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Mission and objectives
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Within this mandate, UNDP approaches youth empowerment through a broad portfolio and systems‑based lens, recognizing young people not as beneficiaries, but as positive agents of change, partners and leaders in governance, climate action, peacebuilding and sustainable development.
Context
The UN SDG Action Campaign is a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and based in Bonn, Germany.
Its mission is to accelerate progress toward a just, inclusive, and sustainable future by amplifying unheard communities, nurturing changemakers, and harnessing creativity to inspire hope and bold action.
The UN SDG Action Campaign’s work is structured around three main pillars:
Engagement Support: The UN SDG Action Campaign believes in the importance of meaningful civic participation to policy making and processes related to the SDGs at all levels to ensure a more inclusive multilateral system and greater accountability. This is why the Campaign convenes strategy meetings and consultations with civil society organizations, youth, and other stakeholders and facilitates their engagement in UN-led events and SDG processes to strengthen representation in global decision-making.
Advocacy and Communications Support: Creativity, communication, and co-creation have the power to shape narratives, mobilize communities, and drive meaningful change. The UN SDG Action Campaign harnesses these forces through creative, open-source campaigns, impactful exhibitions, and strategic communications to inspire hope and action towards inclusive, peaceful and sustainable future.
The Heroes of Tomorrow: UN SDG Action Awards: This signature programme of the UN SDG Action Campaign champions initiatives and committed that use creativity and innovation to drive transformative change. Through the Awards programme, the Campaign is committed to showcasing the heroes of tomorrow while sending a message of hope and possibilities.
In an increasingly interconnected world, the future we are shaping is a collective one. The UN SDG Action Campaign centers its efforts on advancing economic justice and solidarity, promoting gender equality and inclusion, and driving climate action and sustainable food systems.
In order to deliver on its mandate, the UN SDG Action Campaign is seeking to recruit a Communications Specialist to provide support across editorial content development, social media engagement, and Campaign communications, ensuring consistent messaging, visibility, and outreach aligned with the Campaign’s messaging and priorities.
Its mission is to accelerate progress toward a just, inclusive, and sustainable future by amplifying unheard communities, nurturing changemakers, and harnessing creativity to inspire hope and bold action.
The UN SDG Action Campaign’s work is structured around three main pillars:
Engagement Support: The UN SDG Action Campaign believes in the importance of meaningful civic participation to policy making and processes related to the SDGs at all levels to ensure a more inclusive multilateral system and greater accountability. This is why the Campaign convenes strategy meetings and consultations with civil society organizations, youth, and other stakeholders and facilitates their engagement in UN-led events and SDG processes to strengthen representation in global decision-making.
Advocacy and Communications Support: Creativity, communication, and co-creation have the power to shape narratives, mobilize communities, and drive meaningful change. The UN SDG Action Campaign harnesses these forces through creative, open-source campaigns, impactful exhibitions, and strategic communications to inspire hope and action towards inclusive, peaceful and sustainable future.
The Heroes of Tomorrow: UN SDG Action Awards: This signature programme of the UN SDG Action Campaign champions initiatives and committed that use creativity and innovation to drive transformative change. Through the Awards programme, the Campaign is committed to showcasing the heroes of tomorrow while sending a message of hope and possibilities.
In an increasingly interconnected world, the future we are shaping is a collective one. The UN SDG Action Campaign centers its efforts on advancing economic justice and solidarity, promoting gender equality and inclusion, and driving climate action and sustainable food systems.
In order to deliver on its mandate, the UN SDG Action Campaign is seeking to recruit a Communications Specialist to provide support across editorial content development, social media engagement, and Campaign communications, ensuring consistent messaging, visibility, and outreach aligned with the Campaign’s messaging and priorities.
Task description
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Policy and Partnerships Specialist, the Communications Specialist will:
1. Lead and coordinate the Campaign’s Communications and Advocacy Strategies and Workplans
• Develop and implement communications and advocacy strategies and workplans, including digital strategies, to raise awareness, drive engagement, and build support in line with Campaign priorities.
• Lead the communications for flagship events, including the UN SDG Action Awards, and other relevant Campaign events and activities.
• Manage editorial planning and content calendars, and craft compelling narratives and messaging across Campaign platforms.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on communications activities, capturing lessons learned.
2. Lead Content Development, Creative Communications and Media Outreach
• Produce high-quality editorial content such as blogs, newsletters, reports, presentations, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with organizational branding.
• Oversee the development and dissemination of multimedia content (e.g. videos, infographics and digital art) and compelling storytelling products to drive engagement.
• Oversee the development and dissemination of creative content, including artistic content and exhibits.
• Identify media opportunities, prepare press kits, media pitches and coordinate media outreach during campaigns and events.
• Ensure that all communications and advocacy products adhere to high-quality standards, branding guidelines, and deadlines.
