{"id":42809,"date":"2019-12-10T09:18:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T09:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=42809"},"modified":"2019-12-10T09:18:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T09:18:01","slug":"un-university-jobs-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/un-university-jobs-2019.html","title":{"rendered":"UN University Jobs 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the past four decades, UNU has been a go-to think tank for impartial research on the pressing global problems of human survival, conflict prevention, development, and welfare. With more than 400 researchers in 13 countries, UNU\u2019s work spans the full breadth of the 17 SDGs, generating policy-relevant knowledge to effect positive global change. UNU maintains more than 200 collaborations with UN agencies and leading universities and research institutions across the globe.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Communications and Public Relations Associate<\/strong><\/p>\n United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA)<\/strong><\/p>\n The United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) is one of fourteen Research and Training Centres and Programmes established by UNU worldwide. The mission of UNU-INRA is to strengthen the capacity of Africa\u2019s universities and research institutions to conduct research and produce well-trained, well-equipped, and motivated individuals, capable of developing, adapting, and disseminating technologies that advance food security, promote conservation and efficient use of the continent\u2019s natural resources for sustainable development. For more information please visit\u00a0www.inra.unu.edu.<\/p>\n We are currently looking for an outstanding, creative, entrepreneurial, and enthusiastic individual with a strong commitment and the potential to bring a significant contribution to the activities of UNU-INRA.<\/p>\n Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Under the supervision of the Director of UNU-INRA, the Communications and Public Relations Associate will:<\/p>\n Research<\/strong><\/p>\n Communications Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n Media Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n Networking and Partnerships<\/strong><\/p>\n Required qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n Required qualifications include:<\/p>\n Critical attributes<\/strong><\/p>\n The ideal candidate will have:<\/p>\n UNU is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities to apply and become part of the organisation. Remuneration<\/p>\n Remuneration will be commensurate with academic qualifications and experience.<\/p>\n Duration of contract<\/strong><\/p>\n This is full-time employment on a one (1) year Personnel Service Agreement (PSA) contract with UNU-INRA, with the possibility for contract renewal subject to satisfactory work performance.<\/p>\n This is a locally recruited post; no relocation expenses or allowances apply. The successful candidate will be employed under a local contract and will not hold international civil servant status nor be a \u201cstaff member\u201d as defined in the United Nations Staff Rules and Regulations. UNU does not sponsor a working visa for this position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the past four decades, UNU has been a go-to think tank for impartial research on the pressing global problems of human survival, conflict prevention, development, and welfare. With more…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[97],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-b8t","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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