The Green Growth Knowledge Partnership’s offer to the policy, finance and industry communities is successfully communicated and results in increased user engagement in the GGKP, leading to increased capacity for a green economy transition.
Remote
1 August 2020 – 31 January 2021
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations system’s designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action.
The Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) is hosted by UNEP, in partnership with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). These organizations serve as the joint host of the GGKP Secretariat (www.greengrowthknowledge.org) on behalf of the GGKP founding organizations (UNEP, GGGI, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and the World Bank). The GGKP is a global network of over 60 international organizations, research institutes, and think tanks focused on promoting a green economy transition by:
• identifying major knowledge gaps in green growth theory and practice and addressing these gaps through the promotion of collaboration and coordinated research; and
• using world-class knowledge management and communication tools to provide practitioners, policymakers, and other experts with opportunities to access, share, and utilize green growth policy analysis, guidance, information, and data.
Following an external assessment of the GGKP, the GGKP founding organizations decided to expand its successful platform approach to two additional communities: industry (private-sector businesses) and finance.
This decision led to the launch of the Green Industry Platform (www.greenindustryplatform.org) and the Green Finance Platform (www.greenfinanceplatform.org) in 2019. The GGKP has also expanded its digital communications outreach, including the development of new social media accounts, to support the new platforms and other relevant initiatives.
A consultant is sought to fill the need of the Resources and Markets Branch to assist with GGKP digital communications including providing content to the GGKP social media accounts and strengthening GGKP’s online presence.
Specific tasks and responsibilities
The specific tasks and responsibilities for this consultancy are indicated below. Any content published on GGKP-administered social media channels shall be under the oversight of, and endorsed by, Mr. Benjamin Simmons.
• Draft, edit and post GGKP social media and web posts.
• Create, launch and manage GGKP social media and digital communication campaigns.
• Provide support to communication efforts of GGKP’s platforms, initiatives, solutions and communities.
• Track and report on social media and digital communication efforts of the GGKP.
• Support other related tasks as requested.
Academic Qualifications: Master’s degree or equivalent in communications, business, public policy or a closely related area with substantial coursework in communications or similar areas. A Bachelor’s degree plus at least four additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of a Master’s degree.
Experience: A minimum of three years of accumulated work experience closely relevant to the outlined outputs/tasks. Specifically, this must include work experience in creating and managing social media campaigns, community engagement and digital communications. Prior experience in international organisations and graphic design skills are desirable.
Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.