Organization: WFP – World Food Programme
Location: Dhaka
Grade: Administrative support – GS-6, General Service – No need for Higher Education – Locally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
Communication and Public Information
Information Technology and Computer Science
Design (digital, product, graphics or visual design)
Marketing (Digital, Advertisement, Brand, Promotion)
Closing Date: 2025-03-15
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
15 March 2025-23:59-GMT+06:00 Bangladesh Standard Time (Dhaka)
WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.
WHY JOIN WFP?
- WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
- WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
To coordinate and control a full range of business support services for Operational Information Management and Performance Reporting, to ensure that services are delivered effectively.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):
1. Provide dedicated executive assistant support related to communication.
2. Prepare and/or consolidate comprehensive reports, documentation, correspondence, such as press releases, human interest stories, briefing notes, social media posts, etc. and conduct research in support of the office’s overall communication efforts.
3. Actively seek and use feedback to improve business processes and procedures, in relation to communication function.
4. Respond to complex business support queries in order to provide a timely and accurate resolution of enquiries for clients, such as media queries, comments on social media, etc.
5. Oversee the maintenance of multimedia databases to ensure communication resources and products are organised and readily available for staff and compliant with all relevant regulations and policies.
6. Revise and review communication materials and products, providing feedback and making appropriate amendments, contributing to communication efforts that meet time and quality standards.
7. Assist managers in collating relevant information, such as political, social, economic, and humanitarian news and analysis, from various sources, pertaining to WFP’s operations and donor policies, trends and preferences.
8. Assess and recommend improvements to communication-related procedures and practices, contributing to the effective delivery of communication services.
9. Provide a full range of complex business support services, including photography, filming, video editing, graphic design, copy-editing, social media, among other communication-related tasks, ensuring coherence and quality of the overall communication efforts of the office.
10. Coordinate among the members of the Partnerships, Communication and Reporting unit to ensure communication-related support services are delivered in a coordinated manner, consistently and to the required standards.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Education: Completion of Bachelor degree in Communication, Media, Journalism or in other related functional area.
Experience: Six or more years of progressive work experience in the relative business stream with experience in general administrative work.
Language: Fluency in spoken and written both in English and Bangla language.
Job Title: (Re-ad) Communication Associate (Digital Media)
Grade: G6
Type of contract: Fixed Term
Duration: 12 months
Duty Station: Dhaka
Number of positions: 01
Date of Publication: 2 March 2025
Deadline of Application: 15 March 2025
This vacancy announcement is only for Bangladeshi Nationals.
WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, pension, leave plus medical insurance.
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.
Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: global.inclusion@wfp.org
NO FEE DISCLAIMER
The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.
REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
- We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
- Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
- Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
- Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
- Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
- Please contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
- Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.