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Mission and objectives

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.

Context

World Immunization Week, celebrated annually during the last week of April, is a global initiative launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) aimed at promoting the importance of vaccination worldwide. This year’s campaign theme, “For every generation, vaccines work” promoting how vaccines have safely protected people, families, and communities for generations – and continue to safeguard our future. In this context, UNICEF Tanzania, in collaboration with UNV, is launching an online awareness campaign to strengthen vaccination coverage in Tanzania.

Task type

Communication and social media

Task description

We are seeking 500 experienced and creative online volunteers to support our communication team in promoting our content aimed at informing and engaging the population on the benefits of vaccines and the importance of preventive vaccination in combating infectious diseases. Online volunteers will play a crucial role in disseminating awareness messages, informing the public about the importance of vaccination, and combating misinformation on social media. Through this campaign, UNICEF Tanzania aims to increase the reach of it’s content at the national level by mobilizing volunteers and thereby ensuring broader and more effective vaccination coverage. Online volunteers will receive the necessary guidance and resources to develop the campaign on social media, depending on needs and availability. Operational Guidelines for the Volunteers 1. Volunteers may not create unauthorized content using the UNICEF logo, name, or visual identity. 2. Volunteers may not alter messaging, provide incorrect information about vaccines, or misinterpret technical content 3. Volunteers are not authorized to produce original campaign content on behalf of UNICEF. 4. User-generated content must not include UNICEF branding or imply official endorsement. 5. Only campaign-approved materials should be disseminated. 6. They should not engage in debates, political discussions, or respond to hostile comments on behalf of UNICEF.

Assignment requirements

Required experience

Candidates should have prior experience in awareness campaigns, community dialogue facilitation, and social mobilization, as well as in delivering modular sessions on behavior change. Excellent communication and writing/editing skills are required. Good knowledge of online marketing tools and channels (such as WhatsApp, X, Facebook, etc.) as well as experience in designing awareness/marketing tools is highly desirable.

Languages

English, Level: Fluent, Required Kiswahili, Level: Fluent, Required

Other information

Volunteerism is understood as a wide range of activities undertaken of free will, for the general public good, for which monetary reward is not the principal motivating factor.

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Reasonable accommodation

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers 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 recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

In addition to duty station-specific vaccine requirements, appointments 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 appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers 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 contracts.

Scam warning

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