Communication Manager
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.
To qualify as an advocate for every
child you will have…
Functional responsibilities
& Tasks
Qualifications
(academic and work experience)
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 champion
How can you make a difference?
Accountable for developing, managing,
co-ordinating, networking, implementing and monitoring an advocacy and
communication strategy and associated products and activities on on-going basis
with public audiences, with the objective of promoting awareness,
understanding, support and respect for children’s and women’s rights, and
support for UNICEF’s mission, priorities and programmes in the country
office/regional office/media hub, and at a global level and those of the UN
Country Team.
This post will not be moving to Mogadishu.
However, periodic travel is expected.
Communication strategy
Ensure that the Regional/Country Office/Media
Hub has a clear communication strategy and associated work plan to support the
country programme objectives and get children’s issues into the public domain,
strengthen political will in support of UNICEF’s mission and objectives, and
enhance the organization’s credibility and brand.
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Develop, maintain and update the country
advocacy and communication strategy and associated work plan. Strategy and work
plan include: an environmental and stakeholder assessment; objectives; target
audiences; messages and media mix; resources; specific actions, activities and
products; monitoring and evaluation of impact; success and opportunity for
improvement; ongoing refinement of the strategy.
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UNICEF’s rights- and results-based programming
approach is appropriately reflected in the communication strategy, work plan
and products.
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Maintain close collaboration with Regional
Communication Advisers and HQ Communication Officers for effective overall
coordination.
Media relations
Ensure that the Regional/Country Office/Media
Hub has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of journalists
and media outlets covering all media – print, TV, radio, web etc. – and a
successful process of communicating and maintaining regular contact and close
collaboration with the media to communicate the story of UNICEF’s cooperation
to a wider audience.
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Promote a better understanding of, respect and
support for children’s and women’s rights and issues by carrying out media,
information and education activities in support of UNICEF-assisted development
programmes or humanitarian efforts in the country.
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Develop, maintain and update media relations
contact list/database.
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Establish, document, review and refine process
of communicating with media contacts, including press conferences and events,
issuing of media materials etc.
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Ensure rapid and accurate information
dissemination to the media, National Committees, NGOs, the field and other
appropriate audiences.
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Identify, develop, distribute and evaluate
variety of media materials in multiple, appropriate formats. Ensure or enhance
the quality, appropriateness of country specific communication materials,
activities, processes and messages transmitted to the press, partners and
public.
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Collaborate with mass media through activities
such as organizing project site visits, facilitating photo coverage and TV
footage and utilizing both web-based and traditional media as appropriate.
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Monitor and evaluate the use and effectiveness
of media materials and share results and findings.
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Maintain close collaboration with Regional
Communication Advisers and HQ Communication Officers for effective overall
coordination.
Networking and partnerships
Ensure that the Regional/Country Office/Media
Hub has a well maintained and continuallydeveloped contact list of individuals,
groups, organizations and fora (including Government, UN, and bilateral
counterparts), whose support is essential to/can assist in achieving the
advocacy and communication objectives of the communication strategy.
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Develop, maintain and update partners contact
list/database.
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Establish, document, review and refine process
of working collaboratively with partners, including meetings, joint projects,
information sharing etc.
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Ensure or enhance the quality, consistency and
appropriateness of country-specific communication materials, activities,
processes and messages shared with partners.
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Identify opportunities to strengthen the
capacity of partners through appropriate advocacy and communication training,
access to information, supplies and equipment and through knowledge sharing.
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Monitor, evaluate and share results and
findings with partners.
Celebrities and special events
Ensure that the Regional/Country Office/Media
Hub has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of
appropriate, nationally-known personalities who have been identified, engaged
and support UNICEF’s effort and who actively participate in special events and
activities that support country programme goals.
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Develop, maintain and update celebrities
contact list/database.
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Establish, document, review and refine process
of working with celebrities, including special events, media opportunities,
field trips etc.
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Participate in global advocacy activities by
planning visits of Goodwill Ambassadors, National Committee representatives,
Executive Board members etc. including preparing information materials (e.g.,
press releases, programme summaries, country fact sheets and media kits), and
necessary logistic arrangements. Highlight the achievements of the country
programme. Maintain close collaboration with Regional Communication Advisers
and HQ Communication Officers for effective overall coordination.
Global priorities and campaigns
In addition to local/national campaigns,
ensure that the Regional/Country Office/Media Hub has an effective process in
place for integrating and taking action on UNICEF’s global communications
priorities and campaigns, both disseminating these elements in a
locally-appropriate way, as well as providing/enabling coverage of the work in
the country for global use.
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Support the UNICEF global communications
objectives and strategies through development of complementary country specific
and local community materials and activities. Work plan should anticipate the
inclusion of work on global priorities and campaigns.
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Develop and deploy country office
communication capacity to gather/facilitate the content and coverage of relevant
country efforts. Use the opportunity to identify/highlight effective programme
activities and results.
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Ensure regular communication and co-ordination
with relevant communication focal points in regional offices and headquarters
divisions.
