Technical Officer - Communications Job at Federal Ministry of Youth Development

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Job Title: Technical Officer (Communications)

Scheme: Junior Professional Officer's Programme (JPO-P)  

Recruiter: Federal Ministry of Youth Development

State: BORNO

Agency: WHO

Applicants are advised in their own interest not to give any form of gratification or inducement to any person or group of persons to assist them in the recruitment exercise.

Women and persons physically challenged are encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Programme/Department: Gender, Equity and Human Rights Team

Country and Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland

Duration of assignment: One Year Renewable based on satisfactory performance

Objective of the WHO Programme/Department:

The goal of WHO in mainstreaming Gender, Equity and Human Rights is to support Headquarter clusters and regional units to address the underlying social and economic determinants of health through policies and programmes that enhance health equity and integrate pro-poor, gender-responsive and human rights based approaches. This is WHO's strategic objective 7. To this end, the GER Team is supporting specific objectives including:

Objective 1: To improve WHO staff and member state's awareness, knowledge and skills on gender, equity and human rights more specifically on issues such as organizational change, programme and policy development, equity and gender based analysis of health data.

Objective 2: Increase the number of WHO countries and member states that effectively implement GER responsive interventions through the setup of systematic planning, monitoring and accountability mechanisms; and,

Objective 3: To improve health outcomes and increase the number of countries policies and programmes that address Gender Equality, Equity and Human Rights issues through direct technical support to countries using flagship programmes such as the UNSG Strategy on Women's and Children's Health as entry points.

Assignment Summary: Under the supervision of the Team Leader for Gender, Equity and Human Rights, the JPO assist in developing internal and external communications products, including reports, proposals, and all documents as determined by the team leader, and has supports the implementation of the communications strategy, including department website, social media and other communications tools and products.

Duties, Responsibilities and Output expectations:

Specifically, the JPO will:

• Assist in developing and implementing a communications strategy, aligned with the overall mandate of the GER team. Create communication content (written, photos, and data) including, but not limited to reports, proposals, charts, analysis documents, and others as needed by the department.

• Work with team on improving or optimizing content for distribution.

• Suggest content (including photo galleries, stories, videos, infographics) for the purpose of distribution. Manage communications activities from beginning to end

• Analyze and report on outreach and impact of communications activities

• Develop intranet page and external websites into a robust and effective tool, including icons representing UNSWAP indicators

• Manage content and promotions on the website and ensure that website information is current and accurate.

• Work with Regional offices to develop web pages for effective communication with focal points across the organization, developing key messages and effective strategies to reach across the organization

• Build innovative and engaging social media programs

• Oversee Social Media efforts to ensure department goals are being met

Candidate profile:

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• Minimum: Advanced university degree or college degree in Marketing, communications, Business, or Writing required.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Excellent IT communications skills

Work experience: Minimum: At least two years relevant work experience including website development, social media, electronic media.

Skills required for the assignment:

Minimum:

•   Demonstrates strong conceptual understanding to gender, equity and-or human rights

•   Capacity to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment

•   Pro-active and supportive of team needs

•   Communication and public relations skills

•   Capacity to adapt to new work environments

•   Capacity to work collaboratively with team members to achieve results

•   Desirable: Lead initiatives under guidance of technical officers

•   Age: Must not be more than 32 years on the date of application

•   Information Technology skills, including word processing, database application (excel) presentation software (power point) and internet appreciation.

•   An interest in adapting to varied physical environments; and a desire to work with people with different language, national and cultural backgrounds;

•   Evidence of ability to think strategically, work independently and demonstrate a sense of self-assuredness.

•   Respect for the UN principles of the United Nations Charter and the participating UN organisation's mission statement.

WHO competencies required for the assignment:

1. Producing results

2. Fostering integration and teamwork

3. Communicating in a credible and effective way

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