National Communications Consultant

Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

1.Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work

1.1 The successful performance of the incumbent will effectively contribute to the development of quality   projects/programmes reports. In particular, the consultant is expected to carry out the following functions and activities:

• Design visually engaging communications materials such as slides, backdrops, banners, brochures, reports, to effectively communicate the objectives, activities, and impact of the programme.
• Provide inputs and consolidate comments from relevant stakeholders to improve communications products of programmes.
• Develop engaging content for social media platforms, considering the target audience and campaign objectives.
• Support in writing human impact stories that highlight the positive change and outcomes resulting from the programme's interventions.
• Collaborate with programme team in the production of a full-package social media campaign, including communications strategy, key visuals, and social media plans.
• Analyze media campaign performances and consolidate results using a variety of tools.
• Support advocacy and programme activities of UN Women especially on social norms change.
• Undertake other tasks as assigned by the Communications and Advocacy Analyst to support the effective implementation of the programme's communications activities.

1.2. Knowledge Building & Management:

• Assist in the production of publications on different programme areas, including artwork, layout, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and brand guideline.
• Revise translations to enhance the readability of publications originally translated from English, if needed.
• Provide input and consolidate comments from relevant stakeholders to enhance the quality of communication products of programmes.
• Support the dissemination of UN Women knowledge products including OpEds and social media products

1.3. Research:

• Conduct initial background research to support the development of presentations, policy briefs, and concept notes for programme activities.
• Prepare and collect data for the implementation of activities.

1.4. Translation and interpretation:

• Translation and interpretation support provided for programme activities, including Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese translations as required.

Deliverables

Please note that the deliverables would depend on the specific tasks assigned during that period and may not encompass all the responsibilities outlined in the TOR.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is an office-based consultancy. 

The tentative contractual period is from 4 February 2025 to 31 December 2025.

The consultant is expected to work on average 4 days per week (8 hours per day) and maximum of 220 working days. Depending on the nature of the project implementation, there are certain months that the consultant is required to work more than 4 days per week.

As part of this assignment, there will be filed trips that the consultant is required to travel to the provinces where the project activities are implemented. Work related travel of UN Women’s consultants are considered as official mission and will be arranged by UN Women, in line with UN Women’s Consultant Contract Policy, UN Women Duty Travel Policy and UN-EU cost norm.

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework: 

Functional Competencies:

• Communication Planning
• Tech & social media savvy: Familiar with Adobe suite, Meta business suite, other graphic design tools and social media, website management tools/systems. 
• Understanding of Administrative Systems 
• Content Development & Management
• Excellent command of written English 

Required Qualifications

Education and Certification:

Bachelor’s degree in public relations, International Communications, Gender and/or Development Studies, Linguistics, or related fields required.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in communications, public relations, advocacy on gender equality.
• Experience in writing across channels, social media management and editing tools (such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Canva), video editing experiences, outreach and liaison.
• Experience in office and project administrative support is required.
• Excellent analytical skills with strong drive for results and capacity to work independently.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Excellent English communication and writing skills; (Samples of previous work will be required)
• Having at least 1-year experience working with UN agencies or international organizations.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of any other UN official language is an asset.

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)