Organization: UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme
Location: Remote | Nairobi
Grade: Level not specified – Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
Information Technology and Computer Science
Managerial positions
Closing Date: 2024-11-10
Result of Service
Visibility for UNEP’s programme of work and policy positions through accurate and timely maintenance of web pages and related digital products.
Work Location
Remote
Expected duration
3 months
Duties and Responsibilities
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. UNEP’s mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP’s Communications Division communicates UNEP’s core messages to all stakeholders and partners, raising environmental awareness and enhancing the profile of UNEP worldwide. The digital coordinators will focus on facilitating translation work, quality control for unep.org, related websites and other digital products, with a strong emphasis on reporting. Under the supervision of the Chief of Digital Strategy, the consultants will perform the following duties: • Liaise with UNEP’s Communication Division, communicators outside the Division, and web focal points to post multilingual content on unep.org and related websites. • Ensure that web copy for UNEP and related websites accurately reflect UNEP’s policy positions, advocacy goals, and broader UN messaging. • Oversee monitoring and reporting work using external and internal subscription tools. • Coordinate work of translation team for the UN Environment Assembly and other key events. Responsibilities: • Ensure that timely, compelling, relevant and well-researched content is easily findable across the UNEP website and featured in internal and external facing newsletters. • Carry out reporting and monitoring tasks using both in-house and external tools. • Conduct thorough research on assigned topics to ensure accuracy and provide credible sources for reference. • Write clear, concise, and SEO-friendly content that incorporates relevant keywords and follows UNEP brand guidelines. • Collaborate with peers in the content and digital sections to ensure consistency in messaging across various online platforms. • Edit and proofread content to ensure high-quality standards, including grammar, spelling, punctuation and agreed website style. • Optimize content for search engines, including meta tags, headers, and formatting, to improve organic search rankings in various online platforms. • Content planning and brainstorming sessions to generate new ideas and topics. • Collaborate with designers and developers to ensure the visual and functional integration of written content is efficient and effective. • “access to information” work and respond to questions sent to corporate mailboxes.
Qualifications/special skills
Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communication, international relations, social sciences or other related field is required. A Master’s Degree in related fields with 0 years of experience will be accepted. Minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience in journalism, publishing, public information, communication, information studies, or related field is required demonstrated experience editing content for web sites. Knowledge of environmental issues is desirable.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in written and spoken English is required; knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.
Additional Information
Not available.
No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.