Senior Communications Officer

Senior Communications Officer

**Senior Communications Officer**
Job #: req30422 Organization: IFC Sector: Communications Grade: GG Term Duration: 0 years 6 months Recruitment Type: International Recruitment Location: Singapore,Singapore Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 11/29/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Are you passionate about having an impact on people's lives and contributing to solving some of the world's greatest development challenges? Do you believe that the private sector can provide practical and efficient responses to East Asia's economic issues and play a vital role in generating growth and jobs and improving the quality of life for people? Then consider this opportunity.

For the duration of the Development Assignment, the Senior Communications Officer will be an integral member of the Regional Communications Unit's Extended Leadership Team. The Regional Communications Unit is part of the Communications and Outreach Department and works closely with the Corporate and Industry Communications units and Reputational Risk and Issues Management team to advance business development and communicate IFC's impact. Regional Communications Officers engage with all IFC stakeholders - companies and businesses, development partners, civil society, and others, to promote projects that showcase IFC's leadership and innovation as the premier partner of choice for the private sector in emerging and developing economies. The Regional Communications Unit also collaborates regularly with counterparts within the World Bank Group.

**Role and Responsibilities**:
The Senior Communications Officer and lead for East Asia and the Pacific will be responsible for:

- Advice and strategic networking:

- Build and nurture network of contacts with key audiences - media, corporate executives, civil society, donor representatives, academia and think-tanks, government bodies, the World Bank Group and other international organizations as needed.
- Provide strategic advice to the team and to internal clients on communications matters; identify/leverage opportunities for proactive, high-impact communications that help position IFC and its projects with relevant audiences.
- Work collaboratively and maintain dialogue with IFC's operational teams to ensure that communications activities always support business development.
- Messaging, products, and events:

- Conceptualize and supervise the preparation, production, and dissemination of communication products (stories of impact, news releases, op-eds, blog posts, speeches, presentations, briefing notes, online and social media content, thought leadership pieces, issue briefs, talking points, presentations, Q&As, and reactive messaging/holding statements) for both internal and external use, as well as client-facing collaterals and internal staff engagement content.
- Oversee communication activities around IFC-organized events and other public engagement opportunities.
- Coordination and harmonization:

- Control the quality of communications deliverables, per IFC's and WBG's standards
- Lead and manage an agile team of communications professionals to ensure effective delivery of a robust work program across the cluster.
- Within the countries covered by the role, implement and leverage relevant Communications tools and work processes designed for the Communications and Outreach Department.

In collaboration with other Communications Units in IFC's Communications and Outreach Department, the Senior Communications Officer will also be responsible for:

- Risk monitoring and mitigation:

- up, in close coordination with relevant World Bank Group colleagues, on economic and social trends issues affecting the business climate in the region. Provide insights to regional and communications management.
- Support risk identification and mitigation activities.
- Coordinate proactive and reactive effective stakeholder engagement and provide timely responses to questions and concerns.
- Advise specific internal and external stakeholders on managing responses in challenging circumstances.
- Corporate contributions:

- Contribute to the successful implementation of IFC's overall Communications and Outreach strategy, ensuring that key themes of climate, gender, and private capital mobilization are reflected in EAP's communications efforts.
- Actively support any mission or activity involving IFC's Managing Director.
- Coordinate with IFC's Corporate Communications Unit on messaging, branding, and positioning.
- Actively explore joint communications opportunities with World Bank Group counterparts and support the Joint Country Representation initiative.
- Content coordination, with Industry Communications Unit:

- Reflect relevant content from other units when appropriate in regional narratives and ensure that regional content is understood and well reflected in corporate and/or industry messaging.
- Disseminate relevant content developed by other