Communications & Public Engagement Manager

  • Contract
  • Sudan
  • Posted 3 weeks ago

World Vision

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As Communications & Public Engagement Manager, you will provide strategic communications direction for the National Office (NO), including oversight of humanitarian emergency response communications activities. It positions the NO and manages reputational risks whilst building on and protecting its established credibility and trust. You will lead the development and implementation of a strategy for a high-performance communications function that is managed, structured, focused and resourced for productive and quality work that shares evidence-based impact and amplifies voices on child-focused issues. Leading on media relations and public engagement, the Manager ensures that WV Sudan is known and has influence amongst priority stakeholders, whilst delivering on key communications and public engagement initiatives that ignite staff, content, and global voices.

Requirements include:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in journalism, media, and communications, or another related field.
  • At least 5 years’ experience in communications or journalism with at least 2 years’ experience working within an INGO.
  • Strong communication skills, and ability to facilitate the collection of photo, video, story, and social media resources.
  • Ability to work in difficult, insecure, and stressful conditions.
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically, research, manage workload, and meet deadlines.
  • Proven field communications experience in emergency settings and/or fragile contexts.
  • 70% office work 30% field based.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English.

How to apply

Is this the job for you?

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online by the closing date 04 OCT 2024.

World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.

For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.

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