Communication Manager

2 weeks ago


UAE, United Arab Emirates UNICEF Full time

**Job no**: 560453

**Contract type**: Fixed Term Appointment

**Duty Station**: Dubai

**Level**: P-4

**Location**: Utd.Arab.Emir.

**Categories**: Communication

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

**For every child, **_Education_**

**How can you make a difference?**

Under the general guidance of the Representative, the position will be accountable for developing, managing, coordinating, networking, implementing and monitoring an advocacy and communication strategy and associated products and activities on on-going basis with public audiences, with the objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for children’s and women’s rights, and support for UNICEF's mission, priorities and programmes in the Gulf Area Office (GAO) countries, and at a global level and those of the UN Country Teams.

**KEY END-RESULTS**
- **Communication strategy**:GAO has a clear communication strategy and associated work plan to get children’s issues into the public domain, strengthen political will in support of UNICEF's mission and objectives, and enhance the organization’s credibility and brand.
- **Media relations**:GAO has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of journalists and media outlets covering all media - print, TV, radio, web, photo etc. - and a successful process of communicating and maintaining regular contact and close collaboration with the media to communicate the story of UNICEF's cooperation.
- **Networking and partnerships**:GAO has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of individuals, groups, organizations and fora whose support is essential to/can assist in achieving the advocacy and communication objectives. Effective working relationships with the UN Country Teams and UN communication counterparts are developed, maintained and enhanced.
- **Celebrities and special events**: GAO has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of appropriate, nationally-known personalities who have been identified, engaged and support UNICEF’s effort and who actively participate in special events and activities.
- **Global priorities and campaigns**:GAO has an effective process in place for integrating and taking action on UNICEF’s global communications priorities, campaigns and partnerships, disseminating these elements in a locally-appropriate way.
- **Resource mobilization support; **GAO partnerships and fund-raising activities are supported by effective advocacy and communication strategy and activities.
- **Management**:Human resources (the communication team) and financial resources (budget planning, management and monitoring) are both effectively managed and optimally used.
- **Monitoring and evaluation**:Communication baselines are established against which the achievement of objectives of the communication strategy are regularly evaluated; analysis is undertaken to continuously improve the effectiveness of communication strategy and activities; results and reports are prepared and shared.

**Capacity building and support**:The Area Representative, Regional Chief of Communication and GAO programme, partnerships and resource mobilization teams are provided with professional expertise and advice on all aspects of external relations communication as required.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS**
- Within the delegated authority and the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be accountable for all or assigned areas of the following major duties and end results._
- **Communication strategy**

**_Ensure that GAO has a clear communication strategy and associated work plan to support the country programme objectives and get children’s issues into the public domain, strengthen political will in support of UNICEF's mission and objectives, and enhance the organization’s credibility and brand._**

**Duties & Tasks**
- Develop, maintain and update GAO advocacy and communication strategy and associated work plan. Strategy and work plan include: an environmental and stakeholder assessment; objectives; target audiences; messages and media mix; resources; specific actions, activities and products; monitoring and evaluation of impact; success and opportunity for improvement; ongoing refinement of the strategy.
- UNICEF’s rights
- and results-based programming approach is appropriately reflected in the communication strategy, work plan and products.
- Maintain close collaboration with Regional Chief of Communication and HQ Communication Officers for effective overall coordination.
- **Media relations**

**_ _**_Ensure that GAO has a well maintained and continually developed contact list of journalists and media outlets covering al



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