REGIONAL DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

This position is only open to the candidates that have legal rights to live and work in Sri Lanka.

This position is offered on a 12 month fixed term full time contract basis initially, with possibility of extension.

Location: The position is hybrid (home-office). We offer competitive NGO level salary and benefits, the specifics of which depend on location where the successful candidates will be based. We aim to share this information with candidates before reaching the offer stage.

Greenpeace South Asia is a newly established regional office which is at the initial stage of development with an interesting portfolio of the countries. GPSA’s environmental campaigns are focussed on just transition, climate change adaptation and building momentum towards more inclusive transport and agriculture systems. Digital communications is a critical part of strategising the narratives, stories, tactics that will effectively help the audience relate to the campaign, build support and ultimately take action on the issue. The role is expected to bridge the goals of the campaigns with the people in a compelling, actionable manner using storytelling, insights analysis, data and by constantly having our ears on the ground.

What we can offer you:

Greenpeace South Asia is a small but growing regional office with a friendly, motivated and high performing professional team who are all here for the right reasons. We believe, together we can build an impactful regional office that plays a vital role in the sector.

• Remote Location: this position is a home-based position with travel to South Asia region
• Flexible Hours: More control when you work and make room for the rest of your life
• Agency: Be an active part of designing a newly established regional office
• Personal Development: You’ll be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally, taking advantage of the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to Greenpeace staff worldwide.

Whom we’re looking for:

Under this position, the individual should be able to create engaging, creative, interactive and compelling content for GPSA’s digital pages, including social media & website. The individual should be proactive in ideating digital communication strategies for a whole range of requirements such as our campaigns, environmental topics, current affairs, offline engagement activities and more. The strategist should be able to ideate and script content based on facts, narrative, external realities and use digital analysis to assess the impact of communications material. It is of vital importance that the individual has the skill to take data driven decisions and the ability to articulate the same to the team.

We believe people gain seniority and expertise on the job, what really matters is the soft skills and openness to learn and work collaboratively with the team. Therefore, someone who has a few of these is well suited to exceed in this role:

In this role you will:

• Co-create strong audience data driven digital communications strategies.
• Create audience-centric narratives based on the campaign demands.
• Design communications and collateral such as newsletters, DD/FR mailers, banners, posters, fillers, DD folders, inserts, badges, bags and T-shirt designs, tags, internal magazines, cover photography, etc within agreed deadlines. Develop effective, original, and targeted creative copies.
• Run polls, A/B testing ads to understand the audience better.
• Execute compelling posts for social media that are focussed on driving up page performance
• Calendarize digital posts, write copies and ensure timely execution.
• Proactively stay on top of digital trends and internalize it whenever relevant.
• Proactively scout for content collaborators, social media influencers and network with them
• Field visits and on-ground coverage of Greenpeace South Asia events for social media amplification. Eg: Lives, reels, pictures
• Write & produce scripts for videos when required.
• Take data driven decisions and provide rationale for decisions taken on the digital front.
• Use tools/software to analyze results of engagement
• Coordinate with the various units within the program department and fulfill multiple campaign needs.
• Interact with the relevant team members besides line manager.
• Handle aspects of the monthly communications reports by collecting data from stakeholders on digital platforms
• Follow organizational guidelines and value system while writing content

For further details about the role, please see the full job description here

To Apply:

Greenpeace is an equal opportunity employer with a longstanding commitment of providing a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of each individual. We recognise and value the benefits and strengths that diversity brings to our employees and the whole organisation and we thrive in an environment that encourages respect and trust. We do not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, colour, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and would like to invite you especially to apply!
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If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please email us at [email protected]. Please note that all applications have to be filled out via the website and cannot be submitted via this email.

CLOSING DATE: 23:59 (IST), 12th July 2024