Programme/Project Title: "Innovations Springboard": Leveraging Information and Communications Technologies for Ukraine’s Prosperity

Programme/Project Number: UKR/01/007

Post title: Public Communications Assistant

Duration of employment: 01/12/2001-01/08/2004

Full time job

Duty station: Kyiv, Ukraine

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the UNDP Resident Representative and Innovation Springboard Programme Management Committee, the incumbent will be expected to:

• Arrange press, radio and TV coverage of Innovation Springboard Programme and Sub-programme activities, prepare public information, media and PR activities such as press conferences, information briefings for journalists and the general public, and other commemorative events;
• Incorporate the media-relations element in Innovation Springboard Programme;
• Maintain close contacts with local and international electronic and print mass media in Ukraine, write and circulate press-releases;
• Maintain contact with governmental and non-governmental organizations regarding their support to Innovation Springboard Programme activities;
• Monitor mass media coverage of Innovation Springboard Programme activities;
• Maintain contacts with UN/UNDP Office, information units of other UNDP projects and programmes;
• Maintain and coordinate an efficient information exchange between the Innovation Springboard Programme and Sub-programmes;
• Prepare required reports to the UN/UNDP Office information unit;
• Perform other related duties as required.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Strong oral and written communication and analytical skills, multi-task oriented, a proactive, energetic approach to problem solving;
• Project management skills with driving forces of quality and meeting deadlines;
• Strong media skills, comfortable with the spokesperson role and capable of building
  and maintaining relationships with external partners;
• Practical writing and communications experience in the area of PR and event marketing communications;
• A bachelor’s degree in communications; (Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, focus on International Communication (PR, Media studies, Sociopolitical Monitoring, Analysis and Propaganda, Theory of Negotiations and Conflicts, Journalism);
• fluent Ukrainian, Russian and English;
• knowledge of and complete comfort with computer applications is essential (including organization of public presentations on PowerPoint).

Deadline: 21 December 2001

UN/UNDP House in Ukraine: 1, Klovsky uzviz, Kyiv, 01021
Tel: +380 (44) 248-03-06, e-mail: bunyatyan@irf.kiev.ua