Communication and Visibility Assistant

 Position Information

• Job Code Title: Communication and Visibility Assistant                             
• Contract Type and Level: Service Contract – SB3 (SC5)          
• Duration of contract:1 12 months (renewable upon passable efficiency and availability of funds) 
• Location: Beirut, Lebanon              

Organizational Context

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is the worldwide chief within the combat towards medication, organized crime, corruption and terrorism with widely known experience and specialization on points pertaining to worldwide cooperation in prison issues. UNODC operates in all areas of the world by means of an intensive community of area places of work. The work of UNODC is guided by a broad vary of worldwide legally binding devices and a set of United Nations requirements and norms on crime prevention and prison justice.

The UNODC Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) was established in 1997 with the imaginative and prescient of supporting the Member States within the area to be safer from medication, organized crime, corruption, and terrorism.

The Regional Framework for the Arab States 2023-2028 (henceforth ‘the Regional Framework’) units out UNODC’s mission to contribute to peace and safety, human rights, and improvement by making the area safer from medication, crime, corruption, and terrorism, together with by decreasing violence and inequalities inside society. This doc acts because the overarching strategic framework for cooperation between UNODC, collaborating Member States and the League of Arab States (LAS). It frames how UNODC will strengthen, prioritize, customise, and ship help to the Arab area in efficient response to among the most urgent challenges confronted by these international locations and in reference to UNODC’s mandates and specialities. It additionally lays out a roadmap to information UNODC programming and to speed up progress in the direction of Agenda 2030 in pursuit of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The UNODC Programme Office in Lebanon is implementing the initiatives:
“Enhancing access to justice, fundamental rights safeguards in the criminal justice system, and independent justice oversight mechanisms.” venture, funded by the European Union.
The venture goals to strengthen safety, stability, justice, and peace by means of:

• Enhancing entry to justice to weak teams with a deal with the prison justice chain and mediation mechanism
• Strengthen effectiveness and independence of justice oversight establishments and mechanisms 
• Enhance jail atmosphere, well being circumstances and sustainable wants responses are enhanced as per Mandela guidelines 
• Improve Detention circumstances, schooling/social programmes and providers for youngsters in battle with the regulation, together with the operationalization of the Warwar correctional facility for youngsters (boys), with specific consideration to the particular wants of ladies.

“Strengthen Lebanese Capacity to Deter Financial Crime” venture, funded by the bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL program) on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, with the principle goal of bettering the nationwide response in the direction of monetary crime in Lebanon.

“Support Institutional Capacities in Drug Control and Prevention in Lebanon” venture, funded by Norway, that goals to boost nationwide capacities to gather, analyze, and report knowledge on drug provide and demand.

To help the initiatives’ implementation, the Programme Office in Lebanon is in search of a National Communication and Visibility Assistant to help and strengthen the visibility of UNODC and its initiatives and preserve sturdy inside communication inside the Regional Office in Cairo, Egypt.

Key outcomes and affect

Under the direct supervision of UNODC Lebanon Head of Office, and the general steering of the Regional Representative on the UNODC Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA), and ROMENA’s Communications and Visibility Officer, the nationwide Communication and Visibility Assistant will undertake the next duties with a purpose to help the Office in elevating the profile of itsactivities and leads to the area.

In specific the incumbent will likely be liable for the next particular duties:

