UN Women: Communication Specialist, Homebased Short Term IPSA

Job Description II. Organizational Context

• Spotlight Initiative is the United Nations high‑impact initiative to end violence against women and girls. Launched in September 2017 with €500 million in seed funding from the European Union, the initiative is aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, as well as harmful practices.
• It follows a transformative and evidence‑based approach, addressing unequal power relations between men and women and focusing on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• In line with the principles of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Initiative follows a human rights‑based approach and takes into consideration the specific needs of women and girls who experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and upholds the principle of “leaving no one behind”.
• Spotlight Initiative seeks to intensify the focus and accelerate progress on eliminating violence against women and girls, through dedicated large‑scale resources, comprehensive design and focus, and evidence‑based programme theory of change.
• It adopts a comprehensive approach to violence, implementing interventions under four outcome areas: laws, policies and institutions; violence prevention; response (provision of quality services and addressing impunity); and support to the women’s movement and civil society organisations.
• The Initiative is supported by a Secretariat to ensure coherence, alignment, quality, and strong technical support for a programme with regional specificities.

• Plan, research, write, edit and publish stories and content for Spotlight Initiative channels.
• Work closely with Spotlight Initiative teams and communications focal points in country and regional programmes to develop human‑interest stories.
• Develop and regularly update content for the website.
• Foster relationships with key stakeholders, including various UN agencies, implementing partners, and civil society partners to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Develop and maintain a digital content editorial calendar.
• Produce or copy‑edit innovative and engaging copy for all digital content and campaigns, including the newsletter.
• Work closely with the Public Information Officer and Social Media Content and Video Editor to create scripts and other content for social media and ensure integration between the website and social media channels.
• Copy, edit and review all social media content for syntax and UN Editorial consistency.
• Produce and edit written content for the Spotlight Initiative Secretariat as needed, including Annual Reports, Impact Reports and Report Summaries.
• Contribute to the drafting of scripts, op‑eds, speeches and video messages for Spotlight Initiative events, leadership and UN Global Advocates.
• Adapt editorial approach to meet emerging needs of the Secretariat as Spotlight Initiative its second phase of programming to ensure the continuing relevance of the Initiative.
• Build communications capacity: manage, develop and deliver storytelling training and workshops to build capacity within the team, country programmes and broader community.
• Work collaboratively with inter‑agency colleagues to ensure relevant content is shared and amplified.
• Maintain, monitor and administer Spotlight Initiative website: evaluate and test website functionalities and match user requirements to ensure consistent product quality and performance.
• Monitor and review Spotlight Initiative web pages to ensure adherence to the Global Communications and Visibility Strategy, web‑writing guidelines and web user manual.
• Scan all content published on the website to ensure quality and consistency with web‑writing guidelines and the UN Editorial Manual.
• Liaise with developers to identify and correct bugs, system and security issues.
• Frequently update and optimise the Web User Manual.
• Coordinate the translation of web content in‑house with French‑ and Spanish‑speaking colleagues, as required, and monitor deadlines and delivery of translations for posting.
• Carries out any duties assigned by the Spotlight Initiative Global Communications Lead or the Technical Advisor.

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