Communications and Reporting Consultant – EVAW at UN Women

UN Women

  • Kenya
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization's goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bri…Communications and Reporting Consultant – EVAWScope of Work and ResponsibilitiesStrategic Communications Leadership
  • Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of strategic communication plans across the EVAWG and ACT programmes, ensuring alignment with UN Women's global communication priorities and regional goals.
  • Produce monthly communication packages highlighting key milestones, events, and partner achievements
  • Design and lead high-impact communications campaigns for critical regional milestones and advocacy moments including AU Convention on Ending VAWG ratification,16 Days of Activism against GBV, Monitoring missions, EVAW regional and international forums
  • Create social media content (posts, infographics, GIFs) tailored for Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and Facebook
  • Document best practices and results from EVAWG programming through high-quality multimedia content.
  • Work with ESARO Comms to Provide strategic content development, campaign architecture, message refinement, audience segmentation, and brand visibility.
  • Develop templates for high-level events, preparing and coordinating communication packages (press kits, talking points, media advisories, digital content).
  • Coordinate with ACT partners, and the UN Women Regional Office Comms Team to ensure unified messaging, brand consistency, and narrative impact.
  • Provide direction to ensure alignment of visibility efforts with Programme results and donor expectations.
Technical assistance to ACT partners
  • Support ACT partners in developing advocacy and communications plans under their respective projects
  • Act as help desk and provide technical support on ACT partners communication and advocacy work
  • Provide technical support in implementing communications plans and developing communication material under ACT
Campaign and Visibility Execution
  • Lead the design and implementation of high-visibility campaigns including:
  • AU Convention ratification campaign
  • 16 Days of Activism
  • ACT Programme visibility and engagement drive
  • Develop strategic content calendars, creative briefs, and messaging toolkits for these campaigns.
Tools, Templates and Mapping
  • Map existing communication assets across ACT partners and identify visibility gaps.
  • Support narrative change initiatives aligned with UN Women's approach to transforming discriminatory social norms (narratives, material well-being, countervailing power).
  • Engage regional influencers, creatives, and youth through our ACT partners to co-create and disseminate messages around violence prevention and women's rights.
  • Maintain an up-to-date communication asset library (photos, quotes, videos, templates).
  • Contribute to newsletters and Curate EVAWG and ACT communication packages.
  • Create an ACT Newsletter to give Partners' work visibility and promote evidence/results-based reporting & accountability
  • Contribute to monthly reports and knowledge management products. Design branded templates for:
  • Social media graphics
  • Reports, factsheets, and policy briefs
  • Success stories and case study formats
  • Partner press releases and media advisories
  • Create toolkits for:
  • ACT Programme communications
  • 16 Days of Activism (2025)
  • AU Convention ratification campaign
  • UN Celebrations, Anniversaries, Commemorative Days and Key Advocacy Spaces/ events
Results-Oriented Communications
  • Design a visibility and results dashboard to track impact, reach, and engagement metrics.
  • Produce monthly analytics reports measuring content performance and stakeholder engagement.
  • Create a “Results Through Stories” portfolio showcasing Programme impact.
Stakeholder Coordination and Technical Support
  • Provide tailored communication coaching to ACT grantees and partners.
  • Build and maintain partnerships with media houses, influencers, regional creatives, and AU-affiliated entities.
  • Represent UN Women EVAWG unit communications in regional coordination mechanisms as needed.
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