Regional Outreach Consultant at UN-Habitat

Within delegated authority, the consultant will be responsible for the following duties: 

• Implements a cohesive global communication strategy on social media platforms, aligning with the organization's recommendations to enhance websites for coherent dissemination.
• Engages local audiences in line with the Regional Programme Division's priority issues and projects, integrating the vertical integration of communication across global, regional, and country offices.
• Regularly updates social media platforms with platform-specific content, including text, images, videos, and graphics, contributing to the improvement of knowledge management and dissemination.
• Organizes and executes social media-related campaigns and events, coordinating with diverse partners, reflecting the focus on scaling up successful pilots and addressing critical data and knowledge gaps.
• Collects and produces content for social media platforms, including various formats like infographics and videos, enhancing result-based management and monitoring across the office, including field operations. 
• Participates in planning and implementing communication campaigns, selecting relevant excerpts and coordinating translation/adaptation, supporting the strengthening of field presence.
• Develops and maintains collaborations with high-level social media channels of partners, allies, and stakeholders.
• Acts as a focal point on social media matters, monitoring and reporting on the latest developments, responding to queries, and supporting the development of a long-term strategic plan field operations.
• Provides communication support to the chief of communications, especially in social media and contributing to the Annual End of Year Report.
• Contributes to relevant publications highlighting UN Habitat and RPD's approaches, emphasizing topics like gender inclusivity, and liaises with regional communication focal points for information.
• Contributes to weekly broadcasts by collecting information from country communication focal points, ensuring colleagues are informed about ongoing activities. 
• Strengthen internal coordination and accountability through strategic communication, involving refining and establishing reporting lines between headquarters-based divisions and offices away from headquarters
• Carry out tasks and responsibilities as deemed necessary by the supervisors, adapting to various assignments with flexibility and diligence."

Qualifications/special skills

• High School Diploma is required.  
• A first-level university degree in Communication, Journalism or International Relations or a related field is desired.  
• 2 years of experience in communications and social media marketing; ·
• Expertise in creating content for major social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Tik-Tok, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.) is required.  
• Strong experience in creating visual (photo and video) assets for use on social media channels;
• Knowledge and experience in using social media monitoring, analytics, and scheduling tools is desired.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the UN Secretariat. Fluency (both oral and written) in English is required; knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.

Deadline : Feb 23, 2024