Job categoriesCommunications
Vacancy codeVA/2025/B5002/29775
Department/officeGPO, GVA, Water, Environment & Climate (WEC)
Duty stationMexico City, Mexico
Contract typeLocal ICA Specialist
Contract levelLICA Specialist-9
Duration12 months, max 220 days, subject to performance and on availability of funds
Application period25-Feb-2025 to 12-Mar-2025
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.
Please note that UNOPS will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind.
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Background Information - UNOPS Water, Environment and Climate (WEC)
The Water, Environment and Climate (WEC) portfolio, based in Vienna, and with offices based globally is part of the UNOPS Global Portfolio Office. The Portfolio has built strong partnerships and is effectively managing a portfolio of over 500 million USD over the last 15 years to support key initiatives with fund management, project implementation and administrative support.
WEC effectively operationalizes partners' agendas with global approaches, as well as regional and country specific activities focused on climate action, protection and conservation of the environment. Partners profit from WEC’s ability to operationalize and/or scale up their important substantive agendas, including in support of key multilateral environmental and climate agreements, such as the Paris Agreement, the Cartagena Convention as well as the Sustainable Development Goals.
The UNEP/GEF Project “Implementation of the Strategic Action Program of the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem” (GEF ID 6952; 2020-2024 – GoM SAP Implementation Project) is a 4-year project specifically aimed at facilitating the implementation of the Mexico/U.S. endorsed Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA – 2011) and Strategic Action Plan (SAP – 2013) for the integrated management of the GoM-LME.
Goal: The goal of the project is to address the three main challenges identified by the SAP, i.e.,
controlling and reducing pollution; recovering living marine resources; and rehabilitating marine and coastal ecosystems. This will result in improved water quality, rehabilitation of the coastal and marine ecosystems, and avoid depletion of marine resources in the GoM-LME.
Objective: The project is specifically aimed at facilitating the implementation of the Mexico/U.S.
endorsed Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA – 2011) and Strategic Action Plan (SAP – 2013) for the integrated management of the GoM-LME. The Project will achieve this by prioritizing the implementation of coordinated and integrated sustainable ecosystem-based management approaches (EBM) to address the transboundary concerns of countries bordering the GoM. It involves actions around the following four components:
Component 1: Improve Water Quality
Component 2: Avoid depletion and recover living marine resources (LMR - Fish and shellfish)
Component 3: Conserve and restore the quality of coastal and marine ecosystems through community involvement and enhanced bilateral cooperation
Component 4: Monitoring, Evaluation and, Knowledge Management
The GoM-LME SAP Project is seeking to hire a Communication Officer for its Project Coordination Unit (PCU). The Communication Officer will work together with the GoM-LME Project Coordinator and other PCU Staff and will be responsible for all communications priorities, outputs and activities of the Project, ensuring the dissemination of the Project in various media and in collaboration with current and potential partners and stakeholders. S/he will work in close collaboration with other UNOPS communications focal points to ensure that communications activities are managed effectively and the appropriate materials are published in a timely and high quality manner.
The Communication Officer will support the delivery of the Project’s Component 4: “Monitoring, Evaluation and Knowledge Management”, in close coordination with the Project Coordinating Unit (PCU) and other project partners, and in line with UNOPS project communication standards, UNEP and GEF requirements. The Communication Officer will work within a team to support the smooth running of the GoM-LME Project for the timely delivery of high quality communication outputs and ensure that the project’s targets under Component 4 are met and fully compliant with applicable donor/client/UNOPS rules and regulations.
Component 4 of the Project considers the following outputs:
Monitoring & Evaluation / Performance assessment
Knowledge Management / Communication Strategy and Knowledge management
Project experiences and best practices exchanged with GEF IW-LEARN
Component 4 will increase the visibility of the project and share lessons learned with other global initiatives to promote replication and scaling-up of the experiences gained during implementation. As an overarching principle, the activities will be designed to include the active involvement of local stakeholders and community members, and will mainstream gender aspects to promote equity and inclusive participation.
Under this Component, the Communication Officer will support the development of material, such as videos, newsletters, notes and relevant media in close collaboration with the PCU and Implementing Partners of the Project. S/he will support the M&E plan, the development and implementation of the Communication Strategy of the project, website inputs and development of workshops and meetings material.
* This is a Home-based position with an occasional visits to the office required for activities needing communications support such as event preparations.
** Additionally, the incumbent will need to have your own laptop, equipped with all the relevant software,.
***This is a retainer national vacancy / position for twelve 12 months, maximum of 220 working days.
**** As this is a Local position, in order to be eligible, the incumbent should be a national of Mexico or have a valid residence permit in the Country.
Functional Responsibilities and Deliverables: The Communication Officer ...
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Education
Advanced university degree (Master degree or equivalent) in communications, journalism, public relations or another relevant field is required. A first level university degree in communications, journalism, public relations or another relevant field in combination with an additional 2 years of experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. |
Experience
A minimum of 2 years of progressively responsible experience in managing communications, external relations or advocacy work of a public or private entity is required.
Experience in producing analytical reports and communications products is required.
Experience in developing and implementation of communications strategies is required.
Experience in digital and social media, visual communications and storytelling is required.
Familiarity with the development and/or environmental sector, as well as familiarity with topics such as gender and vulnerable peoples in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean region, would be considered a significant asset.
Experience working with UNOPS or a similar UN/international organization will be considered a significant asset.
Education
Fluency in written and spoken Spanish and English is required.
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