Program Communications Manager - New Delhi, India - World Resources Institute

Description

About your role

: WRI India's Food, Land and Water program aims to inform India's transition towards sustainable and resilient food and land use systems focusing on developing interdisciplinary nature-based solutions like landscape restoration, sustainable agriculture to mitigate climate impacts, enhance jobs and livelihoods and improve nutritional security. To catalyze systems change with a focus on circular food systems in India, we also focus on developing equitable strategies to reduce food loss and food waste and mitigate climate impacts. With broader systems change and food systems perspective, we work with diverse stakeholders like governments, businesses, civil society partners and farmer producer organizations to inform and develop land use strategies based on robust evidence and analysis to build the resilience of local communities to mitigate climate impacts, bridge capacity gaps, monitor progress, and inform a pathway to building a restoration economy for people, nature, and climate. The selected candidate will work closely with the project lead(s) and Director of the Program as well as with the organization's core communications team to the support the program's vision. The role provides an opportunity to co-create an impactful communications and engagement strategy for landscape restoration and leading the implementation of the same by creating engaging and informative communication products to share our research and recommendations and disseminating them across media and through events and workshops.
How your day will unfold:
• Support the development of detailed communications strategy in line with the project requirement(s) and in coordination with project team and core communications team

• Support the development of the strategic engagement plan with the relevant stakeholders in coordination with the project lead

• Lead communications across events, roundtables, workshops, and virtual events, as needed to facilitate strategic engagement, participation, awareness building and build partnerships

• Lead dissemination of research pieces, blogs, stories, infographics and other communications products through appropriate channels and/or events

• Manage the co-creation of video blogs, stories, voices from the field, infographics and other communications material planned in the strategy.

• Manage high-level convening, workshops, seminars, etc., and communications around them in coordination with the project leads and the team

• Design and edit the content that will go into the web assets and/or microsite and take part in the conceptualization of the web asset and/or microsite with the project team

• Ensure high quality communications products by supporting the team with proofreading and/or editing support for the modules prepared for the capacity building initiatives

• Track, evaluate and report on metrics of success, and adapt strategies to grow and improve outreach results over time Additional Responsibility:

• Manage quality control and ensure timely dissemination of social media content, emailers and newsletters

• Co-author and/or review, edit and proofread blogs, articles, social media posts, and other communications material.

• Create and maintain social media strategies around events, launch of research papers, op-eds, articles, etc.

• Assist the food, land and water program with developing the content to be posted on social media handles including but not limited to Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram

• Assist the team with planning and executing in person and online events on Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet, WebEx, etc.

• Assist the team in planning and executing pre- and post – event social media outreach strategy Qualifications and requirements we seek:

Post-graduate in mass communication, data journalism, public relations or a related field with focus on environmental issues

At least 7 – 8 years of full-time work experience working in public relations, journalism, communications

Demonstrated experience in communicating on issues related to social, environmental, food, landscape restoration and climate change related issues for diverse audience

Demonstrated experience in developing video blogs, stories from the field, infographics, newsletters, brochures, reports etc.

Experience in managing media outreach, curating media interactions with journalists and speaker/interviewee prep preferred

Working knowledge of PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign, Canva, Pardot, Salesforce, Cision, Asana and similar tools preferred

Ability to manage multiple vendors and ensure timely delivery

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced complex office environment, both independently and as part of the team

Highly motivated, proactive work style, excellent organizational and project management skills. Keen attention to detail

Ability to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of communications products required; background in influence strategies, and audience targeting preferred

Salary and Benefits : INR 15,00,000 to INR 18,00,000 CTC

Salary shall be commensurate with experience and skills. WRI offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package. Location: New Delhi, India
Duration : The position is a one year position (extendable based on performance and project requirements). The start date is as soon as possible.