Communication Advisor - Washington, United States - Social Impact

Social Impact

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Washington, United States

4 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Communication Advisor, USAID Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Hub Institutional Support Contract, Remote
Social Impact is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness. We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth.

Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.

Background:

USAID's Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Hub (GenDev) is one of five Hubs within the Bureau for Inclusive Growth, Partnerships, and Innovation (IPI).

GenDev advances gender equality and women's empowerment as fundamental for the realization of human rights, and key to effective and sustainable development outcomes.

GenDev The Hub collaborates with Operating Units (OUs) across the Agency supporting USAID's programming globally, in all sectors.

It promotes evidence-based gender equality and women's empowerment programming throughout the Agency through its technical outreach and thought leadership, training, technical assistance, and communications outreach.

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Gender Equality Objectives:
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Reduce gender disparities in who accesses, controls, and benefits from economic, social, political, legal, educational, health, and cultural resources, as well as wealth, opportunities, and services.
Strive to eliminate genderbased violence (GBV) and mitigate its harmful effects on individuals and communities, so all people can live free from violence.
Increase the capability of women and girls to fully exercise their rights, determine their life outcomes, assume leadership roles, and influence decisionmaking in households, communities, and societies.
Advance structural changes that address the root causes of gender inequality and promote equitable gender norms.

Position Description:

The Communication Advisor supports the development and implementation of a gender equality and women's empowerment communications strategy, including its top-line messaging, communications materials, and set of tools.

As a member of the Evidence, Learning, and Communications Team, the Communication Advisor will work to translate data, learning, and evidence from USAID's work on gender equality into effective storytelling that can be shared with a variety of internal and external audiences.

This position is short-term and remote with up to 10% in Washington, DC. The period of performance is May 1 to October 31, 2024.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the Communications Team to shape the comms strategy on gender equality for the agency, continue to update and execute it, keeping in coordination with sectoral bureaus; and identify the messaging opportunities, strategize channels, and execute the products.
Contribute content to flagship USAID social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) and collaborate with other sections of USAID and the interagency including supporting GenDev technical staff, the Senior Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Coordinator, USAID missions, operating units, the White House Gender Policy Council, implementing partners, and others to compile content for social media.
Work with technical specialists, GenDev leadership, principals, and implementing partners to produce internal and external communication products, including speeches and talking points for external, interagency, and highvisibility events, blogs, and social media content.
Support and collaborate with GenDev management and GenDev's Evidence, Learning, and Communications Team on communication strategy, events, social media, press, outreach, data visualization and storytelling efforts, and campaigns.
Facilitate the development of an internal crossAgency communications strategy on gender equality and women's empowerment and support its implementation.
Perform a variety of both complex and analytical duties to advance the Agency's, Senior Coordinator's, Hub's, and team's priorities.
Package program information, results, and deliverables for a variety of audiences.
Identify creative communications channels to create actionable content and engagement opportunities to highlight the Agency's, including the GenDev Hub's, gender equality and women's empowerment programming internally and externally.
Create and maintain linkages with key networks.
Manage internal reviews and clearances for communicationsrelated items.
Provide meeting support including organizing and running meetings on a range of meeting platforms.
Contribute to addressing crosscutting GenDev and Agency priorities, including advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts.

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