2 No Experience UN Volunteer Jobs – Content Management for Comms, Advocacy, Resource Mobilization & Partnerships at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Posted date: 2025-Feb-27

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Job Title: Content Management for Comms, Advocacy, Resource Mobilization & Partnerships (2 UN Assignments)

Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

Context

UNICEF Uganda leverages social media as a key tool for communication, advocacy, resource mobilization, and partnerships. To maintain an engaging and impactful online presence, UNICEF Uganda is seeking two Online Volunteers to support content creation, optimization, and community engagement across various social media platforms.

Job Summary: The volunteers will assist in enhancing visibility, improving engagement, and ensuring consistent messaging aligned with UNICEF Uganda’s mission. Their contributions will play a crucial role in raising awareness, amplifying impact stories, and fostering meaningful online discussions.

Online Volunteers will receive feedback on their work, a certificate of appreciation upon successful completion of their assignment, and acknowledgment of their contributions where applicable.

Task type

Communication and social media

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Social media platforms optimization

Optimizing social media profiles for better visibility – Assess and ensure that all profiles have industry standard bios, suggesting adding of relevant keywords, suggest pictures
for use on profile and cover images, ensuring consistency in branding, and adding relevant links etc.

Content planning, creation, editing, proofing and management:

Develop engaging content tailored for various platforms, including X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Generate content for pre-defined days in accordance with the office and wider UN commemorations calendars, relevant to UNICEF.eg Women’s Day 8th, World Water Day 22nd March, International Girls in ICT Day 24th April, World environment Day 5th June, World Day against child labor 12th June
Content creation for Instagram (Reels) – Create short, engaging videos showcasing behind-the-scenes moments, event highlights, impact stories, testimonials, or educational content. The content should align with the organization’s ongoing campaigns if need be and can be sourced from our content already existing on YouTube.
Designing graphics, posters, and infographics – These should be created for specific campaigns, social media posts, event promotions, or awareness days. (Women’s day 8th March, International Day of Happiness 20th March, Ebola and Mpox, International Girls in ICT Day 24th April, World environment Day 5th June (relate it to children and climate change, World Day against Child Labor, 12th June).
Work with the Communication team to brainstorm on how best donor recognition and visibility on social media can be enhanced beyond tagging partners and dissemination of online posters with donor logos.
Creating/Starting community engagement – Volunteers can initiate topical discussions by posting thought-provoking questions, running polls on X (Twitter), Instagram Stories, or LinkedIn, and responding to trending topics relevant to the cause through their accounts, tagging us and relevant partners.
Campaign support (Developing messages for specific target groups like youth, U-Report, Fundoo, etc) – Volunteers can draft messages in text format based on UNICEF’s key
messaging documents, past campaign content, and research insights from credible sources like UNICEF reports and government publications. They should work closely with the core communications team to ensure alignment.

Collaboration and coordination:

Work closely with core communications team to gather information and organize content that meets audience needs.
This is a great opportunity to contribute to UNICEF Uganda’s mission while gaining valuable experience in content management, editing, and coordination. We look forward to working with dedicated volunteers who share our vision of improving the lives of children and women.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

We are looking for committed and motivated forward looking online volunteers who are passionate for children and women with
Strong understanding of social media trends and best practices.
Experience in content creation, social media management, digital or digital marketing.
Corporate social profile management
Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
Graphic design skills (preferred but not mandatory).
Video and photography skills
Strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Previous experience of similar work is preferred.

Languages

English, Level: Fluent, Required

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants who wish to join United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) should apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 12th March 2025

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2 No Experience UN Volunteer Jobs – Content Management for Comms, Advocacy, Resource Mobilization & Partnerships at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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