UNDP Recruitment In Nigeria September-October, 2012

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UNDP JOB VACANCY FOR NATIONAL EXPERT MEDIA

JOB TITLE: NATIONAL EXPERT MEDIA
JOB LOCATION : NIGERIA

RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Senior Media Expert is expected to:
Advice on media involvement in elections, the bottom-up legitimacy parts of democratization and governance
Planning, designing and implementing of internal and external strategies for communications and outreach
Maintain relationships with media particularly the Non-Governmental media organizations through Component Sectoral Working Group
Manage the Media component of the DGD Project
Substantively certify media related sub-contracted works
Carry out any other duties as assigned by the Project Director.
Provides advise on media involvement in elections, the bottom-up legitimacy parts of democratization and governance focusing on achievement of the following results:
Advise UNDP, JDBF partners, other national institutions, beneficiaries and sub-contractors on media
Provision of advice to the Project Director on the media component of the project to advice the Project Management Board in its strategic planning and decision-making
Identification of sources of information related to media and democratization issues
Identification of best practices and lessons learnt directly linked to programme country policy goals
Support to development of policies and institutions that will address the country problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners
Effective supervision and achievement of deliverables from all media related activities.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Advanced university degree (Masters) in the area of Mass Communication, Language Arts, Journalism, Political Science preferably with elements of social sciences, democratic governance and development.
Experience:
A minimum of 7 years of experience in planning and implementing media activities preferably in relation to electoral reforms and democratic processes
Work experience in democratic governance, including electoral issues, dealing with: (a) policy dialogue and advisory work (b) leadership and management of research and analysis (c) design and execution of capacity development programmes (d) project management, including the leadership of multi-disciplinary expert teams, preferably funded by development partners (UN or other) and (e) promotion of stakeholder/community awareness of and participation in democratic governance.
Familiarity with the media landscape in Nigeria
Experience in working with the media or in the development of public affairs strategies or programming will be a strong advantage. Skills in training, process facilitation, strategic planning, and partnership-building.
Proven track record of advising, organizing and supervising public awareness activities partnering with media organizations capacity-building projects.
Excellent PC user skills: word processing, spreadsheets, databases and web-based research.
Ability to travel within Nigeria and overseas.
Language Requirements:
Strong skills in written communications in English particularly in preparing issue-based papers or reports.
Excellent spoken English is required as well as fluency in one Nigerian language.
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture.

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Application Deadline : 03-Oct-2012

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