Deadline: Not specified
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has opened applications for the role of Communications Officer.
Founded in 1933, IRC responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people survive and rebuild their lives.
Responsibilities
- Work alongside corporate and foundation teams to support grant visibility requirements and proactive profile-building opportunities
- In particular, focus on the expansion of external visibility opportunities, cause marketing, and activations with consumer-facing partners and notable brands
- Lead external engagement strategy around campaigns and key moments with partners, including digital activations, earned and paid media pitches, flagship events, etc
- Lead thought leadership and executive communications strategy with partners to elevate cross-sector solutions and commitments to the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges
- Collaborate closely with, seek input from, and manage opportunities with a wide range of internal stakeholders
- Identify and grow key media targets beyond the policy/humanitarian sectors and help build profile with new audiences and international markets
- Ensure that existing partnership materials are kept up-to-date
- Contribute to quarterly reports on coverage, engagement, and performance using industry-standard metrics and bench-marking
- Manage additional special projects across the partnerships communications team based on strategic needs of the team
Requirements
- Genuine passion for the IRC’s work and leading 360-degree communications activations with philanthropic partners
- Four years, minimum, of experience in consumer and/or brand communications in the private or NGO sectors
- Strong understating of media landscape and comfort with pitching stories and writing statements, quotes, etc
- A generalist who thinks about communications across channels, e.g., video, digital, social, and media and can connect the dots
- Experience with events and activations to build profile and visibility
- Experience leading complex projects from start to finish
- Experience handling external relationships, such as with customers, clients, media, or donors
- Experience with cause marketing (preferred)
- Experience working with high-value donors (preferred)
- Experience working in the donor landscape in US, EU, and/or MENA (desirable)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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