Non-State Actors and Communications Consultant

The consultant will support the UNCCD secretariat's communications and engagement activities with youth, indigenous peoples, non-state actors, and related flagship initiatives. Responsibilities include developing communication strategies, producing information materials, and organizing key events such as Desertification and Drought Day and International Youth Day.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the engagement with the UNCCD Youth Forum.
• Organize consultations related to non-state actors.
• Support with the engagement of the UNCCD Land Heroes.
• Drafting and dissemination of key messages relating to the non-state actors engagement within the convention.
• Support to the development of reports, policy briefs, factsheets, information materials, etc.
• Support communications activities related to flagship campaigns of the secretariat related to youth, indigenous peoples, local communities, civil society organisations, gender, drought and land restoration as required.
• Development of communications plans on the occasion of international days, relevant consultations and meetings.
• Elaboration and implementation of social media plans, in close collaboration with the UNCCD communications team.
• Development of multimedia and multilingual communications assets, including social media cards, infographics, short videos, etc.
• Support to the preparation and the organization of the Youth Townhall, ECOSOC youth forum, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Desertification and Drought Day, International Youth Day and CRIC25.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in public relations or communications is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of work experience in the field of public relations or media is required.
• Demonstrated experience in developing international advocacy strategies and campaigns is required.
• Experience in engaging with non-state actors is required.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is required.
• Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage.
• Only individuals who can act as independent, individual economical operators are qualified to apply.
• 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.
• An antivirus application which receives regular updates is required.
• 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

• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• International Advocacy Strategies
• Campaign Development
• Engagement with Non-state Armed Actors
• Communication Strategy
• Information Material Production
• Event Organization
• MS Office 365
• SharePoint Development
• OneDrive
• Word
• Excel
• Windows 11
• MacOS
• Multifactor Authentication

Languages

English