Senior Insights Strategy Consultant at UNICEF | 12-Month Remote Role | $80,000-$100,000 Contract | Apply , 2025We are advertising a Senior Insights Strategy Consultant position with UNICEF, offering a 12-month remote contract valued at $80,000-$100,000. This home-based role focuses on high-value audience research and insights strategy for UNICEF’s private sector fundraising. Applications close October 21, 2025.

Background & Job Description

We are sharing a specialized market research consultancy opportunity with UNICEF’s Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) division, specifically within the Audience and Market Insights (AMI) unit. UNICEF, as the world’s leading children’s rights organization, has been working for over 70 years across 190 countries to protect children’s rights and ensure their healthy development. The organization relies significantly on private sector funding to support its global humanitarian and development programs.

The Senior Insights Strategy Consultant position is designed to enhance UNICEF’s capacity to understand and engage high-value audiences, including corporate partners, major donors, foundations, and advocacy stakeholders. This role focuses on transforming complex research data into actionable insights that drive strategic fundraising and partnership decisions. The consultant will work across multiple high-priority areas to strengthen UNICEF’s understanding of donor motivations, perceptions, and engagement preferences.

This is a fully remote, home-based position with a 12-month duration, requiring only two planned trips for strategic sessions. The consultant will join a dynamic team dedicated to advancing UNICEF’s private sector fundraising efforts through evidence-based audience understanding and strategic insights application.

Senior Insights Strategy Consultant at UNICEF | 12-Month Remote Role | $80,000-$100,000 Contract

Tasks and Key Responsibilities

The Senior Insights Strategy Consultant will undertake comprehensive research and strategy development with the following key responsibilities:

• Global Insights Ecosystem Development: Support and project manage the creation of UNICEF’s Audience Insights Ecosystem, bringing together 4-7 core pilot markets. This includes arranging kickoff meetings, conducting listening tours (7-15 interviews per market), and drafting comprehensive insights plans for each pilot market in collaboration with the broader Audience and Market Insights team.
• High-Value Audience Research Management: Contribute to research planning for the High-Value Audience Brand Tracker, including market selection, questionnaire development, and vendor liaison. Lead analysis of various markets and sub-audience groups, and facilitate insights-to-action sessions to ensure research findings translate into practical fundraising strategies and partnership approaches.
• Corporate Partnerships Insights Strategy: Contribute to yearly listening tours and insights plans supporting UNICEF’s Corporate Partnerships team. Run selected research projects including methodology selection, market analysis, and vendor coordination. Develop insight assets including presentations, working sessions, and workshops that help corporate partnership teams better understand and engage potential partners.
• Major Donor and Foundation Research: Support insights generation for Major Donor and Foundation teams through comprehensive listening tours and qualitative analysis. Create standardized questioning protocols for donor relationship managers and utilize AI qualitative analysis tools (Quallie) to produce quarterly and yearly reports on ultra-high-net-worth individual and foundation leader perceptions.
• Advocacy Insights Development: Contribute to audience insight strategies supporting UNICEF’s PFP Advocacy team. Conduct specialized research projects to understand advocacy audience perceptions and develop evidence-based approaches to engagement. Create presentations and working sessions that translate complex research findings into actionable advocacy strategies.

Qualifications

Education and Certification

• Essential Requirement: A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or higher) in Cultural Studies, Communications, Psychology, Marketing, Political Studies, Development Studies, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
• Professional Certification: While not mandatory, additional certifications in market research, data analysis, or specific research methodologies would strengthen an application.
• Technical Training: Demonstrated expertise through coursework or professional development in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, data analysis techniques, and insights application.

Experience

• Core Research Experience: Minimum of seven years of professional experience in audience research, insights generation, and strategy development, with specific focus on reputation and perception research in complex organizational contexts.
• Methodological Expertise: Strong command of quantitative, qualitative, and secondary research methodologies, with demonstrated ability to maintain research method neutrality and select appropriate approaches for different research objectives.
• High-Value Audience Research: Proven experience conducting research with high-value audiences including corporate leaders, major donors, billionaires, and grant decision makers, with understanding of the unique considerations in engaging these stakeholder groups.
• International Context Experience: Significant experience working in multi-stakeholder environments and achieving alignment and consensus across diverse cultural and organizational contexts, preferably within international organizations or global corporations.

Additional Information

Contract Details:

• Position: Senior Insights Strategy Consultant
• Contract Type: Individual Consultancy
• Duration: 12 months (December 1, 2025 – November 30, 2026)
• Location: Fully remote, home-based
• Contract Value: Estimated $80,000-$100,000 total based on deliverable completion and consultant experience
• Travel Requirements: Two planned trips for strategy sessions, with all travel expenses covered separately by UNICEF
• Application Deadline: October 21, 2025 (Western Europe Daylight Time)

Deliverables and Payment Structure:

• Monthly Deliverables: Consultant will submit monthly progress reports and deliverables throughout the contract period
• Payment Schedule: Payments processed monthly upon acceptance of deliverables by supervisor
• Key Performance Indicators: Specific KPIs include completion of listening tours, drafting of insights plans, facilitation of working sessions, and production of analysis reports
• Quality Assurance: UNICEF reserves right to withhold payment for deliverables not meeting required standards

Application Requirements:

• Submission Platform: Complete application through UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system
• Financial Proposal: Detailed financial proposal indicating all-inclusive lump sum fees against specified deliverables, including associated administrative costs
• Language Proficiency: Fluency in English required; knowledge of additional UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is advantageous
• Insurance: Proof of current health insurance coverage required prior to contract award

Professional Context:

• Strategic Impact: Role supports UNICEF’s critical private sector fundraising efforts through evidence-based audience understanding
• Team Collaboration: Consultant will work under supervision of High-Value Insights Manager while collaborating with multiple UNICEF teams globally
• Skill Development: Opportunity to coach and upskill junior staff while working with advanced research methodologies and tools
• Ethical Standards: Adherence to UNICEF’s core values and zero-tolerance policies is mandatory

Selection Process:

• Competitive Evaluation: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further assessment
• Selection Criteria: Evaluation based on technical qualifications, relevant experience, financial proposal, and alignment with UNICEF’s competency framework
• Background Verification: Successful candidates undergo rigorous reference and background checks, including academic credential confirmation

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