobilize for action. U-Report Ghana will engage youth aged 13-24 through interactive tools such as polls, chatbots, and quizzes. The Consultant will oversee strategy implementation, ensuring that youth participation is meaningful and contributes to decision-making at the national. This includes developing annual activations, fostering collaboration with UNICEF program sections and partners to influence policy and programmatic decisions, and aligning activities with global advocacy priorities. Safeguarding, data privacy, and ethical youth participation will also be prioritized, ensuring that engagement adheres to UNICEF’s child protection policies and global guidelines.
The Consultant will focus on advocacy, communication, and stakeholder engagement. This includes amplifying U-Report data and activities through UNICEF Ghana’s campaigns, producing youth-driven content, and strengthening visibility of the U-Report brand. The consultancy also involves capacity-building efforts, empowering young people to take on leadership roles within the U-Report community. Use this link https://youtu.be/WrYyFzzZNn0 to have insight of the U-Report.
The Consultant will support UNICEF Ghana’s donor visibility through strategic communication activities. The consultancy entails mobilizing communication resources to highlight impactful UNICEF programs, facilitating content gathering, and producing compelling multimedia packages, including videos, human-interest stories, and social media posts. The consultant will collaborate closely with country offices, regional teams, and headquarters divisions to ensure consistent and effective communication that supports fundraising initiatives.
Key deliverables include the development of donor communication materials, maintaining the website and digital platforms. The Consultant will coordinate with programmatic and partnership teams to support in tracking, planning, and executing donor content gathering missions' visits, and providing inputs of the Advocacy and Communication section in donor reports. The consultant will ensure compliance with UNICEF’s communication standards.
Work Assignment
1. Development and implementation of donor visibility plan encompassing strategic digital communication and reporting.
2. Oversee social media planning and content creation.
3. Youth engagement and capacity building through the U-Report strategy implementation
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum Education Requirements:
An advanced university degree (Master’s level) in one of the following: Communications, Marketing, Journalism, International Relations, International Development or in a related field.
Experience/Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:
- At least two (2) years of relevant professional work experience in advocacy/ campaigning and communications (including digital) focused on young people is required.
- Experience in supporting the development and implementation of youth engagement strategies, with specific, measurable and timebound objectives and performance indicators.
- Demonstrated experience in supporting and/or managing projects to completion, including developing and implementing clear processes.
- Demonstrated experience in designing content for youth audiences and/or community moderation of youth focused platforms.
- Knowledge of children’s rights, public policy, international development and humanitarian issues.
- Knowledge of child safeguarding and ethics of working with children and youth.
- Experience working for an advocacy or campaigning organization e.g. national or international NGO, UN or other multilateral organization is an asset.
- Experience in supporting training and facilitation is an asset.
- Experience working in a developing and emergency environment is an asset.
- Knowledge and experience of U-Report platform.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
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.
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.
