Job Opportunity for Communications Consultant at PCI in New Delhi

Position Title: Communications Consultant

No of Position: 01

Reporting Line: Chief Executive Officer & Country Director

Location: New Delhi

Duration: 48 days over 6 months

About Project Concern International (PCI):

PCI has been working in India since 1998 with the Mission to empower people to enhance health, end hunger, overcome hardship and advance women and girls. PCI envisions a world in which the most vulnerable people will have the power to lift themselves out of poverty and to create vital, healthy lives for their families and communities now and for the future.

PCI works with the government as well as social actors to create an enabling environment to improve and activate the social position of marginalized populations, especially women and girls, as well as strengthen convergent actions on the ground. Knowledge and evidence-based decision making, and data-driven management have been a trademark of our programs in India. For over two decades, PCI has maintained a diverse portfolio in India, with a presence in more than one-fifth of all districts in the country, reaching over 10 million people in 2019 alone. PCI’s health, gender, and community development programming focuses on low-income, vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations, especially adolescent girls, women of reproductive ages and children. By integrating its community mobilization and empowerment approaches into the government strategies and systems, PCI is helping to ensure that millions of vulnerable women, children, families, and communities throughout India have the ability to advocate for, access and utilize quality health, nutrition, and empowerment services and information for generations to come.

Purpose

Help define a brand/organisation identity for PCI, and build and implement a media and communications strategy around it for internal alignment as well as external positioning of the organisation as among the leading non-profits (in its chosen areas of work) in the country

Brand/organisation identity

• Develop a framework of brand/organisation identity (media & communications strategy) for PCI on the basis of environment lessons; organisational strategic journey, priorities, and aspirations; and internal and external stakeholder mapping and requirements
• Develop brand, communication, and media guidelines for the organisation to ensure consistency of products and messaging, and alignment with the brand/organisation identity (see above)

Communications

• Design and production of communication material (documents, presentations, audio-visuals, etc.) for internal needs related to the CEO’s office, HR, and other purposes of internal communication
• Design and production of the vision, mission, positioning, and impact statements; a crisp and action-oriented strategy document for external and internal communication; and other relevant/identified goals of PCI for the next three years
• Design and production of communication material (documents, presentations, audio-visuals, etc.) for external needs related to program dissemination, business development, and public relations
• Direction and operational guidance in managing and organising events (virtual or physical), such as conferences, webinars, news briefings, media interviews, visits, and public events, etc. for the organization and its project teams

Media

• Develop, upgrade, and maintain PCI’s website in line with the best practices in the sector and beyond
• Develop and act on a robust social media and networking placement for the organisation
• Develop effective communication plan for disseminating work of various programs on social media
• Establish and maintain contacts with media houses: English, regional, and international; and place articles in the appropriate media
• Assess stakeholder reaction to the work of PCI based on information gathered from media and general intelligence

Organisational

• Support the function for the next six months, including capability development of the personnel, as and when they join the organisation
• Build capacity of PCI staff on media and communications though training material and programs.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Interested candidates can apply for the Position of Communications Consultant by 28th July 2022,5:00 pm.

PCI India is an equal opportunity provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability and/or marital status. Due to the heavy inflow of resumes, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

*Female candidates are encouraged to apply.