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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.  

The work of UN Women in Moldova is guided by its new Country Strategic Note 2023-2027, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Moldova (2023-2027), UN Women Global Strategic Plan, National Programs and Strategies and aims to contribute to the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Strategic Note focuses on four main areas: 1) Ending Violence against Women; 2) Women’s Leadership and Governance; 3) Women’s Economic empowerment and 4) Humanitarian and Peace development nexus and UN Coordination on Gender equality. 

Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. 

Communications is a key component of UN Women Moldova Country Office’s work and constitutes a vehicle for ensuring visibility for successful UN Women Moldova initiatives, results, and programmes as well as for raising awareness about key issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Effective communications also contribute to mobilizing resources as donors would like to see value for money. Yearly UN Women on the Global, Regional and country levels is conducting key regular communication campaigns such as International Women’s Day and 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. In 2019 the Generation Equality Campaign was launched marking 25 years since Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. 

On 29 August 2022, UN Women started the implementation of a two-year project titled ”Building sustainable and inclusive peace, strengthening trust and social cohesion in Moldova”. The joint UN project with OHCHR and UNDP, funded by the UN Peacebuilding Fund (hereinafter – PBF Project) is implemented on both banks of the Nistru river. Its objective is to facilitate an enabling environment for improved cross-river interconnectedness and interaction, reduced social tensions and continuation of the settlement process. 

In this connection, UN Women Moldova Country Office intends to hire a consultant to facilitate communication and media initiatives and events and increase the visibility of UN Women activities with a particular focus on those under the PBF Project. 

Scope of work

The objective of this Consultancy is to support UN Women project and communications teams in the elaboration and implementation of project communication materials, and events and ensure media relations in strict compliance with the UN and Peacebuilding Fund communication and visibility guidelines, thus increasing the visibility and participation of UN Women and its donors. 

Working under the overall guidance of the Programme Officer on Women Peace and Security and direct supervision of the Project Officer on Gender Equality in Peacebuilding and in collaboration with the Communications Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for the following: 

• Develop and update Project’s Communication Action Plan and lead/support its implementation. 
• Provide substantive contribution to the elaboration and implementation of the project’s communication activities concepts, including raising awareness campaign, in strict compliance with HQ and Regional guidelines. 

• Contribute to the production of content and communication materials – human stories, videos, articles for the website, factsheets, briefs etc. 
• Provide support, including conceptual and technical guidance on the development of joint media materials of CSOs from both banks supported by the project 
• Contribute to the production of visual content - social media cards, visibility materials etc. 
• Draft and plan project-related content for Social Media channels - Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, ensuring mention of PBF in published materials and social media updates of project progress (use of tags, incl. @UNPeacebuilding). 
• Elaborate concept notes for the project events, and coordinate events visibility, and logistical arrangements.  

• Draft media invitations and press releases. 
• Other ad hoc tasks to support media related programmatic activities of UN Women CO in connection with the broader area of Women in Leadership and Governance, Peace and Security. 

Duration of the Assignment  

The assignment shall commence in February 2023 and shall expire in August 2024 for up to 120 working days in line with the indicative timeframe described under “Deliverables and Timeframe” section. 

Inputs  

UN Women will provide the Consultant with the background materials, UN Women project documents, and other relevant materials regarding implementation of the tasks under this TOR. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

 Working under the overall guidance of the Programme Officer on Women Peace and Security and direct supervision of the Project Officer on Gender Equality in Peacebuilding and in collaboration with the Communications Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for the following: 

• Develop and update Project’s Communication Action Plan and lead/support its implementation. 
• Provide substantive contribution to the elaboration and implementation of the project’s communication activities concepts, including raising awareness campaign, in strict compliance with HQ and Regional guidelines. 

• Contribute to the production of content and communication materials – human stories, videos, articles for the website, factsheets, briefs etc. 
• Provide support, including conceptual and technical guidance on the development of joint media materials of CSOs from both banks supported by the project 
• Contribute to the production of visual content - social media cards, visibility materials etc. 
• Draft and plan project-related content for Social Media channels - Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, ensuring mention of PBF in published materials and social media updates of project progress (use of tags, incl. @UNPeacebuilding). 
• Elaborate concept notes for the project events, and coordinate events visibility, and logistical arrangements.  

• Draft media invitations and press releases. 
• Other ad hoc tasks to support media related programmatic activities of UN Women CO in connection with the broader area of Women in Leadership and Governance, Peace and Security. 

• Functional Competencies: 

  • Excellent command of Romanian and English, Russian will be a strong asset; 
  • Excellent writing skills in Romanian, English and Russian in preparing briefs, reports, human interest stories, news, articles and similar work for various audiences; 
  • Solid understanding of and hands-on experience in communications and outreach/advocacy;  
  • Ability to produce well-written text, including use of gender and conflict-sensitive language; 
  • Ability to achieve results and to work in teams; 
  • Ability to use Information Technology effectively as a tool and resource; 
  • Ability to work under pressure and within limited time frames; 
  • Ability to consistently approach work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude; 
  • Ability to work in an independent manner and organize the workflow efficiently; 
  • In-depth knowledge of gender equality and women’s rights issues will be an asset; 

  Qualifications: 

  • University degree in foreign languages/literature/journalism/communication and public relations or in any other relevant domain. A Master’s degree in the aforementioned domains would be an asset.  
  • At least 2 years of relevant experience in journalism, public relations and/or mass communications; 
  • At least 2 years of experience in the elaboration and conducting of communication activities on social issues; 
  • Experience in web content management systems (Drupal or other) would be an asset; 
  • Knowledge of graphic design software would be an asset; 
  • Relevant experience in related areas in UN Women and/or UN agencies or other international organizations would be an asset; 
  • Experience in the development of events/materials on gender would be an asset. 

  Language: 

  • Fluency in Romanian and good command of English (written and oral); 
  • Fluency in Russian language would be a strong asset.  

  • Documents to be included

    Interested candidates are invited to submit their online applications with the following documents: 

    • Cover letter to include a brief overview in English (unedited text) about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position. 
    • P11 with experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc  a signed copy should be submitted. 
    • Financial Proposal The financial proposal should contain a daily fee for the required work tasks;  
    • Examples of campaigns/materials/products elaborated by the candidate or under his/her coordination.

    The financial proposal should contain a daily fee for the required work tasks, as well as total price (see Annex II: Price Proposal Submission Form).

• The deadline for submission is 17 Jan 2023, 23:59 Moldova local time, GMT+2.

Any clarification questions may be submitted to the email: iulia.terpan@unwomen.org

All applications should be sent by email to the following secure email address: tender.md@unwomen.org

More details and supporting documents could be found following the link: https://sc.undp.md/jobdetails/2644/