Background

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.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of Key Functions:

Support to the formulation and implementation of internal and external wide communications and advocacy strategies:

• Develop and implement corporate communication strategies including the proposal of adjustments where appropriate;
• Prepare and conduct communications needs assessment for the various programmes;
• Implement communication and visibility plans to achieve positive results of different programmes and projects;
• Define and Develop communications messages relevant to the specified projects (mentioned in the organizational context);
• Craft proper branding and messaging for the programmes and address donors requirements in visibility and branding if needed;
• Support implementation of national UN Women communications strategy and develop actions and tools for reach out to target audience;
• Assist UN Women Egypt in the development of its communications materials including brochures, website, newsletters, press releases and online reports;
• Maintain awareness of UN Women’s activities in media;
• Support the office’s tactical response to media issues;
• Coordinate and support organizing special events and press conferences;
• Build up and improve media relations to promote results of UN Women projects in media;
• Contribute to other communication activities where such contribution is deemed necessary;
• Facilitate organization of public events, workshops, roundtables, knowledge-sharing and promotional opportunities, press conferences, and briefing sessions.

Ensures the design and maintenance of UN Women platforms such as web sites, intranet, and social media outreach focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Contribute to updating, editing and development of public content and information on website and other platforms;
• Draft and edit press statements and releases, speeches, and info packages;
• Capture on opportunities for communications growth, including radio, television, publications, photographs, websites, etc., to advocate and promote UN Women Egypt’s mission an projects;

Facilitates development of publications, knowledge building and knowledge sharing:

• Plan development of publications based on corporate publications policy;
• Support development, production and dissemination of knowledge products for the different projects;
• Support technical supervision of editing, translation and proofreading of information received, printing and dissemination of publications and audio-visual materials as well as support contact with printing houses and other suppliers to ensure production.

Competencies

• Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct;
• Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work;
• Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:
• Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

• Ethics and Values: Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity;
• Organizational Awareness: Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment;
• Development and Innovation: Take charge of self-development and take initiative;
• Work in teams: Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Communicating and Information Sharing: Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication;
• Self-management and Emotional Intelligence: Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others;
• Conflict Management: Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution;
• Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making .

• Strong skills in writing, editing and communications;
• knowledge of women’s rights issues;
• Communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies;
• Ability to work in difficult surroundings and flexibility;
• Ability to assemble and work with a highly-creative team.

• Demonstrates excellent judgment, particularly with regard to being able to prioritize according to importance and urgency;
• Highly organized, with particular ability in devising systems to ensure follow up;
• Enjoys multi-tasking and managing several projects at one time;
• Focuses on impact and result;
• Ability to work as a positive and valued member of task teams and demonstrates conflict resolution skills;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors;
• Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view
• Displays high level of discretion. ;
  

 

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• A university degree in communication, management or development related areas – Mass communication, Public relations, Economics, Public Policy, Development Management etc.

Experience: 

• A minimum of seven years of full-time professional experience with a proven professional record in working in the field of media and communication, with media channels and online communications platforms; experience in working with women’s organizations is an asset.

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency (written and spoken) in English and Arabic required.

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

• Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
• Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

• Criteria:   At least three years of relevant experience in process documentation (Weight: 30%. Maximum obtainable Points: 30);
• Criteria: Relevant education in social science, including gender, law, political science etc. (Weight 5%; maximum obtainable points 5);
• Criteria: Excellent written and spoken English and Arabic. (Weight 5%; maximum obtainable points 5);

Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combines score (financial and technical). The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

• A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work;
• A brief methodology on how you will approach and conduct the work (limit to under 1500 words).
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment; and

• Personal CV.
• All previous documents should be combined in one word document and uploaded on the site.

• Proposed daily fee.