Re-Advertisement: Digital Communication Specialist (Digital Media), P-3, Fixed Term Position, ECAMENA RO, Amman, Jordan, #00136975 (Open for all UNICEF personnel)

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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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Under the supervision of the Regional Chief of Advocacy & Communication (P-5), the Digital Communication Specialist - Digital Media (P-3) provides technical leadership and operational management of the ECAMENA regional digital ecosystem and digital media stream. The post is responsible for leading the implementation of regional digital strategy across regional-language digital channels and platforms, including the unified regional website, digital channel architecture, editorial planning, digital content coordination, platform performance, and digital public engagement. The post supports the implementation and continuous refinement of the regional one-language-one-channel model, leads data-driven digital storytelling and analytics for decision-making, coordinates digital content innovation and cross-audience campaigns, and contributes to digital visibility and selected fundraising-facing priorities in close coordination with relevant colleagues. The post also provides digital quality assurance, technical support, benchmarking, and capacity building to Country Offices, while supervising the Senior Communication Associate - Video & Web Editing (G-7), the Communication Officer - Social Media RU (NO-1), and the Communication Officer - Social Media AR + EN (NO-1), and ensuring coherent delivery across the digital media stream under the strategic direction of the Regional Chief of Advocacy & Communication.  

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  Digital Communication Specialist

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, Digital Media, or another relevant field is required. 
  A Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in a relevant area combined with 2 additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree. This is applicable to internal (FT, Continuing and Permanent) staff only.
• Work Experience: 5 years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in digital communication, digital content strategy, social media management, web and platform management, analytics, or related new-media fields is required.  
• Skills: Developing and executing digital and social media strategies. Digital content planning, editorial workflows, and content production coordination. Platform performance analysis, audience insights, and data-driven optimization. Community engagement, moderation, and reputational risk awareness. Digital campaign design and implementation. Digital support, quality assurance, or capacity building for multiple teams or offices. Project management and coordination of multiple digital workflows. Supervision or functional direction of staff involved in digital delivery.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Experience with digital analytics, social listening, benchmarking, platform governance, multilingual or multi-audience digital ecosystems, and digital innovation is highly desirable.
• Experience working with creative agencies, digital influencers, LTAs, vendors, or external digital-production partners is desirable. 
• Experience supporting humanitarian or emergency digital communications is an asset. 
• Experience working in a regional, multi-country, or international setting is highly desirable. 
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
(8) Nurtures, leads and manages people

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants' bank account information.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Advertised: 28 Aug 2026 Jordan Standard Time
Applications close: 04 Sep 2026 Jordan Standard Time

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