Country: India
Closing date: 07 May 2018
LOCATION: New Delhi / any of the 13 UNICEF Field Offices (Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad/Telangana, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Raipur and Ranchi)
VALIDITY OF ROSTER: FOUR YEARS
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION SUBMISSION: 7 May 2018
1. BACKGROUND:
Media plays a definitive role in shaping public sentiment, mobilizing public participation and creating awareness for crucial causes. Keeping this in mind, UNICEF looks at maximizing the reach of media platforms through four key processes: Strategic Media Partnerships, Media Engagement, Media Capacity Building and Media Monitoring. These four processes help us involve media in an effective way so that we are able to meet our objective of promoting the rights and wellbeing of every child.
UNICEF partners with media across mediums of radio, TV, print, social media and digital, in order to create equity focussed forums that impact the lives of girls, boys and women. In this context, UNICEF holds a number of events involving media and other key stakeholders such as government officials and civil society as well as celebrities. Through this activation, UNICEF remains in touch with the media at large and more specifically with a core group of media partners, committed to issues related to child rights.
2. PURPOSE:
UNICEF is trying to build a pool of pre-qualified high-calibre candidates to be hired as ‘Public Relations Consultants’, from which UNICEF country office and different state offices can quickly select and fill a requirement through a faster contracting process as soon as a need is identified.
Candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to apply following which a desk review of their skills and experience will be done to determine whether they qualify for the Public Relations (PR) Consultant Roster. The process will ensure all candidates in a PR Roster are evaluated prior to recommendation for a specific consultancy opportunity. Successful candidates will be notified and placed in a PR Roster for a four (4)year period. However, engagement of identified consultants for specific assignments would be as per the terms and conditions specified in the contract entered into.
The Roster of PR Consultants, once in place, will allow Communication, Advocacy and Partnerships (CAP) colleagues to select three or more potential candidates from the roster for further appraisal and selection of one candidate, rather than going through a formal advertisement process for each consultancy assignment.Ideally, this will expedite the placement of consultants (both short term and long term) and also provide the supervisor the scope to choose from a vast pool of potential candidates with communications, advocacy and partnerships background. In this context, should the currently on-board consultants with UNICEF be interested in being considered for future opportunities with UNICEF, they need to apply to the roster.
A Public Relations consultant will support the communications team in creating a discourse around various campaigns/launches in the media. The consultant will work under the guidance of the media team who will be managing particular media advocacy events. The consultant will have an understanding of media and of issues related to children and women in India, and experience in working with beat media as well as high level media.
Key Tasks of the Public Relations consultant:
3. LOCATION:
The position would be responsible for providing technical support to CAP network at national / state / divisional / district level/ sub-district levels (in certain cases) in UNICEF supported states in India, with specific deliverables to be achieved for improved media outcomes. The position would be based at Country Office or State or selected district HQs within the states. Possible locations are: New Delhi, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad/Telangana, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Raipur and Ranchi.
4.VALIDITY OF ROSTER:
The roster once established would be valid for a period of 4-years.
5.QUALIFICATION, SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
6. HOW TO APPLY:Your application should contain the following 3 attachments:
Please submit your online application before COB 7 May 2018.
As you will notice that scores have been assigned to proposed methodology/approach to how a PR assignment will be managed" under evaluation criteria. Hence, it is mandatory to upload this document. Without this document your application will be considered incomplete and will be invalidated.
7. Evaluation Criteria
As you will notice that scores have been assigned to proposed methodology/approach to how a PR assignment will be managed. Hence, it is mandatory to upload this document. Without this document your application will be considered incomplete and will be invalidated.
Candidates' who score 70 marks and above and also score the minimum points against each of the above sub-criteria will be considered for inclusion in the roster
Total points to qualify in overall technical evaluation Min 70/Max 100
For any clarifications, please contact:
UNICEF
Supply & Procurement Section
73, Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003
Telephone # +91-11-24606516 (Direct)
Fax # +91-11-24391410; Email: indconsultants@unicef.org
How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=512393