وظيفة شاغرة: تعلن منظمة متطوعو الأمم المتحدة في لبنان عن حاجتها لمساعدين في التواصل (UNV Communication Associate (Social Media))

UN Entity: UNICEF

Assignment Context:
UNICEF was founded in 1946 as an emergency fund to support the most vulnerable children. Today, it works on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF is working to scale up essential services for adolescent and young people – to deliver on their rights to livelihood, health, education, protection, and other essential services, but also to help make their voices heard, reduce their involvement in risky behaviors and conflict and ensure they do not lose hope.

As an active UNICEF team member, the UNV will be providing efficient support in developing, adapting, and packaging social media content. Responsibilities include creating a social media posting planner, assisting in developing and scheduling social media packages, archiving social media calendars and assets, and supporting the production of engaging digital content. Additionally, producing creative briefs, exploring innovative content creation tools, and providing regular updates on digital trends. Generating reports on social media key performance indicators, assisting in field visits for content collection, and coordinate with content implementers for quality and timely delivery.
In addition to duty station specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

Task description
Under the supervision of Digital Communication Officer, the UNV Communication Associate (social media) will:

• Support the digital communication officer in coordinating and producing engaging social media content through coordination with and programme focal points, graphic designers and other relevant suppliers.
• Support in the production of digital materials (social media visuals, info graphs, fact graphs, illustrations, GIFs, reels) for the digital platforms to ensure brand visibility and consistency.
• Support in producing creative briefs, explore different innovative tools for content creation, and regularly update the team on new trends and potentials to strengthen UNICEF digital media existence.
• Assist in developing text content (Captions) for posts in English and Arabic.
• Support with providing enough and diverse content to meet the requirements of the social media and website calendars in collaboration with the social media team.
• Coordinate with content implementers (designers, videos editors, photographers…etc.) for quality, timely delivery and alignment with UNICEF digital guidelines.
• Clear content with the Digital Communication Officer, and programme sections as needed.
• Support with providing inputs to programme sections for communication-related content to enhance creativity and amplify impact.
• Create a social media posting planner to be shared on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Generate weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports on the social media key performance indicators and sentiment analysis
• Organize and conduct field visits for content collection and live coverage.
• Monitor partners, other UN platforms and relevant accounts for articles, stories, resources, and relevant sharable content.
• Assist with logistics and coordination of social media activities and live coverage of events.
• Assist in mapping/identifying major and relevant digital social media outlets, and compiling names of potential/key influencers to support in further promoting UNICEF communication and advocacy campaigns and activities.
• Archive social media calendars and social media assets.
• Support in community management and digital advertising .
• Assist in responding to comments and messages received across all social media platforms
• Assist in creating TOR, conducting desk reviews and performing any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Required experience
• Communication, social media, Digital Marketing, Advertising, Graphic design, Audio visual, Business Administration or any other Social Media fields.
• At least 3 years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level in social media, content creation, content production, graphic design, video editing, marketing and advertising.
• Experience with event management is an asset.
• Knowledge in one or more graphic design tools Adobe Creative suite; Illustrator, photoshop, AI tools and Canva, video editing tools and applications, analytic tools are mandatory

Living conditions and remarks
As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. This position is based in Beirut, Lebanon. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan. National UN Volunteers are expected to be culturally sensitive and adjust to the prevailing culture and traditions.

Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
In addition to duty station-specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.