Overview
This role is focused on delivering core communication activities aimed at strengthening the UNICEF brand, enhancing donor visibility, and contributing to the achievement of fundraising goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, monitor, and evaluate communication strategies for partnerships and donors.
- Develop media outreach strategies, content creation (human-interest stories and organic social media posts), crisis management, and measuring the visibility and impact of communication for partnerships and donor initiatives.
- Design and implement joint communication plans, campaigns, and donor engagement initiatives across media, digital, social media, and web platforms.
- Coordinate and manage the production of communication materials.
- Develop and implement media engagement strategies.
- Maintain and expand relationships with key journalists and media outlets.
- Produce and coordinate media content and support media training for UNICEF spokespeople.
- Develop and support communication strategies to maximize the reach and visibility of donor-focused campaigns, projects, and events.
- Provide communication support for reputational risk management and crisis communication.
- Monitor and assess the results and impact of communication activities for partnerships and individual donors.
- Compile metrics, analysis, and key insights for reporting.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 1 year of practical experience in communication, print and broadcast media or interactive digital media.
- Experience in communication planning and implementation, including campaigns and partnerships.
- Experience in media relations across traditional and digital media.
- Experience in donor-focused communication, supporting fundraising objectives.
- Experience of working with UNICEF or another United Nations agency or international non-governmental organization is an asset.
Qualifications
University degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or related field.
