Communication Associate, GS-6, FT #18461, Cairo. Egypt, MENA (Open to Egyptian nationals ONLY)

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, all over the place, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each youngster, a champion.

Advocacy and Communication are on the middle of UNICEF’s mandate. We advocate choice makers for ‘the safety of youngsters’s rights, to assist meet their fundamental wants and to broaden their alternatives to succeed in their full potential’. We talk to key private and non-private audiences to construct help for the reason for kids.

The Place of the Communication Affiliate on the G-6 degree is for use in a UNICEF Nation workplace, within the Communication Part. This SJD covers a broad vary of features, nevertheless, relying on the context, the incumbent could deal with all, some, or just one or two areas with nice depth. As well as, there could also be further features not talked about within the SJD. If that is so, this may be made clear in work plans and/or particular person efficiency plans. You’ll report back to the Chief of Communication, who’s at Degree P4.

How will you make a distinction?

Beneath the supervision and steering of the Chief of Communication, you’ll help the Communication in enterprise a spread of communication, monetary, and administrative help features to assist develop, implement, and monitor their work plan, making certain efficient and well timed supply that’s according to UNICEF guidelines and rules. 

You’ll work in shut collaboration with a spread of workers, exterior companions and company counterparts in help of the part technique and supply. You’ll present common suggestions on the standing of actions by way of monitoring milestones and advises on enhancements to maintain actions on observe.

 Abstract of key features/accountabilities:

1. Beneath the overall supervision of the Chief of Communication, performs a wide range of data assortment and dissemination, monitoring, technical and administrative providers of reasonable scope and problem on help of programme associated advocacy, public data and communication programme actions.

   1. –      Assists the Chief of Part with:
      1. briefing supplies to be used on official journeys or conferences;
      2. administrative and journey preparations
      3. liaison duties internally, with different models/sections, in addition to externally.
      4. Accompanies supervisor or communication workers on chosen missions for help functions. 
      5. Helps the Chief of Part in arranging inside and communication conferences and mailings of communication supplies.
   2. –      Carries out efficient monetary planning and monitoring help for the communication part together with VISION duties. This contains however not restricted to:
      1. Intently displays the part finances, register and observe grant allotments, put together periodic studies on expenditures and supply common monitoring of finances and monetary expenditures;
      2. Mirror workplans construction;
      3. Help in making certain compliance to donor’s necessities and associated reporting processes
      4. Full Funding necessities forecast
      5. Funds to totally different contract and companion are issued
      6. Issuing Gross sales Order and Contracts as required on Imaginative and prescient
      7. Summarizes data reflecting present obligation and future program and /or budgetary implications;
      8. Put together fee requests and contracts
   3. –      Guarantee availability of branded materials and stock frequently updates
   4. –      Help all initiatives launch, this contains evaluation of artistic ideas, manufacturing and offers help in growing content material, tales, press releases when applicable.
   5. –      Helps preparation and administration of occasions and conferences as wanted
   6. –      Helps supervisor with total group issues and all varieties of clearance processes inside the Communication part
   7. –      Observe up with all IEC supplies wanted, in collaboration with all sections
   8. –      Help procurement of the unit provides requests and providers
   9. –      Performs different duties as required.

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have the under requirement:

Schooling:

Completion of secondary schooling in administration, reporting or communication is required.

Work Expertise:

A minimal of six years of progressive work expertise in administration, reporting or communication is required.

Related expertise in a UN system company or worldwide group is taken into account as an asset.

Language Proficiency:

 Fluency in Arabic and English is required.

For each Baby, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution Here

Competencies required for this publish are…

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

Through the recruitment course of, we check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: Here

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the range of these kids. A diverse and inclusive workforce is part of UNICEF’s DNA UNICEF Careers, no matter their raceethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

We provide a Compensation, benefits and wellbeing UNICEF Careers together with parental go away, breastfeeding breaks and UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation for job candidates and personnel with disabilities UNICEF Careers, UNCIEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.

“UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets 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 kids. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background verify.”.

 Remarks:

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which might be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Must you 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 might be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background verify.

Authorities staff which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or needed inoculation necessities should not met, inside an affordable interval for any cause.

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.