As part of the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework – EU support project (“the project”), Expertise France is seeking to recruit a Knowledge Management and Communication Capacity Building Expert (junior level) to contribute to the implementation of the project’s knowledge management, awareness-raising and communication strategy, executing the necessary steps to support project partners at the national and regional levels to maintain and expand the partner’s audience and increase its exposure among the biodiversity community and beyond. His/her work will contribute to increment stakeholder convergence and agreements on key issues and commitments, and to expand strategic coalitions to stakeholders in sectors beyond the current biodiversity community and to other levels of governance and to increase awareness on the GBF and key transformative actions.

The Knowledge Management and Communication Capacity Building Expert will be expected to regularly contribute to updating the project’s communication platforms (website, social media accounts, newsletter) based on his/her experience and feedback form national and regional counterparts, to capacitate and support national and regional partners to deliver high-quality communication outputs (videos, invitations, 4-pagers, studies, toolboxes, etc.) and to promote the project’s activities across key event platforms. Under the supervision of the Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships Advisor, he/she will also be expected to support the partners at the national and regional levels to implement communications and awareness-raising strategies on the GBF and key transformative actions and contribute to the national and regional partner’s visibility and communications. He/She will make sure that all the project partner’s communications outputs and activities strictly fulfil the EU communication and visibility guidelines and remain closely articulated with Expertise France’s communication strategy, under the supervision of the project Team Leader and the strategic and operational guidance and supervision of the Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships Advisor.

The Knowledge Management and Communication Capacity Building Expert will be expected to complete the following tasks:

1. Ensure that the partner’s activities, especially those supported by the project, are visible and identified amongst other partners and across key events

• Support the Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships Advisor to establish, update and refine specific communication strategies for the project’s at national and regional levels, in cooperation with the Knowledge Management and Capacity-Building Coordinator;
• Under the supervision of the Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships Advisor, contribute to draft project’s communication plans for events and coordinate their implementation with the project’s team;
• Undertake the necessary steps requested by the Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships Advisor to capacitate, support, promote and coordinate with key partners and strategic events’ organizers communication counterparts.

2. Manage the project partners’ outputs delivery process, with a view to reach the highest possible quality standard

• Capacitate and support project partners to implement the agreed communication strategy whenever settled, and communication plans for relevant events;
• In line with the project’s branding, support the knowledge products layout and formatting for activities with partners at the national, regional or international level, as well as other communication outputs (quote cards for social media, infographics, videos, visual supports, Trello board, etc.), under supervision by the Knowledge and Capacity-building Coordinator and the Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships Advisor;
• Contribute in providing technical specifications for terms of reference for project partners who shall deliver products related to knowledge management and communication campaigns, in coordination with the Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships Advisor and the Team Leader as needed.

3. Increase the project partner’s visibility by supporting the development of digital communication and social media representation

• Contribute to moderate and manage relevant project’s social media activities on both Twitter and LinkedIn including a social media strategy in line with the overall communication strategy (other social media activation to be considered given resources), monitor and content-feed of its accounts, with the project’s team support as relevant;
• Support the Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships Advisor and relevant team members for the update, run and promotion of the project’s website through user-friendly and high quality information and content development on partner’s activities;
• Contribute to visibility of knowledge products on the project’s website and newsletters.

4. Team coordination

• Actively participate in the project’s internal coordination (team and/or dedicated meetings, etc.) and contribute to producing and reviewing internal project partners’ management and planning tools (technical steering, RACI, etc.) and reports, in coordination with the Team Leader and Project Manager;
• Perform other communication and visibility duties in support of project partners assigned by the Team Leader.

The assignment is expected to be structured depending on the project needs in interconnected phases of three months each.

For all of them, the Knowledge Management and Communication Capacity Building Expert will be expected to perform the duties described above and any other task as required under the direct management and supervision of the Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships Advisor and supervision of the Team Leader, who will validate the communication products. Additionally the Knowledge Management and Communication Capacity Building Expert will work in close coordination with the Knowledge Management and Capacity-Building Coordinator and integrate his inputs into the proposed communication products.