Deadline: 22 August, 2020

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

UN Women is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Communications Analyst.

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide coordination support in the development and implementation of a coherent Kenya Country Office (KCO) communications and advocacy strategy
• Provide substantive inputs to the development of the KCO communication strategy
• Provide support to advocacy efforts and campaigns by organising roundtable discussions, press conferences, online events, and other publicity events, and preparing briefing materials and press releases
• Provide guidance and support to the programme and other KCO staff on UN Women corporate communications guidelines and printing norms
• Track and monitor print and social media and report relevant information to senior staff to inform strategy development
• Provide inputs to programme in order to integrate advocacy and communication strategies into programme formulation as necessary
• Provide coordination support to the development of KCO advocacy materials
• Identify storylines and achievements from KCO’s work for online and printed publications
• Prepare press releases, articles, key messages, and other advocacy materials
• Oversee the translation, adaptation, or rewriting of information received for the local context
• Manage the publication of materials for final approval including, but not limited to, designing
• Maintain library/database of reference materials and photos and digital assets as necessary
• Identification of storylines for publications and drafting of substantive articles contributing to debates on key gender and development issues

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism or a related field
• First degree with two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
• Five years of progressively responsible experience in providing support to the formulation and implementation of internal and external communications and advocacy strategies and related plans
• Experience in the use of computer applications and software packages (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, etc.) as well as web-based management systems
• Experience in the use of social media and digital communications
• Fluency in English
• Working knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset

To apply and for more information, click here.

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