Senior Communications Officer

Hedayah is the leading international organization dedicated to utilizing its expertise and experience to counter extremism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations. Established in 2012, Hedayah was founded in response to the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) and the wider international community’s call for an independent, neutral, and multilateral centre focused on dialogue, communication, capacity-building programs, research, and analysis. As a leader in the countering extremism community, Hedayah enhances understanding and shares best practices to effectively build the capacity of counter extremism actors worldwide, promoting tolerance, stability, and security.

The Senior Communications Officer supports the development and implementation of Hedayah’s communications strategy and is responsible for translating Hedayah’s communications yearly plan into scheduled tasks, overseeing the execution and working with colleagues from the programs department to achieve their program-level communications objectives.

The full requirements of the role can be reviewed at https://hedayah.com/job/senior-communications-officer-2/. The principal accountabilities of the role include (but are not limited to):

• Developing, implementing, and overseeing plans that align with Hedayah’s communications strategy to enhance Hedayah’s brand identity, messaging, and visibility through consistently highlighting the work of Hedayah, including monthly content calendars.
• Work closely with staff in all relevant departments of Hedayah to develop and implement successful communications campaigns/plans for individual activities and longer-term programs, while also driving overall brand awareness and different target audience engagement.Plan and manage integrated communications campaigns across digital, social media, public relations, and offline channels.
• Keep up with market trends in sectors related to countering extremism and violent extremism, to identify opportunities for growth and advise management accordingly.
• Oversee the creation of content and its final delivered format across all Hedayah’s communications platforms, ensuring alignment with the brand’s tone of voice, messaging and visual guidelines.
• Support the management of outsourced relationships and contractors.
• Manage and publish content on websites, blogs, email campaigns, and social media channels.