Senior External Relations Assistant
Overview
The Senior External Relations Assistant assists in managing external relations activities, organizing visits, and preparing materials for external partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft briefing notes, press releases, bulletins, reports, newsletters and prepare any other public information material, as required
- Facilitate and accompany visits of foreign delegations, partner NGOs, donors and the media to refugee camps
- Draft and translate routine correspondence and texts.
- Assist with developing and implementing UNHCR's social media strategy conceptualize and pitch stories for UNHCR's global website.
- Ensure that public information materials including fact sheets, information brochures, briefing materials from the Branch Office, etc. are available.
- Organize visibility events (e.g. World Refugee Day) and liaise with partners, refugees and local communities on implementation.
- May be required to assist in compilation of weekly, monthly, annual/quarterly thematic reports, situations reports etc.
- Review media daily and ensure the office is kept informed of local developments.
- Provide information on UNHCR's activities to external partners.
- Respond to non-complex media queries and incoming correspondence.
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
- Perform other related duties as required.
Required Experience
2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher. Relevant experience in external relations, communications, public information, media, journalism or international relations. Proven experience supporting external engagement, visits, events, media or partner relations. Previous experience with UN/UNHCR, humanitarian or international organizations. Previous experience in UN/UNHCR. HQ and Field experience with UNHCR or with other humanitarian organizations.
Qualifications
High School Diploma or Bachelor or equivalent or higher. Certificates and/or Licenses: International Relations, Journalism Political Science, Communication Media. Completion of relevant UNHCR or professional training.