Communication Consultant

Under the guidance the Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for West Africa (Sahel), and the direct supervision of the Regional Communication Officer (Education for Health and Well-being), the consultant will be responsible for assisting the implementation of regional communication and advocacy strategies, producing content and multimedia materials for on- and offline media, contributing to the organization of events and monitoring the impact of communication efforts to enhance the visibility of UNESCO’s activities in education for health and wellbeing.
The consultancy is home-based.

Specifically, the Consultant will undertake the following:

Support the visibility of the O3 Programme:

• Contribute to the implementation of the communication strategy and visibility of the O3 Programme
• Develop communication materials related to the O3 Programme activities (templates, presentations, visuals for social networks)
• Contribute to the writing of articles for the UNESCO website and write messages for social networks
• Assist the cluster in writing, editing and translating documents related to the O3 Programme

Support visibility and advocacy for the creation of an enabling environment for health education:

• Contribute to the implementation of the communication and advocacy strategy
• Support the regional communication and advocacy campaign “Education Saves Lives” by contributing to the production of communication and advocacy content and materials at the regional and national levels
• Contribute to the writing of content for the website and for social networks
• Support the creation of materials for journalists and a press list for the WCA region
• Contribute to the organization of O3 Programme events, including high-level regional events
• Support any other activities of the Education Sector at the Dakar Office as needed

Required Qualifications:

• An advanced university degree (equivalent to Masters) in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing or relevant Political or Social Sciences.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in communications, of which preferably two years at the international level
• Experience working with civil society, multi-lateral agencies, and international non-government organisations
• Understanding and mastery of traditional media and new digital communication tools.
• Track record in contributing to the development of successful digital or advocacy campaigns.
• Track record in writing and editing content for digital platforms (website, social media, news).
• Full working proficiency in French (oral and written) and working knowledge of English

Desirable Qualifications:

• Previous experience working with UN agencies on similar assignments
• Capabilities to use multimedia tools such as the Adobe suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) or Canva
• Familiarity with CMS

Source: https://careers.unesco.org/job/Dakar-Communication-Consultant-1/786725202/