Communications and Outreach Specialist - Home-Based, Part-time (60%)

UNDP • New York, NY

14d • Remote

About The Position

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the GDF Director, the Communications and Outreach Specialist implements the corporate communications strategy, designs, manages and facilitates the implementation of the GDF communications and publication strategies with a view to influence the development agenda, promote public and media outreach and mobilize political and financial support for the GDF. The Communications and Outreach Specialist supervises and leads the communications providers and vendors and has a strong regular working relationship with the Programme Coordinators. The Communications and Outreach Specialist works in close collaboration with the Fundraising and Advocacy Specialist, other UN participating organizations, donors, organizations of persons with disabilities, government officials, international and local media and experts in disability inclusion to ensure successful implementation of GDF’s communication strategy. GDF adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, GDF personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equiavalent ) in a recognized university in Communications, Journalism, or a related field is required. Or A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Other postgraduate courses, diplomas or advanced training in the field of communications will be considered an asset.
• Minimum of 7 years (with master’s degree) or 9 years (with bachelor’s degree) relevant experience in designing, implementing, managing and monitoring communication and outreach strategies in multicultural environments.
• Proven professional experience in organizing high-level events and producing communication materials that are fully accessible to persons with diverse disabilities (visual, hearing, cognitive, motor, etc.), ensuring equal access, understanding, and engagement.
• Proven experience managing budgets and performance of consultants and/or vendors.
• Proven experience engaging with organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) at global, national, and local levels.
• Fluency in English is required.
• This position is home-based; therefore, no travel costs to a designated duty station will be incurred. However, the individual may be required to undertake official travel in connection with the execution of their duties (e.g. events support and coverage). In such cases, travel expenses will be covered by UNDP in accordance with its applicable policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated capacity to operate in diverse, multi-stakeholder environments providing communications advice to programme coordinators.
• Expertise in audience segmentation, message tailoring, and strategic framing to effectively engage targeted stakeholder groups.
• Proficiency in IT software (Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace).
• Strong content production and curation experience to produce accessible communication assets across formats: audiovisual production, social media posts, infographics, press releases, blogs, newsletters, fact sheets, human-interest stories, leaflets, banners.
• Expertise in graphic design, including use of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Expertise in website management and optimization, particularly Wordpress and Moodle (including SEO, UX, content updates, and e-learning management).
• Expertise in photo production and editing.
• Experience in donors research and analysis of investment and funding trends.
• Experience in resource mobilization
• Working knowledge of additional UN official languages will be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead and advise on strategic external communications and resource mobilization efforts in close collaboration with the Director of the GDF Secretariat.
• Elaborate and implement the GDF publications strategy and plan based on the corporate publications policy.
• Lead GDF digital communications globally for wider reach through social media, web site and web-based knowledge management system.
• Lead GDF campaigns and events to engage donors and other key stakeholders (i.e., government, philanthropies and OPDs) and increase awareness of GDF’s mandate and goals.
• Lead the effort of country office’s knowledge management and dissemination.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees