Communications Team Assistant

UNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding individual with strong commitment and potential to support the Communications Team in implementing the communication strategy ensuring the uptake and impact of the Institute’s work online and in events, as well as building and promoting the brand of UNU-WIDER. Closing date: 10 April 2018, 23:59 UTC+3.

For the past four decades, UNU has been a go-to think tank for impartial research on the pressing global problems of human survival, conflict prevention, development, and welfare. With more than 400 researchers in 13 countries, UNU’s work spans the full breadth of the 17 SDGs, generating policy‑relevant knowledge to effect positive global change. UNU maintains more than 200 collaborations with UN agencies and leading universities and research institutions across the globe.

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UNU-WIDER is a leading international development economics think tank. The Institute provides economic analysis and policy advice with the aim of promoting sustainable and equitable development for all. It is a unique blend of think tank, research institute, and UN agency — providing a range of services from policy advice to governments, as well as freely available original research.

UNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding individual with strong commitment and potential to support the Communications Team in implementing the communication strategy ensuring the uptake and impact of the Institute’s work online and in events, as well as building and promoting the brand of UNU-WIDER.

Under the supervision of the Communications Officer the incumbent will:

• Assist in the administration of the Institute’s main website  related sites, newsletter, and other digital products to facilitate knowledge mobilization and ensure research uptake and impact.
• Write first drafts of promotional copy for the website, social media, and other communication channels; assist in the production of the Institute’s knowledge translation products such as policy and research briefs, reports, interviews, and other material, including design, status tracking, online layout.
• Assist in the organization of events, including conferences, seminars, roundtable discussions, the WIDER Annual Lecture, press briefings, interviews etc., and produce associated communications components; take part in planning and implementing visual components and digital products for the Institute’s events, including conferences, seminars, roundtable discussions, WIDER Annual Lectures, press briefings, interviews, etc.
• Assist in administration, tagging, quality control, linking, and metadata entry, checking for uniformity of entries of the Institute’s websites, publications repository, CiviCRM, and other platforms and databases.
• Assist in the monitoring, reviewing and recording of media coverage of UNU-WIDER and its research and provide weekly updates for the website.
• Assist in the design and layout of varied products in print and electronic media projects, such as brochures, catalogues, flyers, posters, and online newsletters; support and implement the Institute’s brand and design in all communications materials.
• Assist the communications team with the timely management of the UNU-WIDER social media and web presence, especially in the management of the Institute’s You Tube and Flickr accounts.
• Review, record, route and/or process mail and/or other documents; gather pertinent background material; track and monitor follow‑up action as required.
• Use standard word processing packages to produce a variety of reports, tables, charts, graphs, etc., in accordance with institutional standards.
• Maintain files (both paper and electronic) and assist in compiling and researching data for reporting on the activities and impact of the work unit.
• Update and maintain large distribution lists; assemble documents, reports and other materials for global dissemination, where possible using electronic formats.
• Provide general office support services to help ensure the smooth functioning of the team.
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