This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced communications professional to join International Alert’s global communications team.
We are looking for an excellent candidate to tell impactful stories about the incredible work of Alert through engaging online, multimedia content and high quality, visually appealing publications. The role will lead on delivering our publications and working with teams across the organisation and a range of geographies to tell Alert’s story powerfully and to a high standard.
With a proven ability to manage complex projects, develop and deliver communications plans across a range of mediums, you’ll work with colleagues and suppliers to deliver great work to deadline. You’ll have a strong creative streak, with a passion for engaging audiences and finding the key elements of a powerful story.
In return, you will have the opportunity to work for an organisation that is helping to support and sustain peace, working on crucial issues from climate change to gendered violence and the potential for business to smooth a path for peace.
Role duties and responsibilities:
Storytelling
- Working with colleagues across Alert’s programming, identify projects that demonstrate the impact of our work and the need for peacebuilding in the countries where we work.
- Coordinate the development of impact stories, photo essays, videos and other engaging methods of storytelling for use on our website, on social media, by the press and elsewhere.
- Write and edit impact stories, photo essays and video scripts, and draft occasional press releases and blogs.
- Create or edit simple video content
- Commission photographers, photojournalists and videographers to accompany and support country teams in developing stories of impact.
- Manage the dissemination plans for storytelling outputs, including via traditional media, and digital platforms including social media.
- Monitor media coverage of the organisation and compile a daily digest of key news stories relating to peace and conflict for sharing with staff.
- Assist the Head of Communications and Media with monitoring the media email account and media phone, including out-of-hours media calls.
- Maintaining and advising on consent for stories and imagery
- Developing and maintaining an image library for Alert, including identifying gaps in the library and commissioning photography accordingly.
Publications
- Project manage the production of high-quality publications for teams in London and our overseas offices, including process management and supplier relations.
- Liaise with external vendors, including editors, translators, graphic designers, printers and photographers.
- Monitor production schedules to ensure that all publications are completed and signed off in a timely manner.
- Plan and co-ordinate the delivery and launch of publications.
- Draft key messages about our publications for the website, social media, newsletters, press releases and other channels.
- Lead on the procurement of suppliers, including recruiting new ones and managing the contracting process.
- Assist with the financial management of publications production by monitoring and processing invoices.
Events coordination
- Lead on the delivery of external corporate events (in-person and online), especially for the launch of new research. Appropriate support, resources and workload would be considered.
- Liaise with programme leads on developing outlines, key messages and briefings as required, with a particular focus on those in or organised by the Hague.
Quality control and branding
- Ensure all communications outputs comply with our brand identity, house style and quality standards.
- Manage and update our brand templates for publications and marketing materials and advise and train staff on how to use them.
- Create new brand templates for marketing materials as required, using Canva.
Contributing to the effective working of the team and to Alert generally
- Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of Alert’s influencing and communications strategies and work plans.
- Help maintain our content calendar and regularly update the team about upcoming content, to facilitate joined-up outreach.
- Monitor and post on our global social media channels when required
- Contribute to team-wide communications and knowledge management.
- Participate in organisation-wide events and discussions on related topics/projects as and when required.
- Any other tasks as may be reasonably required.
Please note that the above are just some of the role requirements. For the full requirements, please click here to view the job description.
How to apply
International Alert prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from underrepresented people including women, people from the Global South, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ people, disabled people, and other historically marginalised people.
While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful.