INTERNAL & EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Chief of Communication, Advocacy and Partnerships, P-4, Bujumbura, Burundi

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.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 130,087 USD and 167,720 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.

For every child, Communication

Under the guidance of the Representative, this position is responsible for developing, managing, implementing and monitoring an advocacy and communication strategy as well as being the key position to lead strategic engagement with the private sector. The position works with and maintains an on-going relation with media, donors, private sector, oversees the country office's social media engagement and is responsible for high visibility events, including those linked donor and partner visits and campaigns. The position works in support of the strategic objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children's and women's rights, the equity focus and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities and programmes in the country office and at a global level and those of the UN Country Team.

How can you make a difference?

• Develop, maintain and update the country advocacy and communication strategy and associated work plan in support of the key priorities of the country programme and critical issues for children in Burundi
• Manage a country communication team that effectively executes a proactive and comprehensive media relations work plan encompassing the elements noted below.
• Oversee implementation of the country office's Private Sector Engagement Strategy.
• Establish, document, review and refine process of working with celebrities, including special events, media opportunities, field trips etc.
• Manages the work of the country communication team to include support for UNICEF's global communications objectives and strategies through development of complementary country specific and local community materials and activities
• Ensure regular communication and co-ordination with relevant communication focal points in regional offices and headquarters divisions.
• Manage the communication team and oversee development of work-plan, its effective implementation and results monitoring
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the capacity of partners through appropriate advocacy and communication training, and through knowledge sharing.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations or other related fields of discipline.*A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of 8 years] of relevant professional experience
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English and French 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) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

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 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.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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

Kindly note that Burundi is a non family duty station