Consultancy: Content Development and Fact-checking on Child Rights and Business Consultant - Req.#580085

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Consultancy Title: Content Development and Fact-checking on Child Rights and Business Consultant Section/Division/Duty Station: Business Engmt. & Child Rights, Programme Division NYHQ Duration: February 20, 2025 to October 1, 2025 Home/ Office Based: REMOTE   About UNICEF If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For over 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.   BACKGROUND Purpose of Activity/ Assignment: This assignment forms part of UNICEF’s efforts to guide and accelerate responsible business conduct in relation to children’s rights, with a primary focus on thorough technical review and refinement of written materials. It consists of two complementary but distinct functions across a range of core documents, purpose detailed below: Fact checking and content review – thorough technical review of written materials including assessment of accurate representation of sources and robust referencing. Professional editing and writing – thorough review of presentation of written materials for appropriate audiences, including re-writing as required.   Scope of Work: Context UNICEF’s Business Engagement and Child Rights Team (BECR) within Programme Group (PG) is responsible for developing knowledge and guidance for companies, governments, and civil society in support of identifying and addressing business impacts on children’s rights, and leveraging at their action to achieving and accelerating results for children. Aligned with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the Children’s Rights and Business Principles, the team works with all stakeholders – companies, government and civil society – to create an enabling environment where business can respect, support and advance children’s rights online and offline. In recent years, UNICEF has developed a suite of written materials spanning industry tools and guidance, policy documents, and case studies. Assignment This assignment consists of in-depth technical review of a range of existing and new child rights and business documents spanning a broad range of technical areas. Specific expectations on deliverables are itemized in the table below.   Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables: Child rights in relation to the digital environment Summary of research on child rights and digital marketing (up to 15 pages) - Review (fact check, edit, re-structure as required) of research summary for public dissemination distilled from long-form internal research findings. Multi-audience (policymakers and industry). • Thoroughly reviewed/edited first draft report (Word doc) • Reviewed/edited second draft report (Word doc) • Final proofread of report prior to layout (Word doc) 1 March 2025 Industry toolkit on child rights and responsible digital marketing (up to 50 pages) - Review (fact check, edit, re-structure as required) of toolkit for industry on child rights and digital marketing, ensuring non-technical and accessible tone for ease of use. The toolkit is currently under development. Estimated final length is up to 50 pages, divided into 5 shorter documents addressing different audiences. • Thoroughly reviewed/edited first draft toolkit (Word doc) • Reviewed/edited second draft toolkit (Word doc) • Final proofread of toolkit prior to layout (Word doc) 1 July 2025 Industry practice case studies on child rights and responsible business conduct in relation to the digital environment (up to 40 pages total)  - Review (fact check, edit, re-structure as required) of documented case studies of industry practice divided across 6 documents of 5-7 pages each. Final output should be presented in a non-technical and accessible tone for generalist audience. • Thoroughly reviewed/edited first draft case studies (Word doc) • Reviewed/edited second draft case studies (Word doc) • Final proofread of case studies prior to layout (Word doc) 15 August 2025 Guidance on corporate reporting in relation to child