Overview
The Senior External Relations Assistant assists in managing external relations activities, including organizing visits, providing briefings, and drafting reports for external partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft briefing notes, press releases, bulletins, reports, newsletters and prepare any other public information material, as required
- Facilitate and accompany visits of foreign delegations, partner NGOs, donors and the media to refugee camps
- Draft and translate routine correspondence and texts
- Assist with developing and implementing UNHCR's social media strategy conceptualize and pitch stories for UNHCR's global website
- Ensure that public information materials including fact sheets, information brochures, briefing materials from the Branch Office, etc. are available
- Organize visibility events (e.g. World Refugee Day) and liaise with partners, refugees and local communities on implementation
- May be required to assist in compilation of weekly, monthly, annual/quarterly thematic reports, situations reports etc.
- Review media daily and ensure the office is kept informed of local developments
- Provide information on UNHCR's activities to external partners
- Respond to non-complex media queries and incoming correspondence
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility
- Perform other related duties as required
Required Experience
- For G5 - 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
- Previous experience in UN/UNHCR.
- Completion of UNHCR learning programmes or specific training relevant to functions of position.
- Knowledge of another relevant UN language.
- HQ and Field experience with UNHCR or with other humanitarian organizations
Qualifications
- International Relations, Journalism Political Science
- Communication Media
