Associate Communications Officer

The UN Resident Coordinator System seeks a national Associate Communications Officer in Djibouti City. The officer will monitor media and narratives, implement communications strategies, draft messages and products, build media partnerships, coordinate events and outreach, create digital content, assess performance, and use data visualization to support reporting and decisions.

• Gather insights from traditional, social and digital media monitoring to inform communication strategy
• Implement communications strategies that raise awareness and drive target-audience engagement
• Draft narratives and messaging across channels and platforms
• Develop media relationships and media lines including for crisis situations
• Coordinate press conferences, briefings and media events
• Produce press releases, web stories, reports, speeches and infographics
• Develop communications campaigns and strategic partnerships

• Advanced university degree in communication, journalism, international relations, digital communications or related field
• At least two years of communications strategy development and implementation experience
• Knowledge of information integrity risks including misinformation, disinformation and hate speech
• Data visualization skills
• English and French are required
• This position is open to nationals of Djibouti only

• Knowledge of current and emerging digital media platforms is desirable
• One or more years of data analytics experience is desirable

• Media monitoring
• Communication strategy
• Content creation
• Media relations
• Campaign management
• Data visualization
• Strategic partnerships

• Social media
• Digital media platforms
• Data visualization tools