Individual Contractor (11.5 months, full-time): Graphic and Video Designer for Skill Sharing Sessions, PRIME, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP)

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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, hope

UNICEF’s Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) has for the past five years been running an annual Skill Share event with approximately 800 participants from over 80 countries in person and 3,000 participants from 160 countries online. 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.

To evolve our delivery method of capacity-building and knowledge-sharing content to colleagues throughout the world, we are adapting our Virtual Skill Share (VSS) model in 2021 to a year-long participant journey where a series of shorter online sessions will be offered live and/or on-demand. Offering shorter, high-quality, and relevant content with polished production over several months rather than a short window of time will maximize knowledge retention, skill uptake, and behavior change among participants – all while reducing workloads on session leads and speakers. This model will also support UNICEF’s efforts in addressing the climate crisis and our global mandate to protect the rights of every child.

In addition, PFP is also leading the development of a learning program on Knowledge Management to be offered to the whole of UNICEF. The learning program will be comprised of short modules that takes the form of online sessions offered live and/or on-demand.

How can you make a difference?

We are seeking an experienced graphic and video designer who will work with PFP’s PRIME Team to support this new model.

MAIN TASKS

• Creation of the design assets and templates needed for Virtual Skill Share sessions and focused events happening with the VSS, including branded PowerPoints templates, overlays to be used in pre-recorded sessions, etc.
• Review of speaker recordings and identification, collection, or creation of appropriate visuals in the form of still pictures, images, icons, key words, graphs, infographics, etc. to illustrate key points and messages from the recordings.
• Development of animations and videos to illustrate concepts explained in session recordings that can be integrated in the pre-recorded sessions to clarify topics being covered by the speaker. These videos can be creative videos, video scribing, motion graphic, animated PowerPoint, or any other form of video appropriate to explain the concept.
• Where necessary, video editing to bring together speaker recordings, visuals, and animations to form an online session.
• Liaising with session teams to ensure that 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 the visuals and animations will be used correctly and according to the agreement with session teams.
• Format or lay-out hand-outs and other publications needed for sessions, if any.
• Provide any post-session video editing requirement.
• Provide post-delivery support in uploading videos in the PFP’s video repository.
• Assist the VSS organizers in any other creative requirements to successfully deliver the VSS.

DELIVERABLES

• Branded assets and templates.
• Session assets in the form of images, graphs, infographics, etc.
• Animations and video clips needed for sessions speakers.
• Edited videos that comprise full VSS sessions.
• Formatted handouts and documents.
• Other creative requirements for VSS.

ESTIMATED DURATION OF THE CONTRACT AND PROPOSAL

Full-time, 11.5 months, tentatively starting by mid-August 2021.

REPORTING TO

The individual contractor will report to the Knowledge Management Manager and will work closely with PRIME’s Knowledge Management Specialist and with session leaders.

WORKPLACE

Work remotely, with no travel expected.

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

• University degree in graphic design or comparable academic qualifications.
• At least five years of professional graphic design experience.
• Good portfolio of design work.
• Ability to follow creative briefs and produce accurate artwork which is in line with the UNICEF brand guidelines.
• 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.
• Multimedia and editing knowledge using Premiere Pro.
• Good working knowledge of PowerPoint and other Office platforms.
• Ability to translate data into compelling infographics.
• Fluency in English is required. (Good command of written and spoken English.)
• Good understanding of French and Spanish.
• Ability to deliver products on time and within budget.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

Remarks:Please indicate your ability, availability andgrossdaily (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily rate will not be considered. Also, please mention the earliest date you can start.

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.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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.