JPO – Gender and Communications Analyst – Ethiopia

Organizational context

The UNDP Regional Service Center for Africa is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With additional offices in Dakar, Senegal and Nairobi, Kenya, it serves 45 Country Offices in sub-Saharan Africa, develops high-quality knowledge and policy, and is the organization’s main interface with regional and continental bodies such as the African Union and the Regional Economic Community. Communities. The Center also implements a continent-wide Regional Program that supports Africa’s transformation agenda by: 1) enhancing inclusive and sustainable growth, 2) expanding political participation and giving everyone a voice, and 3) developing institutions of responsible that provide the desired services and promote comprehensive processes of state-society dialogue. UNDP-Regional Service Center consists of about 120 national and international staff. JPO staff will be based on the Gender Team. The gender team consists of 9 national and international staff including the regional advisor and the team leader.

The Gender Team of the Bureau of Policy and Program Support (BPPS) is the institutional anchor of UNDP’s work on gender equality and women’s empowerment. it provides policy advice and technical support to all UNDP Bureaus and leadership on how to mainstream gender in all areas of their work. The gender team works to implement gender equality as a core objective of UNDP through a two-pronged approach (i) mainstreaming gender in all key practices; and, (ii) dedicated interventions that empower women and promote gender equality. In addition, the Gender Team is responsible for all corporate planning, supporting corporate programming, reporting on gender and supporting senior management in ensuring accountability for gender mainstreaming. Finally, the Gender Team supports the administrator and senior management in addressing gender equality and the empowerment of women in their convening and representational functions.

Purpose of the position

JPO staff will be part of the Gender Team at the Regional Service Center, UNDP, reporting directly to the Regional Gender Adviser and Team Leader. The Gender and Communication Specialist will work closely with all staff in the Gender Team and with the regional Media and Communication Team to support the positioning of RCSA’s gender work and contribute to the overall implementation of the regional advocacy strategy.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1) Contribute to the overall implementation of the regional program on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa and promote positive results in this regard (40%)

Example tasks:

Contribute to advocacy and promote the visibility of the Advancement for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa, the Spotlight Initiative and the Regional Program

Work across gender team thematic areas to identify and document best practices, lessons learned for further knowledge building and dissemination.

Assess communication needs and priorities for the RSCA Gender Team

Develop and produce communication and advocacy materials on the regional GEWE project in different thematic areas of the Gender Team and coordinate its distribution.

Design and layout of materials (eg reports, posters, infographics, images, dynamic presentations, etc.) for internal and external audiences, as well as for presentation, print and online use.

2) Effective communication and advocacy to facilitate knowledge building, awareness-raising activities for the advancement of gender equality and the empowerment of women in the region (40%)

Example tasks:

Generate knowledge, data and information from ongoing programs and projects and contribute to the development of Policy Briefs, fact sheets, press releases, media and communication products and tools applying gender sensitive communication principles.

Facilitating knowledge building and knowledge sharing including the use of new technologies

Ensure appropriate communications before, during and after regional and national events such as knowledge sharing meetings, seminars, trainings, conferences and other special events related to the Project.

Help collect ‘top change’ stories to support annual reporting and edit/promote project-specific and related news updates.

Promote the project’s digital presence through social media and UNDP’s existing Twitter account, LinkedIn and Facebook pages.

3) Supports advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts in support of the Regional Service Center in implementing the RBA Communication Strategy (20%)

Example tasks:

Contribute to the development of regional and global communication products, tools and visibility materials related to GEWE and its thematic areas

Implement communication programs to publicize priority issues and/or key events, to include designing communication strategies (including social media), coordinating efforts, monitoring and reporting on progress, taking appropriate follow-up actions, and analyzing the outcome

Provide input for regular monthly reports, stories, articles, etc.

Initiate, design, edit communication materials, including infographics and multimedia products using UNDP communication branding standards

Coordinate with regional office communications team to ensure gender mainstreaming and data on women’s empowerment, new issues and progress are well incorporated in all communications, advocacy initiatives

Performs other duties as and when required and assigned by supervisor.

Core competencies

• Achieving results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work within the deadline.
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is a pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
• Constantly learning LEVEL 1: Open and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
• Adapt with agility LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, deals constructively with ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
• Act with determination LEVEL 1: Shows strength and motivation, able to deliver calmly in the face of adversity, confident
• Engage and Partner LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding of others, forms positive relationships
• Enable diversity and inclusion LEVEL 1: Value/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Functional/technical competence

• Communication – Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Digital Marketing and Social Media Management – Proficiency with digital communication platforms and tools
• Leadership – Ability to build strong and lasting relationships and ability to interact at all levels within the organization
• Autonomy – Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy
• Technical Writing – Strong knowledge of creating accurate documentation related to products and services, such as press releases, web content, technical documentation, etc.

Requests

educatIon

• Master’s Degree or equivalent Advanced Degree in Gender Studies, Sociology, Anthropology and/or Communications, Mass/Media Communications, Public Relations, Journalism or related field.

Experience, knowledge and skills

• A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience, ideally with at least one year of regional or development experience in similar development contexts
• Experience with media and social media software, applications and communication tools with computer literacy, particularly related to professional office software packages (Microsoft Office).
• Experience in graphic design for digital and print platforms
• Demonstrated experience in communicating Gender Equality work tailored to diverse audiences is a distinct advantage
• Experience in UN related communications

Language requirements

• Excellent working knowledge of English and French (as communication/advocacy products will be in both languages).

Nationality

• This position opens under the Young Professional Officer (JPO) scheme sponsored by the Government of Canada and is exclusively for Canadian citizens.

Age of the applicant

• maximum 32 years on 31 December 2022

Required attachments:

• Short cover letter
• Copy of your passport
• Copy of your Master’s degree