Emplois au PNUD - 51842- PR and Outreach Specialist

PR and Outreach Specialist - extended

Lieu :

Tashkent, OUZBEKISTAN

Type de contrat :

Service Contract

Date de commencement :

Date limite de candidature :

14-Dec-14 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

SC-6

Durée du contrat initial

6 months (with possible extension subject to satisfactory performance)

Langues requises :

Anglais Russe

Durée prévue de la mission :

6 months (with possible extension subject to satisfactory performance)

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

Project Title/Department: Rule of Law Partnership in Uzbekistan (ROL) Project/Good Governance Unit

Duty station: Tashkent

Work status (full time / part time): Full time

The overall goal of the project is competence and impartiality in judicial system. Project will provide technical assistance to the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan to enhance public access and trust, achieve greater alignment with international standards of integrity and rule of law in the civil courts. In addition, transparency of economic disputes will be increased in partnership with the Higher Economic Court. Law enforcement mechanisms will be improved to ensure comprehensive approach to enhancing accessibility of justice for citizens in partnership with the Judicial Department of the Ministry of Justice. To ensure sustainability, new court administration procedures and amendments to procedural legislation will be introduced into Civil Procedure Code and Economic Procedure Code and incorporated in the curriculum and resource materials of both Lawyer Training Center and Law University.

The ROL project will identify concrete challenges and implement corresponding activities that can measurably improve judicial functionality. Through agreed upon interventions, this project will help strengthen judicial independence and accountability, a critical step towards improving the rule of law in Uzbekistan and ensuring the nations’ further progress towards a democratic society. The project will work on improving services, making citizens feel invested in the court system and increasing citizen access to the courts (civil and economic). This will be achieved through improving judicial system performance, enhancing the knowledge and technical skills of judges, lawyers and court personnel and increasing responsiveness to citizen feedback regarding the judicial process.

The ROL project has 3 main objectives:

1) Increasing court responsiveness to citizen feedback on civil justice administration through development of institutional mechanisms for public awareness raising;

2) Enhancing the knowledge and technical skills of judges, lawyers and court personnel;

3) Improving court administration systems and performance.

While the project envisions the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan as its primary point of contact and main national implementing partner, it will also closely collaborate with the Research Centre under the Supreme Court; the Judicial Department under the MOJ; the MOJ Lawyer Training Centre; the Tashkent State University of Law; the Higher Economic Court; the Legal Problems Research Centre and other justice sector reform champions which possess the political will to implement reforms. Through working with a number of partners, the project can ensure that maximum impact is achieved, as well as a strategic, coordinated and holistic approach to increasing public access to and trust in Uzbekistan’s judicial system. The approach will not only include national partners, but will also cooperate with international organizations and donors, to provide for a coordinated response to national development needs. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the project will closely work with USAID in accordance with the Cooperative Agreement No.AID-176-IO-14-00001.

Under direct supervision of the Project Manager and overall guidance of the Head of Good Governance Unit, the PR and Outreach Specialist will be responsible for the satisfactory achievement of the entrusted tasks, as described below:

Devoirs et responsabilités

Assist project team to establish and maintain cooperative relationships with national partners, government agencies, international organizations, private sector, UN agencies and other development partners, to keep them informed on Project activities and encourage for active partnership;
Design, develop and contribute to implementation of comprehensive communication strategy of the Project, in consultation with Project Manager;
In consultation with Project Manager, organize various PR events including roundtable discussions, workshops, seminars and forums;
Monitor Project’s web-portal to make sure that it is kept up-to-date; upload materials of the events according to set requirements;
Liaise with UNDP Communication team to ensure regular and timely publicity of the Project’s activities and outputs in the UNDP web-site;
Develop and submit to Project Manager recommendations on new feasible solutions for increasing overall visibility of the Project’s activities;
Report to Project Manager on achieved results within PR and Outreach activities;
Ensure wide coverage of the events in the media through involvement of representatives from print and broadcast mass media to these events;
Prepare and publish, upon consultation with Project Manager, news, articles and press-releases on the Project’s activities and accomplishments for national/international printed and electronic media;
Ensure that all publications and promo-materials are designed in line with UNDP and USAID Style and Graphic Standards;
Ensure compliance with USAID’s Marking and Branding Guidelines as required by USAID Automated Directive System Chapter 320 Branding and Marking (ADS320);
Prepare quarterly list of public events to be organized by the project to Project Manager for submission to USAID;
Submit two success stories a year with photographs using USAID template, upon consultation with ROL team and Project Manager;
Collect clippings of press articles that mention the project and photographs that illustrate project’s achievements for further submission to USAID, upon consultation with Project Manager;
Assist national partners with developing a media strategy, enhancing websites and public outreach activities;
Assist in media coverage of public events of ROL project;
Ensure that project contributes to the promotion of gender equality by reaching, involving and benefiting both women and men in its activities (gender mainstreaming);
Assist in providing necessary contribution and input into the strategic planning process for the project and its implementation in accordance with the signed project document;
Assist ROL team in monitoring of the implementation of certain project components, analysing emerging problems that hamper their successful implementation and taking appropriate measures to ensure timely delivery of required inputs and achievement of project-wide results;
Perform other duties related to the scope of work of the PR and Outreach Specialist as required.

Compétences

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;

Functional Competencies:

Must be capable of combining efficient implementation of UNDP values on Democratic Governance, ensuring and facilitating the coordination and collaboration of diverse stakeholder groups and good team work with national and international consultants;
Result-oriented to meet the needs of client;
Excellent leadership, self-management, communications and presentation skills;
Good analytical and writing skills;
Computer literacy and ability to use modern technology and social media as a tool in every-day work;
Ability to share knowledge and experience;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure;
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to quick learning;
Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints;
Responds positively to feedback and different viewpoints.

Core competencies:

Demonstrating ethics and integrity;
Self-development, initiative and reasonable risk taking;
Acting as a team player and facilitating team work.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education: University degree in journalism, public relations, communications, language studies or other related field

Experience: Proven track of at least 2 years of work experience in the field of PR, outreach or mass media communication and/or judicial reform is required.
Previous experience in international development organizations and government agencies would be considered as a strong asset.

Language requirements: Fluency in English, Russian and Uzbek

Others: Excellent editing and presentation skills; Ability to use information and communication technology (ICT) as a tool and resource; Excellent interpersonal and cross cultural communication skills; Initiative, analytical judgment, ability work under pressure, ethics and honesty; Understanding of development and rule of law issues

Application Process:
All interested and qualified candidates are required to apply on-line through the UNDP website at www.uz.undp.org. The UNDP will only accept applications submitted on-line.

Please ensure that before making on-line application you have completed the UNDP Personal History Form (P11). The electronic version of the P11 can be downloaded from hhttp://www.uz.undp.org (Vacancies Section). The completed (P11) further to be uploaded while applying on-line.

The deadline for submission of application is COB, 14 December, 2014. Incomplete applications or applications received after the closing date (14 December, 2014) will not be given consideration. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be notified.

For more detailed information about UNDP Uzbekistan please visit our website at www.uz.undp.org. UNDP is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified female candidates, people with disabilities, and minorities are highly encouraged to apply. UNDP Balance in Manage Policy promotes achievement of gender balance among its staff at all levels.

The position is open for Uzbekistan citizens only.