Location:

Stockholm, Sweden
Salary:

negotiable / YEAR
Job type:

VOLUNTEER
Posted:

1 month ago
Category:

Communication and Advocacy
Deadline:

29/03/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

assignment(s)

Open recruitment (advertised)

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General

Description of assignment title

Communications Specialist

Assignment country

Sweden

Expected start date

15/04/2024

Sustainable Development Goal

17. Partnerships for the goals

Volunteer category

National UN Volunteer Specialist

Host entity

UNICEF Sweden

Type

Onsite

Duration

12 months (with possibility of extension)

Number of assignments

Duty stations

Stockholm

Details

Mission and objectives

UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children’s rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children. UNICEF insists that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development imperatives that are integral to human progress.

Context

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. UNICEF has a 75-year history of innovating for children. We believe that new approaches, partnerships, technologies, and ways of financing and working are key to building a better world for children, today and coming generations. UNICEF’s Office of Innovation helps discover, co-create, and scale bold solutions and technologies to deliver for children today and set a new pace of social impact for coming generations. We do this in a collective movement with innovative minds globally, across industries and generations. The volunteer will support the Partnerships and Communication Team of the UNICEF Office of Innovation (OOI) with the implementation of communications plans and strategies across multiple projects and initiatives.

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Communications Manager or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Communications will: • Support the development and implementation of communication strategies to advance UNICEF’s goals and priorities. • Create compelling content, including articles, social media posts, and multimedia materials, to raise awareness and support for UNICEF’s initiatives. • Assist in managing UNICEF’s digital platforms, including websites and social media channels, to ensure consistent and engaging communication with the target audience. • Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to identify storytelling opportunities and develop impactful narratives that highlight UNICEF’s work. • Monitor media coverage and public discourse related to children’s issues, and provide timely analysis and recommendations to enhance UNICEF’s communication efforts. • Support the organization of events, campaigns, and advocacy initiatives to promote UNICEF’s mission and mobilize support for children’s rights. • Provide logistical and administrative support as needed to ensure the smooth functioning of the communication team. • Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities. • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Results/expected outputs: • As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: o Write compelling social media copy, create graphic design assets, and maintain a calendar of content for the Director’s social media channels. o Write web articles, create web pages, and develop engaging photo essays. o Support the comms manager with project coordination across OOI teams and within the comms team. o Support the Lead Editor with content curation for the Weekly News Roundup and follow-up correspondence with relevant colleagues featured in newsletter. Compile and send Weekly News Roundup once a month. Support with development of special issues of Spark Newsletter. o Develop and maintain asset management system and process to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the comms unit. This involves working across teams to compile a comprehensive database of OOI records including articles, presentation decks, multimedia files, contact lists. o Develop and manage contact database including comms counterparts in partner organizations, country offices and other UNICEF networks. o Manage list of vendors and external collaborators. Support the Program Associate with procurement process. o Support with the development of a comms network including but not limited to outreach, event planning, and ongoing correspondence via newsletter/intranet. o Support with database management of the OOI newsletter. o Support with updating and archiving digital assets on OOI intranet and external website. o Support with the administration and logistics of event comms including but not limited to captioning and recording photo and video assets, updating OOI events page on external website, and P&C intranet page, scheduled correspondence with stakeholders including invites and gratitude emails. o Support with staff engagement comms including prompts for social media amplification, content generations and activations. • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment. • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.

Eligibility criteria

Age

27 – 80

Nationality

Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.

Requirements

Required experience

3 years of experience in the national and/or international level in communications, media, or social media, or other relevant programmes; experience in graphic design is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organization; • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills; • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing; • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development; • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel; • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment; • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines; • Desirable: valid national driver’s license and proven ability to drive manual gear 4×4 over rough terrain; (if not applicable, delete) • Sound security awareness; • Have affinity with or interest in communications, innovation, partnership volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

Area(s) of expertise

Communication

Driving license

–

Languages

English, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level

Bachelor degree or equivalent in a relevant area, e.g. communications, journalism, public relations, international relations, or a related field. Master’s degree is a plus.

Competencies and values

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values UNICEF competencies required for this post are… (1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people (only if at supervisory level). http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

Other information

Living conditions and remarks

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her housing and other living essentials. UN Volunteer entitlements and allowances: The purpose of the allowances and entitlements paid to UN Volunteers is to enable UN Volunteers to sustain a secure standard of living at the duty stations in line with United Nations standards without incurring personal costs. The allowances are in no way to be understood as compensation, reward, or salary in exchange for the UN Volunteer’s service. Contingent on specific eligibility criteria, location of the volunteer assignment and contractual type and category, the payment of allowances will begin from the date of Commencement of Service For more information on entitlements please read the Condition of Service (https://explore.unv.org/cos). For information specific to your assignment please see below: Please note that the amounts can vary according to fluctuations in the monthly post-adjustment. Monthly Living Allowance (Per month): SEK 24538.08 Entry lump sum (one-time payment): USD 400 Exit allowance (for each month served, paid on completion of contract): SEK 2044.84 Medical and life insurance: Cigna Private Insurance Leave entitlements: Annual leave: 2.5 days accrued per calendar month Certified sick leave: 30 days Uncertified sick leave: 7 days Learning leave: 10 working days per consecutive 12 months Maternity Leave: 16 weeks Paternity Leave: 10 days

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Reasonable accommodation

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

In addition to duty station-specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.

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