Scope of Work

The Selected Consultant Will Work Under The Overall Guidance And Direct Supervision Of The Regional Chief Of Communication To Perform The Following

• Revamp the website to enable better storytelling and compelling narratives to enhance user experience and engagement
• Produce document pages and link them to programmatic pages.
• Copy-editing and oversight of web content gathered from multiple sources.
• Assess the ESA website structures and contents for ease of accessibility, quality of content, user-friendliness according to UNICEF guidance on external content, ease of maintenance/update, and information retrieval.
• Review and edit content to ensure that it is user-friendly and relevant for the website and ensure that the websites are updated regularly per the guidelines for the platform.
• Make the Websites accessible to persons with disabilities as per W3C 2.x guidelines over the course of 11.5 months (e.g. every month 5-10 pages are made accessible)
• Working with Drupal content management system to keep ESA websites up to date.
• Improving search engine optimization
• Constant review to ensure the ESA websites are free from misspellings, broken links, uptime monitoring, security scanning etc.

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

• Advanced University degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations or a communication-related field; a university degree in a related field plus an additional two years of required relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least eight years of professional work experience in Communication, or a related field;
• Proven advocacy experience and good knowledge of development issues, especially children’ issues and UNICEF’s work;
• Excellent project management, analytical and writing skills;
• Has highest-level communication skills, including engaging and informative formal public speaking.
• Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Knowledge of parts of Eastern and Southern Africa is a bonus.
• Demonstrates and shares detailed technical knowledge and expertise.

Must exhibit the UNICEF Core Values of:

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• Sustainability
• Competencies that the consultant should have for the assignment:
• Builds and maintain partnerships
• Innovates and embraces change
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Works collaboratively with other
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Administrative issues

• The consultant can work remotely but would need to follow the working hours of Nairobi, Kenya and occasionally may be asked to work out of office hours due to the nature of breaking news or emergencies.
• Schedule for progress meetings throughout the contract duration will be required.
• All travel (in case of any) will be by most economical fare and reimbursement will be as per UNICEF policy.
• The consultant/contractor is expected to work remotely but should there be travel, depending on COVID-19 travel restrictions, the UNICEF office would cover subsistence allowances and travel costs. If the consultant/contractor is required to quarantine while traveling, UNICEF will pay for the quarantine if not organized by the host country.
• 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.
• 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.