Overview
The consultant will support the IOM Tajikistan Country Office – Programme Support Unit, assisting all programme units and projects at mission-level. The role involves leading the development and implementation of external communications strategies and providing technical advice on strategic communications issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and coordinate the implementation of Country Office (CO)’s external communications strategies.
- Provide technical advice to the Chief of Mission (CoM) and the Senior Management Team (SMT) on strategic communications issues.
- Conduct permanent environment scanning to keep abreast of most important developments and trends.
- Support high profile visibility events and assist the Chief of Mission in preparing to represent the CO.
- Strengthen IOM’s links with media in-country.
- Manage the CO’s online presence, including through its social media accounts and website.
- Support operations and visibility of the Safe Migration Hotline.
- Engage with the UN Country Team’s Communication Group and other relevant actors.
- Lead CO designers and content creators to ensure content is of the highest quality.
- Supervise all external communications content produced by the CO.
- Support the CO projects based on their media and communications needs.
- Advise Programme teams on designing awareness raising and outreach activities.
- Enhance CO’s communications capacity by developing training materials, providing training and capacity building to the staff.
- Undertake duty travel to take photographs and video footage and gather material for multi-media content.
Required Experience
5 years of experience in journalism, communications, media relations or a related field.
Qualifications
University and/or Master’s Degree from an accredited academic institution in Journalism, Communications or a related discipline.
