Recruitment Notice: Documentation Consultant at UNICEF

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, health

UNICEF has been working in Cameroon since 1975 to allow women and children to fully realize their rights to development without restriction, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF provides financial and technical support to Cameroon across seven areas to fully realize the rights of women and children. These areas include Health, HIV/AIDS, Water-sanitation-Hygiene, nutrition, education, child protection, and social inclusion. UNICEF focuses mainly on children and the most vulnerable and excluded families. Cameroon’s 2020 population is estimated at 26,545,863 people according to UN data. The population is young and generates strong socioeconomic demand. In rural areas, limited access to basic social services and the effects of climate change lead to household impoverishment and severe child deprivations. The task is immense but not insurmountable; it requires the energy of all stakeholders in Cameroon and outside of Cameroon: also, women, men, youth and children, government, technical and financial partners, donors, civil society, the private sector, parliamentarians, and communities. Everyone is invited to participate in the struggle to meet the challenges ahead. Together, we will act for Cameroon, a country that summarizes the challenges and hopes of Africa.

To learn more about UNICEF Cameroon, use the below link

https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/CMR/SitePages/AboutUs.aspx

How can you make a difference?

Appuyer la documentation des 1000 premiers jours, la seconde décade et la communication des activités des programmes de l’UNICEF et en particulier la section Santé et Nutrition.

Task and Responsibility

Coordination, both internal and external

• Faire un examen documentaire de la documentation pertinente (document de programme de pays ; plan de Communication, Plaidoyer et Partenariats 2022 – 2026 ; proposals des Grants actifs des secteurs concernés)
• Développer une stratégie de communication pour les sections Santé axée sur les activités de plaidoyer en faveur de la vaccination, la santé maternelle, néonatale, infantile et adolescente, la lutte contre le VIH et le sida, la Nutrition
• Travailler avec les unités de la section Sante, la section Nutrition et les bureaux de terrain pour suivre l’implémentation des activités de terrain et en assurer la documentation, en donnant une attention particulière à la visibilité des bailleurs ;
• Concevoir et produire des supports de visibilité pour appuyer la communication et le plaidoyer de qualité en collaboration avec les activités en cours (Photos, vidéos, histoires, communiqués de presse) conformément aux normes prescrites dans le branding et la stratégie de communication de l’UNICEF ;

• Organiser 2 évènements : (événement de lancement de campagnes ou de projet et visites sur le terrain)
• Élaboration des notes conceptuelles des événements.
• Assurer la liaison avec les partenaires et les points focaux du l’activité concernés,
• Développer des messages clés, un kit média et s’assurer que l’activité se déroule conformément aux normes de l’UNICEF
• Organisation de voyages de presse pour faire disséminer les résultats au grand public à travers les médias
• Production des histoires a intérêt humain
• Apporter un support dans l’organisation des évènements de plaidoyer
• Appuyer le plaidoyer avec les partenaires et les médias
• La documentation des activités de Nutrition, précisément les projets de « Soutien aux femmes réfugiées et enfants malnutris de la République Centrafricaine, du Nigeria et du Cameroun » et d’éducation nutritionnelle des adolescents financés par KFW ;
• Documenter les 1000 premiers jours et la seconde décade
• Appuyer la production de la Newsletter UNICEF en collaboration avec toutes les sections pour rendre visibles leurs actions ;
• Selon les besoins, participer à la rédaction de discours, de communiqués de presse ou tout autre support de communication.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

• Diplôme supérieur en Communication, Journalisme, sciences sociales ou domaines connexes pertinents pour la mission.
• Expérience professionnelle – un minimum de 4 ans d’expérience professionnelle dans les domaines de la communication, de la presse écrite et audiovisuelle ou des médias numériques interactifs. Une expérience avec les Nations Unies serait un atout.
• Compétences spécifiques en rédaction des communiqués de presse et des articles / histoires pour les médias traditionnels et électroniques ;
• Connaissance du système informatique, de la navigation Internet et de diverses applications bureautiques, en particulier interactives ;
• Compétences démontrées en matière d’analyse, de communication, de rédaction et d’édition.
• Capacite à produire des images de qualité et des capsules de vidéos ;
• Capacité à gérer les pages des réseaux sociaux ;
• Capacité avérée À travailler en équipe ;
• Maîtrise du français parlé et écrit et de l’anglais ;

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.

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.

Deadline: 22 Mar 2023 W. Central Africa Standard Time