Overview
The Communications Analyst assists in planning and implementing communication and advocacy strategies to enhance UN Women's standing and awareness among partners, media, and the public.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and design communication and outreach/advocacy strategies and plans
- Prepare and conduct communication needs assessments
- Analyze requirements and synthesize proposals for communication strategies, ensuring a gender perspective
- Integrate communication, advocacy and outreach strategies into project/programme proposals
- Monitor and analyze print and social media and draft reports
- Coordinate in-country UN Women/UN system corporate and local campaigns and special events
- Coordinate and implement the development and dissemination of advocacy materials
- Develop and produce communication instruments and materials, including briefing materials, press releases, and articles, and manage their dissemination
- Identify and propose information opportunities, activities, approaches and platforms and partners
- Promote and disseminate corporate advocacy materials for launching flagship initiatives, publications, and campaigns
- Manage the translation/adaption/rewriting of information received, printing and dissemination of publications and audio-visual materials
- Follow guidelines from HQ and RO
- Coordinate media relations for the CO
- Manage relationships with press in country and maintain/update press database
- Respond to inquiries and information requests, and prepare correspondence
- Organize roundtable discussions, press conferences, and briefing sessions for press
- Draft talking points
- Build and maintain partnerships and relations with donors
- Identify and develop new communication partnerships and alliances
- Liaise with advocacy partners and undertake outreach to civil society organizations, governments, and other groups
- Provide inputs to packages for programme initiatives for donor review
- Manage CO’s websites’ content and maintenance
- Manage the CO/MCO’s social media accounts
- Upload information to knowledge management system on a regular basis
- Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned
- Provide training and workshops on communication and advocacy, as appropriate
Required Experience
At least 2 years of professional work experience at national or international level in public relations, communications or advocacy; Experience in media relations is an asset; Experience in the use of social media.
Qualifications
Master’s degree (or equivalent) in communications, public relations, journalism or relevant field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
