Mission and objectives

Mission and objectives Founded in 1948, WHO is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health. WHO leads global efforts to expand universal health coverage. We direct and coordinate the world’s response to health emergencies. And we promote healthier lives – from pregnancy care through old age. Our Triple Billion targets outline an ambitious plan for the world to achieve good health for all using science-based policies and programmes. One of the six WHO Regions, WHO South-East Asia is home to a quarter of the world’s population. The Region has 10 Member States - Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste. The Regional Office in based in New Delhi, India.

Context

The WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE), one of the organization’s priority programmes, works with all countries and partners to ensure the world is better prepared for all-hazards health emergencies that threaten global health security. We work around the world to research, prevent and manage epidemic and pandemic-prone diseases; to strengthen and expand systems to rapidly detect, investigate and assess potential threats to public health; and to respond immediately and systematically to manage acute emergencies. In some conflict-affected and humanitarian settings, WHO staff and operational partners even act as health-care provider of last resort. Engaging communities and ensuring their resilience to the impacts of health emergencies are critical to WHE’s work. Health emergencies begin and end in communities. Any effective health emergency response must have communities and their interests at its heart; therefore, communities must be at the centre of efforts to prepare for, prevent and respond to health emergencies. In WHO South-East Asia, such efforts are guided by the Strategic Action Framework for Strengthening Community Engagement and Resilience to Health Emergencies in the WHO South-East Asia Region (2025–2029), in line with the Regional Strategic Roadmap for Health Security and Health System Resilience for Emergencies 2023–2027 and the recently endorsed, Rooted in partnership, growing through challenge: The Banyan Framework for Health and Well-Being in the WHO South-East Asia Region (2026–2028). One of the key regional initiatives identified under the Framework is the establishment of a regional community of practice (CoP) for community engagement and resilience. The Asia Pacific Community of Practice on Community Resilience and Protection (AP-CP-CoRP), co-led by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization regional offices for South-East Asia and the Western Pacific, was established to provide a platform for coordination and collaboration for Member States, international and local partners, individual experts and other stakeholders on community-centered initiatives in the region. These include those relating to risk communication, community engagement and resilience, community-based surveillance, demand for immunization, community workforce strengthening, infodemic management, social and behavioural sciences, science translation, and measurement, evaluation and learning (MEL). With a Secretariat to coordinate actions, an expert group of technical advisers to provide guidance, a digital platform to facilitate communications and house resources, and an agreed set of priority initiatives, it is anticipated that the AP-CP-CoRP will enable rich peer learning, rapid support and the harnessing of collective resources for public health emergency management and for broader community resilience efforts. The selected Online Volunteer will develop the branding kit for the AP-CP-CoRP in collaboration with the CoP Secretariat. The Online Volunteer will develop original branding kit elements, including visual assets and icons, that will reflect the objectives and functionalities of the community. The specific components of the kit are enumerated on the “Task description” section.

Task Description

Under the guidance of the Programme Area Manager, Country Health Emergency Preparedness and International Health Regulations (CPI), and working closely with the AP-CP-CoRP technical focal point, the Online Volunteer will: - Receive a briefing from the AP-CP-CoRP Secretariat on the Community of Practice (CoP) concept, scope, functions, and relevant organizational branding guidelines. - Develop a branding kit for the Community of Practice (CoP), including: - 6 logo variations as adaptations of the core logo for different backgrounds, colors and formats. - A brief branding guidelines document covering typography, colour palette, imagery, icons, and related visual assets (PDF). - Branded templates for 1 PowerPoint presentations, 2 social media layout cards, and 1 template for digital posters for webinars and online events - Submit the final assets in an organized ZIP folder with clearly labelled subfolders per deliverable group. - Ensure all outputs are practical, ready-to-use, and easily adaptable for personnel who are not specialized in design. Below is the proposed timeline for the development process (subject to change following discussions with the selected candidate): Week 1: - Discussions with the Secretariat on expectations and various guidelines - Development of key assets Week 2: - Presentation of the first draft of deliverables and initial feedback discussions - Circulation of the draft materials for specific/detailed comments - Revision Week 3: - Sharing by email of second draft of deliverables plus online review of stakeholders - (If necessary) feedback discussions Week 4: - Finalization and submission of the branding kit

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks