Consultancy: Immunization Digital Communication and Donor Recognition Consultant – Req

UNICEF is a global organization committed to safeguarding the rights of every child. The following opportunity is open for a highly skilled digital communication specialist.

Consultant

Immunization Digital Communication and Donor Recognition Consultant

Programme Group – Health, Immunization Section – NYHQ

October 1 2025 – March 31 2026

NYHQ / Remote (US time zone)

Against the backdrop of a global funding crisis and unprecedented needs of immunization programmes, UNICEF seeks to enhance programme scale and impact by strengthening public engagement and donor recognition. Digital communications play a central role in amplifying UNICEF’s impact for children by delivering compelling content for advocacy and public engagement, and by ensuring donor recognition and high‑quality reporting.

• Plan, produce, and disseminate digital and social media content related to UNICEF’s immunization campaigns and donor visibility efforts, aligned with global and country‑level strategies.
• Develop a detailed digital workplan and produce content such as social media cards, GIFs, videos, and other multimedia assets for publication on UNICEF’s digital channels.
• Create high‑quality, engaging content tailored for each platform, ensuring editorial and branding standards.
• Ensure ethical storytelling and respectful representation of children and communities in all content.
• Promote knowledge sharing, capacity building, and digital literacy across country office teams.
• Generate communication materials (human‑interest stories, articles, visuals, video) that meet country and global standards.
• Draft and edit web‑based material for donor recognition and public information scopes.
• Produce and oversee the qualitative aspects of production, including quality control, translations, and appropriate use of UNICEF multimedia platforms.
• Provide communication inputs for donor reporting by compiling and packaging visibility materials, ensuring grant‑specific communication results are documented.
• Identify and recommend communication materials suitable for inclusion in donor reports and visibility packages, aligned with grant objectives and storytelling standards.
• Monitor and document dissemination and use of communication assets developed under donor‑funded initiatives to support reporting and partner engagement.
• Facilitate lessons‑learned exercises by reviewing the effectiveness and uptake of communication outputs across donor initiatives.

• Digital communication
  :
  Digital content plan for immunization donor visibility (including calendar of visibility moments) developed.
• One human interest story developed in collaboration with country office(s).
• One video for social media highlighting immunization or donor contribution developed.
• One fact card or storyboard for a thematic project (e.g., Africa CDC root cause analysis) developed.
• Content from country offices for November deliverables collected by 31 October 2025.
• Communication materials (November):
  One visual card, video or storyboard for a thematic project developed;
  Digital content package for social media (minimum 3 assets) aligned with campaign milestones;
  Donor’s recognition/visibility materials from country offices for December reporting produced;
  Follow‑up on Alwaleed Philanthropies visibility activities completed by 30 November 2025.
• Contribution to donor reporting (December):
  One human interest story;
  One fact card or storyboard;
  Campaign‑specific content for Nigeria and DRC measles & rubella campaigns delivered;
  Communication inputs made for CanGIVE donor report;
  Tracker of donor‑related communication outputs maintained by 31 December 2025.
• Monthly digital content package for donor visibility (multimedia) produced and continued tracking/reporting of donor‑related outputs each month until 28 February 2026.
• Content preparation for March lessons‑learned review and summary report on donor visibility content provided by 31 March 2026.

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Communications, Journalism, International…