Overview
The Communications Specialist will support the implementation of IOM Ukraine's communications and outreach strategy on crisis response and recovery efforts, including preparing outreach plans, ensuring visibility of activities, and drafting communications materials.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in preparing outreach and visibility plans.
- Inform and instruct implementing partners on IOM visibility guidelines and train them as needed.
- Ensure visibility of all IOM activities through attending events, taking photos, preparing press releases, ensuring local media presence, conducting interviews, drafting human interest stories, and preparing social media posts.
- Undertake duty travel for communications, visibility, outreach, media engagement, and content-gathering.
- Prepare periodic observation reports on IOM activities.
- Contribute to drafting and editing publications and materials.
- Lead the organization of public awareness campaigns.
- Draft articles, briefs, press announcements, press releases, and responses to media inquiries.
- Liaise with external photographers, video production companies, local media, and communications counterparts.
- Provide informal Ukrainian-English and English-Ukrainian translations.
Required Experience
- At least six years of relevant experience with a high school diploma or equivalent; OR at least four years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism or a related field.
- Relevant experience in print, broadcast, internet media, public information, communications, outreach or visibility activities.
- Experience in developing content for social media, websites and other digital communications channels.
- Experience in preparing visibility materials, press releases, human interest stories, articles, briefs and other communications products.
- Experience working with implementing partners, local authorities, media representatives, photographers, videographers or other communications service providers is desirable.
- Familiarity with the work of international organizations and/or humanitarian response is desirable.
Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent; OR Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism or in a related field from an accredited academic institution.
