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Senior Humanitarian Communications Adviser
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International Planned Parenthood Federation South Asia (IPPF South Asia)
Remote (local)- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (local)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 19/05/2024
- Location: East, South and Southeast Asia
JOB PURPOSE :
To be responsible for managing and facilitating all forms of external communications, proactive and reactive, on behalf of IPPF Humanitarian, the arm of IPPF which works to provide sexual and reproductive health care in crisis situations. They will report to the Humanitarian Director and be a member of the Global Communications and IPPF Humanitarian teams.
KEY TASKS :
- To formulate and maintain a communication yearly work plan for IPPF Humanitarian, in line with IPPF’s overall communications strategy, and ensure it is understood by all stakeholders and followed.
- To be responsible for the commissioning of all externally-produced content with regard to IPPF Humanitarian and, together with the IPPF communications teams, ensure its best use across all platforms.
- To be the main media point of contact for IPPF Humanitarian, seeking media opportunities, dealing with media queries, and producing press releases as required.
- To supporty the capacity of IPPF’s field and Mas and Humanitarian staff to conduct media interviews, and develop and implement a capacity building plan.
- To update appropriate IPPF social media platforms as required with IPPF Humanitarian material, and liaise with communications team colleagues to ensure updates as required.
- Work with RO communications team to ensure IPPF Humanitarian crisis response teams are equipped as appropriate to allow communications and content gathering from the field and understand such responsibilities, including branding of materials.
- To be deployed with crisis response teams if required to support MAs, manage communications from the field for IPPF Humanitarian and gather material.
- To liaise with global and regional communications teams colleagues to ensure that IPPF Humanitarian digital pages are up to date and to integrate humanitarian content into regional sites.
- To ensure that individual projects within IPPF Humanitarian, such as SPRINT IV, SRHiEP-Pacific, are identified as appropriate and recognised, and to liaise with appropriate external communications teams – eg DFAT/MFAT – to coordinate and amplify coverage of such projects.
- Ensure that Stream3 responses have the appropriate budget and activities included and are showcased at national and global level A well as with donors
PERSON SPECIFICATION :
- Degree, preferably in communications field or equivalent standard of education and professional experience in communications.
- Strong experience in the development and application of external communications initiatives.
- Background/understanding of development and humanitarian issues desirable.
- Experience of working in humanitarian settings desirable, especially with an international Non-Government Organisation.
- Strong background in creating engaging written content and other messaging.
- Experience of gathering communications content on the ground.
- Experience of working in a major news agency desirable.
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