Communications Specialist, Latin America
hace 3 días
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HIAS seeks a Communications Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) who will be responsible for developing, planning, implementing and monitoring the communications strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean, including managing and overseeing social media platforms, supporting communications at the country-office level and enhancing the organization's identity and brand awareness. Reporting to the Regional Advocacy & Communications Officer, LAC, the Communications Specialist, LAC will play a critical role in advancing country-level and regional communications to build support, advance policies and improve services and outcomes for forcibly displaced people.
HIAS’ comprehensive regional response in LAC meets the urgent needs of refugees, asylum seekers and other forcibly displaced people in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Aruba, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, primarily originating from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Colombia and Northern Central America. HIAS’ regional strategy relies on our high-impact services and well-established partnerships with donors and partners, including governments, UN agencies and NGOs, and local and refugee communities. It capitalizes on our expertise providing operational support and programming in four areas, including Legal Protection, Gender-Based Violence Prevention & Response, Community-Based Mental Health & Psychosocial Support and Economic Inclusion. The LAC displacement and humanitarian context is complex and requires robust partnerships, quality interventions and effective coordination to meet the needs of diverse migrant populations. Communications play a central role in serving these needs and improving outcomes for forcibly displaced populations.
**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**:
- Supports the design and implementation of HIAS LAC country offices’ communications strategies and campaigns.
- In coordination with country offices, develops and disseminates communications products about HIAS programs in LAC countries to increase HIAS’ visibility regionally and engagement with a wider audience.
- Coordinates with HIAS’ HQ Communications teams to ensure social media platforms and communications products are on brand and follow HIAS’ and donors’ guidelines.
- Provides consultation and best practices to the organization’s social media platforms in the region, including campaign content creation and management, social media engagement and metrics.
- Develops and maintains robust relationships with a range of external actors covering the region, including media outlets.
- Coordinates common communications products with other stakeholders.
- Creates and develops communications materials, including fact sheets, newsletters and blog posts.
- Coordinates promotional events and news conferences, campaigns, press releases and exhibitions.
- Represents HIAS in interagency coordination platforms, meetings and events, as required.
- Responds to media inquiries, handles interview requests and performs media outreach in the region, in coordination with HQ.
- Helps coordinate external communications with country offices and HQ during emergency response efforts.
- Coordinates with HQ team to maintain digital media archives.
- Performs other tasks as assigned.
**QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS**:
- Undergraduate degree in Communications or related field required; related graduate degree preferred.
- English and Spanish fluency are both required.
- 3-5 years of experience creating social media content, managing communications strategies and campaigns, and working in media or marketing.
- Strong understanding of the regional media environment.
- Experience in the NGO sector preferred.
- Strong communications skills (both oral and written) and analytical skills (e.g., news-writing, headline-writing, social media content, drafting and editing skills).
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage time efficiently and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Ability to work well independently and with a team.
- Excellent computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook essential).
- Excellent management of social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.
- Experience with basic graphic design and video editing preferred, with specific knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and Canva strongly preferred.
- Commitment to HIAS’ mission and values, and refugee protection.
**SAMPLE HIRING PROCESS**:
Step 2: Phone screen with a HIAS recruiter.
Step 3: Video interview with the hiring manager.
Step 4: Video interview with a panel of HIAS employees.
Step 5: Online reference check with SkillSurvey.
Step 6: Offer and background check with Shield Screening.
Step 7: Start your professional journey with HIAS
**ABOUT US**:
Over one hundred years ago, the Jewish community founded HIAS (originally the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) in New York City, the immigrant gateway to America. Supporting
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