Communication Officer

Job Posting: 12/Aug/2024

Closure Date: 09/Sep/2024, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: OCC

**Job Type**: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional

Grade Level: P-4

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: two years with possibility of extension

Post Number: 0996955

CCOG Code: 1A08

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**Organizational Setting**
The Office of Communications (OCC) is responsible for both external and internal communications of the Organization. It aims at making FAO's communications strategic, coherent, focused and impactful, while ensuring effectiveness and efficiency in communication-related operations.

The position is located in the Office of the Director, Office of Communications (OCC) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines**
The Communication Officer (Strategic Communications) reports to the Director, Office of Communications.

**Technical Focus**
Communication, media relations, strategic communications, outreach and advocacy activities.

**Key Results**
The planning and delivery of OCC programmes, products and services and the development of related policies and specialized tools and systems, through the use of comprehensive communication and publishing expertise.

**Key Functions**
- Leads projects and/or work teams, leads and/or participates in office teams, provides services and/or professional expertise on Organization-wide committees and working groups and represents FAO at inter-agency meetings.
- Plans and delivers programmes, products and services including related policies, systems and tools to facilitate effective media relations, as well as internal and external corporate communication.
- Analyses information, data, statistics, relativities, trends, problems and/or issues to support effective communication delivery, new initiatives and the preparation of plans, strategies, reports, policies and/or other products.
- Provides specialist advice and expertise to internal and external partners on specific or complex cases, strategic communication, written communication, policy interpretation issues and/or best practices, etc.
- Manages special projects and provides guidance to consultants for the development and implementation of new products, tools and systems.
- Develops information, training materials and products to increase understanding of programmes, services and policies; promotes capacity development.
- Develops relevant performance criteria and indicators to evaluate programmes, products and services.

**Specific Functions**
- Identifies opportunities and develops communication and outreach strategies for the preparation and organization of outreach and fundraising activities aimed at advancing the communication priorities of the Organization both at headquarters and Decentralized Offices.
- Liaises with governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, the media and the general public to develop partnerships and/or new forms of collaboration for awareness raising, outreach and/or fundraising activities.
- Leads trust fund projects related to communication, outreach and/or fundraising activities.
- Manages all aspects of special field visits involving partners, celebrities and media, in the context of the Office’s outreach activities.
- Coordinates the preparation of promotional material (video spots, flyers, banners, press releases, etc.) and supervises implementation of related outreach initiatives.
- Monitors financial aspects related to trust funds (e.g. monitoring of trust funds and contributions received establishment/closure of bank accounts).
- Ensures communication coordination of key corporate initiatives and projects between FAO projects both at national and international levels, including but not limited to the 2025 FAO's 80th Anniversary an