Media and Communications Officer (P)

IOM is seeking a Media and Communications Officer to manage the implementation of media and communications-related activities for IOM Gaza response.

The Media and Communications Officer will be responsible for coordinating the implementation of external communication strategies, supervising the preparation of media-related content, providing technical advice to the Crisis Coordination Team, and managing media and communications staff.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating external communication strategies
• Preparing media-related content
• Providing technical advice on strategic communications
• Supervising and managing media and communications staff
• Reviewing external communications content
• Assisting the Crisis Coordination Team
• Managing online presence
• Strengthening links with media
• Drafting media key messages
• Engaging with the UN Country Team's Communication Group
• Ensuring gender, diversity, and inclusion awareness

The ideal candidate should have a Master's degree in Journalism, Communications, or a related field, with five years of relevant professional experience, or a University degree with seven years of experience.

Required skills include experience as a writer, editor, and content producer/manager, experience in digital communications and social media, corporate writing and editing, managing donor visibility, media liaison, and humanitarian communications.

Fluency in English is required, and working knowledge of another official UN language is an advantage.