Communications Assistant

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Mission and objectives

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Context

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. Together, UN Women in Tunisia and Libya form a Cluster Office with joint management and operational team. The UN Women Tunisia and Libya Cluster Office seeks to strengthen its human resources to effectively and efficiently leverage digital communications to contribute to the advancement of gender equality in both countries. Communication being a multi-dimensional and integral aspect of its interventions, the Communications Assistant would support the Communications Department to increase UN Women’s visibility to reach a wider and diverse audience, raise the voices of women and girls and influence wider conversations on gender equality in Tunisia and Libya. Reporting to the Country Representative, the Communications Assistant supports the formulation and implementation of the communications and advocacy strategies to increase the standing and awareness of UN Women with partners, the media and the public. The Communications Assistant promotes a client-oriented approach in UN Women.

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Country Representative or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer HR Associate will: • Provide administrative support in the development of a coherent communications and advocacy strategy • Provide background information for the development of the communication strategy; • Provide logistical support to advocacy efforts and campaigns by organizing roundtable discussions, press conferences, and other publicity events and providing inputs to briefing materials and press releases, as necessary. • Provide administrative support to the development advocacy materials • Draft human-interest stories; • Draft press releases, articles, key messages and other advocacy materials; • Review translations and coordinate with printers and other suppliers to ensure timely production of communications products; • Maintain library/ database of reference materials, photos and videos; • Follow guidelines from RO/HQ. • Provide support in the management of the Cluster Office social media presence and website • Gather information for the development of content for the Cluster Office web pages and social media channels; • Update social media channels, as required; • Draft and translate social media posts; • Maintain files, databases, and systems relevant to the Cluster Office’s digital presence; • Help manage the designer and external communications companies. • Provide media relations support to the head of office • Maintain and update database of relevant press in Libya and Tunisia; • Respond to request for information, as delegated; • Gather and compile inputs for talking points. • Facilitate knowledge management and sharing • Contribute to the identification of best practices and lessons learned • Organize trainings and workshops on communication practices • Provide/ exchange information with HQ and RO, MCO, and COs • Other • Perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor