Consultant (Documentary Heritage Unit) 2

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OVERVIEW: Parent Sector : Communication and Information Sector (CI) Duty Station: Paris: Job Family: Communication and Information: Type of contract : Affiliated personnel Duration of contract : From 7 to 11 months Recruitment open to : External candidates Application Deadline (Midnight Paris Time) : 22-MAR-2026 UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST: The Communication and Information Sector’s mission is to promote freedom of expression, media development and media literate societies, and to build knowledge societies through fostering universal access to information, innovation for sustainable development and the preservation of documentary heritage. (The role of this vacant position does not include responsibility for UNESCO's wider external communications, which is managed by the Division for Communications and Public Engagement.) The Memory of the World (MoW) Programme was set up in 1992 in order to preserve documentary heritage, in addition to promoting its identification and accessibility by the public. Its Secretariat is based in the Documentary Heritage Unit (DHE), set up in...