Deadline: 18 Febuary 2019
UN Women is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Communications and Monitoring & Evaluation Officer in Suva, Fiji. The duration for this post is 1 year.
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Communications and Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will perform the following functions-
- Preparation and conduct of communications needs assessments for the Project (country programme and corporate change initiatives, etc.).
- Provision of information for elaboration of Project communications and outreach strategy based on the corporate communications strategy.
- Development of communication materials for marketing and awareness-raising campaigns, including briefing materials and press releases in coordination with the supervisor.
- Organization of roundtable discussions, press conferences, briefing sessions, interviews.
- Provision of inputs and researched information in programme formulations to integrate advocacy and communication strategies into all aspects of UN Women’s development programme.
- Review of Project reference materials, identification of reference materials for retention.
- Develop the Fiji M4C communication and media activities and related work plans based on the Regional M4C Communications Strategy.
- Plan, implements and monitors Fiji M4C communication and media activities, including monitoring and collecting electronically all national news relevant to M4C.
- Support the development of all project related material and publications.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have:
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in Gender, Social Work, International Relations, Management, Development, Public Administration, political or social sciences or related field.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Gender, Human Rights, Social Work, International Relations, Management, Development Studies, Public Administration, political or social sciences or related field.
- Master’s Degree or Higher + years of experience requirement: Up to 2 years of relevant experience in national, regional and international development issues.
- Some experience in monitoring and evaluation with a background and interest in the analysis of socio-economic issues and related policy matters.
- Relevant experience at the national or international level in public relations, communications or advocacy.
- Bachelor’s Degree + years of experience requirement: Up to 4 years of relevant experience at the community, national, regional and international development issues.
- Some experience in monitoring and evaluation with a background and interest in the analysis of socio-economic issues and related policy matters.
- Relevant experience at the national or international level in public relations, communications or advocacy.
- Sound knowledge and practical experience in economics, gender analysis, planning and programming.
- Proven experience with planning, design and implementation of M&E systems, M&E methods and approaches and data/information analysis is required.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems.
- Fluency in English and I-Taukei is required.
- Working knowledge of another UN official working language is also an asset.
- Nationality of Fiji.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit UN Women.