United Nations Childen’s Emergency Fund

United Nations Childen’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Chief of Communication, P-5, New Delhi
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.
For 60 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Name of Post – Chief of Communication
Vacancy No: E-VN-2011-000501
Duty Station: New Delhi
Country: India
Region: ROSA
Job Level: P-5
Position#: 00020222
Application Close: 06-May-11
Contract Type: Long-term Staff (FT)
Purpose of the Position
Under the general guidance of the Representative, you will be responsible for the conceptualization, planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation of an advocacy and communication strategy to promote respect for children’s rights and support UNICEF’s mission in the country.
Key Expected Results
1. Develop a strategy to get children’s issues into the public domain and strengthen political will in support of UNICEF’s mission and objectives, including communication assessment and analysis, development of a communication plan, strategic use of resources and involvement in key programme processes, especially situation analysis, reviews and evaluations. Monitor and evaluate its impact.
2. Advise, guide and supervise the preparation of situation analysis and development of the strategy and plan for communication components of the country programme on the basis of research and analysis of political, economic and social situations in the country. Make managerial and technical contributions to annual and medium-term programme reviews and evaluate the effectiveness of the component of the country programme.
3. Develop close collaboration with mass media through activities such as organizing visits to project sites, facilitating photo coverage and TV footage, and utilize both web-based and traditional media as appropriate to generate and maintain public interest in children’s issues and tell the story of UNICEF’s cooperation to a wider audience.
4. Develop partnerships with individuals, groups and organizations whose support is essential to the achievement of advocacy and communication objectives, and strengthen their capacity through appropriate advocacy and communication training, access to updated information, supplies and equipment and through experience-sharing.
5. Adapt and disseminate advocacy materials from NY, Geneva and the Regional Office to identified target audiences, arranging translation into local language (s) as necessary. Identify the need for additional materials/activities, such as radio and television programmes, publications, photographs, websites, etc., to advocate and promote organizational goals within the country, and manage their production and distribution to the target audiences.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
Advanced university degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations or other related fields of disciplines*.
Ten years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience.
International and national work experience in both developed and developing countries.
Professional experience in communication, print, broadcast, new media.
Background/familiarity with Emergency situations.
Fluency in English and another UN language.
*A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
Has highest-level communication skills, including engaging and informative formal public speaking
Consistently achieves high-level results, managing and delivering projects on-time and on-budget
Creates and encourages a climate of team-working and collaboration in a multi-cultural environment
Has high-level leadership and supervisory skills; provides others with a clear direction; motivates and empowers others; recruits staff of a high caliber; provides staff with development opportunities and coaching
Sets, develops and revises organizational strategy and develops clear visions of the organization’s future potential
Analyzes and integrates potentially conflicting numerical, verbal and other data from a number of sources
Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups. Actively nurtures good relationships with people across all organizational levels and boundaries, and with government leaders and stakeholders
Negotiates effectively with people inside and outside the organization by adopting a range of approaches
Anticipates and actively monitors long term local and global developments, constantly seeking new opportunities for advancing UNICEF’s mission.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.

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