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, innovation.

In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a complex humanitarian and development setting to fulfill and protect children's rights in partnership with the government, civil society, children, and families.  UNICEF Nigeria is one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally - click the link to learn more about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

To manage youth-led initiatives and strategic communications under Generation Unlimited (GenU) Nigeria, including Green Rising, YOMA (Youth Agency Marketplace), and the Young People’s Action Team (YPAT). The consultant will document impact stories, manage digital campaigns, and ensure meaningful youth engagement across multiple platforms. The consultant will also contribute to event documentation, advocacy content, and youth mobilization to enhance the visibility and effectiveness of GenU’s programs

How can you make a difference? 

Scope of Work:

1. Contribute to GenU Nigeria communications and advocacy by amplifying youth voices and documenting programmatic impact.

2.Produce Green Rising content, including press releases, human-interest stories, media kits, photos, and videos.

3.Drive YOMA outreach through communication campaign support digital content creation, and documentation of field-level engagements.

4.Engage and coordinate Young People’s Action Team (YPAT) members, including campaign planning, youth leadership development, content support, and reporting.

5.Maintain structured monthly check-ins with YPAT members, track participation, and create a strategy plan for sustained engagement.

6.Support knowledge management, donor reporting, and social media content dissemination across GenU platforms.

Work Assignments Overview

1.Monthly coordination and implementation for month 1

Deliverables/Outputs

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

2.Monthly coordination and implementation for month 2

Deliverables/Outputs

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 1 bi-monthly newsletter (3 total) reflecting GenU’s programmatic impact
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

3.Monthly coordination and implementation for month 3

Deliverables/Outputs

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

4.Monthly coordination and implementation for month 4

Deliverables/Outputs

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 1 bi-monthly newsletter (3 total) reflecting GenU’s programmatic impact
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

5.Monthly coordination and implementation for month 5

Deliverables/Outputs

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

6.Monthly coordination and implementation for month 6

Deliverables/Outputs

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 1 bi-monthly newsletter (3 total) reflecting GenU’s programmatic impact
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

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

• An advanced university degree in Business, Communications, Journalism, education, skills development (both
  digital and non-digital), and adolescents/youth engagement.
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in r related fields with 2 years of experience in youth engagement, climate action, advocacy, and multimedia communication.
• Area of expertise: Youth engagement, communication, campaign management and advocacy & Content development.
• Experience of working in fast-paced, multicultural environments.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset. 
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.  

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. 

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. 

Applicants must submit their financial and technical proposals along with this application. Applications without these will not be considered. Use this form to provide your financial proposal. 

 All-Inclusive Financial Proposal Form-Current.docx

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.