Overview
The Advocacy and Outreach Analyst will support the design and implementation of advocacy and communication strategies, produce communication outputs, and plan outreach campaigns to promote UNDP’s work and foster collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the design and implementation of advocacy and communication strategies.
- Develop key messages, talking points, briefing notes, and advocacy materials.
- Produce high-quality communication outputs, including stories, press releases, social media content, and multimedia products.
- Ensure consistent branding and visibility.
- Monitor media coverage and provide analysis.
- Plan and implement outreach campaigns, events, and public engagement initiatives.
- Coordinate workshops, forums, and dialogues.
- Strengthen relationships with communities, youth groups, and other target audiences.
- Support innovative outreach approaches.
- Identify and map key stakeholders.
- Support the development and maintenance of strategic partnerships.
- Facilitate engagement with partners.
- Contribute to resource mobilization efforts.
- Prepare partnership briefs and background materials.
- Document lessons learned, best practices, and success stories.
- Support preparation of reports, donor updates, and communication products.
- Maintain databases of partners, stakeholders, and outreach activities.
- Perform other duties as deemed necessary.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 2 years (with a master’s degree) or 4 years (with a bachelor’s degree) of relevant professional experience in communications, advocacy, partnership, or outreach is required.
- Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advanced knowledge of web-based management systems such as ERP.
- Experience in stakeholder coordination and partnership building with government counterparts, UN agencies, and donor organizations.
- Experience in digital marketing, social media management, campaign development, branding, and event coordination.
- Demonstrated ability to produce, edit, and tailor high-quality reports, briefs, and outreach materials for various platforms.
- Previous experience with UN agencies or development organizations.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Communications, Public Relations, International Development, Political Science, or related fields; or A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience.
