Regional Chief of Communication, P-5, ECARO, Geneva, Switzerland

Contract

This is a P-5 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 10 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 204,886 USD and 256,769 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, a voice

The Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) supports Country Offices and governments to advance towards the full realization of all child rights across the region, with a country presence in 22 countries and territories to ensure that no child is left behind. The Regional Office plays both a technical advisory and oversight role, guiding country offices in designing, implementing and documenting results for children. In this context, ECARO seeks to maximize its vision and impact in Communication as part of the broader UNICEF equity agenda, and to support the achievement of the SDGs.

How can you make a difference?

You will lead the regional strategy on communications in close partnerships with country offices and key partners, to maximize ECAR’s outreach, advocacy, and fundraising efforts to support the most vulnerable children in the region, in line with UNICEF’s global agenda.

To do this you will…

• Develop and continuously update the Regional Communications Strategy to maximize the outreach of key populations and stakeholders, with an emphasis on digital and social media.
• Articulate the strategic communication engagement, including digital communication with Russian Federation, as well as related Russian speaking markets.
• Capitalize on the key achievements and best practice made by country offices in the region to influence the agenda for children, and advise on the potential to scale up key initiatives and best practices.
• Align, Communications, Advocacy and Fundraising to maximize opportunities for influencing , leveraging resources, and achieving results.
• Advance the Communications function as a key convener to package and to expand programmatic efforts at CO ad RO, and to advocate for the regional flagship results.
• Articulate a targeted and forward-looking capacity building for Country office teams to ensure fit for purpose skills of the regional communications community of practice.
• Leverage engagement with key counterparts including the EU, and scan opportunities to leverage the global communications and advocacy strategy of UNICEF as applied to ECARO.
• Lead the ECARO Communications team, role modelling an inclusive, strategic and supportive leadership style.

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

• • Advanced university degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, Digital Media or other related fields of disciplines is required.
  • At least ten years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in communication, media, advocacy or related field. International and national work experience in both developed and developing countries is required.

  • Professional experience in developing and implementing communication strategies is required. Expertise in social media engagement is required.

  • Proven experience as a senior member within a cross sectoral team is required.

  • Experience in advocacy, and communication for resource mobilization is a strong asset.
  • Middle income country work experience is an asset.
  • Familiarity with humanitarian advocacy and emergency communications is required.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Russian is a strong asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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.