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UNDP in Uzbekistan in partnership with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) of the Republic of Uzbekistan initiated a project “Promoting Youth Employment in Uzbekistan”. The initiative is funded by the Russian Federation – UNDP- Trust Fund for Development (TFD) under its Youth Window. The project is aimed at promoting youth employment in Uzbekistan, particularly among college and university graduates, young women, returning migrants, and other vulnerable groups by helping the Government implement a number of active labour market initiatives stipulated in the government’s medium-term Employment Promotion Programme and policies. The project concentrated its work in three major directions:

1. Support to and promotion of youth employment through active labour market policies;
2. Promoting youth and women entrepreneurship and business start-ups;
3. Increasing the capacities of MELR to deliver services in support of youth employment;

To ensure successful implementation of project, it is especially important to reach consensus and partnerships among stakeholders, as well as raise awareness on youth employment initiatives, benefits of National Employment Programme among stakeholders and youth population on the whole and deliver unified message of how UNDP supports the country’s reform efforts.

Within this context, UNDP in Uzbekistan is seeking to recruit a Public Relations and Outreach Assistant to support the Project “Promoting Youth Employment in Uzbekistan” with all communication related matters. The Public Relations and Outreach Assistant is expected to be well-informed about the strategic priorities of the Government of Uzbekistan, national partners of the project, all activities of the project and lead the awareness raising, PR activities to deliver the message to intended audiences of the projects’ main results.

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, the PR and Outreach Assistant of the project will perform the following duties and responsibilities:

• Assist project team in establishing and maintaining cooperative relationships with national partners, government agencies, international organizations, private sector, UN agencies and other development partners, to keep them informed on Project activities and encourage for active partnership;
• Prepare and distribute all project-related press-releases, newsletters, infographics, success stories and promotional materials to ensure projects visibility with national partners, civil society, donors, national and international mass media;
• Design, develop and implement PR annual workplan, as well as provide recommendations on new feasible solutions for increasing overall visibility of the Project activities;
• Liaise with UNDP CO Communications Analyst to ensure regular and timely publicity of the Project activities and outputs in the UNDP web-site;
• Develop and submit to Project Manager recommendations on new feasible solutions for increasing overall visibility of the Project activities;
• Assist in identifying and establishing partnership with potential stakeholders and donors, contribute to resource mobilization and reporting for joint project/sub-project activities;
• Facilitate and assist project team in organizing and conducting various PR events including roundtable discussions, workshops, seminars and forums;
• Take photo and video, support in developing publications and media materials, identify and coordinate services of engaged consultants and companies;
• Ensure wide coverage of the events in the media through involvement of representatives from print and broadcast mass media to these events;
• Ensure translation of all project press-releases, news, bulletins, follow-up stories to three languages (English, Russian, Uzbek);
• Ensure common style and coordination of design and usage of project information in all project printing materials and publications in compliance with relevant UN standards;
• Monitor media and supply project staff with information relevant to project activities, develop periodic reports on media coverage of project activities and results;
• Perform other duties related to the scope of work as might be required.

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values acting as a team player and facilitating team work;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Demonstrates and safeguards ethics and integrity, corporate knowledge and sound judgment;

Functional Competencies:

Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise:

• Understands the main processes and methods of work regarding the position;
• Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks;
• Demonstrates good knowledge of IT and applies it in work assignments;
• Presentation of information on best practices in organizational change;
• Demonstrates the ability to identify problems and proposes solutions.

Core Competencies:

Leadership and Self-Management

• Self-development and initiative-taking;
• Acting as a team player and facilitating teamwork;
• Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively;
• Creating synergies through self-control;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Remains calm, in control and good humoured even under pressure;
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Learning and sharing knowledge and experience, encourage the learning of others;

Development and Operational Effectiveness

• Ability to perform a variety of specialised tasks;
• Informed and transparent decision-making;
• Focuses on results of the project and responds positively to feedback.

Innovation and marketing of new approaches

• Identifies new approaches that are replicable, generalizable, and promotes their use in other situations;
• Generates original and imaginative ideas and effective solutions to problems;
• Looks at experience critically, drawing lessons, and building them into the design of new approaches;
• Documents successes and uses them to project a positive image.

Education:

Experience:

• At least 2 years of progressively responsible experience in the field of PR, outreach, journalism and media communication;

• Work experience with UN agencies or any other international development organization is an advantage.

Language requirements:

Others:

• Prior experience of liaison with print and broadcast mass media is a distinct advantage;

• Good understanding of strategic priorities of the Government and youth employment issues.

• Strong organizational and communication skills, ability to work in a team;

• Excellent editing and presentation skills

• Ability to express ideas clearly, initiative, analytical thinking, ethics and honesty, ability to work under pressure and against tight deadlines;

• Skills and ability to use ICT as tool and resource, photo shooting and video taking;

Important applicant information

All posts in the SC categories are subject to local recruitment.

Applicant information about UNDP rosters

Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

Workforce diversity

UNDP is committed to achieving diversity within its workforce, and encourages all qualified applicants, irrespective of gender, nationality, disabilities, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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