Communication Specialist, P – 4, Temporary Appointment (1 Year), Amman – Jordan, MENARO

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. 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 little one, all over the place, each day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

For each little one, Hope

How will you make a distinction?

Help the RO communications each throughout emergencies however as properly within the subject of media relation, campaigns and growing the com associated methods. 

Goal:

The incumbent is Accountable for growing, managing, coordinating, 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, assist and respect for youngsters’s and girls’s rights, and assist 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 Crew.

Duties and Duties:

 Communication technique

Develop, preserve and replace the nation advocacy and communication technique and related work plan. Technique and work plan  embrace: an environmental and stakeholder evaluation; aims; 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.

UNICEF’s rights- and results-based programming method is appropriately mirrored within the communication technique, work plan and merchandise.

Keep shut collaboration with Regional Communication Advisers and HQ Communication Officers for efficient total coordination.

Media relations

Promote a greater understanding of, respect and assist for youngsters’s and girls’s rights and points by finishing up media, data and schooling actions in assist of UNICEF-assisted improvement programmes or humanitarian efforts within the nation.

Develop, preserve and replace media relations contact record/database.

Set up, doc, overview 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 data 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 actions reminiscent of organizing mission 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.

Keep shut collaboration with Regional Communication Advisers and HQ Communication Officers for efficient total coordination.

Crises communication:

Present steering, coordination, and assist with regard to advocacy and communication round main crises communication points, together with coordination with PFP, Natcoms, DGCA and media, and different UN businesses the place essential.

Develop with the involved departments, together with PFP and DGCA a crises com and Adv toolkit on steps to be taken inside 72 hours of a disaster’s scenario along with roles and obligations of every entity.

 

Discover with the Humanitarian improvement of a Comms preparedness module to be a part of the Emergency preparedness plan of COs and as properly on the regional preparedness plan.

 

Help nation places of work in placing programs in place concerning administration of reputational dangers, together with by figuring out and mitigation dangers.

 

Common coordination and engagement on key points and world/regional campaigns and on delicate points that can’t be communicated at CO stage.

Networking and partnerships

Develop, preserve and replace companions contact record/database.

Set up, doc, overview 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.

Establish 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.

Celebrities and particular occasions

Develop, preserve and replace celebrities contact record/database.

Set up, doc, overview and refine means of working with celebrities, together with particular occasions, media alternatives, subject journeys and many others.

Take part in world advocacy actions by planning visits of Goodwill Ambassadors, Nationwide Committee representatives, Govt Board members and many others. together with making ready data supplies (e.g., press releases, programme summaries, nation truth sheets and media kits), and essential logistic preparations. Spotlight the achievements of the nation programme. Keep shut collaboration with Regional Communication Advisers and HQ Communication Officers for efficient total coordination.

World priorities and campaigns

Help the UNICEF world communications aims and methods by improvement of complementary nation particular and area people supplies and actions. Work plan ought to anticipate the inclusion of labor on world 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.

Useful resource mobilization assist

Mobilize nation workplace communication capability to assist and collect/facilitate the gathering of content material and protection of related nation efforts. Use the chance to establish/spotlight  efficient programme actions and leads to assist of fund-raising.

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

Lead a detailed collaboration and coordination with the partnerships and useful resource mobilization workforce to develop a streamlined fundraising/communication vector, notably on particular person giving and campaigns and as properly with NatComs.

Administration

Develop a piece plan for communication actions, monitor compliance and supply assist and steering to make sure aims 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 workers, technical sources and consultants as essential. 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.

Monitoring and analysis

Present technical assist to make sure that a set of communication efficiency indicators is recognized and adjusted as essential, and these communication indicators are integrated 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 realized overview 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.

Capability constructing and assist

Advise UNICEF administration, colleagues and workers on media technique and implications for motion and insurance policies proposed.

Help communication actions by information administration, data alternate and constructing capability of the nation communications workforce. 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.

Establish alternatives to strengthen the capability of companions by acceptable advocacy and communication coaching.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have…

Schooling

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

Work Expertise

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

Language

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

For each Little one, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every little thing 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 impression (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should replicate the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, 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 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 kids. 

Remarks:

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.  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 towards 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 can be cancelled.

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

Authorities workers which can be thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or essential inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.

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