Marketing Consultant

The Green Climate Fund (“the Fund”) is a new multilateral fund created to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change.

The Fund will contribute to the achievement of the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the context of sustainable development, the Fund will promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, taking into account the needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

The Fund is governed by a Board, composed of an equal representation of developed and developing countries. The Fund is operated by an independent Secretariat headed by an Executive Director. The Fund will pursue a country-driven approach in its operations.

The Marketing Consultant will be based at the Fund’s headquarters in Songdo, Incheon City, Republic of Korea. The position is for an initial six months period. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a start-up in international climate finance that offers stimulating challenges.

Role

The Marketing Consultant will help shape the public profile of the Fund. S/he will be instrumental in advancing the GCF external relations strategy and ensure the Fund’s image is consistently conveyed to all stakeholder audiences.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the guidance of Communications & Outreach Specialist, s/he will be responsible for:

• Helping to shape the brand of the Fund;
• Building and developing the Fund’s new marketing function;
• Conceiving marketing and merchandizing products;
• Managing digital marketing campaigns;
• Producing printed outreach materials;
• Providing support to internal clients on external communications for key corporate events;
• Assisting in the coordination of public outreach programs for the Executive Director and Senior Management Team.

Required experience and qualifications

• Advanced university degree in marketing, branding, graphic/product design or related field– preferably at post-graduate level or its equivalent;
• At least 4 to 6 years of relevant experience within the field, in a professional capacity;
• Sense for marketing, visual design and branding with a track record in producing marketing and merchandizing products, and is a bright, innovative marketer with the ability to work at pace;
• Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain relationships with key partners— including but not limited to the ability to represent the organization and interface effectively with senior private sector representatives;
• Strong communications and advocacy skills;
• Suitability to undertake the responsibilities mentioned above at the required level, with the following: a) Proven application of expertise; in-depth knowledge within the area of communications; b) Able to act as a team leader when required, with supervision from the team head; c) A team-player with a proactive and can-do attitude
• Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different functions and cultures;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Korean are essential for this position; knowledge of another UN language an advantage;
• Applications from women and citizens from developing countries are strongly encouraged.                                                                        

The compensation benefits for this key position will be competitive and reflect the importance of the role.

For the interested candidate, please e-mail to roster@gcfund.org your CV and letter of interest in a single file named “[last name] [first name]” (e.g. Johansson Anna). The subject line of the e-mail should read “Marketing Consultant.”

Please indicate your earliest availability date in your resume. If you are employed, indicate your notice period.

Shortlisting will start on 16 February 2015 and will continue until the position is filled.