Senior Officer - Communication (Rohingya Response Programme)

Job Description

Title: Senior Officer - Communication (Rohingya Response Programme)

Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree, preferably in Mass Communication & Journalism/ International Relation/ English/ Social Sciences/ Development Studies

Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 4 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Project : Humanitarian Response
∎ Types of contract : Fixed term contract
∎ Duration of Contract : 1 Year (with possibility of extension)
∎ Job Summary:
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) has been responding the Rohingya Crisis in Cox`s Bazar since the crisis started. The Senior Officer- Communications will work under Rohingya Response Programme (RRP) in ActionAid Bangladesh.
∎ The core activities of the position will be story and image content collection and development, material development, media relation and emergency response activities. He/she will work under the direct supervision of Lead-Communications to identify relevant communication tools and techniques to raise the profile of Rohingya Response Programme in terms of audience engagement and content promotion.
∎ Relationships: The person holds this position will be reportable to Lead-Communications.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement:
∎ Support in developing and implementing communications strategies for Rohingya Response Programme.
∎ Liaise with the filed and national programme and communication team to deliver and disseminate communication content, materials, and information.
∎ Ensure effective internal and external communications for RRP according to the ActionAid Bangladesh brand and standards.
∎ Coordinate and regular communication with Communication Focal Persons (CFP)s of RRP.
∎ Content development, promotion, and dissemination:
∎ Develop a suite of content, written and audio-visual, illustrations that is of high-quality, relevant, and interesting to a variety of external and internal audiences, for multiple online and offline channels.
∎ Prepare/collect/edit emergency communication materials, i.e., case study, report, article, etc.
∎ Plan and review external and internal communications contents to promote on various platforms.
∎ Documentation of events, programme learning and impacts of emergency Rohingya Response Programme.
∎ Use a variety of tools, techniques to write, produce and disseminate communication materials.
∎ Play an active role to disseminate the contents/products through proper channels.
∎ Media Management:
∎ Develop media communication strategy for the Rohingya Response Programme.
∎ Maintain a good rapport/relationship with the media to mobilise them and Design content for proactive media campaign and reactive media communications and execute media campaigns of the organization.
∎ Establish professional contact with key local and foreign media working in Cox's Bazar. And, pro-actively promote AAB content and facilitating media visits to projects.
∎ Producing reports on the local media landscape as well as achieved results and future priorities, identifying risks and opportunities.
∎ Organise media events for the organisation. Generate media contents (Press Kit, Press Invitation, Press Release & press related documents)
∎ Develop and maintain media database & communication in Cox's Bazar.
∎ Organise training and orientation for media.
∎ Manage media crisis as and when required under the guidance of Lead-Communications.
∎ Emergency/Humanitarian Response Communication, Capacity Building and Reporting:
∎ Work with national EFAST communication focal person. Develop SitRep, and other communication report.
∎ Assess needs of Programmes, Projects and Functions about the capacity building related to communication, branding and other issues.
∎ Provide necessary support in donor communication.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 3/4 years or more of sound experience in communication and knowledge management.
∎ Proven skill of photography, videography and illustrations.
∎ Must have professional writing capacity in English and Bangla,
∎ Proficient with MS office suite
∎ Able to take decision in a timely manner, prioritize and multi-task seamlessly.
∎ Orientation to gender sensitivity.
∎ Ability to work under extreme pressure and meeting deadlines.
∎ Team player with strong experience in multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environment.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 5 Jun 2021

Company Information:
∎ 27 May 2021
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh
∎ Business : ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency working in over 40 countries, taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together.

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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