Consultant, Communication and Graphic Design Support to IFRC Global Initiatives at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Job Title: Consultant, Communication and Graphic Design Support to IFRC Global Initiatives

Job Purpose

This consultancy position seeks a communication professional who can design communication and marketing materials targeting a wide range of audiences to disseminate information and share knowledge about a selection of priority global initiatives. The communication consultant will provide support mainly to the IFRC Health & Care—Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Programme, the Disaster, Climate and Crisis Department focused on Red Cross Red Crescent institutional preparedness and Information Management, with a possibility of supporting other units if additional needs arise.

Alignment to the IFRC’s objectives and strategy

The IFRC is actively engaged in and a strong advocate of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015 – 2030), endorsed by world leaders in 2015. In December 2019, the Federation adopted a new Disaster Risk Management policy, which includes a commitment to strengthen organisational preparedness. The IFRC health and care framework, approved in July 2020, provides epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response as an area of focus.

IFRC Strategy 2030

“We will enhance local response and preparedness capacities alongside complementary international support mechanisms, so that our network will respond effectively to any emergency.”

“We will also significantly invest in epidemic and pandemic preparedness. This includes investing in local actors, networks and volunteers as frontline responders and early risk detectors.”

Job Duties and Responsibilities

The objectives of the consultancy are:

1. To support the implementation of communication and advocacy strategies, plans, and activities for the short, medium, and long term to reinforce and increase reach to a wide range of target audiences
2. To design and produce communication and marketing materials in printable, digital, and audiovisual formats translated into the official languages of the IFRC and others if required, and to promote global initiatives through diverse communication channels along the Red Cross Red Crescent Network.
3. To develop knowledge-sharing activities and documents to disseminate successes, lessons learned and results of implementing the global initiatives.
4. To provide technical support towards the further development of dedicated websites such as the IFRC website (pages on NS preparedness and epidemic preparedness), epidemics.ifrc.org and cbs.ifrc.org, as well as regular analyses of web statistics.

Desired outcomes and outputs

The following outcomes and outputs are in general for the IFRC units:

• Provide technical support towards the implementation of communication, knowledge sharing, and advocacy plans for the IFRC’s global and regional programmes, and provide guidance to National Societies participating in such initiatives.
• Graphic design of marketing materials to promote global initiatives in printable and digital formats (two-pagers, flyers, postcards, posters, newsletters, presentations, banners, merchandising, etc.) in alignment with IFRC brand guidelines.
• Layout of explanatory documents and infographics to share knowledge with a wide range of target audiences (case studies, success stories, frameworks, guidance notes, reports, etc.).
• Planning and producing content for digital platforms such as blog posts or articles, social media assets, websites, and microsites published in the internal or external Red Cross Red Crescent network repositories.
• Development of social media content planning and assets for IFRC channels in alignment with IFRC global and regional focal points, Red Cross Red Crescent Reference Centers, National Societies, and partner organisations.
• Planning, production and editing of audiovisual materials from video scripts and storyboard creation, editions, captioning in various languages, and coordination with the responsible for dissemination.
• Monitoring and follow-up on the results of the communication activities implemented or disseminated (analytics of reach, engagement, demographics, etc.).

In particular, for the Health & Care unit, the consultant will need to manage the following channels:  

• Newsletter: The Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness newsletter is periodically sent in English and French.
• Micro-sites: The Epidemics Control Toolkit and the Community-based surveillance sites (content update and analytics reports).
• YouTube channel: Administration of the “Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness” channel published on IFRC unlisted.

In particular, for the Disaster, Crises and Climate department, the consultant will need to manage the following channels:  

• Website: The Disaster and Crises webpage published on IFRC.org
• Newsletter: The National Society Preparedness newsletter is periodically sent in English, online, and PDF versions.

Job Duties and Responsibilities (continued)

• LinkedIn group: Content planning, social media assets layout, reporting and user administration of the public professional group.
• Our IFRC webpage: Content management and development of the webpage in the intranet.
• YouTube channel: Administration of the “National Society Preparedness” channel published on IFRC unlisted.

In particular, for the Information Management unit, the consultant will need to manage the following channels:

• Videos: Edition of quarterly meeting videos and tutorials to share with IM practitioners.
• Newsletter: Launch of the Information Management – IFRC GO platform newsletter.
• YouTube channel: Administration of the “GO Platform” channel published on IFRC unlisted.

The list of communication channels and tools is not exhaustive and may be adapted or expanded based on the strategies and needs of the target audiences.

Timeframe

The consultancy will be for up to 180 days between 15 January 2025 to 31 January 2026, with a possibility to extend for a longer period.

Estimated time allocation

Area	Consulting Days (approx)
Health & Care Department	70
Disaster, Climate & Crises Department	90
Information Management	20
Total number of days	180

Management of consultancy

The consultant will be managed by the IFRC National Society Preparedness Senior Officer in coordination with other IFRC teams. 

Should travel be required, travel expenses will be reimbursed at cost by the IFRC’s relevant regulations.

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

Required

• Fluently spoken and written English.

Preferred

• Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).

Competencies, Values and Comments

Application Instructions

Please submit your application in English only.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is on 03-Jan-2025. Therefore, qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Website:

Official Job Website: https://www.ifrc.org/get-involved/work-us