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For each child, voice…
Guinea is a center degree earnings nation with important child deprivation. With a Human Development Index of 0,477 it ranks 178th out of 189 nations (2019). Since 1984, UNICEF has collaborated with different UN companies, non-revenue organizations, religion-primarily based organizations, youth organizations, and different companions to assist the federal government in its efforts to assist child growth. Guinea’s inhabitants is estimated to be 13.6 million in 2023 (64% rural and 52% feminine), with an annual development price of two.9%. People below the age of 18 signify 51.3% of the inhabitants. Young folks aged between 10 and 18 account for 23%. The potential demographic dividend is overshadowed by the challenges of increasing fundamental social companies, strengthening social safety and bettering employability.
The 2024-2028 nation program contains interventions throughout schooling, safety, well being, diet, water and sanitation, and social coverage applications. In the sector, by way of the zone places of work in Labé, Kankan and N’Zérékoré, UNICEF ensures the lively implementation of applications throughout the nation together with essentially the most distant areas. In its 2024-2028 nation programme, UNICEF Guinea will increase using advocacy and communication to assist coverage growth and lift consciousness of kids’s rights. It will even institutionalize child and youth participation to make sure that their voices are heard. External partnerships will facilitate the mobilization of assets to attain systemic affect by way of collaboration. UNICEF will contribute to the combat in opposition to the disenfranchisement of adolescents and younger folks, together with their proper to participation.
How are you able to make a difference?
Under the steering and supervision of the Chief of Communications, Advocacy and Partnerships, the aim of your place is to help in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating an advocacy and communication technique to lift consciousness of kids’s and girls’s points, strengthen political will in assist of UNICEF’s mission and targets within the nation, and improve the group’s credibility and model.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS:
- Communication supplies
Ensure that the manufacturing of communication merchandise and supplies is well timed executed and adopted as much as assist nation communication technique, regional and world campaigns and priorities and to assist useful resource mobilization as set out within the work plan.
- Monitoring and analysis
Regular monitoring and analysis actions are undertaken in response to the work plan to make sure most affect and steady enchancment of nation communication efforts. Ensure outcomes and experiences are ready and shared on a well timed foundation.
- Celebrities, companions and particular occasions
Ensure that the Country Office’s contact record of people, teams, organizations and fora (together with Government, UN, and bilateral counterparts), are maintained and additional developed, whose assist is crucial to/can help in attaining the advocacy and communication targets and who assist and are in a position to actively take part in particular occasions and actions that additional the nation programme targets.
If you wish to know extra about this place, please evaluation the whole Job Description right here: 
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
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Education:
University diploma in Communications, Journalism, Multimedia, Public Relations or a associated discipline.
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Work Experience:
Two years sensible skilled work expertise in communication, print and broadcast media, or interactive digital media.
International and nationwide work expertise.
Background/familiarity with Emergency conditions.
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Language Requirements:
Fluency in French is required and English is an asset
For each Child, you exhibit…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every part we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-consciousness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to attain outcomes for affect
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges.
UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, spiritual or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to develop into a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF gives paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations. Click here to be taught extra about versatile work preparations, properly-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embody those that have lengthy-time period bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with numerous obstacles, might hinder their full and efficient participation in society on an equal foundation with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has dedicated to extend the variety of staff with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-associated assist necessities of candidates and staff with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you might be an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility assist in finishing the web application, please submit your request by way of the accessibility electronic mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals below 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination primarily based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, spiritual or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background check, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station is required for IP positions and will likely be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice will likely be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the employees is the need of securing the best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s lively dedication to variety and inclusion is vital to ship one of the best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates are inspired to apply.
Government staff who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or essential inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an affordable interval for any motive.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing payment at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF won’t ask for candidates’ checking account info.
[CO/ HQ specific: visa residence requirements: i.e.: UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.]
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the degree of the put up within the related useful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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Communication Officer, NoB, TA (364 days), #104671, Conakry, Guinea – WCAR
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