Position: Communication Associate, SC

Project title: (Rapid Response to Social and Economic issues of Internally Displaced People in Ukraine)

Type of contract: Service Contract

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Communication Associate will be responsible for developing and implementing Project communication strategies and maintaining public relations with various stakeholders and partners. Specifically, s/he will perform the following key tasks:

• Develop and implement Project’s Communication Strategies at national and regional levels;
• Review press and publications for articles of interest to project and circulate them to project staff;
• Serve as a focal person and liaise with communication staff of other projects and UNDP Country Office;
• Convey project news for publication at the UNDP website;
• Develop a newsletter covering major Project’s activities and accomplishments and disseminate among partners and stakeholders on monthly basis;
• Ensure development and publication of the project promotion and information materials such as leaflets, brochures, and ensure quality and timely of their production;
• Develop information notes and brief on request by UNDP senior management and/or UNDP regional headquarter;
• Perform editing of project reports and promotion materials and assure that project promotion materials meet UN communications requirements;
• Ensure wide and target distribution of project reports and information materials produced;
• Assure that project information is kept updated on SharePoint and UNDP web-site;
• Prepare project related correspondence, maintain contacts with governmental and non-governmental institutions, local authorities, NGOs, academia, etc;
• Facilitate project related training/learning activities;
• Prepare articles, success stories, best practices of the project, and talking points on various issues relevant to the Project objectives;
• Organize interviews for various Mass Media as part of the Project activities;
• Coordinate the work of production and printing agencies involved in creation of audio/video/animation/print products on the request of the Project;
• Organize the press-clubs, press-tours, press-conferences, conferences and other Media related events as part of the Project activities;
• Prepare press-announces and press-releases on the activities of the Project in both English and Ukrainian languages for distribution to Mass Media;
• Update official UNDP Ukraine Facebook page to ensure dissemination of the Project achievements;
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the project and/or UNDP management.

Competencies

• Excellent networking and communication skills;
• Good interpersonal communication skills;
• High level of creativity and excellent writing skills;
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, good facilitation skills;
• Ability to use computers and office software packages.

Required Skills and Experience

• University Degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Social Sciences, Linguistics, or other relevant area;
• At least 3 years of experience in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism or other relevant sphere;
• Extensive contacts within mass media outlets;
• Extensive experience of cooperation with governmental and non-governmental organizations;
• Fluency in Ukrainian, Russian and English is required.

If you wish to apply for this or other positions with UNDP please visit UNDP website, section jobs and apply online. More information and application details: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=64237

Deadline for applications is 09/03/2016