Communication Specialist

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Description

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• Co-lead on the development of a thought-leadership strategy for the senior leadership through the production and distribution of impactful content that drives engagement.
• Identify and maximize joint communication opportunities with partners, particularly during key events such as the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, the UN’s General Assembly, and other relevant forums.
• Provide strategic support on media and communication work linked to global or multi-country corporate, foundation, and major donor partnerships, ensuring that related activities are in line with PFP’s fundraising, advocacy, and brand positioning objectives, as well as UNICEF’s ethical and brand guidelines.
• In close consultation with internal and external stakeholders, manage communication around risk issues linked to partner engagement, contribute to the prevention of media/PR crises, and work with internal stakeholders, corporate partners, and PR agencies to successfully manage a crisis response when required.
• Build a proactive media and PR strategy and pitch stories to key B2B and niche financial media to help position UNICEF as a partner of choice among high-value audiences as well as showcase UNICEF’s work in partnership with the private sector globally.
• Lead on media training for key PFP staff and in National Committees; facilitate webinars and remote training to share knowledge with private sector countries.
• Lead on coordination of the Joint Strategic Plans (JSP) process and onboarding for senior staff from private sector fundraising countries.  
• Regularly collect and promote new ideas and best practices to the UNICEF network.
• Support with facilitating media requests from National Committees during peak humanitarian emergencies.
• Monitor and evaluate the use and effectiveness of media materials and share results and findings.
• Maintain close collaboration with HQ and other communication teams for effective overall coordination.
• Perform any other tasks that may be assigned.

• An advanced university degree is required in one of the following fields: international relations, digital communication, media relations, journalism, marketing, or another relevant technical field.
• Alternatively, a first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible professional work experience in communication is required.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing communication strategies or marketing strategies is required.
• Proven writing, rewriting, research, and text editing skills, particularly in writing for different audiences are required.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments with competing deadlines is required.
• Experience in coordinating communication activities for high-level events and forums is an asset.
• Experience in working and managing PR agencies is an asset.
• Experience in developing a media and PR strategy to drive and deepen engagement with public or private sector engagement partners is an asset.
• Experience in building strong relationships with traditional and social media entities and using media relations and channels to engage different audiences is required.
• Experience of working with the UN or UNICEF is required.

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is an asset.

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