Job Description
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC Jordan program was established in 2007 in support of Iraqi refugees and expanded greatly to address the needs of people fleeing Syria. Jordan, a country of 11 million, currently hosts more than 1,300,000 refugees, asylum seekers, and stateless persons. In Jordan, the IRC implements health, women’s protection and empowerment, early childhood development and economic recovery programming across the country.
Job Overview/Summary:
IRC Jordan seeks an experienced professional for the position of Sr. Communication Officer to support project-specific communications resuts and visibility requirements, as well as the content collection for and development of proactive and reactive communications elements across the program portfolio. The Sr. Communication Officer will ensure regular, timely, and high-quality communications content to showcase the project’s/programs’ successes on our respective comms channels through a range of products including success stories, information and fact sheets, posts, etc.
The Sr Communication Officer will report to the Policy, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator and will work in close collaboration with the Jordan program’s grants, partnerships, and MEAL teams, as wells the Middle East Regional Communications team and global content and creative teams. This role will help to elevate the internal and external visibility of the IRC Jordan country program in alignment with the country office strategic action plan.
Major Responsibilities:
Leading on visibility and branding requirements:
· Work in close collaboration with IRC grants team to ensure adherence to branding and visibility requirements across IRC Jordan programs and in partner locations.
· Maintain a calendar of donor deliverables which is accessible to program and other colleagues, and support in the collation and submission of products to the donor.
· Regularly liaise with regional communications and global communications/content teams to stay up to date on relevant processes, handle timelines, and ensure smooth processes.
· Collaborate with program colleagues on ensuring the compliance with the IRC and donor branding and visibility guidelines on communications materials as needed.
· Coordinate sign off on branded items and products as necessary.
Collecting and packaging communications content:
Gathering, managing, and summarizing information related to projects and programs:
Internal communications and visibility:
Media:
Promoting IRC Jordan’s Safeguarding standards:
· Raising community awareness about access and eligibility to services, expected staff behavior and community feedback and safeguarding mechanisms, and how to use them.
· Collecting and recording community feedback while carrying out project activities.
· Reporting on community needs, preferences, and feedback to their supervisor.
· Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, and cohesion in the IRC Jordan office.
· Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue, and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Policy, Advocacy and Communication Coordinator (Jordan); management in partnership with Regional Senior Media & Communication Manager (MENA Region)
Position provides technical support to: IRC Jordan program and partner staff;
Other Internal and/or external contacts: Internal: Technical coordinators, grants staff, MEAL staff, regional senior communications and media manager; regional content and digital specialist. External: IRC Jordan partners.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
Narrowing the Gender Gap:
The IRC is committed to tackling the gender divide in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including flexible hours (when possible), parental leave, transportation support, and gender-sensitive security protocols.
Standard Job Requirements
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti- Retaliation.
Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. The IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance in over 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. Since 2007, IRC has worked with refugees and other vulnerable populations in Jordan. IRC’s recent and current programs in Jordan focused on interventions that address Gender based Violence and specifically violence against women and girls for Iraqi refugees and host community members. Interventions in this sector ensure coordinating the available services while ensuring quality response to survivors through building the capacities of local partners and service providers on the ground. IRC interventions also prioritize working with partners to deliver effective preventive messages.
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