Communication Officer, P2, TA (364 days), Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #561628 (For non Bangladeshi Nationals Only)

Contract

This is a P-2 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 57,661 USD and 78,318 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, an advocate.

Cox’s Bazar District is currently hosting over 960,000 Rohingya refugees since August 2017. Over half of the refugee population is estimated to be under the age of 18. Since the most recent influx of refugees, the Bangladesh government and humanitarian actors have been working to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of both the Rohingya refugees and the affected local host population.

Six years into the response, as it evolves from a humanitarian disaster to a crisis of protracted displacement, significant ongoing challenges persist while new and pressing concerns arise.

Recognising the strain the massive influx of refugees has had on the environment and livelihood of local residents and the particular vulnerability of the Rohingya refugees, UNICEF is implementing a European Union funded initiative aimed at strengthening social cohesion and community resilience by scaling up local government and community capacity while delivering a holistic package of essential nutrition, education, water and sanitation and child protection services to improve children’s survival and development and enhance household livelihoods in five Rohingya camps and four vulnerable communities of Cox’s Bazar.

How can you make a difference?

The post holder will assist in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating an advocacy and communication strategy under the leadership of the Communications and Advocacy Team Lead in Cox’s Bazar to get children’s and women’s issues into the public domain and strengthen political will in support of UNICEF's mission and objectives, especially those related to this EU-supported project.

The implementation of the deliverables under this project requires a specific skill set that combines technical competencies in communication (including videography and photography) and coordination. The implementation of the visibility component of this grant requires a lot of staff time and a dedicated staff to effectively deliver on UNICEF commitments. Given the current staff complement, standing multiple commitments, adhoc requests and emerging emergencies, it would be impossible for the Communication team to effectively deliver on this commitment. A dedicated hire would ensure that we do not only deliver on time but with quality outputs as well to support future fundraising efforts.

Major duties and responsibilities:

1. Communication and visibility for EU funded programmes:

Ensure that the communication and visibility plan for the EU grant is executed according to schedule with high quality multimedia assets produced and disseminated.

2. Communication Strategy:

Ensure that the production of communication products and materials is timely and followed up to support country communication strategy, regional and global campaigns and priorities, and to support resource mobilization efforts.

3. Monitoring and evaluation:

Regular monitoring and evaluation activities are undertaken according to the work plan to ensure maximum impact and continuous improvement of country communication efforts. Ensure results and reports are prepared and shared on a timely basis.

4. Celebrities, donors, partners, media and special events:

Ensure that the Field Office’s contact list of media, individuals, donors, groups, organizations and fora (including Government, UN, and bilateral counterparts), are maintained and further developed, whose support is essential to/can assist in achieving the advocacy and communication objectives and who support and are able to actively participate in special events and activities that further the country programme goals.

Please see attached TOR for details: TOR - Communication Officer CXB.pdf

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

- University degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or a related field.

- Two years practical professional work experience in communication, print and broadcast media, or interactive digital media.

- International and national work experience (for IP).

- Background/familiarity with Emergency situations.

- Hands on experience in video production and photography is an added advantage.

- Previous experience implementing an EU funded programme is an asset.

- Fluency in English and another UN language. Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station 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: UNICEF Values

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. the 8th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for supervisory role.

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 does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. The genuine and complete vacancy announcements are published on UNICEF Careers website at https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/listing/

Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term "Internal" refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments.

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is:a role with direct contact with children, works directly with children, is a safeguarding response role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) applies.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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.

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