National Professional Officer (Communications)

Contract

This is a NO-B contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 3,164 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Communications Unit plays a key role in supporting the WR in the effective delivery of his/her mandate and in the provision of leadership and coordination of the work of WHO in Nigeria, the African Region and globally, particularly with respect to reputation management, health information dissemination, and corporate branding in the context WHO at the country level. The incumbent will support the process in developing and implementing a resource mobilization strategy for the country. To research existing and potential donors; develop proposals, donor briefings, reports and updates; ensuring compliance with WHO and donor requirements. Coordinate the overall and day-to-day activities to secure rapid and sustainable funding for the effective implementation of the incident management operations and ensure accurate, timely reporting.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent will:

1. Conduct media relations in consultation with supervisor, technical units and country office as appropriate this involves proactively pitching stories about key public health issues and the Organization's work, arranging interviews and responding to requests in an accurate and timely manner;
2. Monitor WHO's exposure in traditional and social media and produce a daily media monitoring report distributed to staff, including systematic monitoring of pick-up of stories WHO has pitched;
3. Maintain and update the regional media list and profiles of key reporters;
4. Assist with planning and staging news conferences, campaign and advocacy events;
5. Draft, coordinate clearance and support dissemination of communication and advocacy materials;
6. Serve as focal point for internal communications in the WCO, including drafting stories and maintaining the calendar for the WHO Namibia Intranet and day-to-day coordination of internal social media;
7. Provide support to the Country Representative (WR), cluster leaders and other programme officers in planning and developing relevant information and communications products.
8. Promote WHO country office work by enhancing WHO visibility through implementation of creative, strategic corporate communications campaign plans, compilation and finalization of the WCO annual report etc.
9. Assist with resource mobilization efforts through packaging and disseminating key contributions of country office with outstanding results that foster realization of WHO's mandate on the website and brochures.
10. Provide technical support for crisis management (e.g. outbreak response) and empower communication skills for capacity building on strategic communications, interpersonal communication, media programming, public relations and social mapping.
11. Development of IEC materials and produce visibility materials which include brochures, calendars, banners, posters, factsheets etc. for showcasing WHO country office to donors, partners and other stakeholders.
12. Oversee the design, editorial content of the WHO country office website, ensuring that the website remains relevant and content regularly updated.
13. Draft press releases, speeches and talking points for WR and ensure print and electronic media coverage for major WHO celebration days and high profile activities
14. Proactively identify opportunities and liaise with national and international media and, in close liaison with field offices, plan and organize regular and ad-hoc briefings e.g. press conferences, breakfast meetings, report launches and press conferences.
15. Monitor international and regional media, and regularly update WHO staff of any media coverage relevant to their work.
16. Facilitate effective internal communication and staff engagement.

Partnerships:

I . Develop a resource mobilization plan for the incident management system based on existing and potential donors and fundraising mechanisms. In coordination with relevant technical officers, develop a 'Donor brief and fundi ng request' and other WHO and UN appeal documents based on WHO's strategy; to be used as an advocacy tool.

2. In close coordination with Project Management and Planning Officers, support the overall and day-to-day activities related to mobilization of resources, monitoring and tracking funding needs and gaps.
3. Within delegated authority, liaise with AFRO/HQ on the required legal and financial clearances and engagement with donors whose agreements are managed by HQ e.g. CERF, DFI D, ECHO, and OFDA/USA ID etc.
4. In coordination with relevant technical officers at the three levels of the organization, support the development of specific project proposals in compliance with both WHO and donor requirements.
5. Research the interests and application requirements of the main donors and other sources of funding to the country. Provide technical advice to the Incident Manager and HCO on opportunities.
6. Identify and partner with main humanitarian donors to the country (in consultation with Line Manager, HQ and Regional Office Resource Mobilization teams). Represent the WHO incident management team at donor coordination meetings when necessary; proactively contribute in negotiations for rapid donor agreements.
7. Establish and manage a network of donor contacts, track proposals submitted, funds pledged/received and donor agreement implementation requirements (implementation deadlines, earmarking for specific activities, visibility requests, reporting, etc.). Liaise with technical officers, budget and planning staff to ensure that allocation of funds is in compliance with donor requirements.
8. Report on expected results and resource mobilization activities in compliance with related documents to be disseminated among donors, and draft specific reports to donors as stated in legal agreements.
9. Liaise with the local representatives of OCHA or other coordination agencies in the country to ensure that WHO information and updates are adequately captured in the respective situation reports, donor briefs and other relevant documents.
10. In coordination with the Communication and Advocacy Officer, effectively utilize the communication products and advocacy material in convincing and encouraging donors to fund the overall health sector response to affected populations. If required, research, write and edit information materials in support to resource mobilization activities, including success stories.
11. Perform any other incident-specific related duties, as required by the functional supervisor.
12. To perform other related responsibilities as assigned by supervisor/WR.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Sciences, Business, Communications, Marketing, Management or Economics from an accredited/recognized institute. Desirable: Master's degree in above subjects, specific studies on resource mobilization, studies on development and/or humanitarian work. Training in donor intelligence, proposal writing, and general project management.

Experience

Essential: At least 2 years' related experience, at the national and international level, in resource mobilization and external relations. Documented achievements in fundraising activities, part of which supporting humanitarian emergency or health outbreak response and recovery activities Desirable: Prior relevant working experience with WHO/UN or with an international Non­ Governmental Organization.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal, representational, and organizational ski l ls, with proven ability to facilitate and strengthen the involvement and collaboration of a broad range of internal and external partners.
• Demonstrated success in resource mobilization complemented by the ability to conceptualize ideas and promote consensus.
• Integrity, tack, and discretion
• Ability to work and achieve goals under pressure.
• Sound understanding of the impact of emergencies and crises on social and economic development, and its burden on populations.
• Ability to "think out of the box" and to make innovative proposals as related to mobilization of resources.
• Good knowledge of WHO mandate and goals in the emergency incident management context

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond
• Promoting WHO's position in health leadership
• Ensuring the effective use of resources

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Desirable: