Objective of the Consultancy

The Website Assistant supports with updating content and uploading documents related to the UN-Habitat’s governing bodies and programmatic work; applying relevant metadata; providing preliminary advice on appropriate webpages layouts; and ensuring quality control of web content and testing new website features.

Responsibility

• Under the supervision of the Chief of Governing Bodies Secretariat, the individual contractor will perform the following duties:
• Support implementation of communication strategies to reach and engage stakeholders and partners through increased visibility of UN-Habitat’s work and knowledge on the website.
• Ensure content is accurate, complete, engaging, and renders correctly.
• Continuously ensure that the editorial content is up to date.
• Ensures quality control of content, presentation, and branding, including proofreading and reformatting content; checking links and image sizes; checking for “alt” text and link description; and for adherence to accessibility guidelines;
• Upload documents, publications, photos and other media files;
• Test and provide feedback on new website features, in coordination with the technical team;
• Apply metadata tags to web content as required;
• Continuously monitor web performance indicators, flag technical issues, and propose improvements;
• Assist in developing templates and training documents to facilitate quality content creation and advises staff on their use;
• Collaborate in developing and implementing web content policy, procedures, and standards.
• Establish and maintain relationships communication focal points, programme managers, and other key internal stakeholders.
• Support in creating Microsoft meeting links for the Secretariat of Governing Bodies.
• Update websites’ contents of the African Clean Cities Platform (ACCP) and the Waste Wise Cities (WWC) upon request of waste management team.
• Create Arabic page on ACCP website.
• Edit videos of awareness raising, good practices, waste pickers story, etc.
• Other requested tasks from the waste management team.

Qualifications/special skills

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• A bachelor’s degree in communication, marketing, computer science, or equivalent is desirable.
• A working experience in communication, marketing, computer science, or equivalent is required.
• 3 years of experience in web/or social media content or marketing is required
• Languages

Fluency in oral and written English is required.