National Communications Consultant, Skopje North Macedonia, National Consultant
Organizational Context
UN Women in North Macedonia works to eliminate discrimination against women and girls, empower women, and achieve gender equality. The office implements projects focused on gender-responsive policies and budgets, and youth empowerment, aiming to strengthen institutional capacities and promote women's leadership and participation in all spheres of life. The role supports these initiatives by enhancing communication and advocacy efforts.
Job Purpose
The Communications Consultant will support the UN Women Office in North Macedonia's overall communication work, with a specific focus on projects related to gender-responsive budgeting and youth empowerment. The role is responsible for the timely and quality planning and implementation of the UN Women communication strategy. This includes supporting advocacy efforts, maintaining media relations, and conducting organizational outreach to increase the visibility and understanding of UN Women's work, achievements, and results among stakeholders, development partners, the media, and the public.
Responsibilities
The consultant will plan and design communications and outreach strategies, revise communications needs assessments, and implement media strategies with a gender perspective. Responsibilities include developing and producing communications materials such as brochures, publications, and press releases, and managing their dissemination. The role involves maintaining media relations, advising on media coordination, responding to inquiries, and organizing media events. Additionally, the consultant will build and maintain partnerships with donors and civil society organizations, manage the UN Women North Macedonia online presence by providing content for social media and websites, and facilitate knowledge building and sharing by identifying best practices and supporting training workshops. Support for international days marking Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women, including advocacy, PR activities, and developing promotional materials, is also required.
Work Experience
A minimum of 5 years of experience in communications at the national or international level is required, including experience in media relations, developing communication strategies for projects, and utilizing social media, multimedia, and digital platforms. Strong editing and copywriting skills are preferred. Experience with video and photo editing, design software, and previous work with gender-focused projects, UN Women, or the UN system is considered an asset.
Skills
Communications strategy development, media relations, content creation, social media management, digital platforms, editing, copywriting, partnership building, advocacy, knowledge management.