Consultancy: Content development for UNICEF Data – Adolescents & Child marriage - D&A, DRP - NYHQ, Requisition# 505615

Presently, there is a need to further develop content for public-facing products like UNICEF Data, particularly in the area of adolescent wellbeing, to strengthen the visibility of existing data work across this phase of childhood, and in the area of child marriage, to update and expand the publicly available resources.

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For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Background & Rationale

UNICEF is the lead agency in monitoring the wellbeing of children, with a mandate to support countries in collecting reliable data on children, as well as to track progress against internationally agreed targets including the Sustainable Development Goals.  In support of this work, the UNICEF Data & Analytics Section maintains global databases on child wellbeing and makes these publicly available as a global public good.

UNICEF Data (http://data.unicef.org) serves a repository of data on children, covering topics ranging from health to education to child protection.  The website is home to topical pages on over 30 issues affecting children which fall within UNICEF’s mandate. This serves as the public face of UNICEF’s work on data for children.

For each topic, the site includes a page featuring narrative and charts describing the global situation of children and illustrating trends and key disparities. Key resources are available to access and/or download, including: the UNICEF global databases covering hundreds of indicators and nearly 200 countries; data-driven publications, brochures and statistical snapshots; journal articles and reports on methodological developments; and interactive web-based data visualization dashboards.

Purpose

Presently, there is a need to further develop content for public-facing products like UNICEF Data, particularly in the area of adolescent wellbeing, to strengthen the visibility of existing data work across this phase of childhood, and in the area of child marriage, to update and expand the publicly available resources. 

For the adolescent content, the task will be to review the structure of the hub of adolescent pages on UNICEF Data and suggest revisions for cohesiveness and clarity. Then in collaboration with sector focal points, to produce narrative and charts on selected sub-topics within adolescent wellbeing, in order to more comprehensively feature the available data and resources.

For the page on child marriage, the task is primarily to update the existing information and expand the scope of data featured on the site to more closely align with the full availability of data in the global database.  In addition to expanding the scope of the content, we will simultaneously be improving the quality of the data visualizations. The purpose of this consultancy will be to, with the team in Data & Analytics, conceptualize what content should be featured, write the narrative, and work with the data visualization team to produce charts, tables and maps. (Note: The technical work of producing interactive data visualizations compatible with the website’s content management system is not included in the scope of this consultancy.)

This consultancy will also include an allocation of days to work on miscellaneous tasks as time allows – for example, if there is some waiting period for focal points to respond or for the data visualization work to be complete.  This may include adapting content produced for UNICEF Data to be used in other dissemination materials including brochures and reports.

Expected results 

1. Review the structure of the adolescent pages on UNICEF Data and propose revisions as needed;
2. For selected topics, produce an outline of content for the sub-page, including a storyline, featured indicators, and proposed visualizations;
3. For selected topics, write a narrative and prepare draft charts for the data visualization team to create;
4. Produce an outline of content for the child marriage webpage, including a storyline, featured indicators, and proposed visualizations;
5. Write the narrative and prepare draft charts for the data visualization team to create;
6. Review and finalize the webpage on child marriage;
7. Miscellaneous tasks as time allows, including: adapting content produced for UNICEF Data to be featured in other dissemination materials including brochures and reports. 

Duty Station 

Consultant can work remotely or from UNICEF NYHQ, depending on consultant’s location and preference. 

Travel

No travel is required. 

Timeframe

Start date: 24 July 2017                       

End date: 29 September 2017

Copyright

UNICEF will retain all copyrights of any materials produced by the consultant under this contract.

Remuneration

Payments will be made upon the satisfactory and timely submission and approval of the deliverables and not actual number of days worked.

Key competences, technical background, and experience required 

• Education: University Master’s Degree or higher in demography, social sciences, statistics or related field.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional work experience in monitoring and data analysis, particularly with experience on child protection and/or adolescent wellbeing.
• Proven experience in data analysis and report writing to disseminate key data and findings to non-technical audiences, particularly related to child protection and adolescent wellbeing.
• Previous experience in working with data from household surveys is desirable.
• Excellent project management, time management and communication skills.
• Familiarity with UNICEF mandate and the Sustainable Development Goals preferred.
• Fluency in oral and written communication in English.

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Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable).  Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

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