Auxiliar en Comunicaciones
Organizational Context
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Guatemala works to achieve sustainable, resilient, equitable, and inclusive development. The organization collaborates with national and local institutions, civil society, and communities to support national priorities. This role is within the Communications Unit, reporting to the Communications Analyst, and supports the Resident Representative.
Job Purpose
The Auxiliary Communications role supports the UNDP Guatemala Country Office's corporate and strategic communication efforts. This involves assisting in the planning, execution, and monitoring of communication and advocacy activities, including events, media relations, and digital community management. The position contributes to enhancing UNDP's visibility and positioning by creating and disseminating engaging content across various platforms, ensuring a consistent brand identity, and supporting the office's knowledge management and dissemination initiatives. The role also provides administrative and logistical support for communication activities.
Responsibilities
Support corporate and strategic communications by assisting with event logistics, ideation, design, execution, media outreach, and brand monitoring. Develop media plans and proposals to enhance UNDP's visibility across television, radio, digital, and other platforms. Assist country office teams in developing communication strategies and actions. Foster relationships with media, civil society, and the private sector aligned with UNDP's communication strategy. Ensure standardized graphic identity across all visibility materials. Manage digital communities (social media, website) by supporting digital strategy production and content creation. Execute editorial calendars, producing audiovisual, graphic, and written content, including news, blogs, and bulletins. Generate diffusion materials for institutional platforms to position relevant topics. Support event coverage for milestones, knowledge products, and project launches. Assist in audiovisual and photographic production, including shooting, editing, and subtitling. Provide administrative and logistical support for communication and advocacy initiatives, media monitoring, and inventory management. Support the collection, archiving, and uploading of knowledge products to internal databases and the website.
Work Experience
A minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience is required with a Secondary Education, or one (1) year of relevant experience with a University degree. Relevant experience includes work in media, communications agencies, or audiovisual production.
Skills
Core Competencies: Results Achievement, Innovative Thinking, Continuous Learning, Adaptability, Determination, Commitment and Partnership, Diversity and Inclusion. Technical Competencies: Knowledge Generation, Communication (written and verbal, internal/external), Creative Direction and Copywriting, Campaign Management, Digital Content Creation, Data Narrative Presentation.