Communications Specialist - Gender Statistics at UN Women

Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of communication and outreach/advocacy strategies and plans, Women Count ESA:
• Conduct gender statistics communication needs assessments for RO/MCO/CO, including projects, programmes and corporate change initiatives;
• Design, develop, and implement gender statistics communication and outreach/advocacy strategies, including media strategies; ensure gender perspective;
• Integrate communication, advocacy and outreach strategies into proposals for gender statistics project/programmes and other initiatives;
• Monitor and analyze print and social media and prepare reports;
• Launch in-country UN Women/ UN system corporate and local/regional campaigns and special events;
• Provide advice and guidance to and coordinate with CO/ MCOs in the region.
• Lead the development and dissemination of advocacy materials related to gender statistics in the country/region:
• Develop and produce communication and advocacy instruments and materials, including briefing materials, press releases, and articles and coordinate its dissemination through effective channels;
• Identify and launch information opportunities, activities, approaches and platforms and partners;
• Provide advice on advocacy materials and coordinate launching flagship initiatives and publications in the region;
• Lead the engagement and supervision of video producers and other communication specialists to produce audio/ visual material on UN Women’s work;
• Develop brochures, factsheets, stories from the field to inform media and general public at the regional level;
• Follow guidelines from and report to HQ.
• Manage media relations for ESA Women Count:
• Lead relationship building with press in country; maintain and update database of relevant press;
• Respond timely and clearly to media inquiries and to a variety of inquiries and information requests; prepare related correspondence; identify topics, background information, news-related development and coverage of interest;
• Organize roundtable discussions, press conferences, and briefing sessions with press;
• Facilitate interviews with senior managers; connect media with UN Women subject experts;
• Finalize talking points.
• Build and maintain partnerships and maintain relations with donors:
• Identify and develop new communication partnerships and alliances to enhance visibility; manage and nurture existing partnerships;
• Liaise with advocacy partners and undertake outreach to civil society organizations, governments, and other groups to ensure that newsworthy information reaches the public and donors;
• Guide and collaborate closely with communication colleagues in other offices to ensure consistency with corporate policies, messaging and initiatives;
• Submit packages for programme initiatives for donor review.
• Oversee the Women Count CO/MCO/RO’s web/ online presence:
• Develop and maintain regional web content related to data and statistics, including developing design and content.
• Facilitate knowledge building and sharing around gender data and statistics:
• Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned from COs and MCOs directly linked to programme country goals and activities and ensure exchange of information;
• Provide training and workshops on communication and advocacy as appropriate.
• Provide technical support and guidance on advocacy strategies and plans to country offices in the region:
• Support country offices to develop gender statistics communication plans;
• Provide technical support for launch and other gender statistics events in the region;
• Support the development of social media assets and key messages to promote gender statistics at country level;
• Provide support with regards to the development of gender statistics training materials as well as present training courses where appropriate.

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely and efficient development and maintenance of the gender data portal, including establishment of workplans, timelines and budgets, in line with the Programme's objectives;
• Timely development and implementation of an outreach and communication strategy;
• Timely and accurate update of web and data stories;
• Timely distribution of quarterly newsletters;
• Timely proofreading and update of quarterly and annual reporting information;
• Accurate and relevant curation and management of high-quality web stories, results and achievements enhancing UN Women's position as the lead agency in gender statistics.

Competencies

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies

• Excellent knowledge related to current policies and practices in the area of gender statistics;
• Strong knowledge of the monitoring framework established for SDGs and the gender-related indicators;
• Good understanding of and commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment and its policy implications;
• Strong knowledge of development of communication and advocacy materials;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team and in a cooperative and productive fashion both with internal and external colleagues;
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, and ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environments; ability to build and promote partnerships across the organization and beyond;
• Ability to work under pressure on multiple projects whilst maintaining high-quality and timeliness;
• Ability to organize and manage knowledge management processes and tools.

Education And Certification

Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree or equivalent in information sciences or communications studies required;
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience

• At least 8 years of progressively responsible work experience at the national and regional level in communications and related fields;
• Experience in the development of regional and national strategies on the development of gender statistics and establishment of coordination mechanisms on gender statistics;
• Experience in communication related to Gender Statistics;
• Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset;
• Experience working in the UN System is an asset.