UN specialist Social Media assistant

Volunteering

Overview

Support social media strategies and engage communities to promote UNV.

You have:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent required.
• 2 years of progressive experience in social media highly desired.
• Fluent in French (Mandatory).
• Fluent in English (Mandatory).
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and video editing tools is required.
• Knowledge of social media management platforms like Hootsuite and Buffer is a plus.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and orally.
• Knowledge of UN agencies and civil society organizations in West and Central Africa is highly desirable.

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.

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision the Communications Analyst, the UN Specialist Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Generate, edit, publish and share daily content (original text, images, video or HTML) that builds meaningful connections and encourages community members to take action to promote the UNV Programme in its advocacy efforts
• Develop, implement and manage a social media strategy in support of the ROWCA priorities and provide a scheduled publication plan
• Ensure regional social media accounts communities receive a high level of support through effective moderation and strong community management
• Support ROWCA field units with their social media channels and plans
• Create and modify, banners and graphic designs for global campaigns for usage on the website and social media channels
• Take high quality photos and short videos during regional events or international days celebration and edit them if necessary.
• Arrange the webcast of events on the website and online interviews with senior mission officials on the Mission’s social media platforms and online forums.
• Prepare comprehensive monthly reports to measure impact of social media presence, including detailed statistics and analytics on the ROWCA’s social media activity, audiences, reach, tweets, impressions, engagement and website traffic.
• Keep abreast of latest developments in social media production, technological innovations and marketing techniques in the news and social media and web industries and ensure the successful integration of those tools in all platforms.
• Undertake any other related duties as may be required.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

• University degree in graphic design, advertising, public relations and/or marketing and/or media.

Required experience:

24 Months

Experience remark:

• 2 years of progressive experience in social media highly desired.

Language skills:

• French(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise:

Web and graphic design, Marketing and advertising, Public information and reporting

Area of expertise details:

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, CANVA, video editing tools such as Inshot and any relevant tools for graphic design and video editing
• Knowledge of social media man-agement platforms like ‘hootsuite’, Bufferor other.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and orally.
• Commendable organizational skills.
• Knowledge of UN agencies and civil society organizations in West and Central Africa is highly desirable

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

* Pas encore enregistré/e dans la banque de candidats VNU ?

Veuillez d’abord enregistrer votre profil sur le site : https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup.

Important : Une fois votre compte crée, veillez à compléter toutes les sections de votre profil et le soumettre. Puis, connectez-vous à ‘Ma Page’ sur https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage et cliquez sur le lien ‘Recrutement spécial’. Enfin, sélectionnez l’annonce de recrutement spécial à laquelle vous souhaitez postuler.

* Vous avez déjà un profil dans la banque de candidats VNU ?

Veuillez d’abord mettre à jour votre profil sur le site : https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile.

Puis, connectez-vous à ‘Ma Page’ sur https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage et cliquez sur le lien ‘Recrutement spécial’ pour sélectionner l’annonce de recrutement spécial à laquelle vous souhaitez postuler.

! FOR National UN Volunteer assignments ONLY

Ceci est une annonce pour une affectation VNU national. Par conséquence, seuls les citoyens du Sénégal et les résidents légaux du Sénégal ayant une carte de résident de ce pays, le statut de réfugié ou d’apatride peuvent postuler à cette annonce. N’oubliez pas de cocher oui pour : « Je voudrais être considéré/e pour le volontariat dans mon pays. »

Date limite pour postuler : 28-02-2021 (Readvertising)

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