Communications Officer

Girls Not Brides

Communications Officer

Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage is seeking an experienced, energetic Communications Officer to raise the profile of its global drive for a world without child marriage.

Girls Not Brides is a new global partnership initiated by The Elders that brings together a broad range of organisations from across the world working to tackle child marriage at the grassroots, national and global levels.

The Communications Officer will be part of a small secretariat based in London that coordinates, supports and promotes the Girls Not Brides partnership. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing external and internal communications strategies for the Girls Not Brides partnership across both English and French language platforms. The position is initially offered for a period of one year, but may be extended if the partnership continues to develop successfully.

Strong writing skills, experience in developing and managing communications for a global social issue, good media contacts and news sense are essential. Candidates must be fluent in English, excellent written and spoken French is highly desirable. The Communications Officer will report to the Girls Not Brides Coordinator.

Qualifications

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Key responsibilities:

• Develop effective communications strategies at the local, national and international levels that harness the expertise, talents and resources of Girls Not Brides partners to contribute to ending child marriage;
• Develop and implement effective tools to facilitate information sharing and communications among the members of the partnership – this could include setting up and managing an intranet for members;
• Draft, edit and supervise distribution of media releases and other materials for external communications;
• Maintain and update the Girls Not Brides/Filles Pas Epouses websites, and take responsibility for website management, e-communications, content creation and community management;
• Develop the Girls Not Brides social media presence to build and support a global campaign to end child marriage;
• Work with international media and national media in high prevalence countries to highlight issues of child marriage and to promote strategies to end it;
• Commission relevant print and broadcast material to be used by partners across different geographies;
• Build a global network of lead spokespersons or ‘champions’ to speak on behalf of Girls Not Brides across sectors (including politics, business, grassroots activists and NGOs).

Skills and attributes:

• Demonstrated ability to create, develop and manage a communications strategy for a global social issue campaign;
• Expertise in creating traditional media content, web content, managing online community engagement and online campaigning, including a demonstrated ability to write engaging, clear and concise copy;
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage internal communications;
• Proven experience in working with media contacts interested in global social issues;
• Expertise in the strategic use of social media to support conventional media;
• Strong project management skills, including experience in managing contractors, such as web developers and photographers;
• Willingness to work in a collaborative team and with diverse alliances, including an ability to work in different cultural environments;
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, and with a keen eye for accuracy, detail and potential implementation challenges;
• Excellent written and spoken English, fluency in French is highly desirable.

Contact Details

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Contact:

Anna Jurgis

Telephone:

0044 207013 4641

Email:

anna.jurgis@theElders.org

Application Instructions

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For a detailed job description and instructions on how to apply, please go to www.GirlsNotBrides.org/news