Antecedentes
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; the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development; human rights; as well as 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.
UN Women Programme Office in the Republic of North Macedonia in line with its priorities set in the UN Women Strategic Plan (2022-2025) and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (2021-2025), is coordinating the efforts of the UNCT on gender equality, supports the Country on the normative commitments and is working in thematic areas of governance and national planning, ending violence against women and women, peace and security. In fulfilling its mandate, UN Women is cooperating with UN, the government the CSOs and other key partners to advocate for women’s empowerment and advancement of gender equality.
Since 2018, UN Women is implementing the project “Promoting Gender Responsive Policies and Budgets: Towards Transparent, Inclusive and Accountable Governance in the Republic of North Macedonia”, which is structured around two outcomes:
- The Government’s public finance management and the strategic planning processes are improved to respond to the different needs of women and men as a result of effective application of gender responsive budgeting.
- Civil society organizations, women, including the most vulnerable actively participate in planning and decision-making mechanisms, and their priorities are fully reflected in public policies and budgets.
The project includes activities focused on enhancing the institutionalization of Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) at central level and local level as well as supporting CSOs to advocate and seek accountability for gender equality commitments.
The UN Women Project Office in North Macedonia is seeking to hire a Communications and Knowledge Management Officer. Under the direct supervision of the Head of Office and overall direction and guidance by the GRB Programme Analyst the Communications Officer will lead the implementation of the Country Office communications and advocacy work and strategies, outreach and visibility efforts, in order to increase the standing and awareness of UN Women with partners, the media and the public as well as the successful organization of key strategic events in which UN Women is involved in. S/he will work in close collaboration with the programme staff, technical advisors, experts and project partners in the Office, and will collaborate closely with the regional and country offices to ensure communications strategies, media relations and organizational outreach efforts are aligned with corporate communications policies and initiatives.
Deberes y responsabilidades
Summary of Key Functions:
- Lead the formulation, design and implementation of the Communications and Advocacy Plans and Strategy;
- Support Programme and Operations staff on Communications;
- Coordinate the preparation of key global, regional and nations events, including commemoration of key days such as the International Women’s Day and the 16Days of activism against Gender Based Violence;
- Lead the implementation of UN Women’s corporate and national campaigns
- Liaise with the United Nations Communications Group (UNCG) and the UN Women Regional and Headquarters Communications Team to feed national initiatives into corporate communications initiatives and vice versa.
- Maintain media relations and the production of information/communication materials/knowledge products
- Knowledge management
- Coordination and support
- Provide inputs to annual, donor and other reports as needed
- Produce photo documentation for all important office and project events and activities, and make use of them in relevant information
- Regularly update the partners contact list and media database.
Strategic Communication
- Elaboration of a communication strategy in accordance with UN Women Communications and Knowledge Management guidelines, and in line with office work plan and specific project objectives;
- Suggest a media plan to ensure visibility of project specific and office strategic interventions;
- Ensure strategic, innovative as well as regular media coverage of office and project related activities;
- In collaboration with programme staff, prepare key advocacy messages in relevant programmatic areas;
- Coordinate targeted dissemination of office publications and communication products, including UN Women and UN partners, donors, NGOs, academic institutions, private sector and other constituents;
- Draft brochures, fact sheets, articles, success and human impact stories to inform media and general public.
- Prepare communication and visibility materials under the Gender Responsive Budgeting Project;
- Prepare communication and visibility materials for other projects and initiatives of the Office
- Coordinate with communications and media specialists of other UN Women offices, part of the Regional GRB Programme and contribute to regional publications on GRB;
Media Relations
- Ensure timely preparation of press releases and updates on different UN Women events/dates as per agreement with the HoO and respective project staff’
- Ensure visibility of various interventions of the Office in coordination with the Head of Office
- Media relations and production of information and communication materials
- Systematically update UN Women North Macedonia Facebook page and provide regular updates for the UN Women Regional social media outlets;
- Coordinate with the media specialist in other UN Women offices
Knowledge management and knowledge sharing
- Support the development and management of knowledge products, research reports, policy analyses and information materials produced in the framework of the GRB project, in line with UN Women Knowledge Management Strategy and Donors’ Visibility guidelines;
- Support the development and management of knowledge products, research reports, policy analyses and information materials produced by the Office
- Conduct research to find relevant data and information needed to inspire and inform development of new knowledge products;
- Maintain a photo library and information/communications data base;
- Ensure that results-based programming approach is appropriately reflected in the communication strategy, work plan and knowledge products;
- Provide support to resource mobilization and identify/summarize programme activities and results;
- Prepare inventory of office knowledge products and ensure systematic dissemination and usage.
