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UN Women: Communications and Campaigns Consultant, Home Based, SSA Join to apply for the UN Women: Communications and Campaigns Consultant, Home Based, SSA role at UN Women UN Women: Communications and Campaigns Consultant, Home Based, SSA Join to apply for the UN Women: Communications and Campaigns Consultant, Home Based, SSA role at UN Women Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. 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. 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. The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is a partnership between the United Nations, Member States, and the civil society, which supports women led and women’s rights organizations working to build peace and provide humanitarian response throughout the world. Since the end of 2016, the WPHF has been supporting over 1,400 civil society organizations and is present in 46 countries worldwide. UN Women hosts the Secretariat of WPHF within the PSR unit. 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. Since its launch in 2016, WPHF has funded and supported the capacity of over 1,400 local and grassroots civil society organizations in 46 crisis-affected countries around the world. UN Women hosts the Secretariat of WPHF. The WPHF Secretariat provides support to the Funding Board, mobilizes resources from governments, companies, foundations, and individuals; provides day-to-day support to Country Offices implementing WPHF programmes; ensures timely and quality monitoring and reporting; and amplifies the work and impact of WPHF civil society partners around the world. In addition to its Regular Funding Cycle, which supports local interventions led by and working alongside women to contribute to peace and humanitarian action worldwide, WPHF has establish two unique financing mechanisms to respond to new and emerging crises: the Rapid Response Window for Women and Peace Processes, which was requested by the UN SG and supports women’s participation in Track 1 and 2 peace processes and the implementation of peace agreements, and the Window for Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs), which promotes the protection and the participation of WHRDs in crisis settings. Effective communications and advocacy are critical to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, especially in the current context of a pushback on human rights, increased militarization, and decreasing overseas development assistance. Under the overall supervision of the WPHF Head of Secretariat and day-to-day supervision of the Communications and Advocacy Specialist, the consultant will support the development and implementation of WPHF’s communications and campaigns functions as part of WPHF’s wider communications and advocacy strategy. The consultants will provide monthly reports outlining activities throughout the month. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS • Timely and quality implementation of programme/portfolio activities against set workplans, timelines, and budgets, in line with the Strategic Note • Quality and timely reporting • Regular and timely monitoring of activities • Enhanced best practices and lessons learned documented and circulated Description Of Responsibilities /Scope Of Work The WPHF Communications and Campaigns Consultant will: • Support the development, launch and implementation of at least one key WPHF advocacy campaign and its corresponding events and public activations. • Support the establishment of new partnerships with at least 2 key influencers or media partners contributing to the promotion of the WPHF advocacy campaign. • Assist the communications and advocacy team to contribute to the implementation of at least two major advocacy events, particularly through the engagement of key individual stakeholders. • Support the monitoring, mapping and tapping into relevant live conversations, calls for action, initiatives, and activations across platforms as it relates and pertains to upcoming WPHF campaigns • Support in the coordination and archiving of WPHF communications assets, language, images and

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