With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The Moldova and Romania Communications Coordinator has a key strategic role to ensure that the function is positioned and recognized as an essential business partner shaping and implementing the UCR response strategy in both countries. The coordinator will supervise one communications officer and ensure the resource gathering of high-quality content – from stories to social media and other creative materials that will encourage optimized collaboration, organizational integration, and ministry impact.  Working under the supervision of the UCR Communications Director, will help operationalize a broad field of communications activities and projects that will recognize and promote support from donors and partners using media and other online platforms to maximize reach of external audiences, from local to global audience, and internally with World Vision Partnership.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy and Operations

• With the support of Communication Director, the Coordinator leads and executes an integrated Romania and Moldova Country Response Communications Strategy to build World Vision’s reputation and strengthen the brand with key audiences.
• Manages the delivery of high-quality, child-focused content/multi-media packages to meet World Vision’s priority audience needs, including advocacy, external engagement, grant acquisition and other resource development activities.
• Ensures that national digital platforms reflect the World Vision brand and strategy, showcasing high-quality and compelling narrative and visuals, and increase engagement from target audiences.
• Collaborate with the Communications Director and Moldova/Romania Country Response Director on key integrated deliverables for agile communication and in alignment with the fragile context strategy.

External Engagement

• Engages media at the national level and provides messaging as needed, in coordination with the Communications Director and the Moldova/Romania Country Response Director.
• Develops and maintains excellent working relationships with external stakeholders including the government, key UN and NGO partners, policy makers and audiences for coordination, positioning and enhancing World Vision’s influence and impact.
• Develop and maintain media contacts, pitch compelling content on issues related to development, advocacy and campaign.
• Monitor, assess and apply knowledge of movement in industries and agendas relevant to traditional and social media, digital sphere, and humanitarian work and donor trends.

Team Management

• Manages one communications officer, empowering and equipping to deliver a focused portfolio of content, media, and engagement.
• Ensures team is inspired, is high performing and continuously developing, delivering on strategic priorities.
• Champions team members and support them in their work and career growth.

Risk Management

• Enhances and protects World Vision’s brand, partners, and communities by identifying and addressing risk issues that might damage stakeholders’ perception of World Vision and partners.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Required professional experience and Language:

At least 1-2 years of work experience in journalism and communications-related work; advocacy experience a plus. Work experience in managing media, communications and public engagement strategies in the NGO or private sector. Experience in media relations, public speaking or/and serving as a spokesperson. Demonstrated ability to think and plan strategically, manage projects and events, and able to meet deadlines. Previous management of digital platforms, experience in online and social media communications. Demonstrated experience leading effective digital communications, and an understanding of relevant tools and trends Experience developing messaging and key communications products. Experience in content collection and/or coaching and support of content creators English, Moldovan and Romanian (Ukrainian a plus)

Required education, training, license, registration and certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of journalism, communications or public relations or other relevant field.

Preferred skills and qualifications:

• Copyediting, writing, photography, and video skills preferred.
• Experience using Adobe Creative Cloud, including InDesign, Premiere Pro, and LightRoom.

Travel and/or Work Environment

• At least 40% travel domestically and internationally

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only