Communication Specialist (Emergencies), P3, Bamako, Mali, 6 months

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 115,781 USD and 151,606 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, love

Mali is experiencing unprecedented and rising humanitarian needs. More than half of the 7.1 million people requiring humanitarian assistance in 2024 are children. Increasing number of internally displaced persons, mainly children, are fleeing insecurity and grave violations in northern and central Mali, as well as natural disasters and epidemics.

How can you make a difference?

The incumbent will provide key support to the following tasks:

 Support the country office’s communication and public advocacy, with a focus on Emergency preparedness and response; More specifically, act as a first responder to support CO with:

o draft and define appropriate external messages on sensitive issues

o support, cultivate and leverage international media

o define and handle communication, both internal and external i.e. media and partners, on relevant issues.

 Provide active support to the country office (including Field Offices), on the effective use of tools of mass communication, including press briefings and conferences and media interviews, to achieve country objectives.

 Develop close collaboration with international and regional mass media through activities such as media briefings, organizing visits to project sites, facilitating photo coverage and TV footage, and utilize social media, digital and traditional media.

 Apply astute judgment to identify, assess, understand, cope, manage and mitigate communication and advocacy materiels for crises from outbreak to termination. This includes:

o communicate rapidly and adequately on UNICEF MALI first responses to unforeseen crises

o communicating on preparation and prevention of crises – where possible - maintaining clear messages inline with the CO communication and advocacy strategy and humanitarian principles

 Adapt and disseminate advocacy materials from NY and Geneva and contribute to the development and production of country and regional information materials. Identify the need for additional materials/activities, such as radio and television programmes, publications, photographs, websites, etc., to advocate and promote organizational goals throughout the county, region, globaly, capture field offices achievements, and manage their production and distribution to the target audiences, including for stakeholders at country level.

 Closely work with Field Offices to assist in identifying and obtaining feature stories and other material from the field to facilitate CO/global/regional advocacy and fund-raising activities, particularly in support of National Committee efforts to mobilize resources.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Communication, Journalism, International Relations, Political Science, Public Administration or related field. *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience at national/international levels in journalism, communications/public relations, internal communications or marketing.
• Candidates should have a strong background in external communications, including in emergency situations.
• Candidates who have worked with UNICEF or any other UN Agencies and have a demonstrated experience in working in humanitarian crises context would be considered first.
• Fluency in French and English is required. Knowledge of a local language of the duty station is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, 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.

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.

Remarks:

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

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). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be cancelled.

All selected candidates will 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.

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.

Eligible UNICEF International Professional (IP) Staff Members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to a Temporary Appointment, which is dedicated to L3 (or L2) Response, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and their current tour of duty, and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.