Communication Specialist (Media), Polio, (P-3), Fixed Term # 95000, Islamabad – Pakistan

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve 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, in every single place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each youngster, Dedication

Pakistan was the sixth nation on this planet to signal and ratify the Conference on the Rights of the Youngster, lower than one 12 months after it was adopted by the United Nations Common Meeting in 1989. Nonetheless, kids and adolescents dwelling in Pakistan nonetheless face acute challenges.

UNICEF helps the Authorities of Pakistan to speed up progress for youngsters, work to attain the Sustainable Growth Objectives (SDGs) and assist kids notice their rights below the Conference on the Rights of Kids. This will probably be made by means of, amongst different issues, sturdy partnerships with provincial authorities, academics and well being professionals, frontline employees and social mobilisers, communities and households, and naturally the kids and adolescents themselves. 

Particularly, UNICEF will work in order that:

• Each youngster survives and thrives — being in good well being, immunized, shielded from polio and accessing nutritious meals.
• Each youngster learns.
• Each youngster is protected against violence and exploitation and registered at beginning.
• Each youngster lives in a protected and clear setting, with entry to protected ingesting water and enough sanitation. 

To be taught extra about UNICEF work in Pakistan, please go to the nation web site www.unicef.org/pakistan and movies on YouTube and Vimeo

The incumbent shall be accountable for growing, managing, coordinating, implementing and monitoring an exterior communications and advocacy technique. This contains growing and disseminating related merchandise and actions on an on-going foundation for media, donor and public audiences with the target of selling monetary and political dedication, consciousness, understanding, help and participation within the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme.  Goal audiences embody authorities, civil society, journalists and different media, together with social media stakeholder, entrance line employees and in the end potential inhabitants to be vaccinated.

To make a distinction, the incumbent shall be chargeable for following key strategic capabilities, accountabilities and associated duties/ duties;

1. Communication Technique

Be sure that the Polio Part has a transparent exterior communication supply technique and related work plan to help the polio targets and get polio eradication points into the general public area, specifically inside authorities, media, civil society, entrance line employees, and supreme recipients of vaccination campaigns.

• Develop, preserve and replace the nation advocacy and communication instruments/supply technique and related work plan. Technique and work plan embody: an environmental and stakeholder evaluation; targets; goal audiences; messages and media combine; sources; particular actions, actions and merchandise; monitoring and analysis of impression; success and alternative for enchancment; ongoing refinement of the technique and the instruments (e.g. key messages, written materials; documentaries; social media content material, infographics,, and many others.)
• UNICEF’s rights- and results-based programming strategy is appropriately mirrored within the communication technique, work plan and merchandise.
• Preserve shut collaboration with Regional Communication Advisers and HQ Communication Officers for efficient general coordination

2. Media Relations

Be sure that the Pakistan Nation Workplace Polio programme has a effectively maintained and regularly developed contact listing of journalists and media retailers overlaying all media – print, TV, radio, net and many others. – and a profitable means of speaking and sustaining common contact and shut collaboration with the media to speak the story of UNICEF’s cooperation to a wider viewers.

• Promote a greater understanding of, respect and help for polio and routine immunization by finishing up media, info and training actions in help of UNICEF-assisted growth programmes or humanitarian efforts within the nation.
• Develop, preserve and replace media relations contact listing/database.
• Set up, doc, evaluate and refine means of speaking with media contacts, together with press conferences and occasions, issuing of media supplies and many others.
• Guarantee speedy and correct info dissemination to the media, Nationwide Committees, NGOs, the sphere and different acceptable audiences.
• Establish, develop, distribute and consider number of media supplies in a number of, acceptable codecs. Guarantee or improve the standard, appropriateness of nation particular communication supplies, actions, processes and messages transmitted to the press, companions and public.
• Collaborate with mass media by means of actions resembling organizing venture website visits, facilitating picture protection and TV footage and using each web-based and conventional media as acceptable.
• Monitor and consider the use and effectiveness of media supplies and share outcomes and findings.
• Preserve shut collaboration with Regional Communication Advisers and HQ Communication Officers for efficient general coordination.
• Networking, partnerships and technical help to Authorities (Federal and Provincial)
• Be sure that the Nation Workplace has a effectively maintained and regularly developed contact listing of people, teams, organizations and fora (together with Authorities, UN, and bilateral counterparts), whose help is crucial to/can help in reaching the advocacy and communication targets of the communication technique.
• Develop, preserve and replace companions contact listing/database.
• Present technical help to Authorities and main companions relative to communications instruments and supply strategies.
• Assist set up, doc, evaluate and refine means of working collaboratively with companions, together with conferences, joint initiatives, info sharing and many others.
• Guarantee or improve the standard, consistency and appropriateness of country-specific communication supplies, actions, processes and messages shared with companions.
• Establish alternatives to strengthen the capability of companions by means of acceptable advocacy andcommunication coaching, entry to info, provides and gear and thru information sharing.
• Monitor, consider and share outcomes and findings with companions.

