Responsibilities:

• Ensure that timely, compelling, relevant and well-researched content is easily findable across the UNEP website and featured in internal and external facing newsletters.
• Carry out reporting and monitoring tasks using both in-house and external tools.
• Conduct thorough research on assigned topics to ensure accuracy and provide credible sources for reference.
• Write clear, concise, and SEO-friendly content that incorporates relevant keywords and follows UNEP brand guidelines.
• Collaborate with peers in the content and digital sections to ensure consistency in messaging across various online platforms.
• Edit and proofread content to ensure high-quality standards, including grammar, spelling, punctuation and agreed website style.
• Optimize content for search engines, including meta tags, headers, and formatting, to improve organic search rankings in various online platforms.
• Content planning and brainstorming sessions to generate new ideas and topics.
• Collaborate with designers and developers to ensure the visual and functional integration of written content is efficient and effective.
• “access to information” work and respond to questions sent to corporate mailboxes.

Qualifications/special skills

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communication, international relations, social sciences or other related field is required.
• A Master’s Degree in related fields with 10 years of experience will be accepted. Minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience in journalism, publishing, public information, communication, information studies, or related field is required demonstrated experience editing content for web sites.
• Knowledge of environmental issues is desirable.