TA: Communications Specialist, P3, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (364 days)

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For every child, hope...

The influx of Rohingya refugees from Northern parts of Myanmar’s Rakhine State into Bangladesh restarted following attacks at Myanmar Border Guard Police posts on 25 August 2017. As of 9 November, the Inter-Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) reported that 620,000 Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since the attacks. According to ISCG’s rapid needs assessment, 58 per cent of new arrivals are children and 60 per cent are women including a high number of pregnant (3 per cent) and lactating women (7 per cent). With the new influx, the current total number of Rohingya who have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh, coupled with the affected population in the communities, has reached a staggering 1.2 million. There are 720,000 children among the new arrivals, existing Rohingya populations and vulnerable host communities who are affected and need urgent humanitarian assistance including critical life-saving interventions.

The UNICEF’s appeal for the Rohingya refugees requires US$76.1 million to provide life-saving and other services to over half a million children. Insecurity and funding shortfalls remain among the significant challenges preventing UNICEF from reaching people in need. Moreover, UNICEF has developed Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) with a budget of US$144 million for year 2018.

How can you make a difference?

Securing, organizing and delivering high quality donor visits for current and potential donors and managing relationships with UNICEF’s global network of National Committees is a critical part of ensuring that we are able to manage to leverage the resources needed to support UNICEF’s emergency response. Under the general guidance and supervision of the Chief of Field Office, Cox’s Bazar the Communications Officer will be responsible for securing, organizing and delivering donor visits to UNICEF’s emergency response programmes for both existing and potential donors and for managing relationships with National Committees to support their efforts to raise awareness and resources to support UNICEF’s emergency response. This post is based in the UNICEF Cox’s Bazar office.

Contribute to increased external visibility of UNICEF’s programmatic response through ongoing communications and media engagement

• In close conjunction with the Chief of Field Office, UNICEF HQs in New York and Geneva, ensure ongoing management of media requests to support awareness of UNICEF’s programmatic response.
• Support production of media and communications assets including communications briefs, press briefings, photographs, videos and other relevant communications tools. 
• Work with UNICEF’s Communications, Advocacy and Partnerships section to contribute to increased visibility of UNICEF’s programmatic response for Rohingya refugee children.
• Support engagements with local and international media to ensure strong UNICEF visibility for UNICEF prgorammes. 
• Secure, coordinate and execute media visits to profile the situation for Rohingya children and UNICEF’s response in close coordination with relevant colleagues.

Secure, plan, coordinate and execute donor visits for both current and potential donors to maximize on resource mobilization / enhance donor relations.

• Under the guidance of the Chief of Field Office, the post-holder will work to secure, plan, coordinating and executing visits by current and potential donors from both public and private sectors.
• Research potential donor visits and ensure that we manage these accordingly
• Engage with programme sections to plan itineraries for donor visits, obtaining sign-off on visit objectives and securing participation of programmatic staff for 
• Manage communications with donors / potential donors with regards to visits ensuring logistical and administrative support pre-departure, during the visit and post-visit.
• Lead visits on the ground when donors / potential donors arrive in the field to ensure smooth delivery and follow up on resource mobilization efforts in conjunction with the Chief of Field Office, Country Management Team and Cox’s Bazar Programme teams.

Ensure organization-wide awareness of donor visits

• Maintain up-to-date visit planning documents and ensure that these are shared with colleagues regularly
• Ensuring tracking of participants attending visits and management of programme section leads for individual visits
• Update Cox’s Bazar Office on upcoming and completed visits at weekly meetings

Liaise with inter-agency colleagues to ensure UNICEF participation and visibility for UNICEF programmes within multiagency / multiple actor visits

• Work with communications / resource mobilization colleagues from within the ISCG to coordinate on multi-agency visits and ensure inclusion for UNICEF within agendas and strong visibility on programmatic interventions
• Work with other humanitarian actors to ensure UNICEF participation and visibility within relevant multiple-actor visits
• Build strong working relationships with ISCG / other key humanitarian actor colleagues. 

Establish and manage enhanced communications with UNICEF’s global network of National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) Country Offices

• Work closely with Resource Mobilization Manager (P4) and PFP to establish and manage enhanced communications with UNICEF’s global network of National Committees and relevant PSFR Country Offices to support resource mobilization efforts.
• Build strong working relationships with Emergency Fundraisers within UNICEF National Committees and PSFR to support resource mobilization efforts.
• Support National Committees and PSFR Country Offices with asset gathering, fundraising activities, media engagement in overall support of fundraising efforts.

Compile post-visit reports which provide an overview of the visit

• Manage production of post-visit reports which provide a high-level overview of the visit and recommendations to maximize on future potential resource mobilization efforts.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Education: Master's Degree in Social Science, Public Relations, International Affairs or any other related field
• Experience: At least 5 years’ relevant work experience within communications, fundraising or field work.  Demonstrated experience in media management, communications and donor relations management. Proficient in use of MS Word, Publisher, Excel and other related software packages. At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme preferred.
• Language: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The technical competencies required for this post are….

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish. Candidates may not be further considered or offers of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service