Communications Officer

Education/Experience/Language requirements:

Education

• A Master’s degree preferably in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Social Sciences, Multimedia Management, or other similar field is required.
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s), preferably in the above professional fields with 2 additional years of relevant experience, could be considered in lieu of the Master´s degree.

Experience

• A minimum of 1 year of progressive experience in strategic communications, including content creation, media relations, and digital communications literacy, working for a global organization is required.
• Demonstrated experience in editing, writing, and storytelling skills in English and the local required language, to address various audiences, are required.
• Experience in Social Media tracking tools, Content Management System, and digital content creation is required.
• Experience with sensitive and complex communication, issues management, and drafting clear messages for high-level stakeholders is an asset.
• Experience in collaborating with senior management on all aspects of strategic and crisis communication, including messaging and media training is an advantage.
• Experience managing sensitive and complex communication in a corporate or diplomatic context is highly desirable.
• Experience in training or mentoring programme colleagues and partners in collecting data and impact stories for internal reports and updates as well as external use is an advantage.
• Experience working with the UN or international organizations is highly desirable.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (e.g. MS Office newer versions, Google Suite Applications) is required.

Language

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Proficiency in Burmese is required.

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Remarks: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.