UN Women: Communications Clerk, Baghdad, Iraq, National Consultant, Local post for the Nationals of Iraq

Job Description 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 and peace and security. 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 and peace and security. UN Women Iraq Country Office (ICO) main office is based in Baghdad, and a sub-office is in Erbil. ICO aims to strengthen the UN response in addressing priorities for gender equality and women empowerment by developing and implementing innovative approaches and supporting governments and civil society organizations. ICO programming focuses on four main strategic goals, including women political participation, humanitarian action, economic empowerment, and Women, Peace, and Security (WPS). UN Women ICO is adopting an innovative approach to implementing its projects and activities aligned with the global action plan and parallel with its strategic notes. Under the overall supervision of the Country Representative of the UNW Iraq Country Office in Baghdad, the clerk will be reporting to the Communications and Partnership Assistant and supported by the Executive/Programme Associate. The consultant will be partially embedded in the National Directorate for Iraqi Women (NDIW) to support the Directorate with the formulation and implementation of the communications and advocacy strategies to increase and widen outreach of the efforts of the Directorate and the women’s machinery to achieve the national vision for Iraqi women. Description Of Responsibilities/Scope Of Work Provide administrative support in the development of a coherent communications and advocacy strategy: Provide background information for the development of a communication strategy; Provide logistical support to advocacy efforts and campaigns by organizing roundtable discussions, press conferences, and other publicity events and providing inputs to briefing materials and press releases, as necessary. Provide administrative support to the development of advocacy materials, on efforts taken by the women’s machinery to achieve the national vision and goals for better outcomes for Iraqi women and girls: Gather identifying storylines and achievements within the country Draft press releases, articles, key messages and other advocacy materials; Review translations, contact with printers and other suppliers to ensure production; Maintain library database of reference materials and photos; Provide support in the management of the CO/NDIWs social media presence and website: Gather information f