Communications Officer

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).

WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities (PWD) to apply

• 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 genetics information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Under the overall supervision of the Representative and Country Director (CD), the incumbent shall carry out the following tasks:
• Implement country specific communication work plans designed to maintain and enhance the visibility and reputation of WFP, as well as support fundraising activities, ensuring alignment with overall communications and WFP strategies.
• Contribute to communications through research, analysis of assigned area of work and timely preparation and distribution of information products in target audience(s).
• Maintain a contact list of journalists and media outlets and support the flow of news/ information about WEP’s work to the media, in order to support regular and appropriate communications.
• Support the social media plan by developing social media content, and utilizing platforms, networks, and partners to enhance coverage and support of WFP activities.
• Generate doner specific visibility content including, text, photos, videos and audio for use across a range of integrated online platforms, in order to support global and country fund-raising activities, ensuring consistency with corporate messages.
• Monitor and analyse traditional and social media to inform the development and/or evaluation of communication activities and strategies.
• Guide and support more junior staff, acting as a focal point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
• Collate outreach data contributing to the preparation of accurate and timely reports, support communication activities that enable informed decision making and ensures consistency of information presented to the media and other stakeholders.
• Support capacity building of WFP staff on all aspects of communication, provides advice and guidance within area and level of expertise, in order to ensure that all activities meet desired standards of consistency, quality and impact. For example, the design and review of training materials.
• Liaise and interact with WFP staff and external counterparts to support aligned activities and a coherent approach to communications within WFP.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to support WFP to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of a crisis.
• Other as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

• Education: Advance University (Masters) degree in Journalism, International Relations, Public Relations, Communications or other relevant field, or First University (Bachelors) degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
• Language: Fluency in oral and written English and Nepali is a must, and strong writing skills required.

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