National Multimedia Officer

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

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

         UNFPA supports:

● Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) for all, particularly women and girls in more than 150 countries – home to more than 80 per cent of the world’s population. SRH includes: ▪ The health of pregnant women, especially the 10-15 million who face life-threatening complications each year; ▪ Reliable access to modern contraceptives sufficient to benefit 20 million women a year; ▪ Training of thousands of health workers, particularly midwives to help ensure at least 80 per cent of all child births are supervised by skilled attendants; ▪ Prevention of teen and early pregnancies, complications of which are the leading cause of death for girls 15-19 years old; ▪ Delivery of safe birth supplies, dignity kits and other life-saving materials to survivors of conflict and natural disaster. ● Prevention of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), one of the most common forms of violence today affecting 1 in 3 women across the globe; ● Abandonment of female genital mutilation, which harms 3 million girls annually; ● Gender-responsive, age-appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE); ● Efforts to end child marriage affecting 12 million girls every year; ● Countries in the development of youth policies and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health policies and action plans; ● Population census, demographic health surveys, research, data collection and analysis, which are essential for development planning as well as in humanitarian settings.

Under the overall supervision of the UNFPA Country Representative, working closely with the Communications and Partnerships Analyst and the Programme team leads, the incumbent will be responsible for managing and updating UNFPA social media such as Facebook, YouTube, and Website. More specifically, the incumbent will plan, develop and adapt multimedia assets, and schedule posts. The incumbent will monitor social media performance, report and provide recommendations including concrete solutions to improve UNFPA social media, and other areas of communications. Detailed responsibilities are below.

Duties and responsibilities: ● Lead the implementation of social media strategy and plan. This would include: o Regularly manage and update social media plan ensure alignment with UNFPA social media strategy; o Support planning and running social media campaigns for international days, events; o Develop and adapt multimedia assets (videos, audios, images) from global and regional UNFPA for local audiences; o Prepare social media packs for events, campaigns; o Prepare and publish content on UNFPA website, Facebook Page, and YouTube channel on a daily basis. o Create social media content - collect information, key messages, tailor messages to local audience, and ensure its alignment with programs and existing partnerships; o Support basic graphic design and video shooting and editing; o Monitor and report on social media performance on a monthly basis; o Provide recommendations for improving social media performance and increasing audience engagement; o Report to Representative when there is misinformation or rumors on social media that potentially affect UNFPA’s mandate and reputation. o Actively engage with online audiences through social media channels.

● Support other communications-related tasks o Draft press releases based on information given by program teams. o Monitor media coverage on a daily basis and keep recording in an Excel sheet o Collect media coverage and provide a summary for partnership visibility o Provide basic Lao translation to communications materials, coordinate with online UNV and professional translator for long documents. o Maintain and update communication materials inventory list. o Actively reach out to and coordinate with program teams on communications materials production and distribution plan. o Support events and meetings such as taking photos, preparing communications and advocacy material packages, document events in formats for digital media. o Perform other tasks as assigned by Communications and Partnership Analyst and UNFPA Country Representative.

● Commitment to UNFPA Values and Guiding Principles; ● Achieving results; ● Being accountable; ● Developing and applying professional expertise; ● Thinking analytically and strategically; ● Working in teams/managing ourselves and relationships; ● Communicating for impact; ● Professionalism; ● Integrity; ● Teamwork and respect for diversitys; ● Commitment to continuous learning; ● Communication; ● Flexibility

social media (including paid social media such as boosting and advertisement), multimedia production, public relations, or advertising; experience in public relations or information campaigns is an asset; ● Experience in graphic design, photography, video shooting and editing; ● Experience in or familiarity with a humanitarian setting a significant asset

The position will be based in the capital, Vientiane. Living conditions in Vientiane are comfortable, but residents must make concessions due to the tropical climate and under-developed infrastructure, including health facilities.

Vientiane is a relatively safe place to live in, with violent crime incidents infrequent. However, single females should exert vigilance if moving alone during the dark and it is best advised to move in groups. The most significant hazards relate to traffic accidents. Hence utmost care should be exerted when in traffic, especially when riding a motorbike.

Volunteers must have a motorbike license to ride a motorbike in Lao PDR. The Vientiane entertainment scene is still quiet, and to avoid feeling lonely the person should be proactive in forming friendships, and hence should be ready to make the best of, e.g. the UNV Buddy Programme.

There is a wide range of housing options in Vientiane located within easy reach of the UNFPA office and the UN House. Houses or apartments are usually of good standards. All essential commodities can be bought in Vientiane and its immediate vicinity. House shares with 3-4 people are most common, but single apartments are also available.

Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: unv.org