Event Moderator

The consultant will expertly moderate sessions at COP17, ensuring engaging and impactful discussions that promote sustainable land management and the objectives of the UNCCD. Responsibilities include developing engagement strategies, preparing materials, moderating sessions, conducting interviews, and reporting lessons learned.

Responsibilities

• Familiarize with the core mandate of the UNCCD and its initiatives, including goals related to land restoration and drought resilience.
• Research and review profiles of speakers and prepare appropriate introductory notes for sessions and publicity materials.
• Develop a strategy for running sessions, identifying topics and candidates for post-event interviews, and preparing interview questions.
• Prepare a brief report of lessons learned with recommendations.
• Host and moderate all agreed-upon sessions, ensuring a seamless and engaging experience for all participants.
• Ensure a smooth, efficient, and professional atmosphere during sessions, including virtual participants.
• Present summaries of discussions, highlighting new ideas, key takeaways, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Conduct interviews with selected speakers or participants upon request, capturing key insights.
• Submit a brief report of the assignment, including best practices, lessons learned, and recommendations for future actions.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree, such as a Master’s or equivalent, in communications, journalism, public affairs, public relations, public advocacy, environmental management, or other related fields.
• Alternatively, a Bachelor's degree combined with two additional years of relevant professional experience is acceptable.
• A minimum of seven years of experience in communications, journalism, or a related area is required.
• Candidates should have experience working with international media and demonstrable experience in moderating high-level events, with UN experience considered an advantage.
• Having a significant presence on social media is considered an advantage.
• Only individuals who can act as independent, individual economical operators are qualified to apply.
• Individuals who can provide their services only on account of an institution or enterprise are not eligible under this procedure.
• Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations Secretariat and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein.
• For remote consultancies, the selected candidate will be required to have a laptop or desktop PC (with Windows 11 or newer) or Mac (with the latest MacOS update), as well as a reliable, high-speed internet connection.
• An Office 365 license will be provided by the UNCCD to enable the candidate to access official emails, SharePoint, OneDrive and other office applications, such as Word and Excel.
• Further computer requirements: An antivirus application which receives regular updates; Browsers must be a newer version with regular updates enabled; Regular Windows 11 updates should be enabled with Windows laptop or PC.
• A mobile phone will be required to enable Multifactor Authentication (MFA) through SMS or the Authenticator App.

Skills

• Event Moderation
• Communications
• Journalism
• Public Relations
• Public Advocacy
• Environmental Management
• Global Media Relations
• Social Media Presence
• Engagement Strategies
• Interviewing
• Report Writing
• MS Office 365
• Word
• Excel
• SharePoint Development
• OneDrive
• Windows 11
• MacOS
• Multifactor Authentication
• Remote Work Technology

Languages

English