Key Duties and Tasks:

• Ensure that the Regional Office has a clear, regional communication strategy to get children’s issues into the public domain and strengthen political will in support of UNICEF’s mission and objectives; Awareness, understanding, support, and respect for children’s and women’s rights are effectively promoted; UNICEF’s work for children’s rights are kept on the policy agenda; and the organization’s credibility and brand are enhanced.
• Ensure that regional policy guidance, advice, and technical support are provided to country offices in the area of communication on an ongoing basis. Opportunities to develop communication capacity among country communication staff, other colleagues, media, and other relevant partners are regularly identified and addressed.
• Ensure regional support and response to global and country-level fund-raising activities are effectively provided and coordinated, ensuring DOC, GRO, National Committees and country offices receive required advice and support.
• Provide effective advice to country communication teams for monitoring and evaluating their communication activities; regional communication strategies and activities are monitored and evaluated; regional results and lessons learned are identified, collated, and shared with communication colleagues in the region and DOC in a timely manner. Opportunities for continuous improvement in communication efforts are identified and shared.
• Develop new ways are identified to increase positive exposure and leverage that achieve prominence to new opportunities for UNICEF among a range of organizations, media, and high-profile individuals whose recognition level/influence extends beyond national borders. Ensure that close coordination and partnership are maintained with DOC, GRO, National Committees, and country offices to extend their impact and use in a sub-region, region, or globally. Ensure effective participation in the planning, implementation, materials, and logistics of visits of Goodwill Ambassadors, National Committees, etc.
• Identify opportunities for the region to support UNICEF’s global communications priorities, campaigns, and partnerships.
• Ensure that the human resources (the communication team) and financial resources (budget planning, management, and monitoring) for the region’s communication are both effectively managed and optimally used.
• Implement UNICEF programme (regional) plans, ensuring communication on gender and equity issues is mainstreamed across all programmes.
• Ensure communication and advocacy emergency preparedness and response plans are in place and address gender issues that may be expected to intensify during emergencies.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, or other related fields of disciplines. A first University degree plus at least 12 years of demonstrated professional experience in the field of journalism, communications, external relations, public affairs, public relations, or corporate communications.)
• Ten years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience.
• International and national work experience in both developed and developing countries.
• Professional experience in communication, print, broadcast, and new media.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset.

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