Consultant Communications CST II Vacancy Job Ref: ACLBWFP/0910/202626

Consultant Communications CST II Vacancy Job Ref: ACLBWFP/0910/202626

Tripoli (Lebanon)

Job Description
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of extreme weather shocks.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

WHY JOIN WFP?

WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Consultant Communications will report directly to the Country Director (CD) in Libya and work in close collaboration with programme, CBT, supply chain, partnerships, emergency preparedness and Area Office teams.

With the support of a communications associate reporting under, the Consultant is responsible to develop, plan and implement communications activities that support the overall communications strategy and WFP objectives.

Key responsibilities/Deliverables:

1. Develop, maintain and update an appropriate work plan for the assigned area, which implements the corporate communications strategy, in order to maintain and enhance the visibility and reputation of WFP, and support fundraising activities, ensuring alignment with WFP strategy.

2. Plan, manage and evaluate communications campaigns that favorably impact the views of the public, opinion leaders and donors in order to raise WFP’s profile and support fundraising activities.

3. Prepare communications products that effectively convey the desired message to targeted audience(s) including Country Annual reports, organize donor visibility and visits, beneficiary communication and inter-agency communications.

4. Maintain and develop a contact list of journalists and media outlets, and manage the regular flow of news/information about WFP’s work to the media, ensuring reputational risks are identified and managed.

5. Define a social media plan for the assigned area which leverages social media content, platforms, networks and partners to enhance coverage and support of WFP’s activities.

6. Generate and/or facilitate the production of donor specific visibility content including, text, photos, videos and audio for use across a range of integrated online platforms, in order to support global and country fundraising activities, ensuring consistency with corporate messages.

7. Track and analyse traditional and online media, to identify trends and/or issues, and propose solutions and ideas to improve the effectiveness of communication strategy and activities.

8. Manage junior communications officers/team, develop work plans, monitor performance against objectives, and ensure appropriate development to enable high performance.

9. Coordinate and prepare accurate and timely reporting on communications activities that enables informed decision-making, evaluation of objectives and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.

10. Build capacity of WFP staff on all aspects of external relations communication, providing advice, guidance and training to ensure consistent, quality communications activities that deliver the desired impact.

11. Work in close collaboration with counterparts to align activities and ensure a coherent approach to communications within WFP.

12. Contribute to preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations and guidance and monitoring the management of communications specific risks.

13. Other as required.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

• Minimum of five years of relevant professional work experience in journalism, media, marketing communications or any other related fields.

• Deep technical expertise of the Communications function.

• Strong understanding of how the Communications function works within WFP.

• Ability to operate independently with limited supervision.

• Ability to work collaboratively across other functions.

• Strategic judgement and advisory capacity.

• Flexibility to apply expertise across different communications specializations.

STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Advanced University degree in marketing, business studies, communications or public relations or journalism, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

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