Advocacy and Communication Officer

Contract

This is a UNV National Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Youth contracts.

Being the bold voice for children’s rights is the core of UNICEF’s mandate, and UNICEF Angola continuously advocates for realization of the rights of every child. Together with our partners, we focus our efforts on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children. In Angola, UNICEF is the leading voice and advocate for children’s rights.

UNICEF’s programme in Angola has identified advocacy priorities as improving vaccination coverage; addressing malnutrition; ensuring that girls are in education; ending violence against children; and strengthening the social protection systems. In addition, there are priorities related to disabilities, gender and climate change. Besides rolling out advocacy campaigns and outreach event, youth-led initiatives for child rights will also be an important strategy to deliver results.

While implementing the country programme 2024-2028, UNICEF in Angola has planned bold advocacy initiatives to influence decision makers, generate public discourse and nurture partnerships with youth, using several channels and influencers. This assignment will focus on supporting implementation of advocacy and communication campaigns in the country to help achieve the goals.

The communication section supports the office in advocating for children’s rights, communicating the key results and nurturing partnerships that promote children’s wellbeing in the country.

The assignment will use several strategies and tactics like organizing public events and discussions, leveraging partnerships, engaging with media to help achieving the results of UNICEF in Angola. UNICEF places strong emphasis on evidence-based advocacy and positioning the rights of the most vulnerable at the core of advocacy initiatives.

Under the direct supervision of Chief of Communication, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Support in developing and implementing advocacy plans using different tactics, as per the priorities of UNICEF Angola. • Produce content and communication products for advocacy. • Support in disseminating advocacy products in the most effective manner, in consultation with the section. • Support planning and implementation of plans for key advocacy days and moments, as identified by the office. • Develop human interest stories related to UNICEF Angola’s work. • Ensure monitoring and reporting of results achieved through advocacy initiatives.

Results/Expected Outputs: • Monthly/quarterly plans for each priority as identified by the Office developed including implementation modality • Media engagement plans regularly updated to support advocacy initiatives • Partnership with youth-based organizations and one more influential groups finalized with clear action points, by agreed deadlines. • At least one story written and finalized for advocacy priority for distribution in in different channels per month • Communication products developed to support the advocacy plans mentioned above, by agreed deadlines • Timely implementation of events as planned for advocacy priorities.

Learning expectations

Learning and development are a central part of the UN Volunteer’s assignment and take place before, during the assignment in the field. Ideally, offering diverse opportunities for learning and development aim to strengthen the volunteer’s skills and competences, improve the quality of the assignment and keep the volunteer’s motivation high.

Learning elements for the UN Volunteer include the development of: • Professional skills: including specific competencies and reflection on assignment-related abilities; and on-the-job skills such as time management, problem solving, team building; and career preparedness such as interview skills, CV preparation, job searching. • Inter-personal skills: including communication and listening skills; multi-cultural aware-ness and cultural competency; and conflict and stress management. • Volunteering-related skills: including leadership; civic responsibility; and engagement and active participation.

Beyond the learning opportunities provided by UNV, UNICEF Angola will support knowledge and capacity development in the technical areas that are relevant to the UN Volunteer’s assignment. UNICEF Angola will provide, at its expense, UN Volunteers with equal opportunity to participate in training courses and workshops offered to its personnel.

Specific training would be convened on technical skills like Drupal content management system, Enterprise content management. Hands on experience will shape the knowledge and skills of UN Volunteer on effective communication

Core Values: • Care • Respect • Integrity • Trust • Accountability

Core Competencies • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness • Works Collaboratively with others • Builds and Maintains Partnerships • Innovates and Embraces Change • Thinks and Acts Strategically • Drives to achieve impactful results • Manages ambiguity and complexity

advocacy activities like organizing press conferences, public events, media engage-ment, developing communication products. • Experience on working closely with communication product developers like videos, photos and multimedia products. • Skills/sound knowledge of designing content for advocacy – infographics, etc. • Sound knowledge or experience of news journalism. • Knowledge and skills of writing stories and compelling content.

Candidate would be offered to work from UNICEF premises in Luanda.