Re-advertisement: Communication Officer, NO-1, Baku, Azerbaijan, #00126244 (Temporary appointment for 364 days)

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 nations and territories, we work for each little one, all over the place, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each little one, communication

How will you make a distinction?

Assists in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating an advocacy and communication technique to get kids’s and ladies’s points recognized by way of the A number of Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) into the general public area, strengthen political will in help of UNICEF’s mission and targets within the nation, and improve the group’s credibility and model.

KEY END-RESULTS

1. Communication technique: The manufacturing of communication merchandise and supplies primarily based on the findings of the MICS are well timed executed and adopted as much as help nation communication technique, regional and international campaigns and priorities, and to help useful resource mobilization as set out within the work plan.
2. Media relations: Efficient and well timed skilled help and help are supplied in growing, drafting and sustaining contact data, supplies and relationships with journalists and media shops masking all media – print, TV, radio, net and so on. – 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 in line with the work plan to gather knowledge that will help making certain most affect and steady enchancment of nation communication efforts. Outcomes and studies are ready and shared on a well timed foundation.
4. Celebrities, companions and particular occasions: The Nation Workplace’s contact record of people, teams, organizations and fora (together with Authorities, UN, and bilateral counterparts), is maintained and additional developed, whose help is important to/can help in attaining the advocacy and communication targets and who help and are in a position to actively take part in particular occasions and actions that additional the nation programme objectives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS 

1. Communication supplies

Be sure that the manufacturing of communication merchandise and supplies is well timed executed and adopted up to help nation communication technique, regional and international campaigns and priorities and to help useful resource mobilization as set out within the work plan.

Duties & Duties      

• Help the event of the infographics, snapshots and totally different visuals of the MICS outcomes.
• Handle designing and publishing of the MICS last report.
• Implement the duties within the nation communication work plan and technique as assigned.
• Collect content material and protection of related nation efforts to determine efficient related nation programme actions and outcomes. Develop complementary, nation particular and area people supplies and actions.
• Help the manufacturing of communication supplies (e.g. briefing notes, photos, video. Net pages and so on.) that meet the nation and international requirements as set out within the Communication Toolkit.
• Help in drafting and modifying articles, press releases, human curiosity tales and different advocacy/data supplies for each web-based and conventional media, as applicable.
• Comply with up on the manufacturing of advocacy and communication supplies (e.g., movies, movies, audio-visuals, and so on.), and oversee the qualitative facets of manufacturing, (e.g., high quality management, translations, opinions of format and graphic design and so on.) to fulfill requirements as set out within the Communication Toolkit.
• Keep an up-to-date documentation centre for communication supplies together with publications, press releases and clippings, images, audio-visual supplies, net assets and so on.
• Suggest applicable data and communication supplies to be used in media, and different advocacy and communication actions.
• Suggest established contacts, networks, assets and processes to help communication actions.

2. Media relations

 Efficient and well timed skilled help and help are supplied in growing, drafting and sustaining contact data, supplies and relationships with journalists and media shops masking all media – print, TV, radio, net and so on. – within the nation, to speak the story of UNICEF’s cooperation to a wider viewers.

 Duties & Duties

• Keep and replace media relations contact record/database. Guarantee fast and correct data dissemination to the media together with the outcomes of the MICS.
• Help in growing and sustaining shut collaboration with mass media, in addition to with teams and organizations whose help is important to the achievement of advocacy and communication targets.
• Help in drafting and modifying articles, press releases, human curiosity tales and different advocacy/data supplies in all media codecs, as applicable.
• Put together background communication and promotional supplies for briefing and visits of media and different particular curiosity teams. Help within the planning, logistic and administrative preparations for them.
• Help in collaborating with the media by way of actions akin to organizing undertaking website visits, facilitating picture protection and TV footage and using each web-based and conventional media as applicable.
• Monitor and consider the use and effectiveness of media supplies. Keep a library of protection (clippings, protection and so on.)

3. Monitoring and analysis

Common monitoring and analysis actions are undertaken in line with the work plan to make sure most affect and steady enchancment of nation communication efforts. Guarantee outcomes and studies are ready and shared on a well timed foundation.

Duties & Duties

• Help in coordinating applicable viewers analysis and compiling and analysing related knowledge.
• Monitor and consider the suitable and well timed dissemination of advocacy and communication supplies to focus on audiences, and take part within the analysis of their affect. Monitor and consider the use and effectiveness of media supplies. Keep a library of protection (clippings, protection and so on.)
• Monitor the general public notion of UNICEF within the nation and suggest applicable motion to keep up a constructive picture for the group.
• Help in offering suggestions to DOC on the use and appropriateness of worldwide communication supplies akin to publications, photos and multimedia merchandise.
• Guarantee good high quality knowledge assortment, evaluation and analysis and reporting to make sure efficient communication methods, planning and efficient and environment friendly advocacy.
• Undertake classes realized overview of profitable and unsuccessful communication experiences as directed by supervisor.

4. Celebrities, companions and particular occasions

Be sure that the Nation Workplace’s contact record of people, teams, organizations and fora (together with Authorities, UN, and bilateral counterparts), are maintained and additional developed, whose help is important to/can help in attaining the advocacy and communication targets and who help and are in a position to actively take part in particular occasions and actions that additional the nation programme objectives.

Duties & Duties

• Assist arrange and generate public help for particular occasions and actions to advertise nation programme objectives.
• Help in growing and sustaining shut collaboration with mass media, in addition to with teams and organizations whose help is important to the achievement of advocacy and communication targets.
• Keep and replace superstar and accomplice contact lists/database for nation workplace. 
• Monitor/doc course of and effectiveness of working with these people/organizations.
• Put together background communication and promotional supplies for briefings and visits of media, Goodwill Ambassadors, donors, Nationwide Committee representatives and different particular curiosity teams. The duty contains getting ready data supplies (e.g., press releases, programme summaries, nation reality sheets and media kits), and helping within the planning, logistics and administrative preparations.

5. Сommunication and advocacy help to implementation and launch of the A number of Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Guarantee communication help to the finalization and dissemination of the MICS findings within the nation in shut collaboration with CRM crew in keeping with the Nation Workplace communication and advocacy technique

Duties & Duties

• Gather background data and help with getting ready related communication supplies associated to MICS, together with press releases, human curiosity tales, briefing notes, infographics and factsheets
• Guarantee well timed and high quality protection of the MICS course of throughout the UNICEF and companions’ social media platforms
• Coordinate design and printing of the ultimate MICS report to make sure its prime quality and well timed supply
• Put together and coordinate the ultimate media occasion to current MICS ends in partnership with authorities counterparts to media and key stakeholders, together with media and accomplice outreach, press package, visibility supplies, and associated occasion logistics
• Guarantee correct donor recognition and visibility by way of the MICS course of and presentation
• Help with liaison with key stakeholders concerned in MICS and its last presentation
• Monitor protection of the MICS course of in conventional and social media together with preparation of the ultimate media report with key media tales

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

• College diploma in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or associated subject.

• One 12 months of sensible skilled work expertise in communication, print and broadcast media, or interactive digital media.

• Related expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset

• Fluency in English and Azerbaijani languages are required.

For each Youngster, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and 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 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 totally different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should replicate the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, 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 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 targets 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. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. 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.

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in direction of variety and inclusion is crucial to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine 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 shall 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 project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities should not met, inside an affordable interval for any motive.

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