National Communication Officer

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The ILO has a long-standing history of cooperation with it constitutes in Iraq – the government, employer, and worker representatives – in promoting decent work and addressing the labour market needs of the country.
In December 2019, Iraq and the ILO launched the country’s first Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP). DWCPs are the ILO’s main vehicle to implement its decent work agenda and to deliver policy, institutional and development cooperation support to member states.
The DWCP for Iraq focuses on three areas of priority: ensuring that private sector development supports the creation of new jobs; extending and strengthening social protection and addressing child labour; and improving social dialogue in order to promote rights at work.
Under the DWCP, several projects, supported by ILO’s development partners, are being implemented. These include PROSPECTS, Social protection reform, BEIT, Promoting SMEs, AICS and others.
In line with the ILO’s objective to increase the visibility of its work on the ground, the ILO is seeking a national officer to work with ILO project teams, ILO regional and global communications departments, UN and national partners, donor communications focal points and the media to highlight projects’ objectives, activities and impact through the development of multi-media products.
The role of the communication officer will be to ensure a holistic approach to communications in line with ILO and donor communications and visibility guidelines and requirements.
The National Communication Officer will report to the Country Coordinator in Iraq. S/He will work closely with the Projects CTAs/Managers in Iraq. S/He will be receiving technical guidance from the Regional Communication & Public Info Officer based in ROAS/Beirut.
Duties:

Review ILO Decent Work Country Programme and country specific projects and priorities and develop a communications strategy and plan that identifies key areas of work, communications products, and stories that support the increase of the country programme’s visibility; with clear objectives, target audience, messaging, communications products and channels for dissemination and outreach. The Iraq country communication strategy and plan should be in line with the ILO Global Communication Strategy and aligned with regional strategic communication objectives.
Draft press releases, event pages and project pages for the ILO website in close collaboration with the country teams, based on their needs and priorities.
Plan, develop and gather human-interest content such as feature stories, videos, photo-essays and other, that highlight the impact of the projects. This includes working with teams in the field to identify potential stories, interviewing women and men workers who are involved in ILO projects, drafting content and building an archive of material including photographs and footage, with relevant background information, consent forms etc.
Manage the ILO Iraq social media platforms by ensuring regular updates and developing assets and stories. Ensure the ILO Iraq country page on the ILO Regional website for Arab States is updated with various content produced.
Work closely with ILO teams to develop talking points, key messages, briefs, factsheets, and newsletters; and contribute to the development of other products/publications as needed.
Lead the development of content by working closely with designers, videographers, photographers, animators and others, to ensure products’ alignment with ILO guidelines and standards.
Work closely with the communications department at the Regional Office for Arab States and with the Department of Communication (DCOMM) at ILO headquarters in Geneva to ensure collaboration on multi-media products and ensure country-specific products are promoted on regional platforms, and global platforms.
Work closely with the UN teams in Iraq to produce joint products, campaigns etc.
Build relations with the media, handle media requests, monitor media coverage of ILO Iraq activities.
Work closely with donor focal points to ensure alignment of content and visibility requirements and support communication requests as needed.
Participate in ILO training workshops to acquire skills necessary to manage relevant ILO information platforms as required.
Perform other duties as required.

Required qualifications:
Education:

First level university degree in media, communications, journalism, or a relevant field. An advanced degree in the forementioned fields would be a strong advantage.

Experience:

At least one year of professional experience at the same level working in media, communications or journalism.

Technical requirements:

One or more of the following skills would be an advantage: shooting and editing video footage; photography; website content management; graphic design; social media analytics.

Languages:

Excellent written and spoken English and Arabic – with ability to draft high quality content in English, translate from Arabic to English (press releases, video subtitles etc). Knowledge of Kurdish is a plus.

Source: https://jobs.ilo.org/job/Baghdad-National-Communication-Officer/1025592201/

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