Long-Term Agreement (LTA) of Individual Consultant as Graphic Designer (Remotely, 3 years) for Emergency Fundraising Unit, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP)

Remote | Geneva

Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
Location: Remote | Geneva
Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
Occupational Groups:
- Medical Practitioners
- Communication and Public Information
- Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
- External Relations, Partnerships and Resource mobilization
- Emergency Aid and Response
- Public, Private Partnership
- Design (digital, product, graphics or visual design)
- Grant writing
- Marketing (Digital, Advertisement, Brand, Promotion)
Closing Date: Closed

The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) works with National Committees and Country Offices to drive and maximize income growth for children in emergencies. The Emergency Fundraising Unit in PSFP supports and coordinates cross-organization initiatives on humanitarian crisis and sudden onset disasters by leading global efforts in maximizing funding opportunities and supports National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) Countries. Within the Emergency Fundraising Unit, the Knowledge Management Specialist is responsible for the collection and analysis of all relevant information from different stakeholders including HQ departments, National Committees and PSFR countries and make them available to support and promote evidence-based and informed decision making. To support the knowledge management function, the Emergency Fundraising Unit is looking for professional support for the development of data visualizations and graphic design for donor related materials.

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

The Emergency Fundraising Unit in PSFP supports and coordinates cross-organization initiatives on humanitarian crisis and sudden onset disasters by leading global efforts in maximizing funding opportunities and supports National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) Countries.

Within the Emergency Fundraising Unit, the Knowledge Management Specialist is responsible for the collection and analysis of all relevant information from different stakeholders including HQ departments, National Committees and PSFR countries and make them available to support and promote evidence-based and informed decision making. To support the knowledge management function, the Emergency Fundraising Unit is looking for professional support for the development of data visualizations and graphic design for donor related materials.

How can you make a difference?

PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT

Within the framework of the PFP Impact plan, the overall purpose of this assignment is to provide, on a need’s basis, professional graphic design and data visualization services to facilitate data analysis and reporting on the one hand and to increase uptake of products created by the unit on the other hand. The content will be provided by the emergency fundraising unit.

OBJECTIVE

The overall objective is to set up a Long-Term Agreement to facilitate and expedite the process by which the

Humanitarian Funding Unit, PFP will hire a Graphic Designer to design assets to support humanitarian fundraising.

MAJOR TASKS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED

Implement UNICEF’s branding policy: Ensure that all publications, reports and products are produced in line with UNICEF graphic guidelines.

• Design fact sheets, donor proposals, concept notes, guidelines, briefs, and/or presentations.

• Design infographics, and data visualizations, for print and/or digital platforms.

• Design donor reports e.g., 1-month mark, 100-day mark and 1-year mark reports.

• Design electronic newsletters

• Design user-friendly and intuitive pages for the Emergency Hub and the PFP Private Sector Intranet on SharePoint modern.

• Edit videos and podcasts

• Create animated videos

• Create visuals for video (intro, outro, graphs, maps, broll, text)

• Create logos

• Design PowerBI Dashboards

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 a 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

Design fact sheets, donor proposals, concept notes, guidelines and briefs
Design PowerPoint presentations
Design donor reports e.g., 1-month mark, 100-day mark and 1-year mark reports
Design user-friendly and intuitive pages for the Emergency Hub and the Private Sector Intranet on SharePoint modern
Design an electronic newsletter (using Moosend, Mailjet or similar tool)
Edit audio for a podcast
Create animated videos
Edit video
Create visuals for video (intro, outro, graphs, maps, broll, text)
Create a logo
Design a PowerBi Dashboard

FINANCIAL PROPOSAL TEMPLATE

new Financial Bid - Graphic Designer on LTA.docx

TRAVEL

No travel is required.

ESTIMATED DURATION OF LTA

Three years.

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

Education:

• A university degree (bachelor’s degree or higher) in graphic design or other related fields is required.

Experience:

• At least two years of professional graphic design and data visualization experience.

• Familiarity with UNICEF’s branding and style guidelines is desirable.

• Experience designing products for UNICEF or other UN agencies is desirable.

• Experience in building a PowerBI Dashboard is an asset.

Language:

• Fluency in English is required.

Others:

• Excellent creative skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign software.

• Ability to deliver products on time and within budget.

• Ability to deliver high quality products under tight deadlines.

• Experience working remotely, very responsive over email and Microsoft Teams

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.

 Remarks:

The application to be submitted through the online portal should contain four separate attachments:

i. A Cover letter explaining the motivation for applying and explaining how the qualifications and skillset of the candidate (to be uploaded online).

ii. Curriculum Vitae (CV) (to be uploaded online).

iii. online portfolio 4 samples of work: One report, one infographic, one PowerPoint presentation, and one video link (to be uploaded online).

iv. A financial proposal indicating professional fee as per the above template. Please do not forget to specify your name in the file while saving. (to be uploaded online under “Financial Proposal” tab). Important Note: Please 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.

Without all the above documents your application will be considered incomplete and invalid and will not be considered further.

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.

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.

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