Short-term Emergency Communications Officer (UNV, Yemen)

About the role

This is a National UNV assignment for a Short-term Emergency Communications Officer in Yemen, supporting WHO's emergency preparedness, response and recovery operations. The officer develops and implements communications activities and produces timely information for partners, media, donors and affected communities.

Key responsibilities

• Identify relevant stories and produce timely information for partners, media, donors and affected communities through traditional and digital channels.
• Manage and harmonize emergency-related web content in line with WHO communication standards and guidelines.
• Produce high-quality multimedia products, including videos, photographs, social media content, press releases, radio/TV materials and presentations.
• Liaise with national and international media and coordinate interviews, filming opportunities and other activities promoting WHO's emergency response.
• Prepare advocacy and communication products supporting resource mobilization and donor engagement.
• Coordinate with health partners, UN agencies, WHO regional and field offices and other stakeholders to develop communication campaigns with consistent messaging.
• Contribute communication content to weekly situation reports and other emergency products, including human-interest stories from displacement sites, health facilities and outbreak responses.
• Adapt priorities and activities to changing humanitarian needs, including deployment to different duty stations when required.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Political Science, Social Sciences, International Relations or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant national or international experience in communications and/or advocacy.
• Demonstrated experience supporting humanitarian emergencies, public health emergencies, outbreak response or recovery activities.
• Fluency in English and native-level Arabic are required.
• Previous experience with WHO, the UN system or an international NGO is an asset.

Required skills

• Proven ability to draft advocacy materials and produce high-quality communication and multimedia products.
• Strong skills in media relations, storytelling, digital communications and social media.
• Ability to communicate complex health and humanitarian information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt quickly to evolving emergency environments.
• Desirable: experience organizing advocacy or public information campaigns, managing content publishing, review and clearance, and courses in graphic design, visual communications, multimedia production or social media.