Communication Assistant, GS4, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 8 months

Contract

This is a G-4 contract. This kind of contract is known as General Service and related categories. It is normally only for nationals. It usually requires 4 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 1,282 USD.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a future

The country office through the new Cooperation Program Document 2022-2026 plans to make visible and advocate for children's rights in emergency contexts with the objective that the main donors and prospective donors can see the impact of the work of UNICEF in the country and how the work that is carried out impacts the lives of Honduran children and adolescents.

How can you make a difference?

Under the direction of the Communication Specialist, this position is responsible for developing and coordinating communication plans to work on responses to COVID-19 and other emergencies. He or she will network and build alliances with partners, media and actors on the ground to help respond to the needs of children and communities affected by emergencies. The Emergency Communication Assistant will support communication related to broader emergency response and recovery, as well as products and activities associated with the emergency response and recovery plan.

Key Functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:

• Support the organizing of visits by donors, National Committees, and UNICEF goodwill ambassadors by providing administrative support as well as field support (e.g. accompanying visits and providing interpretation when needed)
• Support visits by international media including facilitating accreditation and permits from government authorities.Gather human interest stories to be used in a variety of formats (feature articles, web features, photo stories, AVPs or videos) to showcase UNICEF’s role in emergencies.
• Support the Communication Specialist in maintaining up-to-date national and international media mailing list.
• Produce and organize work inputs in videos and photographs to prepare a wide variety of coverage of UNICEF’s response to emergencies.
• Provide timely emergency-focused contributions for the national, regional and international online platforms.
• Assist in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of an advocacy and communication strategy to promote respect for children’s and women’s rights in emergency context
• Promote a better understanding of, respect and support for children’s and women’s rights and issues by carrying out advocacy activities in support of UNICEF programmes and humanitarian efforts in Honduras.
• Ensure rapid and accurate information dissemination to the media, UNICEF National Committees, local individual and corporate donors.
• Coordinate and facilitate donor visibility, external donor visits as needed.
• Feed into the Regional/Country Office/Media Hub’s contact list of individuals, groups, organizations and fora (including Government, UN, and bilateral counterparts), whose support is essential to assist in achieving the advocacy and communication objectives of the communication strategy for the emergency response.
• Ensure or enhance the quality, consistency and appropriateness of country-specific communication materials, activities, processes and messages shared with partners.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the capacity of partners through appropriate advocacy and communication training, access to information, supplies and equipment and through knowledge sharing.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Completion of secondary education is required.
• First level university degree in communication is an asset.
• A minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience in communication in emergencies, communication, brand content production or interactive digital platforms.
• Experience in international organization or non-profit sector is an asset.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French or Russian ) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable male candidates are encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.