Communications Officer

Place Title: Communications Officer

Responsibility Station: Erbil, Iraq

Classification: Skilled Employees, Grade P2

Kind of Appointment: Particular short-term graded, Six months with chance of extension

Estimated Begin Date: As quickly as potential

Closing Date: 02 April 2024

Established in 1951, IOM is a Associated Group of the United Nations, and because the main UN company within the area of migration, works carefully with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental companions. IOM is devoted to selling humane and orderly migration for the advantage of all. It does so by offering companies and recommendation to governments and migrants.

IOM is dedicated to a various and inclusive work setting. Learn extra about variety and inclusion at IOM at www.iom.int/diversity.

Purposes are welcome from first- and second-tier candidates, notably certified feminine candidates in addition to functions from the non-represented member nations of IOM. For all IOM vacancies, functions from certified and eligible first-tier candidates are thought of earlier than these of certified and eligible second-tier candidates within the choice course of.

For the aim of this emptiness, the next are thought of first-tier candidates:

1. Inner candidates
2. Candidates from the next non-represented member states: Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Botswana; Cabo Verde; Comoros; Congo (the); Prepare dinner Islands; Dominica; Fiji; Grenada; Guinea-Bissau; Holy See; Iceland; Kiribati; Lao Folks’s Democratic Republic (the); Madagascar; Marshall Islands; Micronesia (Federated States of); Namibia; Nauru; Palau; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Solomon Islands; Suriname; The Bahamas; Tonga; Tuvalu; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu

Second-tier candidates embrace:

All exterior candidates, besides candidates from non-represented member states.

Context:

Below the general supervision of the Head of the Partnerships and Coordination Division, and the direct supervision of the Media and Communications Officer, the Communications Officer will take part within the growth and high quality management of written content material that presents the mission’s work to an exterior viewers, in addition to contribute to the implementation of the day-to-day operations of the Public Data Unit.

Core Capabilities / Obligations:

1. Draft written communications merchandise focused for exterior audiences, starting from social media posts, op-eds, speaking factors and press releases to feature-length tales, in clear and concise English.
2. Draft, edit and produce public info supplies for IOM press briefing notes, common newsletters, mass mailing campaigns, the mission web site and social media in clear and concise English, and facilitate acceptable gender consciousness in all IOM communications.
3. Evaluate all written content material rising from the Public Data Unit in English for high quality management functions, with shut consideration to spelling, grammar, readability and IOM Type, and coordinate translation into extensively used native languages – notably Arabic and Kurdish Sorani.
4. Take part in area missions as wanted to help in offering Public Data (PI) protection of area actions; accumulate human curiosity tales; and contribute to the event of lengthy type items about areas of strategic significance for the mission.
5. Present info and inputs to help the event of visibility plans that complement venture proposals and coordinate their implementation.
6. Assist PI coaching for IOM Iraq workers in pictures, story assortment, videography, and donor visibility necessities, and construct inside PI capability.
7. Contribute to the event and strengthening of hyperlinks with worldwide and native media that promote IOM’s work and repute.
8. Take part in interagency media and communication working teams to encourage info stream and group engagement actions throughout companies.
9. Present administrative and logistical help to the Media and Communications Officer to facilitate the well timed completion of duties inside the Public Data Unit. This consists of via participation in inside and exterior coordination conferences, and responding as acceptable and delegated to a wide range of inquiries and data requests internally and externally.
10. Manage or take part within the group of conferences, seminars, press briefings, interviews, and so on.; draft briefing supplies for senior officers previous to their participation in high-level occasions, in shut coordination with the thematic specialists.
11. Coordinate with IOM Headquarters and RO Center East and North Africa (MENA) and supply administrative and logistical help to assist optimize outreach round necessary occasions and publications.
12. Carry out such different duties as could also be assigned.

Required {Qualifications} and Expertise:

Training

• Grasp’s diploma in Journalism, Communications, Worldwide Relations or a associated area from an accredited educational establishment with two years of related skilled expertise; or
• College diploma within the above fields with 4 years of related skilled expertise.

Expertise

• Expertise in writing and copyediting, reporting or journalism or public info in worldwide non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or UN company is required.
• Earlier expertise with IOM is fascinating.

