Communication Officer

Objective 1: Support communication activities

Communication plan

Coordinate and develop a communication plan as part of the advocacy strategy based on programmes’ requirements and field’s needs,

Update AAH Lebanon communication plan, social media guidelines, calendar and communication working plans and any other relevant document,

Social media management & engagement

Prepare and implement a social media calendar,

Gather content and publish on social media,

Develop specific messages and social media campaigns, including for international days,

Create interaction with partners and other relevant stakeholders, promote online community engagement and respond to audience’s feedbacks,

Coordinate with other AAH Middle East social media focal points,

Share a monthly communication report, including social media publications with activities and data analysis of the audience with the Advocacy Coordinator,

Branding

Ensure AAH and donors’ branding guidelines & compliance is respected by the overall mission.

Communication products

Produce high quality written content, including case studies, press releases, success, and human stories,

Design and coordinate with programmatic and MEAL colleagues the collection of content for communication products, such as Situation Reports, Programme fact sheets, Country Brochure, etc.,

Produce audio/visual content which underlines remaining needs and promotes the impact of AAH work, including pictures, videos, and podcasts, 

Travel often to the field to gather content, including taking pictures and leading interviews with beneficiaries, AAH staff and relevant actors, 

Make sure gender equality, the Nexus approach and Advocacy messages are integrated in AAH communication products,

Provide all necessary communication and media support for emergency response, 

Any other media and communications related duties as may be assigned by the line manager from time to time.

Objective 2: To support advocacy activities 

Support the drafting of the advocacy strategy and its implementation,

Support the monitoring of the advocacy strategy implementation and draft activity reports,

Support the development of advocacy documents, such as Q&A, research, positioning and policy papers,

Gather inputs from Operations and summarize them in a document,

Make sure gender equality and the nexus approach are integrated in AAH advocacy initiatives,

Prepare advocacy inputs for reports and proposals,

Support the development of advocacy initiatives, such as workshops’, public events’ planning and capacity building activities,

Draft talking points when requested,

Any other advocacy related duties as may be assigned by the line manager from time to time.

 Objective 3: Internal Coordination   

Ensure the Advocacy and Communication files are up to date,

Ensure all documentation and communications are in line with communication guidelines for images, Printed or electronic material and social media,

Assist in internally disseminating information/minutes of important meetings and support in knowledge management tasks (filing in No Hunger Forum, records keeping of important meetings and conclusions…),

Brief Communication officer about the work that has been done, the achievements, the remaining needs, lessons learnt, and challenges to be taken into consideration,

Brief the Advocacy Officer about the work that has been done, the achievements, the remaining needs, lessons learnt, and challenges to be taken into consideration,

Train programme staff in basic communications skills (story gathering, case studies, photography, videography, etc.) and in responsible use of social media,

Any other internal communication related duties as may be assigned by the line manager from time to time.

Objective 4: Support humanitarian activities of Action Against Hunger

Support the emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities.

Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities.

Promote Gender Balance in teams when recruiting