Program Communications Specialist - ChildFund India (Apply by: 25 July'14)

Job Title: Program Communications Specialist

Title:  Program Communications Specialist

Div/Dept.:  Knowledge Management

Location:  Delhi

Reporting Relationship:  Sr. Manager - Knowledge Management

Scope of work:

• Develop a communications strategy and implementation plan for the organization for efficient internal and external communication.
• Establish a strong network and system to ensure communication/knowledge sharing among various teams, partners and with global offices.
• Produce high quality program publications/documentation/research reports, online and in print, to support programs and organisational brand/visibility and resource mobilisation initiatives. Produce case studies and stories to be used on the website, newsletters and funding proposals.
• Lead and support development of marketing campaigns to enhance reach and profile of the work of the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Implementation of the organization strategy and facilitate a culture of internal communication by:

• Establishing systems to facilitate efficient flow of information
• Building capacities of the staff and partners to in communication and documentation
• Capitalizing on the organizational experience and learning, and create evidence by means of identifying priority themes, documenting case studies, good practices and achievements in liaison with program teams.
• Review and provide editorial inputs to ensure quality, compliance and consistency to organisational values and brand norms in all communication products and publications.

   2.   Facilitate external relations and partnerships by:

• Producing/update communications material to facilitate visibility of the organization and contribute to meeting accountability commitments (Annual report, Brochure, newsletter program briefs etc.)
• Brand building – regular updates to Social Media, Website and press releases.
• Documenting successful initiatives and stories, good practices
• Coordinate with external agencies for designing, publishing and printing.
• Knowledge sharing with regional and other global offices: To meet requests for program information from other offices. Provide articles, case studies for global communication requirements, websites and other requests from global office.
• Support editing and finalization of donor reports

   3.   Support resource mobilization/fund raising by:

• Converting program briefs and updates into communication material suited to donors/sponsors and other fund raising initiatives
• Collaborate with program and resource mobilization teams to generate story ideas/leads and support in proposal development.

EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:

• Master’s degree in mass communication, journalism or related discipline
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience of working on child related/ developmental projects
• Experience of working with government and/or international organizations and/or civil society organisations in similar role

Required Competencies:

• Excellent oral and written communication/presentation skills
• Good command over English language is essential and working knowledge of Hindi will be advantageous
• Proven track record for facilitating communications in the development sector
• Have the ability to work independently, multitask
• Be a team player and have outstanding interpersonal communications skills.

Please send your profile with a covering letter to recruitment@childfundindia.org before 25th July 2014 mentioning clearly the Position Title in the subject line. Kindly mention your current salary/ expectations if any.