Background
Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Public Information Officer, the National Reports and Public Information Officer participates in the implementation of the corporate communications strategy, as well as in the design and implementation of OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (ROSEA) communications and publications which are geared to influence the humanitarian agenda, promote public and media outreach and mobilize support for humanitarian operations in the region.
Duties and Responsibilities
1) Be part of OCHA ROSEA’s surge capacity and deploy on surge to countries within and beyond the region:
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2) Ensure daily operational updates
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3) Ensure preparation of OCHA ROSEA’s contributions to OCHA corporate products, including Annual Report, Global Humanitarian Overview:
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4) Act as OCHA ROSEA Focal Point on key issues · Act as Focal point on Gender issues · support humanitarian initiatives in the region through provision of lectures and guidance materials on different subjects (for example, Civil-Military Coordination);
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Competencies
Core
Innovation
Ability to make new and useful ideas work
Leadership
Ability to persuade others to follow
People Management
Ability to improve performance and satisfaction
Communication
Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform
Delivery
Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement
Technical/Functional
Primary
Report Writing
Ability to prepare quality reports
Representation
Ability to productively share UNOCHA ROSEA’s knowledge and activities (at UN and other venues)
Priority setting
Ability to scan and synthesize diverse sets of information to arrive at strategic priorities and positioning recommendations
Gender Issues & Analysis
Knowledge of gender issues and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations, including analysis of projects from a gender perspective
Emergency Response and Coordination
Ability to provide operational support for organizational response to emergency situations. This includes consultant, roster management, deployments, fast track, operational aspects of SURGE RESPONSE
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Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master’s degree in Social Economics, Development Studies, Sociology, Political Science, Public Administration, International Studies, Law, Journalism, Media or related field. A Bachelor’s degree with two years’ additional relevant work experience may be accepted.
Experience:
At least 2 years’ experience in reporting and/or public information with an international organization engaged in relief work is required (4 years of experience if candidate holds bachelor’s degree or equivalent).
Excellent computer knowledge (Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with e-mail programmers (MS Outlook), Internet search engines and responsible virus-free Internet usage is required.
Experience deploying on surge assignments to support humanitarian operations in Southern and/or Eastern Africa is desirable.
Experience in the UN Common System is desirable.
Experience acting as an organizational focal point on key issues – e.g. gender, protection – is desirable.