Deadline of this Job: 03 November 2022
JOB DETAILS:Communications Associate
Since 2009, Gardens for Health International (GHI) has implemented nutrition-sensitive agriculture programs to combat childhood malnutrition in Rwanda. We seek to fundamentally change the treatment of malnutrition by working with families to establish nutritious home gardens, while equipping them with knowledge to support long-term health. GHI’s core program works with government-run health centers. In addition, we collaborate with a variety of governmental and non-governmental partners to bring our expertise to new settings and populations, including schools and refugee camps. We are an impact-driven organization with a deep commitment to ensuring that every program we design responds to the unique needs of the communities we serve. Our team is flexible, innovative, and passionate about sparking lasting change.
GHI is proudly locally led, with a dedicated staff of over forty Rwandan nationals. Our headquarters are located just outside of Kigali where we operate a five-acre demonstration and production farm.
For more information about GHI, check out our website and find us on Facebook and Instagram.
The Role
The Communications Associate is an exciting opportunity for a highly organized self-starter who shares a commitment to GHI’s values and work.
The Communications Associate is responsible for producing engaging written and visual content for Gardens for Health International external audience to contribute to Gardens for Health’s development activities. They will design strategies to attract new supporters and inform existing ones about our work and translate that influence into fundraising across diverse media outlets. The Communications Associate will work with the Development and Partnerships Associate and US Development Lead in cultivating and maintaining relationships with new donors and foundations through compelling storytelling of the organization’s programming. This is a position for a creative individual with strong writing, photography, and videography skills and an ability to craft engaging stories for diverse audiences.
The Communications Associate will serve as a key member of the Development and Communications Team under the direct supervision of the Executive Director who is also based in Kigali, Rwanda.
GHI seeks to hire qualified, committed and experienced National to fill the following position.
Key Areas of Accountability
• Lead the design and execution of the organization’s communications strategy
• Support individual donor stewardship, including relationship management, organizational updates, and thank you notes;
• Producing storytelling content that is locally empowering to the people we serve and engaging to our global network of supporters
• Maintaining GHI’s active online social media presence across platforms including LinkedIn Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
• Producing fundraising and marketing materials (e.g. program one pager, donor appeal, annual report) using graphic design to attract new donors and engage existing ones
• Writing and designing monthly newsletters, emails to donors, and blog posts
• Leading the production of promotional videos for both internal and external use
• Updating and Maintaining Gardens for Health’s website to ensure it accurately reflects the organization’s program and work
• Conducting field visits and interviews with field staff and program participants to produce visual and written material to support our online and print media presence
• Capacity building on story telling for staff
• Support the Executive Director in preparing for conferences and donor meetings
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or Marketing and Media Production or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of working experience
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite
• Strong organizational skills and a high level of attention-to-detail
• Experience in photography with a preferred knowledge of Adobe Light room
• Preferred skills in videography
• Preferred skills in graphic design with a preferred knowledge in Adobe InDesign
• Preferred skills in website design including experience in Square space
• Passion for Gardens for Health’s vision and values, with a commitment to serving the organization mission
• Experience working in cross-cultural, international settings
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities, big and small
• Exceptional written communication skills for diverse audiences
• Passion for GHI’s mission, values (commitment to the families we serve, belief in the potential of people, open and honest communication, humility and empathy, and commitment to long-term impact), and culture (“turi kumwe” in Kinyarwanda, meaning “we are all in this together” or “we are one”)
• Bonus: demonstrated experience in food, nutrition, agriculture, and/or global health
Position: Communications Associate
Place of Work: Kigali with travel to the field as required
Reports to: Communications and Development Manager
Time frame: Open Ended
Deadline of this Job: 31 October 2022
JOB DETAILS:UNCT Retreat Facilitator – United Nations Office at Nairobi
Result of Service
• An inception report with a well-designed pre-retreat survey methodology that will identify strengths and gap areas on the degree of collaboration and integration of the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and the Resident Coordinator Office (RCO) through assessing the effectiveness of delivery Joint Programmes, Annual Joint Work Plans, UNCT Results reports, Common Country Analysis and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework
2. Pre-retreat survey report.
3. Delivery of successful RCO and UNCT retreats.
4. A retreat report capturing key outcomes and actionable recommendations with a detailed roadmap to deliver the action points.
