UNV: Outreach campaign development – Abuja

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific


JOB DESCRIPTION

Organization Mission

Mission
To transform the lives of women and girls through economic empowerment, education, healthcare, agriculture, advocacy, and community development — upholding integrity, accountability, and godly values in every initiative.

Objectives
1. Economic Empowerment: Provide vocational training, entrepreneurship support, and microfinance access to boost women’s financial independence.

2. Health and Well-Being: Improve access to quality healthcare services, with emphasis on maternal health, reproductive care, and mental wellness.

3. Education: Advance literacy, STEM education, and vocational learning for girls and women through scholarships, mentorship, and digital inclusion.

4. Gender Equality Advocacy: Champion women’s rights, leadership inclusion, and campaigns against gender-based violence and discrimination.

5. Advocacy Against Harmful Practices: Fight against female genital mutilation, early marriage, and other oppressive cultural practices while supporting survivors.

6. Community Development: Strengthen local communities through infrastructure, sanitation, agriculture, and social support initiatives.

7. Environmental Sustainability: Promote eco-friendly practices and women-led climate resilience projects for a sustainable future.

Context

Prudent Women Empowerment Initiative is committed to promoting the social, economic, educational, and leadership development of women and girls through empowerment programmes, advocacy campaigns, training, mentorship, and community outreach activities. As the organisation continues to expand its impact and reach more communities, there is a growing need for effective communication, publicity, and professional visual representation of its programmes and activities. The organisation plans to run communication and awareness campaigns to promote its initiatives, increase public engagement, attract partnerships, and create greater visibility for issues affecting women and vulnerable groups. These campaigns directly support the organisation’s mission by helping to educate, inform, mobilise, and empower beneficiaries and stakeholders across different communities.
The support of Online Volunteers in areas such as graphic design, digital publicity, content creation, social media communication, and awareness materials development will significantly strengthen the organisation’s outreach and advocacy efforts. Their contributions will help improve the quality and effectiveness of campaign materials, expand audience engagement, and ensure wider dissemination of important information and empowerment opportunities. Through this task, the Online Volunteers will contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals), by supporting initiatives that empower women, promote inclusion, and strengthen community development efforts.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for 10 experienced and creative Online Volunteers who will support our communications team with the development of an outreach/social media campaign. In close collaboration with the communications team, the Online Volunteers will:
-Discuss and define the campaign’s target audience, desired goals, and outcome
-Analyze target audience and develop audience profile
-Define specific message/s and medium/tool to convey message/s to target audience
-Develop campaign’s implementation plan

The Online Volunteer will be provided with material and other sources to develop the outreach/social media campaign as required and available. For close coordination and discussion the Online Volunteer is expected to be available for calls via Skype/Zoom/Microsoft Teams.

Required Skills and Experience

Candidates should have previous experience in campaigning or strategy development with excellent communication and writing/editing skills. Good knowledge of online marketing tools and channels, as well as experience with designing of outreach/marketing tools is highly desired.
A degree in marketing, marketing management, communications or related fields is considered an asset.


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