World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.
In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Application Deadline: Unspecified
Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
World Relief seeks an International Programs Communications Partner to serve as a communications strategist and marketing liaison for International Programs. He/she will lead efforts to build World Relief’s technical brand and reputation as a global leader in the INGO industry through the creation and implementation of a strategic engagement and communications plan, PR strategy, conference and event preparation, and branded content creation.
Role & Responsibilities
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Works closely with technical advisors, program advisors, and country teams to clearly understand and map out the communications systems of International Programs.
- Develop a strategic communications and engagement plan for International Programs, including a landscape assessment of target audience brand perception, surveying of key messaging points from peer organizations, and identification of key communication channels and opportunities for external engagement at global, regional, and national levels.
- Manage a calendar for major public donor engagement opportunities and proposals that can be supported by technical branding pushes
- Works closely with Marketing to help standardize marketing and brand practices across International Programs.
- Trains and equips of International Programs Home Office staff in communication tools and opportunities.
- Works closely with technical advisors, program officers and country teams to advise and assist with technical briefs, one pagers, and case studies that target our peer INGOs and public donors
- Keeps web team updated with written technical content needed for foundations, public and private grants (regular project updates, learnings, technical briefs, reports, evaluations, case studies, etc. )
- Advises and assists International Programs with marketing needs related to annual reports, publication materials, government briefings, curriculum, toolkits, and presentations.
- Builds up lines of communication and shared resources between Marketing and International Programs/Offices.
- Represents International Programs in messaging and content planning – (i.e. more regular social media content that highlights IP happenings—award announcements, case studies, stories and blog posts.)
- Works closely with Advocacy and external PR firm to determine opportunities for International Advocacy pushes and resource them with supporting content.
- Executes and advises on Core Humanitarian Standards requirements for the Marketing team.
- Acts as communications lead for Integral Alliance.
- Meets regularly with IP home office and country office teams, reporting back to the Marketing team on content needs and opportunities.
- Collaborates with Knowledge Management to build catalog of IP technical content, including whitepapers, conference presentations, proposals, etc
- Works closely with Marketing Operations Manager and Knowledge Management specialists to plan system and process improvements as it relates to multimedia content collection and sharing (i.e. an internal process for capturing, storing, and sharing stories)
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Requirements
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
- B.A. and 3+ years experience in communications, or marketing preferred. International studies experience will also be strongly considered.
- Strong technical writer, strong copy-editing skills
- Ability to translate complex language into simple and compelling messaging
- Prior experience with communications targeting public and peer organizations
- Prior experience leading interdepartmental teams and stakeholder management
- Strong project management skills
- Strong cross-cultural communication and relational skills
- Visual branding and/or design skills a plus
- Basic knowledge of Canva or related design software a plus
$55,000 – $65,000 a year
Benefits and Packages
- World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Offer 16 company Paid Holidays + 4 additional Personal days per year!
- Paid Sick and Vacation Time
- Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)
- FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
- Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)
- Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance policies
- Legal Shield Insurance
World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:
- Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
- Long Term & Short-term Disability
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Long Distance Travel Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
World Relief – Retirement:
- 401K & Roth
- WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%
- Eligibility: Full Time (40 hours per week) is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year.
World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):
- Verizon
- Pet Insurance through Nationwide
- Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
- Working Advantage Discount Program
- Active & Fit Gym Membership
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Silver-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
- The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
- Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
- The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions.
- Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.
- Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
- Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
- Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.
All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment.
