The Campaign’s Advocacy for Change approach aims at systemic transformation by rethinking, recalibrating, and reimagining economies and societies so that they serve people and the planet, while inspiring SDG action and sending a message of hope and possibilities.
The UN SDG Action Campaign facilitates convening spaces and supports the engagement of civil society organizations and other key stakeholders in relevant dialogues and processes, with a focus in the areas of financing for development, gender equality, climate action, sustainable food systems and justice and peace. Additionally, the Campaign lends its advocacy and communication support to key partners including through open-source advocacy campaigns, SDG media dialogues, SDG digital art exhibits to inspire action and engage new audiences and tap into humanity’s creative power for good. And the UN SDG Action Awards programme, the Campaign’s flagship initiative, serves to identify and celebrate exceptional changemakers and initiatives that are making a difference towards the 2030 Agenda.

Within the above context, and under overall supervision and guidance of the Policy and Partnerships Specialist (P4), the UN SDG Action Campaign is seeking to recruit a Creative Communications Specialist to provide support across the following areas:

• Develop and implement creative communications strategies to enhance the visibility and positioning of the UN SDG Action Campaign.
• Produce creative SDG advocacy and campaigning assets in line with the Campaign’s key messages and policy priorities.
• Identify partnership opportunities with likeminded entities and networks in the creative sector and across other constituencies including civil society and youth groups.

• Coordinate the branding, creative direction and implementation of creative advocacy campaigns on the SDGs, in line with the messaging and policy priorities of the Campaign.
• Design creative campaigning packages to be adapted and rolled out by partners, including toolkits, briefs, pitch decks and guidelines.
• Lead on providing creative SDG campaigning and advocacy support to key partners from the UN, civil society, creative sector and other relevant constituencies.
• Develop analogue and digital engagement and activation strategies, such as asset co-creation and influencer engagement.

• Guide and support the development and implementation of creative communications and advocacy strategies in line with the messaging and policy priorities of the Campaign.
• Coordinate the outreach and digital promotion of Campaign events and activations, including the UN SDG Action Awards.
• Work closely with colleagues working on policy and digital strategy to develop and maintain digital platforms - websites, social media platforms, and tracking their performance.
• Support the social media work of the Campaign, ensuring consistency of messaging, creativity and impact across all channels.
• Support the Campaign’s digital strategy development and implementation.
• Provide strategic creative communications advice to senior management.

• Coordinate the outreach to the creative sector and the mapping out of relevant partners for collaboration on SDG advocacy.
• Identify key opportunities for collaboration with partners in the creative sector, including relevant events and milestones.
• Coordinate the liaison with partners form the creative sector and the organization of Campaign events with key partners;
• Contribute to provide visibility to Campaign partners, including donors, across social media and other digital platforms.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
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Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:
Communications - Advocacy strategy and implementation:

• Ability to create and implement communications and advocacy strategies which lead to impactful change

Communications - Brand & quality management

• Ability to position the UN SDG Action Campaign brand and uphold it to a high level of quality

Communications - Campaign management

• Ability to produce and implement communications and advocacy campaigns which lead to impactful change

Communication - Social Media Management

• Ability to represent and promote the UNDP brand in virtual communities and networks

External Relations & Advocacy / General across the function - Event planning and execution

• Ability to plan, manage and execute of public and private events to ensure that they support and amplify individual communications and advocacy initiatives, as well as UNDP's overall brand and mandate.

Partnership management - Relationship management

• Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.

Business Direction and Strategy - Systems Thinking

• Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system