Apply for the Vacancy for Advocacy and Political Affairs Officer at UNU in Germany. The deadline for the application is 29th October 2020.

Purpose

The Advocacy and Political Affairs Officer will manage the design and implementation of the advocacy and communication strategy of UNU-FLORES. The Officer will promote the agenda of UNU-FLORES and raise awareness of the substantive work of the institute, as well as supporting the academic staff with advocacy and communication activities. Additionally, S/He will support the institute to have a greater impact on policy.

The Officer will work in close collaboration with the Partnerships and Liaison Officer (P&LO) and may work in close partnership with other UNU institutes, local, national, and international media, subject matter experts, external partners, Government officials, and donors. Additionally, the successful candidate will work closely with the Office of Communications at UNU Centre.

Duties

The incumbent will have the following duties

• plan, develop, and implement the institute’s advocacy strategy; evaluate the results and impact of the advocacy activities
• Also, raise public awareness and advocate for UNU-FLORES’ agenda through the dissemination of information, writing, and publication of thematic articles; prepare and distribute advocacy materials
• Additionally, monitor and analyze international, national, and regional political developments, trends, and emerging issues in areas related to the mandate and work of UNU-FLORES and provide advice to the scientific units
• Likewise, plan and facilitate the development and implementation of a digital content strategy and contribute to the development of critical communication, advocacy, and outreach products (text, photography, graphics, infographics, animation etc.)
• furthermore, act as a spokesperson to the media, governments, stakeholders, and other actors
• actively participate in the development of project proposals to ensure that advocacy and outreach activities, e.g. events are sufficiently included in each project
• Also, search for events for the academic staff to attend and promote the message of UNU-FLORES to reach wider audiences

Qualifications for Vacancy for Political Affairs Officer

The candidate will have to  meet the following criteria

• a PhD in mass communication, media, journalism, international relations, social sciences, or a related field. However, a master’s degree with an additional two years of research and advocacy experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree
• Also, a minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in advocacy and communications, political affairs, or a related field is required
• Similarly, experience in advocacy related explicitly to scientific content, protocol, and high-level communications with governments, the scientific community, and donor agencies would be highly advantageous
• Also, experience using social media tools, CMS, Office software, excellent knowledge, and experience of handling web-based management systems
• experience with innovative advocacy tools as well as video and audio editing tools would be highly beneficial
• proficiency in both oral and written English as well as excellent analytical writing skills is mandatory; proficiency in German would be highly advantageous
• Likewise, strong planning, organization and time management skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, and efficiently

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