About Hudara
Hudara gGmbH is an independent and impartial organisation working in locations where people’s lives are impacted by poverty, conflict and climate change. We believe that the foundation for a peaceful and just future is to build actions on equal partnerships. This includes respect for diverse ways of life and appreciation of manifold positive social and cultural expressions, practices and solutions globally.
Our Vision // We strive for a world in which people experience good mental wellbeing, live in peaceful communities and in balance with the natural environment.
Our Mission // We support communities in reaching a sustainable and peaceful way of functioning through mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), social cohesion (SC) and community-based adaptation (ACC) and mitigation to climate change (MCC).
About our work
We are currently working on two projects for mental health, well-being and social belonging of people in difficult situations in Iraq (RAFIQA project just started and web page under development) and Germany (GEZUMI project). Further we implement three projects to promote energy communities on Mayotte (MAESHA project) and in Sierra Leone, Kenya and Madagascar (ENERGICA project) as well as energy access in refugee an host community settlements in Rwanda and Uganda (SUNNY project just started and webpage under development).
In all our interventions, we take a community-based approach, strongly considering individuals with their emotions, desires, goals and opinions, but also social dynamics and group collaboration, and try to give everyone a voice in the process.
The tasks and responsibilities of the position
In order to draw attention to and raise awareness for the issues we are working on and to inform about our projects, the communications manager is taking care of our social media. Another responsibility is the facilitation of drafting of the annual report as well as continuous updating of the organisational webpage together with the organisational leadership. Further outreach activities are planned, such as events that demonstrate access to the individual areas of work in a sensitive, creative and entertaining way and to encourage people to engage with the issues we are working on. Every six months we publish a newsletter for which our team members develop texts that are then creatively edited and supplemented with visual content by the communications manager.
What we are looking for
- A person currently studying or with a degree in social, cultural or creative studies.
- Experience with communication and with social media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn).
- Interest in setting up events and organizational tasks.
- Interest in social, cultural, political and environmental issues as well as humanitarian and development work.
- Creative thinking and artistic approach to different topics and issues and a stylistic understanding of Hudara’s visual identity.
- Excitement to write catchy texts and attractive posts while finding the right tone in sensitive topics and one-on-one messages.
- Strong interpersonal skills and intercultural sensitivity.
- English language skills are a must, another language especially German or Arabic is an asset.
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment and a multidisciplinary team.
- Proficient in MS Office, Google Docs, basic skills in WordPress and Adobe (or an interest to learn).
What we offer
- You will be part of a young and dynamic team.
- The position is based in Berlin, Germany. Your work can be arranged with one office and one home office day per week.
- The duration of this position is for eight months with the possibility of extension.
- Starting date as per your availability and as soon as possible.
- The gross monthly salary for a 40% position (two working days per week) is 1.240 Euro; pension, unemployment and health insurance are covered.
How to apply
Please send a CV and a motivational letter to jobs@hudara.org with “Communications_manager_2025” in the subject line until 31 January 2025 and tell us about yourself and why you would like to join our team. You may find more information about us and our work at https://hudara.org.
We look forward to hearing from you!