Duties and Responsibilities
- Support to the Regional Office in graphic design for various collateral as needed for internal and external communications purposes;
- Support communications team on various communications related tasks including research, web management, campaigns and event management;
- Support with the creation and uploading of content for the related online platforms;
- Support in prepararing presentations,decks,pitches,toolkits,posters,publications, and other visuals;
- Assist the communications team in the curation and coordination of key events and communication opportunities such as campaigns and webinars;
- Support the communications team with media monitoring.
Learning goals include:
- Enhnced knowledge on gender equality and women empowerement;
- Enhanced knowledge on communications;
- Enhance knowledge on event management and campaign coordination.
Competencies
Core Values:
- Respect for Diversity;
- Integrity;
- Professionalism.
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
- Accountability;
- Creative Problem Solving;
- Effective Communication;
- Inclusive Collaboration;
- Stakeholder Engagement;
- Leading by Example.
Functional Competencies:
- Demonstrable knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud application suite incl. Indesign, After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop;
- Demonstrable Knowledge of web design and CMS platforms;
- Knowledge of graphic software such as Canva, Mailchimp, and/or Adobe Illustrator preferred;
- Strong IT skills, including the use of MS PowerPoint, Excel, Teams and SharePoint;
- Familiarity with Drupal and digital content management is an advantage;
Required Skills and Experience
- Interns are selected on a competitive basis. Applicants to UNWOMEN internships must at the time of application meet one of the following academic requirements:
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);
- Have graduated with a university degree in (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.
Education:
- Please refer to the above academic requirements.
- Preferred fields of study: Graphic design, Communications or related fields;
Experience:
- Demonstrated experience in producing various communications materials (social media graphics and videos, blogs, human-interest stories, presentations, brochures, etc.) (required);
- Experience managing social media channels (desirable);
- Knowledge of the international relevant media ecosystem (desirable);
- Creativity in writing and designing content, including storytelling skills is an advantage;
- Experience coordinating events and gatherings with multiple actors including government, civil society, public and private sector (desirable);
- Experience working for international organizations is an advantage.
Languages:
- Excellent English language skills;
- Knowledge of additional official languages of the UN is desirable.
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