Deadline: 21 June 2016
United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Community Engagement Platform Coordinator in New York, United States.
The Community Engagement Platform Coordinator will support the work of a group of key partners in the identification of strategic priorities and organize and lead key partners meetings.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Coordinator will perform the following functions-
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholder in the humanitarian and development community with particular focus on ensuring broad and active involvement of civil society organizations.
- Work with key partners to identify and develop the most effective global level structure for the Communication and Community Engagement Platform.
- Build and manage a portfolio of donors most interested in financing the specific area covered by the Communication and Community Engagement Platform and seek to demonstrate the value of engaging with and its impact on cost effectiveness and value for money.
- Draft and implement a fundraising strategy.
- Advocate for the importance of a strengthened approach to communication and community engagement in humanitarian response by identifying advocacy champions and best practices.
- Raise awareness of an advocate for the adherence to available standards and application of available guidance, methodologies.
- Provide technical advice and recommends relevant tools and methodologies for field practitioners.
- Integrate communication and community engagement into preparedness and response.
- Coordinate the development of guidance on/mainstreaming of AAP/Communication and Community Engagement into existing guidance documents (HC, Heads of UN country offices, cluster coordinators etc.).
- Interact with Humanitarian Country Teams to develop requests.
- Support deployment of Communication and Community Engagement Advisors.
- Develop and implement a knowledge management strategy.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- University degree (minimum preference at Master’s Degree level) in the area of international development, humanitarian affairs, law or similar.
- Work experience may substitute for higher degree qualification.
- Minimum 8 to 10 years of relevant experience including having worked with the UN and/or NGO with specific focus on coordination, program management and donor’s liaison.
- Experience with Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), communication and engagement with affected communities, including feedback and complaints mechanisms.
- Fluency in English (verbal and writing).
- Strong working knowledge of French would be an advantage.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit UNICEF.
