ABOUT THE COMPANY:

UN Women is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential. We are trusted partners for advocates and decision-makers from all walks of life, and a leader in the effort to achieve gender equality.

JOB SUMMARY

Organizational Context 

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined

in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN WOMEN West & Central Africa Regional Office has been supporting multi-initiatives through programming, global advocacy and building strategic partners with national governments, civil society, UN agencies, and other bilateral and multilateral development organizations. In this process, UN WOMEN WCARO has contributed to building interest, capacity, and commitment to integrating Gender issues processes in the West

and Central Region. UN WOMEN Regional and country offices are supporting several other initiatives at regional and country levels and there is a need for visibility.

Reporting to the Regional Communication Specialist, the Regional Communication Analyst will support the development and implementation of the communication and advocacy strategies to enhance the visibility of UN Women’s work within the west and Central African region. S/he will be in charge of supporting the WCARO Communication Unit in developing key messages and managing its various digital platforms including the Regional Office website and social media accounts in order to reach out to _various audiences,

including media and program implementing partners and civil society organizations. S/he is responsible for timely, support to the regional commutation team in liaising with country offices and with other units within the regional office.

The results have a substantial impact on the effectiveness of UN Women’s regional communications, advocacy and outreach efforts, enhancing the visibility, raising awareness, and understanding of UN Women and its global mandate, thus helping ensure UN Women achieves its strategic goals.

Key Functions and Accountabilities

Support regional digital communication  through the production and publication of communication support materials for public outreach ·

• Contributes to the development

and implementation of a communication and advocacy strategy of the Regional WCARO Office and its action plans.

• Contribute to the elaboration and updating of editorial calendars
• Oversees the management of regional website (technically and editorially) in line with the corporate digital policy, ensuring timely and engaging content
• Ensure the coordination and the web presence of multi-country and COs within the region and
• Oversees the management of regional social media accounts in line with corporate social media policy, ensuring timely and engaging content
• Ensure adequate support is provided to the country offices in developing and implementing their individual digital communication strategy.

• Provides and interpret web regular reports of web and social media analytics
• Contribute to the development and dissemination of high-quality communications materials; including drafting and editing of stories, brochures, fact sheets, newsletters, press releases, multimedia products to support WCARO Communication
• Support CO’s and MCO’s with their contents’ production, program documents and reports for donor review.
• Contribute to the documentation of UN Women WCARO’s impact through photography, videography and storytelling.
• Oversees the production and publication of compelling graphic designs to support UN Women WCARO communication efforts

Contribute to the organization and implementation of UN Women WCARO events, UN days commemoration

and campaigns ·

• Actively elaborate communications strategies for events, UN Days and major campaigns, e.g. International Women’s Day, CSW, 16 days of activism, Generation Equality, HeForShe
• Organize and coordinate the overall communication and media coverage for special events with a view to reaching wider audiences; Oversees the overall elaboration and dissemination of keys messages, conception and production of the support materials.

Overall Management of UN Women press and Media relations and strategic partnerships ·

• • Organize activities with medias such as press conferences, briefings and interviews.
  • Ensure the compilation of Media kits including the drafting of Press releases and advisories

• Establish MoUs and develop strong media relations through the organization of media specific events and training.
• Oversees media monitoring and reporting
• Prospect, establish and develop partnership with advocacy Civil society organizations, influencers and leaders, particularly youth and traditional leaders as strategic WCARO communication and advocacy partners
• Assist in building  regional communities of Medias gender allies

Help support coordination of communication activities with Program Specialists and communications colleagues at regional /national country levels

•  Contribute to supporting the visibility of Program activities, provide communications advice & support in the production and publications of materials.
• Help in communications and media training

of program teams

• Participate in on-boarding of all communication new staff at regional and country levels
• Assist in the coordination and facilitation of information sharing with communication staff at national country level.
• Assist in liaising communication oft national country levels with HQ

Help Support ONE-UN COMMUNICATIONS & Advocacy efforts

• Ensure regular liaisons with Communications Officers from other UN entities at the regional / country levels to provide UN Women inputs to joint UN initiatives, collection of storytelling articles, and regional updates for information bulletins.
• Contribute and ensure gender streaming in all joined UN events and campaigns.
• Participate as

required to meetings and publics gatherings of UN Communication group

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Assist in the monitoring of media coverage and reach of digital communication, adjust as necessary to have true impact to communication and advocacy efforts within the region. 
• Prepare and submit regular reports on communication metrics and outcomes

Support communications and advocacy efforts as necessary

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely inputs to communication and advocacy materials
• Fair analysis of UN Women online engagement
• Accurately drafted contents for online and offline outreach material
• Relevant support to UN Women media/press outreach
• Relevant support to UN Women special

events and campaigns ·

• Timely support to Country level communications staff
• Timely support to coordination of communication activities with UN communication colleagues at regional /national level
• Timely assistance with financial & administrative procedures

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

 Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

 Functional Competencies 

• • Ability to create, edit and present information in clear and presentable formats: online and offline.
  • Storytelling,
  • Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
  • Knowledge of social media and communication strategies and methods

• Strong multimedia skills / Proficiency in using communication tools and software.
• Listening skills
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Organizational and planning skills, and exceptionally detail oriented.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple competing priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills; proven ability to be flexible in a team-oriented environment with diverse groups of people.

Recruitment Qualifications

Education and certification

• 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.

Experience

• At least

2 years of experience in Communication, Public relations or Journalism, preferably in an international or regional context.

• Experience in developing and implementing communication strategies, preferably with non-governmental organizations.
• Knowledge and understanding of social media and web 2.0 platforms, with demonstrated experience generating engaging content,
• Experience in storytelling, creating content for the web, for brochures and other communication materials.
• Experience working with the media nationally or regionally (Desired)
• Experience working on issues related to development, especially in Africa (Desired)
• Experience in editing documents, reports, publications (desired)
• Knowledge of gender equality issues and women empowerment principles is an asset.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in French and English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW, and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, competence, integrity, and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United

Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

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