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• Identifying program needs and linking
  them to innovative technologies and methodologies;
• Building the capacity of programme
  colleagues at the country, regional and global levels, enabling them to
  identify and assess opportunities for the use of innovations;
• Advising government counterparts;
• Creating and strengthening partnerships,
  and supporting capacity building with local and regional stakeholders;
• Managing the design and development of
  software and hardware products;
• Supporting the roll-out of innovative
  programmes and initiatives.

• Engaging
  in a problem definition process, assessing content-focused initiatives
  underway at UNICEF and their efficacy, needs, etc.
• Clearly
  map the content lifecycle of different programme-focused innovation
  projects currently underway;
• Analyze
  the role of each team within UNICEF in generating, curating, and
  maintaining content in an effort to determine a best process/strategy for
  UNICEF and the Global Innovation Center.
• Develop
  a content strategy for either current priority projects or, if enough
  commonalities exist across projects, for the Innovation Centre
• Identify
  and mainstream best practices in content development and curation
  throughout UNICEF Innovation and programme sections.

• Map,
  track and analyze content-focused projects within UNICEF; determine
  commonalities, areas of overlap, etc.
• Engage
  in conversations with stakeholders at the global, regional and CO level,
  using surveys and focus groups as appropriate.
• Develop
  a framework for gathering information needed to create a digital content
  strategy for innovation and programme work.
• Regularly
  analyze and determine the main processes through which content is created
  or used within UNICEF programs and partner programs.
• Visit
  a range of program implementations in multiple regions, meeting
  extensively with programme staff and target beneficiaries.
• Identify
  and support the development of high-level partnerships.
• Develop
  the vision for digital content in UNICEF Innovations and programme work,
  including goals for the future.
• Develop
  the digital content strategy, including guidelines, best practices, and
  recommendations for implementers and partnerships.
• Work
  in liaison with the design team, create a series of assets (concept note,
  etc.) for global dissemination.
• Work
  harmoniously with the global innovation team, lead a series of regional
  workshops aimed at building capacity within programme teams and
  mainstreaming the digital content strategy.
• Design
  and implement evaluation activities aimed at gauging both the
  effectiveness of the workshops as well as remaining knowledge gaps.
• Create
  handover documentation identifying areas of focus, best practices, and
  next steps.
• Add
  and help maintain a curated list of OER.
• Actively
  participate in software development discussions, with a focus on defining
  the content cycle, enforcing best-practices in content distribution and
  migration, etc.

• The
  UNICEF Senior Product Content Strategist should have a minimum of six or
  more years of project management experience, including experience at the
  senior level;
• The
  applicant should also hold a Bachelor’s degree, ideally in communications,
  journalism, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Past
  experience working at all levels of the content lifecycle: from copyediting
  to creating high-level strategies and partnerships.
• Significant
  experience serving as a strong team lead, able to remotely manage
  content-based initiatives and projects with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent
  communication and collaboration skills with experience in consensus
  building and in motivating cross-functional teams to meet ambitious
  project goals and timelines;
• Strong
  background in developing and using content inventories, taxonomies, gap
  analysis, etc. in projects and to inform content strategies.
• Past
  experience working with a wide range of CMSs, OER, content delivery
  platforms, etc.
• Previous
  experience in creating or managing content for young people is a strong
  plus;
• Demonstrated
  experience in creating or managing content for learning is a plus;
• Proven
  ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious
  and effective working relationships;
• Ability
  to travel, occasionally to remote locations;
• Fluency
  in written and verbal English is a must; competence in at least one other
  UN language is preferred;

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