Senior Communications Officer

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International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Hybrid
  • Location: United Kingdom, Kenya
  • Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media
  • Job type: Job
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: GBP 52,210 GBP-GBP 61,999 GBP / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 24/08/2026
  • Location: United Kingdom, Kenya
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. 

Responsibilities: 
  • Communication for advocacy and influencing
    • Serve as the key communications link between the implementation and research consortia, coordinating on products and publications, and delivering the programme’s evidence dissemination strategy.
    • Lead the synthesis and translation of evidence from the grants and studies into easily accessible, engaging, and user-friendly formats for the consortium, VAWG prevention stakeholders, related sectors (e.g. education, climate, humanitarian response), donors, media, and the public.
    • Coordinate with the EEI team, grant managers, and technical advisors to respond to information requests, gather material, and identify trends and highlights for donor visibility products and reporting.
    • Support the planning, delivery, and visibility of What Works II events and conferences (virtual and in person), including briefing packages and visibility materials for high-level visits and donor engagements.
  •  Narrative development & strategic messaging
    • Develop communication frameworks and forge strategic partnerships around the release of major communication products, events, commemorations, and milestones.
    • Translate complex technical documents into clear and compelling narratives for external stakeholders.
    • Support policy-related communications as needed.
    • Support programme leadership in developing speaking notes, keynote presentations, thought leadership content, opinion pieces, and strategic messaging.
  • Issues management & crisis communications
    • Lead crisis preparedness and response planning, including the development of crisis communication frameworks, playbooks, and escalation protocols.
    • Provide strategic guidance during sensitive or high-profile situations involving media, regulatory, operational, or reputational risks.
    • Partner with internal stakeholders to develop messaging and stakeholder communications during critical events.

  • Producing and managing multimedia and communications content 
    • Produce multimedia and communications content tailored to political, academic, and activist audiences.
    • Lead internal communications priorities, including producing and disseminating the quarterly newsletter.
    • Source photography, case studies, and field evidence; identify photography opportunities; support the hiring of freelance photographers and videographers, ensuring adherence to informed-consent principles; manage content-collection shoots as needed.

Line Management: 
  • Supervise the Social Media and Digital Officer, with oversight of:
    • Social media management (X/Twitter, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook).
    • What Works II website management.

Requirements:  
  • A bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English, public relations or another related field from an accredited university. 
  • Experience in, or familiarity with development and/or humanitarian programming and operating in an emergency context. 
  • Willingness and ability to travel to visit field-sites and document findings.
  • Knowledge of/experience with graphic design and social media photography, and videography.
  • Fluent written and spoken English required. 
  • A minimum of 6-8 years of professional experience in a similar role.
  • Experience in a communications role and demonstrate experience of developing public/ audience facing documents/ content.
  • Experience of using social media for communications and advocacy
  • Excellent IT skills, including Advanced Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint. Including experience with communication related AI packages.

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