Application Deadline : 09-Jul-21 (Midnight New York, USA)
Time left : 14d 7h 53m
Type of Contract : IPSA (Regular)
Post Level : IPSA-9
Languages Required :
English
Starting Date :
(date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 15-Jul-2021
Duration of Initial Contract : One year, with possibility of extension
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
Background
Instructions to Applicants: Click on the “Apply now” button. Input your information in the appropriate Sections: personal information, language proficiency, education, resume and motivation. Upon completion of the first page, please hit “submit application” tab at the end of the page. Please ensure that CV or P11 and the Cover letter are combined in one file.
Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous supervisors. References may also include peers.
A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.
Work samples relevant to pre-assessing the applicant’s experience, such as written communications materials, social media copy, campaigns or other audiovisual material.
Travel: UNDP will cover the cost of travel of the individual to the duty station, as well as their return to their home upon completion of their services. Travel costs are covered only in the event that the function will be undertaken physically in the duty station and excludes working from home arrangements.
Office/Unit/Project Description
Scientific consensus indicates current global greenhouse gas emissions have to be halved by 2030 if we are to stay on-track to achieve the Paris Agreement. That means an ambitious task that requires bold commitments and massive mobilization, amounting to a global cut of 7.5 percent in 2020 and again every year between now and 2030.
Out of the 170 Parties to the UNFCCC that are expected to submit revised NDCs, by the end of 2020 only 75 countries have already submitted. Collectively these 75 countries only represent a third of global emissions, and the level of ambition is far from what is needed.
UNDP’s Climate Promise aims to support global, more ambitious, accelerated transformational climate action by supporting countries to enhance their NDCs in 2021 and beyond, in line with these ambitious goals. The Climate Promise is a promise to ensure that any country wishing to increase the ambition of the national climate pledge is able to do so.
While the world saw some challenges due to COVID-19 pandemic and have put on hold the international climate negotiations, Climate Promise, together with governments, has demonstrated the continued strong commitment to the multilateral process for tackling climate change, and significant progress towards meeting its goals.
We have already agreed Climate Promise work plans with over 118 countries and add to our capacity the partnership of 35 partners, including IRENA, UNEP and FAO, among others, making it the world’s largest offer of support for the enhancement of countries’ climate pledges.
The communications efforts around the Climate Promise will focus on delivering transparent updates on country-level progress, showcasing UNDP’s impact in driving climate ambition, accelerating climate action, mobilizing citizens to raise their voices to call for climate action, and to help countries engage their citizens in the importance of climate action.
Institutional Arrangement: The Regional Climate Promise Communications Specialist for Africa region will report directly to the Climate Promise Communications Specialist at HQ. S/he will be part of the larger Climate Strategies and Policy team. S/he will work in a coordinated manner between the UNDP’s Climate Promise communication team, UNDP Africa Regional Hub in Addis Ababa, including the Nature Climate and Energy Team (NCE) and Climate Promise regional focal points, UNDP Regional Bureau Africa (RBA) and COs comms teams.
Duties and Responsibilities
Scope of Work
- Working in a coordinated manner between the UNDP’s Climate Promise global communication team, UNDP Africa Regional Hub in Addis Ababa, including the Nature Climate and Energy Team (NCE) and Climate Promise regional focal points, UNDP Regional Bureau Africa (RBA) and Country Office communications teams to:
track and monitor progress and results across the region that can feed various communication and knowledge products;
share information from Country Offices (COs) on products, results and good practices to showcase at the regional and global level,
share information from HQ and regional hub on guidelines, capacity development resources and dissemination of campaigns/products with COs.
- Propose and implement a regional communications strategy for the Climate Promise, aligned to the Climate Strategies and Policies Team global comms strategy and the regional NCE strategy;
- Providing technical advice on communication activities on the regional and CO levels;
- Initiating, gathering, editing, finalizing multimedia stories (text-based, photo essay, video) from countries (in collaboration with COs) to be shared on various dissemination channels at the country, regional and global levels (e.g. UNDP websites, partner websites, and social media campaigns);
- Supporting capacity building efforts (in the form of trainings, webinars, sharing resources) to develop internal communications capacities of CO teams (eg. Social media, storytelling, visual communications, etc.)
- Support donor-related reporting at the regional and global levels as needed;
- Monitor global communications trends to help UNDP stay ahead of the curve;
- Collect inputs from and support country offices and regional office to feed into HQ’s monthly global newsletter and campaigns;
- Work in collaboration with relevant Regional Office Communications Team to ensure web visibility of the programme at the regional level;
- Liaise with NCE Regional Team Leaders to share information, identify synergies in the communication of the NCE portfolio and support them to communicate climate-related work, as needed.
Competencies
Professionalism: Shows pride in work and achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; Listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; Asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; Tailors language, tone, style and format to match the audience; Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients ” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; Establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; Identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; Monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; Keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; Meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.
Required Skills and Experience
Min. Academic Education
Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications or other closely related field.
Min. years of relevant Work experience
At least 4 years of professional experience in generating communications, communication strategies, media operations and advocacy material via various media (i.e. print, video, websites).
Required skills and competencies
Demonstrated substantive experience in knowledge management and packaging of knowledge products;
Direct experience working in Africa and communicating about the African context to external bodies
Proficiency and experience with media and social media software, applications and communication tools;
Familiarity with website management, Content Management Systems, digital media and web content creation;
Sound understanding of sustainable development, environmental management issues, climate mitigation and adaptation issues, vulnerability and impacts of climate change and other related cross-cutting sustainable development issues, such as gender and inequalities.
Desired additional skills and competencies
Experience working with UN system, and especially UNDP, and familiarity with UN editorial guidelines and templates, is an asset.
Applicants from the region are encouraged to apply and will be prioritized
Required Language(s) (at working level)
Excellent English communication skills is required.
Strong communication skills in French is an asset and will be prioritized.
Professional Certificates
None
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