3. Oversee Content Dissemination across Digital Platforms
• Oversee and contribute to the growth of the Campaign’s social media presence on digital platforms ensuring consistency in messaging and branding across all channels.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of the Campaign websites, in coordination with relevant colleagues, including managing full digital project lifecycles and annual redesigns.
• Supervise consultants, external vendors and developers, ensuring efficiency and alignment with UNDP data governance policies.
• Monitor and analyze performance metrics across digital platforms (social media, newsletters, websites) to evaluate effectiveness and drive steady growth and share reports.
• Leverage and optimize digital tools to enhance engagement in events.
4. Oversee the Internal Communication Workflows and Support Strategic Partnerships
• Oversee and streamline communication workflows between the communications and other workstreams to enhance efficiency, quality, and strategic alignment of Campaign events and initiatives.
• Coordinate regular team meetings for content planning and editorial production ensuring timely delivery of assets.
• Support the engagement and collaboration with strategic creative partners to amplify the Campaign’s advocacy impact.
• Identify and maximize joint communication opportunities with partners including the UN system and collaborate with external partners, donors, and stakeholders to deliver joint outreach and advocacy initiatives.
• Support donor and partner engagements by monitoring partner and donor communications and tailored outreach materials.
• Supervise one PSA Communications Analyst and one PSA Web Developer.
• Supervise consultants as required, including offshore development teams.
5. Facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing, and advocacy relevant to theassigned thematic areas.
• Ensure project reports capture results, lessons learned and good practices for possible widerapplication.
• Participate in and ensure sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities ofpractice on development and project related issues. Support establishment of knowledge platforms for the project, facilitate innovative mechanisms for dissemination of knowledge from the project, and develop knowledge resources and products to share with project partners and to support UNDP’s engagement in this area.
• Promote advocacy for UNDP’s work and opportunities for collaboration in addressingdevelopment trends in coordination with the project partners, stakeholders, and UNDPcommunications staff.
The Communications Specialist performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary forthe efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
1. Lead and coordinate the Campaign’s Communications and Advocacy Strategies and Workplans
• Develop and implement communications and advocacy strategies and workplans, including digital strategies, to raise awareness, drive engagement, and build support in line with Campaign priorities.
• Lead the communications for flagship events, including the UN SDG Action Awards, and other relevant Campaign events and activities.
• Manage editorial planning and content calendars, and craft compelling narratives and messaging across Campaign platforms.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on communications activities, capturing lessons learned.
2. Lead Content Development, Creative Communications and Media Outreach
• Produce high-quality editorial content such as blogs, newsletters, reports, presentations, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with organizational branding.
• Oversee the development and dissemination of multimedia content (e.g. videos, infographics and digital art) and compelling storytelling products to drive engagement.
• Oversee the development and dissemination of creative content, including artistic content and exhibits.
• Identify media opportunities, prepare press kits, media pitches and coordinate media outreach during campaigns and events.
• Ensure that all communications and advocacy products adhere to high-quality standards, branding guidelines, and deadlines.
3. Oversee Content Dissemination across Digital Platforms
• Oversee and contribute to the growth of the Campaign’s social media presence on digital platforms ensuring consistency in messaging and branding across all channels.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of the Campaign websites, in coordination with relevant colleagues, including managing full digital project lifecycles and annual redesigns.
• Supervise consultants, external vendors and developers, ensuring efficiency and alignment with UNDP data governance policies.
• Monitor and analyze performance metrics across digital platforms (social media, newsletters, websites) to evaluate effectiveness and drive steady growth and share reports.
• Leverage and optimize digital tools to enhance engagement in events.
4. Oversee the Internal Communication Workflows and Support Strategic Partnerships
• Oversee and streamline communication workflows between the communications and other workstreams to enhance efficiency, quality, and strategic alignment of Campaign events and initiatives.
• Coordinate regular team meetings for content planning and editorial production ensuring timely delivery of assets.
• Support the engagement and collaboration with strategic creative partners to amplify the Campaign’s advocacy impact.
• Identify and maximize joint communication opportunities with partners including the UN system and collaborate with external partners, donors, and stakeholders to deliver joint outreach and advocacy initiatives.
• Support donor and partner engagements by monitoring partner and donor communications and tailored outreach materials.
• Supervise one PSA Communications Analyst and one PSA Web Developer.
• Supervise consultants as required, including offshore development teams.
5. Facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing, and advocacy relevant to theassigned thematic areas.
• Ensure project reports capture results, lessons learned and good practices for possible widerapplication.
• Participate in and ensure sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities ofpractice on development and project related issues. Support establishment of knowledge platforms for the project, facilitate innovative mechanisms for dissemination of knowledge from the project, and develop knowledge resources and products to share with project partners and to support UNDP’s engagement in this area.
• Promote advocacy for UNDP’s work and opportunities for collaboration in addressingdevelopment trends in coordination with the project partners, stakeholders, and UNDPcommunications staff.
The Communications Specialist performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary forthe efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
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