Education:

Advanced university degree (Master’s) in publishing, multimedia design, communication, or related field. A first-level degree with relevant experience may be accepted.

🗓 Application Deadline: December 26, 2025
📍 Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
🕒 Employment Type: Full-time
Job Category: Social Sciences and Community
Job ID: 20916

About the Role:
The Publishing Officer is part of ECA’s Publications, Conference, and Knowledge Management Division, supporting Africa’s transformation through knowledge dissemination aligned with SDGs and Agenda 2063. The officer reports to the Chief, Production Services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement publishing and information programs to support priority issues and events.
• Draft publishing strategies, coordinate production, and monitor progress.
• Promote dissemination of UN publications across print, digital, and multimedia formats.
• Produce or oversee reports, newsletters, books, brochures, infographics, interactive publications, audio-visual content, and other design products.
• Draft initial content for publications and coordinate clearances and approvals.
• Engage and maintain relationships with authors, editors, designers, translators, and vendors.
• Provide guidance and supervision to junior staff, including mentoring in publishing workflows.
• Collect and analyze publishing-related data for reporting and decision-making.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Education: Advanced university degree (Master’s) in publishing, multimedia design, communication, or related field. A first-level degree with relevant experience may be accepted.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years in visual communications, digital production, interactive publications, and multimedia content; experience in international or private organizations preferred.
• Skills: Digital publication production, multimedia storytelling, data analytics (desirable).

Languages:

• Required: English (UN Level II)
• Desirable: French (UN Level I)

Competencies:

• Professionalism, creativity, client orientation, and performance management. Commitment to gender equality and UN core values.

Special Notice:

• UN employment requires the highest standards of efficiency, competence, integrity, and adherence to safeguarding principles.
• Reasonable accommodation is provided for applicants with disabilities.
• Female candidates and applicants from underrepresented Member States are strongly encouraged to apply.
• The UN does not charge any fees at any stage of recruitment.

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