Communication Officer

Details

Mission and objectives

UNUNICEF — the United Nations Children's Fund is an international non-profit organization that aims to help every child reach their potential in life. UNICEF covers more than 190 countries and territories around the world. UNICEF Burundi has a large country program, and the Social Policy and Advocacy Program (SPA) plays a key role in research and analysis to guide evidence-based policy development and programming for the promotion of children's rights in Burundi.

Context

The incumbent will support the Communication Section to develop and implement the Country Office Working Plan with a focus on content creation for advocacy and resource mobilization. Particularly, he or she will support the team in generating communication materials, including infographics, photos, videos, and human stories for different platforms; and organize events, field visits, and youth engagement activities.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of communication, advocacy, and partnerships, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Support the conceptualization, planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation of an advocacy and communication strategy to leverage better results and mobilize resources for children: • Use several digital and social media channels and make recommendations regarding current and future social media platforms and innovation technologies to use to increase UNICEF’s outreach in Burundi and abroad; • Develop and produce multimedia products and online campaign narratives to advance UNICEF’s mandate and to better profile children's rights, • Liaise with donors and National Committees and facilitate field visits and content creation as needed; • Support the chief of communication to regularly update media and development partners on the progress of the UNICEF Country Programme and progress for children and women, as well as UNICEF’s global priorities and campaigns, through the dissemination of reports, surveys, and media releases; • Maintenance and update of UNICEF Burundi online pages; • Update social media platforms; • Produce videos; • Support the organization of field visits to collect HIS, articles, and photos for donor reports; • Contribute to the strategic development of digital initiatives in the country and provide ideas to increase digital engagement, • Develop and disseminate social media content for UNICEF’s platforms, including production of digital/online campaigns; • Film, edit, and work with video files in multiple formats highlighting UNICEF’s work. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and taking an active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. 11. Results/expected outputs • Communication materials – HIS, texts, photos, videos, online posts – developed • UNICEF social media platforms updated; • Visits for donors and celebrities supported; • The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring, and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs); • Age, Gender, and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated, and documented in all activities throughout the assignment