Communication Specialist - Roma, Italia - FAO

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Descrizione

Job Posting: 17/May/2024

Closure Date: 07/Jun/2024, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit:
NSL - Land and Water

Job Type:
Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition:
Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement)

Grade Level:
N/A

Primary Location:
Italy-Rome

Duration:
Up to 11 months

Post Number:
N/A

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Organizational Setting

FAO's Land and Water Division (NSL) foresees a future whereby governments, development partners, civil society, academic institutions and the private sector and farmers, all work together to ensure that land, soil, and water resources are wisely used, conserved and restored for sustainable and resilient agrifood systems that support food security, nutrition and human wellbeing.

NSL provides policy guidance, technical and financial assistance to Member Countries in developing policies, programmes, best practices and management tools for ensuring productive and efficient use of land, soil and water resources to meet present and future demands for agricultural products, while ensuring the long-term sustainability of these resources.

It promotes equitable access to and sustainable management of these natural resources with a view to enhancing productivity, livelihoods, equity, health and ecosystem services.

Under the new FAO's Conceptual framework for integrated land and water resources management, NSL will work towards a core set of five integrated and strategic Objectives and Action Areas that have been elaborated to cut across the thematic land, water, soils, and geospatial areas of work of the Division: (1) Good Governance; (2) Wise use and restoration; (3) Mitigation and resilience; (4) Integrated solutions; (5) Data, digitalization, technology and innovation.

Contracts will be based in the Land and Water Division (NSL) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Reporting Lines
The Consultant/PSA will report to the Knowledge Management Officer in the FAO Land and Water Division.

Technical Focus

The consultant/PSA will support the teams in the planning, design and implementation of communications and outreach for projects, strategies and services in connection with the work implemented by the FAO Land and Water Division.

Tasks and responsibilities
Under the general supervision of the Knowledge Management Officer and in close collaboration with the OCC branches and focal point, the incumbent will:

Support and contribute to the preparation, production and dissemination of knowledge materials, including proofreading, editing and ensuring, according to the audience, a level of high quality technical and policy-relevant content.
Support outreach and promotion of new NSL publications and major events by sharing knowledge materials and results of projects through relevant channels, ensuring they are widely disseminated to identified audiences.
Showcase the results and achievements of FAO programmes and projects both internally and externally, in the build up to key events and days, reporting through news articles and web stories.
Upload publications in the FAO Publications Workflow Systems and monitor and report on publication downloads.
Maintain relevant websites and webpages, create new websites and migrate webpages and websites using Sitefinity.
Contribute to the update and maintenance of relevant databases (publications, photos, etc.).
Support the logístical organization of events and knowledge sharing activities, such as international conferences, seminars and webinars, technical workshops, publication launches, etc.
Prepare reports of campaign outcomes, by analysing statistics from social media, publication downloads, website traffic and media analysis, where relevant.
Perform other duties as required.

All communication materials will follow FAO clearance processes and comply with FAO standards, including:

UN map standards (available to staff);
FAO Brand and policy book (available to staff).

Further guidance regarding FAO communications, policies and procedures can be found through the FAO intranet, OCC section.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements