UNGEI, Advocacy & Communications Specialist

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Comms/ Digital/ Media
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian & Development Nexus
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 14/04/2024
  • Location: Kenya
Child protection/ Children’s rights Education
UNGEI is a global partnership for gender equality in and through education. Our mandate is to catalyze and galvanize action locally, nationally, regionally and global for girls’ education and gender equality in education. We bring together diverse partners to develop and implement bold commitments to gender equality in education. 

How can you make a difference?

Deliver UNGEI’s Advocacy Strategy
  • Input into and review UNGEI’s Advocacy strategy / calendar, advising on potential targets and opportunities (for example key influencers and moments) to raise UNGEI’s visibility and push forward UNGEI’s Agenda, in particular in relation to the broader post-2030 Agenda
  • Lead on or support the delivery of high-quality advocacy outputs linked to the UNGEI’s programmes, including policy briefs, donor notes, reports and other products, in particular related to gender equality in and through education, gender-responsive education sector planning, school-related gender-based violence, feminist and youth leadership and other relevant programmatic and issue-based priorities.
  • Lead and participate in strategic discussions, working groups, reference groups, advisory bodies, etc. to support policy and agenda setting for girls’ education and gender equality in education related to UNGEI’s programmes and priorities.
  • Work closely with the UNGEI Youth Engagement Lead to ensure meaningful participation of young feminists in Gender at the Centre Initiative (GCI) programming and advocacy, including through the convening of National Youth Coalitions for Gender-Transformative Education in GCI countries.

Support UNGEI’s Communications
  • Support consultants / other members of the UNGEI team / partners in the development of compelling communications products, which may include supporting to draft, review or proofread documents or assets
  • Input into the development of UNGEI’s annual communications strategy, sharing innovative ideas for engaging new and strategic audiences
  • Support the UNGEI team in the development of key communications assets, for example the Gender at the Centre Initiative Newsletter, UNGEI Annual Reportcard or global public goods 

Support the implementation of UNGEI’s events
  • Support the planning and implementation of UNGEI digital and online events and meetings, including Feminist Network for GTE, Gender at the Centre Initiative Board meetings, workshops and trainings, other symposia and events, including but not limited to CSW, CIES, AWID, Women Deliver
  • Coordinate learning and knowledge management for the GCI initiative, organizing learning webinars for CSOs, collecting lessons learnt and good practices.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
  • An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in education, gender or women’s studies, international relations, international development, political science, sociology, psychology, social sciences or other social science field is required.
  • A minimum of 8 (eight) years of relevant professional experience in advocacy and/or communications in international development / social impact is required. Within this experience, the following are also required:
  • At least three years of experience related to education and gender equality.
  • Professional work experience in at least one global majority country.
  • Fluency in English and functional proficiency in French (oral and written). 

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