Resource mobilization support
Ensure that global and country level
fund-raising activities are supported by effective advocacy and communication
strategy and activities.
· Mobilize country office communication capacity to support
and gather/facilitate the gathering of content and coverage of relevant country
efforts. Use the opportunity to identify/highlight effective programme
activities and results in support of fund-raising.
· Mobilize resources for fund-raising support by regular
communication and co-ordination with relevant communication focal points in
regional offices and headquarters divisions.
Management
Ensure that human resources (the communication
team) and financial resources (budget planning, management and monitoring) are
both effectively managed and optimally used.
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Develop a work plan for communication
activities, monitor compliance and provide support and guidance to ensure
objectives are met.
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Plan and monitor the use of communication
budgetary resources. Approve and monitor the overall allocation and disbursement
and liquidation of funds. Take appropriate actions to optimize use of funds.
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Identify, recruit and supervise staff,
technical resources and consultants as necessary. Conduct and Implement
effective performance planning, monitoring, performance development programme
as required.
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Ensure communication effectiveness, efficiency
and delivery as well as a rigorous and transparent approach to planning,
monitoring and evaluation.
Monitoring and evaluation
Ensure that communication baselines are
established against which the achievement of objectives of the communication
strategy are regularly evaluated; analysis is undertaken to continuously
improve the effectiveness of communication strategy, approach and activities;
results and reports are prepared and shared on a timely basis.
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Provide technical support to ensure that a set
of communication performance indicators is identified and adjusted as
necessary, and these communication indicators are incorporated or fed forwarded
in the Annual Management Plan, Annual Work Plan, etc.
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Conduct timely and accurate monitoring and
evaluation activities to ensure the communications objectives are met and the
strategy is effective.
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Undertake lessons learned review of successful
and unsuccessful communication experiences and share observations/findings with
country, regional and HQ communication colleagues so that best practices
benefit UNICEF’s communication work.
Capacity building and support
Ensure that the Representative/Senior or
Regional Communication Officer and the country programme team are provided with
professional expertise and advice on all aspects of external relations
communication as required; opportunities are identified and addressed for
building communication capacity among country communication team, media and
other relevant partners.
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Advise UNICEF management, colleagues and staff
on media strategy and implications for action and policies proposed.
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Support communication activities through
knowledge management, information exchange and building capacity of the country
communications team. Enable appropriate advocacy andcommunication training,
access to information, supplies and equipment, and developing training and
orientation material.
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Assist the Programme Communication Officer in
the development of communication tools and/or strategies.
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Identify opportunities to strengthen the
capacity of partners through appropriate advocacy and communication training.
To qualify as an advocate for every
child you will have…
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Education:Advanced university degree in Communication, Journalism,
Public Relations. *First university degree with additional two-years of
relevant work experience is acceptable in lieu of an advanced university
degree.
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Work
Experience:Eight years of progressively responsible and
relevant professional work experience in communication, print, broadcast,
and/or new media. International and national work experience (for IP). Field
work experience (for NO). Background/familiarity with Emergency situations.
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Language
Proficiency: Fluency in English is
required. Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station is an
asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core
competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
The technical competencies required for this
post are….
View our competency framework at
How To Apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion
within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from
all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with
disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on
the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=511776
Statelessness Eradication Internship
The Regional Statelessness Unit at the UNHCR
Regional Service Centre (RSC) based in Nairobi is seeking to strengthen its
engagement with States and other actors to better identify and protect, resolve
existing situations of statelessness and prevent new cases in 16 countries
within the region of Central, East and Horn of Africa including Central African
Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Republic of Congo, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan,
Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Building regional and continental synergies
among African States and creating adequate State mobilization on the right to
nationality are critical to ensure effective prevention, reduction and
elimination of statelessness by all the countries in the region. This will also
contribute to ensuring sufficient support among African Union Member States for
finalizing and adopting the draft AU protocol to the African Charter on Human
and People’s Rights on the right to nationality and eradication of
statelessness. Conducting targeted advocacy towards a range of stakeholders
will also be essential and will be increasingly pursued at regional and at
national level to ensure that all actors have adequate understanding of issues
relating to nationality and statelessness within the region, enabling them to
take appropriate actions to end statelessness.
Against this backdrop, the Regional
Statelessness Unit at UNHCR RSC is looking to enhance regional dialogue in a
coordinated, inclusive and sustained manner to prevent, reduce and eliminate
statelessness in the region. UNHCR is partnering with key regional
organizations such as the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region
(ICGLR), and is also looking to cooperate with other relevant organizations in
the region (i.e. IGAD and EAC).
The ICGLR has already spearheaded efforts to
address statelessness by ensuring access to nationality and proof of legal
identity across the region. The 12 ICGLR Member States adopted in October 2017
the Brazzaville Declaration and Regional Action Plan on eradication of
statelessness, which sets out key commitments in line with UNHCR’s Global
“IBelong” Campaign to end statelessness. This is a significant achievement,
with States committing to adopt National Action Plans; reform their legislation
and policies on nationality and civil status; improve birth registration
systems, and conduct national and regional studies on the issue by 2019.
