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UNICEF’s Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) has for the past seven years been running an annual Skill Share event with approximately 5,000 participants from 160 countries online and in person. The event is hosted in conjunction with other UNICEF divisions on behalf of colleagues who engage in work with the private sector from around the world.

How can you make a difference?

We are seeking an experienced roster of graphic and video designers who will be available to work with the Partnership Cone’s teams of UNICEF (PFP, DGCA and PPD) to support and scale up this new model of year-long skill sharing, as well as to provide design and video editing-related services to PFP, DGCA and PPD units.

Objective:

Support the PRIME Knowledge Management team in providing services to the Partnerships Cone.

Major Tasks:

• Provide design support for internal stakeholders, including presentations, infographics, and visual assets for internal communication.
• Work closely with teams across UNICEF to produce engaging visuals for campaigns, product launches, events, and other activities.
• Create and modify existing design templates for various digital materials, ensuring brand consistency across different mediums and channels.
• Develop creative concepts and design mock-ups for review and approval, considering both aesthetic and functional aspects.
• Create design assets and templates needed for Virtual Skill Share (VSS) sessions and focused events, including branded PowerPoint templates and overlays for pre-recorded sessions.
• Review speaker recordings and identify, collect, or create appropriate visuals such as still pictures, images, icons, key words, graphs, and infographics to illustrate key points and messages from the recordings.
• Develop animations and videos to illustrate concepts explained in session recordings, integrating them into pre-recorded sessions to clarify topics being covered by the speaker. These videos can include creative videos, video scribing, motion graphic, animated PowerPoint, or any other form of video appropriate to explain the concept.
• Where necessary, perform video editing to combine speaker recordings, visuals, and animations to form an online session.
• Liaise with session teams to ensure visuals and animations are appropriate for the session recordings.
• For sessions that need to be produced with external vendors, coordinate with the vendor to ensure that visuals and animations are used correctly and in accordance with agreement with session teams.
• Format or lay-out handouts and other publications needed for sessions, if any.
• Provide any post-session video editing requirements.
• Provide post-delivery support in uploading videos in the PFP’s video repository.
• Assist the VSS organizers in any other creative requirements needed to successfully deliver the VSS.

Responsibilities of the Consultant:

• The consultant will use their own equipment; laptops, microphones, software and other accessories that may be required for this task.
• The consultant will not give the content/material or any part thereof, to any third party without the written permission of UNICEF. All components will be the property of UNICEF, and the consultant will not share the same with anyone else.
• The consultant will not put their own name or logo/emblem on the content / final product. The only organization branding will be UNICEF, if required.
• Regular liaison with manager and content owners and any related units.

Responsibilities of UNICEF:

• UNICEF will provide all details pertaining to the activity and the requirements
• UNICEF will orient the consultant on UNICEF’s branding guidelines
• UNICEF will share the documents and specifications with the consultant as he/she becomes available and will coordinate the timely delivery of work.

DELIVERABLES:

Deliverable 1 (Video Editing/Creation):

• Basic video intros: Development of short intro and outro stings to be shown during skill-sharing sessions.
• Full session videos: Development of short intro and outro and editing of speaker videos.
• Custom content videos: which can take the form of video scribing, animations, talking heads, stitching, and treating.
• Short promotional videos.
• Develop and edit videos for awarding ceremony.

Deliverable 2 (Design and Visualization):

• Infographic and/or infogram
• Polishing PowerPoint Slide Decks
• Layout of reports and documents

Deliverable 3 (Branding):

• Prepare overlays for use in online sessions
• Creation of branded assets (ie, logos and branding) for initiatives and events
• Design of brochures and documents
• Package of branded assets and templates for an awarding ceremony.

Deliverable 4 (Podcasts):

• Development of Podcast

Deliverable 5 (Facilitating Simple Orientation and Training on Design):

• Capacity Building session for clients

TRAVEL:

*  No travel is envisaged for this consultancy.

DURATION OF LTA:

Three years.

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

Education:

• First-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or higher) in graphic design or other related area is required.

Experience:

• Minimum of four years progressive experience in graphic design or other relevant areas is required.
• Good portfolio of design work is required.
• Ability to follow creative briefs and produce accurate artwork which is in line with the UNICEF brand guidelines is an asset.
• Experience of working for an international organization or an NGO is desirable.
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite products, such as InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop is required.
• Multimedia and editing knowledge using Premiere Pro is desirable.
• Good working knowledge of PowerPoint and other Office platforms is required.
• Ability to translate data into compelling infographics is required.
• Ability to deliver products on time and within budget is desirable.

Language:

• Fluency in English is required (good command of written and spoken English). Knowledge of another official UN language such French and/or Spanish is considered as an asset.

FINANCIAL PROPOSAL:

Financial Proposal Long-Term Agreement of Individual Consultant as Graphic Video Designer, PRIME, PFP.pdf

The application must be submitted through the online portal and should include four attachments:

• A cover letter explaining the motivation for applying and the qualifications and skillset of the candidate
  (to be uploaded online)
• Curriculum vitae (CV) (to be uploaded online)
• Two one-page editing samples with edits shown, the editing samples should show all edits in tracked changes. (to be uploaded online)
• A financial proposal indicating professional fees as per the above template. Please specify your name in the file when saving (to be uploaded online under the ‘Financial Proposal’ tab)

Important note: Do not indicate financials anywhere else in the online application form. Please mark ‘n/a’
or ‘00’ under the fee-related questions in the online application form.

The application will be invalid and will not be considered if any documents are missing.
Any attempt to unduly influence UNICEF’s selection process will lead to automatic disqualification of the
applicant.

• Joint applications of two or more individuals are not accepted.
• UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the process.
• UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply.

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.

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.