Online United Nations Volunteering Opportunity in Social Media Management 2026
Applicant criteria
- 18 - 60
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The United Nations Information Centre in Cairo (UNIC Cairo) is offering an online volunteering opportunity to support the United Nations Day in Egypt 2026 – UN Day 2026 campaign in the area of social media management, monitoring, and digital marketing. The opportunity is part of the Centre’s efforts to strengthen audience reach and engagement with campaign activities and United Nations messages.
The volunteer will help plan and implement campaign content across the United Nations’ social media platforms in Egypt, from preparing a content calendar and writing posts to monitoring engagement, analyzing performance, and supporting live coverage of the United Nations Day Awards Ceremony.
This opportunity is particularly suitable for students and professionals in marketing, communication, social media management, content creation, digital advertising, and performance analytics. Applicants with experience in paid advertising campaigns on Meta, LinkedIn, and YouTube will have an additional advantage.
The volunteering assignment lasts for 12 weeks, with an expected commitment of 1 to 5 hours per week, and is carried out entirely remotely.
Benefits of the Volunteering Opportunity
The opportunity allows the volunteer to:
- Gain practical experience with the United Nations Information Centre in Cairo.
- Contribute to the United Nations Day in Egypt 2026 campaign.
- Work fully remotely.
- Gain hands-on experience managing social media accounts for campaigns.
- Develop skills in preparing and implementing a social media content calendar.
- Gain experience writing content in both Arabic and English.
- Develop expertise in monitoring engagement and analyzing digital campaign performance.
- Participate in live coverage of the United Nations Day event and awards ceremony.
- Work and coordinate with the UN Day campaign team and the entity responsible for managing the event.
- Strengthen experience in digital outreach strategies and audience engagement.
- Apply knowledge related to digital marketing metrics and social media analytics.
- Showcase experience in paid advertising across Meta, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
- Benefit from a relatively limited weekly commitment of 1–5 hours.
- Complete a volunteering assignment lasting 12 weeks.
Duties & responsibilities
The volunteer’s responsibilities include:
- Developing and implementing a social media content calendar in coordination with the UN Day campaign team.
- Collaborating with the event management company contracted by the United Nations.
- Writing engaging content for social media platforms.
- Preparing posts for key campaign milestones.
- Creating competition announcements, reminders, and event-related content.
- Coordinating the publication of campaign content across the United Nations’ platforms in Egypt.
- Monitoring engagement with the campaign on social media.
- Suggesting ways and opportunities to increase audience reach and engagement.
- Supporting live social media coverage during the United Nations Day Awards Ceremony.
- Monitoring and analyzing content and campaign performance.
- Preparing a final summary covering social media performance, statistics, and analytics after the campaign concludes.
Eligibility criteria
The opportunity is seeking applicants who hold or are currently pursuing an advanced degree in one of the following fields:
- Communications.
- Marketing.
- Or a related field.
Applicants should also preferably have:
- Demonstrated experience in managing social media platforms.
- Excellent writing and communication skills in both Arabic and English.
- Knowledge of current social media trends.
- Familiarity with strategies for increasing digital engagement.
- A good understanding of social media analytics.
- Knowledge of key performance indicators used in digital marketing.
- The ability to work under tight deadlines.
- The ability to collaborate effectively within a team.
The following experience is considered an additional advantage:
- Planning, implementing, and optimizing paid advertising campaigns.
- Using Meta Ads.
- Using LinkedIn Ads.
- Using YouTube Ads.
- Audience targeting.
- Campaign optimization.
- Analyzing paid campaign results.
- Using Canva or other basic content creation tools.
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