Digital Communications Specialist - Volunteer

The DCS strengthens messages across all internal and external digital platforms including media, advocacy, and donor communications. They will be a key member of cross-sectional teams to plan and implement communication campaigns and projects.

What difference will you make?

Mission Statement To voluntarily represent, positively promote, and uphold the mission of “Empowering youth for a better world” in various programs and opportunities throughout the IYF interventions and the community.

What are we looking for?

Experience within an NGO, INGO (such as the United Nations), charity, government, non-profit, not-for-profit, international relations, international development (such as USAID) or youth empowerment or similar organization is advantageous but not essential.

Remote

What will you be doing?

Overview The Digital Communications Specialist works to strengthen messages across all internal and external digital platforms including media, advocacy, and donor communications. They will be a key member of cross-sectional teams to plan and implement communication campaigns and projects.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and facilitate process to create and distribute digital content to achieve global communication objectives
• Collaborate with Digital Web Editors and communications focal points at headquarters to determine, negotiate and maintain a 12- month editorial calendar for digital platforms;
• Along with digital editorial, production and technical teams, develop creative content across digital platforms to build awareness and engagement and achieve strategic priorities;
• Maintain official websites and our blog with stories, data and multimedia from HQ, Regional Administrations and Country Teams. Liaise with the team on how material should be presented on the other language sections of the IYF corporate website;
• Enhance navigation, structure and content across www.iyfweb.org, liaising with the team to ensure consistency across languages;
• Contribute to the publication of a wide series of data modules and multimedia products including photo galleries, videos and audio materials.
• Content Production
• Manage content production for visual story telling platforms and digital channels including website, newsletter and social media;
• Create visually compelling presentations, and support production of advocacy/marketing collateral;
• Coordinate work with designers, writers, and UN Volunteers as needed.
• Strengthen global practice of digital communications
• Advise personnel at global, regional and local levels on standards and best practices for digital communications, including social media strategy and content development;
• Recommend and deploy social media tools for strategic planning and management;
• Provide trainings to teach skills, impart knowledge and inform on guidelines for effective digital communications especially through social media;
• Assist to develop, implement and evaluate social media plans for projects and campaigns;
• Develop social media campaigns;
• Draft social media content for corporate channels;
• Seek opportunities and partnerships to promote the IYF through social media.