Strategic Communications Specialist  

Responsibilities:

Development Cluster Communications Strategy

• Co-leads and coordinates the preparation of the communications strategies and plan for prospective and existing clients
• Reviews the communications strategies in close consultation with senior management and accounts/program teams, reflecting needs and requirements
• Co-manages the implementation of the communications Strategies which may include preparation of work plans and programmatic and project
• Oversees the development of all types of communications to reach media, public and communities

Social and behavior change communication

• Contributes substantively to the formulation and design and implementation of social and behavior change communication of potential and existing clients
• Ensures quality of program/project design of all component projects of clients’ program policies and procedures.
• Analyses and interprets the social, economic, political environment relevant to clients’ requirements and programmatic needs by keeping abreast of evolving policy developments and strategies, analyzing policy papers, strategy documents, national plans and development frameworks and preparing briefs and inputs for policy dialogue, technical assistance coordination and development frameworks.
• Analyses and reports on program and project progress to determine learning experiences to help clients’ beneficiaries.
• Monitors program targets with the agency and client teams, to propose evidence and research-based processes of using communication that promotes behaviors leading to improvements in project outcomes.
• Promotes appropriate communication practices that are grounded in sound understanding of socio- ecological contexts, including the individual behaviors, the collective group actions, the social and cultural structures, and the enabling environment.
• Helps create and document knowledge about practices and trends in project communication and results for use in current and future proposals and projects.

Proposal design and development

• Design proposals that that are responsive to the requirements of potential, current and future clients
• Research and identify trends in proposal preparation and communication frameworks that can be used in responding to client’s request for proposal.
• Develops knowledge management system that houses past proposals, current projects and other external materials that can help in proposal preparation and project implementation

• University degree in communications, Journalism, Publishing or related fields. A graduate degree is preferred but not required
• Minimum 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in mass and institutional communication and with wide experience in managing national and regional campaigns and foreign-funded projects
• Proven ability to develop approaches and materials for diverse target audiences, including messaging on culturally sensitive issues;
• Demonstrated experience implementing visibility communications;
• Demonstrated experience working with stakeholders to build strategic partnerships;
• Excellent writing and editing skills with strong analytical and research abilities required;
• Solid knowledge of web production, social media and multimedia tools;
• Excellent interpersonal communication and results-based program implementation skills required;
• Strong communications approaches for planning, executing, and monitoring communications strategies;
• Working knowledge of local and regional media is preferred.
• Excellent writing and oral skills in English and Filipino. Knowledge of another Philippine language is desired but not required