Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UN Women is dedicated to achieving gender equality and empowering women globally. The Communications for WEE and Migration consultant will assist in planning and implementing communications and advocacy strategies to enhance UN Women's visibility and impact regarding women's economic empowerment and migration issues.
Responsibilities
- Execute outlined activities in and maintain documentation of existing communication, campaign, project and social media plans, and update content schedules
- Draft social media captions and support content development for digital channels. Format and schedule social media content across relevant platforms
- Create basic visual assets for social media, presentations, emailers, and other communications products using Canva, PowerPoint, and related tools
- Format PowerPoint presentations, email newsletters, reports, and other communications materials, ensuring consistency with UN Women templates and branding requirements
- Support copyediting, proofreading, and formatting of communications materials
- Support content quality assurance by checking links, formatting, layout, and document structure
- Track website and digital content review cycles and coordinate feedback and revisions as required
- Liaise with designers, consultants, vendors, and other service providers to support the production of communications materials
- Organize and maintain files, folders, asset libraries, and shared workspaces (including SharePoint and other collaboration platforms)
- Collate, track, and process social media and digital communications analytics, preparing summary reports as required
- Coordinate internal review and approval processes for communications and knowledge products and content
- Support follow-up communications and dissemination activities related to campaigns, events, webinars, and meetings
- Provide logistical and communications support for events, webinars, workshops, and meetings
- Assist with the preparation and dissemination of event-related communications materials
- Support post-event communications activities, including follow-up messaging, content organization, and documentation of outputs and results
- Coordinate feedback collection and follow-up actions related to communications and knowledge-sharing activities
- The consultant performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation
Skills
- Master's degree or equivalent in digital communications, educational technology, journalism, public relations, or related fields
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
- Minimum of 2 (two) years professional experience in the field of strategic communications, advocacy or online communications, web publishing, electronic networks, or related fields
- Knowledge and expertise in UN Women's mandate areas a distinct advantage
- Working experience with the UN is an advantage
- Experience working in a multicultural, web-based environment, and graphic design
- Experience in online applications development and management
- Strong proficiency in English. Other UN languages are an asset
- Excellent English language writing and editing skills
- Excellent communication and advocacy skills
Benefits
- The consultant will be engaged under a retainer contract, which facilitates direct engagement of the consultant depending on need and availability within the contract period for a pre-agreed fee.
- The consultant will be home-based.
- The service will be purchased during the term of the Agreement.
- The service will be rendered “on call” basis.
- While on retainer, there is no guarantee of work, and selected consultants retain the right to decline assignments based on their availability and expertise.
- The consultant may be required to travel to the Asia-Pacific region for the purpose of the assignment, where required by the Regional Lead, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Migration. Travel will be arranged by UN Women following UN Women’s Travel Policy.
- A daily rate will be paid upon submission of deliverables with an approval of the supervisor.
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