Overview
The Communication Consultant will support communication activities related to Ebola preparedness, focusing on strengthening public awareness, promoting preventive behaviors, and ensuring the timely dissemination of accurate information.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop communication plans for activities, particularly for public health interventions such as Ebola preparedness and response.
- Provide guidance to project managers to ensure compliance with IOM and donor visibility requirements.
- Photograph events related to IOM interventions, including Ebola preparedness and response activities.
- Conduct interviews and develop human-interest stories highlighting impacts of IOM’s activities.
- Coordinate the review of speeches, talking points, public information materials, and other communication products.
- Contribute to the development of the mission's communication tools, including newsletters, social media platforms, websites, and information sheets.
- Coordinate the review and release of local, regional, and international press materials.
- Disseminate information on IOM’s interventions, through multiple communication channels.
- Support the preparation and implementation of public health-related events and campaigns.
- Design and coordinate the production of visibility materials to support field activities and raise awareness of Ebola preparedness interventions.
- Liaise with project managers, programme staff, senior management, and the PDSU to enhance visibility and strategic communication.
- Liaise with UN partners and support joint communication initiatives, campaigns, and international observances.
Required Experience
- Familiarity with a multitude of international development and humanitarian areas of intervention;
- Work experience in technical writing, editing, outreach and communication in English and French;
- Familiarity with international organizations;
- Familiarity with migration-related issues, and demonstratable knowledge of Burundi’s context advantageous.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Political or Social Science, International Relations, Global Communications, International Development, Journalism, Social Sciences, or a related field;
