Communications and Advocacy Officer, NOA, (East Jerusalem)

UNFPA•Picayune, MS

About The Position

The Communications and Advocacy Officer leads and provides technical guidance to the UNFPA Palestine Country Office in planning, coordinating, designing, and implementing external communications, partnership initiatives, and advocacy efforts. The role facilitates communications, partnerships, and advocacy initiatives that support UNFPA Palestine’s programme work, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence and women’s empowerment, youth engagement, and population dynamics and data. It helps ensure major programme events and initiatives are communicated cohesively and meaningfully through innovative and impactful approaches, and supports collaborative relationships with media, government counterparts, donor agencies, UN agencies, and civil society. The officer reports directly to the UNFPA Representative and works closely with the Deputy Representative, programme teams, and operations teams. The position also supports donor relations, resource mobilization, programme results reporting, and participation in the UN Communications Group in Palestine.

Requirements

Master’s degree in communications, media relations, journalism, international development, or relevant social sciences.
At least 2 years of increasingly responsible professional experience at the national or international level in public relations, communications, or advocacy.
Demonstrated expertise in planning, designing, and leading communications strategies, campaigns, and initiatives in development and/or humanitarian contexts.
Proven experience in media relations, donor visibility, social media management, and digital communications analytics.
Excellent research, analysis, and writing skills, including demonstrated experience drafting talking points, opinion editorials, press releases, social media content, and issue papers that communicate key messages clearly.
Proven expertise in strategic social media management and developing interactive, informative, and engaging digital content regularly.
Experience in multimedia production, including photography and basic videography editing.
Proficiency with communications and design software, including the MS Office suite, graphic design tools, and web-based systems.
Fluency in English and Arabic.

Responsibilities

Monitor and analyse political, social, and economic developments relevant to UNFPA’s work, as well as public perceptions of UNFPA; identify communications opportunities and recommend actions to increase visibility and maintain a positive organizational image.
Guide internal and external communications that inform and engage staff and the public about corporate strategic goals, transformative results, and country programme goals.
Coordinate development of the Country Office communication and advocacy strategy and action plan with programme teams.
Develop and maintain collaboration with traditional and social media, civil society groups, and organizations.
Draft and edit articles, press releases, human-interest stories, social media content, and other advocacy and information materials.
Coordinate the establishment and ongoing content maintenance of the UNFPA Palestine website and social media accounts.
Coordinate with programme teams to prepare communication and promotional materials for briefings and visits by journalists, donors, senior government officials, and other groups.
Help organize special events and generate public support for them, including World Population Day and the launch of the State of World Population Report.
Contribute press clippings to the weekly regional media monitoring report.
Follow up on the production of advocacy and communication materials for campaigns, including films, infographics, podcasts, video, and other audiovisual products; oversee quality control, translation, layout, and graphic design for compliance with UNFPA standards and policies.
Assist in monitoring and evaluating the timely dissemination and impact of advocacy and communication materials, and provide feedback to the Regional Office and Headquarters on global publications and visual materials.
Assist UNFPA implementing partners with communications and advocacy messages related to UNFPA’s mandate, including communications capacity building.
Establish and maintain an up-to-date documentation center for publications, press releases, clippings, photographs, and audiovisual materials.
Participate in the UN Communications Group under the UN Country Team in Palestine and contribute to planning and implementing the joint UN Communication Strategy for Palestine.
Advise the Representative, Assistant Representative, and programme teams on partnerships with donor communities and other development partners in support of resource mobilization, including organizing donor meetings as needed.
Facilitate programme teams’ reporting on results.