• Assist with the implementation of communication and visibility technique;
• Support inside and exterior communications to plan and set up occasions and worldwide days;
• Draft internet tales, press releases and articles in Arabic and English, with possibilities for French, to be printed on ROMENA’s web site and platforms.;
• Create social media content material reflecting the Office’s actions to be printed by means of ROMENA’s social media platforms in Arabic and English, with possibilities for French;
• Monitor media protection of Lebanon actions;
• Work intently with UNODC ROMENA’s Communication Officer to supply help for marking worldwide occasions and events of relevance to UNODC;
• Support the event of ROMENA visibility materials to boost its profile and to tailor its messages to focus on teams (youth, donors, high-level decision-makers, journalists);
• Assist within the communication and visibility efforts of the “Strengthen Lebanese Capacity to Deter Financial Crime” venture applied in Lebanon;
• Enhance the visibility of the actions of the drug-related venture in Lebanon. This consists of designing and implementing communication plans and creating related content material to showcase the venture’s achievements;
• Assist within the improvement of methods and actions to boost the profile of Lebanon workplace and its donors on social media and to tailor its messages to focus on teams;
• Ensure donor visibility in all actions and occasions and help in creating mandatory materials to take action; 
• Support within the group of assorted actions, together with fund-raising campaigns, high-level conferences, awareness-raising campaigns on crime prevention and prison justice in Lebanon;
• Attend the UN in Lebanon Communications Team conferences to increase UNODC function and partnership in communications and visibility associated initiatives amongst sister companies;
• Support the design and develop publications and visibility instruments and materials;
• Assist in translating and enhancing paperwork;
• Undertake different related UNODC communication-related duties, as required;
• Support administrative and logistical duties as per the distribution of duties at PoLEB; 
• Perform different duties as required.

Impact of Results

Smooth implementation of the venture, which in flip contributes to the Regional Programme of UNODC and the general PoLEB portfolio.

Competencies and Critical Success Factors

Corporate Competencies

• Demonstrates dedication to UNODC mission, imaginative and prescient and values. 
• Displays cultural, gender, faith, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional Competencies

• Professionalism: demonstrated understanding of operations related to the UN; technical capabilities or information related or transferrable to the UN procedures and guidelines; discretion, political sensitivity, diplomacy and tact to take care of purchasers; skill to apply good judgement; skill to liaise and coordinate with a spread of various actors, particularly in senior positions; the place applicable, excessive diploma of autonomy, private initiative and skill to take possession; resourcefulness and willingness to simply accept vast obligations and skill to work independently beneath established procedures; skill to handle data objectively, precisely and confidentially; responsive and client-oriented;
• Teamwork and respect for variety: skill to function successfully throughout organizational boundaries; wonderful interpersonal expertise; skill to determine and preserve efficient partnerships and harmonious working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, mixed-gender atmosphere with sensitivity and respect for variety; sensitivity and adaptability to tradition, gender, faith, nationality and age; dedication to implementing the aim of gender equality by making certain the equal participation and full involvement of girls and males in all features of UN operations; skill to attain widespread objectives and present steering or coaching to colleagues;
• Planning and organizing: efficient organizational and problem-solving expertise and skill to handle a big quantity of labor in an environment friendly and well timed method; skill to determine priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor (personal) work; skill to work beneath strain, with conflicting deadlines, and to deal with a number of concurrent initiatives/actions;
• Communication: confirmed interpersonal expertise; good spoken and written communication expertise, together with skill to arrange clear and concise experiences; skill to conduct shows, articulate choices and positions concisely; skill to make and defend suggestions; skill to speak and empathize with employees (together with nationwide employees), navy personnel, volunteers, counterparts and native interlocutors coming from very numerous backgrounds; capability to switch data and information to a variety of various goal teams.

Recruitment Qualifications

Education  

• Secondary schooling is required or A college diploma in communications, journalism, promoting, or associated area is fascinating (not requirement) 

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years (with highschool diploma) or 2 years (with bachelor’s diploma) of related progressively skilled expertise within the fields of communication, public relations, media relations/interactions, social media communication, or associated fields is required. 
• Excellent laptop expertise and workplace software program packages (MS Word, Excel, and many others);

Other fascinating expertise

• Experience in utilizing design software program, together with adobe and canva, and audio-visual recording tools.
• Experience working within the UN or different worldwide improvement group is fascinating;
• Experience in offering translation, graphic design help, video enhancing providers, web site updating, and in organizing occasions is an asset,

Language Requirements

• Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic. Good information of French is fascinating.