UN City Copenhagen is hiring a Communications Associate – Content Creation (Open to internal and external applicants): Apply Now
Closing Date: 7 June 2026
UN City Copenhagen is hiring a Communications Associate – Content Creation (Open to internal and external applicants): Apply Now
Background
UN City Copenhagen hosts 10 United Nations organizations that support development and humanitarian operations worldwide. From Copenhagen, resident agencies provide operational support to global programmes through procurement, supply chain management, partnerships, technical expertise, and programme support functions. The work carried out from UN City Copenhagen contributes to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Communications function supports the visibility and understanding of the work carried out by the resident UN organizations and contributes to strengthening awareness of Copenhagen as an operational hub for the United Nations system. The Communications Team is a part of UN City Common Services and coordinates digital communication, storytelling, stakeholder engagement, and communication related to the work of the UN globally and that of resident agencies including conferences and institutional initiatives hosted in UN City Copenhagen.
The Communications Associate – Content Creation is responsible for developing high-quality written, visual and multimedia communication products highlighting initiatives and activities carried out by UN organizations operating from Copenhagen. The role contributes to strengthening storytelling, audience engagement and visibility through compelling and targeted communication outputs.
S/he also supports production and dissemination of communication materials for events and meetings. The Communications Associate – Content Creation will also support coordination of communications related activities, implementation of communication strategy and engage across the UN entities in the UN City. The role supports the use of data-informed communication practices and emerging technologies including AI to strengthen communication workflows and digital engagement.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Support Content Production
- Develop and produce written and visual communication materials.
- Produce feature stories, human interest content and impact narratives.
- Produce and support coordination of communication activities related to campaigns, events, visits and institutional initiatives.
- Ensure consistency with UN Communication standards.
2. Support Campaign and Outreach
- Support planning and implementation of communication campaigns and outreach initiatives to Danish and Nordic audiences.
- Contribute to communication products supporting stakeholder engagement and visibility.
- Contribute to advance internal communication across UN City in Denmark.
- Serve as liaison to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
3. Innovation and Emerging Technologies Support
- Drive integration of digital tools and AI-enabled workflows.
- Identify opportunities to enhance digital communication formats and processes.
4. Support day-to-day administration
- Handle administrative matters relating to Communications team activities.
- Support coordination within the team, with Common Services as well as UN agencies.
5. Support knowledge sharing
- Make sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
The Communications Associate – Content Creation reports to the Communications Coordinator.
Competencies
Business Development:
- Knowledge Generation
- Ability to research information and to turn it into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need.
- Ability to apply existing concepts to new situations, and to develop new concepts to generate workable solutions and new approaches. Knowledge of relevant concepts, conceptual models, and theories that can be useful in addressing new situations.
Digital & Innovation:
- Social Media
- Knowledge of social media and ability to advise the use of social media for development outcomes.
Business Management:
- Communications
- Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
- Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.
Communications:
- Digital content creation
- Ability to coalesce multiple skills to identify a topic to engage intended audiences, decide which form the content should take – e.g., blog, social media, video, paid media, etc. – and produce material to specification and a high level of quality.
- Web and social media analytics
- Ability to analyse and interpret data and statistics to measure web and social media performance.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Secondary education is required. or
- A university degree (Bachelor´s degree) in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Graphic Design, or any other related field of study will be given due consideration but is not a requirement.
Experience:
- Minimum 6 years (with secondary education) or 3 years (with bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible experience in communications
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.)
- Relevant experience in communications and advocacy, content creation will be an added advantage.
- Experience managing content management systems such as WordPress, and tools such as Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Photoshop or similar is an asset.
- Experience in handling administrative tasks is an asset.
- Experience working in an international organization is an asset.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required.
- Working knowledge of Danish is an asset
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