Communications Associate

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.

Through the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) in Bangkok and a number of country and multi-country offices as well as programme presences across the region, UN Women builds on a long history of support to governments, civil society and other actors to promote gender equality and empower all women and girls. We stand behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas: addressing gender perspectives in intergovernmental processes; women’s political participation and leadership; enhancing women’s economic empowerment; ending violence against women and girls; and promoting women’s participation in peace and security and humanitarian action.

Responding to the diverse contexts, the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific WEE & Migration Unit has been developing an overall strategic Women’s Economic Empowerment Approach that is strongly linked to the UN Women global Economic Empowerment Strategy, focuses on the key strategic priorities aligned with the SN ROAP Women’s Economic Empowerment for 2023-2025 and reflecting UN Women’s Global Gender Equality Accelerators (GEAs), namely Women in the World of Work, Transforming Care and Climate Action:
(1) Advancing Gender-Responsive Business Conduct and Creating More Decent Work Opportunities (WEPs)
(2) Accelerating Gender-Responsive Entrepreneurship for (M)SMEs (i.e. Gender-Responsive Procurement & strengthening women’s entrepreneurship)
(3) Progressing Safe Migration to Decent Employment
(4) Transforming the Care Economy

These thematic areas are not operating in isolation and are strongly inter-connected and under pinned by cross-cutting principles, such as: sector-agnostic work (across the Green & Blue, care, fintech and digital economy); embracing an intersectional and conscious social norms lens into programming, and nexus to thematic areas such as Climate Change among others.

Under these priorities UN Women Regional office is currently implementing a series of different projects: WeRise Together, UN Women Climate Tech Accelerator, the Gender-Inclusive Care Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Program (GICEEP), UN Women WEPs Asia-Pacific Gender Action Lab (GAL) – Innovation for Impact, Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards and WEPs Forum.

Supervision, induction and duty of care of UN Volunteers (Roles and Responsibilities of Host Entities)

UN Volunteers should be provided equal duty of care as extended to all host entity personnel. Host entity support to the UN Volunteer includes, but is not limited to:

The UNV will be providing essential support in design and visual communication and social media engagement for the Women’s Economic Empowerment Team. Under the guidance of the International Communication Advocacy and Partnership Consultant, and in close collaboration with the Regional Communications Unit of UN Women, the UNV will:
Visual Communications Support:

• Collaborate with the thematic programme colleagues to design visually compelling materials such as reports, presentations, infographics, and other knowledge products.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of a consistent visual identity for the WEE team, ensuring adherence to UN Women Branding Guidelines.
• Provide design support for events and campaigns, including creating posters, banners, and other visual assets.
• Produce high-quality visual materials for both online and offline use, incorporating feedback from the team.
• Collaborate with the Regional Communications Unit for public dissemination and institutional repository.
Social Media Support:
• Contribute to the development and implementation of social media strategies for the WEE team.
• Support to create engaging social media content to promote the team's activities.
• Support the team in managing the social media presence with the Regional Communications Unit and partners.
• Assist in monitoring social media performance and identifying areas for improvement.
General Communication Support:
• Provide support in developing communication and advocacy materials, including press releases, success stories, and articles.
• Any other related tasks may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Event Support:
• Support the communications aspects of event management, including but not limited to set-up event pages and webinar links, ensure technical coordination and livestreaming of major events, compile post-event attendance reports.
• Support creating event communications materials, i.e. event slides, polls, and coordinate with speakers to collect headshots and biographies.
• Support in coordinating high-quality country-level events and ceremonies. Support event conceptualization, design, and communications strategy, including coordination with the event organizing agency for 2025 events.
• Develop social media assets for regional channels and country offices for international days of relevance like International Migrants Day, International Day of Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises Day, and International Day of Care and Support.
Stakeholder Management:
• Set-up a data base for UN Women’s WEE strategic stakeholder engagement
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take 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.

3. Results/expected outputs:

As an active and engaged member of the UN Women team, the Communications Associate
will contribute to the following outcomes through the efficient, timely, and high-quality delivery of their functions:
• Enhanced visibility and cohesive and impactful visual identity for the WEE team's communication materials, leading to increased visibility and recognition of their work and of the contribution of the Donors and partners.
• Information and data about women's economic empowerment are presented in clear, engaging, and accessible visual formats, facilitating understanding and knowledge sharing among diverse audiences.
• The WEE programme’s social media presence increased through the creation and dissemination of high-quality content, resulting in greater audience reach, engagement, and awareness of the team's initiatives.
• Continued design support contributing to the successful implementation of communication and advocacy campaigns, effectively conveying key messages to target audiences and promoting the goals of the WEE team.