UNHCR’s technical support in implementing this
Declaration’s commitments requires sustained efforts with dedicated staff, in
order to move ahead with a series of activities at national and regional level
in 2018 and beyond. These allow for a progressive approach; training and
sensitising Government Focal Points nominated as per the Brazzaville
Declaration, as well as ICGLR National Coordinators; promoting ratification of
the international conventions on statelessness; and culminating in a
Ministerial Meeting foreseen for late 2018 with the aim of extending this
Regional Action Plan to 2024 and triggering the development of an ICGLR
Protocol on eradication of statelessness under the ICGLR Pact. Achieving the
objectives of the Brazzaville Declaration are crucial in furthering progress
ahead of the 2019 High Level Event on Statelessness, including as part of the
build up to the adoption of the draft AU Protocol.
Functional responsibilities
& Tasks
Under the direct supervision of the Snr.
Regional Protection Officer (Statelessness), the incumbent will:
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Assist the Regional Statelessness Unit in
supporting the ICGLR Executive Secretariat and Member States to implement the
commitments contained in the Brazzaville Declaration and Regional Action Plan,
including:
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Supporting the preparation of the training
workshops for ICGLR National Coordinators and government focal points on
statelessness;
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Assisting in the preparatory work ahead of the
Ministerial Meeting foreseen in late 2018 on statelessness in the ICGLR region;
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Assist in monitoring implementation progress
of the Regional Action Plan;
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Provide inputs and support to the UNHCR
country operations developing and operationalizing strategies to eradicate
statelessness, including review of nationality related legislation;
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Assist in the cataloguing of the Unit’s
documents, including by developing a resource library for statelessness in the
Great Lakes, Horn of Africa and East African region;
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Assist in producing communications tools such
as web stories and articles, brochures, one-pagers, and visibility items to
support the office’s advocacy work and ensure coverage of the ICGLR process and
efforts to eradicate statelessness at country and regional levels;
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Assist in collecting inputs from country
operations in order to prepare quarterly newsletters, including pictures,
movies and stories;
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Assist in updating the Regional Data Portal on
statelessness;
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Pro-actively provide administrative and
logistical support for all activities organized by the section, such as
conferences, workshops and trainings;
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Assist in generating regular reports on
progress, successes, challenges, constraints and lessons learned in the area of
statelessness;
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Provide support for any other operational
tasks when required.
Qualifications
(academic and work experience)
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Advanced university degree (Masters or
equivalent) in law preferably with focus on human rights, refugee law and/or
international humanitarian law;
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Excellent legal research and analytical
skills;
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Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills;
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Excellent drafting and writing skills in
English;
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Excellent knowledge of French (spoken and
written) as French is essential;
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Excellent organizational skills, with
experience organizing events such as conferences, trainings and/or workshops.
Desirable competencies
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Interest and relevant experience in
statelessness and nationality issues;
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Sense of innovation and creativity;
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Political awareness and interest to cooperate
with regional inter-governmental organizations such as ICGLR, EAC, IGAD, etc;
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At least one year of related professional
experience;
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Practical knowledge of Portuguese and/or
Arabic ;
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Completion of UNHCR learning programmes on
protection of stateless persons would be an asset or any other equivalent
external courses.
Status of the intern and insurance
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Interns are neither “staff members” under the
Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, nor “officials” within the
meaning of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United
Nations of 13 February 1946, as interns are not remunerated for their work. As
of 1 June 2018, interns that do not receive financial support from an outside
party will receive a monthly Food and Local Transportation Allowance equivalent
to 10% of the Daily Subsistence Allowance for Nairobi duty station and based on
30 calendar days (not exceeding USD 1,000 per month).
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Interns may not represent UNHCR in any
official capacity.
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Costs and arrangements for travel, visas,
accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of the intern or
his/her sponsoring institution. However, UNHCR will help with the visa
application if applicable and advise accordingly.
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Interns are not subject to UN security
evacuation procedures but may be assisted to leave the country when possible
and to the extent feasible.
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Interns are fully responsible for arranging
medical insurance covering their full internship period. Interns will be
requested to show proof of valid medical (and life/accident) insurance for the
duty station. It must include adequate coverage in the event of an injury or
illness during the internship. UNHCR accepts no responsibility for the medical
and life insurance of the intern or costs arising from accidents and illness
incurred during an internship. As interns are not covered under any insurance,
they should not travel to hazardous locations in the course of their internship
with UNHCR.
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Interns will not engage in any activity that
is incompatible with the aims and objectives of UNHCR.
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Interns will maintain confidentiality of all
unpublished information made known to them during the internship and will not
publish any reports on the basis of information obtained during the period
without prior written permission of UNHCR.
How To Apply:
If you wish to be considered for this
internship, please submit your letter of motivation and P11 Form by e-mail
stating Regional
Statelessness Internship and your last name in
the subject line to: kenrhhr@unhcr.org by 5 April 2018.
The Personal History Form (P11) is attached
and also available at the following link: http://www.unhcr.org/ke/vacancies
UNHCR RSC Nairobi
22 March 2018