Background Information – Job-specific

This position is located in the Policy Strategy & Governance Division, Office of Information and Communications Technology in New York. The Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) provides enterprise-wide oversight of ICT programmes, budgets and decision-making to ensure alignment with the Secretariat’s overall ICT strategy in support of the Organization’s mission.

This is a position in UNOPS for supporting projects carried out for or in the United Nations Secretariat. The incumbent of this position will be a staff member of UNOPS under its full responsibility.

Functional Responsibilities: Under the overall supervision of UNOPS Senior Programme Manager, the Communications Senior Officer – Digital and Content will be reporting directly to Programme Manager of UNTIL Programme and will be responsible for the following duties:

• Connect field missions with offices of the NYHQ in order to expand collaboration opportunities and knowledge sharing.
• Optimize operations and project implementation between respective units by introducing new coordination and communications tools and manage them. (briefs, meetings, excel reports, share drives, multimedia presentations and other)
• Support OICT communication strategy at all levels, develop various materials, campaigns etc. as instructed by the supervisor.
• Analyze existing communication materials and actions taken and based on discovered needs and gaps support the design of the new materials and communication action plans.
• Monitor the effectiveness and success rates of communications and report findings to the management.
• Perform other duties as may be reasonably required and in line with the incumbent’s scope of services above

Impact of Results:
The result of work of the Communications Senior Officer – Digital and Content impacts directly on delivery of services that satisfy the requirements of the Department as well as the performance of the services implemented in the DPO and Peacekeeping and Special Political Missions, Economic Commissions, Offices away from Headquarters, and Headquarters. The incumbent will also ensure proper processes and methodologies are followed and implemented according to the latest of the industry standards. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring activities for all global locations are in line with the overall business targets and UN policies, rules and regulations.

Education/Experience/Language Requirements:

Education:

• Advanced University Degree (Masters or equivalent) in Communications or Public Relations or another related field;
• A first level university degree with an additional two years of relevant experience maybe accepted in lieu of advanced degree.

Experience:

Required

• A minimum of two years of progressive professional experience in graphic designing;
• A minimum of two years of progressive professional experience in writing of various communications materials.

Desirable

• Experience working with globally-dispersed project teams and working in a multi-project environment;
• Experience in Adobe Creative Suite

Language:

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat;
• For this position, fluency in English is required;
• Knowledge of another official UN language is an advantage.

Contract type, level and duration

• Contract type: Staff
• Contract level: P2
• Contract duration: One year initially, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability For more details about United Nations staff contracts, please follow this link: https://www.unops.org/english/Opportunities/job-opportunities/what-we-of…

Additional Considerations:

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization – UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

Background Information – UNOPS

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Background Information: Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC)

Based in New York, the Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations.

The SDC’s services include grants management, development and special initiatives support, and technology support to the UN and UN agencies.

The SDC is part of the New York Service Cluster that supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as a broadening community of other New York-based United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral partners in the delivery of UNOPS mandate in project management, infrastructure management, and procurement management.