This role is an opportunity to provide dedicated, day‑to‑day assistance to ensure a visually impaired Disability Inclusion Specialist can work independently and without barriers. The consultant will support navigation and orientation, assist with reading and writing tasks, convert materials into accessible formats, and help prepare presentations, documents and meeting materials. The role includes organizing files, managing calendars, supporting technology accessibility, and accompanying the Specialist to meetings and missions. This assistant position plays a vital role in enabling full professional participation by ensuring an inclusive, accessible and well‑supported work environment.
Contract Duration - Approximately 12 months
Working arrangement: Remote/Homebased
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Purpose of Assignment:
The purpose of this assignment is to provide work related assistance to enable the disability inclusion Specialist in the child nutrition and development practice function independently and in a barrier-free environment.
Scope of work:
• Guiding and being aware of giving verbal information to a visually impaired person about the environment when indoors and out travelling.
• Assistance with correspondence and any other reading and writing tasks, which may be required to support a blind person at work. e.g., reading information on walls, print outs including, signage etc.
• Converting materials in inaccessible formats to alternative accessible formats
• Assist in preparation of Power Points Presentations, editing, formatting, filing.
• Assist preparation and conduct of activities including photocopy and distribution of materials, CD burning, writing on Flip charts, taking pictures.
• Copy to computer files/info from Flip Charts of Trainings/Workshops
• Support the disability inclusion Specialist in overcoming barriers related to technologies with a view to facilitate full and effective inclusion of the staff at the workplace and work-related travel locations.
• Continuously update contact database and calendar of the Program Specialist.
• Accompanying the disability inclusion Specialist to meetings, both national and international events
• Undertake related activities to be assigned by the disability inclusion Specialist.
If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: 
Terms of Reference TMC0001337.pdf
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Minimum requirements: (Qualifications/Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required)
Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
Experience: a) Minimum of 4–7 years of proven experience as an Executive Assistant or in a similar administrative support role.
b) Professional-level verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to provide clear, precise, and well-structured explanations and documentation, including the accurate verbal description of visual information such as graphs, charts, diagrams and locations, to ensure full understanding and accessibility for a person who is blind.
c) Proficient in the full MS Office suite and familiar with key technologies and assistive products/devices used by persons who are blind or have low vision.
d) Strong understanding of, and commitment to, a rights-based approach to disability. Experience working directly with persons with disabilities is desirable.
e) Demonstrated ability to support the safe, confident, and independent movement of a person with a disability through effective orientation and mobility support, including clear verbal guidance, spatial awareness, and respectful assistance that promotes autonomy and dignity.
f) Ability to organize daily workloads according to priorities, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
g) Proactive approach to problem-solving with strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
h) Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required
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UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
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Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following mandatory documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):
- An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
- Cover letter
- A separate financial proposal Financial Proposal TMC0001337.doc
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