DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT
1. Assignment Title: Reporting and Communications Officer
2. Duty Station, Country: Kinshasa, DRC
3. Duration: Until 30 June 2024, with possible extension
4. Expected Starting Date: 01 July 2023
5. Host Agency/Host Institute: MONUSCO
6. Description of tasks:
Under the direct supervision of the Senior Gender Adviser/Chief of Gender Affairs, the UNV/Communication and Reporting Officer will ensure the following responsibilities:
Reporting
Draft and produce result-oriented periodic reports (monthly, quarterly, code cables…) and special briefs.
Review Mission’s strategic reports and ensure, data included is sex-disaggregated.
Classify and archive systematically reports and program-related documents as evidence for the purpose of audit, knowledge management and monitoring.
Create a gender profile of the Mission and populate it regularly with updated gender statistics.
Assist in drafting and preparing official documents such as inter office memoranda (IOM).
Review daily, weekly, and quarterly Mission reports and extract and compile gender events and developments into a weekly situational compendium.
Drafts, collates, and edits specific inputs from field staff about progress achieved, and lessons learned for mission reports and the Section’s quarterly electronic information digest.
Support planning and implementation of outreach activities.
Performs other duties if required.
Communications
Ensure effective communication, visibility, and knowledge management within the Gender Affairs Section, and position the communication products of the Section within the mission and outside it.
Develop, implement, and monitor a communication and visibility plan drawing on inputs by sections and offices in the mission and facilitate better understanding of gender issues within the mission and the priorities of Gender Affairs Section.
Develop and maintain updated visibility material such as gender leaflets, gender posters, screen savers, a quarterly digital brief, as well as other advocacy materials targeted at mission’s personnel (Civilian, Military, Police) and external partners such as women leaders, youth, political actors and actresses, civil society activists, and internet and radio audiences.
Review and update Section’s inputs on the MONUSCO’s website and in the COSMOS page for Gender Responsiveness resource library.
Identify and document best practices, in close cooperation with the Section’s team in Kinshasa and field offices and the Mission’s Gender Focal Points.
Support the team in drafting thematic presentations, surveys and calls for action under the guidance of the Senior Gender Adviser.
Update and populate the Section’s share drive, among others with policies, tools, training modules and the section’s publications.
Draft, as required, speeches, press releases, inputs to strategic documents.
8. Qualifications
A) Qualifications, skills, experience:
Education: Required Degree Level: Master’s degree or equivalent in communication, journalism studies, social sciences, political sciences, or related field. A first-level university degree in any of these fields, in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Years of work experience: A minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in the field of reporting, edition and journalism, communications information related to a broad spectrum of development, preferably on gender, political, humanitarian, or peacekeeping issues, required. Experience in working as part of a team required. Field experience is highly desirable and experience in working with the United Nations or other international organizations in a post-conflict and peacekeeping environment is highly desirable.
For you to apply, kindly visit the below link
https://app.unv.org/opportunities/1722082489051392
