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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child.

The GCA Youth Engagement Team is looking for designers and/or illustrators who can work on specific assets throughout the contract period, in a Roster Recruitment modality.

UNICEF's Strategic Plan 2022-2025 highlights Advocacy and Communications as one of the nine Change Strategies for achieving UNICEF's goals of guaranteeing the rights of children and young people worldwide. The plan also includes child, adolescent, and youth engagement and empowerment as an expected medium-term result.

Within UNICEF’s Division of Global Communication and Advocacy (DGCA), the Youth Engagement Team works to strengthen the organisation’s capacity to engage young people as advocates and campaigners for children’s rights through our flagship campaigns and initiatives and ensure that young people's perspectives and voices are an integral part of our communications and advocacy.

U-Report is one of UNICEF’s flagship initiatives to engage and empower young people. Since its pilot launch in Uganda in 2011, U-Report has revolutionised the way and capacity in which UNICEF engages young people worldwide. For 13 years, U-Report has provided young people with meaningful and accessible opportunities to participate in issues and spaces where they have never been consulted before. U-Report allows youth to speak out via SMS and other channels – through polls and unsolicited messages – on what is happening in their communities. It provides a forum to amplify their voices through local and national media. It acts as a citizen-sourced, real-time data point for key stakeholders, service providers, and decision-makers about the issues being faced in communities.

Digital engagement plays an important role in U-Report's response to global communication, fundraising, advocacy and development shifts. Using digital media platforms helps position U-Report to expand outreach and broaden engagement around children's rights. Effective use of digital channels to communicate UNICEF's key messages through relevant content, experience and dialogue allows individuals to connect directly with other individuals or groups, as well as brands and organisations, thus creating valuable relationships with online and offline supporters.

How can you make a difference? 

We are looking for a designer and/or illustrator to develop assets for social media and communications materials for U-Report social media platforms. These would be mainly aimed at a young audience, and the objectives would be specified according to the different campaigns.

Deliverable 1: Thematic static and animated assets linked to specific campaigns.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Deliverable 1 Thematic static and animated assets linked to specific campaigns.

During the contract period, the consultants will create 66 static and animated graphic assets for social media channels and U-Report website. These assets will be developed in the following formats as needed and specified by UNICEF.

Resource Detail
Design Square Image with text for Instagram post 1:1
Design Square Image with illustration for Instagram post 1:1
Design Rectangular Image 16:9
Design Instagram Story 9:16
Design and animate GIFs with text Giphy recommended size.
Design and animate GIFs with illustration Giphy recommended size.
Fully illustrated detailed graphics/portraits 1:1, 9:16

• The Contract’s supervisor will specify the formats for each requested asset.
• Deliverables should be provided in digital formats suitable for publication, including high-resolution print files and optimised web versions.
• Before delivering assets for specific campaigns and requests, a review and approval process will be conducted. There will be at least two rounds of feedback to apply changes to the pieces.

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

• • Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in graphic and visual design (non-exclusionary)
  • At least 3 years of work experience in communications, website and/or social media management.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in multi-language design adaptations.
  • Experience working with remote teams across time zones and cultures.
  • Strong skills in communication and content-creation. Comfortable working independently with flexible hours and managing one’s own time and responsibilities.
  • Experience with graphic design, ability to create designs for digital media purposes in open source graphic design programmes, such as Canva
  • Fluency in English (both written and verbal) is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

Application Guidance  

Each Proposal will be evaluated against a weight allocation of 70% for the technical proposals and 30% for the financial proposal.  The total maximum obtainable is 100 points.  The minimum acceptable technical score is 49. 

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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. UNICEF 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. 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.     

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.