Projet
The Marshall Islands: Women and Youth Skills Empowerment and Resilience Project - Project Implementation and Management Services
National Communications Officer
Poste de travail
Description du projet
The Republic of the Marshall Islands requested assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance a social protection project with the outcome of increasing skills, empowerment and resilience of vulnerable women and at-risk young people. The Women and Youth, Skills, Empowerment, and Resilience Project will be considered by the ADB Board of Directors in November 2024. The project is estimated to cost $21.84 million. The Government of the Marshall Islands has requested a grant not exceeding $19.70 million from ADB’s Asian Development Fund (ADF) Special Funds resources to help finance the project, including $13.7 million from the ADF 13 thematic pool, under its strategic area on achieving the sustainable
development goal 5 transformative gender agenda. The Ministry of Finance, Banking, and Postal Services (MOFBPS) is the executing agency for the project and the Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs (MOCIA) is the implementing agency.
The project is aligned with the following impacts: (i) an enabling and sustainable environment built where all youth develop their full capacity and contribute meaningfully to sustainable development (National Youth Policy 2021–2025); and (ii) gender equality and the empowerment of women progressed, with the meaningful involvement and contributions of all development sectors and civil society (National Gender Mainstreaming Policy). The project will have the following outcome: vulnerable women’s and youth’s skills, resilience, and empowerment increased. There will be three outputs:
Description de poste
Key tasks include but are not limited to the following:
• working closely with MOCIA, prepare a project stakeholder participation and communication strategy and plan, including a stakeholder analysis, ensuring compliance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy13 and government requirements, and in alignment with ADB’s guide Strengthening Participation for Development Results;14
• establish all project communication tools, templates, social media channels, and other methods required to implement the plan;
• train and transfer skills to PIMS team, MOCIA and the women’s center staff in design and implementing project-related communications;
• prepare several radio spots to promote the project;
• contribute to early project progress reports, particularly relating to communications actions; and
• help to design the project grievance redress mechanism.
Conditions requises
• Degree in marketing, mass communication, journalism, community development or related field.
• At least 8 years of general work experience.
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience in communications.
• Experience in developing communications’ outputs such as updating social media, press releases and donor reporting.
• Previous work experience working within a multinational team is desired.
• Written and spoken fluency in English language is essential.
Informations supplémentaires
The assignment is planned for 6 person months.
Marshall (Iles)
Pièces jointes
Durée de la mission
01/04/2025 - 31/10/2030
Date limite de dépôt des candidatures
30/09/2024
Type d'emploi
long terme
Statut de travail
préqualification
Référence de projet
24-0199-000-MRS-ADB-women