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, results

UNICEF became operational in Greece in early 2016 as an outposted team from the Regional Office of Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) to respond to the significant influx of refugee and migrant children and their families at that time. Following several years of engagement with national stakeholders, UNICEF and the Government of Greece made a decision in January 2020 to formalize the agency’s presence in the country as a full-fledged Country Office. The office falls under the auspices of the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia located in Geneva, which supports the work of 22 Country Offices within its geographical scope, reporting in turn to global headquarters in New York. These offices carry out UNICEF’s mission through a unique set of programmes that focus on practical ways to realize the rights of all children. Within the framework of a mandate for all children in Greece, UNICEF and Greece are now working to address the needs of all vulnerable, marginalized and left-behind children in the country.

In the context of the Country Programme for Greece (2022-2026) approved by the UNICEF Executive Board in February 2022, UNICEF and the Government of Greece have agreed on national targets for children, concerning health, education, social protection, child protection, justice and youth employability.

UNICEF Country Office in Greece is seeking to recruit a full-time  Senior Content Coordination and Development Consultant, responsible for coordinating and producing high-quality visual materials that showcase the impact and achievements of UNICEF’s Office in Greece across programmes

How can you make a difference?

In close collaboration with the Communication Section and relevant GCO Sections:

Leadership, Partnerships and Programmes Advocacy and Communication Content Plan: The consultant will create a comprehensive plan that outlines how to best communicate though asset development leadership engagements and partnerships and programmatic milestones to internal and external audiences.

Content Creation Coordination: Coordinate the planning and development of compelling and informative content, including messaging, news articles, press releases, feature stories, social media posts and multimedia materials (photos, videos) in support of senior leadership stakeholder engagement and officewide, programmatic/advocacy support.

Pre-production: The consultant will liaise with staff and local partners to plan and prepare for upcoming field visits, content gathering missions, events, etc. This includes identifying locations, participants, and stories for visual materials, as well as obtaining the necessary permissions and consent forms.
Deliverables: A detailed monthly content development plan, including a list of locations, participants, and stories to be covered.

Production: The consultant will conduct the visits to film, interview, and photograph major moments, highlights, participants and/or project activities.
Deliverables: Raw video footage and photographs from engagements.

Post-production: The consultant will edit and produce the final videos and photos, in accordance with the specified requirements and UNICEF’s branding, submitting a completed package of assets, including asset descriptions, META Data and specific formats of assets for use in different platforms, ensuring full accessibility (subtitles in EN/GR).
Deliverables: Selections of high-quality edited photos and videos according to UNICEF’s brand guidelines.

Content Production Vendor Coordination: In occasions when multiple vendors are required for the coverage/production of assets of major initiatives, the senior expert will lead the procurement process, including identification of offers and availability of vendors and coordination of pre and postproduction.

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

• At least 5 years of professional experience in communication, content production, and/or fundraising, preferably within the UN, an international organization or NGO.
• Strong experience in producing multimedia content and managing digital platforms.
• Experience in managing senior leadership portfolios and external engagements.
• Strong storytelling abilities and the capacity to convey complex issues in a compelling and accessible manner.
• Excellent writing, editing, and verbal communication skills.
• Professional audiovisual equipment and editing software
• Experience of editing using Adobe Premiere or similar video editing software.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Fluency in English and Greek is required.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants are invited to:

a. Complete their UNICEF profile

b. Attach relevant academic degrees, latest CV and motivation letter

c. Indicate a lump-sum amount quoted in Euro for the whole assignment. The amount should be provided per deliverable by completing the consultancy financial proposal table.  Consultancy Financial Offer.xlsx

d. Submit a Portfolio of past 5 years

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS FROM CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT SUBMIT A FINANCIAL PROPOSAL TABLE WILL BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AND WILL NOT BE FURTHER REVIEWED.

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.