MHPSS Youth Storytelling, Engagement and Learning Generation, Mental Health Leadership, Remote, with travel, 5 months

MHPSS Youth Storytelling, Engagement and Learning Generation, Mental Health Leadership, Remote, with travel, 5 months

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to mental health

How can you make a difference?

Under the direct supervision of the Global Mental Health Lead, the consultancy, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Youth Storytelling, Engagement and Learning Generation will support and collaborate on the development, coordination and implementation of a multi-country youth storytelling, engagement and learning generation plan, which supports the internal and external promotion and dissemination of the content being produced to support the mental health of young people, as part of the UNICEF/ Spotify 5 year partnership, and as part of the UNICEF / Pinterest ‘Young People’s Perceptions of AI, Digital Mental Health Tools, and Online Safety’ research project.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: Download File ToRTMC0005614.pdf

Minimum requirements:

  • Education: University degree in Public Health, Mental Health, International Humanitarian Affairs, Data and Evaluation or related field, with strong experience in applying marketing, communications or journalism, in mental health
  • Work Experience: At least 5 years of experience in communications/marketing, writing/editing, publications, project management, strategic outreach, and/or related work such as social behaviour change, interviewing young people on sensitive topics; supporting youth storytelling; experience working in global mental health
  • Skills:
  • Initiative, independence, creative, innovative, and detail oriented.  
  • Strong organizational and project management skills, ability to work on multiple projects with short deadlines.  
  • Excellent writing and editing. 
    Good analytical abilities, including understanding data and figures, social media metrics and translate them into actionable insights to refine strategies.      
  • Expertise in Microsoft Office, editing, WordPress (or similar), graphic design software (Adobe InDesign, Canva). 
  • Direct field experience in interviewing young people / facilitating focus group discussions on sensitive topics (e.g. mental health, migration, climate anxiety,etc). 
  • Experience in LMICs and knowledge of the functioning of UNICEF MHPSS Operational Framework in particular is of great added value.  
  • Strong oral communication skills.  
  • Language Requirements: English essential
  • Desirables: Previous experience with good practice / innovation case studies linked to mental health outcomes of youth

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

  • An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
  • Cover letter
  • A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) Download File Financial proposal TMC0005614.xlsx

Remarks:  

If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.  

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

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