Chief of Communication, P-4/FT

Chief of Communication, P-4/FT, Bujumbura,Burundi # 00109221

Job Number: 519313 | Vacancy Link
Locations: Africa: Burundi
Work Type : Fixed Term Staff

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.

How can you make a difference?
Under the guidance of the Representative, this position is responsible for developing, managing, implementing and monitoring an advocacy and communication strategy as well as being the key position to lead strategic engagement with the private sector. The position works with and maintains an on-going relation with media, oversees the country office's social media engagement and is responsible for high visibility events, including those linked donor and partner visits and campaigns. The position works in support of the strategic objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children's and women's rights, the equity focus and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities and programmes in the country office and at a global level and those of the UN Country Team.

Key End-Results
1. Communication strategy: The Regional/Country Office or Media Hub has a clear communication strategy and associated work plan to 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.

2. Media relations: The Regional/Country Office or Media Hub has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of journalists and media outlets covering all media print, TV, radio, web, photo 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.

3. Networking and partnerships: The Regional/Country Office or Media Hub has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of individuals, groups, organizations and fora whose support is essential to/can assist in achieving the advocacy and communication objectives. Effective working relationships with the UN Country Team and UN communication counterparts are developed, maintained and enhanced.

4. Celebrities and special events: The Regional/Country Office or 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.

5. Global priorities and campaigns: The Regional/Country Office or Media Hub has an effective process in place for integrating and taking action on UNICEF's global communications priorities, campaigns and partnerships, disseminating these elements in a locally-appropriate way.

6. Resource mobilization support; Global and country level fund-raising activities are supported by effective advocacy and communication strategy and activities.

7. Management: Human resources (the communication team) and financial resources (budget planning, management and monitoring) are both effectively managed and optimally used.

8. Monitoring and evaluation: 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 and activities; results and reports are prepared and shared.

9. Capacity building and support: The Representative/Senior or Regional Communication Specialist and the country programme team are provided with professional expertise and advice on all aspects of external relations communication as required.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
An advanced university degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, or another relevant technical field is required.

(Or an undergraduate degree plus at least 10 years of demonstrated professional experience in the field of journalism, communications, external relations, public affairs, public relations or corporate communications.)
Eight years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in communication, print, broadcast, and/or new media is required.

International and national work experience required.

Field work experience and/or background/familiarity with Emergency situations an asset.

Fluency in either French or English and working knowledge the other language is required.

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 competencies required for this post are
Leading and Supervising [ I ]
Formulating Strategies and Concepts [ II ]
Relating and Networking [ II ]
Persuading and Influencing [ II ]
Applying Technical Expertise [ II ]
Entrepreneurial Thinking [ II ]

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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.
* Please note that is a non-family duty station.

Closing Date Fri Feb 01 2019 22:55:00 GMT+0100 (Afr. centrale Ouest)