UN WOMEN - ASSOCIATE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

POST TITLE ASSOCIATE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Location: Maputo, Mozambique

Application Deadline: 12-Nov-12

Type of Contract: SSA

Post Level: G6

Languages Required: English, Portuguese

Duration: 3 Months

Background

UN WOMEN, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UNWOMEN leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality translate into action. UN Women supports improved UN coordination and accountability mechanisms, and up-scales the quality of support provided to Member States in addressing national gender equality priorities.

UNWOMEN has placed emphasis on strengthening its country presences in order to provide stronger and more coherent support to Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant partners to effectively deliver on gender equality.

In Mozambique, UNWOMEN’s work encompasses interventions in the areas of ending violence against women, gender responsive planning and budgeting, women’s leadership and participation as well as on gender and climate change. The work takes place at central, provincial and district level. The main partners are government institutions at the central, provincial and district levels, media and civil society organizations.

Through technical assistance, capacity building and advocacy UNW assists a wide range of national partners and other development stakeholders to put in place the policies, laws, services, adequate resources, implementation, monitoring and accountability mechanisms and capacities to unlock rapid national progress in attaining national and international commitments to women and gender equality.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Representative, the incumbent shall perform the following tasks:

Summary of key functions:

Development and implementation of Communication Strategy for the National Office: assist in the outreach messaging and products to better contribute to gender equality and UN Women’s mandate.

• Promotion of visibility of UN Women in Mozambique: keeo partners, as well as the general public, well-informed about UN Women’s programmes, initiatives, "success stories" and results in Mozambique;
• Support to external relations and public outreach: establish and maintain relationships with other UN agencies, government, media, civil society organizations and academia.
• Participation in the UN Communication Working Group.
• Preparation of Newsletter of the country office
• Support to publications by the Country Office.
• Supports the development and implementation of the Communications Strategy for the National Office focusing on achievement of the following results:
• Supports development/production of communication and advocacy instruments and materials for marketing and awareness raisings activities including briefing materials and press releases in coordination with the supervisor;
• Collaborates with the Information and Communication Technology team to enhance, update and assist in the development of the website on Violence against Women in Mozambique, identifying new technologies and managing long-term development requests;
• Organize and conduct project activities/events including drafting the major background notes, agreeing the terms of participation with partners, media relations, preparing talking points, invitations, press-releases;
• Supports integration of advocacy and communication strategies into all aspects.
• Promotes visibility of UN Women focusing on achievement of the following results:
• Ensures corporate standards compliance on all the communications;
• Promotes and maintains public information campaigns;
• Circulate relevant information to different audiences (governments, UN System, civil society, academia, media networks, private sector, etc.) through, existing networks, the Website and the media;
• Organizes press-conferences, interviews, press tours and other events with media involvement.
• To keep partners, as well as the general public, well-informed of UN WOMEN´s programmes, initiatives, "success stories" and results in Mozambique;
• To ensure a frequent flows of information on gender issues between different actor in the country namely CSO’s, Government, UN Agencies, International Partners and donors;
• Assist in the outreach messaging and products to better contribute to gender equality and UN Women’s mandate;

To develop information-communication tools that ensure a deeper understanding of UN WOMEN mandate and its work;

Supports business development focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Promotes and disseminates corporate advocacy materials for launching flagship initiatives and publications;
• Prepares and disseminates information/newsletters in support of the partnerships and resource mobilization efforts;

Expected Results

• Enhanced external, as well as internal communication of the Country Office.
• Higher visibility of the Country Office;
• Strengthened interaction with partners: government, civil society organizations, UN Agencies and international partners.
• Improved communications skills among office staff for better promotion of UNWOMEN image

Competencies

Core Values and Guiding Principles

Integrity:

• Demonstrate the values of United Nations and UN Women, act without consideration of personal gain, resist undue political pressure in decision-making, no abuse of power or authority, stand by decisions in the organization’s interest, and take action in cases of unprofessional or unethical behavior.

Professionalism:

Show pride in work and achievements, demonstrate professional competence and mastery of subject matter, conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments and achieving results, motivated by professional rather than personal concerns, show persistence when faced with challenges, and remain calm in stressful situations.

Respect for Diversity:

• Work effectively with people from all backgrounds, treat all people with dignity and respect, treat men and women equally, show respect for and understand diverse opinions by examining own biases and behaviors to avoid stereotypical responses, and do not discriminate against any individual or group.

Core competencies

Ethics and Values:

• Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents

Working in Teams:

• Promoting effective teams

Communicating Information and Ideas:

• Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication

Self-management and Emotional intelligence:

• Creating an emotionally intelligent organization

Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:

• Leveraging conflict in the interests of the organization & setting standards

Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning:

• Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

• Fair and transparent decision-making; calculated risk-taking

• Planning and Organizing

• demonstrates ability to plan own work and manage conflicting priorities;

• Identifies priority activities and assignments and adjusts priorities as required.

Functional Competencies:

• Outstanding networking and communication skills;
• Capacity to work with diverse partners including mass media;
• Interest and commitment to the empowerment of women;
• Knowledge of gender issues;
• In-depth substantive knowledge of communications for development

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master degree or equivalent in development studies, communication, gender studies or related area.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in International Development and/or Communication;

Language Requirements:

• Excellent written and spoken English and Portuguese required.

Note: In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment

Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.