Overview
The consultant will support UNEP FI’s outreach and communications to financial institutions and other stakeholders via online communications, social media, email campaigns, and press relations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead communications for initiatives covering nature, pollution, circular economy, and social/human rights issues.
- Lead communications for high-profile events, including pre, during, and post-event collateral.
- Work on communications planning, key messaging, and promotion of publications, webinars, and events.
- Write content for, update, and manage sections of UNEP FI’s website.
- Manage and produce content for UNEP FI’s social media channels.
- Provide input into monthly newsletters and ad hoc mailings.
- Convene small groups of members to discuss communications projects and develop content.
- Assist with outreach to media on key projects and events.
- Lead the production of web and social media analysis on communications campaigns.
- Assist with updating and reviewing data in UNEP FI’s data and mailing systems.
- Manage content on UNEP FI’s members’ extranet.
Required Experience
- At least three (3) year’s working experience in communications, PR, or marketing is required.
- Experience in the finance sector is desirable.
- Experience in using webinar and online meeting platforms, online content management systems, social media packages such as Hootsuite and Canva is desirable.
- Knowledge of social media and virtual communications channels is desirable, as is experience of writing copy for social media, online articles, and press releases.
- A hands-on, pragmatic approach is desirable.
- An interest in sustainable finance for oceans/blue economy and land use/food systems is desirable.
Qualifications
A master’s degree in communications, marketing, PR, media, international relations, business, Administration, public relations, or a related field such as environmental science is required. A bachelor’s degree could be taken in lieu of master’s degree provided the selected candidate has 5 years of relevant experience.
