Internal Communication Officer

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  • Added Date: Thursday, 31 October 2024
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Location: Any MSF office (*)

Contract: permanent at 80-100%

Start date: January 2025

Deadline to apply: 17.10.2024

Compensation and benefits: MSF practice is to offer the C&B package current in the MSF entity establishing the contract.


*By default, the successful candidate will be offered a contract in the MSF office of their country of residence at the time of application.


I. MSF INTERNATIONAL

Mรฉdecins Sans Frontiรจres (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that Mรฉdecins Sans Frontiรจres (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural disasters. MSF offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.

MSF International is the legal entity that binds MSFโ€™s 24 sections, 27 associations and 18 branch offices together. Registered in Switzerland, MSF International provides coordination, information and support to the MSF Movement, as well as implements international projects and initiatives as requested.


๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

II. POSITION BACKGROUND

The International Secretary General (SG) is responsible for delivering on a number of โ€œtransformational initiativesโ€ (programs and projects) identified by different sponsors (International Board, Executive Committee, International Office). To facilitate the delivery of these projects the SG is supported by the Transformational Portfolio Lead and the Internal Communication Officer. He/she develops overall communications strategies in support of these initiatives.


III. PLACE IN THE ORGANISATION

The Internal Communication Officer is part of the office of the Secretary General of MSF International, line managed by the Transformational Portfolio Lead. The Internal Communication Officer works closely with a range of stakeholders in the IO such as comms officers for specific initiatives, IO coordinators, thematic working groups, etc.


IV. OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION

The Internal Communication Officer is responsible for the development of the overall communications strategies and plans to support the organizationโ€™s commitment to the transformational initiatives and other key projects and supports the SG in developing engaging internal communications; this includes a multi-channel portfolio of communications tools that are delivered over time. The Internal Communication Officer will work closely with the SGโ€™s office to compile and coordinate priority communications for audiences such as staff, platforms, etc.


V. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The Internal Communication Officer will:

Develop and implement internal communication strategies on behalf of the SG targeting a movement wide audienceProactively identify opportunities and needs to proactively communicate internally, as well as initiating responsive communication actions where necessaryStrategically advise IO initiatives on specific internal comms approaches and tools, effectively utilising different communication channels Manage MSF internal communications channels: Develop a prioritisation of initiatives, and maintain an editorial calendar, ensure consistent framing of messages and edit and revise content as necessaryOversee the production of IO wide internal comms initiatives such as the MSF International digest (MIDi)Advise IO led initiatives on internal comms approaches and proactively reach out to other internal comms expert within the IO and beyond as neededSet up internal comms strategies and tools to provide a central information point and dissemination on major interventions (such as COVID, Ukraine, etc) and institutional crises Serve as a strategic partner and provide strategic counsel and executive writing support to the SG, including urgent incidental communications; develop messaging and internal presentations for updates, key initiatives and other topics.Produce monthly internal updates on behalf of the SG Linking with the International knowledge management team to ensure appropriate information management, to ensure accessibility and translations

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