Communications Analyst

The Communications Analyst supports the planning and implementation of UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office communications and advocacy strategies to increase awareness and visibility of UN Women with partners, media, and the public in the Pacific region. The role involves content creation, media relations, partnership building, and coordination of online presence.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of UN Women communication strategies, advocacy and outreach plans and activities in coordination with the Communications & Media Specialist, ensuring gender perspective.
• Support the integration of communication, advocacy and outreach strategies into proposals for project/programmes and other initiatives, as necessary.
• Monitor and analyze print and social media and provide analysis to MCO.
• Assist in the creation and scheduling of social media content, including posts, captions, graphics and short videos aligned with corporate guidelines.
• Provide inputs and support to the launch of in-country UN Women/ UN system corporate and local campaigns and special events.
• Draft briefing materials, and press releases and coordinate its dissemination through effective channels.
• Identify storylines for publication and articles.
• Promote and disseminate corporate advocacy materials for launching flagship initiatives, publications, and campaigns.
• Coordinate the translation/adaption/rewriting of information received, printing and dissemination of publications and audio-visual materials.
• Follow guidelines from HQ and RO.
• Support the establishment of relevant media relationships and maintain list of relevant media in countries under the MCO.
• Respond to inquiries for public and UN system information materials, in coordination with senior management and Communications & Media Specialist.
• Support organizing roundtable discussions, press conferences and briefing session for press, as required.
• Draft talking points.
• Maintain relationships with partners and alliances to enhance visibility.
• Liaise with advocacy partners and undertake outreach to civil society organizations, governments, and other groups to ensure that newsworthy information reaches the public and donors, as delegated.
• Facilitate coordination of MCO’s websites’ content and maintenance based on corporate requirements.
• Support the coordination of MCO’s social media accounts in line with corporate social media policy.
• Upload information to knowledge management system on a regular basis, including news, updates, resources.
• Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme goals and activities.
• Assist in compiling and organizing communications materials, publications, media coverage and digital assets for internal records and knowledge management systems.
• Support the documentation of communication activities, events and campaigns, including maintaining archives of photos, videos and media products.
• Assist in collecting and organizing examples of communications outputs and lessons learned to support internal reporting and learning.
• Support the preparation of presentations, briefing notes and communications summaries, as requested.
• Perform other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in communications, public relations, journalism or relevant field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least one (1) year (Masters), or minimum of three (3) years (Bachelors Degree) of progressively responsible work experience at national or international level in public relations, communications or advocacy is required.
• Experience in drafting communication materials such as media releases, web stories, newsletters, articles and social media posts is desirable.
• Experience in social media usage and management and digital content creation is required.
• Experience with content creation tools such as Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or similar platforms is preferred.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.), spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
• Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is desirable.
• Experience in working with the UN System is an asset.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Fluency in the national language is an asset.

Skills

• Public Relations
• Communications Strategies
• Advocacy
• Media Relations
• Content Creation
• Social Media Management
• Digital Content Creation
• Communication Materials Drafting
• Canva
• Adobe Creative Studio
• MS Word
• Excel
• Spreadsheet Management
• Database Management
• Web-based Management Systems
• ERP Systems
• Oracle Cloud

Languages

English