Consultant (Communications)

Duties and Responsibilities

Background of the assignment: The post is located in the Regional Section for South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific (RSSAEAP), Division for Operations (DO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna (Austria). The Consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Programme Officer and the overall guidance of the Chief of the Regional Section for South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific (RSSAEAP). UNODC’s mission is to contribute to global peace and security, human rights and development by making the world safer from drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism. The UNODC Field Offices across all continents and regions cover the wider range of services in all UNODC mandate areas.

RSSAEAP is the regional desk at UNODC HQ which supports the work of the Field Offices in the respective regions where UNODC delivers technical assistance and advisory services to the Member States. Within UNODC’s Division for Operations, RSSAEAP supports two regional offices: the Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), located in New Delhi and with field presence in Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, and the Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ROSEAP), located in Bangkok and with field presence in Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Additionally, the UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme is located in Sri Lanka, while a Centre of Excellence for Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice in Asia and the Pacific (UNODC-KOSTAT) is based in the Republic of Korea.

Purpose of the assignment: The Consultant will work to develop the Communication Strategy of the Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) and the reporting mechanisms related to this Strategy. This will include familiarization with the UNODC corporate Communications Strategy and other relevant documents, adaptation thereof to the needs of ROSA, preparation of the first draft of the Strategy and the relevant tools that support the reporting in line with this Strategy, submission of the draft to the supervisor and the ROSA team, as well as with the UNODC Advocacy Section (AS), getting inputs and finalizing the draft, along with the preparation of other written outputs in various forms, incl. among others power point presentations, inputs into reporting products, draft communication products, and similar.

Specific tasks to be performed by the consultant: Under the direct supervision of the Programme Officer within RSSAEAP,

The Consultant will:

• Collect and familiarize themselves with the UNODC corporate Communications Strategy and Communication Strategy of other UNODC Field Offices as well as other relevant documents;
• Consult with the UNODC Advocacy Section (AS) on the best way forward in the development of the ROSA Communication Strategy and adhere to the AS advice in the preparation of the draft;
• Adapt the UNODC corporate Communications Strategy to the needs of ROSA;
• Share the draft with the relevant colleagues within the regional team, collect comments and inputs;
• Incorporate the comments and inputs into the draft;
• Share the draft with the incorporated above-mentioned inputs with AS and collect their comments and inputs;
• Incorporate these contributions into the draft; finalize the latter and submit to supervisor;
• Prepare other written outputs in various forms, incl. among others power point presentations, inputs into reporting products, draft communication products, and similar.

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in social sciences, economics, international relations, law, political science, statistics, public administration, management or related field, is required. A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Limited experience in the area of general office support, writing/drafting briefings, reports, fact sheets, research papers, preparing presentations etc. or other relevant areas is required. Experience in researching, drafting, developing and producing quality, accurate and professional written products (such as reports, briefing notes and calendars of events) is required Experience with United Nations system’s or similar international organizations is desirable

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English, with excellent drafting and communication skills, is required.

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