Overview
The Communications Specialist leads the development and implementation of ICAT’s global communications strategy to enhance its visibility and impact. The role ensures consistent messaging across platforms and manages multi-channel communications.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage all ICAT external communications, including planning communication products and developing messaging.
- Manage and monitor the ICAT editorial calendar.
- Lead content preparation for ICAT, ensuring quality and alignment with messaging.
- Support and review drafting of outreach material.
- Lead preparation of outreach material such as newsletters, flyers, brochures, and presentations.
- Prepare outreach activities at key global and regional events.
- Lead preparation of ICAT webinars.
- Follow up with partners through integrated multi-channel communication.
- Advise on appropriate communication channels and dissemination methods.
- Develop and maintain ICAT branding guidelines.
- Manage timely response to external information requests.
- Prepare media releases and liaise with media.
- Liaise with communications colleagues in the United Nations.
- Support partnership and relationships management.
- Support donor relationship management.
- Lead content preparation for ICAT website, ensuring quality and alignment.
- Ensure the ICAT website is kept up to date and functional.
- Initiate upload of content to the ICAT website.
- Review website quality and use analytics to assess and improve.
- Lead preparation and implementation of an annual social media calendar.
- Draft or review content for Twitter and LinkedIn, and social media posts.
- Support planning, implementation, and assessment of social media campaigns.
- Follow relevant content on Twitter and LinkedIn.
- Use social media analytics to assess and improve performance.
- Manage communications retainers and interns.
- Manage communications projects, liaising with colleagues and coordinating with external providers.
- Guide scoping of copyediting and other communications-related projects, including estimating cost and timeline.
Required Experience
- Relevant experience is defined as professional experience at the international level in communications, media strategy, programme management, policy support, journalism, public information, or related fields.
- Experience in writing talking points for senior or high-level officials within strict deadlines is required.
- Experience in social media and monitoring impact is required.
- Experience in website management is required.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) preferably in journalism, communications, public information, business administration, management, social sciences, political science or related fields with 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related fields with 5 years of relevant experience is required.
