Junior National Communications Consultant

TOR reference number: TOR-VNM-2020-014 (please refer to this number in the application letter) Title: Junior National Communications Consultant Purpose: To support the implementation of the communications strategy of UN Women in Viet Nam. Location: Ha Noi Contract duration: 15 March 2020 to 30 September 2020 (maximum 80 working days) Contract supervision: UN Women Communications Officer Application deadline: 1 March 2020 BACKGROUND UN Women is seeking for a Junior National Communications Consultant to support the implementation of the communications strategy of UN Women in Viet Nam. 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 leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. The goal of UN Women’s Communication Strategy is to support the positioning of women’s empowerment and gender equality as key issues on the international and national agendas and establish UN Women’s role as the global authority in this context. This entails showcasing its leadership as an advocate and knowledge provider on gender equality, a provider of results-oriented, impactful interventions on the ground, and a skilled facilitator of normative and UN coordination processes. During the assignment, the Junior National Communications Consultant will support UN Women Communications Officer in Viet Nam to implement UN Women communications strategy in Viet Nam including, the Beijing +25 Campaign, the International Women’s Day, the Generation Equality Satellite and the Women, Peace and Conflict conference and other activities. The Consultant will also help manage UN Women’s social media networks in Viet Nam and work closely with the UN Women Viet Nam programme Team and the UN Viet Nam Communications Team to effectively communicate the impact of UN Women’s work and advocacy messages to promote equality for women and girls. Specific tasks are indicated below. OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSULTANCY

Maintain UN Women’s social media networks in Viet Nam
Support the implementation of the Generation Equality Campaign, IWD activities
Women, Peace and Security Conference
Support UN Women Programme Team to develop communications materials and human-interest stories on the impact of UN Women’s work and advocacy messages to promote gender equality
Support media and communication outreach for UN Women events as required by UN Women Programme Team

Please refer to the attached ToR for more details. 'Complete applications should be sent to <procurement.vietnam@unwomen.org>. Technical proposal has to be sent separately with Financial proposal. Only applications meet with all items mentioned above will be considered. Deadline for Application: 1 March 2020

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