Job title: Media and Communications Analyst
Level: NOB
Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Full/Part time: Full-Time
Fixed term/Temporary: Temporary Appointment
Rotational/Non Rotational: Non-Rotational
Duration: 364 days
Deadline for application: 25 March 2021, Thursday, 5:00 pm, Ulaanbaatar time
Call to Action
- Are you passionate about ensuring reproductive rights and helping people during times of crisis?
- Are you great at multi-tasking, prioritizing and are a talented project manager who continuously strives to improve business processes?
- Are you a team player capable of working with colleagues of widely diverse backgrounds?
- If so, this might be the job for you.
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2018-2021), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Job Purpose:
You will promote media coverage at national level, help ensure that UNFPA’s branding and public messaging about its mandate and programme is consistent across the country communication priorities and appropriately adapted to the national context. In order to support public advocacy efforts on priority issues that affect the lives of women, girls, and youths in Mongolia, you will use communication platforms including social media and the website. You work closely with programme teams in the office to communicate with media, the public, and donors on UNFPA’s work, as well as with the UN Communications Group to collaborate on engaging and informing the general public about the UN’s mandates.
Under the over guidance and with direct supervision of the UNFPA Head of Office, in close collaboration with the communications focal points of the programme teams and with guidance from the Asia-Pacific Regional Office, you will implement of Country Communication Strategy by planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating communication and advocacy plans and/or activities, in the context of the national policies and UN initiatives.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
Advanced university degree in Political Science, Media Studies, Communication, Public Relations, and other communications related fields.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in the field of communication.
- Experience with communications-related success metrics, such as social media performance monitoring
- Knowledgeable in communications approaches and best practices, particularly for advocacy and development projects
- Comprehensive understanding of Mongolian media and audience contexts
- Extensive network of Mongolian media connections is highly desired
- Photography skills, video editing skills, and graphic designing skills are highly desired
- Previous experience on building effective partnerships with members of the media, NGOs, Government officials, international and national organizations, business groups, and others is a plus.
Languages:
Fluency in written and spoken Mongolian and English.
HOW TO APPLY:
If the above job opening sounds interesting to you, we suggest you view the detailed Job Description at the below web link to learn more about our expectations before applying.
UNFPA has established an electronic application management system. This allows applicants to create a candidate profile, which can be updated regularly and submitted for more than one vacancy. Apply by clicking at the below link:
Download the Step by Step Guide to Applying in the E-Recruit System of UNFPA at http://www.unfpa.org/resources/step-step-guide-apply. Please print out the Guide for your reference during the registration and application process.
Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process. UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
Post is advertised for Mongolian nationals only.
UNFPA Mongolia Country Office
UN House, UN Street 14, Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 14201
Tel: 976-11-353503, extension 3314, Fax: 976-11-353502
