Overview
The Advocacy and Communications Specialist leads the Advocacy and Communication section, coordinating and implementing public advocacy strategies to promote awareness and support for children's and women's rights.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinating, networking, implementing and monitoring public advocacy strategies and associated products and activities.
- Promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children’s and women’s rights, and support for UNICEF's mission.
- Achieving advocacy impact in alignment with programme outcomes and overall advocacy and communication priorities.
- Coordinating with regional and global communication and advocacy priorities.
- Leading the Advocacy and Communication section.
- Supervising Communication Officer (NO-2) and Communication Associate (GS-6).
- Public advocacy strategy.
- Communication and media relations.
- Networking.
- Global priorities and campaigns.
- DRR and Humanitarian Advocacy.
- Monitoring and evaluation.
- Team management.
- Capacity building.
- Stakeholder engagement.
- Others.
Required Experience
At least 5 years of relevant work experience in Communication, Media, International Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Advocacy. and any other related fields.
Qualifications
Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations/Communication, Marketing, Social Science and any other related fields.
