National IC Position: Communications Consultant IC, Kabul Afghanistan

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments to accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations, and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains, and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, and exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to delivering excellence in program results.

Job Purpose:

Under the overall guidance of the Country Representative, the consultant will work directly with the Communications Specialist for the overall development, management and execution of strategic communications, visibility, advocacy and media outreach efforts.

You would be responsible for:

Communication:

 Assist in drafting and editing articles, talking points, press releases, human interest stories and other information materials.

 Coordinate with concerned programme teams to prepare background communication and promotional materials for briefings and visits of key

stakeholders (internal and external) such as donors, partners, and other special interest groups.

 Develop good practices documentation and other knowledge products and present them into multimedia materials to strategically reach key

audiences.

 Help organize and generate public support for special events and activities to promote Country Programme goals and raise visibility for UNFPA’s work in Afghanistan.

 Assist in planning, managing and synthesizing the reporting and editorial work for the Country Office, including translation of materials into local languages, as needed.

Coordination:

 Support programme coordination, including the provincial offices.

 Provide quality control and editing support to all internal and external reporting.

 Coordinate and liaise with the different programme teams to ensure that their communications and visibility requirements are supported.

 Liaise with external partners and donors on communications and visibility requirements.

 Analyze media and conduct political and social environment screening.

Donor relations:

 Assist the Representative and the programme teams in developing materials in support of resource mobilization, including supporting donor meetings, where needed.

 Work with the finance team to monitor the use of donor and other resources and facilitate the programme teams to report on the results of donor funding.

 Perform other tasks that the Country Representative may assign.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

Master’s degree in communications, journalism, marketing, social sciences, international relations, or related field.

Knowledge and Experience:

 Two years of professional experience in journalism, editing, communications, external relations, etc. for an international organization, foundation, NGO/CSO, private company, government office, etc.

 Knowledge of current developments in reproductive health, population and development, and gender.

 Ability to research, analyze, evaluate and synthesize information on issues

relevant to UNFPA’s mandate.

 Ability to express ideas and concepts clearly and concisely in written and oral form.

 Ability to proofread and correct English-language copy.

 Ability to package messages suitable for social media and web platforms for organizational promotion.

Skills

 Proven skills in communication and liaison functions.

 Relating, networking, persuading and influencing.

 Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment.

 Knowledge of computer systems and applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Suite).

Languages:

Fluency in written and spoken English and knowledge of the local languages (Dari and Pashto) are required.

Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g. electronic, hard copy etc.): The consultant will submit all outputs electronically in PDF, JPG, MP4 or other formats as appropriate. The consultant is required to provide a summary of outputs every month.

Disclaimer:

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Fraudulent notices, letters or offers may be submitted to the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm

In accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.