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The duration of the assignment is until 31 December 2024. Whereas an external candidate will be offered a temporary appointment; subject to release agreements, staff members in UN Women may be administered as a temporary assignment and staff members in the UN Common system may be administered under a loan arrangement.
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
The Policy, Programme, and Intergovernmental Division (PPID) is responsible for providing the vision and strategic direction on UN Women’s programmes and policy initiatives globally and integrated support to regional and country offices. UN Women’s engagement with International Geneva reflects the deep partnership between the UN System and Switzerland, and an evolving ecology of international assistance and development. UN Women, as the recognized leader within the UN System for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, partners with Geneva-based UN Agencies and Organizations to leverage UN-System wide resources and capabilities. UN Women Geneva presence is focused on invigorating its role in this vibrant network and contributing essential knowledge and influence to catalyze progress in line with international commitments and agreed-upon standards for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls across the fields of humanitarian action, human rights, disaster risk reduction, economic empowerment, as well as peace and security. Some of the main goals of the office are:
In 2023, a record 339 million people need humanitarian assistance – a significant increase from 274 million people at the beginning of 2022.[1] Across humanitarian contexts, the gendered impacts of crises are starkly evident, and too often ignored. In recognition of this, there is a sustained call for UN Women to strengthen its role in the humanitarian system, particularly in light of its ascension to the IASC in October 2022.
UN Women’s Humanitarian Strategy 2022-2025 guides its response to the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, seeking to leverage its triple mandate to support humanitarian actors deliver for women and girls. Through this strategy,
UN Women seeks to:
Strengthening strategic communications on gender impacts of humanitarian crises and UN Women’s approaches and partnerships is included as a top priority in the operational plan guiding the implementation of UN Women’s humanitarian strategy during the last two years of the Global Strategic Plan.
Under the guidance and direct supervision of director of UNWOMEN Geneva/Chief of Humanitarian section, the communication specialist will lead the communication and advocacy activities of the UNWOMEN Geneva office and will collaborate closely with the Headquarters, Regional, Multi-Country Office and Country Offices’ (RO/MCO/CO) colleagues to ensure communications strategies, media relations and organizational outreach efforts are aligned with corporate communications policies and initiatives. The Communications Specialist also collaborates with RO/MCO and CO colleagues to support outreach campaigns, resource mobilization and donor relations initiatives with a strong focus on sudden onset emergencies and protracted displacement/humanitarian crises; The Communication Specialist mobilizes support in conjunction with intergovernmental processes and support the activities and special events organized for UN Women.
[1] OCHA (2022). Global Humanitarian Overview 2023. https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-humanitarian-overview-2023-enaresfr.
1. Lead the development and implementation of communication and outreach/advocacy strategies and plans, with a specific focus on media, including on communications in humanitarian crises
2. Lead the development and dissemination of advocacy materials in the UNWOMEN Geneva office with focus -among other areas- on UN Women’s humanitarian programming in relation to GIHA coordination and service delivery as well as partnerships with local actors, including local women led organizations
3. Manage media relations for the UNWOMEN Office
4. Build and maintain partnerships and maintain relations with donors
5. Oversee the UNWOMEN Geneva office online presence
6. Facilitate knowledge building and sharing
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.
Core Values:
Core Competencies:
Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:
Education and Certification:
Experience:
Languages
Application:
All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc. Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
Note:
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Diversity and inclusion:
At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.
If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.
UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
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