Job Overview
Scope of Work: Your Impact as an Internal Communications Expert
Under the CEED Programme Specialist’s supervision, the Internal Comms & Capacity Consultant will support SCAP implementation. This involves close collaboration with the CEED team and UNICEF divisions. Key responsibilities, consequently, include internal communications, global capacity-building, and SCAP monitoring and reporting.
1. Corporate Internal Content and Communications Expertise
- Progress Updates: Provide regular updates on SCAP and CEED progress via internal channels. These include, for instance, the quarterly climate bulletin, ICON stories, and monthly Executive Director updates.
Internal Communication and Capacity Development Consultant (Remote, NYHQ, USA)
Organization: UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) Duty Station: New York (Remote) Contract Type: Consultant Location: United States Duration: September 1, 2025 – December 31, 2026. Are you a dynamic professional in communication and capacity building, passionate about children’s rights? UNICEF’s Programme Group (PG) at NYHQ seeks an Internal Comms & Capacity Consultant. This remote consultancy, furthermore, offers a truly unique opportunity to contribute significantly to UNICEF’s global climate action agenda. If you’re a strategic Climate Communication Specialist ready to strengthen organizational capacity, then certainly consider this impactful role.
Remote Internal Communication and Capacity Development Consultant
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About UNICEF
UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s rights organization, works globally to promote children’s survival, protection, and development. Funded entirely by voluntary contributions, UNICEF operates in 190 countries. In addition, it supports child health, nutrition, education, and protection from violence and exploitation.
Background: Advancing UNICEF’s Climate Action
UNICEF prioritizes addressing the climate crisis to protect children’s rights. As climate change increasingly threatens vulnerable children, therefore, UNICEF scales up its climate action across key sectors. These include, for instance, WASH, health, education, social protection, and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
This Internal Comms & Capacity Consultant will support UNICEF’s Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP). They’ll also help implement the next Strategic Plan, focusing on climate-resilient social services and protecting children from environmental shocks. Working under the CEED Programme Specialist, consequently, the capacity development specialist contributes to internal communications, capacity-strengthening efforts, and implementation tracking related to SCAP.
- Executive Support: Draft CEED inputs for Executive Director updates, talking points, and presentations for UNICEF senior management.
- Donor & Partner Engagement: Develop tailored communications (e.g., talking points, slide decks) for strategic engagements, collaborating directly with CEED and focal points.
- Visibility: Coordinate with UNICEF Communications to enhance internal visibility of sustainability and climate action progress.
- Research & Briefing: Track OED Roundhouse requests and prepare background briefs. Furthermore, research emerging external trends relevant to UNICEF’s climate, environment, energy, and disaster risk reduction agenda.
2. Capacity-Strengthening Initiative on Sustainability and Climate Action
As a key Capacity Development Specialist, you will:
- Initiative Development: Support developing and implementing a global capacity-strengthening package on sustainability and climate action. This package, moreover, aligns with UNICEF’s child rights mandate.
- Roll-out Coordination: Coordinate with partners and internal teams for timely delivery of the senior leadership training (September 2025) and regional roll-out sessions (late 2025/early 2026).
- Phase 2 Design: Support designing Phase 2 (launching 2026), specifically targeting technical and programme staff for climate integration.
- Quality Assurance: Contribute to developing a quality assurance approach. This ensures the effectiveness, consistency, and relevance of the training materials and delivery methods.
- Platform Management: Support creating and maintaining a digital platform (e.g., SharePoint) for capacity-building resources. Here, toolkits, modules, and recorded webinars become easily accessible globally.
3. SCAP Implementation and Reporting by the Climate Communication Specialist
- Monitoring & Reporting: Support SCAP implementation monitoring and reporting throughout 2025. This includes progress tracking, data analysis, and coordination with regional/country offices.
- Steering Committee Support: Assist in planning and facilitating SCAP Steering Committee meetings. This involves preparing background materials, agendas, and follow-up.
