Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

The UNV Expert will report to the Head of the Fund Secretariat/Global Team. The UNV Expert will provide the following functions:

Strategic Engagement activities of the GFCR

• Support Fundraising efforts with Private Foundations and Member States;
• Support the development of fundraising materials for Outreach;
• Research strategic engagement opportunities related to Marine Conservation and Blended Finance;
• Support event planning including managing communications and coordination with event organizers;

Implementation of the GFCR communications strategy:

• Design communication strategies, including media strategies;
• Lead on ensuring branding standards of the Fund are maintained;
• Develop a Detailed Annual Communication Workplan and Budget;
• Produce articles, press releases and stories on Fund results and any other developments and coordinate its dissemination through effective channels;
• Maintain the website of the Fund and the knowledge platform;
• Liaise and coordinate with partners on information opportunities, activities, approaches and platforms;

Design, administer, monitor and evaluate social media and creative content:

• Plan social media for the GFCR in coordination with that of founding partners, donors and implementers;
• Source, design, edit and post engaging, high-quality text, video, photo and graphics content across owned social media channels;
• Collaborate with communications focal points in programme countries and across all GFCR partners to develop social media content;

Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Director of the Regional Office in Beirut, the UN Volunteer UN Regional Coordination Officer will provide support to the Director of the Regional Office in liaising with the Regional United National Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) to enhance the UN system collaboration and system-wide coherence within the framework of the UN reform, improve UNESCO's representation at the regional level within the UNSDG and support the Organization’s full participation and contribution in UN system action, in coordination with the offices in the region

In this regard, the UN Volunteer will ensure the overall coordination of Regional UNSDG related-issues by:

• Ensuring the participation of the Regional Office in the coordination systems, processes and meetings of the Regional UNSDG, with partoicular attention to the Regional Collaborative Platforms;
• Support coordination and liaisoning with United Nations Development Coordination Office (UNDCO) Regional Director and related staff based in Amman;
• Providing support to the Director of Office to strategically position UNESCO as a key partner within the UNSDG and promote integrated approaches with the wider UN system in UNESCO’s fields of competence, including through the elaboration of support material and analysis to be shared with the Regional UNSDG;
• Supporting the Director of the Office in the review, development and implementation of UNSDG reform initiatives as regards UNESCO through collection, analysis and dissemination of information related to the reform, UNESCO’s involvement in the UNSDG and on UNSDG global collaboration in the region;
• Providing assistance to the field offices in the region in ensuring UNESCO’s substantial integration in UNSDCFs and appropriate alignment of UNESCO’s country strategies with United Nations Sustainable Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCF);
• In coordination with the Office’s media and communication coordinator, supporting communication related to UNESCO’s participation in UNSDG regional coordination both within the Regional UNSDG and UNESCO;
• Contributing to the Regional Office inputs to strategic and programming documents, statutory reports and reports to the Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations ADG/PAX and UNESCO Governing Bodies with regard UNESCO’s involvment in the UNSDG and on UNSDG global collaboration in the region;
• Supporting cooperation with other regional and interregional organizations as appropriate;
• Supporting resource mobilization offorts for regional programs of all sectors represented in the Regional office, contacts with potential donors as relevant.

The UN Volunteer works within the framework of UNESCO’s Medium-Term Strategies (C/4s), approved Programmes and Budgets (C/5s), the Operational Strategy for the Implementation of Priority Africa and the Priority Gender Equality Action Plan as well as within the framework of international agreed development agendas as Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063 for the Africa region.