National Consultant - Gen U Youth Engagement at United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: National Consultant - Gen U Youth Engagement

Job ID: 581805
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 6 Months
Categories: Innovation

For Every child, innovation

• In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a complex humanitarian and development setting to fulfill and protect children's rights in partnership with the government, civil society, children, and families.
• UNICEF Nigeria is one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally - click the link to learn more about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/

Purpose of Activity/Assignment

• To manage youth-led initiatives and strategic communications under Generation Unlimited (GenU) Nigeria, including Green Rising, YOMA (Youth Agency Marketplace), and the Young People’s Action Team (YPAT).
• The consultant will document impact stories, manage digital campaigns, and ensure meaningful youth engagement across multiple platforms. The consultant will also contribute to event documentation, advocacy content, and youth mobilization to enhance the visibility and effectiveness of GenU’s programs

How can you make a difference?
Scope of Work:

• Contribute to GenU Nigeria communications and advocacy by amplifying youth voices and documenting programmatic impact.
• Produce Green Rising content, including press releases, human-interest stories, media kits, photos, and videos.
• Drive YOMA outreach through communication campaign support digital content creation, and documentation of field-level engagements.
• Engage and coordinate Young People’s Action Team (YPAT) members, including campaign planning, youth leadership development, content support, and reporting.
• Maintain structured monthly check-ins with YPAT members, track participation, and create a strategy plan for sustained engagement.
• Support knowledge management, donor reporting, and social media content dissemination across GenU platforms.

Work Assignments Overview
Monthly coordination and implementation for month 1:
Deliverables/Outputs:

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

Monthly coordination and implementation for month 2:
Deliverables/Outputs:

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 1 bi-monthly newsletter (3 total) reflecting GenU’s programmatic impact
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

Monthly coordination and implementation for month 3:
Deliverables/Outputs:

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

Monthly coordination and implementation for month 4:
Deliverables/Outputs:

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 1 bi-monthly newsletter (3 total) reflecting GenU’s programmatic impact
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

Monthly coordination and implementation for month 5:
Deliverables/Outputs:

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

Monthly coordination and implementation for month 6:
Deliverables/Outputs:

• 2 human-interest stories of impact featuring youth in climate action
• 5,000 youth signups for the Yoma Green Rising Youth Challenge
• 1 bi-monthly newsletter (3 total) reflecting GenU’s programmatic impact
• 2 impact visuals (infographics, posters, WhatsApp flyers)
• 2 social media posts (graphics, text, or videos)
• 1 short-form videos for social media
• At least 1 YPAT-led campaigns with documented metrics and outcomes
• 1 YPAT engagement strategy and monthly engagement check-in report
• Press releases and donor reports (as needed)

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

• An advanced university degree in Business, Communications, Journalism, education, skills development (both digital and non-digital), and adolescents/youth engagement.
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in r related fields with 2 years of experience in youth engagement, climate action, advocacy, and multimedia communication.
• Area of expertise: Youth engagement, communication, campaign management and advocacy & Content development.
• Experience of working in fast-paced, multicultural environments.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Application Closing Date
24th June, 2025.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online