Antecedentes
Under the direct supervision of the Communications Officer, the intern will be expected to provide support to the communication functions of the Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO).
Deberes y responsabilidades
Assist the RCO Communications Hub in the following tasks:
- The development and dissemination of communication material for both online and offline channels
- Generate social media visibility and manage content for all UN Sri Lanka social media assets
- Conducting of any campaigns and events the Communications Hub undertakes
- Provide support in developing public service announcements capturing key messages of UN Sri Lanka’s work
- Conducting of events in collaboration with the UN Communications Group
- Coordination of outreach activities
- Planning and implementing new initiatives
- Managing cross-agency collaboration efforts and cross-agency coordination meetings related to communications
- Writing press releases and feature articles related to activities/events
- Any other duties as may be assigned to the Communications
Competencias
- An ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and work under pressure
- Ability to think and work logically and work precisely
- Highly organized, energetic and articulate with exceptional attention to detail
- Must be able to take initiative and be a problem-solver
- Team Player
- Quick learner
- Please capture below statement as well.
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
Applicants to the UN internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); in the field of communications, public relations, languages, journalism or equivalent;
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);
- Have graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.
- Relevant working experience in the field of communications and public relations is preferable
- Excellent command of written and spoken English required and proficiency in Sinhala and/or Tamil is an advantage
- Ability to write clearly and concisely
- Knowledge in photoshop, illustrator, video editing software is a plus
- Initiative, sound judgment and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members of different national and cultural backgrounds.