National Consultant: Outreach and Public Engagement Coordinator

The Position: National Consultant: Outreach and Public Engagement Coordinator

Hiring Office: UNFPA Thailand Country Office

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff who embody these international norms and standards and will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact sustained results, ensuring effective external relations, communications, partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results

Purpose of consultancy:

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. The three Transformative Results in the new UNFPA Strategic Plan aim to end preventable maternal deaths, the unmet need for family planning, gender-based violence, and all harmful practices globally.

In Thailand, UNFPA has worked for five decades. Within the scope of Sustainable Development (SDGs) and UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), UNFPA Thailand It has implemented now begins its cooperation framework with the Thai government under the 12th country programme to accelerate the three Transformative Results amid population ageing in the country together with multiple stakeholders including but not limited to Government, CSO, private sector, UN agencies and relevant development partners. In this regard, UNFPA Thailand seeks to expand its public reach and engagement by leveraging traditional media, social media, and other effective communication channels well as other possible tools to promote UNFPA’s mandates. This includes promoting good work results as well as to increase UNFPA’s visibility among Thai citizens both online and offline and to recruit supporters from the general public as advocates for policy changes and resource mobilisation to accelerate the three Transformative Results. This will support Thailand to become a high-opportunity society in which vulnerable population groups, including women and girls, LGBTIQ+ community, youth with disabilities, ethnic youth, teen mothers, and older persons, can enjoy rights to sexual and reproductive health and a life free of gender-based violence so that young people can fulfil their potential and become high-quality human capital to drive Thailand to reach its sustainable development goals.

UNFPA Thailand has a flagship initiative that actively supports its work and partners to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including the prevention of adolescent pregnancy, ending gender-based violence, and promoting gender equality. The work addresses population changes, utilizes data and innovation, and is based on a life-cycle approach to population aging. All projects are designed to accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 3 on good health and well-being and SDG 5 on gender equality.

Given the increased and complex demand for public outreach and engagement, UNFPA Thailand requires consultancy support to efficiently deliver these services.

Scope of work:

Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Head of Office, the Outreach and Public Engagement Coordinator will work in close collaboration with all members of the UNFPA Thailand Country Office to support the implementation of the Country Office’s communication strategy and plans. The incumbent will also provide support to all output-related projects, working closely with output managers, donors, implementing partners, UN Agencies, and relevant external partners to support communications outreach with online and mainstream media, and public engagement activities for UNFPA Thailand.

• Support the implementation of public engagement activities. This includes the development of social media strategy including KPIs and SEOs and its implementation, updating website, engagement with traditional media, relevant public events and campaigns, management of the production of communications materials and contents as per UNFPA corporate guideline and good practices, provision of technical support to the overall implementation of UNFPA Thailand Country Office’s communications strategy and annual work plan in collaboration with UNFPA members, government, civil society organisations, academics, media, young people, UN agencies, development partners and private sectors.
• Lead the production, publication, and dissemination of social media assets in Thai and English languages in various formats (e.g., infographics, videos, etc.), including writing draft posts, production of content (graphic design, audio/video editing, etc.), obtaining clearances, editing copy, and coordinating design approval, posting social media posts and managing responses on the UNFPA Thailand’s present and future social media platforms including but not limited to FB, Twitter, Inst