Overview
To help build awareness and engagement with WFP’s work with Nordic-based media outlets and create/adapt content for Nordic-focused outreach and support advocacy campaigns and events in the Nordics.
Tasks Summary
- Support relationships with Nordic-based journalists and media outlets.
- Monitor and analyse Nordic media landscape and identify trends, risks and opportunities.
- Help set up media interviews and journalist engagement activities.
- Adapt content for use across digital platforms.
- Help develop content that demonstrates the impact of Nordic public and private sector funding.
- Support WFP Country Offices to gather and produce stories, testimonials, and multimedia assets.
- Support the identification, cultivation and coordination of WFP Goodwill Ambassadors (GWAs) and other high-profile supporters.
- Help identify and pursue new opportunities to engage influential public figures and celebrities.
- Support the management of existing private sector partnerships.
- Support in the development of pitches, proposals and presentations.
- Help maintain and update partnership databases.
- Support engagements with communications teams in the Nordic Foreign Ministries, Norad and Sida.
Experience Requirements
- Professional experience (2-3 years) in a communications agency, private sector company or foundation, media outlet, international organization, political organization, NGO or consultancy company.
- Experience in media relations and press engagement.
- Experience working with or coordinating celebrity, influencer, or high-profile supporter engagement (desirable).
- Experience in communications and private sector partnerships management from a UN agency, NGO or government (desirable).
Qualification Requirements
University degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Political Science, Global Development, International Relations Business Administration, or any other relevant field; - or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
