Public Information Officer

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office in Dubai UAE is seeking qualified candidates to fill the following vacancy 1. Position Title Public Information Officer Service Contract for duration of 12 months with the first three months considered as a probation period. Duty station Dubai United Arab Emirates with travel as required. The incumbent will report to the Chief IT Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch and will be responsible for the following duties

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  Managing
  
  strategic communication and advocacy efforts for WFP IT in emergencies and the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster ETC in WFP’s
  
  capacity as nominated global lead including


• Design
  
  targeted and measurable public information strategies leveraging the full
  
  range of communication tactics and coordinating with the WFP global IT
  
  emergency team as well as UN NGO Private sector and Government partners.


• Manage
  
  implementation of communication strategies including defining aims and
  
  objectives monitoring progress and measuring performance and success.


• Liaise
  
  with ETC partners for the development and approval of strategic communication
  
  initiatives and manage the branch’s relationships with communication personnel
  
  from key partner organizations.


• Collaborate
  
  with members of the humanitarian IT community for development of communications
  
  materials to support partnerships and interagency activities including articles
  
  presentations videos brochures project proposals speeches and
  
  presentations.


• Research
  
  analyze and integrate information to prepare a wide range of editorial
  
  including feature and journal articles white papers reports press releases
  
  brochures backgrounders often under tight deadlines. Determine appropriate
  
  medium for distribution.


• Provide
  
  strategic communication support and where required leadership to other nonIT
  
  branches of WFP including drafting of strategies.


• Manage
  
  staff projects and initiatives related to PI and communications for IT and
  
  for the Dubai office when required


• Act
  
  as spokesperson and media focal point for IT in emergencies create media
  
  messages liaise with journalists propose coverage and consult on angle disseminate
  
  material and host journalists.


• Manage
  
  participation in international conferences including establish discussion
  
  theme invite key interagency speakers create speeches and presentations
  
  develop and disseminate report.


• Coordinate
  
  and oversee ETC information management and reporting activities including
  
  transforming technical and complex information into easily understood materials
  
  for public use.


• Research
  
  and write bimonthly IT Emergency newsletter for distribution to mailing list
  
  of over 1000 people.


• Manage
  
  design content and administration of IT Emergency website – the default ETC
  
  collaboration platform – including preparation of multimedia products.


• Coordinate
  
  design approval production publication procedure and distribution of
  
  advocacy materials.


• Perform
  
  other related duties as required. Academic
  
  Qualifications Experience Language required
  
  
  
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    Education University
    
    degree in one or more of the following disciplines journalism preferably
    
    foreign correspondence and international media international relations
    
    public relations communications or other related fields.
  
  
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    Experience At least three years of postgraduate
    
    professional experience as a journalist public information officer or
    
    professional writer including experience in the preparation and production of
    
    materials for publication.
  
  
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    Language Fluency in both oral and written
    
    communication in English.
  
  
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    Knowledge Training
    
    andor experience utilizing computers including word processing spreadsheet
    
    and other standard WFP software packages and systems. Ability to make different
    
    types of presentations. General knowledge of UN system policies rules
    
    regulations and procedures governing administration. Required
    
    Competencies and Knowledge
    
    
    
    
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      Strong written and oral communication
    
    
    • Recognizes opportunities or threats and acts on them with the
      
      agreement of supervisor. Responds quickly to emergencies with a solution or a
      
      decision.
    
    
    • Works productively with broad range of team members e.g. all job
      
      profiles levels actively participates in and supports team decisions openly shares knowledge expertise or
      
      experience with team members.
      
      
      
      • Actively seeks information and opinions of client to understand
        
        their requests and to identify their needs and expectations. Meets deadlines
        
        for delivery of products or services to clients. Keeps clients informed of
        
        progress or setbacks. Explains the rationale for decisionsoutcomes to the
        
        client. Solicits ongoing feedback from clients.
      
      
      • Systematically extracts pertinent information from relevant
        
        sources. Conducts indepth analysis on issues and problems. Identifies multiple
        
        causes of a problem and relationships among the causes.
      
      
      • Maintains effective performance in demanding or uncertain
        
        situations e.g. emergency andor varied field situations.
      
      
      • Develops a sound understanding of own area of activity as well as
        
        WFP’s structure mandate vision and key priorities. Prioritizes own work
        
        activities in accordance with the division’s mandate. Develops a sound
        
        understanding of policies and procedures that are related to own work. Entry on Duty Immediately The United Nations World Food Programme is an
        
        equal opportunity employer. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged
        
        to apply. The United Nations World Food Programme is
        
        the world’s largest Humanitarian organization each year we give food to an
        
        average of 90 million poor people to meet their nutritional needs including 58
        
        million hungry children in at least 80 of the world's poorest countries. The WFP Office in Dubai provides support to
        
        all WFP operations in terms of ICT Procurement and Logistics.
        
        
        
        • Candidates are
          
          required to declare in their CV if they have close relatives parents
          
          children siblings working as Staff Members within WFP.
        
        
        • It is highly
          
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