Deadline: 13 September, 2021

Location: Accra, Ghana

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to fill the role of Communication Specialist.

Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement communication and advocacy plans and strategies for priority areas of work, and strengthen strategic external relations, particularly with regard to media and mid- to senior-level government relations
• Lead media and PR campaigns, and create and implement visibility campaigns for donors and other partners while strengthening the brand of UNICEF within country
• Maintain relations through regular contacts, close collaboration and strategic assessment of central advocacy and programmatic stakeholders
• Support the communication chief to lead the emergency communication and advocacy strategy and response, including through identifying relevant strategic channels of response and developing key messages and relevant products in a timely manner
• Ensure effective working relationships between the UN country team and UN communication counterparts are developed, maintained and enhanced
• Ensure global and country level fundraising activities are supported by effective advocacy and communication strategy and activities
• Ensure communication baselines are established against which the achievement of objectives of the communication strategy are regularly evaluated; analysis is undertaken to continuously improve the effectiveness of communication strategy and activities; results and reports are prepared and shared
• Provide professional expertise and advice on all aspects of external relations communication as required

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or higher) in Communication, Journalism, or Public Relations
• Five years, minimum, of professional work experience in communication, print, broadcast, and/or new media
• Experience in development of communication and advocacy strategies
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is an asset
• Knowledge of the local language
• Fluency in English
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset
• Nationality of Ghana

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