Senior Communications Specialist (Response Programme)

Job Description

Title: Senior Communications Specialist (Response Programme)

Company Name: World Vision Bangladesh

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Cox's Bazar Sadar)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, or a related area.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Cover World Vision activities in the field regularly (two-three days a week on average.) Produce high-quality written content, including compelling news and feature stories, fact sheets, project profiles, blogs and social media materials that illustrate the humanitarian situation and the impact of World Vision's activities.
∎ Produce photographic materials (images, photo essays) to illustrate field stories.
∎ Develop promotional content on World Vision's work and manage social media and digital platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and web sites.
∎ Manage daily internal and external requests for communications resources targeted for various audiences.
∎ Ensure that all content complies with World Vision child protection protocols and international brand standards.
∎ Deliver edited content on deadline according to agreed-upon quality standards and file formats, including captions and translations, using World Vision content systems.
∎ Assist in planning and coordinating field trips for international media to effectively position World Vision and its work.
∎ Liaise with communications teams in national, regional and support offices to identify and manage international media opportunities.
∎ Prepare talking points, media briefs, news background briefs, speeches, Q&A, presentations and other media-relations materials for use by management spokespeople.
∎ Coordinate VIP visits in order to maximise their exposure to humanitarian issues and programmes; produce accompanying communications materials.
∎ Develop an online database of stories and photographs to support grant reporting, annual reports, fundraising materials, etc.
∎ Ensure that all story and photo resources are filed quickly and accurately on the World Vision Storyhub database.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 35 years
∎ Minimum five years of progressive, related communications experience with a large organisation, preferably in the NGO or development sector.
∎ Superior story telling skills, including reporting, writing, and editing, as well as oral presentation skills in English and Bangla.
∎ Ability to produce publication-quality digital photographs to illustrate field stories.
∎ Demonstrated experience in media relations and media field trip management.
∎ Extensive field communications experience in emergency or refugee-related settings. ?
∎ Excellent social media development and management experience.
∎ Demonstrated ability to think strategically, manage a plan and meet tight deadlines. ?
∎ Ability to work effectively under pressure in difficult, insecure and stressful conditions-both independently and as a team player.
∎ Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills.
∎ Positive self-starter who takes initiative and applies analytical and problem-solving skills.
∎ Clear understanding of Core Humanitarian Standards.
∎ Experience in supporting grant activities and reporting from international donors.
∎ Excellent written and spoken English and Bangla.
∎ Proficiency in Chittagonian and/or Rohingya is an added advantage.

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 1

Application Deadline: July 31, 2019

Company Information:
∎ World Vision Bangladesh
∎ Address : Abedin Tower (2nd floor), 35 Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka - 1213, P.O. Box: 9071
∎ Business : World Vision (WV) is an established international Christian humanitarian development and advocacy organization dedicated for working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their fullest potential by tackling the causes of poverty & injustice. It serves all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender or ability.

Being a child-focused organization, World Vision has the responsibility to ensure safety & protection of the children while they come in contact with the staff; accordingly all the recruits will go through specific checks and compliance procedures in accordance to its Child Protection Policy. Persons with a history of child rights and child protection violation are discouraged to apply.

Female are specially encourage to apply.

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: 'Being a child - focused organization, World Vision has the responsibility to ensure safety & protection of the children while they come in contact with the staff; accordingly all the recruits will go through specific checks and compliance procedures in accordance to its Child Protection Policy. Persons with a history of child rights and child protection violation are discouraged to apply.'Women are highly encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be called up for interview.Please don't send hard copy CV.