Internal/External VA: Communications Officer (Media), NO-1, Beirut, Lebanon, PN# 125374, Fixed Term Appointment

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each little one, in all places, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each little one, assist

The elemental mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each little one, in all places, in all the things the group does — in applications, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded youngsters and households, interprets this dedication to youngsters’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness signifies that all youngsters have a chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any little one has an unequal likelihood in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There’s rising proof that investing within the well being, schooling and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all youngsters the chance to satisfy their potential but additionally will result in sustained development and stability of nations. For this reason the give attention to fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in direction of realizing the human rights of all youngsters, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Conference on the Rights of the Youngster, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

Function for the job:

Inside the supervision of the Communications Specialist NOC, the incumbent assists in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating Media Relations technique to get youngsters’s and girls’s points into the general public area, strengthen political will in assist of UNICEF’s mission and goals within the nation, and improve the group’s credibility and model.

How will you make a distinction?

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 supplies: Be sure that the manufacturing of communication merchandise and supplies is well timed executed and adopted up to assist nation communication technique, regional and world campaigns and priorities and to assist useful resource mobilization as set out within the work plan.
2. Media relations: Efficient and well timed skilled help and assist are offered in growing, drafting and sustaining contact info, supplies and relationships with journalists and media shops masking all media – print, TV, radio, net and so forth. – within the nation, to speak the story of UNICEF’s cooperation to a wider viewers.
3. Monitoring and analysis: Common monitoring and analysis actions are undertaken based on the work plan to make sure most affect and steady enchancment of nation communication efforts. Guarantee outcomes and experiences are ready and shared on a well timed foundation.

For extra particulars on on the important thing capabilities and duties, please consult with the hooked up  NOA,Communications Officer (Media),FT, PN#125374 VA.pdf

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

• College diploma in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or associated subject. 
• One-year sensible skilled work expertise in communication, print and broadcast media, or interactive digital media.
• Discipline work expertise.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required. Information of one other official UN language (Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish).

For each Youngster, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

 

UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for affect (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

Through 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.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, 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 goals 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 youngsters. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background verify.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s lively dedication in direction of variety and inclusion is important to ship one of the best outcomes for youngsters. 

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station, which will likely 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). Authorities staff which are thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or vital inoculation necessities should not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any cause.

Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.

UNICEF doesn’t cost any payment throughout any stage of the recruitment course of.