Job description

Background        
Lebanon continues to face complex and overlapping crises, including profound socioeconomic hardship, structural challenges, and the burden of hosting large refugee populations. Women and girls remain disproportionately affected by heightened risks of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and reduced access to essential Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services. 

To respond to these critical needs, UNFPA Lebanon operates across the country in close collaboration with the government, local implementing partners, and key donors. Sustaining and scaling UNFPA’s life-saving interventions requires engaging a wider array of stakeholders. Effective strategic communication, partnership development, and evidence-based advocacy are vital to articulating UNFPA's value proposition, demonstrating impact, and securing the resources necessary to support vulnerable women and girls. To achieve this, UNFPA Lebanon is seeking a qualified National Individual Consultant for Impactful Partnership Communication on a part-time basis for 6 months to drive strategic relationship-building and resource generation across the country office's portfolio.

Scope of work

Working on a over 6 months, the consultant will carry out the following key tasks:

A. Dedicated Mustaqbali Khayari Joint Programme Communication & Visibility Plan 

The consultant will be responsible for executing the C&V plan for the joint UNFPA-UNICEF programme funded by the Embassy of Sweden:

• Participatory Branding & Visual Identity: Lead "design brainstorming workshops" with adolescent girls at SDCs to co-create the Mustaqbali Khayari brand identity (logo variations, color palette, icons) ensuring it is integrated alongside official partners and logos.
• Physical Visibility Materials: Coordinate the design, production, and dissemination of visibility materials to all supported centers, including branded banners and vests for implementing partners.
• Campaign-Aligned Social Media: Produce at least one high-engagement social media post per quarter (e.g., carousels, custom visuals) aligned with key international dates (March 8, June 19, August 12, October 11, and the 16 Days of Activism). Ensure the donor is tagged/mentioned on all online posts and facilitate pre-clearance approvals with the Embassy of Sweden prior to posting, as well as coordination with UNICEF. 
• Impactful Storytelling (Multimedia): Produce 2 impact videos and 2 written Human Interest Stories (HIS) to highlight the life-changing impact of implemented activities for publication on UNFPA/UNICEF social media channels.
• Monitoring & Reporting: Track reach, engagement, and sentiment analytics for all content, synthesizing this data into a comprehensive section for outcome-based annual reporting.

B. Partnership communication strategies

In addition to the Mustaqbali Khayari portfolio, the consultant will manage ongoing visibility and content generation for UNFPA Lebanon's communication strategies for partnerships and donors.

• Facility Visibility & Partner Branding: Coordinate and oversee the installation of branded materials and plaques across supported facilities (PHCs, SDCs, and WGSSs) in Lebanon, ensuring strict adherence to the specific branding and visibility guidelines of selected partners.
• Weekly Audiovisual Posts: Produce, edit, and publish at least 1 weekly audiovisual post, generating consistent, high-quality content (short video clips, photo stories) that highlights field activities, life-saving outcomes, and donor partnerships.
• Branding Audit & Quality Control: Conduct regular compliance checks during field visits to ensure logos are correctly displayed across all physical spaces and digital collateral produced by local implementing partners.
• General Impact Documentation: Support the ongoing documentation of UNFPA’s broader humanitarian response in Lebanon, ethically collecting stories and visuals from the field that demonstrate the direct outcomes of partnerships. 
• Event & Visit Support: Organize and support donor events, high-level field visits, and strategic engagement initiatives aimed at existing, prospective, and individual donors to demonstrate UNFPA’s operational footprint and field-level impact. 
• Briefing & Advocacy Materials: Prepare, package, and disseminate high-quality briefing notes, factsheets, partner profiles, and pitch materials tailored for partner engagement and high-level advocacy meetings. 
• Proposal & Investment Case Support: Draft and refine narrative proposals, concept notes, and return-on-investment briefs for UNFPA's core priorities. 

Duration and working schedule 

Duration: 6 months (16 days a month).

Timeframe: Month 1 to Month 6 

Place where services are to be delivered              

Base: Beirut, Lebanon (UNFPA Lebanon Country Office ).

Field Travel: Occasional field visits to supported facilities (PHCs, SDCs, WGSSs) across Lebanon. UNFPA will support transportation (e.g., Tripoli, Akkar, Bekaa, South) for content collection and visibility monitoring.

Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g. electronic, hard copy etc.)  

All documents will be shared in English and/or Arabic in electronic format by the consultant with UNFPA to be reviewed by the technical team (up to 2 rounds of feedback).

Payments will be disbursed in three (3) tranches based on the endorsement of monthly deliverables:

• Inception report/visibility plan and content calendar.

• Participatory branding workshops at SDCs completed within 4 weeks from start.

• Delivery of 8 weekly AV donor posts (2/month across selected donors

• Visibility materials distributed to Joint Programme supported centers.

• 1 donor engagement organized: field visit/briefing

(30%)

• Delivery of 8 weekly AV donor posts.

• 1 written Human Interest Story + 1 Impact Video produced.

• 1 Series Human Interest Story submitted.

• 1 donor engagement organized: field visit/briefing

• 1 briefing and advocacy material/report

• Delivery of 8 weekly AV donor posts (completing weekly commitment).

• 1 written Human Interest Story + 1 Impact Video produced.

• Materials produced to feed into the 16 days of Activism.

• Final Communication Impact & Analytics Report submitted.

• 1 donor engagement organized: field visit/briefing

• 1 briefing and advocacy material/report

Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline

Weekly alignment check-ins with the UNFPA Lebanon Communications Specialist and Head of programme on the partnership engagements.

Supervisory arrangements           

Direct Supervisor is under the UNFPA Lebanon Communications Specialist, with a dotted line to the UNFPA Lebanon Head of Programmes.

Expected travel 

Occasionally at field location within Lebanon

Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements

1. Education 

 Master's in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Digital Media, or related social sciences.

        2. Experience

• Minimum 4 years of experience in impactful communications, multimedia storytelling, and social media management in Lebanon
• Demonstrated experience working with humanitarian/development donors and adhering to strict donor branding guidelines.
• Proven track record in video production, photojournalism, and writing human-interest stories.

• Experience conducting field visits and ethically collecting content from vulnerable populations (GBV survivors, refugees, youth).
   

  
  

  3. Languages

  
  

 Native Arabic speaker with professional fluency in written and spoken English.

Inputs / services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner (e.g support services, office space, equipment), if applicable

UNFPA Lebanon Country Office will facilitate access to project implementation locations and beneficiaries, including transportation outside of Beirut. 

The consultant will use their personal laptop/computer. 

Other relevant information or special conditions, if any

Individual consultants are invited to submit a CV with a sample of impactful communication developed recently. The submission language should be in English. 

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts. 

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.