UNICEF works in over 190 nations and territories to save kids’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by way of adolescence.
At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and pleased with what we do. Promoting the rights of each child is not only a job – it’s a calling.
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For each child, a voice.
Advocacy and Communication are on the heart of UNICEF’s mandate. We advocate to determination makers for ‘the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential’. We talk to key public and non-public audiences to construct assist for the reason for kids.
In the context of Libya nation workplace, the Advocacy and Communication Specialist reviews to the Representative, who’s at Level 5.
How are you able to make a difference?
The Advocacy and Communication Specialist (Head of the Unit) is accountable for coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating advocacy and communication methods to obtain optimistic outcomes for kids and younger folks.
key features/accountabilities:
- Advocacy technique improvement
- Advocacy technique implementation
- Communication technique improvement and implementation
- Digital communications
- Media relations
- Advocacy and communication M&E
- Project and price range administration
- Advocacy and communication capability constructing
- Stakeholder engagement
- Other
If you want to to know extra about this place, please evaluation the entire Job Description right here:
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
Education: An Advanced University diploma in Public Policy, Political Science, International Relations, International Development, Public Administration, Economics, Communication or different related fields.
Work Experience Requirements :
- At least 5 (5) years of progressively accountable and related skilled work expertise in advocacy/ campaigning and communications.
- Experience in main the event and implementation of advocacy methods, with particular, measurable and time-bound targets and efficiency indicators.
- A observe document of reaching or contributing to tangible coverage change.
- Proven expertise in deploying a variety of advocacy and communication techniques primarily based on the confirmed methods of influencing media and public opinion.
- Experience in constructing and sustaining a community of stakeholders, and in working with coalitions.
- Prior expertise of managing workforce members and their efficiency.
- Experienced and present in digital and social media content material and viewers developments in addition to in managing on-line platforms and channels.
- Experience in media relations.
- Strong communicator with emphasis on having the ability to current advanced coverage concepts in succinct, participating methods by way of marketing campaign narratives and inventive techniques.
- Demonstrated expertise in design and administration of tasks, together with price range administration and monitoring and analysis of outcomes.
- Knowledge of kids’s rights, public coverage, worldwide improvement and humanitarian points.
Language Requirements: fluency in written and spoken English & Arabic languages is required
Desirables:
- Experience in advocacy on the worldwide stage is an asset.
- Experience in coaching and facilitation is an asset.
- Experience working in Libya or in a growing and emergency surroundings is an asset.
For each Child, you reveal...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the pieces we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to obtain outcomes for impression
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
(8) Nurtures, leads, and manages folks.
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 turn into a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF gives paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations. Click here to be taught extra about versatile work preparations, well-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embrace those that have long-term bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with varied 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 improve the variety of staff with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-related 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 e 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 promote the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and might be anticipated to adhere to these requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to present 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. 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 might be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s energetic dedication to variety and inclusion is crucial to ship one of the best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate Female 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 correct to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or mandatory inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing charge at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account info.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate performing on the stage of the publish within the related practical space, or an inner/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the publish, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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Advocacy and Communications Specialist, Level NO-3, Fixed-Term #00131192, Tripoli, Libya (open to Libyan nationals solely)
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