Work Location
Kigali
Expected duration
24 days
Duties and Responsibilities
Organizational Setting and Reporting
Three years have passed since the start of the implementation of UN reforms on January 1st, 2019. The UN Development System (UNDS) reform was based on the GA Resolution 72/279 approved on 31 May 2018 and the UN Secretary-General Implementation Plan. The objective is to ensure that the UN is better fit-for-purpose to support countries achieve the ambitious agenda 2030. More specifically, the reform aims to reposition the UNDS with a stronger, better-defined collective identity as a trusted, reliable, cohesive, accountable, and effective partner to support countries to deliver the 2030 Agenda; the UN that member States invest in, and rely on, because they understand and support what it does, what it can deliver on, and how it functions. The reform should yield a UN development system that is more integrated, more focused on delivery results on the ground, with clearer internal and external accountability for contributions to national needs, and with capacities, skillsets and resources better aligned to the 2030 Agenda.
As a step towards strengthening and building the RCO and UNCT teams and to ensure joint planning, analysis, monitoring and delivery of high-quality work, the UNCT will have an annual retreat from 22nd to 24th November 2022 to reflect on how better to position the UN in Rwanda to deliver Agenda 2030 and beyond, delivering as one and leaving no one behind. The retreat will be preceded by RCO teambuilding retreat to be held on 21st November.
The UNCT, RCO and the Programme Management Team (PMT) held the first successful SDG Lab in person training in September 2022. The training came up with the following list of prototypes and respective prototype names to be developed in the next four months:
The UNCT will take advantage of being together at the retreat to have a follow up session with the Presencing Institute. The Presencing Institute team will connect virtually. The session will be preceded by a pre-retreat Coaching Sessions of 60’ for each of the 5 prototypes so that each team feels supported in evolving the prototype and on the sensing work.
Against this backdrop Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Rwanda is seeking the services of an experienced consultant to support the preparations and facilitation of the UNCT retreat. The consultant will work under the overall supervision of the Senior Development Coordination Officer, Strategic Planning and RCO Team Leader with support from the Programme Management Team.
Specific tasks of the assignment will include:
The Facilitator is expected to produce the following:
1. Develop and conduct a pre-retreat survey to identify strengths and gap areas on the degree of collaboration and integration of the UNCT through assessing the effectiveness of delivery, including:
a) Joint Program covering Joint designing, planning Implementation, analysis, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and resource mobilization.
b) Annual Joint Work Planning
c) UNCT Annual Results Reporting
d) Common Country Analysis
e) Developing the Cooperation Framework
2. Retreat design
a) Contribute to the finalization of the Concept Note of the retreat including the methodologies and inclusion of the SDG Lab session.
b) Propose a customized program clearly articulating the objectives and outcome of the retreat.
c) Develop interactive and flexible facilitation tools and material for use during the retreat, including the setting of the conference room and any other necessary requirement for a conducive learning environment.
d) Prepare the retreat programme
3. Facilitate the Retreat
a) Facilitate the retreat as per the approved retreat programme
b) Create a constructive and engaging environment during the retreat in which participants are able to interact in a manner that facilitates achievement of the programme objectives.
4. Produce the report of the Retreat
a) Analysis and Synthesis of Retreat outcomes and 2023 Priorities
b) Write a report capturing key outcomes and actionable recommendations with a detailed roadmap to deliver the action points. Qualifications/special skills
A Master’s degree or equivalent in Social Sciences, Development, Communications, and/or relevant field is required. A bachelor’s degree with an additional two years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree.
Competencies
• Professionalism: Ability to apply knowledge of various United Nations administrative, financial and human resources rules and regulations in work situations. He/she shows pride in work and in achievements; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions.
• 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 Organizing: 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.
• Judgement/Decision making: Takes decisions impacting the individuals, teams, department, or division one manages; Gathers and analyses complex issues and data; solves complex problems; Generates or proposes alternative options for action; Takes decisions which impact the Organization, staff members or other parties; takes a tough or unpopular stand against resistance
• Work Experience
• At least 15 years of relevant work experience, with a focus on facilitating meetings or workshops for United Nations and/or other international, regional or bilateral development organizations is required.
b) Expertise in designing and implementing a wide range of interactive methods of strategic planning, team building and group dynamics; extensive and diverse experience in organizational planning, assessments, Management, Leadership Development. He should also have proven record and expertise in facilitating and training staff retreat is required.
c) Cultural sensitivity and experience moderating meetings of culturally diverse and international groups, as well as relationship, teambuilding and change management practice is required.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required.
No Fee
The United Nations Does Not Charge A Fee At Any Stage Of The Recruitment Process (Application, Interview Meeting, Processing, Or Training). The United Nations Does Not Concern Itself With Information On Applicants’ Bank Accounts.