Lead – Strategic Communications

Women’s Fund Asia (WFA) seeks to recruit for the position Lead – Strategic Communications for leading the development and implementation of  WFA’s communications strategy aligned with its strategic plan 2022-2027 and overall organisational mandate.

The Lead – Strategic Communications role contributes to ensuring WFA’s grant making, resource advocacy and linking and learning work reaches its intended audiences and has the desired impacts.

Responsibilities

As Lead – Strategic Communications, you will:

• Provide leadership to ensure that the communications strategy of WFA is aligned with the strategic plan 2022 2027 and WFA’s organisational Theory of Change, enabling the impact of WFA’s work.
• Develop, implement and evaluate WFA’s communication strategy and annual strategic communications work plan and budget.
• Lead the production and dissemination of diverse communications content in support of WFA’s strategic objectives of grant making, resource advocacy, linking and learning and institutional strengthening.
• Lead and implement WFA’s social media strategy to contribute to WFA’s communication objectives, in particular, engagement with donors, grantees and other target audiences, in alignment with WFA’s brand identity.
• Identify the communications capacity strengthening needs of WFA’s grantee partners and lead a plan to address them.
• Lead the internal engagement of the Communications Team with other teams at WFA – grant making, resource advocacy, finance and administration and impact and knowledge management.
• Lead the external engagement on behalf of WFA in communications working groups as part of WFA’s strategic partnerships.
• Lead a quarterly, six-monthly and annual assessment of the Communications Strategy as is being implemented for reflection and learning purposes.

Required qualifications

• University degree in social sciences, women’s rights, international development, or other related fields.
• Minimum 5 -7 years experience in strategic communications in the not-for-profit sector.
• Expertise in developing, implementing and evaluating communication strategies to enable human rights and justice goals.
• Strong understanding, knowledge and experience in writing and content development across different forms of text, audio, and video.
• Strong knowledge, skills, and experience in working with communication platforms, apps, software programmes, etc., in developing narrative and audio-visual communication products (Canva, Photoshop, Illustrations, Premiere, After Effect, etc.).
• Experience in managing multiple communication channels, including website, YouTube, social media platforms, and e-newsletters among others.
• Experience engaging with journalists and the ability to develop and implement effective mainstream and alternative media strategies is desirable.
• Sound knowledge of the latest communication trends, opportunities, technology and programmes that can enhance the Communications Strategy at WFA.

How to apply

The deadline for applications is January 5, 2025. To learn more and apply, please click here.