Junior Communications Consultant

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination and violence 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.

UN Women’s China Office in Beijing supports and carries out work on (i) enhancing women's economic empowerment; (ii) ending violence against women; and (iii) innovative work to address gender issues in China. In addition to the above, UN Women also actively participates and contributes to various UN inter-agency processes and collaborates with UN organizations around specific programme areas.

The needs on different aspects of communication work including through external channels and internal reporting are growing. Strong visibility and branding are very key to mobilize resources and position the organization better in the country, region, and global level. These require that the UN Women China Office has comparable capacity to meet the growing needs and to provide evidence-based communications and advocacy though our daily work, plan innovative campaigns, strengthen media outreach, also give support to different programme teams and strategic partnerships development.

UN Women China office is seeking to recruit a Junior Communications Consultant, whose duties are as articulated below. Under the guidance and supervision of Communications Specialist, the Junior Consultant is expected to provide high quality support to the office communications work that is consistent with UN Women rules and regulations. The consultant also works in close collaboration with different programme team to exchange information and support the programme news story website publishing and so on.

Duties and Responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Communications Specialist, the Junior Consultant will be responsible on coordinating information and layout design update for UN Women China webpage, also the newly expanded social media channels, providing event and campaign support when needed. Among others, some essential duties and tasks will be:

Provide support to UN Women China public campaigns and events.
Responsible on coordinating with the RO web designer, editor and technician on China webpage update related activities under the supervision of the Communications Specialist.
Support the development and dissemination of branding and awareness-raising materials.
Support the update on UN Women China’s upcoming Twitter.

Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Deliverables

Areas of Work

Deliverables

Target dates

Under the supervision of the Communications Specialist, coordination with RO web designer, editor and technician to upgrade the layout and structure of UN Women China webpages.

Summary of the information and visual materials on China webpage upgrade related activities.

By 1 January 2023

60%

Provide support to IWD campaign and event in Q1 2023.

Summary report on the IWD campaign and event in Q1 2023.

25 March,2023

20%

Provide support to maintain and update UN Women China’s upcoming Twitter account.

Summary report on the visual materials and infographics prepared for Twitter.

March 30, 2023

10%

Support the development and dissemination of branding and awareness-raising materials.

Summary report with the materials established.

January 30th, 2023

10%

Competencies

Core Values:

Respect for Diversity
Integrity
Professionalism

Core Competencies:

Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues.
Accountability.
Creative Problem Solving.
Effective Communication.
Inclusive Collaboration.
Stakeholder Engagement.
Leading by Example

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge, awareness, and sensitivity regarding gender issues.
Native Chinese with excellent English in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Communicative and creative personality & good team player.

Required Skills and Experience

Required Skills and Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or other advanced degree in one or more of the following disciplines: social sciences, international development, media and/or communications with 1 year of experience is required;

Previous working experience in communication and media; knowledge and experience of using/editing public social media platform is a must.

Demonstrated abilities and track record in developing high-quality communications materials, preferably within the UN system.
Competent user of design software such as Photoshop, iMovie, Final Cut Pro and InDesign is preferred.
Good translation and writing skills in Chinese and English.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis.

Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [70%]
Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [30%]

A two-stage procedure is utilized in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically qualified candidates who may be contacted for validation interview.

No.

Criteria

Point

1

Education

Bachelor's degree or other advanced degree in one or more of the following disciplines: social sciences, international development, media and/or communications with 1 year of experience is required;

25

2

Experience and skills

experience in communication and media; knowledge and experience of using/editing public social media platforms is a must. (15)

Demonstrated abilities and track record in developing high-quality communications materials, preferably within the UN system. (10)
Competent user of design software such as Photoshop, iMovie, Final Cut Pro and InDesign is preferred. (25)

50

3

Language and report writing skills

Good translation and writing skills in Chinese and English.

25

Total

100