About RI:
Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty. Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them. Relief International includes the four members of the RI Alliance in the USA, UK, France, and Belgium. Under our alliance agreement, we operate under a single, shared management structure with one CEO and one Board of Directors.
Position Summary
The Communications Coordinator plays a leading role in the design and implementation of Relief International’s Advocacy and Communications strategies in Syria.
He/she is responsible for preparing and implementing strategies and messages across all Relief International’s humanitarian and development work. The Communications Coordinator leads gathering and developing engaging visual and written material that reflects the impact of consecutive crises on people in Syria and effectively captures the impact of Relief International’s interventions in alleviating the stress of people in Syria and support their resilience. He/she succeeds in establishing strong and strategic partnerships with like-minded organizations to promote the protection of civilians in Syria. The Communications Coordinator oversees all media and related external communications activities and leads in developing effective online social media strategies to engage the wider public. In addition, the Communications Coordinator builds capacity of Technical Specialists, Program Managers and field teams in undertaking advocacy activities and capturing communications materials in line with Relief International’s advocacy priorities and strategic goals in Syria.
Staff reporting to this post:
Budget responsibilities
The role holder has no direct budget holder responsibility but oversees budget lines for all advocacy, and communications activities across projects.
Key areas of accountability
Strategic leadership:
Advocacy
Communications and Media
Internal alignment and capacity building.
Advocacy impact assessment
Qualifications:
Experience and skills:
RI Values
All RI staff, volunteers and interns must adhere and respect these values.
Professional Standards
All Relief International members (staff, volunteers and interns) are committed to the RI policies such as, RI Code of Conduct, Child Protection Policy, Reporting Conflict of Interest, Reporting Misconduct, Reporting Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. All new comers are expected to adhere to all these policies.
Disclaimer Clause
This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skills, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with position.
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