Communication Specialist, P-4, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), New York, USA #121170 (REQ#553281)

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Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

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The salary for this job should be between 171,387 USD and 220,969 USD.

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The international rate of 90,970 USD, with an additional 88.4% (post adjustment) at this the location, applies. Please note that depending on the location, a higher post adjustment might still result in a lower purchasing power.

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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, education...

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. We support quality education outcomes for refugee, internally displaced and other crisis-affected girls and boys, so no one is left behind. ECW works through the multilateral system to both increase the speed of responses in crises and connect immediate relief and longer-term interventions through multi-year programming. ECW works in close partnership with governments, public and private donors, UN agencies, civil society organizations, and other humanitarian and development aid actors to increase efficiencies and end siloed responses. ECW urgently appeals to public and private sector donors for expanded support to reach even more vulnerable children and youth. ECW is administered under UNICEF’s financial, human resources and administrative rules and regulations; operations are run by the Fund’s own independent governance structure.

The ECW Secretariat is scaling up its operations and needs to strengthen its overall communication, public advocacy and fundraising efforts. Content production, advocacy and digital engagement are to play an important role in positioning ECW’s brand as a new breakthrough global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, expanding financial and political commitments and engagement around education in emergencies and disseminating knowledge of best practices in the field.

Effective use of storytelling and messaging through a wide variety of contents and digital channels will allow ECW to rapidly expand its outreach and the impact of its brand with individuals or groups, as well as brands and organizations, thus creating valuable relationships with both online and offline stakeholders.

To support this work, ECW needs to engage a qualified senior-level communications specialist. The incumbent of this post will report to ECW's Communications and Advocacy Chief and have the responsibility to manage ECW day-to-day outreach on digital platforms, provide strategic advisory services to improve and enhance ECW’s communications strategy, and manage a variety of platforms to expand and improve ECW’s overall communications offering.

The communications specialist will ensure sufficient visibility of ECW's brand, partners and results, targeted to multiple audiences, supporting both content production and distribution, and media outreach and engagement.

How can you make a difference?

The Communications Specialist position will deliver communications and advocacy support to achieve ECW’s goals as outlined in the Strategic Agenda, promote the Fund via various media channels, provide strategic direction to achieve advocacy and communications goals, and build content, assets, strategies, campaigns and other communications outputs to advance ECW’s advocacy and communications programme of work.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Manage and create online content

  1. Design and deliver overall content strategy.
  2. Serve as product manager for human stories.
  3. Serve as product manager for newsletter.
  4. Provide advisory support for website design, development and maintenance.
  5. Create key content, blogs, and other online media assets.
  6. Manage online content via Drupal CMS.

Manage and create earned media opportunities for ECW and the ECW Director.

  1. Create press releases, blogs, opeds and other media assets to promote the work of the Fund, the Fund’s director, and its strategic partners.
  2. Create earned media opportunities.
  3. Design and deliver integrated campaigns to advance the Fund’s goals.
  4. Identify media and promotional opportunities for the Fund’s director.

Serve as a strategic advisor to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ECW’s communications and advocacy work.

  1. Provide strategic inputs on the delivery of ECW’s overall communications strategy.
  2. Serve as a strategic advisor for website development, maintenance, SEO and UX/UI.
  3. Serve as a strategic advisor for earned media, media outreach and partnerships.
  4. Identify and implement strategic partnerships with media/partners/community of practice.

Serve as intern focal point.

  1. Onboard and train interns
  2. Provide coaching and development for interns
  3. Deliver an overall programme of work with a two- to three-person intern/content pod.
  4. Provide expanded communications outputs within intern unit.

Provide analytics reports and strategic direction on ECW’s overall communications strategy.

  1. Monthly, quarterly and yearly analytics reporting and strategic analysis.
  2. Provide strategic direction based on analytics.

Develop and deliver strategic communications campaigns.

  1. Serve as focal point to develop and propel integrated campaigns.
  2. Develop communications campaigns to support resource mobilization and private sector engagement.
  3. Develop and promote champions and goodwill ambassadors.
  4. Identify opportunities for private sector and donor engagement and visibility.

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

  • Advanced university degree in Communication, Journalism, and Public Relations.
  • A first University Degree combined with two additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree in journalism, communications, external relations, public affairs, public relations, or corporate communications.
  • Eight years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in communication, print, broadcast, and/or new media. International and national work experience (for IP). Field work experience (for NO). Background/familiarity with Emergency situations
  • Media and publicity expertise.
  • Content development and delivery.
  • Basic web maintenance
  • Strategic communications expertise.
  • Experience in CMS, CSR, and SEO. UX/UI design, development, and delivery.
  • Analytics reporting experience.
  • Basic graphic and video design experience.
  • Experience managing a team of content producers, designers, and communications specialists
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA). The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

Core competencies

  • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
  • Works Collaboratively with others (1)
  • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
  • Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
  • Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
  • Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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 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.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.

Remarks:

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 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.

Your appointment is limited to ECW, a UNICEF hosted fund. While UN staff regulations and rules, as well as UNICEF policies and procedures, apply to you during your appointment, certain provisions therein may apply to you differently due to the limited scope of your appointment. In particular, you will not be subject to rotation exercise as per the Executive Directive on Staff mobility and rotation (CF/EXD/2015-002) or any revision thereof. In addition, during your appointment in ECW, you will not be considered eligible for conversion to a Continuing Appointment as per UNICEF Administrative Instruction on Continuing Appointment (CF/AI/2017-002) or any revision thereof. In the event that your post is abolished, the priority granted and other support provided to staff on abolished posts in staff selection processes will only be extended to posts within ECW and not to other posts in UNICEF.

UNICEF candidates: To return to a UNICEF appointment outside ECW, you will need to be selected in a competitive recruitment exercise. Upon selection for a UNICEF post outside of UNICEF-hosted funds, the period you have served with the UNICEF-hosted fund will count towards the calculation of the tour of duty in your duty station and eligibility for a continuing appointment.

External Candidates: To secure a UNICEF appointment outside ECW, you will need to be selected in a competitive recruitment exercise. Upon selection for a UNICEF post outside of UNICEF hosted funds, the period you have served with the UNICEF hosted fund will count towards the calculation of the tour of duty in your duty station and eligibility for a continuing appointment.

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