- Dashboard Development: Contribute to developing a SCAP country profiles dashboard (Q4 2025 / Q1 2026 cycle), visualizing country-level progress.
- Annual Reports: Support drafting and presenting the internal SCAP Annual Report for 2025. Also, assist in developing the external Annual Report on Sustainability and Climate Action for 2025.
Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables for this Internal Comms & Capacity Consultant
This Internal Comms & Capacity Consultant role includes:
- Corporate Internal Content: 6 quarterly climate bulletins; 16 monthly CEED updates for the Executive Director; 14 tailored talking points/slide decks; 9 internal visibility pieces; OED Roundhouse request log maintenance; 16 monthly briefs on external trends.
- Capacity-Strengthening Initiative: Consolidated training plan (October 2025); detailed planning calendar for roll-outs (March 2026); Phase 2 concept note (October 2025); quality assurance checklist (December 2025); organized SharePoint site (November 2025).
- SCAP Implementation & Reporting: SCAP monitoring tracker (quarterly updates); 6 SCAP Steering Committee meetings supported; PowerBI dashboard (June 2026); internal SCAP Annual Report 2025 (April 2026); contributions to external UNICEF-wide Annual Report 2025 (May 2026).
Qualifications for this Internal Comms & Capacity Consultant Role
- Education: You require an Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in education, environmental sciences, climate science, international development, public administration, communications, or a related field relevant to climate resilience and sustainability.
- Experience: You need a minimum of 2 years of professional experience. This must include developing learning materials, training modules, or strategic content related to climate change, children’s rights, and cross-sectoral areas (WASH, health, education, or social protection).
- Knowledge/Expertise/Skills: You must demonstrate a proven ability to produce high-quality written and visual content (training materials, reports, briefs, presentations). Moreover, experience in content strategy for climate action is essential. Skills in synthesizing technical information into accessible formats and multi-platform messaging are also crucial. Finally, strong organizational and coordination skills are vital to manage multi-format content development and work collaboratively across divisions and teams.
Application Requirements
Complete your UNICEF e-Recruitment profile. Additionally, upload academic credentials. Provide a financial proposal. This should reflect the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$). It should also detail travel costs and daily subsistence allowance if internationally recruited or if travel is required as per the Terms of Reference. Include any other estimated costs, such as visa, health insurance, and living expenses, as applicable. Indicate your availability. UNICEF covers unforeseen duty travel. Current health insurance coverage is mandatory upon contract award. Payment depends on satisfactory deliverables.
Apply now: https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/582206/internal-communication-and-capacity-development-consultant-ceed-pg-nyhq-remote-req-582206
U.S. Visa Information
Non-US citizens/G4 Visa/Green Card holders residing in the US under a different visa must change status to G4. Furthermore, a spouse will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD).
Additional Important Notes
Only shortlisted candidates will receive contact. UNICEF adheres to zero-tolerance policies on misconduct (sexual exploitation, harassment, abuse, and discrimination) and strict child safeguarding. Consequently, background checks (academic credentials and employment history) are standard. Selected candidates require confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine before assignment. This requirement does not apply, however, to consultants who will work remotely and do not expect to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations, or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts. Consultants are not “staff members,” do not receive staff benefits, and handle their own tax liabilities. Consultants ensure a valid visa and health insurance for the contract period.
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
- Q1: What is the duration of this consultancy? A1: This consultancy runs from September 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026.
- Q2: Is this a remote position? A2: Yes, this is a remote (home/office based) consultancy, though the duty station is New York.
- Q3: What is the primary focus of this role? A3: The consultant will focus on internal communication and capacity development related to UNICEF’s Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP).
- Q4: Will UNICEF cover travel expenses? A4: UNICEF will cover emergent/unforeseen duty travel and related expenses as per the Terms of Reference. Other travel costs in the financial proposal are the consultant’s responsibility.
- Q5: What are the visa requirements for non-US citizens? A5: Non-US citizens generally require a G4 visa to reside in the U.S. for this consultancy. Spouses may need an Employment Authorization Card (EAD).
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