Communication Specialist, P-3, Erbil, Iraq, Fixed Term Appointment

Overview

Develop and manage advocacy strategies for children's rights.

You have:

• Advanced university degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations.
• Five years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in communication, print, broadcast, and/or new media.
• Background/familiarity with Emergency situations.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset (knowledge of Arabic is an added advantage).

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 74,649 USD and 97,747 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 full 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, advocacy

How can you make a difference?

You will be accountable for developing, managing, coordinating, networking, implementing and monitoring an advocacy strategy and associated communication products and activities on on-going basis with public audiences, with the objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children’s and women’s rights, and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities and programmes in the country office/regional office/media hub, and at a global level and those of the UN Country Team.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Advocacy strategy: The Country Office has a clear advocacy strategy and associated work plan to get children’s issues into the public domain, strengthen and expand supporter engagement, strengthen political will in support of UNICEF's mission and objectives, and enhance the organization’s credibility and brand . 2. Supporter Engagement: The Country Office has a clear non-financial supporter engagement plan, with success indicators and targets clearly defined in alignment with advocacy targets and campaigns, and audiences segmented, journeys designed, and activities and content developed and executed accordingly. 3. Networking and partnerships: Ensure that the Regional/Country Office/Media Hub has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of individuals, groups, organizations and fora (including Government, UN, and bilateral counterparts), whose support is essential to/can assist in achieving the advocacy and communication objectives of the communication strategy. 4. Private sector engagement: Support the communication and advocacy aspects of current and future private sector partnerships, in order to generate more shared value through innovation with the private sector and co-creation, through content development, advocacy, networking and partnership building 5. Global priorities and campaigns: In addition to local/national campaigns, ensure that the Regional/Country Office/Media Hub has an effective process in place for integrating and taking action on UNICEF’s global communications priorities and campaigns, both disseminating these elements in a locally-appropriate way, as well as providing/enabling coverage of the work in the country for global use. 6. Resource mobilization support: Ensure that global and country level fund-raising activities are supported by effective advocacy and communication strategy and activities. 7. Management: Ensure that human resources (the communication team) and financial resources (budget planning, management and monitoring) are both effectively managed and optimally used. 8. Monitoring and evaluation: Ensure that communication baselines are established against which the achievement of objectives of the communication strategy are regularly evaluated; analysis is undertaken to continuously improve the effectiveness of communication strategy, approach and activities; results and reports are prepared and shared on a timely basis. 9. Capacity building and support: Ensure that the Representative/Senior or Regional Communication Officer and the country programme team are provided with professional expertise and advice on all aspects of external relations communication as required; opportunities are identified and addressed for building communication capacity among country communication team, media and other relevant partners.

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

Advanced university degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations. (*A first University combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree in the field of journalism, communications, external relations, public affairs, public relations or corporate communications.) Five years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in communication, print, broadcast, and/or new media. Background/familiarity with Emergency situations. Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset (knowledge of Arabic is an added advantage).

For every Child, you demonstrate the values and competencies required for this post: Core Values Care Respect Integrity Trust Accountability Sustainability

Core Competencies Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1) 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)

View our competency framework at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks Candidates on mobility and in need of placement will be prioritized Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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