Communications Specialist

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

UNOPS Hub in Amman

The UNOPS Hub in Amman implements projects in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen, in partnership with bilateral donors, national governments, and other UN agencies.  With an established presence across the region, the office runs operations including large-scale procurement, project development, and technical management, and provides financial, human resources, and infrastructure-related services. The functional objective of UNOPS Hub in Amman is to deliver its projects in an efficient and effective manner and in line with the principles, rules and regulations of UNOPS, in order to support the response to the current needs and national priorities in the region.

The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.

UNOPS is committed to achieving a fully diverse workforce.

Under the overall supervision of the Hub Director and direct supervision of the Head of Programme the incumbent will be responsible for the following:

• Provide substantive support to the Head of Programme in day to day management of Amman Operational Hub projects in Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, with focus on communications (external and internal);

• Coordinate inputs and produce briefings, presentations and background materials, as well as speeches for the Head of Programme and the Hub Director;

• Develop a communications strategy for the Amman Operational Hub, covering both internal and external communications;

• Provide substantive content for and manage the Amman Hub intranet page and individual country pages and social media, highlighting project achievements and other relevant information;

• Work with the communications officers in different projects to ensure regular publication of substantive materials on all outlets, highlighting the projects, their impact, and achievements;

• Develop key messages on UNOPS programming in the region, including for partners, local and international media;

• Draft press releases regarding ongoing projects, and work closely with the Partnerships Unit, the Project Managers, and the Head of Programme on visibility activities for all partnerships as stipulated in the partnership agreements;

• Support preparation of narrative donor reports to ensure alignment with UNOPS messaging and external communication strategy;

• Coordinate with HQ on publishing the press releases and other external communications on UNOPS website and social media;

• Produce fact sheets on specific projects and UNOPS services in the region,  and provide substantive content for the project(s) website(s), highlighting project(s) achievements and other relevant evidence-based information;

• Ensure or enhance the quality and relevance of country-specific communication materials and activities,

• Ensure efficient translation and interpretation of official documentation and publications from English to Arabic and vice versa;

• Serve as the focal point for the United Nations Communications Group, and actively promote UNOPS within that inter-agency fora;

• Develop and maintain contact list of journalists and media outlets including print, TV, radio, web etc., and institutionalize a process of communicating and maintaining regular contact and close collaboration with the media to showcase and highlight the success and lessons from the ongoing UNOPS partnerships;

• Ensure a well maintained and continually developed contact list of individuals, groups, organizations and fora (including Government, UN, and bilateral counterparts) for purposes of communication;

• Maintain relationships with the relevant HQ offices and external partners to gather information and provide advice on communications products and outreach;

• Maintain close interaction with Programme/Project staff to share information and knowledge as related to projects and communications; and,

• Perform other functions, as required.

• Advanced university degree (Master degree or equivalent) in communications, journalism, public relations, international development, political science, international relations or other relevant discipline.
• A first level university degree with a relevant combination in communications, journalism, public relations, international development, political science, international relations or other relevant discipline with 2 years of additional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Contract type:Individual Contractor Agreement (ICA) Contract level: Local ICA Specialist 10 (LICA 10)
Contract duration: Ongoing ICA – Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• This position is open to Nationals only.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Amman is a family duty station.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.