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Communication Specialist (Strategic Advisory, Executive Communications and Donor Reporting), P-4, TA (4 months), #, Riyadh, Gulf Area Office, Saudi Arabia - MENAR

Job no: 595155
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Riyadh
Location: Saudi Arabia
Categories: Communication

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.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to a Calling

How can you make a difference?

The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (GAO) works to advance children's rights and strengthen strategic partnerships with Gulf governments and institutions. In line with national development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals, GAO combines policy engagement and technical cooperation in high-income-country contexts with partnerships that leverage Gulf leadership, expertise and financing for children regionally and globally.

Grounded in the recent multifunctional review (“the Reset”), GAO is strategically repositioning itself as a globally influential hub — building deep trust and technical credibility and harnessing the resources and ambition of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to maximize impact for children domestically, regionally and globally. This post support that positioning.

From September to December 2026, UNICEF's Gulf Area Office (GAO) will manage an intensive schedule of major events, high-level partnership meetings and donor-reporting requirements. The Temporary Appointment will provide dedicated strategic advisory, executive communications, reporting and quality-assurance support to the GAO Director throughout this period.

Key functions:

• Strategic planning and positioning
• Executive communications and external engagement
• Evidence-based donor reporting and quality assurance
• Knowledge management and institutional learning

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Education
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  Advanced university degree (Master's or higher) in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, International Relations, Political Science, Marketing or another relevant field. A first university degree combined with two additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.
• Work Experience:

A minimum of eight years of progressively responsible professional experience in strategic communications, advocacy, executive communications or a related field.

Demonstrated experience supporting senior leadership through speeches, briefing notes, talking points and other executive communications for major international events and high-level meetings.

Experience working with governments, development partners and other high-level stakeholders, and experience reviewing or producing high-quality donor reports and partnership materials.

• Skills
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  To be considered for this role, candidates are required to have expertise in strategic communications planning, speech writing, editorial and quality assurance processes, and the ability to deliver high-quality outputs independently within tight deadlines. Strong strategic communication planning, speech writing, editorial and quality-assurance skills, with the ability to deliver high-quality outputs independently within tight deadlines.
• Language Requirements
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  Fluency in English is required, with excellent drafting and editing skills.
• Language:
  Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Experience working with multicultural and multidisciplinary…