Advocacy & Communication Specialist (Partnership), FT (P-3), Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea #126772

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each baby, all over the place, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each baby, Outcomes

With over 850 indigenous languages, and one of the ethnically numerous populations, widespread poverty and gender inequality make it arduous for a lot of youngsters to appreciate their rights.  In Papua New Guinea (PNG), UNICEF’s works successfully each ‘upstream’ (with governments) and ‘downstream’ (on the grassroots stage) to hold out its mission by a programme of cooperation collectively developed with the federal government.

How will you make a distinction?

The Advocacy & Communication Specialist will drive the event of efficient, built-in advocacy and communication methods. S/he’ll work collaboratively with colleagues throughout groups and with exterior companions to drive adjustments in coverage and follow and safe political and monetary commitments for youngsters. The Advocacy and Communication Specialist studies to the Consultant.

Abstract of key capabilities/accountabilities:

1. Advocacy technique improvement:
   • Present technical help in growing a sturdy advocacy technique, with SMART outcomes, compelling calls to motion, and a transparent principle of change. Analyze political, financial and cultural traits from a variety of sources and determine potential advocacy alternatives and challenges.
   • Suggest new approaches and revolutionary concepts as a part of the technique improvement course of.
2. Advocacy technique implementation:
   • Coordinate the implementation of advocacy methods and plans, working throughout groups to ship a variety of advocacy ways, reminiscent of: growing advocacy briefs and merchandise, producing advocacy narratives, shaping inventive activations to drive public engagement, working with the media, and organizing advocacy occasions.
3. Communication technique improvement and implementation:
   • Present technical help in designing and delivering efficient communication plans that can ship the goals of key advocacy methods and assist to mobilize private and non-private help for the reason for youngsters.
4. Digital communications:
   • Coordinate and/or help the day-to-day conceptualization, budgeting, planning, coordination, execution and digital content material creation, in addition to the monitoring and analysis of digital initiatives and built-in advocacy campaigns for key audiences.
5. Media relations:
   • Assist to construct and preserve sturdy relationships with journalists and media retailers protecting all media – print, TV, radio, internet, and so on.
6. Advocacy and communication M&E:
   • Set up baselines in opposition to which ends up are often monitored; analyze the effectiveness of the technique, strategy and actions; and drive the day-to-day manufacturing and dissemination of M&E outcomes frequently.

7. Mission and finances administration:
   • Coordinate inclusive venture groups that includes a wide range of advocacy and communication professionals to ship strategic advocacy and communication initiatives.
   • Handle day-to-day supply of key initiatives and workstreams, reviewing work plans to make sure progress and supply whereas addressing obstacles and bottlenecks.
   • Guarantee effectiveness and clear use of finances and sources.
8. Advocacy and communication capability constructing:
   • Contribute to constructing inside UNICEF capacities in advocacy and communication, by teaching, coaching and sharing of experience.
9. Stakeholder engagement:
   • Determine, construct and preserve formal and casual advocacy partnerships and networks by proactive collaboration with strategic inside and exterior companions.
   • Undertake a consultative strategy and solicit the help of key stakeholders at essential factors of the technique.

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you should have…

• An Superior College diploma in Public Coverage, Political Science, Worldwide Relations, Worldwide Growth, Public Administration, Economics, Communication or different related fields.
• A primary stage college diploma with a further two years of expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the superior college diploma.

• A minimum of 5 (5) years of progressively accountable and related skilled work expertise in advocacy/ campaigning and communications is required.
• Expertise in main the event and implementation of advocacy methods, with clear theories of change, with particular, measurable and timebound aims and efficiency indicators.
• A observe document of attaining or contributing to tangible coverage change.
• Confirmed expertise in deploying a variety of advocacy and communication ways based mostly on a transparent principle of change.
• Expertise in constructing and sustaining a community of stakeholders, and in working with coalitions.
• Skilled and present in digital and social media content material and viewers traits in addition to in managing on-line platforms and channels.
• Expertise in media relations.
• Robust communicator with emphasis on having the ability to current complicated coverage concepts in succinct, partaking methods by marketing campaign narratives and artistic ways.
• Demonstrated expertise in design and administration of initiatives, together with finances administration and monitoring and analysis of outcomes.
• Data of kids’s rights, public coverage, worldwide improvement and humanitarian points.
• Expertise working in a growing and emergency surroundings is an asset.
• Expertise in advocacy on the worldwide stage is an asset.

• Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.

UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for impression (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, leads and manages individuals.

In the course of the recruitment course of, we check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should mirror the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute. We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. 

Remarks:

UNICEF’s lively dedication in direction of variety and inclusion is essential to ship one of the best outcomes for youngsters. 

Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Do you have to be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice shall be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference checks and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. 

Authorities staff which can be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or vital inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an inexpensive interval for any cause.

Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.