Associate External Relations Officer at UNHCR

Duties

• Stay abreast of the challenges posed by the political context, the UN and humanitarian reform, and institutional developments in the area of forced displacement and humanitarian operations.
• Assist the implementation of a communications strategy that generates support for UNHCR's operations from external partners (e.g., the general public, governments, partners, media, academia, NGOs, private sector, and forcibly displaced and stateless persons).
• Assist in the dialogue with donors and embassies and provide relevant information on UNHCR operations and financial requirements by organizing regular briefings, bilateral meetings, and missions and responding to donors’ requests for information on an ad hoc basis.
• Through a consultative process with headquarters, disseminate information on UNHCR's global funding situation and mobilize additional funds to implement programmes and projects aimed at enhancing the quality of protection for forcibly displaced and stateless persons in the country operation.
• Assist in the coordination of the drafting of situation reports, briefing notes, background material, talking points, fact sheets, press releases, and articles.
• Draft narrative and financial reports on contributions in compliance with specific donor requirements.
• Monitor earmarking level of funding for UNHCR Country operations and ensure appropriate visibility for donor contributions in compliance with UNHCR guidelines and specific donor requirements.
• Participate on behalf of the Representative and other supervisors in inter-agency cooperation and communication strategies, initiatives, and tools.
• Assist in the management of information flows within the country operations by identifying priority matters, securing, analyzing, and disseminating documentation and information to support country operations and corporate communication processes and priorities.
• Consolidate information on UNHCR's country operations and identify appropriate messages for campaigns and appeals.
• Propose events and initiatives (e.g., commercial, cultural, political, and sports) to promote the work of UNHCR and take action as appropriate.
• Support the management of media relations by responding to direct queries, publishing press releases, handling interview requests, and organizing regular briefings and visits to country operations.
• Promote visibility of UNHCR's work and advocate for support for forcibly displaced and stateless persons through providing inputs for social media and other web content.
• Organize missions to the field and press briefings for external parties as required.
• Implement all aspects of a communications strategy.
• Represent UNHCR on behalf of senior management in fundraising and communication priorities in inter-agency initiatives and fora.
• Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision-making in risk-based approaches in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues, and concerns to a supervisor or relevant functional colleague(s).
• Perform other related duties as required.