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Mission and objectives
El Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia, UNICEF, desde hace más de 70 años tiene el mandato de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas de promover y asegurar el ejercicio de los derechos de la niñez y la adolescencia en todo el mundo.
Context
UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children. UNICEF insists that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development imperatives that are integral to human progress. UNICEF mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure a "first call for children" and to build their capacity to form appropriate policies and deliver services for children and their families. UNICEF is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children – victims of war, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation, and those with disabilities. UNICEF responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children. In coordination with United Nations partners and humanitarian agencies, UNICEF makes its unique facilities for rapid response available to its partners to relieve the suffering of children and those who provide their care. UNICEF is non-partisan and its cooperation is free of discrimination. In everything it does, the most disadvantaged children and the countries in greatest need have priority. UNICEF aims, through its country programmes, to promote the equal rights of women and girls and to support their full participation in the political, social and economic development of their communities. UNICEF works with all its partners towards the attainment of the sustainable human development goals adopted by the world community and the realization of the vision of peace and social progress enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. UNICEF Nicaragua began a new cycle of cooperation with the Government of Nicaragua, for a period of five years: 2024-2028. The Cooperation Program (CP) was worked on jointly with a technical team from State institutions and UNICEF personnel. Nicaragua is a middle-income country. In line with national priorities, with the experience and lessons learned from the 2019-2023 cooperation, and with the added value that UNICEF can bring to the country, the Cooperation Program (2024-2028) prioritizes four components: Health, nutrition and children´s development; Equitable and quality education; Protection of children against violence; and Water, sanitation, hygiene and climate resilience.
Task description
Under the close supervision of the Communications Specialist, the incumbent UNV will support in the planning and development of audiovisual content, grounded on the use of multimedia tools, such as audio, video, animation, aimed to deliver informational content based on children’s rights, and develop pedagogical content aligned with the Communication and Advocacy Strategy for promoting the rights of children and partnerships objectives. Multimedia technology will serve as a tool to deliver information and promote engagement around UNICEF´s advocacy efforts, including climate crisis awareness and emergency preparedness, which are consistent with UNICEF’s global priorities and messaging, communication activities including information campaigns, key components that support advocacy goals. The UNV Communications Associate will: •Assist in the production of advocacy and communication materials (films, videos, designs, audiovisual materials). •Develop drafted articles, human interest stories and other information materials for both webbased and traditional media, as appropriate. •Support the preparation of digital content for websites and other relevant platforms, among these and not limited to press coverages, press releases, human interest stories, photo essays. •Propose, plan and quality assurance of online advocacy and communications events such as and not limited to Facebook Lives, Online panels, webinars, email-based newsletters. •Ensure photo coverage and video footage. •Support events planning. •Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: •Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day). •Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country. •Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results, and opportunities. •Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc. •Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers. •Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Results/expected outputs: As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: •Production of multimedia/audiovisual communications materials /products, as needed. •Design and implement a multimedia content strategy. •Produce and promote content consistently. •Deliver monthly reports based on measuring the success of the content efforts based on social media metrics, measure results and adjust when necessary. •Support the Communications sections in event planning, press releases and human interest stories development. •Develop graphic design pieces.
