Advocacy & Communications Officer

World Vision International (WVI)—a leading international non-governmental organization—is looking for Advocacy & Communications Officer, location Kyiv

World Vision’s focus is helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

World Vision is committed to safeguarding children and adult beneficiaries believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation and expects all employees, interns, volunteers and all WV affiliates share the same commitment. WV takes diligent measures to screen out all people who might seek to use WV to harm children or adult beneficiaries, or whose past actions indicate an unacceptable risk of such harm. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedures include extensive identification checks prior to employment or engagement with WV in order to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.

Join a highly motivated team of world-class international and local humanitarian professionals to establish, build, and grow World Vision’s presence in Ukraine. You will work alongside global professionals, improving your knowledge, skills, and abilities in a multinational organization that will prepare you for work in the world’s best-in-class companies in the future.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in journalism, media and communications or another related field 
• Design skills desirable
• Journalism experience is highly desirable 
• At least one experience in communications or journalism and humanitarian work
• Strong communication skills, ability to write impactful, media-friendly copy in English
• Good risk management experience
• Ability to work in difficult, insecure and stressful conditions
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, manage workload and meet deadlines
• Proven field communications experience in emergency settings and/or fragile contexts
• Full adherence to World Vision Child Protection, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies
• English language fluency
• 50% office work  / 50% field based work

Responsibilities

Strategy and Advocacy Support 

• Support the UCR Advocacy and Communications Manager and Communications Coordinator in the implementation of the Ukraine Crisis Response media and communications strategy in Ukraine.
• Work with the broader UCR Comms team to develop and manage the annual communication plan.
• Build relationships with relevant advocacy and communication actors (media, donors, UN humanitarian, partners, working groups) in Ukraine who reach out to World Vision for inputs and opinion as a valuable expert on matters of protection of children and civilians.

Media and Partner Relations 

• Working closely with the Communications Coordinator, develop and maintain professional relationships with the media, partner communications teams and build relationships for different media houses in Ukraine.
• Help ensure that World Vision UCR field staff are aware of and abide by the World Vision Media Engagement Policy, including organising media briefings and trainings for UCR staff.
• Monitor news coverage concerning or affecting World Vision’s UCR in Ukraine including reports from local language media outlets.

Visit Management and Content Production

• Helps manage all requests and updates from World Vision Support Offices on Content Flow and other communication coordination channels.
• Regular submission of quality content including stories, photos, videos and other relevant resources.
• Helps organize the facilitation of media and VIP visits to project locations within Ukraine  guided by the Communications Director.

 Additional Information

• Full-time in office presence
• Official employment according to Ukrainian labour law
• Medical insurance
• WVI Institutional trainings
• Travel up to 50% is likely
• Only candidates with Ukrainian citizenship or authorization to work in Ukraine will be considered
• Submit resume and cover letter IN ENGLISH
• Resumes will be reviewed on a rolling basis and this position may close sooner than anticipated