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UNHCR Assistant External Relations Officer Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs

UNHCR Assistant External Relations Officer Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.

UNHCR Kenya looking for “Assistant External Relations Officer”.

Applicants with a Undergraduate degree may apply on or before April 15, 2024.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a UN agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 17,300 staff working in 135 countries.

UNHCR Assistant External Relations Officer Jobs 2024

The UNHCR has published a job vacancy announcement on April 04, 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Assistant External Relations Officer to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Recruiter United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position Assistant External Relations Officer
Location Nairobi, Kenya
Country Kenya
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification Undergraduate degree
Experience Required 1 year
Application Deadline April 15, 2024

UNHCR Job Vacancy 2024

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • – Assist the management in dealing with the challenges posed by the political context, the UN and humanitarian reform, and institutional developments in the area of forced displacement and humanitarian operations.
  • – Assist in planning and organizing communications strategy that generates support for UNHCR s operations from external partners (e.g. the general public, governments, partners, the media, academia and persons of concern).
  • – Assist in the dialogue with donors and embassies and provide accurate information by organizing regular briefings, bilateral meetings and missions.
  • – Assist the management in disseminating information on UNHCR¿s global funding situation and mobilize additional funds to implement special projects aimed at enhancing the quality of protection for persons of concern.
  • – Participate when requested in the inter-agency cooperation and communication strategies, initiatives and tools.
  • – Assist in the management of information flows within the country operations by identifying priority matters, securing, analyzing and disseminating documentation and information to support country operations and corporate communication processes and priorities.
  • – Assist in the drafting of situation reports, briefing notes, background material, talking points, fact sheets, press releases and articles.
  • – Assist in planning and organizing advertisements, exhibitions, training seminars, conferences, meetings, social events and other activities to promote a better understanding of UNHCR¿s activities and accomplishments by the general public and/or organized groups.
  • – Support the management of media relations by, inter alia, drafting responses to direct queries, draft press releases and organizing regular briefings and visits to country operations.
  • – Organize press briefings for external parties as required.
  • – Organize the distribution of UNHCR publications and the provision of materials to various institutions and individuals.
  • – Produce reports for donor agencies as required.
  • – Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
  • – Perform other related duties as required.

Qualification & Experience:

  • 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree.

Functional Skills

  • IT-Computer Literacy
  • IT-Web Content Management
  • CO-Drafting and Documentation
  • (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

  • For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
  • For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
  • For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Other Details

  • Full time
  • Posted 2 Days Ago
  • job requisition id: JR2439280

How to Apply UNHCR Assistant External Relations Officer Jobs 2024

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to this link Click Here

The Closing Date: April 15, 2024

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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Official Website www.unhcr.org
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