Communication Officer

POSITION DETAILS

Position Title:  Communication Officer

Location:  Kathmandu, Nepal, with travel to districts

Department:  Communications and Partnerships

Report to: Communications and Partnerships Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY

Position Purpose:

The Communication Officer will support in enhancing the capacity of key stakeholders in developing and using traditional and social media communication tools and methods to promote behavioral and attitudinal change for Countering Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) outcomes.

Position Overview:

The Communications Officer will be responsible for supporting in developing and implementing the project’s communication and outreach strategy and providing technical support to the project’s government, civil society and private sector partners on communications and outreach. The Communication Officer and will also oversee the project’s external communications.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Major Responsibilities

Branding and Marking

• Support the Communication and Partnership Specialist to ensure that all project deliverables for an external audience are appropriately branded and marked.
• Support the Communication and Partnership Specialist to ensure that all project staff and partners understand and adhere to USAID and DFID’s branding and marking requirements.

External Communications

• Support to develop and implement a behavior change campaign for the project aimed at addressing issues that will help to reducing human trafficking in foreign labor migration and the entertainment sector.
• Manage Hamro Samman’s social media presence and provide technical support to project partners to build their social media presence.
• Prepare the draft of the project’s external communication materials including social media posts, press releases, taking photographs, banners, brochures and promotional materials.
• Support to implement the project’s communication plan.
• Liaise with media for having better coverage of the project activities.

Event Coordination

• Support the Communication and Partnership Specialist in coordinating high profile project events ensuring their professionalism.
• Prepare the draft of strategic talking points and speeches.

Internal Coordination

• Assist the Communication and Partnership Specialist to provide training to staff and partners on communications.
• Identify upcoming communication requirements of the projects and ensuring that activities are well documented and recorded.
• Assist in preparing technical reports, quarterly and annual reports.
• Support the project’s private sector engagement team and implementation of the private sector engagement partnerships.

Other duties as assigned.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication and Journalism or similar disciplines or related field.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in communications, marketing, public relations or behavioral change communication.

Computer/Technical Skills:

• Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Editor, Movie Maker and PowerPoint.

Communication Skills:

• Good training facilitating and presentation skills.
• Good written and oral communication skills in English and Nepali.

Language:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in Nepali and English are required.

Required Travel:

• Readiness to travel.

Position-Specific Skills:

• Knowledge of design, editing and visual communication experience.
• Facilitation skills capacity building in communication, behavior change, development communications; targeting a wide range of stakeholders such as local NGOs, media practitioners, youth groups.
• Knowledge of developing communication and advocacy plans, materials, and methods, including monitoring the impact of these on target audiences.
• Experienced utilizing appropriate traditional and social media to achieve objectives.
• Experience or knowledge of human trafficking, labor migration and related themes preferred.

Physical Demands:

• Office environment with continual sitting including some travels to districts.

To apply, please submit your application by email, referencing in the subject line “Communication Officer” to HamroSammanRecruitment@winrock.org on or before 29 October 2021. Your application must include a cover letter and C.V. Hard copies of applications will not be accepted. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.

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All employees should adhere to USAID, UK aid and Winrock International’s code of ethics, and specifically child safeguarding and trafficking in persons provisions covered in the project agreement.