Communications Officer

UN Development Programme - UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

Staff Closes 10 Aug 2026 10 days left

Overview

Support communications, digital media, visibility, storytelling, and content development efforts across UNDP Myanmar’s programme portfolio. Promote inclusive representation and visibility of underrepresented groups and support the standardization of communication approaches.


Key Responsibilities
  • Support implementation of communication and visibility activities.
  • Draft and edit communication materials for internal and external audiences.
  • Manage social media platforms, including content scheduling, publishing, monitoring, and reporting.
  • Develop engaging content tailored to different communication platforms and audiences.
  • Assist in monitoring social media performance and analytics.
  • Support updates and maintenance of websites and digital platforms.
  • Coordinate with programme and project teams for communications products and visibility materials.
  • Develop social media content, stories, programme summaries, donor visibility materials, web articles, and multimedia products.
  • Translate and adapt communication materials between Myanmar and English.
  • Participate in communications coordination meetings.
  • Support the maintenance of a communications pipeline and tracker.
  • Produce written, visual, and digital content that promotes inclusive representation.
  • Support graphic design and layout of communication materials.
  • Support photography, video documentation, interviews, and collection of community stories.
  • Translate technical and programme information into accessible communications products.
  • Support communications around events, donor missions, launches, campaigns and other public engagement activities.
  • Support the integration of gender-responsive and socially inclusive approaches across communication and visibility activities.
  • Liaise with programme and project teams to support communication planning and coordination.
  • Contribute to maintaining organized digital asset management and communications filing systems.
  • Monitor communication and digital media trends and support adoption of relevant best practices.
  • Support tracking, evaluation, and reporting on communications and digital engagement activities.
  • Support dissemination of communication products across internal and external platforms.
  • Support preparation of communication inputs for donor reports, programme updates, and resource mobilization materials.
  • Support internal knowledge-sharing and collaboration.
Required Experience
  • Minimum 2 year (with Master’s degree) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in communications, media, public information, knowledge management, or related areas.
  • Experience in copywriting and content development for social media and digital platforms.
  • Experience managing social media platforms and monitoring analytics.
  • Experience developing communication materials including visual and digital content.
  • Experience using Canva and/or Adobe creative tools.
  • Experience using MS Office applications, CMS management, and digital communication platforms.
  • Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and managing multiple priorities.
  • Experience using website content management systems (CMS);
  • Experience with Drupal.
  • Experience supporting multilingual communications and translation between Myanmar and English.
  • Experience supporting donor visibility or programme communications.
  • Experience in a not-for-profit, development, humanitarian, international organization, UNDP or the UN system environment.
  • Experience supporting communications in development or humanitarian contexts.
  • Experience coordinating communications consultants, creative service providers, or multimedia content development processes.
  • Experience supporting gender-responsive, safeguarding-sensitive, or inclusion-focused communications initiatives.
Qualifications
  • Advanced university degree (master´s degree or equivalent) in Communications, Journalism, Media Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or related field is required; or
  • A first-level university degree (Bachelor´s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with additional 2 years of qualifying experience, will be given due consideration in lieu of Master´s degree.
Other Details
Languages Required
Fluency in Myanmar and English is required.
Languages Preferred
Not specified
Contract Duration
1 Year
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Not specified
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