The Position:
The Communication Specialist post is located in the UNFPA Moldova Country Office in Chisinau. The incumbent will report to the UNFPA Representative focusing on the refugee humanitarian response.
You will maintain collaborative relationships with all programme and project staff at the UNFPA Moldova CO, including UNFPA Representative, Programme Analysts, Project Managers and the CO’s programme/technical team and Humanitarian Team. You will also maintain collaborative relationships with external contacts including other UN agencies, donors, the UNFPA Regional and HQ Offices.
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA Moldova is actively involved in the humanitarian refugee response to the Ukrainian crises, supporting the women and girls’ refugees to access quality health services, including sexual and reproductive health, psychosocial support, gender-based violence /post-rape care and referral services.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Expected Results/Description of Responsibilities:
The incumbent will be responsible to strengthen the information flow and visibility of UNFPA’s assistance by leading the implementation of the communication strategy of the Country Office; while highlighting the reproductive health, women’s protection needs, and refugee response mechanism in Moldova and the ways in which UNFPA has responds to those needs.
You would be responsible for:
- Ensures implementation of the communication strategy;
- Engage with national and international media to raise visibility of UNFPA mandated issues;
- Manage UNFPA Moldova/English website, social media platforms and other public information sites;
- Lead communication and visibility for campaigns, launch of flagship reports and commemoration of UN days;
- Support the communication and visibility for resource mobilization;
- Carry out any other duties as requested by Representative
Qualifications and Experience
Education:
- Advanced degree in communications, journalism, public relations or related field.
Knowledge and Experience:
- A minimum of two years of experience in working with communications and media with UNFPA or other United Nations organization, including in humanitarian settings;
- Strong analytical, written and presentation skills;
- Experience as a communication specialist, either free-lance or for a media provider;
- Good knowledge of humanitarian response;
- Experience in advocacy and communication material development is an advantage.
- Experience in managing social media accounts is an advantage.
- Initiative, strong conceptual abilities, sound judgment, strong interest in humanitarian work, especially the mission of the United Nations Population Fund and dedication to the principles of the United Nations.
Languages:
- Fluency in English and Russian is required.
- Working knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, or sign language would be an asset.
This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus cost of living adjustment, rental subsidy, education grant, home leave, health insurance and other benefits as applicable.
UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Fraudulent notices, letters or offers may be submitted to the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm
The United Nations Organization is committed to diversity and inclusion. Women, persons from vulnerable groups, such as persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic, linguistic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, refugees and other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, as well as persons from other underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.
Notice to applicants: In accordance with the rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, are required to renounce such status upon their appointment. Exceptions to this rule are very limited and can be made only for: (a) stateless persons; (b) newly appointed staff members who have applied for citizenship by naturalization, when such citizenship will be granted imminently; (c) acting staff members in the General Service and related categories with permanent residency status, on promotion to the Professional category; (d) staff members appointed under a temporary appointment. Please understand that UNFPA is not in a position to provide advice on or assistance in applying for any citizenship.
HOW TO APPLY:
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Applications for this position must be received no later than on 16 June 2022.
