Communication Lead

Trade Facilitation & Customs Support Programme

الوصف الوظيفي

Communication Lead - Part Time

Terms of Reference

FCDO Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) Trade Facilitation and Customs Support (Tasdeer) Programme

Ramallah, Palestine

The Project: FCDO Trade Facilitation and Customs Support (Tasdeer; Tasdeer)

The FCDO Trade Facilitation and Customs Support programme (Tasdeer) is a £15m programme financed by FCDO and operational from 2020 – 2023. The objective of Tasdeer is to improve the trade performance and customs capabilities in the OPTs. It will ultimately contribute to increased inclusive private sector-led economic growth and fiscal sustainability in the OPTs. The programme is designed to be flexible and adaptable, and it will work politically and technically to make progress across the four key interrelated workstreams.

Workstream 1: Support to expedite the movement of goods and reduce transaction costs
Workstream 2: Support to improve Palestinian trade-related institutions and business enabling environment
Workstream 3: Support to improve the private sector’s skills and innovation to export and create jobs
Workstream 4: Support to improve PA’s customs readiness to assume functions from Israel and revenues from trade-related taxes

The programme is implemented by a Cowater-led consortium on behalf of FCDO. A Steering Committee (including representatives from FCDO, the Ministry of National Economy and other donors) will approve interventions identified and designed by the supplier. Supplier interventions will be reviewed, and quality assured by a Strategic Advisory Panel comprised of experts from the core consortium members across the four workstreams. The Steering Committee will also monitor results and provide policy oversight throughout the programme lifetime.

Job Purpose: Communications Lead

The Communications Lead will take responsibility for designing and implementing communications activities within the Tasdeer programme. This will include strategic communications to support effective implementation of our interventions, as well as learning activities such as case studies.

Roles and Responsibilities

Communications

· Draft and lead implementation of the programme’s Communications Strategy, including but not limited to: Audience segmentation, communications channels, tools and activities, and clarifying Tasdeer’s approach to risks associated with Comms (reputational, beneficiary endangerment, etc). The strategy needs to be gender-sensitive and inclusive to People with Disabilities (PWDs).

· Work with Workstream Leads, Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader to design and implement strategic communications activities in support of on-going, planned and future interventions, choosing the best medium to support the intervention’s goals.

· Assist in the development of informative communications products for project interventions for public dissemination (e.g. targeted communications for the private sector under Workstream 3, or radio spots to support uptake of our intervention outputs).

· Coordinate timely media coverage for Tasdeer events; prepare and obtain approval for press releases in advance and disseminate to major media outlets.

· In coordination with the Team Leader/Project Manager, develop Communications for dissemination by FCDO and in alignment with FCDO’s communications calendar.

· In coordination with the Team Leader, liaise and engage with media outlets to support Tasdeer’s work.

· Manage any subcontracted communications resources and/or services as required.

· Establish/Manage any required social media channels, collecting reportable data on engagement and reach.

· Manage the development of Tasdeer’s programme website, LinkedIn and other social media channels, and be responsible for regularly updating/maintaining them.

· Maintain and update Tasdeer’s branding templates, ensuring compliance with FCDO rules and standardization of programme deliverables.

Knowledge Management and Learning

· Develop success stories and case studies, as well as targeted communications pieces, to capture programme key messages and lessons learnt from KMEL, and to promote the programme and its achievements.

o Develop tools for other team members to collect primary information to be turned into knowledge/communications products by the Communications Lead.

· Periodically, deliver short-trainings to the project team to assist in gathering relevant information, data and media content for communication purposes (e.g. how to take good photographs, what makes a good case study/questions to ask).

· Support the team in reporting as needed.

Duration

This role will be part-time (~50% level of effort) for the duration of the project, working days/hours/flexibility to be agreed with the candidate.

Location

This position will be based in Ramallah. Project-related travel within Palestine (including Gaza) is essential.

متطلبات الوظيفة

Required Expertise and Competencies:

A minimum of a Bachelor degree in communication, development studies, political science, business administration or related fields
A minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in communication, programme development, reporting and programme implementation
Very good understanding of the basics of economic development and development theory;
Strong analytical, verbal and writing skills in English and Arabic
Ability to produce accurate and concise drafts at pace
Ability to produce basic short videos and photographic material is desirable.
Strong team player, proactive, flexible, and with ability to adapt to different work styles within the team.

تفاصيل الوظيفة

المسمى الوظيفي Communication Lead

آخر موعد للتقديم 10 - Sep - 2022

المكان رام الله والبيرة

نوع الوظيفة دوام جزئي

المستوى المهني إدارة عليا/تنفيذي

الراتب NA

الدرجة العلمية البكالوريوس

الخبرة 5 سنوات

التصنيف العلاقات العامة والإتصال الإدارة والأعمال الصحافة والإعلام

آلية التقديم

Please submit a one-page CV and one-page cover letter explaining why you are the right person for this role, based on your work experience to [email protected]

The deadline for receipt of applications is September 10th, 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.