The United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office is looking for Communications Assistant Consultant/s for Quetta, Peshawar, Lahore and Islamabad (one at each location)
Detailed Job Descriptions are given below:
Background:
The UN is marking its 75th anniversary at a time of great disruption for the world, compounded by an unprecedented global health crisis with severe economic and social impacts. Will we emerge stronger and better equipped to work together? Or will distrust and isolation grow further? 2020 must be a year of dialogue, when we come together to discuss our priorities as a human family, and how we can build a better future for all.
Covid-19 is a stark reminder of the need for cooperation at both at national level and across the borders, sectors and generations. Our response will determine how fast the country and world recovers, whether we achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and how well we handle pressing challenges: from the climate crisis to pandemics, inequalities, new forms of violence, and rapid changes in technology and in our population.
In Pakistan, we plan to reach out and engage people from all sectors by holding dialogues and conversations across the country. The aim is to is reach the larger population and listen to their hopes and fears; and to learn from their experiences.
A. Scope of Work:
Under the overall guidance and supervision of Communications Officer and Head of RCO, The Consultant will be required to implementing the following:
Share the survey with national networks and work with national and local influencers to promote it to new constituencies. The survey link to be shared with UN agencies ‘partner networks, Diplomatic community, national and regional media, private school networks and civil society.
- Organising e a series of online (and physical where possible) discussions, tagged under the UN75 hashtag to understand the challenges and aspirations of groups that are typically left behind, including children, women, elderly, persons with disabilities, migrants, religious minorities, people living with HIV, victims of human trafficking, transgenders and refugees.
- Tagged under the UN75, organizing events like debate sessions, talk shows (physical & online) engaging people from all walks of like, particularly youth, media, govt. civic society to generate discussions on how we want to shape our future. Debates and discussions to be focused on SDGs / priority areas of UN’s work in Pakistan like, education, climate crisis, inequalities, gender equality, food security, health, social protection etc.,
- Partnering with media networks – print, broadcast and radio – to boost the outreach of UN75. All proposed media partnerships will have UN75 survey to their core.
- Engaging and partnering with existing youth projects with UN agencies and other national youth networks to organise dialogues to answer the three essential questions:
- What kind of future do we want?
- What are five key priorities and targets we would like to set for our future?
- What actions are needed to achieve targets and closing the gaps?
Through these networks also to encourage groups to organise their own dialogues using the UN 75 toolkit
- Engaging national UN goodwill ambassadors to and amplify the UN 75 message and survey through Twitter, Facebook conversations, video messages, hosting Instagram stories.
With the current situation around COVID-19 and all events and gatherings are not happening at large yet. It would be effective to tap into the digital space to organise a series of online events to hear people tell us the future they want, with the help of partners like Twitter and Facebook and youth partners to reach out to the vast youth population. Using the UN75 toolkit, UN Pakistan would organise digital conversations in cities across the country using social media influencers, bloggers, UNCT, show biz personalities , parliamentarians around questions :
- What kind of future do we want?
- What are five key priorities and targets we would like to set for our future?
- What actions are needed to achieve targets and closing the gaps?
Using the opportunity of UN events to promote UN75 survey and highlighting the UN 75. Key events during this period are UN Day, Human Rights Day, and to link with those that are organised by individual agencies.
Develop new products or update existing (from Trello board) communications products for outreach of the UN 75 messaging the key audiences. Manage greater visibility and outreach of the UN 75 messaging on UN social channels and website.
Monitoring and Reporting of all the activities across Pakistan.
Institutional Arrangement
a) Reporting to the Head of the RCO (HoRCO). **
b) Drafts final report to be submitted to the HoRCO for review, and approval.
c) Consultant will work closely with other communication Specialist in RCO, and will liaise with relevant UN agencies, and relevant Government institutes.
d) The RCO will provide office space to the consultant in Islamabad and will provide all the logistic and coordination support when and where required.
e) Occasional travel outside of duty stations would be required and costs for official visits will be covered by RCO.
F. Duration of the Work
This Contract will be for 4 months. Expected start date 22 September 2020 through 20 Jan 2021
G. Duty Station
a) The Contractor will be based in Islamabad.
b) Contractor will be required to present at office , as well as to follow alternate work modalities as specified by the RCO and to share the update of his/her work regularly with the HoRCO
c) Contractor would be required to report as and when required by the RC/RCO
H. Qualifications of the Successful Individual Contractor
a) Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in communication, journalism, international relations or related area
b) A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in programme communications and advocacy in the context of international development is required. Experience managing resources, including personnel and budget, to support communications and advocacy activities in a local context, is desirable.
c) Strong communication, organizational, analytical, conflict resolution and problem-solving skills;
Fluency in one of the working languages of the UN Secretariat, English or French, (both oral and written) is required; knowledge of the other is desirable. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.
How to apply:
How to apply
Period of assignment/services (if applicable): The duration of the assignment will be 4 months with effect from the date of signing of the contract.
Duty Station: Islamabad home based with frequent visits to UN offices, educational institues etc., in the respective cities.
Please submit your CVs via email to the following address:
pak.info@one.un.org no later than 12th Sept 2020 at 12:30 PM (Pakistan Standard Time). Hand Delivery is not acceptable**.**
Important note for email submissions: Please put “UN75: Communication Specialist in the subject line.