Regional Communications and Media Adviser Latin America

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What we are looking for

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is looking for an experienced, dynamic, and highly strategic individual to take up the exciting new role of Regional Communications and Media Adviser (RMCA). The postholder will be responsible for leading the Latin America Regional Office (LARO) with the development, coordination and effective delivery of media and communications products and activities that contribute to the regional advocacy priorities and strategy, and in alignment with the global advocacy strategy.

What you will do

1. Support the regional office to provide increased internal and external visibility and profile for all countries, with a special focus on prioritised crises and thematic areas. 
2. Lead media and communications crisis management support for the regional office, including contingency planning and training in cooperation with the global Media and Advocacy Section (AMS).
3. Lead evidence and programme based public advocacy and media work for the regional office including producing and disseminating press releases, statements and responding to media requests. 
4. Manage the LARO Twitter/X account.
5. Ensure that the LARO is effectively utilising social media platform s and seeking new innovate ways to communicate to NRC’s different audiences.. 
6. Work with the regional and country programme teams to develop a suite of external and donor facing materials including social media content and web articles.

Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position. 

What you will bring

• Five years’ work experience as a media/communications adviser or journalist – preferably related to development/humanitarian crises/foreign affairs.
• Bachelor's degree in related field, such as journalism or communication, or bachelor's degree in other relevant fields such as international relations, development, human rights, combined with proven media experience. 
• A strong media nose and the ability to produce and edit proactive and reactive media products such as press releases in a fast-paced environment. 
• Demonstrated ability to find new creative media angles and work cross functionally with staff and teams not familiar with media and communications work. 
• An understanding of the media landscape in Latin America and the ability to build/maintain a strong network of journalists.
• Extensive experience and skill with content production: photography, videography and drafting of human-interest stories. 
• Ability to develop strong relationships internally with the country and head office teams and externally with media/comms counterparts at other humanitarian organisations.
• A practical understanding of advocacy tools, tactics, and approaches with the ability to quickly identify possible media and communications products and engagements that will support identified advocacy objectives. 
• Experience working with data and evidence from NGO programming and develop advocacy, communications, and media products for a diverse range of audiences. 
• Experience and willingness to function as spokesperson in international and regional media outlets covering regional humanitarian context in English and Spanish. 
• Graphic design skills highly desirable. 
• Proven ability in multimedia and story-gathering and digital communication.
• Experience in producing social media content.
• Field experience from complex emergencies is desirable.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish.

What we offer

• Duty station: In one of NRC’s offices in the region (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico). Must be a national of have the right to work in any of those countries.
• Contract: national, 12 months, extendable
• Travel: up to 40% 
• Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s salary scale, with accompanying terms and conditions for international contracts
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

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Important information about the application process

• Internal candidates only: please click on the suitcase icon labelled “I am an employee” to be redirected to NRC’s internal careers site.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
• Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position

Why NRC?

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organization helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.

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The Latin American (LA) region faces multiple complex emergencies, including the internal and regional impact of the crisis in Venezuela, the humanitarian consequences of the armed conflict in Colombia, and the pervasive high levels of generalised violence in the North of Central America and in Mexico. These conditions produce some of the highest forced displacement numbers in the world. According to UNHCR, there are over 15 million displacement-affected people, including some 7,4 million internally displaced people (IDPs) across NRC country programme coverage in Latin America. The LA region also witnesses record numbers of transcontinental population movements generating significant protection risks as people are obliged to cross borders often through routes where conditions are dramatic. Restrictive asylum and migration policies also create flows of deportees and returnees, who struggle to re-integrate in their communities and often face violence, retaliation, discrimination and exclusion. Those phenomena are accelerating across the region. 

NRC is operating in Latin America across a total of eight countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico with an overall regional budget of approximately 60 million USD and 1,100 dedicated colleagues across the continents. Given the increasing number of displaced people in need of humanitarian assistance in the region, NRC decided to establish a regional office in Latin America from early 2024 to oversee the country programmes in the region, and provides strategic guidance and oversight across core programme, advocacy and support functions.

We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:

• do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts.
• join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.
• be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity.

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