Global Communications Specialist (FCLP)

Job Description

Dutystation: Home based

Functional responsibilities

Strategic Communications

• Facilitate the delivery of FCLP’s internal and external communications strategies, ensuring coherence with organizational priorities and evolving global policy contexts.
• Support the development and refinement of the FCLP’s overarching narrative, positioning the Partnership as a global leader in forest, climate, and land-use action.
• Ensure consistent tone and messaging across all communications in line with the approved strategies and overarching narrative.

Stakeholder Engagement & Internal Communications

• Collaborate with the Secretariat and FCLP members to identify and meet communications needs across the organization.
• Foster collaboration and information exchange among members and partners, strengthening shared ownership of FCLP’s strategic objectives and initiatives.
• Coordinate newsletters, internal updates, and other internal communications products to ensure timely and consistent information dissemination.

External Relations

• Contribute to identify, prioritize and continuously refine target audiences for the FCLP’s external communications, ensuring messages and materials effectively reach and engage them.
• Manage FCLP social media channels, ensuring regular, engaging, and strategically aligned content, with a focus on growing reach and influence among target audiences.
• Oversee the production and coordination of communications assets, including infographics, videos, presentations, and other digital or print materials.
• Maintain and update the FCLP website and other digital platforms to ensure they remain current, relevant, and aligned with the FCLP brand.
• Draft public-facing materials, including the annual report and other publications.
• Coordinate FCLP external brand management, ensuring consistency across visual identity, messaging, and communications materials.

Media Relations

• Coordinate media engagement in line with the approved communications strategy, including:

  • Proactive outreach to journalists and media outlets.

  • Organizing media roundtables, press briefings, and press conferences around key events and announcements.

  • Preparing press kits, talking points, and background materials for media engagements.

  • Monitoring media coverage and analyzing impact to inform future communications.

• Ensure the FCLP’s narrative and messaging are consistently amplified through all media and engagement channels.

High-Level Event Management

• Provide communications support for major FCLP events, including COP, Ministerial meetings, and public engagements.
• Draft high-level materials, speeches, talking points, press kits, and media briefs, for use by government officials.
• Coordinate media coverage and public relations activities during key events to maximize visibility and strategic impact.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) preferably in International Security, International Relations, Journalism, Communications, or a related field with five (5) years of relevant experience is required; OR
• First level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) preferably in International Security, International Relations, Journalism, Communications, or related field with seven (7) years of relevant experience.

• Relevant experience is defined as progressively responsible professional experience in communications, external relations, engagement and outreach, preferably within international organizations or UN agencies.
• Experience communicating on forest, climate and land-use issues, with a strong understanding of the sector on behalf of the UN or international organizations.
• Extensive experience engaging with developing country governments and coordinating multi-stakeholder processes between the Global North and Global South, including UN agencies, development banks, and donor institutions.
• Experience coordinating and moderating international events, including emceeing, overseeing media relations, and coordinating production of communication assets.
• Proven experience in narrative development, media engagement, and public relations for events and partnerships.

Desirable experience (the following experience is optional candidates who do not have it are welcome to apply):

• Previous professional experience or background in journalism is considered an asset.
• Strong collaboration skills in multicultural and multi-stakeholder environments.
• Ability to navigate complex political and organizational dynamics.
• Results-driven, with attention to detail and accountability.
• Demonstrated success collaborating across remote, global teams.
• Previous experience consulting for UN agencies is highly desirable.
• Prior professional experience living and working in developing countries is considered an asset.

• Fluency in English (read, write, speak) is required.
• Fluency in Spanish and French (read, write, speak) is highly desirable.

Others

• It is required to regularly travel internationally and to work outside of typical work hours (i.e. early mornings and/or late evenings) when required to accommodate various time zones.

About the Organization

TOGETHER, WE BUILD THE FUTURE

UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.

Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development.

We are proud of our people and embrace diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunities. Our workforce brings together approximately 160 nationalities, represented by over 5,000 UNOPS personnel as well as some 7,800 personnel recruited on behalf of our partners. Spread across 80 countries from a range of backgrounds, and languages and have different gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities.

We encourage women and candidates from underrepresented groups in UNOPS to apply. These include candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.