Empleo - Communication Expert (writer/editor) for FLEGT&REDD Unit at the EFI Office, Barcelona, Spain

The European Forest Institute (EFI) is an international organisation with 25 Members, and over 120 Associate Member institutions. EFI’s Headquarters is located in Joensuu, Finland.  EFI has several offices across Europe, and FLEGT offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and in Beijing, China.

EFI hosts the EU FLEGT Facility and the EU REDD Facility, which support partner countries, the European Commission, EU Delegations and EU Member States in the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan and REDD+ Activities. Further information about the EU FLEGT and REDD Facilities are available at www.euflegt.efi.int andwww.euredd.efi.int.

Tasks and responsibilities

The Communication Expert will support the implementation of the FLEGT Facility’s and the REDD Facility’s communication strategies with a focus on writing and editing publications and web-based multi-media content. More specifically, the Expert will: 

• Support the design and implementation of streamlined, efficient editorial processes
• Oversee daily and annual programming, management and effective, efficient and sustained implementation of editorial services including timely editing of documents, publications and multimedia content to ensure accuracy, clarity, coherence, audience accessibility and utility, and conformance with policy, style, standards, processes and practices
• Formulate editorial policy, style guides and standards and advise authors, management, facility experts and close partners on editorial matters
• Manage a stable of writers, editors and translators
• Train and supervise newly recruited and freelance writers, editors and proof-readers, manage contracts and evaluate performance
• Ensure all content meets the facilities quality standards
• Conceptualize, write and edit content about FLEGT and REDD
• Adapt and repurpose content for various audiences and news media, including web content, speeches, publications, briefings, talking points, key messages, presentations, videos, illustrations
• Monitor and synthesize lessons and content from FLEGT and REDD activities, identify emerging trends, and develop key messages.

Qualifications

• Degree in journalism, communication or related field
• Minimum five years’ experience writing and editing text in English to standards required by international organizations
• Experience developing and managing content development processes
• Experience transforming highly technical information into highly accessible plain-language content for a variety of audiences and in print, web and video formats
• Exceptional copy editing skills and ability to support writers of many different disciplines and those who are writing in a second language
• Experience in communicating about forest and/or natural resource related issues an advantage
• Experience in communicating about FLEGT, REDD and/or governance issues an advantage
• Ability to work on complex and politically sensitive issues with a large range of stakeholders with different views and needs
• Experience in working with developing countries an advantage
• Experience in working in a multi-cultural, inter-disciplinary environment
• Native level command of English language; Fluency in French and/or Spanish an advantage.

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