Over 40 years, UNDP has been assisting Viet Nam’s successful transition from war to recovery, from centrally planned to a market economy with a high level of international integration, from poor to low middleincome status, in achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGand now Sustainable Development Goals (SDG.

In close cooperation with other UN agencies under the UN Deliver as One Initiative, UNDP Viet Nam works closely with the Government of Viet Nam, line ministries and local governments, Party and National Assembly, and related commissions. We also work with the private sector, national think tanks, and civil society organizations at various levels as partners to contribute towards SDGs.

Our services to the country include capacity strengthening support, technical assistance, and policy advice on a wide range of priority Governance and Participation issues related to Sustainable Development Goal 16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. SDG 16 is of key importance to national stakeholders, who understand the importance of strong and inclusive institutions as a bedrock for sustainable development. This includes strengthening the rule of law and access to justice, bolstering transparency, accountability and anticorruption, advancing inclusion, participation and responsive governance, and addressing the legacies of war. These shared objectives between UNDP and national partners are pursued in an inclusive way, ensuring the participation and priorities of vulnerable groups such as women, youth, persons with disabilities and ethnic minorities.

The vision of UNDP’s Governance and Participation Team (GPis to support the Government of Viet Nam to accelerate the achievement of SDG 16 thereby underpinning more inclusive, just and equitable growth and development.

The Communication Analyst reports to the Assistant Resident Representative (AR/ Head of the Governance and Participation Unit. For activities related to KVPVP communication, the Communication Analyst reports to the Programme Manager of KVPVP.

Advisory support and strategic communications and advocacy on priority Governance and Participation issues and themes

• Advise the ARR, other GPT members, and UNDP Senior Management on public messaging related to priority and emerging governance issues in Viet Nam.
• Generate regular key messaging to inform GPT and UNDP Senior Management discourse and narrative, in social media and other forms of public engagement, to leverage a collective voice on Governance and Participation in a changing sociopolitical and economic context.
• Advise the ARR on her social media usage, helping manage social media accounts in English and Vietnamese.
• Proactively identify communication and engagement opportunities to advance core UNDP Governance and Participation objectives, including participation in conferences, media interviews, roundtables, and other forums, both at national and provincial level.
• Review and provide feedback on key speeches, public statements and opeds delivered by the ARR and UNDP Senior Management related to Governance and Participation.
• Prepare articles, press releases, humaninterest stories, and other advocacy/information materials to further GPT’s work through both webbased and traditional media, as appropriate.
• Support capacity building of local counterparts to effectively communicate with citizens and other stakeholders, including on strategic advocacy.
• Monitor and analyze media and public discourse to identify risks and opportunities for UNDP Governance and Participation strategy and objectives.
• Develop social media packs for relevant important worldwide observed days and key project milestones.

Implement effective communications/advocacy activities for Governance and Participation Team (GPprojects including KoreaVietnam Peace Village Project (KVPV

• Provide close, continuous support to GPT’s various projects to ensure visibility of project results among national and international partners.
• Support the development of GPT projects’ communication strategies, advising GPT teams on their implementation.
• Lead internal reporting and communications of GPT portfolio results in corporate products such as the quarterly newsletter, ROAR, and the UNCT results groups, among others.
• Lead or/and support development of media materials for projects such as short films, blogs, articles, interviews, press statements and social media content, ensuring high quality and appropriate and compelling content.
• Provide dedicated communications support to the KoreaViet Nam Peace Village Project (KVPVhelping design and implement the communications plan.
• Any other tasks, including providing effective responses to inquiries for public information materials.

Facilitate knowledge management and dissemination.

• Provide support to Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned directly linked to Portfolio goals and activities.
• Contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice including corporate communications repositories.
• Assist in providing training for UNDP staff on internal and external knowledge management.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
• Adapt with Agility:  LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

CrossFunctional & Technical competencies:

2030 Agenda: Engagement & Effectiveness

• SDGs Integration: SouthSouth and Triangular Cooperation knowledge sharing

2030 Agenda: Peace

• Governance: People with Disability

2030 Agenda: People

• Gender: Women’s Economic Empowerment including labour issues.

2030 Agenda: Prosperity

• Recovery Solutions and Human Mobility: Mine Action

Business Direction and Strategy

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities, linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions; Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP.

Partnership Management

• Relationship Management: Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.

Ethics

• Legal Analysis and Report Writing: Ability to apply legal analysis to a diverse range of complex issues, and express themselves clearly; ability to communicate well, to all levels of staff and contractors/consultants, governments et.al.