National Communication Specialist

Job Description - National Communication Specialist (one position) (2601944)

Job Description

2601944

National Communication Specialist (one position)

16/Sep/2026

07/Oct/2026, 9:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit : SAP - Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands

Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition : PSA (Personal Services Agreement)

Various Locations-Various Locations

Post Number : N/A

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
• Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
• FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
• FAO staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.

FAO’s Sub-regional Office for the Pacific Islands (FAOSAP) is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing sub-regional food, agriculture and rural development priorities. It assists the FAO Representations (FAORs) in the sub-region with addressing sub-regional food security, agriculture, and rural development issues at country level. The Sub-regional Office is a subsidiary of FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP).

This position is associated with the project “Sustainable Transformation of Domestic Agrifood Systems in Fiji, Samoa and Solomon Islands” (STODAS; FAO: GCP/SAP/011/EC; EU: FED/2022/436-777), an EU-funded initiative operating across three Pacific countries with a total budget of EUR 10 million. A No-Cost Extension (NCE) has been approved extending the project to 31 January 2028.

Under the overall guidance of the FAO Sub-regional Coordinator (SRC), the National Communications Specialist (NCS) will directly report to the Programme Specialist / Project Management Specialist (PMS) based in Apia, Samoa, who acts as Team Leader for the project. The incumbent will work in close collaboration with the International Communications Specialist at FAOSAP and with other national and international consultants of the STODAS project. The National Communications Specialist will perform the duties described below.

Communications, visibility and knowledge management in support of EU-funded agrifood systems development projects; media relations; digital and social media content production; design and branding; publication processes; and outreach across the Pacific sub-region.

• Regularly assess and update the STODAS communication and visibility (C&V) plan to meet evolving donor requirements and project milestones.
• Oversee the end-to-end production of video stories, featuring project beneficiaries from identification to high-quality filming. Act as the primary bridge between technical teams and the communications framework to extract raw data and human-interest angles.
• Develop and customise design templates for project materials (banners, brochures, posters) ensuring strict adherence to donor and FAO branding policies
• Guide the development of policy briefs and other knowledge products through the FAO Publication Works System (PWS).

• Utilise established connections with local press to an opinion editorial and human-interest stories highlighting direct project impacts on farmers.
• Generate content packages from technical programmes and project reports tailored for national, provincial, and community-level audiences.
• Use diverse local channels, such as community radio, to communicate effectively with rural producers in local languages.
• Continuously monitor regional media for agrifood system trends and proactively identify opportunities to amp