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Job Title:        Communication
Assistant – Digital

Organization: United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to:
Communication Specialist

Grade: G5

About US:

The United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for
the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand
their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners,
we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into
practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and
excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

Job Summary:  The Communication Assistant – Digital will
support all graphic design work for online/digital content and assist in the
production of social media assets for digital dissemination for all UNICEF programme
work including major humanitarian emergencies, campaigns and any other in-house
requests.

Through the
production of compelling content, the Communication Associate will contribute
to the engagement of individuals by reaching them through the channels they
prefer.

In addition, the
Communication Assistant will support with technical, administrative and
operational  to plan, execute, monitor
and report on all social media assets produced and disseminated via all UNICEF
Uganda digital platforms.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Facilitate production of graphic designs, visual and audio concepts
  and materials
• Support the production of social media assets for digital
  communication
• Contribute to driving audience focused engagement
• Provide administrative support to the planning, execution,
  monitoring and reporting of the UNICEF Uganda communication strategy and
  social media and graphic assets produced
• Support the management of UNICEF Uganda digital platforms

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNICEF Communication
  Assistant – Digital job opportunity should hold have completed secondary
  education, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses
  related in graphic designing, illustrations, mass communication,
  journalism, digital communication, multimedia communication and related
  field.
• Five years of progressively responsible digital communication
  production work experience is required with experience working in various
  media formats: online, audio, video, photography and graphics and managing
  active digital and social media sites.
• Practical professional work experience in graphic design and digital
  publishing
• Demonstrated knowledge of the latest digital production and editing
  software (especially for video editing, photo editing and graphic design),
• Creative skills in the following industry tools (Avid Media
  Composer, Lightworks, Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools,
  Photoshop) to be able to produce a wide range of compelling social media
  content
• Practical professional work experience in interactive digital and
  social media.
• Experience in digitizing and video streaming and creating graphics
  for the web and other multimedia services.
• Basic video production and editing.
• Fluency in English is required (reading/writing/speaking).
• UNICEF’s Core Values: Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in
  Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
• Competencies:
  Analyzing, Learning and Researching, Planning and organizing and Following
  Instructions and Procedures.

NB:
The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment
process (Application, interview meeting, processing, or training). The United
Nations does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates desiring to serve the United Nations in the
aforementioned capacity should express their interest by visiting the UN
recruitment website and clicking Apply Now.

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Deadline: 14^th October 2019

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