Communications Analyst - IPSA 9 - Officebased

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This is a IPSA-9 contract. This kind of contract is known as International Personnel Services Agreement. It is normally internationally recruited only. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education. More about IPSA-9 contracts.

Background

Instructions to Applicants: Click on the "Apply now" button. Input your information in the appropriate Sections: personal information, language proficiency, education, resume and motivation. Upon completion of the first page, please hit "submit application" tab at the end of the page. Please ensure that CV or P11 and the Cover letter are combined in one file.

The following documents shall be required from the applicants:

Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous supervisors. References may also include peers.

A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.

Managers may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns or other materials.

Office/Unit/Project Description

Globally the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in more than 170 countries and territories, UNDP offers a global perspective, as well as local insights to help empower lives and build resilient nations.

The UNDP Tax for SDGs Initiative is managed by the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS’s) Sustainable Finance Hub (SFH), with resource persons embedded in the SDG Finance Teams in Amman, Bangkok, Istanbul, Panama and Pretoria.

The UNDP Tax for SDGs Initiative has a particular emphasis on linking tax administration and tax and fiscal policies with the broader SDGs. Building on UNDP Country Office portfolios and already existing engagements with Ministries, UNDP brings a stronger focus on the role of tax and fiscal policy in achieving Agenda 2030. The initiative places a particular focus on reducing inequalities in tax and fiscal policy as well as taking forward climate action and environmental goals, and health outcomes. Representing the views of developing countries in the global normative tax discussions is critical and to this effect the UNDP Tax for SDGs Initiative will also work to bring evidence and perspectives from developing countries into the regional and international discussions on taxation.

Tax for SDGs Initiative is looking for a full-time Communications Analyst to plan, implement and coordinate the initiative’s communication efforts and ensure strategic and impactful outreach on the initiative’s work.

Institutional Arrangement

The Communications Analyst will report to the Head of Tax for SDGs (based in New York).

Collaboration and coordination with the rest of the UNDP Tax Team, Regional Bureaus and Country Offices as well as OECD Colleagues at TIWB Secretariat will be required.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work

The Communications Analyst will work as a part of the Tax for SDGs team to ensure strategic communication on the initiative.

Key Functions:

• Planning, implementing and coordinating the initiative’s communication and outreach to both internal and external audiences, including identifying communications opportunities across all workstreams;
• Coordinating and actively participating in the production and design of various communications products for the initiative, including brochures, reports, presentations, guides, newsletters, social media materials, videos etc.
• Ensuring a consistent quality and branding of all the initiative’s communications products;
• Ensuring that the initiative’s communications channels such as social media, event page, are frequently updated, improved and maintained;
• Managing the initiative’s media relations including writing and dissemination of news releases, media monitoring and maintaining contact to relevant media outlets;
• Coordinating and organizing events for the initiative including event promotion and outreach;
• Facilitating contact to the rest of the organization and partners on communications related matters.

Competencies

Core

Achieve Results:

LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking

Learn Continuously:

LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning

Adapt with Agility:

LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process

Act with Determination:

LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously

Engage and Partner:

LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion:

LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Thematic Area

Name

Definition

General (across the functions)

Event planning and execution

Ability to plan, manage and execute public and private events to ensure that they support and amplify individual communications and advocacy initiatives, as well as UNDP's overall brand and mandate

Communications

Digital strategy

Ability to plan the use of resources through digital channels to reach and engage target audiences effectively and to achieve particular objectives

Communications

Media relations

Ability to develop media relations across all aspects of media work including relationships with media and preparing media materials such as messages

Communications

Social media management

Ability to represent and promote the UNDP brand in virtual communities and network

Communications

Creative direction and copywriting

Ability to creatively communicate concepts in an engaging and simple way

General (across the functions)

Public relations

Ability to build and maintain an overall positive public image for the organisation, its mandate and its brand, while ensuring that individual campaigns and other communications and advocacy initiatives are supported in reaching the public

Programme and Policy

SDG Finance

Public Sector Finance (Tax and domestic resource mobilization, public financial management and public expenditure)

Required Skills and Experience

Minimum Qualifications of the Successful IPSA

Min. Education requirements

An advanced university degree (Master) in journalism, communications, social science, international relations or development-related field.

Min. years of relevant work experience

A minimum of two (2) years of professional experience producing communications content and advocacy multi-media materials (i.e. print, media/social media, video, graphics, web page designing).

Required skills

• Demonstrated experience in developing communication strategies and content from conceptualization to publication.

• Experience providing support and guidance on the production and dissemination of communication products, including reports/publications, presentations, newsletters, graphics, social media assets, social media-friendly videos.

• Familiarity with creative desktop and mobile tools, such as the Adobe Creative Suite, and/or online tools such as Canva or Figma. In absence of such experience, demonstrated ability to oversee design and production processes is required.

Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section

• Experience working in the field of development or communications for a social development purpose is desired.

• Experience with UNDP, UN system country office settings or with a multilateral organization of similar size and complexity is an asset.

. Experience in working on tax and SDGs-related issues will be an asset.

• Familiarity with UN editorial guidelines and templates is desired.

• Experience in media relations is desired.

• Demonstrated ability and willingness to work with and take into account people of different cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds, different gender, and diverse political views in developing communications content is an asset.

Required Language(s)

• Fluency in written and spoken English required.

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