UNV COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT (FOR INDIAN NATIONALS ONLY) Closing date: Saturday, 28 February 2015, APPLY NOW!...

Closing date: Saturday, 28 February 2015

UNV COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT (FOR INDIAN NATIONALS ONLY)

Advertised on behalf of : UNV

Location : New Delhi, INDIA

Application Deadline : 28-Feb-15

Type of Contract : UNV

Post Level : UNV

Languages Required : English

Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)

16-Mar-2015

Duration of Initial Contract : One Year (With possibility of extension)

Background

UN Women is the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. UN Women is dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

All human development and human rights issues have gender dimensions. UN Women focuses on priority areas that are fundamental to women's equality, and that can unlock progress across the board. Five focus areas include violence against women, economic empowerment, leadership and participation, peace and security and national planning and budgeting.

The Communications Unit is one of the cross cutting Teams which leads and provides technical support to the Programme units in media outreach, disseminating strategic messages to various audiences, developing information and campaign strategies, developing knowledge products, and using the Internet and new media to raise awareness about the organization's role and activities.

Living Conditions: New Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region is a large and bustling metropolis of some 14 million people undergoing rapid changes. The capital city is an administrative, cultural and commercial center with modern amenities and well connected by air. It is a safe place with large expatriate community drawn from embassies, UN agencies, MNCs and foreign businesses. It has short moderate winter and long hot summer.

Conditions of Service: A twelve month contract; monthly volunteer living allowance (VLA) intended to cover housing, basic needs and utilities, INR 39,593; settling-in-grant (if applicable); life, health, and permanent disability insurance; return airfares (if applicable); resettlement allowance for satisfactory service.

Duties and Responsibilities

Social Media Management

Provide support to manage and update the social media accounts of UN Women India MCO on a daily basis
Draft and post messages via HootSuite for Twitter and Facebook
Research additional content on women's empowerment and gender equality
Monitor the global social media accounts for content
Monitor the India MCO and Regional website for content
Support in planning tweet chats, and tweet ups during important advocacy periods
Plan, manage and execute social media campaigns on different programme areas
Live tweeting during speeches made by the UN Women Representative
Monitor data, trends and activity relating to the three accounts

Support Website Management

Help update new articles, publications and photos on the India MCO website www.unwomenindia.org through the content management system
Draft news articles and stories of interest for the website
Support the creation of digital content like videos and photo essays for website and Flickr
Prepare weekly e-mailers about new content to share with internal staff and partners
Support in the preparation of e-newsletters

Communication Material & Knowledge Management

Edit and proof-read communication products such as articles, e-newsletters, brochures, annual reports, postcards, calendars, website and social media
Oversee design and production of key corporate materials targeted at donors, media and partners
Support planning and implementation of UN Women's Knowledge Management strategy, including dissemination and e-documentation of knowledge products
Track and disseminate communications materials as and when required
Update corporate materials and UN Women's information kit

Media Outreach Support

Support all events across programme teams targeting the media
Support the Communications Analyst in planning and executing these events by issuing invites, following up with journalists, preparing media kits
Update media databases on a regular basis

Provide Operational Support

Support in the procurement of communication services and materials and management of vendors
Undertake logistics related to events and press conferences
Updating contact lists and mailing lists
Undertake other administrative tasks as required

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to

Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark IVD);

Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;
Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Results/Expected Output

The key results have an impact on the reputation and standing of UN Women in the country. Improved digital outreach and sharing, high quality information material and well-organized public events leading to enhanced UN Women's position as a strong development partner.

Competencies

Experience in web-based management systems such as PHP, html and content management systems. Well-versed in photography and good knowledge of photo management.

Required Skills and Experience

Graduate Degree from a recognized University in Communications, Media, Journalism, International Relations, or related fields
At least 2 years of relevant experience in communications / public relations / publishing / editing. Excellent writing and editing skills, including writing for digital media Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) as well as other specialized software (Adobe Editor, photo and video editing software, Flickr, Word Press).

Language skills:

Excellent verbal and written skills in English. Knowledge of Hindi would be an asset.

This position is open to applicants of either sex. Preference will be given to equally qualified women candidates. Only short listed candidates would be contacted.

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that promotes volunteerism to support peace and development worldwide. In all assignments, UN Volunteers promote volunteerism through their action and conduct. Engaging in volunteer activity can effectively and positively enrich their understanding of local and social realities, as well as create a bridge between themselves and the people in their host community.

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