Jobs Around the World: February 2020
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African Digital Development Manager at Creative Associates International in Abuja, Nigeria
Deadline: March 14, 2020
The overall goal of this position with the Creative Development Lab is to lead Creative’s presence across the African continent as it relates to digital development priorities and interests by sourcing and supporting African technology innovation relevant for development, identifying partnership opportunities, yielding value from partnerships, designing digital solutions relevant to Creative’s development programs, and supporting Creative’s business development efforts on the continent.
Primary Responsibilities:
Grow and maintain strong relationships and networks with the growing technology ecosystem in West Africa to find and facilitate partnerships that strengthen Creative’s ability to pursue both traditional donor-funded activities as well as non-traditional development programs such as Public-Private Partnerships and grant opportunities;
Provide short-term technical assistance to the West Africa Trade and Investment Hub (WATIH) project and other projects in the region as needed;
Provide support to business development, capture and proposal efforts on the continent well suited for digital solutions;
Assist in the development and management of a prospective impact investment partnership;
Develop selection criteria and measures of success for prospective impact investments and perform due diligence;
Make the case for grants and investments to Creative’s leadership investment committee;
Monitor grantees/investees to oversee and verify reporting, assess assistance needs, and determine ongoing feasibility/viability;
Manage existing relations with Mobile Network Operators (such as Orange and MTN) and yield value from them for all parties involved; and
Provide thought leadership and contribute to both internal and external marketing with regional USAID missions, Creative projects in the region, and the regional technology community.
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Communications & Outreach Specialist at Macfadden in Washington, DC
Deadline: March 14, 2020
The Communications and Outreach Specialist will manage the Office’s communications and outreach functions in collaboration with CMM colleagues. Additionally, the incumbent will be responsible for planning, designing and executing a program to inform and educate the public, media, and other specified audiences about CMM activities and accomplishments. The incumbent will also work with CMM specialists to design and execute outreach activities that further increase the outcomes and impact of CMM products and services.
Develop or adapt CMM’s Communications and “Outreach Strategy and Action Plan” as needed to account for newly emerging Office priorities and needs.
Develop communications and outreach materials for specific audiences and stakeholders, including for missions and bureaus, the U.S. Government inter-agency, USAID policymakers, and the public.
Create talking points, briefing materials, briefing books, and information packets for presentations as required by CMM staff, DCHA management, and USAID leadership.
Draft press releases, media advisories, and op-eds as requested.
Develop social media content as requested, including blogs and more extensive compositions for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube sites.
Oversee the development of visual materials, including infographics and video content.
Develop content for CMM events, including conferences, internal USAID presentations, and public.
Prepare materials for visits by high-level officials; as requested assist with advance work for event planning including scheduling and material production.
Manage online, print, and other communication campaigns to promote USAID work on peacebuilding or other related campaigns on conflict prevention.
Develop content and help oversee quality control of CMM’s external-facing and CMM’s internal-facing websites (USAID Pages).
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Senior Communications Specialist (Bilingual) at Save the Children in Toronto, Canada
Deadline: March 1, 2020
As the world's leading independent organization for children, Save the Children’s vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation. We live our values every day– Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Reporting to the Head, Communications, PR & Media and working as a member of a three-person Communications Unit, the Senior Communications Specialist - Bilingual is primarily responsible for delivering both the internal and external communications strategies, ensuring that Save the Children Canada’s public voice reflects and conveys the organization’s mission, values, focus, and identity. The Senior Communications Specialist - Bilingual will work with all levels in the organization and will work closely with Sr. Leadership/Executive to understand, develop and deliver communications that will have significant change management, brand building and public engagement implications for the organization.
Develop, write, review and copy edit organizational collateral materials and documents (including mass marketing letters, newsletters, emails, blogs, annual reports, donor reports, FAQs, media materials, website content etc.).
Work in collaboration with various team members to produce communications materials that support the delivery of our strategy and ensure alignment to Save the Children’s brand position, visual identity, organizational priorities, and stakeholder requirements.
Lead the development and implementation of the Organization-wide (and departmental if required) Internal Communications plan, including all staff engagement for external initiatives including but not limited to: communications requirements of all staff information meetings, Town Halls, CEO emails, workplace, fundraising for emergencies, campaign mobilization moments, International Days.
Under the direction of the Head, Communications, PR & Media and guided by SCC’s overall Media Relations & PR strategy, assist with the development and implementation of organizational media and PR plans.
Ensure alignment and consistency in SCC’s brand positioning, tone, visual identity and key messages across the organization.
Act as primary liaison with communication vendors/suppliers responsible for monitoring metrics of success outlined in the contract and statement of work.
Track media and PR related performance and key performance indicators (KPI’s).
Prepare monthly media reports and monitor brand mentions in the media.
Adhere to Child Safeguarding Policy and Procedures.
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Program Associate (Communications) at UNICEF in Manilla, Philippines
Deadline: March 4, 2020
Under the general guidance of the Communications Officer (NO-1), the Programme Associate (Comms/Digital) will be responsible in supporting the design, implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of UNICEF’s digital communication strategy, in support of the Philippine Country Office’s overall communication and advocacy strategy and UNICEF’s Global Communication and Advocacy Strategic Framework.
The role involves close collaboration Programme section’s staff members particularly on crafting and delivering a strategy for social media channels, the UNICEF website, and other digital communication plans.
Contribute to the development and implementation of the UNICEF Philippines digital communication strategy, with a specific emphasis on producing content and engaging with supporters, influencers and youth.
Produce, prepare and publish content on the UNICEF Philippines website, social media accounts, and other digital channels, ensuring that key deadlines are met for the dissemination of time-sensitive content. Maintain the digital content calendar.
