Overview
The Communications Associate will enhance the visibility, credibility, and stakeholder engagement of the Area-Based Recovery (ABR) project by ensuring clear, timely, and gender-responsive messaging across media platforms and events.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in developing and implementing communication and media plans for the project at regional level.
- Assist in designing and implementing targeted communication campaigns.
- Collaborate with relevant units and personnel to help the project develop concept notes that include outreach, advocacy, and communication components.
- Prepare press releases, media advisories, and feature stories for the UNDP website and social networks on various issues relevant to the project’s objectives in both English and Ukrainian.
- Update official UNDP in Ukraine social media platforms (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Flickr, etc.) to highlight project achievements.
- Develop talking points as well as information and briefing notes as requested by UNDP senior management.
- Edit and format project reports and promotional materials, ensuring they meet UNDP communication standards.
- Regularly update booklets, factsheets, newsletters, and other informational materials for both internal and external audiences.
- Coordinate with production and printing agencies to create audio, video, animation, and print products.
- Maintain and update a library of reference materials, such as reports, communication tools, booklets, photographs, and videos of project activities.
- Organize press conferences and other media-related events as part of the project’s activities.
- Ensure branding and visibility materials are prepared and displayed according to UNDP standards.
- Prepare background documents and assist in organizing donor and corporate missions, including audio-visual and media coverage of project activities and achievements.
- Prepare media monitoring reports on project activities.
- Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned that are generated from the project and implementing partners.
- Assist with ensuring the project contributes to the promotion of gender equality by reaching, involving, and benefiting both women and men.
- Use the principles of gender-responsive communications in line with the UNDP corporate standards.
- Be aware of relevant gender issues and concerns in the field of expertise.
- Support the promotion of team culture of gender equality and zero tolerance to any sexual misconduct in the team through leadership and personal example.
- Demonstrate respect for gender equality in professional interactions, identify and address sexism and gender discrimination.
- Assist with informing and briefing personnel and partners about corporate sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse policies.
Required Experience
- Minimum 7 years (with Secondary Education) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of practical, progressively responsible experience in Public Relations, Media, Communications, Journalism, or other relevant fields.
- Experience in the usage of office software packages.
Qualifications
Secondary Education is required. OR A University degree in the field of Communications, Public Relations, Community Development, Social Sciences, or other relevant field will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement.
