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The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) is an international and ecumenical centre that supports and promotes nonviolent approaches to conflict transformation through a combination of research and action that entails the strengthening of existing local capacities and enhancing the preconditions for building peace.
Job description
Do you want to help shift attitudes on divisive issues, deepen the debate and amplify voices to show that peace is possible in today’s world?
Do you possess a good mix of experience in strategic communications, branding, storytelling, social media and visual communications; equipped with a broad range of communications tools needed to stand out, and create traction as a non-governmental organization?
Can you help us tell our stories in genuine, fresh and thoughtful ways?
About the Role
The Global Communications Advisor (GCA) is responsible for the overall external communications – online and offline - at LPI. The GCA will lead the re-design of the Institute’s global communications strategy and support the implementation of the same, with an overall objective to promote non-violent conflict transformation globally; and provide strategic support and advice to programme teams to ensure an integrated, coherent operationalization of the global strategy at various levels and with different audiences. In the content production and dissemination realm, the GCA will drive the development of new content and LPI’s overall communication and outreach outputs as well as support effective dissemination of LPI’s knowledge products, stories of impact and policy messages. Working closely with LPI’s Director of Global Policy, this role will also have an opportunity to develop and co-create the communications aspects of LPI’s latest initiative around Global Policy engagement. In addition, under management and collaboration tasks, the GCA will manage and oversee vendors and consultants in the communications sphere and network closely with peer organizations to exchange best practices and lessons in the communications for social – and policy change field.
This full-time position will be a part of LPI’s newest initiative on Global Policy. The post holder will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, and supervised by the Director of Global Policy. The successful candidate will be offered an initial one-year contract with the possibility of extension.
About You
You are a creative and curious communications strategist and generalist – able to see the big picture and trends, but with an acute eye for detail and ability to execute at the highest level with a genuine passion to see a more just and peaceful world. In addition, these are the required qualifications:
Applicants should submit your application no later than 20 February 2018 to applications@life-peace.org with the subject line “Global Communications Advisor”.
Please send your application, consisting of:
You will not be judged by the production value of your submission (e.g. you can do it on a smartphone and upload it with your application)
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