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UN Women Job in Abuja for a Communications Officer
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.
UN Women is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Communications Officer
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Type of Contract: Service Contract
Post Level: SB-5
Duration of Initial Contract: One Year
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.
- Under the overall guidance and direction of the Country
Representative, the Communications Officer leads the implementation of
the UN Women corporate communications strategy, as well as the
development, management and implementation of the Country communications
and advocacy strategies which are geared towards awareness raising of
gender equality and the empowerment of women, promote public and media
outreach, and increase the visibility of key programmatic results, and
UN Women global campaign initiatives in Nigeria.
- She/he works in close collaboration with the country programme
and operations team, UN Women HQ Communications Team and UN Women West
and Central Africa Regional Communications focal point, UN
Communications Group in Nigeria, media and journalists ensuring
successful UN Women communications strategy implementation.
Duties and Responsibilities
Summary of Key Functions:
- Formulate and implement a communications, advocacy and outreach
strategy in support of Country Office visibility and resource
mobilization efforts.
- Supervision of UN Women Nigeria content production and
publication via multiple channels for dissemination via Print, Radio, TV
and Social media as well as internal media platforms such as UN Women
websites, intranet, and other related web-based knowledge management
systems.
- Implementation of key knowledge sharing UN Women products and publications
- Facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing on
gender equality and women’s empowerment among key stakeholders for UN
Women in Nigeria.
- Perform any other related activity that may be assigned by the Management Team.
- Development and implementation of an elaborate Monitoring and
Evaluation framework for tracking and assessing progress and performance
of the implementation of communications and advocacy activities.
Description of Functions
Provides support to the planning and design of internal and external
strategies for communications and outreach focusing on achievement of
the following results:
- Lead the preparation of country office communication and
advocacy instruments including presentations, fast facts, brochures,
briefing material for dissemination to different audiences as need be in
coordination with supervisor. These include, for instance, monthly
donor bulletins, a brochure on the new Country Programme, updated
information leaflets per programme and project, etc;
- Carry out communications needs assessments for UN Women Nigeria
Office (projects, country programme and corporate change
initiatives/campaigns, etc.)
- Play significant role in Strengthening the Communication and
Visibility partnership with stakeholders (including print and electronic
media organizations/ professionals) at all levels on the all programmes
- Synthesis of proposals for project formulations to integrate
advocacy and development communication strategies into all aspects of UN
Women’s development programming.
- Work closely with UN Women Porgramme Managers programme managers
for the effective management of the communications and visibility
component of the respective programme.
- Support in strengthening strategic partnership and visibility
and communication initiatives with Government, Multilateral and
Bilateral Donors, Civil Society Organizations, Community Leaders,
Private sector and Media Organizations, among others in line with UN
Women Corporate Communication policy.
- Analysis of requirements and synthesis of proposals for
elaboration of the country office communications and outreach strategy
based on the communications strategy.
- Play significant role in the systematic documentation,
monitoring and evaluation of the visibility activities, at all levels,
as an integral component of the overall Programme M&E framework and
in line with UN Women corporate policy.
- Development/production of communication and advocacy instruments
and materials (News Letter, Brochures, etc.) for marketing and
awareness-raising campaigns, including briefing materials and press
releases in coordination with the supervisor and relevant Project
Managers.
Ensure the effective implementation of the UN Women country advocacy and visibility strategy and plan:
- Ensure effective implementation of advocacy and visibility
strategy and plan for content publications including project specific
publications are produced in line with the UN Women brand guidelines.
- Provide regular, constructive and timely advice/recommendations
on both general and emerging issues related to the Communications and
Visibility Component of the WPS programme in line with UN Women
Corporate Communication policy
- Play significant role in the systematic documentation,
monitoring and evaluation of the visibility activities, at all levels,
as an integral component of the overall Programme M&E framework.
- Build strong networks with key programme partners including the media (print, digital, TV and radio.)
- Management of programme specific content production activities,
to include the drafting of success story articles, content management
and ensuring the corporate policies, norms and standards for publishing,
design is upheld
- Develop and Maintain a close collaboration and coordination with
the Programme and Operations team to ensure effective communications
support for country office programme and operations teams.
Provides support to the provision of content to the UN Women web site,
intranet, UN Women web-based knowledge management system and
dissemination of information through social media:
- Generation, preparation and editing of content for the websites
and social media to ensure material is consistent and up to date.
- Preparation of the content for dissemination via social media,
print and TV while ensuring systematic, timely and excellence in the
production and quality of the materials.
- Document sequential programme implementation from inception to
programme closure through video and print success stories at the Country
Office level story telling.
