Communications Officer – Pacific European Union Marine Partnerships (PEUMP) Programme

Communications Officer – Pacific European Union Marine Partnerships (PEUMP) Programme

SPC – Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Suva, Fiji

The Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) programmes, Programme Management Unit (PMU) is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the PEUMP Programme across the seven components, the implementing partners, and the 15 Pacific-ACP countries. A core aspect of the PMU is programme reporting to the EU Delegation across all components, including financial reporting. This means that the PMU is responsible for coordinating with FFA, USP and SPREP the Programme’s implementation and extensive reporting requirements.

The role – Communications Officer – Pacific European Union Marine Partnerships (PEUMP) Programme will lead the implementation, coordination, and collaboration of the PEUMP Communications Strategy, Communications Plan, Visibility Plan and supporting knowledge management across all seven components, the implementing partners and the 15 Pacific-ACP countries. The aim of the role is to raise the profile of the PEUMP programme using multiple outreach strategies and innovative approaches to reach key audiences. This includes the fostering of strong partnerships with the donors, EU and Sweden, and the beneficiary countries.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

Lead the strategic direction of all Programme communication

• Review and revise the PEUMP Communications and Visibility Strategy (when required) with implementing partners in line with participating countries and donor requirements.
• Implement review mechanisms, in collaboration with the MEL Specialist, to measure effectiveness and impact of the PEUMP Programme’s Communications approach and incorporate findings into the Strategy (if required) and the Annual Communication Workplan.

Manage operational implementation of all communication activities

• Implement the Annual Communications Work Plan through the implementation of communication activities, processes, systems, and templates for use by the PEUMP Programme and distribution across implementation partners in line with corporate and donor branding requirements.
• Develop innovative, effective, consistent, relevant, appropriate and valid content for multiple communication tools (press, audio-visual) targeting the different PEUMP audiences at regional, country and community level.

Forge reliable and trusting inter-agency Partnerships and Relationships

• Facilitate trusting and constructive inter-agency collaboration and coordination through strong communication, knowledge relationships with stakeholders, participating countries, international donors (EU and Sweden), partner agencies (FFA, SPREP and USP) and the broader research, science and development community implementing agencies and partners.
• Support effective engagement with identified stakeholders through the establishment of a PEUMP specific stakeholder engagement database.

Support Information and Knowledge Management activities

• Support recording, storing and, particularly the sharing of relevant information, research and scientific data and published evidence from the PEUMP Programme with stakeholders, participating countries, international partner agencies and the broader research, science and development community.
• Manage the PEUMP website and integration with other knowledge management sites and other PEUMP partner sites, in line with programme, corporate and donor branding requirements.

Provide guidance and coordination including Communications capacity building for consistent and high-quality performance

• Drive the application of consistent communication plans, activities, processes, templates, products, media training of PEUMP teams, public speaking, and other relevant tools for stakeholders.
• Develop a media toolkit and guidelines for guiding the implementation partners and strengthening public relations for the PEUMP programme.
• Undertake training on communication approaches with PEUMP programme partners to strengthen communications across the programme.

PEUMP Programme PMU Administration

• Author Communications and Visibility reporting including input into the Annual report, across the seven components in a timely manner and to high-quality standards.
• Contribute where applicable to Programme, Divisional and Corporate publications, such as Fisheries Newsletters and PEUMP programme articles and reports.

Key selection criteria

Qualifications

• Post Graduate degree or equivalent experience in communications, media, journalism, or related discipline.

Technical expertise

• At least 7 years relevant experience in designing and implementing Communication and Visibility strategies, workplans and activities in large and complex programmes.
• Demonstrated experience in devising and steering effective communication and visibility implementation approaches, systems, tools and templates.
• Demonstrated leadership ability in effecting and maintaining strong stakeholder engagement and cross-organisational partnerships.
• Demonstrated experience in creating and publishing scientific and/or technical content including web-based, social and digital media; experience in establishing effective regional media network partnerships for programme messaging.
• Demonstrated writing skills to develop communication contents for press-releases and other short communication materials (i.e. factsheets, country project fiches, texts for digital media).
• Training and facilitation experience, with knowledge of the basic principles of training and education in communications.
• Demonstrated commitment to gender equality and human-rights based approaches.
• Willingness to travel across the Pacific, under at times challenging physical conditions.

Language skills

• Excellent English communication skills (oral and written).

Interpersonal skills and cultural awareness

• Ability to work in a multicultural, inclusive and equitable environment.

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