Deadline: 3 April 2016
World Vision International (WVI) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Communications Manager in Quan Hoan Kiem, Vietnam. The duration of this post is 2 years.
The Communications Manager will be responsible to increase the overall influence, income and impact of World Vision in Vietnam, by leading in the development and implementation of an integrated strategy for the building of a high-performance communications function that is managed, structured.
WVI’s mission is to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Communications Manager will perform the following functions-
- Team Management: Understand and apply principles of group dynamics and stages of team development to enable high performance. Lead goal setting, prioritization, and process and relationship management.
- Strategy Development: Develop and implement context-driven communications strategy and associated business planning that supports organizational strategy execution.
- Executive Engagement: Contribute to senior and cross-functional teams, with good understanding of how communications relates to organizational strategy and the work of other ministry, resource acquisition and support functions
- Performance Management: Define capabilities and assess team and individual performance needed to deliver on communications strategy. Implement solutions to address capability gaps, development opportunities and retention strategies.
- Stakeholder Management: Identify, develop and influence key stakeholders, manage expectations and build stakeholder commitment to communications.
- Reputation Management & Brand Assurance: Promote the organization’s brand and guard the organization’s reputation in the national context, including crisis mitigation and response, high-level messaging and positioning of ambassadors/spokespersons.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Bachelor degree, preferably Masters Degree in public relations, communication or equivalent.
- At least 5 years management experience in professional NGO or corporate communications, advertising, journalism, or public relations field.
- Experience working in development context, a fast paced, multi-cultural working environment.
- Excellent writing skills, with photographic and/or video skills also preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to think and manage strategically, plan and meet deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills.
- Ability to travel and work in the field as an essential function of the position.
- Support WV’s Christian identity and ethos, living out World Vision’s core values.
- Familiarity with or knowledge about development in rural context.
- Fluency in oral communications and written skills in Vietnamese and English.
- Nationality of Vietnam.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit WVI.
