Posting Title: CHIEF OF SECTION, BRAND BUILDING, P5
Job Code Title: Chief of Section, Public Information
Department/ Office: United Nations Environment Programme
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Posting Period: 20 March 2015-19 May 2015
Job Opening number: 15-PUB-UNEP-40256-R-NAIROBI (X)
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
Special Notice
Appointment against this post is for an initial period of one year and may be subject to extension. Staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and to assignment by him or her. In this context, all staff are expected to move periodically to new functions in their careers in accordance with established rules and procedures.
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Organizational Setting and Reporting
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations systems designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP’s Division of Communications and Public Information (DCPI) communicates UNEP’s core messages to all stakeholders and partners, raising environmental awareness and enhancing the profile of UNEP worldwide. This post is located in UNEP/DCPI at the Nairobi duty station.
Under the guidance of the Director and the supervision of the Senior Public Information Officer, the Chief of Brand Building is responsible for the effective and efficient performance of the following duties
Responsibilities
- Management and Oversight: Directly implement, manage and oversee the section’s work and its human and other resources, in accordance with the organisation’s policies, procedures, rules, and regulations. Deliver on other projects or tasks as assigned by the Office of the Director.
- Strategy and innovation: Develop and maintain the organisation’s brand strategy and provide overall strategic direction to the work of the section through a sustained innovation and research strategy that delivers the mandate of the section on associated industry practices, techniques, and approaches;
- Brand guardianship, compliance and risk management: Manage the organisation’s brand, ensuring the development, implementation, and oversight of appropriate brand guidelines, policies, tools, and protocols designed to enhance UNEP’s goals and mitigate relevant risks. Build internal capacity for, and understanding of, branding concepts and policies and brand execution;
- Planning, monitoring, and assessment: Plan, monitor, and assess the organisation’s brand and the section’s work in the context of UNEP’s brand and communication strategies and the Division’s project commitments to UNEP’s Programme of Work and its Medium Term Strategy;
- Resource mobilisation: Mobilise and manage resources and strategic partnerships for the Division and for the organisation’s communication interventions including in the Programme of Work. Develop and implement the Division’s fundraising and partnerships strategies and manage donor relationships;
- Reporting and communication: Ensure timely and comprehensive analysis, reporting and documentation as per client, Division, corporate, and donor requirements.
Competencies
Professionalism
- Ability to manage brand building activities including decisions on promotional products, UNEP’s visual identity, initiatives or campaigns to publicize environmental messaging and the tactical engagement of Goodwill Ambassadors.
- Highly developed conceptual, analytical and innovative problem-solving ability;
- demonstrated ability to handle complex business process and information integration issues;
- extensive theoretical background and experience in brand building; Shows pride in work and in achievements.
- Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter;
- Is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results;
- Is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns;
- Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges;
- Remains calm in stressful situations.
Communication
- Speaks and writes clearly and effectively;
- listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately;
- asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication;
- tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience;
- demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
Planning and Organising
- Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies
- Identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required.
- Allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work.
- Foresees risks and allows for Contingencies when planning.
- Monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary.
- Uses time efficiently.
Judgment/Decision-making
- Identifies the key issues in a complex situation, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly.
- Gathers relevant information before making a decision.
- Considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them.
- Takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization.
- Proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information.
- Checks assumptions against facts Determines that the actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision.
- Makes tough decisions when necessary.
Vision
- Identifies strategic issues, opportunities and risks.
- Clearly communicates links between the Organization’s strategy and the work unit’s goals.
- Generates and communicates broad and compelling organizational direction, inspiring others to pursue that same direction.
- Conveys enthusiasm about future possibilities.
Education
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in communications, marketing, social sciences or other related field.
- A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience
- A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible work experience in programming corporate communications and information or a related field is required.
Languages
- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
- For this post, fluency in written and spoken English is required.
- Working knowledge of other UN official languages is an advantage.
Assessment Method
- Evaluation of qualified candidates for this position may include a substantive assessment which will be followed by a competency-based interview.
United Nations Considerations
Job openings posted on the Careers Portal are taken off at midnight (New York time) on the deadline date.
Applications are automatically pre-screened according to the published evaluation criteria of the job opening on the basis of the information provided by applicants. Applications cannot be amended following submission and incomplete applications shall not be considered. The selected candidate will be subject to a reference checking process to verify the information provided in the application.
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The United Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. (Charter of the United Nations – Chapter 3, article 8). The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.
Candidates will be required to meet the requirements of Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter as well as the requirements of the position. The United Nations is committed to the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity for all its human resources, including but not limited to respect for international human rights and humanitarian law. Candidates may be subject to screening against these standards, including but not limited to whether they have committed, or are alleged to have committed criminal offences and/or violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
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