Communication Specialist, NOC, TA, 364 Days, East Jerusalem, State of Palestine #127422

UNICEF works in a number 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, in all places, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each youngster, a voice

UNICEF within the State of Palestine works to uphold the rights of kids to entry companies and safety, from early childhood by to adolescence. Our goal is to make sure that each youngster within the Gaza Strip and the West Financial institution, together with East Jerusalem, regardless of background or circumstance, has an equal likelihood to fulfil their potential.

Previously years, UNICEF within the State of Palestine has achieved a excessive attain and engagement by its communication channels. UNICEF-SoP wish to construct on this and proceed participating with our viewers, who are usually not solely search data however are keen to have essential conversations on essential points regarding kids’s wellbeing and rights. 

How will you make a distinction?

Accountable for growing, managing, co-ordinating, networking, implementing and monitoring an advocacy and communication technique and related merchandise and actions on on-going foundation with public audiences, with the target of selling consciousness, understanding, help and respect for kids’s and ladies’s rights, and help for UNICEF’s mission, priorities and programmes within the nation workplace/regional workplace/media hub, and at a world stage and people of the UN Nation Staff.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS 

Inside the delegated authority and the given organizational set-up, the incumbent could also be accountable for all or assigned areas of the next main duties and finish outcomes.

1. Communication technique

• Develop, keep and replace the nation advocacy and communication technique and related work plan. Technique and work plan embody: an environmental and stakeholder evaluation; aims; goal audiences; messages and media combine; sources; particular actions, actions and merchandise; monitoring and analysis of influence; success and alternative for enchancment; ongoing refinement of the technique.
• UNICEF’s rights- and results-based programming method is appropriately mirrored within the communication technique, work plan and merchandise.
• Preserve shut collaboration with Regional Communication Advisers and HQ Communication Officers for efficient total coordination.

2. Media relations

• Promote a greater understanding of, respect and help for kids’s and ladies’s rights and points by finishing up media, data and schooling actions in help of UNICEF-assisted improvement programmes or humanitarian efforts within the nation.
• Develop, keep and replace media relations contact checklist/database.
• Set up, doc, evaluation and refine means of speaking with media contacts, together with press conferences and occasions, issuing of media supplies and many others.
• Guarantee fast and correct data dissemination to the media, Nationwide Committees, NGOs, the sphere and different acceptable audiences.
• Determine, 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 actions comparable to organizing challenge web site visits, facilitating photograph 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 total coordination.

3. Networking and partnerships

• Develop, keep and replace companions contact checklist/database.
• Assist set up, doc, evaluation and refine means of working collaboratively with companions, together with conferences, joint initiatives, data sharing and many others.
• Guarantee or improve the standard, consistency and appropriateness of country-specific communication supplies, actions, processes and messages shared with companions.
• Determine alternatives to strengthen the capability of companions by acceptable advocacy and communication coaching, entry to data, provides and gear and thru information sharing.
• Monitor, consider and share outcomes and findings with companions.

4. Celebrities and particular occasions

• Develop, keep and replace celebrities contact checklist/database.
• Assist set up, doc, evaluation and refine means of working with celebrities, together with particular occasions, media alternatives, area journeys and many others.
• Take part in international advocacy actions by planning visits of Goodwill Ambassadors, Nationwide Committee representatives, Government Board members and many others. together with making ready data supplies (e.g., press releases, programme summaries, nation reality sheets and media kits), and mandatory logistic preparations. Spotlight the achievements of the nation programme. Preserve shut collaboration with Regional Communication Advisers and HQ Communication Officers for efficient total coordination.

5. World priorities and campaigns

• Help the UNICEF international communications aims and techniques by improvement of complementary nation particular and area people supplies and actions. Work plan ought to anticipate the inclusion of labor on international priorities and campaigns.
• Develop and deploy nation workplace 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 places of work and headquarters divisions.

6. Useful resource mobilization help

• 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 ends in help of fund-raising.
• Mobilize sources for fund-raising help by common communication and co-ordination with related communication focal factors in regional places of work and headquarters divisions.

7. Administration

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

8. Monitoring and analysis

• 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 aims are met and the technique is efficient.
• Undertake classes discovered evaluation of profitable and unsuccessful communication experiences and share observations/findings with nation, regional and HQ communication colleagues in order that greatest practices profit UNICEF’s communication work.

9. Capability constructing and help

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

For extra data on the particular technical experience wanted, kindly go to the under JD.

 Communication Specialist- NOC-TA- East Jerusalem- 127422.pdf

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

Training

• Superior college diploma in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations.
  *A primary College Diploma in a related area mixed with 2 further years {of professional} expertise within the area of journalism, communications, exterior relations, public affairs, public relations or company communications could also be accepted in lieu of an Superior College Diploma.

Work Expertise

• A minimal of 5 years of progressively accountable and related skilled work expertise in communication, print, broadcast, and/or new media.
• Worldwide and nationwide work expertise (for IP). Discipline work expertise (for NO). Background/familiarity with Emergency conditions.

Language requirement

• Fluency in English and Arabic.

For each Baby, you exhibit…

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: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness(3)Drive to attain outcomes for influence(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.

Through 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 kids and our international workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some 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 using 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 kids. 

Remarks:

This place is just not thought of an elevated threat function. Nonetheless, UNICEF reserves the precise to conduct additional vetting/evaluation throughout the scope of kid safeguarding as acceptable. 

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in the direction of variety and inclusion is vital to ship the perfect outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate candidates are inspired to use.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which can 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). Do you have to be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice can be cancelled.

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

Authorities workers which are thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an project 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 mandatory inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an affordable interval for any motive.

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