Responsibilities

• Develop, steward, and implement a Communications strategy aligned with organizational priorities, binational context, and faith commitments.
• Ensure strategic coherence across global programs, especially institutional funding, advocacy, and disaster response.
• Establish priorities, success measures, and guardrails for Communications work, balancing capacity, impact, and reputational risk.
• Serve as the final decision authority for Communications intake, sequencing, and tradeoff; escalating to executive leadership when priorities or risks warrant additional guidance.
• Own and steward World Renew’s organizational voice, narrative, and tone across audiences, channels, and provide guidance to ensure coherence across global contexts where applicable.
• Define and safeguard brand architecture, messaging frameworks, and style guidance, ensuring appropriate U.S./Canada context contextual distinctions.
• Lead editorial direction for major storytelling and thought‑leadership initiatives.
• Lead the organization’s communications creative capacity, delivering high-quality, mission aligned written and visual content.
• Exercise final quality control on flagship communications and high-visibility communications.
• Ensure content standards reflect ethical storytelling, safeguarding practices, and dignity‑preserving representation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or related field (master's asset)
• Minimum 8 years of progressive communications experience, including at least 3 years leading teams
• Experience in public/media relations, executive communications, institutional and ethical storytelling
• Experience in at least one: International Development/Humanitarian Response; faith-based nonprofits; public-interest communications
• Proven experience in narrative development, media relations, and content governance
• Comfort navigating a U.S./Canada binational context
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and Salesforce

Preferred

• Familiarity with CRCNA/Reformed tradition (preferred)
• Professional certification (APR, CMP/SCMP) preferred