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Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site
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Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site
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Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site
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Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site
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Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site
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Kyiv, Ukraine · Hybrid
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Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site
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Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site
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Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site
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The Communications Associate will develop and implement communication plans to enhance project visibility and stakeholder engagement. They are responsible for creating high-quality content, managing media relations, and ensuring gender-responsive messaging across various platforms.
Candidates must have a minimum of 4 to 7 years of relevant experience depending on their educational background. Proficiency in English and Ukrainian is required, along with strong writing, editing, and communication skills.
Lessons from the past years informed the development of UNDP’s Country Programme Document (2025-2029) and the scale-up of the Area-Based Recovery (ABR) Framework. The Framework’s programmatic pillars of Reconstruction, Returns, Resilience, and Reforms are focused on ensuring community recovery and creating conditions for the return to a development pathway in Ukraine.
Addressing the country’s complex reconstruction and recovery requires a holistic, systems-based response that empowers all parts of society - including government, local authorities, the private sector, and citizens - with the capacity and resources to respond effectively. To ensure a whole-of-society approach, the framework offers an integrated, participatory, and inclusive methodology to advance recovery in communities most affected by the war.
In this context, the Communications Associate will enhance the ABR project’s visibility, credibility, and stakeholder engagement by ensuring clear, timely, and gender-responsive messaging across medial platforms and events.
I. Assist in developing and implementing communication plans
• Assist in developing and implementing communication and media plans for the project at regional level.
• Assist in designing and implementing targeted communication campaigns.
• Collaborate with relevant units and personnel to help the project develop concept notes that include outreach, advocacy, and communication components.
II. Develop and edit high-quality communication content
• Prepare press releases, media advisories, and feature stories for the UNDP website and social networks on various issues relevant to the project’s objectives in both English and Ukrainian.
• Update official UNDP in Ukraine social media platforms (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Flickr, etc.) to highlight project achievements.
• Develop talking points as well as information and briefing notes as requested by UNDP senior management.
• Edit and format project reports and promotional materials, ensuring they meet UNDP communication standards.
• Regularly update booklets, factsheets, newsletters, and other informational materials for both internal and external audiences.
• Coordinate with production and printing agencies to create audio, video, animation, and print products.
• Maintain and update a library of reference materials, such as reports, communication tools, booklets, photographs, and videos of project activities.
III. Support media relations and project visibility and knowledge sharing
• Organize press conferences and other media-related events as part of the project’s activities.
• Ensure branding and visibility materials are prepared and displayed according to UNDP standards.
• Prepare background documents and assist in organizing donor and corporate missions, including audio-visual and media coverage of project activities and achievements.
• Prepare media monitoring reports on project activities.
• Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned that are generated from the project and implementing partners.
IV. Ensure the mainstreaming of gender equality and women’s empowerment considerations in the field of expertise; promote a safe and enabling environment free of discrimination and abusive behaviour corporate standards
• Assist with ensuring the project contributes to the promotion of gender equality by reaching, involving, and benefiting both women and men.
• Use the principles of gender-responsive communications in line with the UNDP corporate standards.
• Be aware of relevant gender issues and concerns in the field of expertise.
• Support the promotion of team culture of gender equality and zero tolerance to any sexual misconduct in the team through leadership and personal example.
• Demonstrate respect for gender equality in professional interactions, identify and address sexism and gender discrimination.
• Assist with informing and briefing personnel and partners about corporate sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse policies.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Institutional Arrangement
The Communications Associate will work under direct supervision of the Communications Specialist and overall guidance of the Programme Manager (Area-Based Recovery).
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| Achieve Results: | LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline. |
| Think Innovatively: | LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements. |
| Learn Continuously: | LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback. |
| Adapt with Agility: | LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible. |
| Act with Determination: | LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident. |
| Engage and Partner: | LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships. |
| Enable Diversity and Inclusion: | LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination. |
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
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Digital Awareness and Literacy |
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Customer Satisfaction/Client Management |
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Knowledge Facilitation |
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Business Management |
Partnerships Management |
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Business Management |
Communication |
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2030 Agenda: Engagement & Effectiveness |
Crisis and Fragility Policy and Engagement |
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2030 Agenda: Peace |
Governance |
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As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.
UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.
UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.
UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Applicants are invited to read UNDP’s guidance for candidates on using AI responsibly in UNDP recruitment and selection
UNDP does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process. For further information, please see www.undp.org/scam-alert.
The United Nations Development Programme works in nearly 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results. DISCLAIMER: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) does not guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of any comments posted to its social media outlets (blogs, social networks, message boards/forums, etc.). Users must not post any content that is obscene, defamatory, profane, libelous, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful or embarrassing to any person or entity. UNDP reserves the right to delete or edit any comments that it considers inappropriate or unacceptable, and to delete off-topic comments in order to foster conversations about the topics shared on this page.
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