Requisition ID: req52538

Job Title: Communications Officer

Sector: Marketing

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Guatemala

Work Arrangement:Hybrid

Job Description

Background:

Over the past 90 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC’s mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. The IRC is in 50 countries, providing emergency relief and rebuilding lives after disaster. Through 28 regional offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees resettle in the US and become self-sufficient. The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable.

The International Rescue Committee began responding to the growing humanitarian crisis in Northern Central America since 2017. In the past years, IRC has reached more than 2 million persons with humanitarian response programs, including research-driven education interventions, gender-based violence response services, child protection services, protection coordination, cash for families in crisis and increased access to trustworthy information. The IRC serves individuals and families who are internally displaced, returned asylum seekers and refugees, and survivors of violence especially women, girls, and the LGBTQ+ population.

Job Overview:

We are looking for a Communications Officer who is creative, detail-oriented, passionate for storytelling and designing impactful materials. Our Communications Officer will support the implementation of IRC’s communications strategy across the region (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) which aims to position our work and our partners to donors, NGO partners, the communities with whom we work, and to government agencies.

Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of the communications strategy designed to effectively position the IRC and our work to donors, partner NGOs, the communities in which we work, and municipal governments.

• Collaborate with the Senior Communications Officer developing and creating impactful content about the IRC’s work for internal channels and for external placement.

• Collaborate with IRC project teams to develop printed materials, clients’ stories, and other communication tools to communicate with target audiences effectively.

• Help ensure the compliance of visibility products with IRC’s and donor’s standards.

• Collaborate with the Senior Communications Officer responding to information requests from news media; including research as necessary; arrange interviews; and assist journalists and photographers in coordinating coverage of IRC programs.

• Catalog and classify audiovisual materials according to established systems and standards.

• Support the organization of strategic events to cultivate local stakeholders and recognize local support.

• Step in and support IRC operations, as needed, including willingness to respond to humanitarian crisis including natural disasters and travel within Guatemala or the region as necessary.

  Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in NGO communications; previous experience in marketing or public relations/journalism/graphic design is preferred.

• Excellent writing abilities in Spanish and English.

• Written and spoken English at an intermediate level desired.

• Proficient in Adobe Suite – especially Illustrator, Premiere.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

• Able to build positive relationships and work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment and to meet crisis communications and time limitations.

• Experience in international humanitarian organizations desired.