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Home-Based Opportunity: Social Media Content Remote Consultant Vacancy at UNICEF in the United States for 2024

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Vacancy Details

Position(s): Writer Consultancy
Organization: UNICEF
Location: New York, United States
Category: Health
Job no: 576645
Contract type: Consultant
Section/Division/Duty Station: HEPR – Health Section, Programme Group, NYHQ
Deadline: 08 Nov 2024 Eastern Standard Time

About UNICEF

UNICEF Is Hiring a Writer Consultancy. Apply Now! If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you. 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.

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This consultancy will focus on supporting the HEPR section in the writing of key technical documents and briefings, and will facilitate internal discussion, to elaborate a body of knowledge on UNICEF’s role and experience in health emergencies preparedness and response. The audience of such documentation is both internal (i.e., leadership briefings, coordination, technical assistance) and external (i.e., coordination with partners, fund-raising, technical advocacy). The consultant will collaborate with technical experts across sections and divisions to compile technical briefings and provide feedback for review.

Scope of Work

More specifically, the consultant will support the development of the following products:

Compile, edit and prepare a series of briefings and documents for publication for the HEPR Section and PHE team, including:
What are public health emergencies? What is UNICEF’s role in them?
Ways of working in preparedness and response to public health emergencies.
Main achievements of the PHE team/programme;activities/results/reports.
Donor proposals, and other briefing materials, for external partners
Advocacy materials for a multisectoral approach to prevention, preparedness for and response to public health emergencies.
Case studies for countries where UNICEF is the implementing entity for Pandemic Fund proposals and on PHE preparedness and response more broadly.

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Support the development of the HEPR Section workplan, strategic plan, and related processes as part of the UNCEF Strategic Plan discussions 2022-2026:

Compile and edit 2024 reports for the HEPR Section
Additional briefings
Academic papers, op-eds and social media suppor

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Requirements

Education:

Master’s Degree
Discipline: Advanced degree in relevant field (Public Health, Social Sciences, Humanitarian Affairs, Journalism, etc.)

Work experience:

8-10 years of progressively responsible professional work experience at national and international levels in programming, writing, editing, development planning.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required *:

Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex international development concepts for multiple audiences (UNICEF, UN, donors).
Demonstrated experience in writing for a variety of audiences including the UN and donors it’s desirable (both private and public sector).
Experience working with UNICEF in the capacity of a writer is an asset and will be strongly considered.
Basic knowledge of public health emergencies as well as institutional knowledge of UNICEF programmes in emergencies its desirable.
The individual should be highly proficient in a range of PC/web applications, including but not limited to: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, and Lotus Notes.
Strong organizational, planning, and analytical skills.
Fluency in English is required.