USAID Jordan Himaya Activity Hiring for Communications and Reporting Officer – Jordan Himaya at DAI at Amman, Jordan Full Time

Project Background

The Jordan Himaya project is a USAID-funded activity that aims to enhance access to and quality of essential services and protection for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) in Jordan. The project has two outcomes: 1) survivor-centered institutional capacity improved, and 2) legislative frameworks for protecting survivors and responding to violence strengthened. To achieve these outcomes, the project will apply a survivor-centered systems-strengthening approach to improve prevention, response, and protection services, and to support the development and implementation of survivor-centered legislation and policies. The project will work with and through local partners, including a Jordanian partner consortium and an all-Jordanian key personnel team, to leverage their expertise and ensure the sustainability and impact of the project interventions. Outcome 1 will inform research, advocacy, and policy changes in Outcome 2, while reforms supported under Outcome 2 will be implemented and enforced by institutions and service providers that have gained stronger capacity under Outcome 1.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Identify key audiences for project communications; design and carry out rapid assessment of communication channels most utilized by key audiences to inform communications strategy, including audience segmentation and communication approaches for reaching target audiences.
• Collaborate with the project technical team to ensure integration of communications and knowledge management activities that complement and report on program activities.
• Develop and execute the project’s overall communications strategy, catering for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead the communication, knowledge management, and visibility of the project’s activities, achievements, and lessons learned, ensuring that project outcomes are effectively shared with relevant stakeholders and contribute to the project’s overall success and impact.
• Deliver high-quality writing and communications support, with only limited supervision. Develop communications materials including weekly talking points and presentations, website content, fact sheets, presentations, reports, photo-reporting and other collateral materials that effectively showcase the project’s impact, lessons learned, and good practices.
• Lead Himaya’s reporting to USAID, including Biweekly Updates, Quarterly Progress Reports, Annual Reports and the Final Report.
• Working closely with Himaya’s technical staff and subcontractors to identify and craft stories that showcase impact, lessons learned, and good practices.
• Work with technical and security team to ensure communications are nuanced for the local context, ensuring the promotion of local ownership and managing the identification of USAID in a way that does not overshadow the role of local government or negatively impact the perception of the activity.
• Determine appropriate branding and marking approaches for each activity in each region, identifying opportunities where it is appropriate to identify and promote USAID support, and those where the identification of USAID would be detrimental to the success of the activity and an exception to USAID branding should be requested.
• Identify and spearhead the coordination of key events and other opportunities to connect with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Represent Himaya with USAID/Jordan’s Communications team to ensure Activity is aligned with USAID communication priorities and the Branding Implementation and Marking Plan is current and up to date with any required changes.
• Oversee the production of a wide range of communications materials and tools to advance Himaya objectives.
• Lead trainings on branding requirements, reporting and other communications related topics with Himaya staff, grantees, and other internal or external stakeholders, as needed.
• Other duties assigned by the MEL Director, Deputy Chief of Party Technical, and/or Chief of Party consistent with the assignment’s overall focus.
• Travel to the field and regional offices as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, or a relevant field; Advanced degree preferred.
• 6+ years of experience in communications, including writing success stories, social media, report writing, and producing visual presentations.
• Experience conducting interviews and writing success stories that showcase project milestones.
• Experience creating and leading social media content and a solid understanding of social media analytics (Twitter, Facebook).
• Demonstrated knowledge of USAID Branding, Implementation, and Marking requirements and reporting protocols preferred.
• Experience in the development and implementation of communication plans, Branding Implementation, and Marking Plans is preferred.
• Prior work experience in Jordan is required.
• Professional proficiency in English and Arabic is required.

Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail, able to manage one’s work, take initiative, set schedules, and meet deadlines without close supervision.
• Team player who can coordinate across several teams within Himaya.
• Ability to communicate project activities and impact to a range of external and internal stakeholders.

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