Food and Agriculture Organization
Experience: 5 to 10 Years
Skill Required: Media and Communication
Apply By: 25-11-2023
The FAO Representation in Somalia supports the national government in developing policies, strategies and programmes aimed at accelerating the implementation and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in areas tied to FAO's mandate and the FAO Strategic Framework. FAO works to address national needs and priorities in food security, reducing hunger and malnutrition, developing agricultural, fishery and forestry sectors, the sustainable use of natural resources, and responses to recurrent emergencies.
The objective of this assignment is to increase effective visibility of FAO's humanitarian, resilience and development programming in Somalia in terms of both external and internal communication.
The Communication Officer will provide strategic leadership and effective management of the Communication Unit to establish FAO Somalia as a leading UN Agency in efforts to combat hunger, reduce poverty and ensure food security. The Communication Officer will lead the development and implementation a national communication strategy and workplan designed to enhance the visibility and reputation of FAO in the country and wider region, ensuring a high standard of quality, fit-for-purpose content to engage key audiences, in alignment with FAO strategic objectives and FAO global communication standards and best practices. The incumbent will guide and manage the Communication team within the Strategy and Resource Mobilization Unit (SRMU) to ensure high-level communications, editorial standards and creativity in multimedia, editing and publication products
The Communication Officer reports to the Head of Strategy and Resource Mobilization Unit (SRMU), under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Somalia, and the Senior Programme Officer (Head of Programme), with a second reporting line to the Communication Officer based in the Regional Office for Africa (RAF), and receiving functional guidance from the Office of Communications (OCC) at FAO headquarters in Rome, in close coordination with the Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) in particular with its Resource Mobilization and Communication Team.
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