Digital Media and Content Officer

General

Description of assignment title

Digital Media and Content Officer

Assignment country

Lesotho

Duty stations

Maseru

Work location

On UN premises

Expected start date

03/08/2026

Duration

5 months (with possibility of extension) Long-term benefits and allowances

Sustainable Development Goal

17. Partnerships for the goals

Host entity

UNRCO

Modality

Onsite

Type

National

Volunteer category

Specialist UCoS from Apr2026

Work schedule

Full-time

Number of Assignments

1

Details

Mission and objectives

The United Nations Resident Coordinator Office (UNRCO) in Lesotho serves as the central coordination hub of the UN system. Its mission is to align and integrate UN operations with Lesotho’s national development priorities and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The UNRCO operates under the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2024–2028, focusing on the following core objectives: Inclusive Governance and Peace; Sustainable Food Systems and Resilience; Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction; Human Development.

Context

In 2017, the United Nations Secretary-General outlined a vision for a “new generation of United Nations Country Teams” with enhanced capacities and skill sets within Resident Coordinator Offices to better support countries in achieving the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This vision was further reinforced through the United Nations Development System reform launched on 1 January 2019, aimed at repositioning the UN development system to deliver more coherent, effective, and efficient support to countries. As part of these reforms, the Resident Coordinator system was strengthened to ensure greater coordination, accountability, strategic partnerships, and integrated policy support across the UN system at country level. The reforms emphasized the need for adequately staffed Resident Coordinator Offices with robust standing communications capacity to support advocacy, public engagement, visibility, and strategic communications for the United Nations Country Teams. In line with the Secretary-General’s vision of “communicating together,” the United Nations in Lesotho operates under an integrated communications approach that brings together the Resident Coordinator’s Office and the United Nations Communications Group to strengthen coherence, amplify the collective voice of the UN, and enhance the visibility and impact of UN programmes and partnerships in support of national development priorities and the SDGs. The Resident Coordinator’s Office in Lesotho leads strategic communications, advocacy, and public information efforts for the United Nations Country Team, including digital communications, media engagement, multimedia storytelling, public campaigns, and stakeholder outreach. In an increasingly digital and fast-evolving media environment, there is a growing need to strengthen the UN’s digital presence and audience engagement through innovative and impactful content creation. To support these efforts, the Resident Coordinator’s Office seeks to recruit a Digital Media and Content Officer to support digital communications, multimedia production, social media engagement, and content development to enhance the visibility and impact of the United Nations in Lesotho.

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the overall supervision of RCO Team Leader, and direct supervision the Communications Officer, the Digital Media & Content Officer will perform the following tasks:

Digital Content Creation

• Develop engaging content for social media platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube;
• Developing content and digital assets for campaigns, international days, events, and advocacy initiatives;
• Contribute to the design of social media graphics, posters, banners, infographics, presentation materials, and other digital communication products;

Multimedia Production

• Capture high-quality photos and videos during UN events, field missions, campaigns, and stakeholder engagements;
• Edit videos, reels, short clips, and graphics for digital platforms;
• Support live coverage of events through social media updates and multimedia storytelling;
• Contribute to drafting social media captions, web stories, newsletters and other publications;

Social Media and Digital Platform Management

• Monitor social media trends, audience engagement, and analytics;
• Scheduling and publishing content across digital platforms;
• Track performance of digital campaigns and prepare simple analytics reports;

Administrative and Coordination Support

• Support meetings, reporting and coordination with UN agencies and partners on communication-related activities;
• Assist with logistical and communication preparations for events and campaigns;
• Perform other communications-related duties as assigned by the supervisor;
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Results/expected outputs:
As an active RCO team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UN Resident Coordinators Office and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:

• Strengthened digital presence and audience reach of the UN in Lesotho through coordinated social media campaigns, timely online engagement, and regular performance monitoring and analytics reporting;
• High-quality visual and multimedia coverage of UN events, campaigns, field visits and international observances produced and archived for communication, advocacy and knowledge-sharing purposes;
  Social media content calendars, digital campaign plans and engagement reports developed and maintained to support strategic communications planning and implementation;
• Enhanced public awareness of UN priorities, development initiatives and SDG-related programmes through innovative storytelling, digital campaigns and audience-focused communication products;
• Timely development and dissemination of communication materials including graphics, videos, reels, social media toolkits, presentations, newsletters and web content in support of UN advocacy and outreach efforts;
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment.

Eligibility criteria

Age

18 – 80

Required experience

3 years

Nationality

Candidate must be a national, legal resident or hold refugee status in the country of assignment.

Assignment requirements

Relevant experience

3 years

Languages

English, Level: Working knowledge, Required Sesotho, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level

Bachelor’s degree in in Graphic Design, Multimedia Design, Digital Media, Visual Communications, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field

Competencies and values

Professionalism: Integrity; Teamwork and respect for diversity; Commitment to continuous learning; Planning and organizing; Communication; Flexibility; Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes solidarity, compassion, reciprocity and self-reliance; and commitment towards UN Resident Coordinator Office’s mission and vision, as well as to the UN Core Values.

Skills and experience

3 years of experience in digital communications, graphic design, multimedia production, or social media content creation is required.

• Experience using standard software applications, graphic design and multimedia tools such as Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, CapCut, MS Excel, PowerPoint and MS Word or similar platforms is required.

• Photography, videography, and video editing skills are desirable.

Area(s) of expertise

Communication, advocacy, public information, Information technology and telecommunications, Administration

Driving license: –

Other information

Volunteerism is understood as a wide range of activities undertaken of free will, for the general public good, for which monetary reward is not the principal motivating factor.

Living conditions and remarks

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. UN Volunteers receives the below entitlements: • A Monthly Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA): LSL 16573.74 per month; • A once off entry lumpsum of $350 at the start of the assignment; • Medical insurance; Life cover, and annual leave; • Access to all learning platforms; • A once off exit lumpsum at the end of the assignment.

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy

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