Strategic Communications Director

Há 3 dias

Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal The International Dialogue Centre Tempo inteiro

Company Overview

The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) is an international organization that brings together religious leaders, policymakers, and experts to find common solutions to shared problems. Our vision is a world where there is respect, understanding, and cooperation among people, justice, peace, and reconciliation.

We create a more peaceful world by promoting dialogue and supporting religious leaders and communities in tackling our most pressing problems. We do this through education and training, convening religious leaders and policymakers, and carrying out research to encourage and enhance interreligious and intercultural dialogue.

Our work focuses on four pressing and linked issues that challenge humanity: violent conflict; migration; the climate emergency, and social cohesion. We bring together religious leaders with policymakers to find constructive ways to address these issues through dialogue.

Salary

The monthly salary for this role is approximately EUR 10,076 (Grade 1, Step 1). The salary is exempt from income tax in Portugal.

Job Description

The Chief Communications Officer will oversee and manage all communications and public affairs activities for KAICIID. This key position ensures strategic and effective communications, helping to oversee the development and implementation of the Centre's communications strategy and its alignment with the Centre's Strategic Plan.

You will be responsible for:

  • Leading the development and implementation of Centre's communication strategy;
  • Strengthening the Centre's capacity to communicate effectively its programmatic work to public, partners, and influential audiences;
  • Identifying and recommending opportunities for strategic positioning on national and international platforms;
  • Developing the media outreach plan, in close collaboration with the Programme Division;
  • Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with key media outlets and journalists;
  • Managing reputational risk and media relations;
  • Advising, developing, ensuring the quality and consistency of its implementation and innovating Centre's communication on all relevant channels;
  • Managing the Centre's branding including corporate identity guidelines and templates and overseeing their implementation;
  • Contribute to the reflections on continuous improvement to the Centre at an operational and human level;
  • Provide regular and substantive input on various proposals for resources mobilisation and communication products and supports;
  • Advise the SLT and all staff on the design and delivery of external communications to ensure clarity and consistency regarding the information about the Centre's activities and its position on key, relevant topics;
  • Develop and implement the annual budget and operating plan for the Division;
  • Ensure that all activities are in line with Centre's policies and procedures;
  • Oversee cross-team collaborations on major advocacy/outreach campaigns in key policy/thematic areas of the Centre's work;
  • Lead the development, design, and production of effective publications (print and online) as well as broadcast of digital products;
  • Inspire, coach, and support the Communications Division staff;
  • Foster teamwork and communication within the team;
  • Facilitate capacity-building for the Centre's staff;
  • Represent the Centre at policy level meetings and workshops;
  • Maintain active relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
  • Undertake continual monitoring to identify opportunities, liabilities, and propose means to address these liabilities in the best interest of the Centre's public and stakeholder perception.

Required Skills and Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you must have:

  • An advanced university degree in Communications, Public Relations, Media, Journalism, or other related field;
  • At least twenty (20) years of progressively responsible professional experience in leading communications teams in international or intergovernmental organizations;
  • Proven experience in leading high-profile communication strategies and media outreach;
  • A strong and extensive network of top-level media contacts globally;
  • Demonstrated ability to manage budgets and operational plans;
  • Experience in team leadership and staff development;
  • Knowledge of interreligious and intercultural dialogue is desirable;
  • Demonstrated communication skills, including ability to interact independently with internal and external stakeholders and to speak in public;
  • Flexible work attitude and ability to work well under pressure and meet unexpected demands;
  • Experience working in developing countries and field experience in international development contexts is desirable;
  • Demonstrated conceptual and analytical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to rapidly learn and apply new concepts;
  • Ability to build constructive working relationships and partnerships within and outside the Centre, at all levels, in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment, with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

Benefits

KAIICID offers fixed-term contracts of one year with a possibility of extension, subject to satisfactory performance and the continuing need for the position. Other benefits include housing allowance, education allowance, relocation allowance, home leave travel, and private health insurance.

Others

KAIICID is committed to diversity and inclusion and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all religious, ethnic, and social backgrounds to apply. Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.

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