Support in identifying and gathering stories by connecting and collaborating with programs across the office and keeping watch of relevant field visits and implementations.
Keep abreast of UNICEF’s global, regional and country office digital communication strategies, directions and calendar.
Support in managing and archiving multimedia and knowledge assets of the Communication Section.
Engage with online audiences and monitor follower sentiment on social media channels, as guided by the Communication Officer (Digital).
Generate, analyze and report on website and social media analytics from native and other tools.
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Communications Officer at IPPF in Nairobi, Kenya
Deadline: March 4, 2020
KEY TASKS
Social Media
· Support the Senior Communication Advisor on the implementation of the communications strategy, development, and roll-out of media and PR strategy for ARO and MA
· Work with the Senior Communication Advisor to strengthen partnerships with media outlets and ensure high visibility and coverage of IPPFAR’s events, programs and activities
· Regularly analyze social media coverage on IPPFAR activities
Media Relations
· Prepare publications for the media, members of relevant government ministries and civil society organizations
· Maintain a database of all media organizations and key media personnel in Africa
· Organise specific events including press conferences, exhibitions, open days and press tours
· Develop and maintain a strong media network for the regional office, including building relations with journalists in all countries covered by the Regional office
· Follow up with media requests in a timely manner and keep the regional media contact list up to date
· Support the Senior communication Advisor to draft media announcements and releases
· Manage the implementation and delivery of results of the Journalists’ Network Programme
· Foster Member Association (MA) media relations through events such as open days and through involvement in MA initiatives
Communications
· Work with the Senior Communications Advisor to identify opportunities for media relation, Develop and maintain support for SHRHR in Africa
· Disseminate regular project updates including drafting success stories, snapshots, before and after pieces, and other communications materials to IPPF Secretariat, IPPF Member Associations, stakeholder and media.
· Work with various departments to ensure that the communications activities calendar is kept up to date in consultation with the Senior Communications Advisor
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Communications & Reporting Officer at UNHCR (Remote)
Deadline: February 26, 2020
Under the supervision of the HQ-based Senior Education Officer (Emergencies) and in collaboration with the Chief of the Education Section, the HEA Communications and Reporting Officer will have the following duties and responsibilities:
Lead the production of advocacy and communications materials on the HEA project (including social media posts, blog posts, tweets, articles; updating the HEA website/ pages; and producing other materials as needed/ appropriate that provide information of key activities and present the findings of research and evaluations in an accessible format).
Develop and implement a strategic plan for HEA-related communications that builds on lessons learned during the implementation of the first phase of the HEA (2016-2019).
Support the development of materials (general and related to public advocacy and communication) for workshops with organizations selected to participate in the HEA.
Contribute to and edit donor reports in order to ensure a high standard of reporting
Support the Education Section in developing a communications strategy
The staff member will be expected to travel to project workshops and locations for up to a week at a time.
The Communications and Reporting Officer will produce the following deliverables over the course of the project:
Establish and/or update the communications strategy for the HEA project and for UNHCR's education section
Establish and update the HEA website and Learning Series.
Produce relevant, accessible articles and posts on HEA-related activities. At least one output is expected per month
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Social Media Officer at the International Rescue Committee in New York, NY
Deadline: April 30, 2020
The Global Marketing & Communications team is a newly built unit at the International Rescue Committee. We have brought together four disciplines: Brand, Creative and Content, Planning and Operations, and Channel Development. This coordinated creative powerhouse is designed to accelerate the organization’s profile-building, influence, and revenue driving agendas in global markets, and enable an ambitious External Relations Strategy for FY20 and beyond.
Within this team lies the social media sub-team: a highly strategic and creative team that nurtures meaningful engagement with supporters and donors of the IRC. That’s where you come in!
This team member is an integral part of the creative and content team and has a genuine passion for best-in-class content, creative campaigns, ever-evolving algorithm changes, customer service, and for bringing innovation to the humanitarian space.
This role is both a big-picture and highly-detailed thinker – at the same time. This role isn’t scared to get their hands dirty while thinking about how to push boundaries. They learn from data but are also intuitive. They bring proactive ideas, react to 24/7 news cycle, and ensure a strong team cohesion along the way.
You’ll be overseeing all day-to-day social activity on our main corporate social media handles, partner with creative teams on content, lead on all online customer service, and support broader campaigns and partnerships.
It’s a connective, cross-cutting role that works across multiple time zones and across multiple teams. It requires being a strong relationship builder (internally and externally) and a connector-of-dots.
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Communications Manager at Nevada Conservation League in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Deadline: Unclear
The Communications Manager will manage the external communications and support internal communications, to support the Nevada Conservation League and its family of organizations’ vision, mission, strategic plan, and priorities ensuring that NCL is a prominent and respected voice on environmental issues and politics in Nevada. The Communications Manager will play a pivotal role in growing the NCL membership and advocate base, engaging the press and the public, and developing key messages and messengers.
The communications manager will work to develop and execute organizational and campaign messaging that drives conservation policy and electoral wins. The Communications Manager will be the primary point of contact for media and draft press releases and statements, organize and execute press conferences and earned media events. The communications manager will help cultivate and foster relationships with key spokespeople and communications staff from partner organizations. The Communications Manager will be responsible for generating creative new ways to mobilize NCL’s membership to influence policymakers and elect pro-environment candidates. This will include overseeing digital content, growth, and engagement for social media, organizational websites, email, and advertising and working with Development staff to create multichannel campaigns to achieve fundraising goals. The Communications Manager will also be responsible for actively participating in other organizational priorities as needed and supporting the overall growth and organizational development of the NCL family of organizations.
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