UN Women - In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization's goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system, which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Communications Consultant for UN Women PERD Project Location: Abuja Type of Contract: Individual Contract Duration of Initial Contract: 3 Month Expected Duration of Assignment: 3 Months Background UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. UN Women, with the support of the Government of Japan, is implementing a project on Protection, Empowerment and Resilience Building in Borno and Yobe States. The project will empower communities and build resilience through promoting social and behavior change including women’s empowerment to mitigate and address the root causes of GBV as well as promote access to information and services. It will support need-based and market driven income generating activities (IGAs) for vulnerable women with the necessary technical and financial support to empower women economically and reduce the risk of GBV. The project will also support male involvement and participation to promote positive behavior change to reduce GBV and put a strong focus on the collection of gender disaggregated data for evidence based planning. In the context of the project, UN Women is recruiting a Communication Consultant to set up the communication components of the PERD Project. Reporting to the Program Coordinator, the Communication Consultant will be responsible for the development of the project communication and advocacy strategy and a detailed communications and monitoring plan which is geared towards awareness raising of gender equality and the empowerment of women, promote public and media outreach, and increase visibility of key programmatic results and UN Women Country Office Program initiatives in Nigeria. The Consultant will work closely with UN Women’s communication officer in Nigeria and UN Women Communication teams at both regional and HQ level. Duties and Responsibilities Summary of Key Functions:
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