The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict and disaster and the host communities which support them, as well as those who remain within their homes and communities. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC has defined a new strategic mission and vision, and is now at the initial stages of implementing the strategy across the organization. The IRC’s strategy centers on its ambition to continue to improve the scale and effectiveness of programs worldwide with evidence of what works best to impact peoples’ lives in conflict and fragile settings. IRC’s Policy & Practice department is the technical hub and policy shop of the International Rescue Committee. Policy & Practice comprises the technical sector, research, policy and communications experts who will help bring this strategy to life in the years to come.
SCOPE OF WORK
The Policy & Practice Communications Senior Officer is a critical role to help generate and disseminate content about IRC’s technical and advocacy activities. Approximately 75% of the Senior Officer’s time will be dedicated to developing the communications strategy and content for major advocacy and technical initiatives that cut across technical units, including defining and disseminating a compelling vision for moving the IRC towards outcome-orientation. To develop high impact content, the Senior Officer will need to understand and create content that meets the communications needs of multiple, diverse audiences. He / she must be able to develop communications content in a variety of mediums to meet the needs of these audiences, including written emails, slides, visual graphics, and / or videos. 25% of the Senior Officer’s time will be dedicated to developing compelling presentation content for individual technical units that need support, which could include external-facing materials for partners and donors, as well as communicating internally. The Senior Officer will also be responsible for putting together regular communications from the SVP of the Policy and Practice team to the rest of the IRC.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with PQU leaders to identify the strategy, key messages and mediums to communicate the Policy & Practice unit’s priorities
- Generate content (emails / graphics / slides / videos) about the Policy & Practice’s major priorities and disseminate internally at IRC and support external dissemination of this content under guidance of Communications team when needed
- Create compelling visual presentations and talking points for Policy & Practice leadership to deliver at important conferences / meetings
- Liaise with the Communications department to harmonize messages about IRC’s programs and advocacy work externally
- Oversee the development and dissemination of a monthly IRC-wide Policy and Practice email communication
- Support Policy and Practice change management initiatives with communications plans and related materials
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors in a related field (design, communications); Masters degree preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Portfolio of prior visual and written work
- Proven track record in utilizing Adobe Creative Suites and Microsoft PowerPoint to produce visually engaging communications products; Adobe InDesign and Illustrator knowledge essential
- Team-player with experience collaborating with staff at all levels of organization
- Alignment with IRC values and mission
- Experience developing talking points and communications materials for senior-level executives preferred
- Photography and videography skills desired
- Experience working in nonprofit / mission-driven setting preferred
- Overseas work experience and additional languages a plus
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