Communications Assistant

Background/IRC Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war and disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 40 years, leading and delivering large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, safeguarding, environmental health, and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster-affected communities. With the support of the federal and provincial governments, and generous donors like FCDO, ECHO, USAID, GAC, and Australian Aid Agencies the IRC is currently implementing projects across the country.

Job Overview/Summary: The communication Assistant will help with data collection, research and preparing drafts for various communication products. Reporting to the communications manager, the following position will work closely with communications and program teams to collect, analyze and share information and communicate the IRC’s work to key stakeholders.

Major Responsibilities:

• Write blogs, press releases, case stories and other communication materials.
• Field visits to gather content including but not limited to pictures, case studies, blogs etc.
• Sharing IRC’s activities internally and externally with relevant staff members and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with IRCs ethical standards of communications.
• Draft briefing packs factsheets and other documents as required to showcase IRC’s work
• Draft and disseminate press releases on IRC’s work as and when necessary.
• Possess working knowledge of Adobe creative cloud
• Present information after designing, in a visually appealing manner.
• Prepare rough drafts of material based on an agreed brief.
• Prepare presentations and reports including charts, graphs, images, and other visual aids.
• Liaise with external printers on a regular basis to ensure deadlines are met and material is printed to the highest quality.
• Build effective skills of teamwork by providing support to team in tasks such as archiving IRC artwork, photos and video data and coordination during or before events.
• Support in maintaining the visibility of material, giveaways, and communications inventory.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Communications Manager

Position directly supervises: N/A

Job Description

Job Title: Communications Assistant

Band / Level / Grade: Administrative Support (9B)

Department: Communications

Project: TEACH

Location: Islamabad

Job Requirements:

a) Education:

• Graduate’s degree, Mass Communications, Media or equivalent

b) Work Experience:

At least 1-2 years of relevant work experience

c) Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Strong commitment to IRC’s vision, mission, and values.
• Strong command on English grammar and knack for writing.
• Should be able to write Urdu using In Page
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to work in a diverse environment.

Language Skills:

Fluent in local languages along with good Urdu and English speaking/writing skills

The IRC Core Values and Commitments.

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

Level of interaction with children: Less direct contact with children

IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.

IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.

Women candidates and persons with disability are highly encouraged to apply.