Overview
The Communication Officer assists in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating an advocacy and communication strategy to bring children’s and women’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.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement tasks in the country communication work plan and strategy.
- Gather content and coverage of relevant country efforts.
- Support the production of communication materials.
- Assist in drafting and editing articles, press releases, and human interest stories.
- Follow up on the production of advocacy and communication materials.
- Maintain an up-to-date documentation centre for communication materials.
- Recommend appropriate information and communication materials.
- Recommend established contacts, networks, resources, and processes.
- Maintain and update the media relations contact list/database.
- Assist in developing and maintaining close collaboration with mass media.
- Prepare background communication and promotional materials for briefings and visits.
- Facilitate media activities.
- Monitor and evaluate the use and effectiveness of media materials.
- Assist in coordinating audience research and compiling and analyzing relevant data.
- Monitor and evaluate timely dissemination of advocacy and communication materials.
- Monitor public perception of UNICEF in the country.
- Provide feedback to the Division of Communication (DOC).
- Ensure quality data collection, analysis, evaluation, and reporting.
- Undertake lessons learned reviews of communication experiences.
- Help organize and generate public support for special events and activities.
- Develop and maintain close collaboration with mass media, groups, and organizations.
- Maintain and update celebrity and partner contact lists/databases.
- Monitor and document the process and effectiveness of collaboration.
- Prepare background communication and promotional materials for briefings and visits of media, Goodwill Ambassadors, donors, National Committee representatives, and other special interest groups.
Required Experience
- Minimum three years of practical professional work experience in communication, print and broadcast media, or interactive digital media.
- Field work experience (for National Officers).
- Background or familiarity with emergency situations in emergency-related areas is required.
- Experience in capacity development, building partnerships, and providing technical support to governments, non-governmental organization partners, and other relevant stakeholders to implement child protection policies, programmes, and interventions.
- Relevant experience in programme development in child protection in emergency-related areas within a United Nations (UN) system agency or organization is considered an asset.
- Experience in a humanitarian context is an asset.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Communications Science, Journalism, Public Relations, International Relations or another relevant social science field.
