Regional Coordinator of Communications and Strategic Alliances - LACR

at  World Vision International

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities:
Location: Applications are welcome from any country in Latin America & the Caribbean where World Vision International is registered to operate.
Application Language: All CVs should be submitted in English. Applicants with both English and Spanish professional proficiency are highly preferred.
Job Purpose
The Regional Coordinator of Communications and Strategic Alliances ensures a public engagement of World Vision (WV) through robust visibility, positioning and connection with WV’s external and internal audiences. He/She coordinates and execute WV Latin America and Caribbean Region’s (LACR) Communications Strategy aimed a strong media presence, digital engagement and meaningful alliances to build WV’s brand and reputation. The position holder enhances the capacity of Field Offices (FOs) to perform first class emergency communications, map out and nurture strategic alliances, and coordinates with FOs with Global Center (GC) and Support Offices (SOs), to deliver a consistent and high-quality stream of evidence-driven contents.
To advance the Regional Strategy of External Engagement and Advocacy by extending and deepening our network of relations and internal engagement and alignment, the position holder must build solid collaboration lines with teams of Advocacy, Operations, Faith and Development, Marketing and People & Culture (P&C) to deliver strategic outputs in the following areas:
1. Donor & External Engagement communications via technical branding & storytelling
2. Leadership communications & Internal Communications for alignment
3. Emergency Communications
4. Media (public) engagement
5. Social Media and Digital Communication
6. Strategic events planning

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND /OR CERTIFICATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, International Relations or specialized in Corporate Communications with +7 years of experience
• Experience in coordinating and producing written-video content for donor/sponsor engagement, public advocacy and media relations purposes.
• Experience creating and implementing internal communications strategies.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural communications skills.
• Sensitivity to cultural, religious and gender issues.
• Team leadership, budget planning.
• Development of campaign or mobilization events.
• News media engagement and contact building.
• Excellent understanding of social media and knowledge of virtual events platforms.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• A full commitment to World Vision’s core values and humanitarian mandate
• Self-motivated, creative, digitally saavy.
• Advanced understanding of donor landscape, humanitarian standards.
• Good understanding of geopolitical, economic and social issues in the LAC region (or the ability to acquire this understanding).
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to work independently and as a virtual team member.
• Good understanding of geopolitical, economic and social issues in the LAC region (or the ability to acquire this understanding)

Language Requirements:

• Excellent speaking, writing and editing skills in English and Spanish. French and/or Portuguese will be an added advantage.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement:

• Work will be principally homeworking/remote.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 5-10% of the time.

We appreciate your interest in putting your talents for the most vulnerable!
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Onl

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