Overview
Consultant (12 months, home-based, remotely) Digital Specialist, Paid Media and Digital Infrastructure, CODAS, PFP, Geneva.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for Paid Media, including all digital communications aimed at generating visits, leads, and conversions across COs and Clusters.
- Ensure relevant digital infrastructure is in place (e.g., Global Giving Platform for digital marketing). Work with ICT to ensure landing pages and integration with providers are established. Play a major role in ensuring that the digital infrastructure is in place.
- Help ensure adequate back-end tracking and analytics, monitor results; manage pixels in Google Tag Manager; collaborate on setting up the digital dashboard.
- Monitor online advertising campaigns, propose improvements, analyze campaign data, report results, and recommend optimizations.
- Manage relationships with external suppliers (agencies, systems, and tools) to ensure optimal results.
- Plan, execute, and evaluate objectives, strategies, and actions in digital capture channels (SEO/SEM, Display, Real-Time Bidding, social media, database capture), maximizing volume, ROI, and brand image.
- Train digital personnel in COs on paid media, enabling them to manage future campaigns where applicable.
- Define SEM strategy, implement campaigns, monitor ROI, and recommend improvements.
- Optimize landing pages to maximize conversion rate.
- Create, manage, and implement pay-per-click campaigns; conduct keyword research and analysis.
- Manage budgets for remarketing and ROI analysis; optimize campaigns for maximum return on investment.
Specific Responsibilities In Social Media Ads
- Define social advertising strategy aligned to UNICEF’s strategy with CO PSFR and Communications.
- Develop, implement, and manage social media advertising campaigns according to defined strategy.
- Provide strategies for campaign segmentation, targeting, and cost-effectiveness.
- Measure profitability of advertising channels, track metrics, and monitor conversations.
- Plan, define, and optimize lead generation campaigns through social media or other channels.
Work Assignments & Deliverables
- Reporting on progression of goals versus targets on active campaigns in the ECA Cluster and PSFR Cos, in addition to relevant tests.
- Provide monthly progress reports on the implementation of plans versus KPIs as per scope of work.
- Deliverables due by: 31 January 2026; 28 February 2026; 31 March 2026; 30 April 2026; 31 May 2026; 30 June 2026; 31 July 2026; 31 August 2026; 30 September 2026; 31 October 2026; 30 November 2026; 31 December 2026.
Qualifications
- Education: An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or higher) in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Fundraising, Management, or another relevant field; or a first-level degree with two additional years of qualifying experience.
- Experience: A minimum of five (5) years in Digital Fundraising and/or Digital Marketing, specifically in Paid Media campaigns and implementation; proven experience establishing digital infrastructure (landing pages, CRM systems, digital payment solutions); hands-on experience in developing markets or UNICEF regional/country offices; experience across multiple countries and emerging markets; multicultural, cross-functional teamwork experience; understanding of UNICEF systems and operations is an asset.
- Languages: Fluency in English required; knowledge of other UN official languages is an asset.
Other
For every child, UNICEF’s CRITAS values (Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, Sustainability) guide our work. This role is for a consultant sponsored by UNICEF, with terms that include evaluation of deliverables and compliance with UNICEF policies. Please indicate all-inclusive fees in the cover letter. The selection may consider value for money and adherence to deliverables.