Overview
The Event Coordination and Communications Support Assistant will assist the GMCP Indian Ocean East team in Maldives with liaison and communications, contributing to the preparation of written outputs, supporting research, and providing technical and logistical support for meetings and events.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in effective liaison and communications, ensuring flow of information to internal and external stakeholders through coordination, preparation and circulation of regular updates, newsletters, reports, briefs and other written outputs.
- Contribute to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, briefing notes, speeches, position papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
- Support the research and collation of information on maritime crime and its impact.
- Provide technical and logistical support for consultative and other meetings, workshops, conferences, training sessions, missions, including preparing background documents and presentations, drafting meeting minutes.
- Provide coordination support in securing nominations for UNODC events, communicating with nominated participants, following up on any queries, organizing and coordinating filing and maintaining of mailing lists.
- Assist with technical and logistical processes related to the procurement of equipment and services and recruitment of experts, including support on the preparation of terms of reference, monitoring and follow-up on related payment requests.
Required Experience
No experience required. One year experience in the field of research, communications and/or event planning is required. Experience in organizing national events/ conferences is desirable. Experience in volunteerism is an asset. Work experience in Indian Ocean East region is desirable. Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing is desirable.
Qualifications
Secondary education
