Communications Specialist

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is the operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.  Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations.  With over 8,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, where they need it.  By implementing around 1,000 projects for our partners at any given time, UNOPS makes significant contributions to results on the ground, often in the most challenging environments.

Background Information- Job Specific
The project ‘Mozambique Northern Crisis Recovery Project’  (NCRP) will be based in and around the City of Pemba in Cabo Delgado Province supporting the resettlement of IDPs from temporary settlement sites to approximately 20 relocation sites. The project will support both IDPs and Host communities. The project comprises of 4 main objectives broken down into components as follows:

• Component 1: psychosocial social support and community peace building; and enhancing State-society trust and confidence.

• Component 2: provision of agriculture and fisheries inputs, cash for work programs for youth and women and the provision of kits for micro and small business development; and training on entrepreneurship and business management. 

• Component 3: the restoration of basic services, small works for agriculture production, education and health infrastructure and the construction or rehabilitation of school and health infrastructure and community services and amenities in temporary and relocation sites and host communities. 

• Component 4: strengthening of technical capacity of government authorities and local governments for conflict management. This component will also support project implementation, financial management, procurement, safeguards, reporting, and monitoring and evaluation. 

UNOPS has been entrusted with the critical role of supporting the national Government Project Implementation Unit (PIU) to deliver this project and ensure adequate support is provided to build sustainable capacity in relevant institutions.  Thus, the project will be implemented in collaboration with government authorities and will be guided by the various programme guidelines provided by the World bank- as the funding source. 

The project team is expected to contain Programme management staff, Safeguards and Monitoring and Evaluation staff and infrastructure staff and will require significant stakeholder and partner coordination and management.

Local Context: 

The project will be based in the city of Pemba, in Cabo Delgado, this position is expected to maintain regular travels to Niassa and Nampula provinces, as needed.  Interested candidates should note that Pemba is a non-family duty station. 

The project team is multi-disciplinary and multi-agency. The UNOPS team will be composed of Infrastructure staff, Safeguards and Monitoring and Evaluation staff, Community Development team, Project Management and Support personnel.  With several components to be implemented by other UN Agencies, and considering the complex humanitarian and development partner landscape in the North, the project will also require significant stakeholder and partner coordination and management.  

The selected candidate will also be required to support the Senior Project Manager to establish full operations and UNOPS presence in the project location with the support of the Multi Country Office. 

Purpose and Scope of Assignment 

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Project Manager, the Communications Specialist will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of the Communication Strategy and action plan for the NCRP.  S/he will be responsible for facilitating the implementation of the strategy and action plan by the various Implementation Partners and overseeing adherence to it over the life of the project.

• Master’s degree in Communications, Media Studies, Journalism, or other related fields is required.

• A bachelor's degree in Communications, Media Studies, Journalism, or other related fields with a combination of two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted  in lieu of the master's degree

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the field of communications, journalism, external relations and/or other communication roles is required.

• At least 3 years in writing excellent reports and briefs is required

• Experience using social media accounts in a professional setting is a distinct advantage

• Experience developing content for websites and social media platforms is an advantage 

• Experience working on donor funded projects is an advantage

• Experience working with international organizations in the area of displacement in a field setting is an advantage

• Fluency in English and Portuguese is required (Reading, Writing and Speaking)

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  
• This is an Emergency Recruitment process (EPP)
  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.