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Consultancy: Communications Consultant – Gender Equality
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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Remote (global)- Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Deadline: 06/02/2025
- Location: Remote (global)
About UNICEF
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.
Scope of Work:
- Communication strategy and workplan: Programme Group (PG) Gender Equality has a clear and dynamic communication strategy and associated work plan to advocate for gender equality as a key driver for children’s and women’s rights. The strategy targets audiences internally and externally to enhance the organization’s credibility and brand including various public domains to strengthen awareness, political will, and partnerships in support of UNICEF's mission and objectives. The workplan outlines key communication products, platforms and special events to achieve strategy objectives.
- Networking and partnerships: PG Gender Equality has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of internal and external individuals, groups, and for whose support is essential to/can assist in achieving the advocacy and communication objectives (including media relations and influencers). Effective working relationships with UNICEF, broader UN, and other key external communication counterparts (especially within the gender equality ecosystem) are developed, maintained and enhanced.
- Influencing global priorities and campaigns: PG Gender Equality has an effective process in place for influencing, integrating and taking action on UNICEF’s global communications priorities, campaigns and partnerships.
- Partnership and resource mobilization support: New and existing partnership management with both public and private sector are supported by effective and creative advocacy and communication strategy and activities.
- Monitoring and evaluation: Robust baselines are established against which the achievement of objectives of the communication strategy are regularly analysed to continuously improve and adapt real-time effectiveness of the communication strategy and workplan activities.
- Capacity building and support: PG Gender Equality and broader UNICEF teams (e.g., communication specialists in regional offices, other business units, etc.) are provided with professional expertise and advice on all aspects of advocacy and communication as related to the strategy and workplan as required.
Qualifications
- An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, related other
• At least 8 years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in communication, advocacy, print, broadcast, and/or new media.
• Must demonstrate excellent writing skills with specific experience writing on gender related issues and knowledge products.
• Be able to work independently as well as with a team in an international, multicultural, and interdisciplinary environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required.
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