E T Consultant

Job title:

E T Consultant

Company

World Bank

Job description

E T Consultant Job #: req30504
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Climate Change
Grade: EC1
Term Duration: 1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s): French
Closing Date: 12/10/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTCDescriptionDo you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank provides a unique opportunity for you to join us to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank (WB) is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions (IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID) dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development on a livable planet. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org.Climate change will greatly affect the poorest people in the world, who are often hardest hit by weather catastrophes, desertification, and rising sea levels and least able to respond. In some parts of the world, climate change has already contributed to worsening food security, reduced the predictable availability of fresh water, and exacerbated the spread of disease and other threats to human health.Helping the most vulnerable countries and communities adapt to increasing challenges of climate change is an imperative for the international community, requiring significant resources to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.The Adaptation Fund is an innovative financing mechanism set up by the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with the purpose of financing concrete climate change adaptation projects and programs in developing country Parties. At the request of the COP, the GEF is providing secretariat services to the Adaptation Fund Board (the Board) on an interim basis, through a dedicated team. Since becoming fully operational in 2010, the Board has approved 160 projects and programs worth more than USD 1 billion in over 100 countries.Launched under the Kyoto Protocol of the UNFCCC, the Adaptation Fund has been formally serving Paris Agreement since 2019.The Adaptation Fund is implementing its second medium term strategy (2023-2027) that rests on the three pillars of adaptation action, innovation and learning/knowledge management.The Adaptation Fund supports country-driven projects and programs, innovation, and global learning for effective adaptation. All of the Adaptation Fund’s activities are designed to build national and local adaptive capacities while reaching and engaging the most vulnerable groups, and to integrate gender consideration to provide equal opportunity to access and benefit from the Fund’s resources.They are also aimed at enhancing synergies with other sources of climate finance, while creating models that can be replicated or scaled up.The Fund secretariat is recruiting an extended-term consultant (ETC) communications analyst with a strong and broad working knowledge of traditional, digital and emerging communications platforms, a versatile communicator, strong storyteller across diverse platforms with a solid writing background and high comfort level writing fluidly and translating often complex subject matter into relatable communications products.The ETC position reports to the Manager of the Adaptation Fund secretariat with the Communications Officer providing oversight of the ETC consultant’s daily tasks.Duties and Accountabilities

• Support the research, writing and development of a diverse range of communications products, such as stories, blogs, flyers, brochures, talking points/speeches, social media campaigns, and media and stakeholder outreach. Awareness of UN climate finance landscape desired.

• Develop and disseminate quality communications products via website content management systems and email sharing newsletters; interface with web IT design and maintenance teams to improve site content, as needed; manage and update the Fund’s e-newsletter mailing lists, using sharing platforms such as Constant Contact. Strong website content management skills with good visual eye and experience working comfortably on platforms such as WordPress, laying out stories and other communications products in user-friendly and engaging ways is desired.

• Research, conduct interviews, write and develop accurate and engaging web stories on Fund projects, media releases on Fund news, video/podcast scripts, e-newsletters, flyers, brochures, posters, talking points, social media posts, infographics and other web or printed content to highlight AF’s work; translate often highly technical information into user-friendly relatable content for target, media and public audiences; work with graphic designers to ensure user-friendly products.

• Take, gather and prepare quality photos meeting communications standards and supporting visuals at key events, as well as post content to website, social media and email-sharing networks.

• Manage, develop make regular engaging posts on brand to the Fund’s multimedia social media accounts, including Flickr, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and X, as well as YouTube and SoundCloud as needed.

• Create social media cards or website banners periodically to highlight key milestones, and track and promote special environmental or other relevant days; develop and implement creative campaigns to further promote AF’s work and high-level Fund events and activities.

• Organize, store and manage the Fund’s diverse print communications materials and other branded products in the office, and support preparation of materials for relevant outreach events; Support archiving of communications materials in well-organized e-file sharing system.

• Support field missions periodically, such as gathering communications material and providing visibility support during project visits, country exchanges, Board meetings and/or UN climate conferences, among others.

• Help populate and promote key calendar events through website and social media; help maintain website updated, fresh and user-friendly. Interact with the Fund’s IT vendor and website consultants to help facilitate ongoing website upgrades; Assist with, facilitate and help support updating and implementing the Fund’s communication and outreach strategies, and staged processes to beautify and make the website more user-friendly.

• Contribute to writing video or podcast scripts, talking points for speeches or media interviews, as needed. Help facilitate and respond to media queries and requests for interviews.

• Support development and review of videos and other multimedia products such as digital brochures, flyers and podcasts, and posting and dissemination of them to Fund websites and social media channels.

• Support development of a growing variety of communications products such as briefing notes, speeches, infographics, branded AF and partner promotional materials, informational products and presentations, among others. Support ongoing communications projects to help promote and build the brand of the Fund and its impacts on the ground, as well as its leadership in the global adaptation finance space, and urgent global adaptation needs.

• Support promotion or participation in AF outreach events, such as joint pavilion space at the UN climate conference and other significant adaptation outreach opportunities, and development of related communications materials or campaigns. Liaise routinely with communications colleagues from other climate funds and AF partners to share materials and develop relevant campaigns.

• Routinely research AF projects, policies, strategies, documents, Board meetings and partnerships, and liaise with relevant AF staff and stakeholders to ensure updated, accurate information on AF’s website and communications products.

Selection Criteria

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in communications, journalism or marketing; Master’s degree a plus.

• Two years with Master’s or five with Bachelor’s years of working experience in communications and/or journalism, with high comfort level in digital storytelling and writing fluidly across diverse communications platforms/channels. Interest in climate change, sustainable development, international or environmental studies valued.

• Solid experience with branding, target audience outreach, media relations, diverse and emerging social media channels, and digital and traditional communications campaigns.

• Basic content management skills, such as familiarity with WordPress Pro a plus. Strong experience with e-news sharing platforms desired, as well. High comfort level with large file sharing and promoting/archiving multimedia materials.

• Excellent command of written and spoken English, including proven experience developing and writing high quality stories, brochures, flyers and other multimedia products, and working efficiently on deadlines.

• Familiarity and interest in climate change finance, international development issues and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change a plus.

• Ability to efficiently and accurately communicate often complex and technical ideas to a lay audience through visually engaging, relatable stories, infographics, webpages, posters/exhibits, videos, and other multimedia communications products.

• Detail-oriented with excellent research abilities and experience with interviewing subject matter experts a plus, and meeting often tight deadlines in a timely manner with accurate, high quality communications products.

• Experience with taking photographs or video and incorporating compelling visual graphics into communications materials a plus, as well as strong comfort level interacting with graphic designers, videographers, printers, translators and website support staff.

• Ability to work well with diverse international team members and multitask in high-pressure environments to produce high quality, accurate work on tight deadlines.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.Learn more about working at the and , including our values and inspiring stories.Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

Expected salary

Location

Washington DC

Job date

Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:22:17 GMT

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