Communication Specialist

Organizational Setting

The position is located at the FAO Representation in Georgia. The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by the FAO Representative, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner.

Reporting Lines

The Communication Specialist works under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Georgia, the direct supervision of the Assistant FAO Representative in Georgia, in close collaboration with and guidance from the Senior Communication Specialist and other FAO staff in Georgia, as well as the REU communication team, and in accordance with FAO’s corporate communications policies and donor visibility guidelines.

Technical Focus

Communication Specialist supports FAO Country Office and all its projects in Georgia in all information, communication and visibility work.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Prepare news items (press releases, news stories, newsletters) of various formats (electronic, printed, web) in Georgian and English in accordance with FAO writing style guidelines (formatting, fonts, index, acronyms, spell check, headers and footnotes) and visuals (pictures, graphics, infographics, etc.);
• Participate in the design and rollout of awareness campaigns for different projects;
• Develop and edit visibility materials (banners, leaflets, tri-folds);
• Develop video, as well as photo materials covering FAO activities in Georgia in collaboration with OCC. This includes maintenance of a photo library, sharing edited and captioned content with FAO Photo Library, according to technical guidelines provided by the Photo Unit;
• Develop content for social media; provide support in administrating social media accounts;
• Participate in field visits and facilitate media visits to the FAO project sites;
• Participate in planning and organization of FAO events (conferences, presentations, training, officials’ visits, field visits, etc.) in line with FAO and donor (EU, SDC, ADA, etc.) visibility guidelines;
• Ensure that all publications and documents to be disseminated via the FAO document repository are timely processed through the corporate Publications Workflow System (PWS), from their planning to production and dissemination.
• Work in constant contact with the Publishing Group at FAO and ensure that all corporate publishing standards are adhered to in publications and documents.
• Translate communication materials from English into Georgian and vice versa.
• Prepare briefs based on the technical project documents.
• Perform other related duties, as required.
• Ensure compliance of all products with\:

Liaison with the OCC will be maintained, either directly or through an agreed focal point/coordinator, to ensure compliance with OCC standards, appropriate review and clearance processes.

All communication materials will follow FAO clearance processes and comply with FAO standards, including\:

FAOSTYLE (English\: https\://www.fao.org/3/cb8081en/cb8081en.pdf); Spanish\:
https\://www.fao.org/3/ac339s/ac339s.pdf; Arabic\: https\://www.fao.org/3/ac339a/ac339a.pdf; Chinese\:
https\://www.fao.org/3/ac339c/ac339c.pdf); FAONOCS https\://www.fao.org/nocs/en;
FAO terminology http\://www.fao.org/faoterm; Publishing at FAO – Strategy and guidance http\://www.fao.org/3/I7429EN/i7429en.pdf;
FAO Names Of Countries https\://www.fao.org/nocs/en;
Story guidelines http\://intranet.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/occ/Quick_Guides/UPDATED-Digital-Storytelling-Guide-EN-FINAL.pdf;
Story template http\://intranet.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/occ/Quick_Guides/FAO-Stories-Template-UPDATED.pdf;

UN map standards (available to staff);
FAO Brand and policy book.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• University degree (MA) in Communication, Public Relations, Journalism or related discipline
• 2 years of relevant experience at the national or international level
• Working knowledge (Level C) of English and Georgian
• National of the country of assignment

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Hands-on experience in administrating and creating content for social media accounts.
• Experience in writing, editing and reviewing the texts in Georgian and English Hands-on experience in developing communication and visibility materials, strategies and plans
• Working knowledge of Russian is an asset

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION