Senior Communications Officer

Join the International Rescue Committee as a Senior Communications Officer to lead impactful communications for global violence prevention initiatives.

• *Communication for advocacy and influencing*
• Serve as the key communications link between the implementation and research consortia, coordinating on products and publications, and delivering the programme’s evidence dissemination strategy.
• Lead the synthesis and translation of evidence from the grants and studies into easily accessible, engaging, and user-friendly formats for the consortium, VAWG prevention stakeholders, related sectors (e.g. education, climate, humanitarian response), donors, media, and the public.
• Coordinate with the EEI team, grant managers, and technical advisors to respond to information requests, gather material, and identify trends and highlights for donor visibility products and reporting.
• Support the planning, delivery, and visibility of What Works II events and conferences (virtual and in person), including briefing packages and visibility materials for high-level visits and donor engagements.
• *Narrative development & strategic messaging*
• Develop communication frameworks and forge strategic partnerships around the release of major communication products, events, commemorations, and milestones.
• Translate complex technical documents into clear and compelling narratives for external stakeholders.
• Support policy-related communications as needed.
• Support programme leadership in developing speaking notes, keynote presentations, thought leadership content, opinion pieces, and strategic messaging.
• *Issues management & crisis communications*
• Lead crisis preparedness and response planning, including the development of crisis communication frameworks, playbooks, and escalation protocols.
• Provide strategic guidance during sensitive or high-profile situations involving media, regulatory, operational, or reputational risks.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to develop messaging and stakeholder communications during critical events.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen programme positioning and proactively work with programme leadership to manage reputational risks.
• *Producing and managing multimedia and communications content*
• Produce multimedia and communications content tailored to political, academic, and activist audiences.
• Lead internal communications priorities, including producing and disseminating the quarterly newsletter.
• Source photography, case studies, and field evidence; identify photography opportunities; support the hiring of freelance photographers and videographers, ensuring adherence to informed-consent principles; manage content-collection shoots as needed.
• Produce or project-manage graphic design and formatting support for donor and public-facing materials (reports, briefs, templates).
• Ensure that all materials adhere to the What Works II Programmes branding requirements and applicable donor requirements.
• Compile digital media metrics and communications achievements for quarterly donor reporting.

• A bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English, public relations or another related field from an accredited university.
• Experience in, or familiarity with development and/or humanitarian programming and operating in an emergency context.
• Willingness and ability to travel to visit field-sites and document findings.
• Knowledge of/experience with graphic design and social media photography, and videography.
• Fluent written and spoken English required. Knowledge of French or Arabic an added advantage.