Communication Coordinator
Job Description
Scope of Work: Reporting to the Country Director, the Communication Coordinator will be responsible for maintaining and implementing IRC Myanmar’s communications strategy, ensuring consistent messaging to support high-quality internal and external relations. The Communication Coordinator is responsible for developing informative content that is disseminated to different audiences, including donors, IRC offices, potential partners, and other appropriate stakeholders. The coordinator will coordinate with focal points from Program, MEAL, Grants & Partnerships, and senior management teams to generate new ideas and effectively share information.
Responsibilities
- Oversees the roll out, implementation, and maintenance of IRC Myanmar’s communication strategy. - In coordination with the Senior Officer from Global Communications, develop an annual content calendar to highlight IRC’s successes on appropriate platforms. - Develop factsheets outlining IRC’s operations and programs that are suitable for internal and external dissemination. - Develop situation reports that highlight relevant crises and present the progress of IRC’s interventions. - Collect and develop human interest and success stories related to IRC’s interventions for use in donor reports, social media posts, Rescue Net, and other communications materials. - Maintain a photo library for use in communications material and project teams. - Support the design and layout of other visual materials required, such as IEC or safeguarding materials. - Build the capacity of the program teams in topics related to effective communications, such as identifying appropriate success stories and informed consent for visual content collection. - Support IRC’s partners to meet their own communications priorities.
Key Working Relationships: The Communication Coordinator will work under the direct supervision of the Country Director. S/He will coordinate with IRC senior Management body, program leads, and partner program staff for communication and reporting with quality assurance.
Position Reports to Country Director
Position directly supervises: NA
Qualifications
What should you have? Education Degree in communication, media, or related public relations field. Working Experience: 4-6 years of experience with Myanmar media and/or international media, or previous employment fulfilling similar job description responsibilities with an NGO. Competencies: Demonstrated understanding of the Myanmar operating context is required. Evidence of published writing and knowledge of journalism protocols and style. Familiarity with design software; good photography skills is a plus. Positive, professional, and can-do attitude, including the ability to work well in a team setting Strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks, and maintain attention to detail. Willingness and flexibility to travel to rural project sites Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong interpersonal skills. Language/Travel Fluency in English and Burmese is a must. Travel: minimum national and international travel is required – not to exceed 30%.
Myanmar nationals with relevant skills sets and proven experience of working at international level are strongly encouraged.
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