Communications Manager

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Strategy & Planning

• Develop/Update Communications, and External Engagement plans considering the changing context (humanitarian-development-peacebuilding), World Vision’s global brand and campaign on ending violence against children
• Develop an annual Communications, and External Engagement plan in collaboration with the SLT/SMT and other key staff in RAP with a clear set of Communications deliverables and associated metrics based on the World Vision South Sudan’s priorities.
• Manage the WVSS communications team and point persons in deep field, strengthening effective partnering for performance

Advocacy Communications

• Provide evidence, messaging and action items to external stakeholders on World Vision’s advocacy positioning and priorities for South Sudan, namely child protection, violence against children, protection of civilians, fragility, and the humanitarian-development-peacebuilding nexus;
• Support Program quality and strategy team in preparation of advocacy reports, position papers and concept papers on Child Wellbeing issues that can contribute to policy dialogue, especially humanitarian advocacy within South Sudan.
• Support the production of advocacy reports with particular emphasis on giving children a voice. Ensure national policy guidelines are aligned with regional / global policy, especially on humanitarian/nexus/fragile context issues, standards and assist in contextualizing them within South Sudan’s fragile context.
• Collaborate with response, global and regional advocacy colleagues to define key issues, messaging, and communications channels for public advocacy initiatives in fragile contexts.
• Collect and develop multi-media advocacy stories, write and publish over web or social media.
• Help plan and execute communications plan for advocacy campaigns in a support or lead capacity.

Content Development

• Lead sourcing of content in the form of video, photos, stories related to children’s needs, in collaboration with project teams and partners.
• Manage the production of multimedia resources, both through field level and partnership level support.
• Manage the production of written materials including stories and reports i.e. annual report, case studies, etc.
• Ensure materials produced contribute to the positioning of World Vision in South Sudan and have meaningful child participation, wherever possible.
• Manage content systems such as Story Hub / Content Flow and Kissflow, etc.
• Contribute to the recruitment and use of freelance and consultant capacity to produce the resources above, where needed.

Media & Social Media Engagement

• Develop a media engagement strategy as part of an integrated communications plan.
• Train key staff on media and social media engagement, train and identify spokespeople from key sectors.
• Clarify, prioritize and service key World Vision Partnership and Support Office media and social media objectives and expectations in coordination with Regional and Partnership communications colleagues.
• Establish internal connections with relevant Support Offices to promote international media engagement while adhering to the Global Media Protocols and guidelines.
• Coordinate and screen journalist / blogger field visit requests regarding timing, approvals, logistics, issues, security, etc.
• Co-ordinate visits by World Vision leaders and delegations, influencers and media including required approvals, scheduling, photo opportunities, media interviews, coordination with Support Office media teams, video production and messaging, etc.
• Ensure the delivery of social media content for use on Support Office and WV Partnership platforms, including Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

Representation, Coordination and Engagement

Internal Communications

• Active participation in SMT and leadership meetings as necessary
• Active collaboration across World Vision South Sudan departments and Zonal offices to ensure effective and quality strategy and program implementation.
• Close collaboration with Regional and Partnership Communications and Advocacy counterparts to ensure World Vision South Sudan is adequately aligned with partnership requirements.
• Engagement with SOs to facilitate communication and advocacy materials to help continue prepositioning World Vision South Sudan with donors and other key external stakeholders.
• Contribute to the production and dissemination of reports (including SitReps).
• Work with National Director and other leaders to provide regular updates to the staff, the regional office and partnership.
• With support from the Regional Office and guidance, execute required Communications Policies and Communications Strategy, ensure staff understanding and monitor for compliance.
• Regularly update the WVSS website and appeal pages on wvi.org

External

• Build and maintain productive working relationships/partnerships with key UN, INGO and LNGO partners, donors, peer agencies, government partners and other key stakeholders to scale advocacy and programs for children affected by the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.
• Work with UN and INGO/LNGO colleagues on strategic interagency initiatives.
• Map out and participate in advocacy coalitions and initiatives related to South Sudan.
• Represent World Vision in dialogues with external stakeholders on core humanitarian/nexus concerns requiring advocacy engagement, including (but not limited to) issues of child protection, protection of civilians, civil/military engagement, humanitarian access, etc.

Branding

• Ensure WV brand is uniformly implemented, working with WV partner organizations, program managers as appropriate.
• Analyse the humanitarian, media, political, security and humanitarian landscape for positioning opportunities and risk management in order to advise leadership (WV risk specialists) and effectively position World Vision, the response and humanitarian issues.

Job requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in communication, International Development, Social Sciences, Business Administration, or a related field applicable to developing country
• At least five years of progressive work experience in communications and/or advocacy in international humanitarian emergencies or fragile country contexts.
• Proven experience in managing and coordinating multiple stakeholders and partnerships, especially at a strategic level with senior government officials, UN agencies, donors, and INGOs, particularly in a fragile context or emergency setting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a good command of the English language.
• Proven ability to work effectively in complex, fast-paced, and high-pressure environments while managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and influencing skills, with a demonstrated ability to foster collaboration across diverse teams and partners.
•  Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
• Strong Understanding of humanitarian relief, recovery, resilience and development work i.e. triple nexus approach in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.
• Excellent networking, stakeholder engagement, relationship building and people management skills.
• Excellent spokesperson skills and media engagement skills.
• Solid research, reporting, policy analysis, report writing and communication skills with the ability to translate complex issues into clear and compelling messages.
• Strong journalistic skills, 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, manage to plan, and meet deadlines.
• Prior experience with or within World Vision will be an added advantage.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only