UN WOMEN Jobs - 75358- Social Media Consultant (Spanish and French)

Social Media Consultant (Spanish and French)

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

06-Nov-2017

Application Deadline :

30-Oct-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

11 months

Languages Required :

English French Spanish

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. 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.

The Communications section at UN Women Headquarters in New York supports the positioning of women’s empowerment and gender equality as key issues on the international agenda and establishes UN Women’s role as the global authority in this context. This entails developing and promoting high-quality content in English, Spanish and French, communicate about UN Women’s work through digital and social media and engage a global audience online. The Communications section seeks to enlist a Social Media Consultant as maternity leave replacement as well as to support with social media outreach and community management in Spanish and French. S/he will assist the Social Media Manager in the daily management of the social media accounts in English, Spanish and French, produce content and implement strategies and campaigns for specific international days and events. S/he will draft messages for Twitter, Facebook, and other relevant platforms in English, Spanish and French, as well as support with the daily engagement of UN Women’s social media audience and the monitoring thereof.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Social Media Manager, the Social Media Consultant will be responsible for the following:

Maintain UN Women’s social media accounts by drafting messages for @ONUMujeres and @ONUFemmes, facebook.com/onumujeres and facebook.com/onufemmes.

Ensure representation and sharing of content from regional and country offices.
Liaise with the Latin American region as focal point and support the region with everything related to social media.
Support the guidance and review of field office social media accounts through the development of detailed feedback documents.
Develop regular analytics reports.
Monitor all social media accounts for questions and comments, respond to them and engage the UN Women audience on a daily basis.
Strategically expand the network of followers, including in support of resource mobilization.
Engage the online community and target influencers strategically.
Support the development of social media strategies and campaigns for relevant international days and big events.
Develop social media packages for relevant international days, campaigns and big events.
Produce visual assets in English, Spanish and French for use across social media platforms (created in Photoshop and through other tools). Coordinate with a designer on the development of more complex visual assets.
Support social media outreach and integration into big events with UN Women involvement, such as International Women’s Day, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and the UN General Assembly.
Support live tweeting from relevant events in Spanish and French.

Competencies

Integrity:

Demonstrates consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity:

Demonstrates an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrates / Safeguards Ethics and Integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrates corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Developing and Empowering People / Coaching and Mentoring:

Self-development, initiative-taking.

Working in Teams:

Team player and facilitates team work.

Communicating Information and Ideas:

Facilitates and encourages open communication in the team, communicates effectively.

Self-management and Emotional intelligence:

Creating synergies through self-control. Conflict Management / Negotiates and Resolves Disagreement.

Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning:

Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others.

Required Skills and Experience

Masters Degree in Communications, Journalism, International Affairs, or similar
Fluent in English, Spanish and French
At least 3 years experience in communications
Proven experience in the strategic use and monitoring of social media
Proficient in using new technologies and web-based platforms
Familiar with women’s rights issues
Familiar with the United Nations and UN Women
Self-starter; organized; able to multitask and balance multiple responsibilities