Overview
To help build awareness and engagement with WFP’s work with Nordic-based media outlets and create and 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 for proactive and reactive engagement.
- Help set up media interviews and journalist engagement activities, and support drafting of press releases, op-eds and talking points.
- Adapt content for use across digital platforms, in partnership with WFP’s global communications teams to ensure consistency and alignment.
- Help develop content that demonstrates the impact of Nordic public and private sector funding through WFP, including stories from the field and social media packages.
- Support WFP Country Offices to gather and produce stories, testimonials, and multimedia assets that showcase the impact of Nordic-supported programmes.
- Support the identification, cultivation and coordination of WFP Goodwill Ambassadors (GWAs) and other high-profile supporters from the Nordics.
- Help identify and pursue new opportunities to engage influential public figures and celebrities in support of WFP’s objectives.
- Work with WFP’s Global Celebrity and Influencer Partnerships team to ensure alignment with broader campaigns.
- Support the management of existing private sector partnerships, incl. corporates, foundations, philanthropists and celebrities, by ensuring timely delivery of agreed commitments such as progress reports and maintaining strong engagement with partners.
- Support in the development of pitches, proposals and presentations for both existing private sector partners and new prospects.
- Help maintain and update partnership databases to ensure accurate and comprehensive records of engagement activities, proposals, agreements, and reporting schedules.
- Support engagements with communications teams in the Nordic Foreign Ministries, Norad and Sida to amplify the visibility Nordic-funded WFP programmes.
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.
