Job Title: Media and Communications Manager
Line Manager: General Manager
Department: Media and Communications
Job Purpose
To oversees all internal and external communications for the organization, ensuring its message is consistent and engaging. Its main duties include preparing detailed media reports, press releases, and outreach materials. We are looking for a candidate who is dedicated to serving Syrian civilians and give them a loud voice. The ideal candidate is a team player and a brave and responsible change maker.
Responsibilities
- Develops content and directs creative execution to provide a consistent, targeted, and impactful message.
- Builds and maintains solid partnerships with various stakeholders to better develop, coordinate, direct, and facilitate strategic communications designed to meet objectives.
- Designs campaigns to target specific audiences, placing an emphasis and discipline on campaign performance to help with recommendations for future programs.
- Directs internal and external graphic designers, photographers, and other media-production specialists integral to the completion of projects and campaigns.
- Contributes ideas for new programs, researching and recommending innovative organization branding techniques.
- Researches and understands key challenges, audience behavior, target audiences, and environmental factors that impacts programs within the organization’s departments.
- Provides support across departments, paying close attention to timelines and messages.
- Identifies and presents opportunities for consistency in messaging across digital and other channels.
- Develops an understanding of short- and long-term department goals and planned initiatives.
- Adjusts and communicates plan changes to teams across the department as necessary to ensure implementation of production plans.
- Works with leadership to take the pulse of overall organization activity to identify windows of opportunities and mitigate risks.
- Stays informed of developments in the field of marketing and communications within the industry to foster ideas and innovation.
- Develops and integrates communications plans for emergencies and crises.
Note: the above-mentioned responsibilities are illustrative ones. Another future responsibilities/accountabilities may be assigned to the job depending on the department's organizational chart or title.**
Qualification (Education/Work Experience)
A. Essential:
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, strategic communications, or other relevant fields.
- At least two years of management experience (Small or medium size team)
- Experience working in a high-volume, fast-paced crisis environment
- Fluency level in Arabic and English.
B. Desirable:
- Master’s degree in journalism, strategic communications, or other relevant fields.
- Master’s degree in Communications or Non-profit management.
- Fluency in Turkish.
Core & Managerial Competencies & Technical
Core Competencies:
- Communication
- Creativity
- Stakeholders Orientation
- Teamwork
- Planning and Organizing
- Accountability
- Commitment to Continuous Learning
- Technological Awareness.
Managerial Competencies:
- Leadership
- Building Trust
- Vision
- Managing Performance
- Empowering Others
- Judgment/Decision-making.
Technical Competencies:
- Computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint).**
- Working knowledge of web content management systems experience
- Comprehension of data Analysis and social media listening tools
- Experience working in a high-volume, fast-paced crisis environment
- Previous experience in human rights advocacy and campaigning.
- Project management
- Demonstrated Experience with all types of social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Etc)
- Strong writing, editing, proofreading, layout, and design, professional printing/publishing skills are essential, including the ability to present concepts verbally
How to apply:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please fill out the application form on this and attach your CV and a covering letter explaining your background, suitability for the role, and interest in what we do.
Closing date for application: 23 May.2021.
The Syrian Civil Defense believes in achieving diversity in its workforce, by encouraging all qualified applicants, male and female, to apply for the vacancies announced.
The Civil defense's employees and volunteers are obligated not to practice sexual exploitation and abuse, in exchange for the services they provide, in addition to assuming their responsibilities to protect children from harm and abuse and to ensure a safe environment for them, and to work to create a safe work environment for everyone free from any form of harassment, abuse, exploitation or misconduct during work that diminishes the dignity and safety of the volunteer or employee.
Only shortlisted applicants who meet the required job qualifications will be contacted.
