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It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.\n ABOUT WFP\nThe World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of extreme weather shocks.\nAt WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.\nTo learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.\nWHY JOIN WFP?\nWFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.\nWFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment. \nWFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.\nA career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.\nWe offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).\nJob Title: Communications Associate\nType of Contract& Level: Fixed-Term, GS6\nUnit: External Relations\nDuty Station: Dushanbe, Tajikistan\nDuration: One Year (Extendable)\nBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:\nTajikistan faces persistent structural challenges to food and nutrition security, driven by limited arable land, high dependence on food imports, widespread rural poverty, and frequent exposure to natural hazards including floods, landslides, and earthquakes. Climate change compounds these risks, and approximately 1.52 million people require food and nutrition assistance.\nWFP currently implements its Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2026 in line with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) for the same period, pursuing a strategic shift from direct implementation towards strengthening national and subnational capacities to deliver food security and nutrition outcomes. WFP supports achievement of SDGs 2 (Zero Hunger) and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals), and operates across the whole country through a network of field offices in Bokhtar, Gharm, Khorog, and Khujand complementing the country office in Dushanbe.\nWFP’s programme portfolio covers emergency preparedness and response, resilience and livelihoods, nutrition, and school meals. Across these areas, WFP is placing greater emphasis on anticipatory action, shock-responsive social protection, evidence generation, and support to national systems for risk-informed planning and response. As WFP Tajikistan transitions to its next CSP for 2027-2030, it is further positioning itself as a technical and operational partner to the Government, with a stronger focus on nationally led solutions and earlier action ahead of crises.\nThe Communications Associate supports WFP's communication and visibility efforts by creating engaging content, managing media and social media activities, documenting programme results, ensuring donor visibility, and promoting awareness of WFP's humanitarian and development work to strengthen its reputation and support resource mobilization efforts.\nACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:\nUnder the supervision of the Head of External Relations, the Communications Associate will:\n1. Perform specialised communications processes and activities, to support staff in the development, preparation, execution and dissemination of campaigns for target audiences.\n2. Conduct research, suggest ideas, and provide coordination support to ensure the timely and effective delivery of video/film, photographic and radio projects. Manage the storage and distribution of audio/visual materials in accordance with relevant policies.\n3. Serve as an information focal point, support and/or coordinate media coverage of events to optimise publicity of WFP’s activities.\n4. Organise and execute special events, working closely with colleagues, external partners and media, to ensure events are effectively scheduled, publicized and attended.\n5. Monitor traditional and social media, and report relevant information to senior staff to inform the development and/or evaluation of communications activities and strategies.\n6. Under guidance, prepare content for use on traditional and social media platforms and networks, and printed materials, to enhance coverage and support of WFP’s activities, ensuring consistency with corporate messages.\n7. Distribute and promote communications guidelines for WFP staff to refer to when creating content.\n8. Manage updates and further develop internal records and databases, ensuring information is accurate, organised and available for others to access.\n9. Respond to specialised queries and requests for support, using initiative and following standard processes, to ensure timely and accurate resolution of all enquiries.\n10. Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, in order to provide an aligned, coherent service, and to identify opportunities to collaborate/integrate processes and activities.\n11. Implement improvements to communications methods and practices, to contribute to a better flow of information about WFP’s work to the media and stakeholders.\n12. Provide communications support to Programme activities - drafting and editing written materials for external communication, such as briefings, stories, social media postings for visibility purposes; and assisting Programme implementation through developing communication materials for beneficiaries/community engagement.\n13. Other related duties.\nQUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:\nEducation: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in an area relevant to communications or other relevant fields is desirable.\nExperience, Knowledge & Skills:\nMinimum six years of experience in communications with an interest in international development/humanitarian assistance.\nSpecialised technical knowledge of communications channels processes, tools and techniques. Ability to provide support in developing written, visual, audio and multi-media content for communications materials and suggestions for improved communications processes.\nAbility to collates accurate and timely information presented in required format (i.e. written or visual materials) as well as verbally, to enable information flows and informed decision making on communications issues.\nWillingness and ability to travel to the field occasionally.\nDesired Qualifications:\nExcellent understanding of social media and online communication and media tools.\nDemonstrated capabilities in editing and copywriting skills, including articles, reports, social media content, press releases.\nExperience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Sway, CorelDRAW).\nExperience in video and photo editing and design software.\nLanguages: Fluency in English, as well as Tajik. Fluency in both Tajik and Russian is an advantage.\nWFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK\nWFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.\nClick here to access WFP Leadership Framework\nREASONABLE ACCOMMODATION\nWFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: \nNO FEE DISCLAIMER\nThe United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.\nREMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION\nAll applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruiting system. We do not consider CVs or applications sent by email, LinkedIn, or any other channel.\n\nWe strongly recommend that your Workday profile is accurate and complete, and that all sections are filled in, including your employment history, academic qualifications, language skills, and UN grade (if applicable). Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.\n\nIf you experience technical issues while submitting your application, you may contact us at . Please note that this email is only for technical issues with an application - unsolicited applications or documents sent to this inbox will not receive a reply.\n\nAt the application stage, the only required documents are your CV and Cover Letter. Additional documents (passport, certificates, recommendation letters, etc.) may be requested later in the process.\n\nOnly shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.\n\nAll employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. 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