UN WOMEN Jobs - 76478- UN Women: Outreach, Visibility and Online Content

UN Women: Outreach, Visibility and Online Content Specialist

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UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

FTA International

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

17-Jan-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

P-3

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 year

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP 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. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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.

To support member states in implementing the 2030 Agenda, UN Women’s Flagship Programme Initiative “Making Every Woman and Girl Count” (MEWGC) aims to affect a radical shift in the availability, accessibility and use of data and statistics on key aspects of gender equality and women’s empowerment. The Programme envisions a multi-year and multi-country programme of work, supported by global and regional activities linking normative and technical work on gender statistics at the global level to the regional and national levels through three interlinked areas of work:

Building a supportive policy and institutional environment for the localization and effective monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Increasing the quality, comparability and regularity of gender statistics to address national data gaps and meet reporting commitments under the SDGs; and
Ensuring that gender statistics are accessible to users in governments, civil society, academia and the private sector, to strengthen adequate demand for their production.

As part of MEWGC, UN Women is developing a gender data portal to serve as a communication and data visualization tool, including for UN Women’s forthcoming report Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG report) on monitoring the SDGs from a gender perspective, as well as other key messages around the SDGs; and enable the interpretation and synthesis to track and reveal new findings/insights.

Under the supervision of the Chief Statistician, the Online Content, Outreach and Visibility Specialist is responsible for coordinating the development and managing the content of UN Women’s Data Portal and implementing the outreach and communication strategy of MEWGC. Responsibilities include: coordination of the gender data portal; outreach strategy and communication and knowledge management support.

Duties and Responsibilities

Manage and maintain the gender data portal:

Serve as project management focal point for the development of UN Women’s gender data portal and showcase for “Making Every Woman and Girl Count” (MEWGC);
Liaise with relevant internal partners, such as IT and Communications, as well as the vendors responsible for building the portal;
Coordinate user-testing of the site with internal and external partners to ensure that the portal fits the needs of its end-users;
Manage the timeline for the development of the gender data portal to ensure that it meets the launch deadline;
Coordinate the launch of the portal and develop the outreach and engagement strategy for the launch to raise awareness of the portal and its features among target user groups;
Oversee the content management and maintenance of the portal once built;
Work closely with IT to develop and maintain site standards and ensure that all web content meets the established standards;
Support UN Women staff and other external partners in accessing key, on-line tools and for trouble-shooting navigation of the portal.

Develop and implement outreach strategy and lead communication activities:

In close coordination with the Communications section, develop and implement the outreach strategy and maintain a calendar of outreach and advocacy events and opportunities for the gender data portal, as well as for the UN Women flagship reports featured on the portal (Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Progress of the World’s Women);
Curate, edit and manage all web content and update the pages of the data portal, including news from implementing offices, updates related to the flagship reports, data elements, the digital library and other content types;
Working with the Communication section, plan and develop web and data stories based on the knowledge produced through MEWGC and the flagship reports, aimed at being published on the portal, as well as on partner data journalism sites and other outlets;
Provide quality, standardized content from MEWGC to populate the portal. This includes working with the MEWGC team to determine structural elements for web landing and web entry pages, for instance country pages, as well as editing and writing content for the portal’s web pages.
Apply taxonomies to uploaded resources;
Maintain and update the data on the portal using a content management system.

Provide knowledge management support:

Working with the pathfinder countries and other implementing offices, create a content calendar to develop and update the project pages to highlight progress in implementing the MEWGC programme;
Develop and manage the quarterly newsletter for MEWGC;
Support the (P4 project management specialist) in knowledge management efforts;
Coordinate communities of practice (as needed) through the portal to facilitate knowledge sharing, improve coordination, support normative advances and contribute to improvement of gender statistics in all areas;
Carry out other knowledge management and coordination tasks as advised by the supervisor.

Key Performance Indicators:

Timely and efficient development and maintenance of the gender data portal, including establishment of workplans, timelines and budgets, in line with the Programme’s objectives;
Timely development and implementation of outreach and communication strategy;
Timely and accurate update of web and data stories;
Timely distribution of quarterly newsletters;
Accurate and relevant curation and management of high-quality web stories, results and achievements enhancing UN Women’s position as the lead agency in gender statistics.

Competencies

Core Values:

Respect for Diversity;
Integrity;
Professionalism.

Core Competencies:

Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
Accountability;
Creative Problem Solving;
Effective Communication;
Inclusive Collaboration;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf.

Functional Competencies:

Strong organizational skills;
Strong skills in coordination and project implementation;
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to provide briefings on complex issues;
Client orientation with constructive approach to resolution of problems and dedication to providing timely support;
Good understanding of and commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment and its policy implications; Familiarity with gender statistics
Excellent writing and editing skills;
Strong knowledge and use of computer office tools (Word, referencing software, spreadsheets) and multimedia production tools;
Experience maintaining and populating content management systems and knowledge of Google Analytics
Demonstrated ability to work in a team and in a cooperative and productive fashion both with internal and external colleagues;
Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, and ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environments; ability to build and promote partnerships across the organization and beyond;
Ability to work under pressure on multiple projects whilst maintaining high-quality and timeliness;
Ability to organize and manage knowledge management processes and tools.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in media, journalism, international development or a related field.

Experience:

At least 5 years’ experience in coordinating communications products and content, demonstrating progressively increasing responsibility;
Experience should include a web component.

Languages:

Fluency in English is required;
Knowledge of another UN official working language is an asset.

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from?http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment?Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.