Responsibilities

• 1.Manage UNDP’s global social media channels (Twitter and Facebook) in French
• - Working closely with the Social Media Specialist, determine goals for reach and engagement through social media for a French-speaking audience.
• - Plan and implement social media strategies for global communication projects and campaigns.
• - Evaluate effectiveness of French social media platforms through reporting and analytics.
• 2.Create, edit and produce content in French for the global public web site and other digital platforms
• - Work with Web Copywriting Specialist and communication focal points at headquarters and in regional and country offices to solicit or curate French content based on editorial calendar for digital communications.
• - Review and edit web stories, headlines, video scripts, photo captions, etc. in French, liaising with the rest of the team to ensure consistency across languages.
• - Translate or review translations from English into French, proofreading and reformulating if necessary for optimal web presentation.
• - Along with web production specialists, UX and graphic designers and video/photo editors, research and select visual assets for multimedia stories.
• - Produce and publish content on French global web site using corporate digital experience platform (Drupal/Acquia).
• 3.Conduct maintenance and quality assurance of the corporate website
• - Continuously monitor French corporate website and digital platforms, checking for outdated information, poor functionality and user experience shortcomings
• - Correct or work with production team colleagues to correct errors and implement upgrades to the corporate website
• - Suggest front-end and back-end user experience improvements and work with digital team colleagues to implement upgrades to the corporate website
• - Curate the French homepage of the corporate website to ensure alignment with corporate communications priorities
• 4. Facilitate knowledge sharing
• - Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned that are generated from the project and implementing partners.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation needed related to UNDP’s digital communications ecosystem

Requirements

• Min. Education requirements
• - Advance university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Communications, Journalism, Social Science or related field is required. Or
• - A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with an additional 2 (two) years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Min. years of relevant work experience
• - Applicants with a master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience
• - Applicants with a bachelor’s degree are required to have minimum of 2 years of work experience in digital communications, media, marketing, journalism or another relevant field;
• Required Language(s)
• - Fluency French and English required
• - Knowledge of Spanish is an asset.

Preferred

• Desired skills: Experience creating content for social media platforms or managing accounts
• Desired skills: Experience in digital communications, media, marketing, journalism or another relevant field
• Desired skills: Experience working with content management systems