The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Country Office in The Gambia is inviting applications for the following consultancy: UNFPA seeks the services of a skilled Communication Associate to support UNFPA Communications unit.
Duration 11 Months
Type of contract Individual Consultant
Location Banjul, The Gambia
Organizational unit UNFPA Gambia Country Office
The Communication Associate provides programmatic, and communication support to the effective implementation of the programs and project activities and the visibility of the Country Office’s interventions in The Gambia.
The Communication Associate will be responsible for the following key results and deliverables under the supervision of the Programme Analyst Communication:
- External work relation: Serves as alternate to the Programme Analyst Communication in UNCG, and other relevant stakeholders particularly on Communications, participates in various technical working groups involving NGOs, CSO on communications and provide support to our implementing partners.
- Support the effective implementation of the advocacy and strategic communications strategy for the Country Office and non-core project and their continuous review and updating. This would include identifying good practices, setting key messages, and planning, developing, and distributing communication materials.
- Provide substantive inputs into impact evidence generation and dissemination by synthesizing and packaging into audience-friendly formats lessons learned, best practices success stories, and replicable strategies and approaches from conducted programme and project evaluations. S/he would also create mechanisms for strategically sharing and applying this knowledge.
Some Key Deliverables:
- All social media platforms regularly updated with relevant information based on a timeline agreed with the Programme Analyst Communication
- Support in writing Speeches, press releases, opinion pieces produced as relevant.
- Support in training IPs on branding, visibility, messaging and human-interest story development and writing.
- Promotional and visibility materials developed, produced, and disseminated to target audiences.
The applicant must meet the following conditions:
Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Journalism, Mass Media, Development Studies and/or other relevant social science field. Two years of increasingly responsible proven professional experience in communications, external relations and management of development programme and projects.
The full TOR is available above.
All Interested applicants must submit their applications to the email address below:
Email: vacancy.gambia@unfpa.org
Please note that no paper or hard copy application will be accepted. The closing date for applications is 18th August 2023
As this is a Re-Opening, those who previously applied to the position need not reapply.
For further information, please contact us at info.gambia@unfpa.org Tel: (+220) 3360159 / 3353017.