Communications Officer - Bonn, Deutschland - United Nations

United Nations

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Bonn, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is an international agreement on good land stewardship.

It helps people, communities, and countries to create wealth, grow economies and secure enough food and water and energy, by ensuring land users have an enabling environment for sustainable land management.

Through partnerships, the Convention's 197 Parties set up robust systems to manage land degradation and drought promptly and effectively.

Good land stewardship based on a sound policy and science helps integrate and accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, builds resilience to climate change and prevents biodiversity loss.

Land also plays a key role in the prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, securing rural livelihoods and creating green jobs, supporting community resilience and maintaining the sustainable delivery of ecosystem services.

The functions of the secretariat are, among others, to make arrangements for sessions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and its subsidiary bodies.

In addition, the secretariat also provides assistance to Parties in implementing the Convention.

The Communications, External Relations and Partnerships (CERP) Unit supports the mandate of UNCCD by providing an overall strategic direction on communications, external relations and partnerships, underpinned by innovation and the use of effective tools.

It leads and coordinates UNCCD's engagement with key stakeholders and builds partnerships to mobilize corporate resources and raise the visibility of land issues on the political and public agendas.

Furthermore, it acts as the UNCCD brand guardian, leading global strategic communication at corporate and programmatic levels, nurturing creativity and ambition to reach new audiences with world-class, science-based communication and advocacy.

The Communications Officer is responsible for enhancing and guiding UNCCD's communications efforts.

To this end, s/he ensures implementation of communications plans and conducts activities designed to provide information about the organization and to promote better understanding of its aims and activities through public outreach, media engagement, and digital presence and strategies.

This position is located in the UNCCD Headquarters in Bonn, Germany. The incumbent reports to the Chief, Communications, External Relations and Partnerships (CERP) Unit.

Responsibilities:

Within delegated authority and in consultation with relevant units, the Communications Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
Public outreach and communications

Coordinates daytoday public outreach and communications for the UNCCD secretariat.
Designs, writes and produces targeted public information materials and inputs for publication, and provides advice and editorial guidance in the production of public information products.
Ensures implementation of information programmes to publicize priority issues and/or major events, to include drafting information strategies, coordinating efforts, monitoring and reporting on progress, taking appropriate followup action, and analyzing the outcome.
Monitors and analyzes current events, public opinion and press, identifies issues and trends, and advises management on appropriate action/responses.
Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable datadriven planning, decisionmaking, presentation and reporting.
Leads on/supports special projects and initiatives, such as digital campaigns and media partnerships.
Coordinates public outreach and communications at key events, including UNCCD and other Conventions' COPs and other relevant flora.

Media engagement

Identifies and proposes information opportunities, activities and approaches, taking in to account the situation/topic and target audience. This includes swift response to requests for information from the media, actively seeking media opportunities that could influence public opinion and promoting a positive image of UNCCD.
Undertakes activities to promote media coverage (e.g. press conferences, interviews, press seminars and other special activities) of priority issues and/or major events, to include development of a media strategy and action plan, initiating proactive media outreach efforts, proposing and arranging press conferences/media coverage, disseminating materials and consulting with press on approach/story angle and other information requests, undertaking appropriate followup action and analyzing and reporting on the impact of coverage.
Produces or oversees production of a specific type or types (e.g. print, broadcast) of information communications products (e.g. press kits, press releases, feature articles, speeches, publications, audiovisual materials, etc.), including identifying topics, undertaking research, dete