The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. UNEP is one of three original, founding implementing agencies of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). UNEP and the GEF partners help developing countries and those with economies in transition to meet the agreed incremental costs of measures designed to achieve global environmental benefits in six focal areas: biological diversity, climate change (both mitigation and adaptation), international waters, chemicals and wastes management and, land degradation. The Policy and Programme Division (PPD) is a center of excellence for strategic guidance and programmatic policy for UNEP. PPD enables UNEP's strategic and programmatic direction, ensuring organization-wide coherence and effectiveness in implementation and continuous improvement. The UNEP GEF Coordination Unit plays a central role in UNEP's GEF-related activities. Its core functions include formulating and reviewing UNEP's policies and strategies for GEF operations, preparing the UNEP/GEF Business Plan, and providing guidance to project proposers on eligibility, quality, and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, it oversees GEF activity administration within UNEP, serves as UNEP's GEF focal point. This position is located in the Global Environment Facility Coordination Unit of the Policy and Programme Division (PPD) at the Nairobi Duty Station. Under the overall supervision of the GEF Coordinator, the incumbent will carry out the following duties:
•In collaboration with the GEF Secretariat and the UNEP Communication Division, assists in coordinating and providing strategic input on UNEP-GEF communication at the corporate and portfolio level, including strategy, branding and communication outputs. •Supports in coordinating with GEF task managers across UNEP to develop and implement a communications strategy to improve visibility of the UNEP-GEF portfolio of projects. •Drafts, edits and produces multimedia content on results of UNEP-GEF initiatives for corporate UNEP and GEF digital platforms, including web and social media. •Supports in producing and ensuring maximum dissemination and impact of stories, press releases and multimedia content on UNEP-GEF initiatives and priorities. •Supports in improving the UNEP-GEF online presence, including the UNEP corporate website and project and programme sites. •Facilitates training on communication best practices to UNEP-GEF portfolio and project staff, ensuring compliance with UNEP and GEF policies. •Supports in the coordination and organization of communication activities for key events, such as the GEF Assembly, The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), Multilateral Environmental Agreement Conferences of Parties (COPs) and other targeted regional and international events. •Undertakes survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyses and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and drafts conclusions. •Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, UNEP annual reports, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to GEF-related publications. • Contributes to the collection and analysis of data as well as identification of trends or patterns and provides draft insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting. •Performs other duties as required.