Communications Analyst

**Communications Analyst**:
**Advertised on behalf of**:
**Location**:

- Brasilia, BRAZIL**Application Deadline**:

- 16-Feb-23
- **(Midnight New York, USA)**

**Time left**:

- 16d 2h 53m**Additional Category**:

- Gender Equality**Type of Contract**:

- FTA Local**Post Level**:

- NO-A**Languages Required**:

- English Spanish Portuguese**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, peace, and security.

UN Women works in Brazil to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls and stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on three strategic priorities:
1. Women lead, participate in, and benefit equally from governance systems

2. Women have income security, decent work, and economic autonomy

3. All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence

The UN Women Country Programme in Brazil is implemented in line with the national development priorities, as well as in line with the international human rights standards and commitments on gender equality and empowerment of women, of which Brazil is signatory, including the UN Human Rights Treaties, such as CEDAW, CERD, as well as with Beijing Platform for Action, Durban Action Plan and Agenda 2030, as well as the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security.

UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality, and in all deliberations and agreements linked to the 2030 Agenda. As part of the United Nations Country Team, leads the Inter-Agency Thematic Group on Gender, Race and Ethnicity, and actively contributes to the other UN inter-agency mechanisms.

Reporting to the Country Representative, the Communications Analyst is responsible for planning and coordination of the implementation of the Country Office communications and advocacy strategies to increase the standing and awareness of UN Women with partners, the media and the public.

The Communications Analyst works in close collaboration with the Programme, Operations and technical teams in the Country Office, the communication teams of the Regional Office for Americas and the Caribbean and the HQ, as well as the staff of other UN Agencies, Government officials, media, multilateral and bilateral donors and civil society.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**1. Provide substantive support to the planning, design, implementation and monitoring of external communication and outreach/advocacy strategies and plans**
- Provide analysis, elaborate, implement and monitor the Country Office communication strategies and plans in support of the Strategic Note and Annual/Biannual Work Plans;
- Provide inputs for elaboration of the Country Office Strategic Note and Annual/Biannual Work Plans’ communications-related sections, results, indicators and activities, etc;
- Integrate communication, advocacy and outreach strategies into proposals for project/programmes and other initiatives, as necessary;
- Monitor and analyze print and social media and provide analysis to the management (Country, Regional and HQ);
- Monitor communication-related Strategic Note indicators and provide inputs to annual reports, donor reports and other reports, as needed;
- Elaborate substantive contributions, provide social mobilization, technical and advocacy support to the launch and implementation of in-country UN Women/ UN system corporate and local campaigns and special events.

**2. Coordinate and contribute substantively to the development and dissemination of advocacy materials in Brazil**
- Draft briefing materials, and press releases and coordinate its dissemination through effective channels;
- Identify opportunities and write stories, articles and social media posts about a diversity of topics related to the UN Women mandate and areas of work in Brazil;
- Develop, promote and disseminate corporate advocacy materials for launching flagship initiatives, publications, and campaigns, including annually updated Brazil Country Office institutional folder and report;
- Coordinate the translation/editing/adaption/rewriting of information received from the projects, HQ and regional office, printing and dissemination of publications and audio-visual materials;
- Organize and maintain a repository of photo and video;
- Prepare terms of reference and manage contracts for communications-related services (i.e. translation, editing, design, photo and video production, etc);
- Provide quality assurance of the publications, knowledge products and other materials for public distribution by ensuring compliance with the UN Women identity, branding and related policies and guidelines.

**3. Coordinate media relations for the Braz