Communications Associate

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

UNFPA’s goal is to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health, realize
reproductive rights, and reduce maternal mortality to accelerate progress on the ICPD
agenda, to improve the lives of adolescents and youth, and women, enabled by population
dynamics, human rights, and gender equality.

UNFPA launched efforts to achieve three transformative results, ambitions that promise to change the world for every man, woman and young person:

1.) Ending unmet need for family planning
2.) Ending preventable maternal death
3.) Ending gender-based violence and harmful practises

UNFPA recognizes that innovation is a key accelerator to achieve these results. UNFPA will harness innovation to meet tomorrow’s challenges and boost its impact, especially in addressing furthest behind populations, and leverage opportunities, social capital, funding and technology by (a) strengthening the corporate innovation architecture and capabilities, (b) scaling up innovations that have proven to be effective and impactful, (c) forming new partnerships and connecting with relevant innovation ecosystems, (d) strengthening and leveraging financing for innovation, and (e) expanding communities and culture for innovation.

The UNFPA’s Mission is to United Nations Population Fund which is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA aims to: 1) promote an awareness of social and economic implications of population problems and their solutions, 2) extend aid to developing countries, and 3) coordinate UN and other organizations' activities to plan and implement population projects. 4) UNFPA works to prevent and respond to gender-based violence through its work with policymakers, justice systems, health systems and humanitarian partners. 5) UNFPA also focuses on eliminating harmful practices, including FGM and child marriage, and helps to engage men and boys to advance gender equality.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Partnerships Resource Mobilization Analyst or his designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer will work within the following tasks;

1. Digital Communications & Branding:
• Helping to maintain a professional and consistent UNFPA brand across websites, social media, and other online platforms;
• Supporting the design and formatting of digital content to ensure a visually appealing and uniform look (e.g., fonts, icons, images, layouts);
• Assisting in the use of videos, graphics, and multimedia to promote UNFPA’s work effectively.

2. Content Creation & Storytelling:
• Support with writing and editing newsletters, fundraising materials, programme information documents, and other communication products;
• Assist with collecting and writing human interest stories that highlight UNFPA’s impact on the ground.
• Supporting the development of engaging social media content, including posts, visuals, and campaign materials.
• Assisting in writing and compiling reports, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with UNFPA’s communication goals.

3. Social Media & Event Coverage:
• Helping to manage and update UNFPA’s social media platforms with timely and relevant content;
• Assisting in live coverage of key UNFPA events and initiatives on digital platforms:
• Supporting outreach activities, awareness campaigns, and engagement strategies.

4.External/ Internal Communications & Knowledge Sharing:
• Helping to integrate and align digital content across different external and internal platforms:
• Supporting collaboration between regional and country teams on communication initiatives.

Results/expected outputs:
• As an active UNFPA team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNFPA and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:
Results/Outputs can be modified as appropriate; should not entirely mirror the task description but serve as a basis for workplan and deliverables]
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment;
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.