Associate Communications Officer (S)

Overview

The Associate Communications Officer provides communication support, advice, and products, with a primary emphasis on digital communications, to support the OSCE public website and improve organizational visibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining content and structure of the OSCE public website using a content management system.
• Liaising with the Web Developer to ensure the website is up-to-date.
• Guiding internal website contributors, including troubleshooting, training, and coaching.
• Ensuring content guidelines and policies are respected.
• Creating and delivering communication products for OSCE programmes and departments.
• Ensuring communications support for events and conferences.
• Co-ordinating with OSCE Institutions and Field Operations communications teams.
• Developing and distributing texts, visuals, and stories across communication channels.
• Performing other duties as required, including participating in a duty roster.

Required Experience

A minimum of two years (four with a first-level degree) of progressively responsible professional experience in communications (including social media, multimedia and website management), preferably in an international organization, non-governmental organization (NGO) or as a journalist, including several years of experience with writing, editing and production of communications material; Demonstrated experience using political judgement and analytical skills and established competence to convincingly present the activities and achievements of the Organization to external audiences; Experience with Drupal or similar content management systems (CMS) is highly desirable.

Qualifications

A second-level university degree in journalism, communications, multimedia, political science, international affairs, or another related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of relevant experience will be accepted in lieu of the second-level university degree.

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