Communications and Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at UN Women, Suva,

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.