Position: Lead Specialist -Media & Communications

Organization: CDRI

Location: Delhi

Apply: https://cdri.world/career/career.php 

Salary and benefits:

Principal / Lead: INR 1.75 to 2.50 lakhs per month + other benefits. (salary and designation will be offered commensurate with experience and qualifications)

Role and Responsibilities:

This position would be accountable for developing, managing, coordinating, networking, implementing, and monitoring a communication strategy and programme for CDRI.

This will be inclusive of identifying and working with partners, collaborators, service providers and will involve engagement with the development of communication outputs, products and creative content development curated to a range of target audiences.

Ensuring quality control, internal coordination with publications and advocacy, and governance of all communication at CDRI will be key functions too

Key Results:

1. Communication Strategy: The CDRI Secretariat has a clear communication strategy and associated work plan in synchronisation with CDRI’s vision and objectives, which will enhance the organization’s credibility and brand. This strategy is informed and engaged upon by other teams and verticals of CDRI particularly Advocacy and Publications.

2. Media Management:

a) Social Media Management - Management of all social media platforms of CDRI (website, twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc). Conceptualization of interactive and well developed, content driven website for CDRI and its continued monitoring and management.

b) Print Media and Media Relations - The CDRI Secretariat has a well-managed contact diary of media professionals and media outlets. Successful communication and maintaining regular contact and close collaboration with the media to communicate the story of CDRI’s global and national initiatives and advocacy on DRI.

c) Partner Management – CDRI Secretariat will have a panel of media and content partners who are identified, managed and engaged with to provision support to CDRI’s work across technical support, capacity development, research, knowledge management and advocacy on DRI.

3. Networking, events, and partnerships:

a) The CDRI secretariat has a well-managed list of influential groups/ partners/ stakeholders and individuals, whose support is essential in delivering and establishing CDRI’s communication strategy and ensure its communication objective is fulfilled.

b) The CDRI Secretariat has effective working relationships with the UN, International and national partners contributing on disaster resilience.

c) The CDRI Secretariat has a well-maintained database of appropriate, internationally known supporters, influencers and multipliers who can be engaged and support CDRI’s effort and who actively participate in special events and activities.

4. Global priorities and campaigns:

The CDRI Secretariat has an effective process in place for integrating and acting on CDRI’s global communications priorities, campaigns and partnerships, disseminating these elements at all required forums and using multiple tools, platforms and mediums

5. Monitoring and evaluation:

Communication baselines are established against which the achievement of objectives of the communication strategy are regularly evaluated; analysis is undertaken to improve the efficacy of CDRI’s communications programme

6. Capacity building and support:

The CDRI core team is provided with professional expertise and advice on all aspects of external communication, as required.

Key Functions: Within the delegated authority and the given organizational set-up, the incumbent will be accountable for following assigned areas of the duties and tasks:

1. Communication strategy: Ensure that the CDRI Secretariat has a clear communication strategy and associated work plan to support the national and global objectives related to disaster resilience. Strengthen national and international support to CDRI's mission and objectives and establish the organization’s credibility and brand

Duties & Tasks:

• Develop, maintain, and update the CDRI advocacy and communication strategy and associated work plan. The strategy and work plan would include: environmental and stakeholder assessment; objectives; target audiences; messages and media mix; resources; specific actions, activities and products; monitoring and evaluation of impact; success and opportunity for improvement; ongoing refinement of the strategy.

• CDRI’s results-based programming approach is appropriately reflected in the communication strategy, work plan and products;

• Maintain close collaboration with internal and external communication partners for effective coordination at every level.

• Ensure timely production, creation and publication of CDRI’s reports and documents periodically including brochures, annual reports, status reports, newsletters etc.

2. Media Management:

Promote an effective presentation of CDRI’s initiatives in disaster resilience by carrying out media, information, and education activities in support of CDRI-assisted programmes or interventions globally, regionally and nationally.

Technical Knowledge Required:

• Communication management. Knowledge of theories and practices in communication research planning, communication programme implementation and strategy.

• Fundamentals for working in various media formats – print, audio, social media (all relevant channels)

• Computer applications, systems/applications and network, including internet navigation, office and specifically, interactive digital media