Communication Officer

Job Posting: 24/Sep/2024

Closure Date: 15/Oct/2024, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: OCCGD

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional

Grade Level: P-3

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension

Post Number: 2010421

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 Fisheries and Aquaculture Division’s (NFI) work in FAO focuses on the economic, social, institutional, governance and policy aspects of fisheries and aquaculture and their development, including the collection, compilation, validation, trend analysis and dissemination of all the best available and up-to-date fisheries and aquaculture statistics.
The post is located in the Office of Communications at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines**
The Communication Officer (Fisheries and Aquaculture) reports both to the Director of the Office of Communications, OCC and to the Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, NFI.

**Technical Focus**
Supports the development and implementation of communications and outreach activities of FAO in fisheries and aquaculture, through media relations, multimedia communications, internal corporate communications and others as appropriate.

**Key Results**
Contribute to the development and strengthening of internal and external communications, multimedia production, web content, media relations and publishing activities of the Organization.

**Key Functions**
- Researches and analyses technical, social, economic, environmental, institutional and technology-related information, data and statistics and/or related policy issues to support internal and/or external communication.
- Produces/drafts a variety of information and reports as well as inputs for communication-related documents, multimedia products and online content.
- Devises, implements and monitors communications strategies and provides day-to-day support for strategic outputs.
- Designs and develops new media outlets/assets to increase brand visibility and maximize impact on communication platforms.
- Establishes, develops and maintains working relationships with key media organizations, journalists and other relevant strategic partners as part of external communication activities in order to raise the visibility.
- Collaborates in the development of improved/updated tools, systems and processes.
- Participates in multidisciplinary teams and/or leads working groups/teams; collaborates and coordinates with other Divisions/Offices/Centres on work groups and committees and promotes best practices as they relate to communications.
- Promotes knowledge sharing and best practices at international meetings and conferences and influences partners in stakeholder consultations.

**Specific Functions**
- Plans and executes NFI's divisional communication products and services, facilitating internal and external communications across appropriate/diverse channels.
- Builds and maintains effective media relations with top-tier media outlets and specialized magazines to promote NFI's newsworthy launches, products and activities.
- Assesses information, data, statistics, trends, problems and/or issues to support effective communication strategies, new initiatives and the preparation of plans, strategies, reports, policies and/or other products in the context of the technical work of NFI.
- Creates and implements a strategic digital marketing plan to promote NFI's knowledge products, events and activities on so