JOB DESCRIPTION

Background:

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.

Globally, UN Women focuses on six priority areas: increasing women’s leadership and participation in governance and decision-making, ending violence against women, enhancing women’s economic empowerment, engaging women in all aspects of peace and resilience, making gender equality central to national development planning and budgeting, and advancing gender equality in intergovernmental processes. In the Philippines, these priorities are translated into programmes and advocacy efforts steered to support the cross-cutting, high-impact area of women’s full, equal, and meaningful participation in leadership and decision-making across humanitarian, development, and peace contexts. Through its normative mandate, UN Women Philippines is also supporting the country in the operationalization of the country’s commitments to international frameworks, standards and targets.

Critical to such work is advocacy and communications to raise public awareness, share important information and ensure high visibility of UN Women’s work linked to all its key priorities and thematic areas. Given such, the Philippines as a non programme presence intends to leverage on presenting opportunities to interact, engage and draw from available platforms provided by partners, supportive influencers, champions and its National Goodwill Ambassador. In line with this, it seeks to engage a consultant to help develop and implement advocacy and communications plan and strategy  for the Philippines’ key areas of work.

Reporting to the Country Programme Coordinator, the National Consultant on Advocacy, Campaigns and Strategic Communications for Public Awareness and External Relations will support in coming up with a 2-3 year communications plan and help implement them with support from the wider team. The consultant will be supported by the Operations Associate, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.

Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work

The National Consultant on Advocacy, Campaigns and Strategic Communications for Public Awareness and External Relations will perform and deliver on the following tasks:

1. Prepare and develop UN Women Philippines communications plan for 2 – 3 years.
2. Design and help produce key assets and materials for specific campaigns and advocacies, particularly global and regional campaigns and events such as International Women’s Day, 16 Days of Activism, Environment/Earth Day
3. Update and manage social media page with important contents and events
4. Support thematic groups in developing and crafting narratives to highlight results of work and projects delivered
5. Prepare presentation materials/slide deck for NPP profile building.
6. Manage and streamline communications requirements and represent UN Women in UN Communications group as alternate to Country Programme Coordinator

Expected Output

Output 1

• Submission of initial ideas for UN Women narrative and communications plan
• Development of key assets and standard template and messaging
• UN Women Philippines presentation deck template
• Final communications plan informed by discussions and consultations with team
• Target date of Completion: 30 September 2025

Output 2

• Develop, finalize and upload assets and manage engagement for thematic areas and NPP in general
• BPfA 30^th Anniversary (Sept)
• UNGA80 (Sept-Oct)
• WPS-ASEAN wrap-up and closure (September-December 2025)
• UN ESCR 1325 (Oct)
• 16 Days of Activism (Nov)
• UDHR (Dec)
• IWD (March)
• Earth/Environment Day (April)
• Other key and related activities
• Collate results and provide summary of engagement /reach and have a quarterly debrief and discussion with UN Women team for actions
• Target date of Completion: Every 30th of the month, starting 30 October to 30 August 2026

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

UN Women will provide the National Consultant with substantive inputs to ensure the completion of deliverables in line with the objectives of the organizations. This is a home-based consultancy, with reporting to UN Women Philippines office as needed. The consultant may access the UN Women Philippines office for printing of relevant documents or when required to work on-site at any point during the assignment.

As part of this assignment, there will be a possible mission outside the duty station. Any travel linked to the deliverables will be arranged by UN Women according to its rules and regulations.

Competencies:

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

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

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework:

Functional Competencies:

• Ability to produce timely and high-quality outputs
• Ability to multi-task and work independently with little supervision
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, presentation and communication skills, including ability to listen actively and respond effectively
• Strong understanding of gender equality and development issues in the context of the Philippines
• Strong knowledge of the UN system, international frameworks and standards on gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals
• Strong resourcefulness, logical thinking
• Technical credibility in research and technical writing on gender equality and women’s empowerment
• Excellent communications and analytical skills with strong drive for results and capacity to work independently
• Excellent English communication and writing skills (Samples of previous work may be required)

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 (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least 1 year of professional experience in communications, campaigns and external relations is required
• Experience in drafting and production of communications materials and other key assets is required
• Experience in the use of social media is required.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.), spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Filipino is required
• Knowledge of any other UN official language is an asset

Please attached the following documents as required: 

• A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page)
• Shortlisted candidates may be asked to provide other materials relevant to the pre-assessment of their language experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns, or other applicable documents

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 on the basis of 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.)

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.