Communications Associate

Job Description

Communication Associate | World Food Programme

The Tone:
This is a Fixed-Term role at the World Food Programme, located in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity for people recovering from conflict and disasters. This role is crucial for supporting WFP’s communication and visibility efforts, creating engaging content, and managing media to strengthen its reputation and aid resource mobilization. The position focuses on documenting programme results and promoting awareness of WFP’s humanitarian and development work.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Fixed-Term
• Location: In-person – Dushanbe, Tajikistan
• Team: External Relations Unit, reports to Head of External Relations
• Mission: Strengthen WFP’s reputation and support resource mobilization by managing communication and visibility efforts.
• Tech Stack: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Sway, CorelDRAW

What You’ll Actually Do
• Communications Campaigns: Perform specialized communications processes and activities to support staff in developing, preparing, executing, and disseminating campaigns for target audiences.
• Media and Events Coordination: Serve as an information focal point, support and coordinate media coverage of events, and organize special events to optimize publicity of WFP’s activities.
• Content Creation and Monitoring: Prepare content for use on traditional and social media platforms and networks, and printed materials, while monitoring media to inform communications strategies.
• Information Management: Manage updates and further develop internal records and databases, ensuring information is accurate, organized, and available for access by others.
• Programme Support: Provide communications support to programme activities, including drafting and editing written materials for external communication and developing materials for beneficiary engagement.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Completion of secondary school education, with a desirable post-secondary certificate in communications or relevant fields, and an interest in international development/humanitarian assistance.
• Experience: Minimum six years of experience in communications. Specialized technical knowledge of communications channels, processes, tools, and techniques.
• Skills: Ability to provide support in developing written, visual, audio, and multi-media content; ability to collate accurate and timely information; fluency in English and Tajik.
• Bonus: Excellent understanding of social media and online communication and media tools; demonstrated capabilities in editing and copywriting skills; experience in the usage of office software packages (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Sway, CorelDRAW); experience in video and photo editing and design software; fluency in Russian.