Communications & Public Relations Manager

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement integrated communication plans and messaging that support organizational priorities, strengthen brand reputation, and contribute to fundraising objectives. Act as the central communications focal point for programmatic and departmental communication needs beyond fundraising, ensuring communication opportunities are identified, prioritized, and translated into clear content briefs and communication initiatives. Lead media relations, public relations, and external communications efforts to enhance organizational visibility, credibility, and influence, while ensuring consistent messaging across owned, earned, and shared channels in alignment with the Strategic Communications strategy.
• Communication Planning and Coordination • Lead the development and implementation of integrated communication plans that support organizational priorities, advocacy initiatives, brand objectives, and fundraising goals.
• Translate strategic communications priorities into actionable communication initiatives and oversee their effective execution
• Ensure communication activities across departments are strategically aligned, prioritized, and coordinated to maximize organizational impact and visibility
• Internal Communications Hub and Stakeholder Management • Serve as the primary communications partner for internal departments, ensuring communication needs are identified, prioritized, and addressed effectively.
• Lead cross-functional coordination to surface communication opportunities arising from programs, partnerships, research, advocacy initiatives, and organizational priorities.
• Foster strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration to support effective communication planning and delivery across the organization.
• Content Planning and Communication Briefing • Oversee the development of communication briefs and messaging frameworks that support organizational priorities and communication objectives.
• Ensure communication requirements, target audiences, key messages, and channel recommendations are clearly defined and communicated to the Brand Experience team.
• Ensure communication outputs are accurate, consistent, and aligned with approved organizational positioning, messaging, and safeguarding standards

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, International Relations, Development Studies, or a related field. Master's degree is an advantage.

Preferred

• Master's degree is an advantage
• Experience supporting humanitarian, emergency response, safeguarding-related, advocacy, or development communications is highly desirable.