Abilities

• Demonstrated excessive competency as a author, editor in English;
• Information of graphic design, internet, social media, and video manufacturing fundamentals;
• Familiarity with worldwide organizations; and,
• Familiarity with migration-related points within the Center East advantageous.

Languages

IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All workers members are required to be fluent in one of many three languages.

For this place, fluency in English is required (oral and written). Working information of Arabic and/or Kurdish or one other official UN language (Chinese language, French, Russian, and Spanish) is a bonus.

Proficiency of language(s) required will likely be particularly evaluated through the choice course of, which can embrace written and/or oral assessments.

Notes

1 Accredited Universities are those listed within the UNESCO World Larger Training Database (https://whed.net/home.php).

Required Competencies:

Values – all IOM workers members should abide by and display these 5 values:

• Inclusion and respect for variety: Respects and promotes particular person and cultural variations. Encourages variety and inclusion.
• Integrity and transparency: Maintains excessive moral requirements and acts in a fashion in step with organizational rules/guidelines and requirements of conduct.
• Professionalism: Demonstrates potential to work in a composed, competent and dedicated method and workouts cautious judgment in assembly day-to-day challenges.
• Braveness: Demonstrates willingness to take a stand on problems with significance.
• Empathy: Reveals compassion for others, makes individuals really feel secure, revered and pretty handled.

Core Competencies – behavioural indicators stage 2

• Teamwork: Develops and promotes efficient collaboration inside and throughout items to attain shared targets and optimize outcomes.
• Delivering outcomes: Produces and delivers high quality leads to a service-oriented and well timed method. Is motion oriented and dedicated to reaching agreed outcomes.
• Managing and sharing information: Repeatedly seeks to be taught, share information and innovate.
• Accountability: Takes possession for reaching the Group’s priorities and assumes accountability for personal actions and delegated work.
• Communication: Encourages and contributes to clear and open communication. Explains complicated issues in an informative, inspiring and motivational manner.

Managerial Competencies – behavioural indicators stage 2

• Management: Gives a transparent sense of course, leads by instance and demonstrates the flexibility to hold out the Group’s imaginative and prescient. Assists others to comprehend and develop their management {and professional} potential.
• Empowering others: Creates an enabling setting the place workers can contribute their finest and develop their potential.
• Constructing Belief: Promotes shared values and creates an environment of belief and honesty.
• Strategic pondering and imaginative and prescient: Works strategically to comprehend the Group’s targets and communicates a transparent strategic course.
• Humility: Leads with humility and exhibits openness to acknowledging personal shortcomings.

IOM’s competency framework may be discovered at this hyperlink.

https://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/about-iom/iom_revised_competency_framework_external.p df

Competencies will likely be assessed throughout a competency-based interview.

Different:

Internationally recruited skilled workers are required to be cell.

Any supply made to the candidate in relation to this emptiness discover is topic to funding affirmation.

This choice course of could also be used to workers related positions in numerous responsibility stations. Really helpful candidates will stay eligible to be appointed in an analogous place for a interval of 24 months.

The listing of NMS nations above consists of all IOM Member States that are non-represented within the Skilled Class of workers members. For this workers class, candidates who’re nationals of the responsibility station’s nation can’t be thought of eligible.

Appointment will likely be topic to certification that the candidate is medically match for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa necessities, and background verification and safety clearances. Topic to sure exemptions, vaccination in opposition to COVID-19 will in precept be required for people employed on or after 15 November 2021. This will likely be verified as a part of the medical clearance course of.

Vacancies shut at 23:59 native time Geneva, Switzerland on the respective time limit. No late functions will likely be accepted.

The right way to apply

candidates are invited to submit their functions HERE, by 02 April 2024 on the newest, referring to this commercial.

IOM solely accepts duly accomplished functions submitted via the IOM e-Recruitment system. The web software additionally permits candidates to trace the standing of their utility.

Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted.

For additional info please seek advice from: www.iom.int/recruitment

Posting interval:

From 20.03.2024 to 02.04.2024

No Charges:

IOM doesn’t cost a payment at any stage of its recruitment course of (utility, interview, processing, coaching or different payment). IOM doesn’t request any info associated to financial institution accounts.

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