Communications Associate

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About the Organization

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services. Our goal is ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death, and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030. 

Job Description/Responsibilities

As part of the UNFPA State Office and under the direct supervision of the Head of State, and under technical oversight and coordination with the Communications and Media units at UNFPA Country Office, the Communications Associate will be responsible for undertaking the following activities:

• Support in the execution of state specific communications and media strategy and plan
• Draft and design programmatic communications products such as leaflets, facts sheets, posters, powerpoint presentations
• Support in drafting and editing talking points, remarks/speeches/press release and briefing notes for meetings/events
• Draft, edit and produce programmatic success stories, human interest stories testimonials for reports and external communications
• Coordinate with Implementing Partners/Vendors to execute programme communications products such as case studies, photo and video documentation etc.
• Support the team with curation and coordination of events, campaigns and workshops
• Provide inputs in finalizing the communication materials on various thematic areas (toolkits/manuals/BCC/modules) developed in support with implementing partners
• Develop databases of the media personnel, media institutions and media houses for facilitating effective engagement with them
• Maintain database and repositories of communication assets /materials /photo/videos – with thematic categorization proper referencing
• Coordinate with the Communications and Media unit to highlight programmatic impact, interventions, events on social media
• Perform any other duties as requested by the State Head

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 state.
• 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.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or other related areas.

Skills and experience

• 3 years of experience in the field of communications and media. Candidates from journalism, not for profit sector, communications agencies will be preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of design tools and softwares (Canva) is desirable. Adobe design suite will be an added advantage
• Possess experience of handling assignments related to photo and video documentation. Basic to intermediate skills in photography and video editing skills will be an asset
• Experience in developing content for social media platforms
• Ability to produce high quality documents under tight deadlines

Languages

• English, Level: Fluent, Required
• Hindi, Level: Fluent, Required

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