Communications Assistant/Officer International Alert

Salary: Assistant - Grade 5.2: £21,874; Officer - Grade 4.2: £29,098 per annum + benefits

Based: London

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our London-based Communications team. You will be responsible for ensuring International Alert’s publications and online communications meet our quality standards and successfully reach all our different audiences.

In particular, the post holder will have responsibility for editing, proofreading and managing the production of our content. Using sound communications principles, you will produce content and materials that reach out to our diverse audiences using a variety of tools and media.

You will have experience of working on reports and online content for a variety of audiences. You will also have excellent editing and proofreading skills, as well as experience in production of reports and communication materials.

With strong editing and writing skills, coupled with a proven track record of managing a lot of detail while seeing the big picture of communicating effectively, you will enjoy working in a diverse team and contributing to team strategy, as well as having an eye for detail.

Note: The above are some of the requirements for the job. For the full job requirements for each role and an application pack (the person specification section of which will form the basis of short-listing), please visit http://www.international-alert.org/about-us/recruitment/list and ‘How to Apply’. In your application, please indicate the full job title of the role you are applying for.

To apply, please send a completed application form and equal opportunities form to jobs@international-alert.org, both of which can be found under ‘How to Apply’ which is part of the Jobs section of Alert’s website.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

As it is unlikely that we will be able to obtain a Work Permit for this role, all job applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

Closing date: Sunday 10th June 2012 5pm (UK time)

1 hour online Editing test for those shortlisted: 14th & 15th June 2012

Interviews will take place w/c 25th June 2012

While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful. International Alert is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be judged strictly on the basis of merit.

International Alert is a 26-year old independent peacebuilding organisation. We work with people who are directly affected by violent conflict to improve their prospects of peace, and we seek to influence the policies and ways of working of governments, international organisations like the UN and multinational companies, to reduce conflict risk and increase the prospects of peace.

We work in Africa, several parts of Asia, the South Caucasus, the Middle East and Latin America and have recently started work in the UK. Our policy work focuses on several key themes that influence prospects for peace – the economy, climate change, gender, the role of international institutions, the impact of development aid, and the effect of good and bad governance.

We are one of the world’s leading peacebuilding NGOs with more than 159 staff based in London and 14 field offices. To learn more about how and where we work, visit www.international-alert.org.