Coordination and administrative support
- Represent UN Women in the UN Joint Communications Group and take part in joint UN communications and advocacy initiatives;
- Extend support to promotional, knowledge sharing events or training workshops organized under the Office, Gender Responsive Budgeting project and other relevant initiatives;
- Provide assistance for the organization of public events, conferences and advocacy initiatives of the Office;
- Coordinate the activities related to the observation of IWD and marking of 16 Days of Activism to EVAW;
- Oversee and manage institutional contracts and consultancy assignments related to media and communications;
- Administrative support to the office team, including for initiatives such as press briefings, report launches, managing office media equipment/materials, minutes taking;
- Review of translations, contacts with printing companies and other suppliers to ensure communications and advocacy materials production.
- Contributes to corporate planning and reporting processes
*Any other responsibilities as assigned under this ToR.
**The implementation of the above-mentioned duties will include occasional travel within the country and abroad.
Key Performance Indicators
- Adherence to UN Women rules and regulations;
- Quality support to conferences and events;
- Quality organization of communication and knowledge products and reports;
- Timely support to the programme team.
Competencias
Core Values:
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
- Team spirit
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example
Functional Competencies
Knowledge Management and Learning
- Shares knowledge and experience;
- Seeks and applies knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside UN Women;
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills;
Development and Operational Effectiveness
- Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills;
- Communicates sensitively, effectively and creatively across different constituencies;
- Demonstrates very good understanding of and experience in communications and outreach/advocacy;
- Ability to perform a variety of standard specialized and non-specialized tasks and work processes that are fully documented, researched, recorded and reported;
- Ability to review a variety of data, identify and adjust discrepancies, identify and resolve operational problems;
- Uses Information Technology effectively as a tool and resource.
Leadership and Self-Management
- Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
- Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure;
- Proven networking skills and ability to generate interest in UN Women’s mandate;
- Identifies opportunities and builds strong partnerships with clients and partners.
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
Education and certification:
- University Degree, in communications, journalism, human rights, gender/women’s studies, international development or a related field;
- Masters’ degree would be consider an asset.
Experience:
- A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in communications, media relations or advocacy related work;
- Demonstrated experience in the field of gender equality, human rights, social inclusion, non-discrimination; familiarity with gender responsive budgeting approaches is considered an asset;
- Excellent writing skills in preparing briefs, reports, guidelines, articles or similar products for various audiences, both in Macedonian and English;
- Experience in organizing and managing media and public events and campaigns;
- Solid computer literacy, with proficiency in office software packages, experience in handling of web-based management and knowledge management systems.
- Minimum skills in photography, graphic design and photography desirable
- Previous experience or familiarity with the UN system is considered an asset
Language Requirements:
Fluency in English and Macedonian is required.
As this position is under Service Contract modality, only citizens of North Macedonia will be considered for the vacancy.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
UN Women is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
Interested candidates should submit their applications on-line, through the UNDP Web site www.undp.org.mk. The deadline for submission of application is 10 April 2023. For further requirements, detailed Terms of Reference and a copy of the UN Personal History form (P-11) are available on UNDP Web site www.undp.org.mk . Applications received after the closing deadline will not be considered. No telephone calls please.
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- Cover letter stating your interest in and qualifications for the advertised position. Please paste the letter into the "Resume and Motivation" section of the online application.
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