Terms of Reference
Title | National Consultant |
Assignment Title | Junior Communications Consultant |
Organizational Unit | UN Women Rwanda |
Language | English/French |
Duty Station, Country | Kigali, Rwanda |
Expected Starting Date | Immediate |
Duration of Consultancy | 4 months |
I. UN Women Background:
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
UN Women Rwanda has been working with the Government, UN Partners, Civil Society, the Private Sector, Development Partners, and other key partners to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in the country through its programmes.
The country focuses on three main priority/impact areas from UN Women Global Strategic Plan (2018-2021): namely, women lead, participate in, and benefit equally from governance systems (focusing on women’s leadership and representation in local governance and in the private sector)
Women have equal economic opportunities and economic autonomy (focusing on agriculture, entrepreneurship, employment, and ICT) and Women and girls live a life free from violence.
II.Description of Responsibilities:
Under direct supervision of the Communications and Knowledge Management Officer or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the Junior Communications Consultant will support the creation of digital content to increase awareness and ongoing initiatives of UN Women and its partners as well as key strategic events and global campaigns. He/she will support in documenting success stories of CO’s work for sharing with current and potential partners for partnership building and Resource Mobilization.
III. Functions and key results expected:
Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Communications and Knowledge Management Officer:
IV. Qualifications, skills, experience:
Qualifications/Requirements (including competencies, values, and skills):
Qualifications, skills, experience:
Degree level: Bachelor’s degree
Type of Degree: Digital Communications, Journalism, International Relations, or any other areas relevant.
Years of work experience: Minimum 3 years of experience
Area of expertise:
Language Requirements
Fluency in English is required
Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset
Computer skills:
Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Adobe tools etc.) and email/internet.
V. Competencies
Functional Competencies:
Core Values and Guiding Principles:
Corporate Competencies:
Time and Workload Management: Able to manage a large volume of work possibly under time constraints
VI.Conditions of Service
The contract lasts for the period indicated above with possibility of extensions subject to availability of funding, operational necessity, and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment.
VII: Mode of application
All interested and qualified local consultants may submit their curriculum vitae to Rwanda.offers@unwomen.org not later than 19th Sept 2022 at 11:59 Kigali time. Only pre-selected candidates will be notified.
United Nations Women is an equal opportunity programme which welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture.
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