Communication Specialist - Knowledge Management (P-3). PG - Education, NYHQ (Temporary Appointment 364days)

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 140,639 USD and 184,155 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.

Note: "****Ideally, this position will be based in New York****. However, the position has the option for a fully remote work modality. This will be determined based on the preferred candidate's location and availability to relocate. In the event that a remote work modality is selected, no installation to the duty station will be applicable and relevant entitlements will be adjusted based on lower of the two costs between the remote work location and the duty station."

In support of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, the Education Section works to advance access, participation and learning outcomes for marginalised children through policy leadership and support to countries for excellence in programming. Improving Learning is the overarching programme priority, particularly in light of UNICEF’s new Education strategy, which seeks to accelerate progress towards addressing the learning crisis.

For every child, education……

Under the supervision of Sr. Education Advisor (Management) #86249, and in close collaboration with the Director, thematic area Team Leaders, DGCA, regional and country offices, the Communications & Knowledge Management Specialist will initiate, conceptualize, develop and/or implement communication and knowledge management initiatives.

How can you make a difference?

General Communications and Advocacy

• Develop and implement Communications & Advocacy Plan, including audience-specific engagement plans to amplify UNICEF’s value-added, to secure more resources and to influence change.
• Produce innovative advocacy and visibility initiatives (exhibitions, installations, virtual reality visits, podcasts) and key multimedia and promotional materials.
• Support generation and/or re-purposing of knowledge products, communications and advocacy material, to specific audiences.
• Coordinate and support development of blogs, Op-Eds, newsletters, case studies, human interest stories, academic journals, etc. in support of technical leads.
• Provide guidance and support on UNICEF branding, production and publishing policies and processes.

Resource mobilization and donor engagement

• Prepare and implement targeted communications and advocacy interventions that support resource mobilization ambitions.

• Support the preparation of briefing notes and resource mobilization products as necessary.

  Strategic Social Media engagement

• Manage social media engagement, including amplification through key senior management handles, regional and country offices and Natcoms.

• Draft social media messages and engage donors and partners around key priorities/events.
• Develop event-specific social media packages with a distribution strategy to amplify key messages.
• Work in close collaboration with colleagues on donor visibility and donor engagement via social media channels.

Major events

• Keep track of key global events/advocacy opportunities to inform and follow-up with colleagues and partners.
• Support design and delivery of virtual, in person and hybrid events focused on key priorities.

• Support Partner Group meetings and visits, as applicable.

  Knowledge Management Effectiveness

• Provide technical inputs for the ongoing definition and support of knowledge management requirements.

• Design, develop, continually refine and maintain products/instruments for identifying, generating, sorting, retrieving, validating, sharing and disseminating information in a more efficient and effective manner.
• Proactively seek new ways to share and broker knowledge and best practice internally and externally.
• Align internal and external content/platforms on Teams/intranet/internet sites, keeping pace with organizational and section-wide reform.

Support to Programme Group Knowledge Management Work

• Represent the Section and contribute to the outputs and activities of the Knowledge Management Working Group in Programme Group.
• Lead quarterly regional calls to discuss discuss and capture regional events and resources.
• Engage in division-wide roll-out of corporate Knowledge Management initiatives.
• Stay up to date with emerging evidence and innovations being tested within the portfolio and seek opportunities to promote these throughout the organization.
• Maintain a comprehensive database of reports, good practices, lessons, policy and programme innovations for internal dissemination.
• Ensure research findings are communicated to UNICEF and other development partners, so as to strengthen evidence-based programming.
• Provide high-quality resources and information and by ensuring priority messages on education are effectively and consistently communicated.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree) in one of the following fields is required: Communications, Knowledge/Information Management, Social Sciences or another relevant technical field is required.
• A minimum of 5 (five) years of relevant professional work experience, at the national/and or international level in the area communications and advocacy, specifically for government policy change and/or resource mobilization is required.
• Experience with the use of social media for development is desirable.
• Previous knowledge management experience is desired.
• Knowledge of Drupal, Adobe Suite and Video Editing/Production is an asset.
• Understanding the workings of the UN system and some years of employment within the UN system is preferable.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA), and sustainability

Please click Here to view UNICEF's core values and Here to view our competency framework.

UNICEF competencies required for this post are.

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

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 including 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, 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 promoting 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.

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 may also be 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.

“UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”

For more information on remuneration and benefits, please visit UNICEF’s Entitlements’ page. If you would like to find estimates for entitlements, you may use the online Salary Estimate Calculator

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