Communication Associate

Department/Unit: NEPCO

Place of Assignment: Kathmandu, Nepal with frequent travel to field locations

Position: For a fixed term, as of 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2026

Supervisor: Business Development and Communication Manager

Nepal Country Office (NEPCO), EU CSO Project Implementation Team (PIT), Finance & Admin Team, FCA’s headquarter in Helsinki: Service and Accountability Centre (SAC) Communication Unit at SAC.

FCA Nepal Country Office, in consortium with Dalit Lives Matter Global Alliance and Shanta Foundation is implementing EU-funded Voices of Change: Building Futures through creativity, identify and action in Nepal, a project designed to strengthen the creative potential, leadership, and social inclusion of marginalized youth across Nepal’s Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI).

The Communication Associate leads FCA Nepal’s visibility, communication, and documentation work, ensuring full compliance with EU communication and visibility requirements for the “Voices of Change” project  while  strengthening NEPCO’s overall  institutional communication. The  role  supports  content creation, media engagement, and dissemination across FCA & external platforms and contributes to amplifying youth, CSO and community voices from the project.

Main Tasks:

Lead EU Project Visibility:

• Ensure development and implementation of the Project Communication & Visibility Action Plan together with PIT and ensure all materials comply with EU branding and messaging requirements.
• Coordinate visibility efforts with consortium partners across training, hubs, festivals, advocacy events, and other activities.
• Produce   high-quality   photos,   videos,   stories,   and   communication   materials documenting project results. Ensure EU acknowledgment across events, Creative Hubs, publications, media outputs, and digital platforms.
• Create and edit communication materials (stories, briefs, newsletters, press releases).
• Develop and manage Project level social media channels in coordination with FCA SAC, and consortium partners following EU branding guidelines.
• Maintain media engagement, update media contacts, and monitor coverage.
• Support the preparation of communication materials for internal and external audiences, such as briefing notes, presentations, and reports across teams.

• Create and edit communication materials (stories, briefs, newsletters, press releases).
• Manage FCA Nepal’s website and social media channels in coordination with FCA SAC.
• Maintain media engagement, update media contacts, and monitor coverage.
• Support development of FCA communication Strategy and its implementation together with BDM and Programme team.

• Work with Creative Hub Coordinators and relevant knowledge management staff to document outputs and maintain digital archives.
• Provide communication inputs for donor reports, PMT/PIT meetings, and partner coordination.

• Ensure adherence to the organization's safeguarding, child protection, and code of conduct policies.
• Promote safe, ethical, and transparent financial practices.

• Support field visits and content collection in project locations when needed.
• Perform other communication-related tasks assigned by the Business Development Manager.

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field.
• 2 years of professional experience in development communication, digital storytelling, or media production.
• Experience working with EU-funded or international development projects is an asset.
• Strong writing and content creation skills with the ability to produce engaging stories and materials; excellent editing and attention to detail.
• Tech-savvy, with proficiency in basic design and multimedia tools (e.g., Canva, Adobe Creative Suite) and familiarity with website content management systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and proven experience managing project specific social media and digital communication platforms.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to work with diverse communities, youth groups, CSOs, and creative practitioners.
• Good organizational and time management abilities, capable of handling multiple tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Commitment to gender equality, women’s empowerment, and inclusive, ethical storytelling practices.
• Fluency in English and Nepali (written and spoken).
• High integrity, adherence to financial and operational compliance, and commitment to FCA’s Code of Conduct and safeguarding standards.

• EU visibility ensured across all project activities and harmonized communication across consortium partners.
• Enhanced visibility of FCA in Nepal and strengthened relationships with relevant stakeholders.

• Problem solution requires finding solutions independently. Work is done mainly independently according to goals, plans and general instructions, and it may include financial and supervisory responsibility.
• Problem solution requires an ability to independently search for, select and combine existing information in a novel way. Work is based on plans and the position holder’s expert status, and it may include responsibility for operations, finances or personnel.
• The tasks require independency and sometimes responsibility in preparing problem solutions, and also making decisions. The position holder works as a specialist of a sub-sector of function. The work may include demanding responsibility for operations, finances or personnel.
• The tasks require independent and responsible management of a totality of resolutions. The position holder acts as a leading or responsible expert of a functional entirety. The work includes special responsibility of functions, finances and personnel.

• Frequent travel to field locations.
• Risk of instability (political).
• Fraud and corruption threats.

• FCA partners and strategic stakeholders such as implementing partner, Government of Nepal, and networks.
• FCA SAC and NEPCO colleagues.

• Representing FCA in different forums/events nationally.
• Different forum meetings.

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