Communication Assistant

Volunteering Communications & PR

Overview

Support UN Women’s communications and digital content strategy.

You have:

• Master digital web/social media tools perfectly.
• Experience with design platforms such as Canva.
• Ability to create content: Texts, Photos, and Videos.
• Ability to monitor media and produce biweekly media scans.
• Experience in implementing communications action plans.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships with a diverse audience.
• Adaptive capacity to live and work in various conditions.

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.

Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. Together, UN Women in Tunisia and Libya form a Cluster Office with joint management and operational team. The UN Women Tunisia and Libya Cluster Office seeks to strengthen its human resources to effectively and efficiently leverage digital communications to contribute to the advancement of gender equality in both countries. Communication being a multi-dimensional and integral aspect of its interventions, the Communications Assistant would support the Communications Department to increase UN Women’s visibility to reach a wider and diverse audience, raise the voices of women and girls and influence wider conversations on gender equality in Tunisia and Libya. Reporting to the Country Representative, the Communications Assistant supports the formulation and implementation of the communications and advocacy strategies to increase the standing and awareness of UN Women with partners, the media and the public. The Communications Assistant promotes a client-oriented approach in UN Women.

Under the direct supervision of the communications analyst, the communications assistant is responsible for managing and animating social media and content for the direction's websites and for designing promotional materials and products for UN Women Tunisia and Libya.

For this, the communications assistant is required to: - Ensure monitoring of UN Women Tunisia and Libya's e-reputation - Create content: Texts, Photos, and Videos - Identify targets and their needs and select appropriate social platforms - Define the editorial line and write the editorial charter dedicated to social media and define the editorial charter of the direction by being proactive - Implement an action plan (social media planning - Ensure coverage of events and various actions of the office - Produce newsletter - Monitor Media and produce biweekly media scan. - Assist in implementing the communications action plan. - Precisely monitor the evolution and results of these different actions using audience measurement or statistics tools - Establish reporting and follow-up on the activity.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:

Results/expected outputs: • As an active UN WOMEN team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UN WOMEN and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: Effective administration of UN WOMEN Tunisia and Libya Office administrative work as well as Country representative logistics and administration • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment. • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.

• Professionalism: demonstrated understanding of operations relevant to UN WOMEN; technical capabilities or knowledge relevant or transferrable to UN WOMEN procedures and rules; discretion, political sensitivity, diplomacy and tact to deal with clients; ability to apply good judgement; ability to liaise and coordinate with a range of different actors, especially in senior positions; where appropriate, high degree of autonomy, personal initiative and ability to take ownership; resourcefulness and willingness to accept wide responsibilities and ability to work independently under established procedures; ability to manage information objectively, accurately and confidentially; responsive and client-oriented; • Integrity: demonstrate the values and ethical standards of the UN and UN WOMEN in daily activities and behaviours while acting without consideration of personal gains; resist undue political pressure in decision-making; stand by decisions that are in the organization’s interest even if they are unpopular; take prompt action in cases of unprofessional or unethical behaviour; does not abuse power or authority. • Teamwork and respect for diversity: ability to operate effectively across organizational boundaries; excellent interpersonal skills; ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and harmonious working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, mixed-gender environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity; sensitivity and adaptability to culture, gender, religion, nationality and age; commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of UN operations; ability to achieve common goals and provide guidance or training to colleagues; • Commitment to continuous learning: initiative and willingness to learn new skills and stay abreast of new developments in area of expertise; ability to adapt to changes in work environment. • Planning and organizing effective organizational and problem-solving skills and ability to manage a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner; ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor (own) work; ability to work under pressure, with conflicting deadlines, and to handle multiple concurrent projects/activities. • Communication: proven interpersonal skills; good spoken and written communication skills, including ability to prepare clear and concise reports; ability to conduct presentations, articulate options and positions concisely; ability to make and defend recommendations; ability to communicate and empathize with staff (including national staff), military personnel, volunteers, counterparts and local interlocutors coming from very diverse backgrounds; capacity to transfer information and knowledge to a wide range of different target groups; • Flexibility: adaptability and ability to live and work in potentially hazardous and remote conditions, involving physical hardship and little comfort; to operate independently in austere environments for protracted periods; willingness to travel within the area of operations and to transfer to other duty stations within the area of operations as necessary. • Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes solidarity, compassion, reciprocity and self-reliance, and commitment towards UN women mission and vision, as well as to the UN Core Values.

Digital communications and Community Management. -Masters digital web/social media tools perfectly -Experience with design platforms such as Canva

The position is based in Tunis, Tunisia. As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. A Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) of TND 1 735 TND is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses.

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Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: unv.org