The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) was founded in 1948 and brings together over 1,2400 members (States, government agencies, NGOs and affiliates) and some more than 15,000 scientists and experts from over 160 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. Its mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. IUCN has approximately 1,000 staff, most of whom are located in its regional and country offices, and at its Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland. IUCN is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from qualified women and men.



The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN Med) was established in 20021 in Málaga, Spain, bridging gaps between science, policy, management and action in order to conserve nature and accelerate the transition towards sustainable development in the Mediterranean. IUCN Med is responsible for implementing the North Africa and Mediterranean Programmes of IUCN, which aim to address biodiversity loss and climate change impacts. It is structured in six strategic lines, among which the Ecosystem Resilience and Spatial Planning strategic line (ER&SP). IUCN Med operates in a matrix structure,; therefore the strategic line interacts with other teams within IUCN Med and across other teams in HQ and within EUCANA hub (Europe, Central Asia and North Africa Hub).

This position will manage specific communication activities for the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med) in addition to providing administrative and technical implementation support to projects.

In particular, this position will support the IUCN-Med communication team with developing, disseminating, and monitoring performance of content, especially for social media and the corporate website. They will assist also on communication support for projects implemented by the different departments of IUCN-Med, namely, with content creation for social media.

The Position may provide support to other Communications needs for the IUCN-Med office.

The Communications intern will help IUCN-Med supporting institutional and projects’ communication activities including social media content creation for initiatives like the Mediterranean Alliance for Wetlands, NBSoil, Natae, Blue4All, among other projects.

The person will:

- Assist IUCN-Med’s presence on social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) with the development and dissemination of a weekly content program based on corporate and project activities, as well as monthly monitoring of results.
- Support specific campaigns on social media to increase the number of followers and outreach, using infographics, micro-videos, or animated gifs, including identifying and following key influencers.
- Assist the update process of the IUCN/Mediterranean website, reviewing, translating and uploading new content in coordination with all departments of IUCN-Med.
- Support elaboration of social media and web content, such as articles and press releases, of IUCN-Med projects.
- Monitor and moderate comments on social media posts, intervening as appropriate to answer questions and guide the conversation.
- Assisting with day to day administration tasks.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time.