Events and Campaign Management:
- Managing flagship events and campaigns including promotion and
dissemination of corporate advocacy materials for initiatives and
publications such as Progress of the World’s Women, UNiTE Campaign and
HeforShe.
- Promotion and management of public information campaigns on UN
Women Nigeria activities, gender equality and women’s empowerment,
violence against women and implementation of normative frameworks on
gender equality and women’s human rights, in close collaborations with
country office Management and respective Program Managers.
Outreach:
- Dissemination of communication materials and media mobilization through a regularly updated and populated contact database;
- Ensures facilitation of research, knowledge building and management focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country goals and activities.
- Contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice including corporate communications repositories.
- Provision of training of UN Women staff on communications for development
- Professional growth through active learning.
- Preparation and dissemination of newsletter to key stakeholders,
partners and target groups donors, target beneficiaries, donor reports,
civic education and community awareness, where appropriate to support
the office for advocacy and resource mobilization
- Timely and effective responses to inquiries from public and interested stakeholders.
- Document and widely disseminate success stories, lessons learnt,
and best practices from the projects in print and electronically,
including photos, infographics, short video clips, and documentaries of
selected Programme initiatives.
- Provide technical support in the production of audio-visual
material and sound recordings for radio broadcast, and the organization
of regular information campaigns and face-to-face meetings at National,
State and LGA levels to raise the visibility of the action and to
promote discussion of Programme-related issues
Building Strategic Partnerships:
- Identifying and building partnerships:
- Sensitizes UN Partners, donors and other international
organizations to the UN Women’s strategic agenda, especially WPD
component
- identifying areas for joint efforts;
- Promotes UN Women’s agenda in inter-agency meetings.
Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing:
- Developing tools and mechanisms:
- Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes
and building them into the design of new approaches;(for all UN Women
Projects)
- Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms.
Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise:
- In-depth knowledge of the subject-matter
- Understands more advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the fundamental concepts of related disciplines;
- Continues to seeks new and improved methods and systems for accomplishing the work of the unit;
- Developing promotional projects and organizational messages
- Develops promotional activities based on monitoring/evaluation
information identifying areas requiring higher visibility; (for all UN
Women Projects)
- Develops messages for use by UN WOMEN staff when working with partners, internationally and nationally;
- Reviews documents and materials intended for use within and
outside the organization to ensure consistency and validity of messages.
- Keeps abreast of new developments in area of professional
discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop him/herself
professionally;
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments.
- Creating Visibility for UN WOMEN (All Projects) /Supporting UN WOMEN’s Capacity to Advocate:
Global Leadership and Advocacy for UN WOMEN’s Goals:
- Analysis and creation of messages and strategies:
- Creates effective global advocacy messages/strategies;
- Contributes to the elaboration of a global advocacy strategy by identifying and prioritizing audiences and messages.
Conceptual Innovation in the Provision of Technical Expertise:
- Developing innovative and creative approaches:
- Leverages different experiences and expertise of team members to achieve better and more innovative outcomes.
Competencies
Core Values/Guiding Principles
Core Values:
- Integrity: Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting
the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN
Code of Conduct
- Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.
- Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity: Demonstrate an
appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the
diversity of its staff.
- Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.
Core Competencies:
- Ethics and Values: Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity
- Self-management and Emotional Intelligence: Stay composed and
positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with
diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others
- Conflict Management: Surface conflicts and address them
proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing
energy towards a mutually acceptable solution
- Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making
- Organizational Awareness: Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment
- Development and Innovation: Take charge of self-development and take initiative
- Work in teams: Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural,
multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations
with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
- Communicating and Information Sharing: Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication
Functional Competencies:
- Knowledge Management and Learning:
- Shares knowledge and experience and contributes to UN Women Practice Areas
- Develops knowledge in Practice Areas
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and
development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and
applies newly acquired skills
Development and Operational Effectiveness:
- Ability to implement communications and publications strategies
- Advocates effectively
- Demonstrates strong IT skills
- Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture
of knowledge sharing and learning. Promoting learning and knowledge
management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member;
- Communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies
- Excellent communication skills, excellent writing skills
- Ability to conceptualize issues and analyze data
Management and Leadership:
- Focuses on impact and result for the client
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
- Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view
- Solicits feedback about the impact of his/her own behavior
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
- Ability to remain calm, in control and good humored even under pressure and tight deadlines
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Master's degree in Media/Communication Studies, Journalism, Public Relations or other related Social Sciences
Experience:
- With at least 3 years of relevant experience at the national or
international level in public relations, communications or advocacy,
preferably in social and gender issues.
Or
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field with at least 6 years of relevant experience
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline 10th February, 2017.