Vacancy Announcement: Roster for Storytelling and News Writer, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Organisation: UNICEF
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Deadline: 16 November 2026

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Job no: 596597

Contract type: Consultant

Duty Station: Phnom-Penh

Level: Consultancy

Location: Cambodia

Categories: Communication

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to opportunity.

UNICEF started operation in Cambodia in 1952 and opened first country office in 1973 in Phnom Penh. More information on what we do in Cambodia is available at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/ .

How can you make a difference?

(Consultants may be engaged only when the assignment is of a temporary nature; based on payment for services or work with defined deliverables and outputs that are specific and measurable, to be performed and completed within a specified period of time. Consultants must not be engaged to perform staff functions or other functions that are not based on defined deliverables or outputs):

UNICEF works to uphold the rights and well-being of every child, with a particular focus on reaching the most disadvantaged and excluded. In Cambodia, UNICEF partners with the Royal Government, civil society organizations, development partners, and communities to ensure that all children survive, learn, are protected from violence and exploitation, and have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Strategic communication is central to UNICEF's mission. Effective storytelling and news reporting help amplify children's voices, raise awareness of the issues affecting them, influence public discourse and policy, mobilize resources, strengthen partnerships, and demonstrate accountability to donors and stakeholders. Through compelling narratives, UNICEF communicates programme results, evidence, and lived experiences in ways that inspire action and support the realization of children's rights.

UNICEF Cambodia regularly develops a wide range of communication products, including human-interest stories, News Settler , feature stories, donor visibility materials, impact stories, case studies, situation updates, campaign content, blogs, speeches, and multimedia narratives. These products play a critical role in showcasing programme achievements, highlighting challenges faced by children and communities, supporting advocacy efforts, and demonstrating the impact of UNICEF-supported interventions.

To support these efforts, UNICEF Cambodia is seeking qualified individual consultants to join a roster of Storytelling and News Writers who may be called upon to provide professional writing, editing, and content development services on an ad hoc basis. The roster will enable UNICEF to efficiently access experienced communication professionals to support strategic communication, advocacy, visibility, partnership engagement, donor reporting, and resource mobilization initiatives as needs arise.