UN Women: Communications, Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist (WEE), Bangkok, Thailand, N-PPSA11, National Partner Personnel Service Agreement

Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. UN Women is mandated to lead, coordinate, and promote accountability for the implementation of gender equality commitments across the UN System.

Across Asia and the Pacific, UN Women advances gender equality and women’s empowerment through normative, programmatic and advocacy initiatives. Within this mandate, the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Unit leads regional efforts to advance women’s participation and leadership in the economy through initiatives focused on women in the world of work, gender-responsive procurement, entrepreneurship, care systems transformation, and sustainable finance. The WEE portfolio includes a range of flagship programmes, partnerships, advocacy campaigns and knowledge initiatives, including the Gender Action Lab (GAL), inclusive of the Sustainable Finance Systems Lab, WeRise Together (Gender Responsive Procurement), the Care and Climate Entrepreneurship Accelerator and a regional TransformCare Programme. These initiatives engage a diverse range of stakeholders, including governments, private sector partners, civil society organizations, women’s rights organizations, development partners and UN entities.

As the WEE portfolio continues to expand, there is a growing need for strategic, integrated and results-oriented communications, advocacy and stakeholder engagement to strengthen the visibility, influence and impact of WEE initiatives across the region. Reporting to the Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment Lead and Specialist, the Communications, Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist provides strategic leadership for communications, advocacy, digital engagement and stakeholder outreach across the WEE portfolio. The incumbent serves as the focal point for WEE communications and works closely with the Regional Communications Unit, Headquarters teams, Country Offices, programme personnel and external partners to strengthen the visibility, influence and impact of WEE programmes, advocacy initiatives and partnerships across Asia and the Pacific.

Scope of Work:

• Strategic Leadership and Quality Assurance
• Lead and guide the overall WEE communications strategy and implementation of the annual communications workplan across the WEE portfolio, ensuring its alignment with the central ROAP Communications Strategy and global organizational priorities.
• Mentor and strengthen the capacity of the WEE communications team by establishing streamlined workflows, fostering professional development, and promoting a cohesive, high-performing work environment.
• Act as the strategic advisor to the WEE leadership team on all communication, advocacy and stakeholder engagement matters, including proactive positioning, reputational risk management, and high-visibility issues.
• Provide quality assurance across all communication related products, strategies and assets to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with WEE communications strategy and workplan.
• Accelerate WEE digital transformation by deploying AI-powered workflows, utilizing custom AI workspaces, curated knowledge hubs, and advanced prompting across communications and advocacy functions to optimize narrative and stakeholder engagement strategies, scale editorial and content output, and help the team work faster and more agile.
• Lead the development of WEE social media and digital advocacy strategies across thematic areas, providing strategic direction on narrative positioning, emerging trends, growth metrics, and stakeholder engagement to strengthen the visibility and impact of WEE advocacy priorities across digital platforms and key advocacy moments.
• Provide strategic direction for WEE web platforms, pivoting to AI-driven Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), expanding the visibility and strategic reach while maintaining top-tier quality and alignment.
• Lead the strategic positioning of UN Women’s Women’s Economic Empowerment portfolio across Asia and the Pacific, ensuring coherent narratives, thought leadership, and advocacy messaging that strengthen UN Women’s visibility and influence on WEE issues among key stakeholders, donors, partners and decision-makers.
• Regional Coordination and Strategic Alignment
• Serve as the primary strategic focal point and liaison with the ROAP Communications unit and HQ, representing the WEE team in regional planning processes to ensure strategic alignment and effective prioritization of communications opportunities and resources.
• Provide strategic guidance, technical support and quality assurance to Country Offices to strengthen narrative coherence, advocacy positioning and branding across the region, ensuring WEE communications and storytelling are aligned with UN Women corporate standards and WEE strategic priorities.
• Drive the conceptualization and strategic direction of regional campaigns, coordinating with Country Office leads to ensure strategic visibility and impact for WEE-led programmes, particularly through digital and social media strategies.
• Convene and lead regular regional communications coordination meetings with WEE communications focal points across UN Women country offices, and additional engagement