Standard Job Description

Senior External Relations Associate The Senior External Relations Associate is a key external point of contact for the UNHCR office with media and other external organisations. The incumbent will be responsible for creating greater public awareness and understanding of refugee issues and the work of UNHCR and for amplifying the voice of refugees and other people of concern (PoC). The overall aim is to mobilise further financial support, increase awareness and empathy for forcibly displaced people.

Duties

• Support UNHCRs media relations and advocacy work in the geographic and thematic area.
• Monitor evolving issues concerning asylum seekers, stateless persons and refugees within the Area of Responsibility (AoR) and suggest stories and topics for media coverage.
• Provide background briefings to local and international media.
• Assist in the dialogue with donors and embassies and provide accurate inf...