Job Opening ID: 249262
Job Network : Economic, Social and Development
Job Family : Environmental Affairs
Category and Level : Consultants, CON
Duty Station : KINGSTON
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jan 9, 2025

Work Location 
Home-based

Expected duration 
2 months

Duties and Responsibilities 
Background The aim of this consultancy is to provide specialized support to the Cartagena Convention Secretariat and its GEF-funded project, “Reduce marine plastics and plastic pollution in Latin American and Caribbean cities through a circular economy approach” (GEF LAC Cities), by developing a communications strategy for the regional project to increase public visibility and raise awareness of the project and plastic pollution in Jamaica, Colombia and Panama and the wider Caribbean. Scope of Assignment This consultancy is for a Communications Specialist for the GEF LAC Cities project. The successful candidate will work remotely to provide support to the project and the Cartagena Convention Secretariat. This consultancy is under the direct supervision of the Coordinator of the Cartagena Convention Secretariat with additional support from the Regional Project Manager, GEF LAC Cities. The GEF LAC Cities project aims to: 1. Support city authorities to set up regulatory frameworks and test key policy instruments to provide enabling conditions for developing a more circular plastic economy. 2. Address the lack of business innovation in target LAC cities, by stimulating circular design on products, service, business models, and collection and recycling systems, with value chain cooperation. 3. Tackle the lack of a common vision, approaches, and leadership for LAC cities by setting up an inter-city network to align regional strategy and actions to stimulate cities to cooperate at the regional level. 4. Develop various knowledge products, capacity-building activities, and monitoring schemes, to enable stakeholders to adopt best practices in more LAC cities. The consultancy entails the development of a communications plan to: a. Raise awareness of all related stakeholders by defining project visual identity and planning the objectives, approaches and targets for stakeholder outreach; b. Deliver educational and awareness-raising activities targeting critical issues; c. Develop consumer campaigns and facilitate partnerships to encourage behavior and attitude change towards the circular economy of plastics, such as increasing the acceptance of refillable solutions, organizing large scale multi-channel campaigns aimed at motivating citizens to reduce plastic consumption, separating plastics waste from sources and disposing through responsible channels.

Qualifications/special skills 
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in communication, marketing, international relations, other related discipline, is required. A first-level university degree in communication, marketing, internal relations and other related discipline (bachelor’s degree)in combination with two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Three (3) years experience in Multimedia Communications, including experience with at least two of the following areas is required: web and digital communications, social media production, photo and video production, journalism, international relations, public administration or related areas. Experience working with a UN entity or international organization would be desirable. Experience in strategic communications for diverse, bilingual audiences. Experience communicating to diverse audiences in Latin America and the Caribbean desirable. Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing. Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development.

Languages 
English and French are the two working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, proficiency in oral and written English required and Spanish desirable.

Additional Information and application here https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/249262?language=en