Position: Communications Consultant

Organization: Saplings

Location: 

Hiring for Communications Consultant, India for an International NGO client
Location: New Delhi

Specific Job Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Regional Communications Manager, India, and together with the clients global and regional Communication teams, the candidate is expected to fulfil the following responsibilities:
1. Writing / editing:
* Lead on writing for corporate publications like brochures / annual report / and other comms material to support
Fundraising and Policy.
* Identify relevant regional messages and themes for writing opinion pieces / news articles for internal and external use to effectively position key issues like positioning the regional health R&D ecosystem and raising awareness on
the need for drug development programmes for neglected diseases toward different audiences, governments, scientific community, donors, civil society groups, academia and donor targets in South Asia region.
* Develop articles/write ups/ pitches from the scientific papers /studies to be published in print/digital media outlets and scientific journals.
2. General Communications Support
3. Stakeholders' engagement

Experience
* Demonstrated 5-10 years’ relevant experience in which at least 3 years at Officer level or equivalent.
* Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and matrix structure.
* Experience of working in public and private sector is highly desirable.
Education
* Master’s Degree in a relevant field such as Communication, Journalism, Business Administration (with a relevantbachelor’s degree) International Relations and/or Public Health
* Coordination, organization and management support for webinars and in-person expert meetings (support, invites,managing technical side of webinars)
* Ability to develop engagement plans and communication strategies to enhance positioning efforts and stimulate visibility and influence when engaging with our stakeholders.
4 Donor Communications in collaboration with the External Relations team:
* Writing donor-orientated e-news, writing appeals/pitches, newsletters; providing donors with stories/content about DNDi’s work in India;
* Producing/managing content for DNDi India Foundation Website
* Any other task to support the implementation of Communications Plan for the region
Reporting line
* The Communications Consultant reports to the Regional Communications Manager
* The position has a secondary reporting line to the Director, South Asia.
Interactions
* Works with Regional and Global Communication teams
* Works on the organization of representation of DNDi at smaller events and with external stakeholders of same equivalent level