The Senior External Relations Assistant plays a pivotal role in coordinating high-level visits from foreign delegations, donors, and media representatives. They draft briefing notes, press releases, bulletins, reports, newsletters, and prepare other public information materials to facilitate effective communication.
Key Responsibilities:
* Drafting and translating routine correspondence and texts
* Facilitating and accompanying visits of foreign delegations, partner NGOs, donors, and the media to refugee camps
* Assisting with developing and implementing UNHCR's social media strategy, conceptualizing and pitching stories for UNHCR's global website
* Ensuring public information materials, including fact sheets, information brochures, briefing materials, are readily available
* Organizing visibility events, such as World Refugee Day, and liaising with partners, refugees, and local communities on implementation
* Compiling weekly, monthly, annual, quarterly, thematic reports, situation reports, etc.
* Reviewing media daily and ensuring the office is informed of local developments
* Providing information on UNHCR's activities to external partners
* Responding to non-complex media queries and incoming correspondence