3. World polio priorities and campaigns

Along with native/nationwide campaigns, be certain that the Nation Workplace Polio Programme has an efficient course of in place for integrating and taking motion on UNICEF’s international polio communications priorities and campaigns, each disseminating these components in a locally-appropriate means, in addition to offering/enabling protection of the work within the nation for international use.

• Assist the UNICEF international polio communications targets and methods by means of growth of complementary nation particular and local people supplies and actions. Work plan ought to anticipate the inclusion of labor on international priorities and campaigns.
• Develop and deploy nation workplace polio communication capability to assemble/facilitate the content material and protection of related nation efforts. Use the chance to establish/spotlight efficient programme actions and outcomes.
• Guarantee common communication and co-ordination with related communication focal factors in regional workplaces and headquarters divisions.

4. Useful resource mobilization help

• Be sure that international and nation degree fund-raising actions are supported by efficient advocacy and communication technique and actions.
• Mobilize nation workplace communication capability to help/facilitate the gathering of content material and protection of related nation efforts. Use the chance to establish/spotlight efficient programme actions and leads to help of fund-raising.
• Mobilize sources for fund-raising help by common communication and co-ordination with related communication focal factors in regional workplaces and headquarters divisions.

5. Administration

Be sure that human sources (the communication staff) and monetary sources (price range planning, administration and monitoring) are each successfully managed and optimally used.

• Develop a piece plan for communication actions, monitor compliance and supply help and steerage to make sure targets are met.
• Plan and monitor the usage of communication budgetary sources. Approve and monitor the general allocation and disbursement and liquidation of funds. Take acceptable actions to optimize use of funds.
• Establish, recruit and supervise employees, technical sources and consultants as mandatory. Conduct and Implement efficient efficiency planning, monitoring, efficiency growth programme as required.
• Guarantee communication effectiveness, effectivity and supply in addition to a rigorous and clear strategy to planning, monitoring and analysis.

6. Monitoring and analysis

Be sure that communication baselines are established towards which the achievement of targets of the communication technique are often evaluated; evaluation is undertaken to constantly enhance the effectiveness of communication technique, strategy and actions; outcomes and stories are ready and shared on a well timed foundation.

• Present technical help to make sure that a set of communication efficiency indicators is recognized and adjusted as mandatory, and these communication indicators are included or fed forwarded within the Annual Administration Plan, Annual Work Plan, and many others.
• Conduct well timed and correct monitoring and analysis actions to make sure the communications targets are met and the technique is efficient.
• Undertake classes realized evaluate of profitable and unsuccessful communication experiences and share observations/findings with nation, regional and HQ communication colleagues in order that finest practices profit UNICEF’s communication work.

7. Capability constructing and help

Be sure that the Polio staff lead Regional Communication Officer and the nation programme staff are supplied with skilled experience and recommendation on all points of exterior relations communication as required; alternatives are recognized and addressed for constructing communication capability amongst nation communication staff, media counterparts – nationwide and native –  and different related companions.

• Advise UNICEF administration, colleagues and employees on media technique and implications for motion and insurance policies proposed.
• Assist communication actions by means of information administration, info alternate and constructing capability of the nation communications staff. Allow acceptable advocacy and communication coaching, entry to info, provides and gear, and growing coaching and orientation materials.
• Help the Programme Communication Officer within the growth of communication instruments and/or methods.
• Establish alternatives to strengthen the capability of companions by means of acceptable advocacy and communication coaching.

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you’ll have…

• Superior college diploma in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations or different associated fields of disciplines.
• 5 years of progressively accountable and related skilled work expertise.
• Worldwide and nationwide work expertise in each developed and growing nations.
• Skilled expertise in communication, print, broadcast, new media.
• Background/familiarity with Emergency conditions.
• Fluency in English and one other UN language, Urdu an asset.

For each Youngster, you show…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every part we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (1); Works Collaboratively with others (1); Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1); Innovates and Embraces Change (1); Thinks and Acts Strategically (1); Drive to attain impactful outcomes (1); Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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

Life at UNICEF

Working at UNICEF is extremely rewarding. With enticing remuneration bundle encompassing aggressive pay and advantages, a tradition that helps employees thrive and numerous alternatives for private {and professional} growth, we intention that can assist you preserve a satisfying life each at and out of doors the workplace.

We be sure you and your family members obtain the sources and care that it is advisable thrive. We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. Our contracts, wellbeing insurance policies and initiatives guarantee that you’re effectively geared up to successfully ship for youngsters resembling;

• Tax exemption, household allowances, hardship advantages, 10 UN holidays and annual depart allowance, maternity, paternity, adoption depart, medical and dental insurance coverage, pension and many others.
• Profession help, employees wellbeing programme, breastfeeding coverage, versatile work preparations, childcare room, household help, insurance policies & initiatives, safety and many others.
• UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations. 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

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 additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra info to conduct a background verify.

Remarks:

• The emptiness announcement is open each to inside and exterior candidates.
• Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.
• Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
• Verified instructional certificates are a pre-requisite for employment at UNICEF. 
• UNICEF’s energetic dedication in direction of range and inclusion is important to ship one of the best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates will probably be prioritized.
• UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (COVID). Authorities workers which are thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or mandatory inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any cause.