Communications Manager – TADAEEM Retour vers les opportunités

Background

Tunisia Accountability, Decentralization and Effective Municipalities (TADAEEM) is a USAID program implemented by Deloitte Consulting, which aims to help the Government of Tunisia decentralize governance to the institutions closest to its citizenry and continue to strengthen its nascent democracy.  Deloitte, alongside a team of partners, will work to enhance citizen participation in the process of governance as well as the government’s capacity to deliver the services that citizens prioritize.  The project works in 12 governorates, 33 adjacent municipalities, and with the central government in Tunis to ultimately strengthen the ecosystem of stakeholders and institutions across the country.

Objectives

The Communications Manager will be responsible for leading and mentoring the Tunisian communications staff to meet project and counterpart needs for multimedia information to communicate results. S/he will manage a comprehensive development outreach strategy, ensuring public awareness of the USAID TADAEEM project, facilitating information access and sharing within the project and support the strengthening of municipal counterpart communications. It is fully expected that communications products will be used to highlight TADAEEM activities to U.S. audiences and should therefore be geared toward a broad and experienced audience.

Responsibilities

• Implements creative and innovative communications to showcase TADAEEM results/outcomes;
• Writes, edits and oversees the production of publications, including newsletters, reports, photos, infographics, social media messaging, etc., in compliance with USAID branding guidelines and organizational policies;
• Facilitates discussions with project staff to conceptualize, design and develop infographics, charts, maps and other visual content to translate technical findings into user-friendly products for non-technical audiences;
• Leads the development and dissemination of marketing materials, social media content, and other mediums to amplify content generated from project activities;
• Assists regional offices and activities with their communications messaging and materials to amplify impact, consistent with USAID branding and marking requirements;
• Ensures TADAEEM supported events communications materials including branding, media kits and press statements, photo/video/digital media support and storytelling, talking points and briefers for spokespersons;
• Conducts public speaking training for USAID approved TADAEEM staff spokespersons to ensure consistent and clear messaging when representing USAID publicly;
• Fosters participation and builds capacity for knowledge management and dissemination strategies; and distills, captures, and packages TADAEEM’s lessons learned; and
• Any other tasks as assigned by the MEL Director or project leadership.

Reporting and Supervisory Requirements

The Communications Manager will report to the MEL and Strategic Communications Director, DCOPs and COP. S/he will supervise approximately six communications staff, with the potential responsibility of training and guiding regional staff.