Communications Officer

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  • Added Date: Monday, 23 December 2024
  • Deadline Date: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
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Background Information - Myanmar

UNOPS Myanmar is one of UNOPSโ€™ leading offices in Asia, acting as fund manager for some of the largest development programmes in the country. In addition, UNOPS is Principal Recipient for the Global Fund in Myanmar and for the Global Fundโ€™s regional artemisinin-resistance initiative targeting drug resistant malaria in the greater Mekong sub-region. UNOPS also provides procurement, infrastructure and project management services to a wide range of organizations in the country, including international development partners, other UN agencies, NGOs and INGOs. UNOPS plays a critical role in ensuring that the quality of services provided to its partners meets stringent requirements of speed, efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Background Information - Job-specific

LIFT is embarking on a new strategic period for 2024-2028. The LIFT 2024-2028 Strategy builds on the achievements of LIFT's experience as well as recent adaptations and learning in the face of a changing and dynamic context. The new Strategy outlines an approach to tackle structural drivers of poverty and vulnerability, while also considering immediate interventions to secure and maintain Myanmar's previous development gains. LIFT has proven itself as a key delivery partner across Myanmarโ€™s changing contexts โ€“ ranging from post-Nargis recovery, a time of political transition, and relief support during COVID-19. LIFT is managed by the United Nations Office for Projects Services (UNOPS) and has received funding from 16 international donors. The current donors are the United Kingdom, the European Union, Switzerland, Australia, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and Denmark.

Under the supervision of the Communications Specialist and in close collaboration with the Communications Senior Officer and the LIFT teams, the Communications Officer will support in implementing the LIFT Communications Strategy for donor relations, external, internal, and crisis communications.
The Communications Officer will contribute to running several editorial processes for reports, newsletters, minutes, programmatic updates, social media posts, townhalls, events, press releases, the LIFT website, and other channels, and must be dedicated to achieving the highest quality in all written graphics, and audio/visual communications content.
The person under this position will participate in field trips, take photos, record footage and audio, and conduct interviews with beneficiaries and implementing partners to demonstrate LIFTโ€™s impact. Also, the incumbent must be able to understand the volatile country context and based on thorough monitoring advice on communication opportunities and challenges. The aim is to help the unit contribute to LIFT being well positioned to deliver on its strategy, streamlined through the Plan of Action and at any time aligning to UNOPSโ€™ global communications strategy and standards.
The Communications Officer will proactively contribute to the unit working in a coherent manner to achieve goals within the agreed framework.

Background Information - Job-specific

Implement the communications strategy and plan

  • Support the creation of LIFTยดs communication strategy by providing accurate, updated, and analyzed data as an insight for the strategy definition.

  • Day-to-day communications execution, ensuring that high-quality work is delivered in a timely manner to support core LIFT activities in the best possible way.

  • Follow the tracking framework to ensure quality and timely delivery of the plan.

  • Constantly update the information about the different communication channels to facilitate effective reporting, proper templates, access to information, formatted impact accounts, and more.

  • Support regular communication assessments, to ensure mapping of the Programmeยดs needs.

  • Contribute to the communications budget tracking process, ensuring compliance with UNOPS rules and regulations.

  • Analyze the local communication context, the target audiences/stakeholders, and available communication channels as well as unforeseen events that may impact operations and LIFTยดs reputation.

  • Support the delivery of high-level, strategic messages, at meetings, reports, and newsletters, and when needed ad hoc.

    Content management and creation

  • For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (they take around 4 hours to complete) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. For more information on a retainer contract here.

  • All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda.

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

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