Communications Associate

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

UN Women in Bangladesh is supporting the Government of Bangladesh with the Rohingya humanitarian crisis response. UN Women has developed a humanitarian response pro-gramme in partnership with the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs to meet the specific needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized Rohingya Refugee Women and Girls and the women and girls in the host communities affected by the refugee influx in Cox’s Bazar. The objective of the programme is to ensure protection, as well as equitable and safe access to and benefit from urgent life-saving humanitarian assistance and information, as well as learning, leadership and self-reliance/livelihoods opportunities for the most vulnerable, and marginalized Rohingya and host community women and adolescent girls while assisting them to live with dignity. The programme also promotes women’s participation and leader-ship in the camps and host community and peace and social cohesion building activities in-cluding through engagement with and capacity strengthening and sensitization of camp management and police, as well as women’s civil society organizations/women’s networks and media. UN Women further works in Bangladeshi host communities in Cox’s Bazar to promote women’s socio-economic empowerment as a means for social cohesion, recovery and resilience building. In addition, UN Women is increasing the gender-mainstreaming ca-pacities of humanitarian actors by working closely with all sectors of the Rohingya refugee response through the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group of which UN Women is co-chair together with UNHCR, to promote gender-responsive humanitarian action.

Reporting to the Head of Sub-Office, the UNV Specialist – Communications will support the formulation and implementation of the communications and advocacy strategies in Cox’s Bazar to increase the standing and awareness of UN Women with partners, the media and the public. The UNV specialist will collaborate closely with the Country Communications Analyst and Regional Office colleagues to ensure communications strategies, media rela-tions and organizational outreach efforts related to gender and humanitarian action are aligned with corporate communications policies and initiatives, and to support outreach campaigns, resource mobilization and donor relations initiatives.

1. Support the development, implementation and monitoring of a coherent Communications and Advocacy Strategy in UN Women Cox’s Bazar Sub-Office:

• Provide inputs and background information for the development, implementation and monitoring of the Sub-Office Communications and Advocacy Strategy; • Support UN Women Sub-Office contributions to inter-agency advocacy and awareness raising initiatives on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, including in the context of the 16 Days Campaign and International Women’s Day; • Assist in the establishment of contacts, networks, resources and processes to support communication activities, representing UN Women at relevant inter-agency coordination groups; • Provide support to programme and other sub-office staff on UN Women corporate communications guidelines and printing norms; • Monitor external print and social media and report relevant information to senior staff to inform strategy development.

2. Support capacity development for gender-responsive journalism:

• Support planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of trainings for journalists on gender-responsive journalism, identifying relevant technical experts to facilitate training sessions;
• Support organizing meetings and dialogues between journalists and key stakeholders such as women humanitarians, women’s networks and women’s rights organisations, female police and others on specific themes; • Support organizing discussions on women’s portrayal in media with media representatives, women’s human rights organizations, relevant Government, and UN.

3. Support the development and dissemination of communications and advocacy materials:

• Support the development of communications and advocacy materials (e.g. quarterly newsletters, briefing notes, fact sheets, key messages, visibility materials) that meet UN Women standards and the guidelines from country/regional offices and headquarters;
• Support the engagement and supervision of video producers and communications specialists to produce audio/ visual material on UN Women’s work; • Coordinate the publication of materials for final approval; • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to disseminate materials to appropriate stakeholders, tracking timely dissemination; • Coordinate the translation, adaptation, or rewriting of information received for the local context; • Maintain library/ database of reference materials, photos, and digital assets.

4. Support UN Women social media and online presence:

• Based on the Sub-Office initiatives, projects and activities, support identifying stories for, and develop compelling content for the social media channels of UN Women in Bangladesh and for the website hosted at the regional office, ensuring consistency in branding; • Support media review and tracking, as well as compiling and producing reports on web statistics on a regular basis and electronic surveys, as required; • Maintain files, databases, and systems relevant to the digital presence.

5. Provide media relations support to the Head of Sub-Office: • Assist in maintaining collaboration with the media, multimedia groups and organizations whose support is essential to the achievement of advocacy, communications and fundraising objectives; • Assist in developing media relations, serving as a focal point on UN Women activities open to the press; • Respond to media requests for information, connecting media with UN Women subject experts and arranging interviews; • Maintain and update database of relevant press in Cox’s Bazar.

6. Facilitate knowledge management and sharing: • Contribute to the identification of best practices and lessons learned; • Facilitate learning events, including trainings and workshops, on communication and advocacy; • Provide/ exchange information with Country office, regional offices and headquarters. • Support special web/digital/media projects undertaken by the country/regional offices/headquarters; • Perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Results/Expected Output:

• Sub-Office Communications and Advocacy Strategy is developed, implemented and monitored in timely and coherent manner • Timely delivery of high quality communication and advocacy materials • UN Women inputs incorporated in Inter-Agency communications materials and pro-cesses, bringing visibility to gender equality issues • Webpages are regularly maintained, updated and relevant • Timely organization of discussions, trainings, briefings and other events • Timely provision of relevant background information

• Accountability • Adaptability and Flexibility • Building Trust • Client Orientation • Commitment and Motivation • Commitment to Continuous Learning • Communication • Ethics and Values • Integrity • Planning and Organizing • Professionalism • Respect for Diversity • Working in Teams

national and regional level in communications and related fields. • Experience in managing organizational social media platforms and developing/working with cor-porate communications strategies. • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages required (MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.). • Experience in software for creative communication use a distinct advantage, for example from Adobe. • Experience in an international organization, or with the Rohingya refugee context is a significant advantage. • Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset.

Cox's Bazar is a district of Bangladesh and it is famous for fishing port and tourism. It is one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Bangladesh. The beach in Cox's Bazar is an unbroken 120 km (75 miles) sandy sea beach with a gentle slope, making it the second longest sea beach in the world. The climate of Cox's bazar is similar to the rest of the country. The climate of Bangladesh is generally determined by its location in the tropical monsoon region: high temperature, heavy rainfall, generally excessive humidity, and distinct seasonal variations. It is further characterized by the location in the coastal area. Historically Cox’s Bazar, like other parts of Bangladesh, is a safe place to live. Since August 2017, with the large scale Rohingya influx from Myanmar, Cox’s Bazar is seen as a district with a humanitarian crisis. Culturally Cox’s Bazar is very diverse and well-known for its traditional heritage. The communications systems in Cox’s Bazar is well developed and the district is well-connected with other cities. All the national mobile networks are operational in Cox’s Bazar. Walking within Cox’s Bazar city is only allowed during day time. Travel by rickshaw is also permitted within Cox’s Bazar only during day time. Cox’s Bazar has a domestic airport and is currently classified as a family duty station (Security Level 3-moderate; Hardship category-D).

Accommodations are safe, clean and comfortable, but basic. The UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials.