Communications and Advocacy Strategist

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada IFEX Full time

**Job details**

Full Time Remote Position

**Reporting to the Director of Communications and Advocacy, the Communications and Advocacy Strategist will**:

- Guide and manage IFEX’s overall messaging ensuring a consistent, compelling voice and alignment with IFEX’s brand key and organisational priorities, across a variety of communications assets.
- Champion the planning, development, and delivery of integrated strategic communications, including:

- Proposing and implementing innovative advocacy communications and brand campaigns.
- Managing media relations, message creation (press releases, kits, etc), alignment, and delivery across regions and issues. Be the primary liaison between IFEX and news media.
- Identifying opportunities to advance IFEX’s communications priorities and support engagement with members, allies and donors with a consistent message.
- Designing and implementing external and internal long-term audience engagement plans.
- Bring a strategic design lens to IFEX’s processes and campaigns across regions and issues.
- Refresh and manage our presence in current and new media platforms, and build IFEX’s brand awareness.
- Work closely with the Communications and Advocacy team and other teams to define workplan projects’ approach, scope and desired outcomes.
- Oversee project management workflow of own projects - from concept to deliverables.
- Develop and manage assigned budgets.

**To do this work you will need**:

- A robust and well-rounded portfolio of agency-quality strategic marketing, brand building, public relations, communications, or content creation.
- To be proactive, courageous, agile, self-aware and resilient.
- Bring and model a ‘get stuff done’ and solutions-oriented mentality; holding yourself and others accountable for achieving goals.
- To feel comfortable multi-tasking across a diverse, often complex, set of projects in a fast-paced environment,
- The ability to listen deeply, cultivate connections and foster collaboration, within teams and with external stakeholders.
- Strong values and a work ethic aligned with IFEX’s approach, and a member-first culture.

**What you bring to the role**:

- 5+ years’ experience in fast-paced marketing or communications positions, with proven project management skills;
- University degree in related discipline or equivalent experience;
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of strategic communications
- Written fluency in English is required - French, Spanish and/or Arabic an asset;
- Working knowledge of human rights, freedom of expression and democratic development issues;
- Working knowledge of online safety and security protocols;
- Previous experience working with NGOs, networks and/or coalitions, an asset.

**The work environment**: The work is rewarding as well as demanding and dynamic, dealing with diverse and challenging issues. We are committed to maintaining a working environment that is positive, professional and collaborative.

**Location**: The IFEX Secretariat is a distributed team and all staff work remotely. This position is a remote role. All staff are required to be available and online between the hours of 10am and 3pm EST. Some travel may be required.

**Payment, terms and conditions**: The starting salary is CAD$71,000-75,000 depending on experience, accompanied by a comprehensive and generous benefits package.

This is a full-time position with a start date in March 2023.

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