Regional Communications and Content Specialist – Danish Refugee Council عودة إلى الفرص

Job title: Regional Communications and Content Specialist

Employment category: NM G1

Reporting to: Regional Head of Programme

Subordinates: Not Applicable

Unit/department: Programme

Location: Tunis, Tunisia with Travel to DRC Country Offices in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Sudan

Authorization Level: Not Applicable

Overall purpose of the role:

The Regional Communications and Content Specialist will support the Regional Director and Regional Head of Program to develop and implement a communications plan and associated outputs that elevate the visibility and profile of DRC’s work across North Africa. The position will be tasked to collaborate with regional and country level teams to identify and produce communications products for both internal and external publications in print and digital mixed media formats. Furthermore, the Specialist will support the Regional Director and Country Directors to develop content to be used for advocacy purposes targeting other NGOs, UN agencies, governments and policymakers. To inform content, the Specialist will be required to develop an in-depth understanding of how DRC works as well as the organization’s operational principles and core sectors of intervention. Furthermore, the Specialist will be tasked to conduct desk research and to interview DRC staff, clients and other stakeholders to develop content for communications pieces.

Responsibilities:

Communications

• Collaborate with DRC North Africa’s regional and country teams to identify priority communication and visibility needs and opportunities, and subseqnelty develop an annual communications strategy and implementaiton plan. The commuications strategy and plan will be designed to elevate the visibility and profile of DRC’s work across North Africa.
• In accordance with regional and country communications plans, develop high-quality, multimedia communications content, ranging from posters, brochures, press releases, feature stories, case studies and multimedia and web content, including photos and video.
• Contribute to authoring non-technical organizational content and designing the layout for internal and external publications, including orgaizational information pertaining to the region, reports and strategy documents.
• In collaboration with DRC’s headquarters-based communications team, ensure media and social media guidelines are complied with and rolled out to the country office level.
• In collaboration with DRC’s headquarters-based communications team and country teams ensure that content for the organiation’s website is regularly updated.
• Support DRC North Africa’s regional and country teams to share communications content with headquarters as requested or relevant.

Advocacy

• Collaborate with DRC North Africa’s regional and country teams to ensure that commuications products are planned for and developed to compliment or contribute to advocacy intiatives. Such products may include one-pagers, press releases, featured stories, case studies and multimedia presentations.
• Support DRC North Africa’s regional and country teams to identify and establish strategic relationships with media outlets as a means to channel key advocacy messages and communication materials
• Support DRC North Africa’s regional and country teams turn advocacy points into effective commuications materials.
• Stay informed of key issues and events effecting the humanitarian context and DRC’s operations across the North Africa
• When necessary ensure advocacy products are signed-off according to DRC’s international procedures.
• Support DRC North Africa’s regional and country teams to share advocacty content with headquarters and the Brussels and Geneva representation offices as requested or relevant.

Other Tasks

• Support the Regional Senior Management Team in documenting minutes of key meetings and events.

The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.