Project Communication Assistant

Leads communications for UNESCO climate-resilience projects in Central Asia, translating project evidence into web, social media, video and public-facing materials. The role connects project teams, national coordinators, media and partners to strengthen visibility, knowledge sharing and engagement.

• Implement communication strategies for the GLOFCA and Cryosphere projects
• Prepare terms of reference and support communications-contract evaluation
• Build media partnerships and engagement plans
• Coordinate newsletters with project teams, national coordinators and partners
• Maintain project websites with news, human stories and other content
• Develop social-media strategy and publish project content
• Produce videos, interviews, field footage and photographic content
• Manage project knowledge products, communications materials and media relations

• Entitlement to work in Kazakhstan
• Completed higher education degree in mass communication, media studies, journalism, or ICT and knowledge-society issues
• At least two years of relevant professional experience in communication, information, advocacy, marketing, PR, website development, social media or related fields
• Excellent written and spoken English and Russian
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, graphic-design, image-processing, video-processing and website tools

• Experience in environmental or natural-sciences communications
• Experience building partnerships with UN agencies, the private sector, civil society or NGOs

• Communications Strategy
• Media Relations
• Content Development
• Website Management
• Social Media Management
• Video Production
• Knowledge Management
• Stakeholder Engagement

• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• CorelDRAW
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Premiere
• WordPress

• Service contract initially for one year with a three-month probation period