Communications Consultant
Location | Dar es salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of |
Date Posted | April 11, 2020 |
Category | Communication Consultancy NGO |
Job Type | Contract |
Currency | TZS |
Description
Background | |
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 strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. The Government of Tanzania is committed to promoting gender equality and the advancement of women’s human rights as evidenced in the Constitution and as a signatory to various global and regional instruments such as the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, the Sustainable Development Goals, among others. In Tanzania, UN Women is implementing the Country Strategic Note 2017 – 2021, in support of national development priorities and international commitments on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE). It works closely with UN sister agencies in delivering on the United Nations Development Assistance Plan (UNDAP) II covering period 2016 – 2021, under the UN Delivering as One modality. UN Women provides high quality advisory and technical support to government institutions including the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MHCDGE&C) in mainland and the Ministry of Labor, Empowerment, Elders, Women and Children (MLEEWC) in Zanzibar as well as sectoral Ministries and key institutions such as National Assembly. UN Women also works very closely with women’s organizations, other gender equality advocates, academic and research institutions, media, and the private sector to strengthen policy-oriented advocacy efforts for reform and implementation of laws and policies that protect women’s human rights; it also partners with community based organizations and traditional leaders on the engagement of men and boys. UN Women plays a leading role in efforts to coordinate UN inter-agency work and multi-stakeholder dialogues and joint programme initiatives. In view of the COVID-19 epidemic, UN Women is supporting the Government to mainstream gender in the National Response; and providing technical assistance through the Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Pillar of the national response. The overall aim of this communication sub-committee of the national response committees is to contribute to the national preparedness and response plan to stop the transmission of COVID-19 in Tanzania, through effective evidence based social mobilization, community engagement and public education that supports desired behavior change for both women and men. UN Women’s sustained support to the RCCE will ensure that issues of gender equality, women and girls are included in all communication and advocacy initiatives to promote gender equality in all response interventions. At the UN level, UN Women is working through the United Nations Communication Group (UNCG) to support development of gender-responsive communication products for the implementation of the UN Crisis Communication Action Plan. The objective of this plan is to ensure a consistent, timely and coordinated communication response of the UN System in Tanzania to the COVID-19 crisis both externally and internally. Reporting to the Representative, the Communications Consultant will coordinate and lead the implementation of the Communication and Advocacy Strategy for UN Women, reflecting global campaigns including the Generation Equality Campaign; support implementation of the COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement Plan; and the United Nations Crisis Communication Action Plan through well-targeted gender-responsive communication and advocacy actions.
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Duties and Responsibilities | |
Plan and design communication and outreach/advocacy strategies and plans
Coordinate and implement the development and dissemination of advocacy materials (COVID-19 Response)
Coordinate media relations
Build and maintain strategic partnerships
Establish and maintain the UN Women Tanzania Country Office web/ online presence
Facilitate knowledge building and sharing
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