• Write draft policy papers on media relations that examine opportunities and recommend strategies and policy options, tactics and implementation measures.
  
• Analyze the effectiveness of the Unions media relations activities and advise the Head of the Division on possible strategic changes, seek the support of media representatives to promote an accurate image of the Union and its activities and in positioning ITU as a pre-eminent ICT organization and the UN’s lead agency in ICT.establish and maintain regular contacts with reporters and editors of key national and international media, pitch stories and convince them of their news value.
  
• Establish a new system for media monitoring, including analysis, performance tracking and regular reporting to senior ITU staff and elected officials.
  
• Manage direct response to the media where appropriate (PR opportunities, corrections).
  
• Identify and develop media opportunities for key ITU events. Serve as media focal point at such events.
  
• Provide support to Bureaux for media relations activities, where requested.
  
• Ensure the effective management of the media accreditation system and the provision of appropriate working facilities for journalists at ITU events.
  
• Provide editorial guidance to authors of information products and ensure that all ITU information material designed to inform the media and the public conforms to the Unions policies and is suitable for the targeted audience.

Qualifications:

• Advanced university degree in journalism, communication, public or international relations, political or social science, business or liberal arts or in a related field OR education in a reputed college of advanced education with a diploma of equivalent standard to that of an advanced degree in one of the above-mentioned fields.
  
• A first university degree in one of the above fields in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree in the case where no suitable candidate with an advanced degree is identified.
  
• More than seven years of relevant and practical experience including at least three years dealing with international issues in working positions related to corporate communication, public information and media relations, preferably in a telecommunications or ICT environment.
  
• Excellent knowledge of one of the six official languages of the ITU (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish) and very good knowledge of a second language.
  
• Knowledge of a third language would be an advantage.

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