The Mongolia Country Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an international development agency, is inviting prospective individuals to provide consultancy services.

Purpose of the consultancy:

The Mongolia Country Office is seeking a national Media and Communications Consultant, who will be responsible for the overall development, management, and execution of the communication activities of Mongolia Country Office (CO).

Under the supervision and guidance of the Head of Office, the Media and Communications Consultant will contribute to a) promotion of the work of UNFPA Mongolia among partners, the international community, regional and local media, and b) promotion of internal communication in accordance with Global Communication Strategy.  

If the above job opening sounds interesting to you, we suggest you view the detailed consultancy service from the attached Terms of Reference (ToR). 

Qualifications and requirements

• Master’s degree in media studies, Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, Political Science and other communications related fields.
• Minimum 2 Years of relevant experience on media and communication preferably with some experience in an international organization.
• Excellent knowledge of media and media relations.
• Proven team player with excellent inter-personal communication skills.
• Excellent written and oral communications and editing skills both in English and Mongolian is a must.
• Comprehensive understanding of Mongolian media and audience contexts.
• Extensive networking with Mongolian media is highly desired.
• A thorough understanding of the UN system in general, and most particularly of UNFPA mandate, its policies and operations and current development topics and political issues is desired.
• An ability to work well under deadline; keen understanding of the country’s culture, history and political context; familiarity with or knowledge of communication approaches in strategic planning, development, execution, and M&E; computer literacy is a must.
• Experience in webpage updating and in writing newsletters.
• Fluency in both written and spoken Mongolian and English.

How to apply:

1. Please prepare UN personal history form P11(filled with full information, please consider minimum 3 references full contact information, availability) and send document to email address vacancy@unfpa.org.mn before the above-mentioned deadline. 

Note:

• Post is advertised for Mongolian nationals only.
• Incomplete and late applications will be excluded from further consideration.
• The UNFPA reserves the right to accept or reject, in part or whole, any or all the proposals at any time without assigning any reason.
• Only short-listed or successful candidates will be notified.