Communication Analyst
| Job #: | req6985 |
| Organization: | IFC |
| Sector: | Communications |
| Grade: | GE |
| Term Duration: | 3 years 0 months |
| Recruitment Type: | Local Recruitment |
| Location: | Nairobi,Kenya; Paris, France |
| Required Language(s): | English |
| Preferred Language(s): | French, Spanish |
| Closing Date: | 4/30/2020 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC |
Description
Do you want to build a career that is full of meaning and impact? The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Working with more than 2,000 businesses worldwide, we use our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities where they are needed most. Visit www.ifc.org
IFC’s Partnerships, Communications and Outreach Vice Presidency manages multilateral engagement and communications—both internal and external—across IFC. The Vice Presidency is responsible for content creation, branding, reputational risk management, relationships with shareholders in Western Europe and Japan, fundraising, and multilateral engagement.
The Campaigns and Content is one of five teams that sit at the apex of IFC’s Partnerships, Communication, and Outreach Vice Presidency (VPU). The campaigns and content team creates and manages proactive high-quality campaigns that communicate the institution’s most strategic priorities. The campaigns and content team embraces strategic risk-taking, experiments with innovative communications techniques, and uses an array of written, visual, audio, and digital storytelling—including feature stories and digital stories, video, photography, audio stories, storytellers, social media, infographics, influencer engagements, and partnerships.
Role and Responsibilities:
The Campaigns and Content team is looking for a Communications Analyst – Multimedia to contribute to the production of high-quality multimedia at IFC.
Specific roles and responsibilities of the desired candidate include:
- Work with the Campaigns and Content team leads, and, the Multimedia Communications Officer, to coordinate the design of engaging visual and audio multimedia that are strategically linked to IFC’s corporate priorities.
- Work with the Campaigns and Content digital lead, as well as others, to develop and rollout creative content, including tracking its impact. Identify untold stories, both internally and externally, and propose creative ideas for reporting on them in a compelling and creative ways.
- Contribute to the production of high-quality and innovative visual and audio content especially for social media campaigns, engaging regional and industry teams, taking informed risks. This includes helping to coordinate multidisciplinary teams to film, record or otherwise collect and edit stories.
- Research and recommend channels as well as strategic partnerships/influencers to amplify campaigns.
- Contribute, as needed, to other team efforts, including overall team coordination.
Selection Criteria
- Master’s degree in Communications, Journalism with two or more years’ experience in journalism, print and visual storytelling, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience producing and/or creating multimedia (videos, photography, audio stories, etc.), and creatively—and impactfully—disseminating it
- Strong writing and editing skills in English (knowledge of Arabic, French, or Spanish is an asset)
- Innovative, creative, and self-motivated
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work in teams, as well as the ability to coordinate and deliver complex projects. Demonstrated willingness to provide help, assistance and support when others are in need, and to lead or follow, depending on the needs of the team
- Used to working under pressure, independently, and on multiple projects
- Experience in working in development and in emerging markets is preferred
- Experience in social media and digital campaigns