| Under the direct supervision of the Regional Program Director, technical supervision of the Deputy Regional program Director, and in coordination with the Country Program Managers, the Communication Officer will be responsible for overseeing and implementing strategic communications work of UNIFEM for internal communications, country programmes and/or external corporate communications in East and Horn of Africa Sub-regional office. The RCO will provide leadership for Strategic Communications and implementation of UNIFEM's Communication Policy, including:
1. Development & implementation of an overall, coherent, balanced & integrated regional communications strategy designed to maximize programme impact and build a clear and motivational image of UNIFEM (5%).
2. Assist each country programme in developing & implementing a communication strategy and workplan to support their strategic development and management outputs (15%).
3. Strengthening the capacity of key partner organizations in each country in communications & support implementation. (5%)
4. Developing & maintaining database and relationships with media based in region and with the national media (5%).
5. Administer and manage UNIFEM EHARO Website (10%)
6. Put stories as appropriate in the national and regional media and on UNIEM EHARO website (5%)
7. Write press releases & respond to media requests as needed (2%).
8. Hold overall responsibility for video, web & e-communications such as for producing a monthly pdf newsletter targeted at the partners including donors (15%).
9. Hold charge of quality control of all documents to be published by the country offices and the regional office, both in terms of editorial pre-approval and design pre-approval (ultimate authority to approve lies with the RPD) (10%).
10. Organizing and assisting in holding regional events and meetings (5%) to assist the delivery of programme and management outputs.
11. Draft terms of reference, participate in the selection of media consultants, backstop their work and finalize media related documents, including brief programme descriptions, media brief, concept papers, media work plans and budgets(5%).
12. Monitor agreed media activities in the countries and ensure that those are progressing according to plan. This includes assisting programme/project staff in problem-solving and implementing corrective measures, and requires undertaking of visits to the country programmes in the field (5%).
13. Monitor and report on the expenditures under activities for which she/he is responsible, and maintain regular financial controls of those activities (2%) .
14. Serve as the media focal point for the region and the country offices (5%).
15. Carry out other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor or unplanned activities that would be required to be taken on(6%). The time allocations are indicative and vary depending on the need and urgency at any given point. The RCO will work in the UNIFEM Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa, which includes the Regional Programme Director (RPD), the Deputy Regional Programme Director (DRPD), a Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, an Operations Manager, and other staff. The RCO will be under general supervision of the RPD and technical supervision of the DRPD. The RCO will develop a workplan based on this ToR and in collaboration with the RPD and DRPD. The workplan will serve as a benchmark for performance appraisal. The RCO will participate in the Regional Programme Management Teleconferences and other meetings as assigned. |
- Strong people & facilitation skills
- Demonstrable creativity, particularly a very good sense of design
- A team player who works well in multi-cultural environment, communicates readily & shares learning with colleagues, partners, community particpants & public functionaries
- A sound commitment to gender equality, women's empowerment, development, human rights & social justice issues
- Knowledgeable of communication and media ethics and demonstrated ability to apply them
- Ability to multi-task and work under deadlines
- Capable of understanding and applying guidelines of the UN System in general and UNIFEM in particular and adhering to the required approval processes and protocols
- Confidence to work alone but to judge when help is needed or opportunity to share learning.
- Experience in supporting advocacy & campaigns, including women's mobilization
- Some photography/video experience.
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| Education: - A post-graduate degree in communications, journalism, public relations, sociology or media management or related field.
Experience: - At least 7 years of similar employment experience, preferably with a development organization with minimum 5 years of experience in web-content management and production of communication material.
- Demonstrable experience in developing communications strategies.
- Demonstrable experience of communicating to a variety of audiences using different communication formats.
- Demonstrable proofing and editing experience
- Excellent command of English; knowledge of Arabic or Kswahili an advantage.
- Comprehensive computer skills including proficiency in at least one publishing software, and web-applications including website maintenance and content management
- Excellent story-writing, and written and oral presentation skills
- Good knowledge of the media environment in the region or ability to develop the knowledge fast
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