Public Information Officer (Publishing Officer)

### Org. Setting and Reporting ECA's mission is to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered and transformed Africa; informed by the 2030 SDGs and Agenda 2063. The mission is guided by ECA's five new strategic directions which are: advancing ECA's position as a premier knowledge institution that builds on its unique position and privilege to bring global solutions to the continent's problems and take local solutions to the continent; developing macroeconomic and structural policy options to accelerate economic diversification and job creation; designing and implementing innovative financing models for infrastructure, and for human, physical and social assets for a transforming Africa; contributing solutions to regional and transboundary challenges, with a focus on peace security and social inclusion as an important development nexus; advocating Africa's position at the global level and developing regional responses as a contribution to global governance issues. The Administration and Conference Management Division (ACMD) is headed by a Director and reports to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme Support). It is divided into seven main sections: Facilities Management Section (FMS), Finance and Budget Section (FBS), Digital and IT Management Section (DITMS), Human Resources Management Section (HRMS), Publications and Conference Management Section (PCMS), Supply Chain Management Section (SCMS) and United Nations Health Care Centre (UNHCC). This position is located in the Administration and Conference Management Division (ACMD), Publications and Conference Management Section (PCMS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The incumbent works under the overall guidance of the Chief of PCMS, and the direct supervision of the Chief of Production Services Unit (PSU) and the incumbent will be responsible for the following: ### Responsibilities Within delegated authority and depending on location, the Publishing Officer may be responsible for the following duties: • Ensures implementation of publishing and information programs to support priority issues and/or major events, to include drafting publishing strategies, coordinating production efforts, monitoring and reporting on progress, taking appropriate follow-up action, and analyzing the outcome. • Monitors and analyzes current developments in publishing, design and digital distribution, identifies issues and trends, and advises management on appropriate actions/responses. • Undertakes activities to promote dissemination of UN publications (e.g. print, electronic, and multimedia publications), to include development of outreach and distribution plans, initiating proactive engagement with partners, consulting with clients on design and production needs, disseminating materials and consulting with press on approach/story angle and other information requests, undertaking appropriate follow-up action and analyzing and reporting on reach and impact. • Produces or oversees the end-to-end production of United Nations publications, including publication planning, graphic design, page layout, typography, infographics, cover design, prepress preparation, colour management, accessibility compliance, print production, digital publishing and quality assurance. • Prepares on the basis of official UN documentation and other sources, initial drafts of content for inclusion in UN publications and knowledge products. • Initiates and sustains professional relationships with key constituencies, including authors, editors, translators, designers, printers and vendors. • Acts as focal point on specific publishing issues, monitoring and reporting on developments, responding to inquiries, etc. • Participates in selecting information and materials to be published and transmitted to key constituencies. • Provides guidance to, and may supervise, more junior staff, while also contributing directly to design jobs and mentoring staff on publishing workflows, design assignments, and production tasks. • Collects and analyzes publishing-related data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables, and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation, and reporting. • Ensures that requirements, background information used for data analysis are documented. ### Competencies Professionalism: Knowledge of and proven ability to produce digital publications with interactive content. Demonstrated creative approach to visual and/or multimedia presentation of information. Proven analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to identify issues, formulate opinions, make recommendations, and provide expert advice and guidance; Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of work. The ability to analyze and interpret data in support of decision-making and convey resulting information to management. Creativity: Actively seeks to improve programmes or services; offers new and different options to solve problems or meet client needs; promotes and persuades others to consider new ideas; takes calculated risks on new and unusual ideas; thinks “outside the box”; takes an interest in new ideas and new ways of doing things; is not bound by current thinking or traditional approaches. Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client. Managing Performance: Delegates the appropriate responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority; makes sure that roles, responsibilities and reporting lines are clear to each staff member; accurately judges the amount of time and resources needed to accomplish a task and matches task to skills; monitors progress against milestones and deadlines; regularly discusses performance and provides feedback and coaching to staff; encourages risk-taking and supports creativity and initiative; actively supports the development and career aspirations of staff; appraises performance fairly. ### Education Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in publishing, in publishing, graphic design, visual communication design, print and media technology, Digital publishing, desktop publishing, industrial design, multimedia design (with emphasis on publication design), or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is an advantage. ### Job - Specific Qualification Not available. ### Work Experience A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in publication production, graphic design, desktop publishing, editorial production, print production or digital publishing is required. Experience using professional desktop publishing software, including Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, is required. Experience must include the production of reports, books or o