Consultant – Senior Communications Consultant, (Local) (UNICC Partnership)

Result of Service

UNRWA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from both women and men.
UNRWA encourages applications from qualified women. Only those applicants shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. UNRWA is a non-smoking environment.

Work Location

Gaza

Expected duration

6 to 11 months

Duties and Responsibilities

• Managing social media platforms for UNICC and UNICC management, standards, and communications as a service.
• Supervising of Communications team at UNICC and providing them with the guidance and support to perform their tasks
• Supporting building templates, posters, presentations, and communications products.
• Reviewing news articles, newsletter production and email contact management (Mailchimp), sales sheets, information briefs, etc.
• Following up awareness raising and public information strategies and campaigns.
• Ensuring that communication and visibility initiatives, projects and activities are targeted at pre-identified audiences and contain tailored messages.
• Ensuring that communication and visibility activities are effectively monitored, and that impact is properly evaluated.
• Ensuring that content and messages developed follow donor and UNICC branding guidelines.
• Assist in the development of new communications activities aimed at expanding UNICC’s
digital reach and engagement
• Perform other duties as required

Qualifications/special skills

Academic Qualifications:

A university degree or master’s degree from an accredited educational institution in English language, area of Communications, journalism, graphic design, or other relevant fields;

Experience:

• A minimum of 6 years of experience for a bachelor's degree and 4 years for a master's degree in managing websites with user-end approach, managing web content and operating websites or other related fields;

• Experience in ICT, technical writing, standards and policy writing, experience with online CMS programs, photo and video editing, graphic design, WordPress.
• Experience in Office (Word, PowerPoint, etc.), Adobe Suite products - InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. Word Press, Drupal, SharePoint, and other CMS tools; Final Cut video, animation tools and social media

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with contemporary knowledge management technologies and UN content management systems.
• Experience of synthesizing, quality assuring, editing, and compiling relevant information for intranet use.


Competencies:

• Interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Communication:
o Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
o Good understanding of communications strategies, preferably in a UN setting.
o Effective communications skills to communicate effectively with staff at all levels of the organization.
o Excellent writing technical and business skills and creativity to assist in managing communications materials in a fast-paced environment
• Teamwork, accuracy of detailed project work, interest to learn new things and be part of a humanitarian mission.
• Corporate Competence
• Demonstrate integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards
• Advocates and promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
• Treats all people fairly without favouritism.

Language:

• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

• The duration of the consultancy is 6 to 12 months, extendable according to performance and availability of funds.
• Remuneration for his consultancy will be $1,600.00 monthly salary.
• The Consultant will be based in Gaza.

Additional Information

UNRWA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UNICC that aims to enhance livelihood and human development opportunities to Palestine refugees in Gaza. By this new collaboration, UNRWA becomes a provider of Information Management, Technology services and capacity augmentation to UNICC technical team, on a cost recovery basis through IMTD/IT Service Center (ITSC) in HQ-Gaza.

United Nations International Computing Center (UNICC) is a UN agency that provides IT services to other UN agencies on a cost recovery basis.

UNRWA Information Management and Technology Department (IMTD) is seeking a Senior Communications consultant for support in ongoing and new communications projects with an emphasis on writing news stories, delivering social media, designing graphics and videos, supporting UX and information management/publication at the UNICC pubic website, and managing projects for the communications program.

The consultant will report administratively to Head Information Technology Service Centre at Headquarter Gaza and technically to United Nations International Computing Center (UNICC).

¿ Please indicate if you are a Palestinian Refugee and provide your registration card number if applicable.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.