Co-Founder Voice and Communications Manager

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Malala Fund

Hybrid
  • Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $124,500 USD-$149,000 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 07/08/2023
  • Location: United States 
Child protection/ Children’s rights Education
Responsibilities
Shape and support the Executive Chair's Public Voice
  • Oversee and manage (by conceptualising, drafting, editing, and finalising) all external-facing written content for the Executive Chair related to Malala Fund work and advocacy positioning, including speeches, talking points, opinion editorials, correspondence and social media.
  • Support the Executive Chair in preparation for public engagements including preparing briefing materials and providing verbal/written briefings prior to and at the event site.
  • Ensure that written communications that feel authentic to the Executive Chair’s voice in order to shape and inform her public messaging and brand. Liaise with the Executive Chair’s PR and communications teams, as well as other relevant personal business stakeholders, to ensure consistent storytelling and messaging by the Executive Chair across her total media and public footprint.

Support Executive Chair's wider advocacy and influencing agenda
  • Collaborate with the Chief Advisor, Chief of Communications, Chief of Global Advocacy and other senior leaders within the Malala Fund to proactively identify high-impact communications opportunities to promote the Executive Chair’s thought leadership and improve her strategic visibility on girls’ education, gender equality, and related topics.
  • Work with the Chief Advisor to ensure a clear connection between strategic communications and wider advocacy, fundraising, and influencing goals.
  • Internal to Malala Fund work/priorities, manage the Executive Chair’s editorial/voice calendar and related planning exercises, including setting deadlines, information flow processes, briefing timelines, and preparatory windows.
  • Ensure Executive Chair is receiving relevant news clips, newsletters, and other information in timely, streamlined ways
  • Stay immersed in breaking news, op-eds, and reports on all issues related to Malala Fund’s work. As needed, provide short written memos or verbal updates for the Executive Chair to inform key messages and talking points.
  • Accompany the Executive Chair to specific events/meetings to capture key insights and personal stories to integrate into external communications.
  • In collaboration with the Chief Communications Officer, prepare quarterly analytics reports on the Executive Chair’s press and social media impact.

Person Specifications
The ideal candidate has at least 7-10 years of relevant work experience, with exposure to high profile individuals/principals and strong writing skills in a variety of formats (long-form, short-form, social media, email correspondence). This candidate thrives in a fast-paced, detail-oriented, creative environment.

Essential
  • Demonstrated writing and editing experience for high-profile principals and/or organisations. Exemplary written communications, with the ability to adjust tone and content for different audiences and mediums.
  • Superior organisation, prioritisation and project management skills with high attention to detail, grammar, and factual accuracy.
  • Strong understanding of digital media platforms and trends to inform content production that is platform- and audience-specific.
  • Written and verbal fluency in English

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