COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Are you proficient in creating effective social media messages, and are you motivated by creating content for child protection professionals? Do you have a knack for reaching out to people and motivating them? We are looking for you.
Start date: as soon as possible
Contract: One-year, local, full-time employment contract, renewable.
Salary gross: 701 146 HUF
Location: Budapest
WHAT WE DO IN EUROPE AND HUNGARY
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief agency, founded in 1960. The Headquarters (HQ) are in Lausanne. We are currently active in 30 countries (in Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America}. Our projects focus on child protection, mother and child health, migration, access to justice for children, and emergency relief.
Terre des hommes opened its Regional Office/ Hub in Budapest in 2006. The Regional Hub develops and implements regional projects with partners across Europe. Our regional advisors provide support to colleagues in other countries in Europe — Albania, Kosovo, Greece, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. One of our key projects for children in Hungary is the FabLab in Gyor. We also very proud of our Child Protection Hub project. ChildHub is the leading/ largest child protection community in Europe https://childhub.org/en
We also support people who fled the war in Ukraine and are transiting or taking refuge in Hungary.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
The Communications Officer supports the work of the Tdh Regional Hub in Hungary by playing an important role in developing Terre des hommes’ reputation in Hungary as well as in Europe, and supporting the overall communication activities on all the levels, ensuring consistency of communication across the projects and alignment with Tdh’s regional and global communication strategy.
The Communications Officer develops and publishes materials in support of Tdh’s local and global objectives.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
· Contributes to the development and implements the communication strategies and policies ensuring the coordination and harmonization of communication policies between the delegation, Multi-Country Delegation, Regional Office and HQ
· Coordinates and oversees the development and production of publications, newsletters etc.;
· Manages and regularly updates the websites and social media accounts;
· Develops, proofreads, edits communication materials – flyers, leaflets etc.;
· Targets local audiences by, for example, re/posting social media content / sharing press releases and web content as appropriate;
· Coordinates communication activities and events around the projects;
· Documents and maintains the communication materials on server;
· Undertakes field visits (upon need) to liaise with target groups and to produce case studies, press releases, etc,
· Writes and publishes press releases locally to highlight impact of programmes;
· Coordinates production of visual resources (photos, videos, etc.);
· Leads the dissemination of communication materials to relevant stakeholders (internally and externally);
· Fosters positive relations with (potential) donors; participates in donors’ visits to showcase project results once requested;
· Contributes to the presentation of best practices and lessons learned;
· Provides rapid alerts in case of media opportunities and reputational risk;
· Coaches and empowers project teams and partner organisations regarding editorial and visual guidelines;
· Develops relationships with key local media in order to position Tdh as the go-to child relief agency in the country;
· Ensures compliance with the regulations, administrative and logistics procedures at the delegation, donors and governmental requirements.
YOUR PROFILE
Education:
· Honours qualification an accredited educational institution in Journalism, Information Science, Communication, Marketing or related discipline;
Experience:
· Minimum 3 years of professional experience in a similar role;
· Proven experience managing content production;
· Demonstrated experience of managing social media channels;
Other requirements:
· Good technical affinity for media contexts including knowledge of a wide range of social media, multimedia, web & digital tools;
· Outstanding news writing, editing skills in English and Hungarian
· Excellent event planning skills;
· Good understanding of the country media & communications environment;
· Highly organised, with scrupulous attention to detail;
· Hands-on, proactive attitude;
· Excellent interpersonal skills with a high degree of integrity and professionalism;
· Collaborative working style: good team player but with demonstrated ability to work independently;
· Knowledge of Child Protection issues in the region is an advantage
Languages:
· Very good oral and written skills in Hungarian.
· High proficiency in English
· Knowledge of Albanian, Greek, Romanian, Serbo-Croat-Bosnian, Bulgarian, Russian or Ukrainian is an advantage
TO APPLY:
Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their CV, motivation letter with your earliest start date in English and two examples of previous work to recruitment@tdh-europe.org
Please include “Communications Officer, your name and surname” in the subject line of the application email.
Child Safeguarding Policy:
To commit to respect Tdh Risk Management Policies including: Child Safeguarding Policy, Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption Policy, Whistle Blowing Policy.
Due to the high numbers of applications, Tdh is not in a position to respond to everyone individually. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
- 325 views